FOREST AND STREAM. 



of Mr. "Bergh would promptly have interfered and pub- 

 lic sentiment would have sanctioned the interference. 

 The only difference iu this case is that here was a reason- 

 ing being, who, as such, of his own free willand for the sake of 

 cheap notoriety and more substantial greenbacks chose to in- 

 flict the torture upon himself, arid people chose to go and 

 witness the exhibition, and cheer as the old Romans cheered 

 their gladiators. And a sorry figure he cut, as with blistered 

 feet, and sore, stiff ened and rheumatic joints, he went limp- 

 ing around the track like the hero of the nursery rhyme, 



My eon John, 



One shoe oil", me oilier thoe on, 

 every movement of his body accompanied by a grimace of 

 pain. 



"We fail to distinguish between brutality in pedestrianism 

 and brutality in prize-fighting. The "mill" is the disreputable, 

 recognized teBt, not of skill, but of endurance. The man 

 who has the most bull-dog in his make-up, and can stand the 

 most pounding, gouging and biting, is the winner of the belt 

 andtheplaudits of the ring. The performance of "The Lep- 

 per," as his friends dub him — and we take this performance 

 a t Gilmore's only as an example of many similar "shows" — was 

 little more elevated or elevating. It was a test simply and 

 solely of how much punishment the so-styled pedestrian 

 could endure. There was a difference in degree only, not iu 

 kind, from the old-time gladiatorial exhibitions where the 

 brute and human performers in the arena edified the effemi- 

 nate youth of the Roman Capital. It belongs to the category 

 of cock-fights, dog-fights, bull-fights and prize-fights. There 

 is about these contests none of the ennobling influences at- 

 taching to the generous rivalry of true sport; they are, on the 

 contrary, unmanly, debasing and reprehensible in the ex- 

 treme. 



A "Society for the Prevention of Self-inflicted Cruelty to 

 Idiots" would be a most useful organization; its initials would 

 be as numerous as those of the S. F. P. C. A. and its field 

 equally extensive. 



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APPLES AND ORANGES. 



rwas not a difficult feat for Ali Baba, with his Sesame, to 

 gain admittance into the cave of the Porty Thieves ; nor is 

 it hard for a man or woman to find their way into the columns 

 of a newspaper, provided their communication bears with it 

 the magic Sesame of sterling good sense. The subjoined bit 

 of reflection from an observant lady will answer the inquiries 

 of a host of young men who are constantly writing to news- 

 paper editors to know whether or not they shall emigrate to 

 the South, or the West. " Would you advise a young man to 

 go to Florida ?" " Shall I go into the orange business?" These 

 are the oft-repeated queries, and our reply may be found sub- 

 stantially expressed in the following letter. If a young man 

 goes to Florida because he is too lazy to care for a farm at the 

 North, he will, in all probability, come back in as sad a plight 

 as did the man who gained some notoriety among the para- 

 graphers last winter because he returned from that sunny 

 clime on foot, clad in a hat, shirt, pair of pants and one sus- 

 pender. The conditions of success in any part of the world iu 

 these days, are— barring the golden spoon— honest, faithful 

 work. If a man lack these essentials, energy and thrift, at 

 the North, he most certainly will not find them in the climate 

 of Florida. To the kid-glove dreamer of dreams it is a sug- 

 gestive fact that orange trees have thorns. 



The apple of the North and the orauge of the South are par 

 excellence the two fruits of America. Their merits have been 

 sung in verse and told in story. Prosaic statistics tell us that the 

 apple crop of last year in the United States was valued at $50,- 

 000,000, while there were 22,000,000 oranges gathered. Orange 

 culture is yet in its incipiency. The Florida fruit commands the 

 highest prices in our markets and the demand is ever greater 

 than the supply. As the trade increases we may look for 

 more intelligent care of the groves and better facilities of 

 transportation. That more fortunes than one are to be made 

 in Florida is no secret, but fortunes do not make themselves 

 there any more than in other parts of the Union. One who 

 has not himself fought the unequal battle can have little con- 

 ception of the myriad forms of animal and vegetable life 

 everywhere infesting the earth, air and water. Eternal vigi- 

 lance against things flying, hopping, creeping, crawling, bur- 

 rowing and boring is the price of immunity from their deadly 

 ravages. The dolcefar niente in the hammock is all well 

 enough in poetry, but even a more practical man than a poet 

 might be staggered to reconcile hia otium cum dig. with a 

 neglected Florida orange grove. This is what our correspond- 

 ent writes from the Uatskills : 



Being a woman, I do not know whether I ought to speak ; 

 but a glance at your title-page emboldens me to defend the 

 lives of the apple-trees. I think some one ought to speak for 

 the apple-tree in some way. 



Frequent drives of late through the Counties of Albany and 

 Green have afforded us an excellent opportunity to notice the 

 orchards of fruit, which are numerous in this vicinity. In 

 Florida a man does not expect to succeed in the orange cul- 

 ture unless he is on the alert for every enemy to his pet trees. 

 Not only is the ground hoed and the soil enriched, but 

 •the trees are pruned and scraped and washed, the utmost care 

 being taken to keep them clean, and the manner in which 

 they show their appreciation of chis fondling, and their ex- 

 pression of gratitude, are rich enough rewards to the faithful 

 orange-grower. The owners of some of these apple orchards 

 that I have seen lately may be brothers to those orange- 

 growers. The trees were in good shape (how often an apple- 

 tree inclines 45 deg. !), the leaves were perfect, and the fruit — 

 well, t won't attempt to describe that— so rich, so tempting. 

 But there were many orchards that harbored great worm- 

 nests. Almost every wild cherry tree was literally stripped 

 of its foliage by these rapacious vermin, which only foretokened 



the fate of its neighbor, the apple-tree. And is there anything 

 more aggravating to the cook or to theone that's eating it than 

 to find secreted in a royal apple one of these horrid worms ? 

 Let the farmers be persuaded to take a little more care of their 

 orchards. Were this done— the trees pruned and shaped, all 

 dead wood cleaned out, every worm-nest annihilated (the 

 small boy with a pole, on which is tied a sponge or cloth 

 saturated with kerosene, could burn them out), we should not 

 see so many adventurers coming to Florida, orly to have their 

 high hopes of orange fortunes blasted. There is money i a the 

 orange, but it comes at the expense of great care and watch- 

 fulness. Let not a man who allows worm-nests to disfigure 

 his apple or cherry trees ever think he can find money hang- 

 ing on orange trees. 



A Daily Edition.— An importunatcNorthCaroiina subscriber 

 complains that to receive one copy of this journal only once a 

 week does not satisfy him. Well, some people never would 

 bs satisfied. We assnre this newspaper Oliver Twist that he 

 shall have " more" in due time. Sport in the United States 

 is as yet in its infancy, though it must be confessed it is a 

 pretty vigorous infant, and by-and-by, as the field enlarges 

 and our ever-increasing circulation warrants the "more,"' we 

 shall issue the Fobest and Stbeah every day and have a Sun- 

 day double number besides. There's a good time coming. 



Advertisements.— All transient advertisements sent to us 

 must be accompanied by the money to pay for their insertion. 

 This rule is sensible, business-like, imperative and absolute. 

 We cannot and do not receive advertisements upon any other 

 terms. Our rates are plainly set forth n our prospectus. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



Number Foub Association. — We learn from the secretary, 

 Mr. Frank Bolles, Windsor, Conn., that the Number Four 

 Association, the objects of which have already been set forth 

 in these columns, has a very creditable number of members 

 among those who annually visit the Adirondacks. We re- 

 gard it, as a happy token that Adirondack game protection is 

 engaging the attention of a larger and more powerful class 

 than the dwellers in the woods. It is peculiarly appropriate 

 that those who derive so much pleasure from the pursuit of 

 the game and fish should take measures to preserve them as 

 well, and so be not only destroyers but protectors and pre- 

 servers. 



DeBEMOT OffIOULS IN OkANOK AND ROCKLAND CotJNTlItS. 



— An indignant friend of game protection sends us this query : 



Is there no way of stopping the trapping of the birds ? I 

 know of two counties in this State— Orauge and Rockland — 

 where partridge are caught every year by the thousands. 

 The constables know about it, the landowners know about it ; 

 but they do not interfere, or, rather, they say they dare not 

 interfere. The only way, as I understand the law, to have 

 the trappers punished is to catch them in the act of taking the 

 bird out of the trap, which la, of course, a very difficult mat- 

 ter to do. Last week a friend of mine saw two boxes of 

 trapped partridges shipped on a railroad car. He notified at 

 once the 'squire and the constable to have them stopped, but 

 the only answer he could get out of these two officials was 

 that they could not do anything. There is a regular gang of 

 those trappers in the above-named counties known to every- 

 body, and they defy anybody openly to have them fined. I 

 know of two stations along the Erie Railroad where they are 

 said to have shipped last year over two thousand weight of 

 trapped partridges. What is the remedy ? 



The only remedy we can suggest is to oust the officials who 

 display such apathy, and put in their places men who will 

 use proper exertion to enforce the law. The section of Chap- 

 ter 721, applying to trapping and netting, reads : 



No person shall, at any time or place within this State, take 

 or kill any ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, any pin- 

 nated grouse, commonly called prairie chicken, or spruce 

 grouse, commonly called Canada partridge, or any quail, with 

 any net, trap or snare, nor set any such net, trap or snare, 

 for the purpose of taking or killing any Of said birds; nor 

 shall any person sell or expose for sale or have in posses- 

 sion any of the said birds after the same shall have been so 

 taken or kdled, under a penalty of $10 for each bird. And 



it shall be lawful to take and destroy auy such nets, traps 



or snares whenever found set. 



If there is no healthy public feeling on the subject there 

 can, of course, be no remedy. Half a dozen sportsmen, unit- 

 ed to see the law enforced, may by judicious action bring the 

 offenders to trial and conviction. It is not an enviable con- 

 dition of affairs when any chapter or section of the State 

 laws can be thus wantonly defied. 



Potato Bugs, Paeis Green and Fish. — The supposed 

 death of fish caused by the Paris green used to destroy pota- 

 to bugs is still a vexed question. Below we publish a letter 

 from which it will be seen that the Entomological Division of 

 the Government Department of Agriculture are about to sci- 

 entifically investigate the subject. The importance of this 

 matter is such that it should engage the attention of all inter- 

 ested in the preservation of our fish and game birds : 



i 



Prof. Spencer F. Bairti, Secrcl&ry Smithsonian Institution 



Bear 8m- 1 notice tn various papers statements referring to the 

 death of Ash and fowl In different parts of the country, caused 

 by Paris green wnleti is nsed to destroy the potato-beetle. It Is 

 Important to decide whether or not these statements are true. I hope 

 that yoij will use your Influence to get specimens of fbh or fowl said 

 to be poisoned by Paris green, so that we may have this question defi- 

 nitely settled by chemical analyBlB. Yours truly, O, V. Riley, 



Quebec— Montreal, Sept, 24. — ISdilor Mn-est and Stream 

 The open season for deer and cariboo extends from Septem- 

 ber 1 to February 1. Strenuous efforts are now being made to 

 curtail this period, go as to clcse the open season on January 1, 

 as subsequent to that date the game in question is in poor con- . 

 dition ; the does are bearing the burden of maternity; and it | 



is, moreover, considered a violation of the pure instil Is of 



sportsman to slaughter an animal at a time wh-n all Id e 



against it, Thoso who, knowingly and willfully, set o ))aw8 

 at defiance are handled in an unceremonious manner. 



R. K. 



Flush inq Bat.— We are advised that ths fish laws are 

 bang grossly violated in Flushing Bay, Long Island. For the 

 benefit ot those who plead ignorance of the law. we rail atten- 

 tion to the section which provides that it shall be unlawful at 

 any tune m the year to draw any seine net in Flushing Bay 

 or Us branches Fyke nets set in auy of the waters surround- 

 in.irLongUlnnd, Htatcn Island, and the bays and saltwater 

 estuaries and rivers approaching thereto must be not less 

 than tour-aiid-one-half Inches iu size. 



Onb Less Than a. Full Soorb.— Our attention has been 

 called to a wonderful score made by Mr. James Partello, of 

 Washington City, to wit : 324 out of a possible 225. It is to 

 be regretted that this superb sequence of bull's-eyes was not 

 made in a public match, still the score is authentic enough to 

 be recorded. The distances were, if wo are rightly in- 

 formed, 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. The arm was the Reming- 

 ton Creedrnoor. It may be remembered that Mr. Partello 

 shot at Creedrnoor, making a tie with Mr. Hyde. Mr. Partello 

 is a youug gentleman of twenty-five, with dark eyes. He be- 

 lieves himself capable of making a full score. The shooting 

 took place in the presence of the President of the Columbia 

 Rifle Club. A inau who can make 44 bull's-eyes out of 45 

 may well be considered as a remarkable shot. 



YsnuoTai— Burlington, Oct. 3.— Match between Burlmir- 

 tou and Saratoga rifle clubs. Fifteen shots each man, at 800. 

 000 and 1,000 yards: ^ 



Boardman..... ne 



"Itherell 70 



Ke'aey 09 



Horner c9 



Haggerty [ft 



M 1 1 n ■ -uinery 72 



LiurnitRiu 05 



McCaffrey 60 



Burlington Club. 



yards. 300 yards. 1,000 yards. 



Saratoga Club. 



Geip - C9 69 64 202 



$**« 63 6S 55 191 



Jf a cy 63 60 58 181 



Dfacgar 6') 63 67 MO 



Alnswortll 57 51 37 MS 



Shurter 63 70 66 204 



MilcheU. 61 61 62 I74 



Be »90n 51 65 ^ 1S1-1.47T 



Massachusetts— Gardner, Oct. 5.— Scores of the Gardner 



Rifle Club, at Hackmatack Range, Wednesday. Distance, 

 200 yards, off-hand. Two scores of ten shots each. Possi- 

 ble— Massachusetts, 240 : Creedrnoor, 100. 



Creed. Mo^s. Cr< 



FICKuowlton 101 



O K Hrui 1,5 



GF Ellsworth 103 



Ali Robbing at 



Chester Hinds 99 



V Nletlola 95 



Mex lCuuwllon 9,s 



Wm Austin 93 



L Walfier 96 



ODltaou 91 



Totals. 

 S 09-91 



206-90 

 li.9-86 

 19S-S7 

 167— ST 

 ISti — ss 

 195-86 

 IS!'— So 

 113—79 

 171—77 



Medfobd Amateur Rifle Association— Medford, Mass — 

 Final match in all-comers' series ; 200 yards, off-hand : 



Cuslnog... .55-14554-154-45 Withlngton. 



R'ssmi 4 5-1444454 j—4-3 Vinlnir?.. . 



"rady 4 4 5 5 4 4444 4—12 Sawyer 



Euues 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 3 -1-42 llny'ds 4 4 3 4 4 



liiclurdeou.4 5440454 S 4-42 UicseOn.. .. 5 4 4 4 3 



4 4 4 4 4 4 3—39 



4 4 5 4 3 4 3-89 



5 4 3 4 3 4 3 5—39 



3 4 3 3—80 



3 3 4 3—36 



Corcoran. ..4 4 4444444 5—41 



Gushing took first. Walker second, Guerrer third. Gradv 

 fourth, and Russell fifth. ' * 



Four hundred yard match, open only to members of the 

 Medford Amateur Rifle Association; rounds ten; re-entries 

 'allowed : 



Fall Meeting op the Massachusetts Ruxe Assoou 

 tion.— The meeting opened October 2 under the most favora- 

 ble auspices. There was a large attendance, many ladies be 

 ing present, and real enthusiasm was taken in the match 

 Rille shooting has been so thoroughly and systematically car 

 ried out in Boston-has taken such a rapid development— 

 that we are forced to turn our eyes to the Walnut Hill Ranee 

 tor the best work. The grand form the Boston men made 

 when with us, their sterling qualities at gentlemen and marks- 

 men, gained them universal applause. May we not sav that 

 the prestige New York riflemen and New" York teams once 

 possessed has, m a measure, passed away ? Boston is much 

 more enthusiastic about rifle practice than we are and this 

 present fall meeting is considered as one of the leading events. 

 I he wind was moderate, coming from the west. : about a nine 

 o'clock wind. The first match was the State team match 

 Conditions— Open to teams of live from all Organized rifle as- 

 sociations in Massachusetts, ten rounds each man; entrance 

 fee, $5 per team. The prize is a trophy of the full value of 

 the entire amount of entry fees, and was won by the Law- 

 rence Rifle Club team on a total score of 211 out of a possible 

 350, the Abington Club following closely with 209, and the 

 first team of the Massachusetts Rifle Association took third 

 place with 201. The last-mentioned organization had two 

 teams in the field, the rules governing the match allowing o'f 

 the entry of more than one team from the same association : 



Lawrence Rillo Clnb. 



J Frost 4 5 4 3 5 4 



Oil Jewell 5 4 4 4 4 4 



M Beat 5 6 4 4 4 4 



JEShepard ,.,4 4 3 4 4 5 



AW iiowland , I 4 4 4 5 4 



Aoingtoa RiUe Club 



NW Arnold 4 5 6 5 i .1 



DW Allen 3 5 4 4 5 5 



SCNoyes 4 43554 



L\V Farrur 4 8 K 4 <t n 



Massachusetts Rifle Association. 



JBOBborn 4 44441 



WHJackflon 4 4 i 4 4 t 



J 4 Lowell '.144443 



w TOand ::::::.i lit it 



H Tyler 4 3 4 4 4 3 



fi—13 



6-13 

 4-12 

 4—43 

 4-11-211 



4-15 

 8—48 

 4—42 

 5-41 

 4—38—209 



5—4! 

 0—42 

 4—40 

 4-39 



