FOREST AND STREAM 
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GAME PROTECTION. 
The West Jersey Game Protection Society lias prepared 
a hill for the consideration of the Legislature of that State, 
the operation of 'which, if it is passed, will he watched 
with interest. It provides for the appointment, of Game 
Wardens, to receive their authority from the State, but to 
he appointed and paid by the Society. The appointments 
not being political, and as men will not serve in or near 
their own homes, there is a strong probability of their 
services being of some value. We have for some time 
urged the adoption of a system similar to this, in the 
cause of game protection. The knowledge that there is 
some one with authority, and whose business it is to pre¬ 
vent infractions of the law, will prevent many a sneaking 
poacher from sotting his snares and traps, who otherwise 
would have snapped his fingers at the law and boasted to 
his fellows of his successful evasions. 
Maine. —The law mentioned in our last as being before 
the Maine Legislature, and which provides for an annual 
close time for certain fish, has been passed. 
A. law was also passed allowing the killing of woodcock 
and ruffed grouse and English snipe between September 1 
and December 1. The sending out of the State any of this 
kind of game is prohibited under a penalty. The killing 
of quail or piunated grouse between Jan. 1st and Sept. 1st 
is prohibited. 
The law was amended so that between Feb. 1 and Oct. 
1 no venison shall be sent out of- the State. 
The law relating to the killing of deer and caribou was 
amended so that if any person has in his possession not 
only the carcass but the hide, or any part of the hide or 
carcass of such animals, between Jan. 1 and Oct 1, be shall 
be held liable. Authority is also given the warden, or Iris 
deputies, to make complaint and institute search for the 
evidence of guilt, 
A general law was passed in relation to the erection of 
wharves and fish weirs in tide waters which requires appli¬ 
cation for the same to he made to municipal officers, pro¬ 
vides for a bearing, and the granting of licenses to appli¬ 
cants. No wharves or fish weirs are to he erected in any 
river or tide water lying between towns without the con¬ 
sent of the municipal officers of botli towns, and in no 
case is any wharf to he extended beyond legally estab¬ 
lished wharf lines. 
—The Pennsylvania State Association for the Protection 
Of Game and Fish, has prepared a law calculated to correct 
many errors in the act as it now exists, and which we trust 
will have the attention of the Legislature of that State. 
-It provides for a close seasou for deer between December 
1st and September 1st; for squirrels between January 1st 
and August 1st; for rabbits between January 1st and No¬ 
vember 1st; for wild turkeys between January 1st and 
October 1st; for plover between January 1st and August 
15th. It extends the close season for trout until May 1st 
instead of April 1st, as now enforced, and for black bass or 
pickerel until July 1st. The provisions referring to wood¬ 
cock, quail and grouse, remain as now in force. 
Wisconsin. —At the adjourned annual meeting of the 
Wisconsin State Association for the Protection of Fish 
and Game, at Madison, Feb. 9th and 10th, 1876, communi¬ 
cations were received and read from Fred Pond, of Mon- 
tello, in relation to the memorial fund of Henry W. Her¬ 
bert; the sportsmen of Fon du Lac in relation to fishways 
in Fox River, between Lake Winnebago and .Green Bay, 
and as to some changes in the game and fish laws; the 
sportsmen of Oeonomowoc, through their secretary. Dr. 
J. A Henshall, in relation to some changes in the game 
laws, etc. 
Resolutions adopted—By Mr. Welch:— 
That the secretary be directed to call the attention of 
clubs and individual members of the association to the 
Forester Memorial Fund. 
That the Legislature be requested to prohibit the killing 
of quail for toe period of three years. 
By Mr. Palmer- 
That the Legislature be requested to memorialize Con¬ 
gress for the establishment ot fishways in Fox River, be¬ 
tween Lake W innebago and Green Bay. 
The committee appointed to codify the game apd fish 
laws of tbq State, local and general, reported two bills, 
one for the protection of game, and one for the protection 
of fish. The game laws were amended as follows: 1st. 
Classing woodcock with grouse, shooting to commence the 
15th of August, except in the Mississippi river bottoms 
and islands, to commence July 4th; sharp tail grouse and 
spruce partridge inserted in the law, 2d. Prohibit the 
hunting of deer with hounds or dogs at any time, aad 
make the close season from Dec. 15th to Oct. 1st. 3d. 
Song and insect-eating birds included for protection. 4th. 
That the law be published once annually in each county 
in a weekly paper. 5th. Mallard, teal, and wood duck 
shooting to commence on the 15th of August, 
The subject of prohibiting all shooting in the spring was 
discussed at some length by Messrs. Hoy, Merrill, Palmer, 
Williams, Burdick, Woodard, Welch, and the Secretary, 
but no definite action taken thereon. 
The fish bill was referred to the Fish Commissioners, 
with the request that they would make such changes as 
deemed proper, and report the bill to the Legislature. 
Thefollowing were elected officers for the ensuing year: 
President, Dr. P. R. Hoy, Racine; 1st Vice President, 
Hon. John P. McGregor, Milwaukee; 2d Vice President, 
Hon. J. F, Williams, Prairie du Chein; Recording Secre¬ 
tary, M. T. Bailey, Madison; Corresponding Secretary, 
Hon. M. W. Corning, Portage; Treasurer, 8. S. Wood¬ 
ard, Watertown. Standing Committee hot yet appointed. 
Janesville, Wis., February 20th, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream :— 
Our Legislature baa just passed a bill appropriating ten thousand dol¬ 
lars tor building a State hatching house. Several excellent clauses have 
also been added to our game laws, among which is one to prevent the 
banting of (leer with honnds, and one prohibiting the hunting of duck 
and other wild fowl by the use of sue ilk boats and batteries. The latter 
bill was pushed through by the Iliack Hawk Club of Lake Kcshkonong, 
and is one that lias been needed for many years. Last season not less 
than a dozen of these murderous aontrivancea were kept constantly at 
work after the canvas back, on Lake Eosbkonong, and when you con¬ 
sider that the lake la only seven miles long and from one to two wide, 
you will see that the birds were given but little tlmjtofeed. The re- 
snlt was they left the lake rally a month earlier than usual. The Black 
Hawk Club has a snug little house on the lake. The number of mem¬ 
bers is limited to thirty-six, and embraces gentlemen of means and 
culture, from Martinet to, Midi., Milwaukee, Janesville, Whitewater, 
Wls., Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Philadelphia. The officers 
are: L. A. Winchester, Whitewater, President; G. W. Estcrly, White- 
water, Vice President; Richard Valentine, Janesville, Secretary; C. S. 
Jackman, Janesville, Treasnror. Among its prominent members arc 
Col. L. A. Harris, Thomas A. Logan, Col. C. W. Woolley. Beni. Rob¬ 
inson, and Chas. W, Short, of Cincinnati, Clias. B, Wade, St. Louis, J. 
J. S. Seitziuger, Philadelphia, I). IX. Merritt, L. T J . Ely, W, S. Dnlliba, 
and n. R. Mather, of Marquette,Mich., E TownBend Mix, and O. W, 
Robertson, of Milwaukee. 
The sportsmen of Janesville have just organized a club for the protec¬ 
tion of game and Bsh under the nnmc of The Forrester Club. The of¬ 
ficers are: n. D. McKinney, President; Horace McElroy, Vico Presi¬ 
dent; J. B. Doe, Jr., Secretary, and J. G. Rexford, Treasurer. Thirty- 
seven joinedat the first meeting. it la proposed to enlist the former 
sportsmen in the movement by inviting them to became members with¬ 
out the payment of duos. I cut the following from the Green Bay, 
Wis. Advocate, of Feb. l?th:— 
A Fish Story —About sixty-five miles by road up the Wulf River, 
north of Shawano, and six miles from the Wolf River, is Bolling Stone 
Lake, a sheet of water about five miles long and two miles wide, that is 
said to be densely filled with salmon-front and white-fish. Mr. John 
Evans, of Shawano, has this winter put in a mile and a half of gill nets, 
and when we saw Inm last week had been fishing some three weeks. He 
tells us that the fishing is a mere experiment, but that they have canghl 
several hundred fish. A slcigh-load of them was expected down when 
we were at Shawano. He says that there are two kind- of tront, the 
same as in Green Bay and Lake Michigan—the salmon-trout being the 
darkest meuted of the two. They propose to coutinuo fishing there 
next summer and to take tip packages and salt the fish on the spot. 
Other parties confirm this story, and we know that, the nets were pur¬ 
chased of M. F Kalmlmcb, Fort Howard. The curious part of Hie 
matter is how ilicsc fish Bliould come there, for they do not exist in any 
of the neighboring streams and there is no outlet or inlet, to the lake 
connected with any body of water containing these fi.-li. We wish that 
some of our Shawano friends would send ub samples of the fish." 
It would be a good idea foi the Green Bay Sportsmen's Club io look 
into this matter and see that the fish laws of the Slate arc better ob¬ 
served in their vicinity. The editor of the Advocate is a sportsman, but 
the fact that fishing with nets in Rolling Stone Lake Is a violation of 
law seems to have escaped his notice. "Forrester. 1 ’ 
Dans villi, Livingston Co,, N. Y., 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
The proposed amendment to the game laws, will, I think, meet with 
the unqualified approval of gentlemen sportsmen, with one exception, 
they are perfect. It strike me that there is one clause that is two sweep¬ 
ing in its import to be entirely sanctioned. When a law is made forbid¬ 
ding the shooting of wild duck between the hours of sunset andsnnrise, 
it is virtually decreed that we in the country shall shoot no duck, for 
this reason. On our little lakes nestling between the hills in western 
New York, our only chance for a bag la between the hours of dawn and 
Biinrise, and sunset and dusk, then the birds are in motion to and from 
their feeding grounds During the day they lie in those tantalising 
rafts, just ont of reach. 
Mr. Editor, did you never steal out in the gray morning, leaving the 
rest of tlie camp asleep, and taking your favorite stand, bag ten brace 
before the rising of the sun cleared away the mists and stopped the 
shooting for the day, leaving yon to kill time with “Vanity Fair," until 
the sun had set, when stealing ont in the gloaming yon double yonr 
morning's bag? 
Now I am no pot-hunter and am bitterly opposed to jack lights and 
dnskiug, but I do protest against my twilight shooting being wrested 
from me. I say the night Is made for rest for man ana beast, but when 
wc take our annual shoot we don't want to be sent to bed at sunset. It 
seems that the object of the proposed amendment is to protect tbeducks 
on the sontheru shore of Long Island from (he noctnn al encroachments 
of market shooters who under cover of the night, slaughter indiscrimin¬ 
ately, and iu their haste and greed, drive the birds from their fading 
grounds and spoil the sport of those who shoot as gentlemen elionld. 
This being the case, and the dleeaee being local, let the ears also be local, 
and the amendment be amended to cover only that locality. Only give 
ns those precious hours “when nature wakes and sinks to sleep again." 
Being a law-abiding citizen and hnmble member of a sportsmens club, 1 
shall adhere strictly to the game laws, whatever they may be, but I am 
sore a modification of the clause In question would be bailed with de¬ 
light by all true sportsmen. D. 
Tlie Long Island counties already have so many provis¬ 
ions and exceptions in the general game laws that this 
amendment might easily be made to apply to them alone. 
There is certainly reason in what our correspondent states, 
that a great deal of duck shooting is done before sunrise 
and by twilight. 
The Centennial Bench Show. —Some weeks since we 
advised our readers that Mr. Burnet Landreth, Chief of 
the Bureau of Agriculture, would meet sportsmen at the 
Newark Bench Show to confer with them as to the exhibi¬ 
tion of dogs to be held at the Centennial. The Newark 
affair having proved a fizzle, we would suggest to Mr. Lan¬ 
dreth to visit Springfield on the 2Glh and 27th of April 
next, where he will meet a large assemblage of represen¬ 
tative sportsmen and owners and breeders of fine dogs. 
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—“ Camp Life in Florida," the best descriptive guide to 
that State yet published, has afforded pleasure not only to 
visitors, but to thousands who would have been visitors if 
they could. It can be had at this office. 
—The yachting season has been inaugurated at St. Au¬ 
gustine, Florida, as will be seen from the interesting re¬ 
port of the recent regattas at that port, which we publish 
in another column. 
—A London correspondent siys the Maharajah Dhuleep 
Sing, whose "place” near Sandringham rivals the splendid 
country seat of the Prince of Wales, is said to have offered 
to take £100,000 to £5,000 that within three years lie will 
kill 1,000 brace of partridges to bis own gun, on his own 
estate, iu a single day. The Indian prince is one ot the 
keenest of “British” sportsmen, and a capital shot-, yet his 
offer is said to have taken rather freely. 
—It is said that at the elephant hunt of the Prince of 
Wales in Ceylon, no reporters were permitted to be present; 
but one enterprising "special” shaved his head, painted his 
body black, put a string around his waist, and joined the 
beaters. He wasn’t to be beaten. 
§he gifie. 
—We are indebted to the Secretaries of many Rifle 
Clubs for the names of their organizations, but the list is 
still far from complete, and will feel obliged if those who 
have not yet forwarded their addresses will do so. A 
postal card will be preferred. 
The Centennial Matches —The Executive Committee 
oT the National Rifle Association held a meeting on Satur¬ 
day, and fixed the conditions for the principal matches at 
the Centennial shooting tournament, which will he held 
at tlie Creedmoor Rauge, beginning Tuesday, September 
12th, and continuing so lone as may he necessary. 
The first competition will be a short-range match at 200 
yards; position, standing; open to all comers; rifle not to 
exceed 10 pounds in weight, with a minimum trigger-pull 
of S pounds. Ten scoring and no sightingsliotS: Entrance 
fee, $2, Prizes to be-hereafter announced. 
Tito mid-range match will also be all comers. Military 
rifles of 50 calibre or over will shoot at 500 yards; other 
rifles at 600 yards. Position, any without artificial rest. 
Rifles of the respective classes to be within the Creedmoor 
rules. Ten scoring, lot no sighting shots. Competitors 
may enter and shoot at, both distances with the two classes 
of rifles. Entrance fee, $3. Prizes to he hereafter an¬ 
nounced. 
The long-range match will be the grand coinpetilion for 
the championship of the world, open to riflemen of all 
countries, distance, 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. Each team 
shall consist of eight men. Members of I he various teams 
must be native-born citizens and residents of the countries 
they represent, except in ease of teams representing a pro¬ 
vincial territory, 'in which case a residence in the province 
will be sufficient, provided the member is a native-born 
subject. Rifles, not exceeding 10 pounds in weight; mini¬ 
mum pull of trigger, 3 pounds; breech-ioadiug rifles to be 
loaded frtjm file breech only. Thirty shots at each range 
by each competitor. No sighting shots. Match to last 
t wo days. Competitors to lire fifteen shots at each distance 
on eaell day. Opening al 800 yards. Position, any with- 
put artificial rest or support. Teams will bo allowed the 
use of the range for one week previous to these matches, 
but on the days of the long range match no person will he 
allowed to shoot at the prescribed ranges, except as a. 
competitor, Captains of the competing teams shall select 
twe referees and ihe referees shall choose an umpire, whose 
decision in all cases shall be final. Prize—The American 
Centennial Trophy. The trophy will be shot for annually 
on the same terms in the country of the team holding it, 
at such time and place as the team, or a majority of it, 
shall prescribe. In this match there will he no entrance 
fee. 
The fourth annual prize-meeting of the National Rifle 
Associ ilion will beheld immediately after the conclusion 
of the international series of matches. 
The Joint Committee of the National Rifle Association 
and Amateur Rifle Club, met at tlie rooms of the former 
on Tuesday. The Committee on Permanent Organization, 
Gen, McMahon, Judge Gtidersleeve, aud R. Johnson, Esq,, 
reported as permanent officers Gen. Woodward, President, 
Major Holland, Secretary, and Gen. Knox, Treusnrer, 
Gen. Woodward declining the honor. Gen. McMahon 
was appointed President. The Committee on Rules (to 
govern the Joint Committee) consists ot Gen. McMahon, 
and G. C. Schemerhnru, Esq.; on Finance, II. P. Stanton, 
R. Johnson, Gen. Knox, Geo. Crouch, and Gen. E. L. 
Molyneaux; on Scheme for Selecting American Team, 
Judge H. A. Gildersleeve, G. W. Wiugato, H. S. Jewell, 
W. B. Earwell and E. H. Sanford., 
Conlin’s Gallery,— The Turf, Field and Farm cup com¬ 
petition was shot February 17th, and Mr. L. O. Stine won 
the first cup for the second time, with a score of 43 out of 
possible 50. Mr. C. G. Peters won tfie second cup, and H. 
P. Warton won the third cup, The contest was very inier- 
esting, aud the shooting was excellent. The Forest and 
Stream badges were competed for February 24th, and 
Mr. Joseph Woodward won Ihe first badge witli the 
splendid score of 46 out of a possible 50. Mr. C. G. Peters 
won the second badge, and Mr. J. O. Wright the third. 
The next Turf, Field and Farm cup competition will be shot 
March 2d, open to all comers. 
Creedmoor, Jr. —The deciding match between teams 
of six of gentlemen of the Home and Continental Insurance 
Companies took place at Creedmoor, Jr., yesterday after¬ 
noon. Two matches have been shot between these teams, 
each winning one. This match was won by the Conti¬ 
nentals by a score of 213 to 209, as follows:— 
CONTINENTAL. 
J. W. K. Oakley.lOiLloyd Roberts.36 
W. Ellsworth, Jr.69|C. E. Truslow. .23 
C. A. SoUermerliorn. ..I 
Total...3!3 
It 05114. 
W.R. Holiart.4t|W. B. Wilson. ,..3l 
J. H. Hitchcock..... 38 F. M. Griswold.5S 
H. J. Ferris.SC — 
F. B. SuUlbWIck.3i 1 
Total...... ..209 
It is reported that, the members of the Rifle Club of 
Columbia College Will shoot a match at this range with the 
Continental team on Saturday next. 
Creedmoor, Jr. —The following scores have been made 
in the competitions for the two remaining prizes of the 
Union Metallic badge compelition: D. F. Stephens, 41, 
41; J. W. Todd, 43, 40, 85; A. L. Embury, 37, 37. S3, J. 
McGlensey, 37, 40; F. Whittaker, 81, 35, 37; G. O. Starr, 
33, 29, 33; J. C. Barron, 37. 38; H. N. Smith, 10; J. 
Woodward, 41, 43; F. N. DeWitt, 88, 39. For the new 
all-comer’s gold badge, D. Y. Davids, 89, 40; F. H. 
Holton, 41; W. H. Sabin, 39, 41; J. McGlensey, 44. 
Tuesday, February 29th, regular subscription day. 
Wiuners, J- McGlensey, 45; D. Davids, 89; F. N. De- 
Witt, 33. Subscription matches every Tuesday at this 
range, open to all comers 
IlELLwre-’a Gallery. —The thirteenth weekly competi¬ 
tion shoot in lying position, took place at Hell wig’s new 
gallery, Bo. 371 and 273 Eighth avenue^ under Grand 
Opera House, on Wednesday last. The winners of prizes 
were as follows: Frederick Kessler, first prize, 45; F. N. 
De Witt, second prize, 40; R. C. WbeeJer, third prize, 30. 
This makes the third tune that Mr. Wheeler has won the 
third prize, and it is now his personal property. These 
competitions will take place on every Wednesday until all 
prizes ate won. 
