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FOREST AND STREAM 
A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 
Dbvoted to Field and Aquatic Si-orth, Practical Natural Hre-ronv, 
Fish Culture, thb Protection ob Game,Preservation of Forests, 
Ain> thb Inculcation in Men and Women of a healthy interest 
in Out-door Kecreation and Study : 
PUBLISHED BT 
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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1870. 
To Correspondents. 
All communications whatever, whether relating to business or literary 
Correspondence, must be addressed to The Forest and Stream Pub- 
UsmNa Company. Personal or private letters of course excepted. 
All commanlcatlons intended for publication must be accompanied with 
real name, as a guaranty of good faith. Names will not be published if 
objection bo made. No anonymous contributions will be regarded. 
Articles relating to any topic within the scope of tills paper are solicited. 
We cannot promise to return rejected manuscripts. 
Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief 
notes of their movements and transactions, as it is the aim of this paper 
to become a medium of useful and reliable information between gentle¬ 
men sportsmen from one end of the country to the other; and they will 
And oar columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements. 
The Publishers of Forest and Stream aim to merit and secure the 
patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whose re- 
ilned Intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that 
is beautiful in Nature. It will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert 
the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always 
tend to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertise¬ 
ment or business notice of an immoral character will be received on any 
terms; and nothing will be admitted to any department of the paper that 
may not be read with propriety in the home circle. 
We cannot be responsible for the dereliction of the mail service, If 
money remitted to ns Is lost. 
Advertisements should be sent in by Sat urday of each week, If possible. 
CHARLES HALLOCK, Editor. 
WILLIAM C. HARRIS, BusiuSss Manager. 
Blooming Grove Park. —At llie annual meeting of the 
Blooming Grove Park Association, held at the club bouse 
of the park, in Pike County, Pa., March 14th, the follow¬ 
ing named gentlemen were elected directors for the present 
year;—Genio C. Scott, Dudley Field, George S. Green, Jr,, 
E R, Wilbur, Charles Halloek, George H. Glenney, S. D. 
Brnce, F. S. Giles, A. H. Wellington, and Joseph Dore. 
At a called meeting of the Board of Directors, held at 
the Hoffman House in this city, Wednesday, March 22d, 
the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing 
year.—President, John Avery; Vice President, A. II. Wel¬ 
lington; Treasurer, George H. Glenney, Executive Com¬ 
mittee, John Avery, ex ojficio, President; E. R. Wilbur, G. 
H. Glenney aud A. H. Wellington; Consulting Engineers, 
George S. Green, Jr., and John Y. Culyer. The affairs of 
the association were never iu a more promising conditiou, 
and the members are iu high spirits over au ultimate grand 
success for the club. 
—During the heavy gale of last week the car house on 
the top of Mount Washington, sometimes used for storing 
the cars in winter, but which fortunately was empty at the 
time, was blown over, The wind was blowing a hurricane 
and the wreck has probably gone into the bottom of some 
deep ravine from whence it will never emerge again. This 
building was used by the Signal Service party during the 
first two winters Of their stay on the Mountain. 
—Mr. Jas. Donahue’s pack of fox hounds were to have 
met this morning at day-light near Hackensack, and an ef¬ 
fort made to kill a fox; We wish the fox-hunters success. 
Captain Bogardus was also to visit Hackensack this after¬ 
noon for the purpose of shooting an exhibition match at 
the Mansion House. Altogether, quite a lively day for 
Hackensack. 
—The annual meeting of the Massachusetts State Sports¬ 
men’s Association will be held at Springfield on April 26th, 
a very auspicious date, as the great Bench Show of the 
Rod and Gun Club, to be held at the same time, will at¬ 
tract sportsmen from every direction and prove an ad¬ 
ditional incentive to the members of the Association to 
assemble in force,_ 
—The members of the Suffolk (Long Island) Club report 
unusually goad trout fishing this season from their well 
Stocked pond. 
TURNING THE TABLES. 
A GREAT HORSE GONE. 
A RATHER remarkable suit was tried before the 
Westminster County Court in England the other 
day, in which Mr. Wilbcrforce, himself a magistrate, barris¬ 
ter and lord of the manor, was defendant, and two sons of 
George Ay ling, alaborer, the plaintiffs. It seems that these 
boyB had been poaching upon the defendant's laud and 
having been detected trespassing in pursuit of game, Mr. 
Willberforce, being loth to briug the boys before the bench 
of magistrates, whereby they might have been sent to jail 
and tlieir character ruined, complained to their father and 
requested him to punish them. This the father readily 
consented to do, but as he said his hand was disabled request¬ 
ed Mr. Wilberforce to inflict the flogging. The lads were 
then sent to defendant’s house, and being asked which they 
preferred, being flogged or taken before the magistrates, 
they declared for the former alternative, and taking down 
their own clothes were “birched” in real Eton style. 
Had the matter ended here all would have been well, and 
the boys morals and manners improved by the salutory 
flogging; but some one put it into the head of the father 
that the whipping was technically illegal, and the conse¬ 
quence was the suit above mentioned, resulting in Mr, Wil¬ 
berforce being mulcted to the extent of £15 damages to¬ 
gether with the costs. Nor have the unfortunate gentle¬ 
man's troubles ended with the pecuniary loss. An ambi¬ 
tious member of Parliament has made the matter a subject 
of question in the House of Commons, and suggests that 
Mr. Wilberforce, he, for his conduct, removed from the 
commission of the peace, so that having lost his game and 
money, he is still likely to lose his county position. Com¬ 
menting upon the case our contemporary, Land, and Water 
says.— 
“We cannot help saying that Mr. Wilberforce has iu our 
opinion been very badly treated. Technically be was 
wrong: the law was against him-, for however well merit¬ 
ed the correct ion which he inflicted on these lads, they had 
not been legally proved guilty of any crime, and had they 
been so convicted our courts never allow an injured parly 
to himself inflict the punishment due. Hence the flogging 
was contrary to law—a common assault, in fact; and, as a 
barrister, Mr, Wilberforce ought to have known better 
than to have run the risk of falling into the hands of a 
town jury, which sympathizes always with t he youthful 
poacher rather than with the preserver of game. But 
when we consider the equity and the moral aspect of the 
question we find that everything is in favor of Jhe unlucky 
Mr. Wilberforce. Though a magistrate, he was not acting 
in his magisterial capacity, and indeed was not a member 
of the Bench which would have tried the case. His mo¬ 
tives were praiseworthy; he wished to save the lads from 
public disgrace, and their father from a flue. This father 
agreed to punishment, so did his sous. The boys had for 
the second time been detected in dishonest practices, and 
if they are thus to make a double profit—in game and in 
money—out of their dishonesty, who shall tell us how we 
are to keep the young from sinning?” 
The Centennial. —We have received from Mr. L. Henry 
Twaddell the following list of special prizes offered in the 
Agricultural Department to date:— 
$1,000—Jersey Cattle Club, for best Jersey herd. 
$1,000—Pennsylvania Agricultural Society, to be given 
in prizes. 
$1,000—Memphis Cotton Exchange, for best hale of cot¬ 
ton from either StateB of Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, 
Tennessee. 
$200—Messrs. B. K. Bliss & Son’s, for the best display 
of potatoes in peeks. 
$100—Messrs. D. Landreth & Son’s, for the best display 
of vegetables at a stated period. 
$70—Sir. Landreth, for the beat essay on Forestry. 
$50—Messrs. Henderson & Son’s, for the best essay on 
the cultivation of [lie cauliflower. 
$50—Messrs. Henderson & Son’s, for the best essay on 
the Cultivation of celery. 
$150—Produce Exchange of Philadelphia, for best cheese. 
$150—N. W. Dairymen's Association, for best butter 
and cheese. 
-National Dairymen’s Association, for best cheese. 
' $150—Poultry Society. 
$100 (cup)— Forest and Stream. (Dog Prize). 
$50 (cup)—Chicago Field. (Dog Prize). 
$50 (cup)—0. S. Westcott. (Dog Prize). 
-N. E. Bee Keepers’Association. 
$200—Proprietors of “American Food for Cattle,” in 
four prizes of $50 each for horses, cattle, sbeep, and 
swine, the owners to certify they have used the food. 
The New York Agricultural Society offers free transpor¬ 
tation (to and from Philadelphia) on all their first prize 
animals. 
The Weather at TnE Sodtk. —The cold weather which 
visited ns last week appears to have extended to Southern 
Georgia and Florida. Advices from, those points indicate 
that early fruits and vegetables have been generally ruined 
as far South as Gainesville, Florida, notwithstanding that 
the farmers kept fires burning in the fields. We now have 
strawberries, green peas, etc., in market, the former sell¬ 
ing as high as two dollars and a half per quart. If the 
crop at the South has been destroyed these high prices 
are likely to be maintained. Tomatoes are worth eighty 
cents per quart and new potatoes one dollar per peck. 
—If any of our readers think that Fred Mather is not 
modest and retiring, let them read the following protest. 
We trust all will take heed, and govern themselves accord¬ 
ingly in future:— 
‘■I would be pleased if correspondents would not speak of me os 
United States Fish Commissioner, nor ns “Professor. 1 ' The first title 
belongs lo Prof. Baird atone, and 1 have never even been one of bis 
deputies, In fact, ODly an employee. The lullor I am not covetous of us 
I am not a graduate of any institution that could confer it; nor hove I 
ever trained a Ucrse, practiced Yontriloqtiism, or bandied dumb-bells. It 
Forest and Stream will set the example in this matter 1 will feel 
obliged, Fred Mather.” 
T HE famous stallion, Hambletonian, died at Chester, 
N. Y., on Sunday evening last, aged twenty-seven 
years. Hambletonian, if he cannot he called the father of 
trotting in this country, can certainly claim to have pro¬ 
duced more trotting horses than any other stallion, nearly 
fifteen hundred colts having been produced by him during 
the twenty-five years he has been at the Sttffl. Of these 
the names of Dexter, Edward Everett, Volunteer, Messen- 
gerDuroc, Jay Gould,’and a hundred others, are household 
words. It would be interesting to know the value of the, 
stock now claiming descent from this illustrious horse, and 
we have no doubt that some of our contemporaries who 
devote moie space than ourselves to horse topics will pub¬ 
lish such statistics. Hambletonian was foaled May 5th, 
1849, at Sugar Loaf, near Chester, Orange county, New 
York, on the farm of Jonas Seely, who Bold him the fol¬ 
lowing fall, together with his dam, toWm. M. Rysdyck, 
for $125; he has remained in the family of the latter ever 
since. The celebrated stallion Abdallah, owned by Mr. 
Alexander, of Kentucky, was got by Hambletonian when 
only two years old. It is said that up to I860 he had netted 
his owner over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars as a 
stock horse alone, his fee of Jate years being five hundred 
dollars. His late owner, Mr. Rvsdyek, is reported to have 
left provision in his will that Hambletonian should, upon 
his death, be stuffed and presented to the Central Park 
Commissioners. We cannot vouch for the truth of the 
report, but it would be a pity to have a horse of such world¬ 
wide celebrity covered up in a hole and left to decay like 
any common carcass. 
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GAME PROTECTION. 
—An effort is being made lo to establish a Game Protec¬ 
tive Socily in Albany, N. V. Twenty names have been 
placed on the list., but, although there is much need of such 
an association and Albany contains many sportsmen, they 
do not seem to respond with alacrity to the call. A cor¬ 
respondent writes us that their woodcock arejiow all killed 
off before the 4th July, and what would otherwise be ex¬ 
cellent shooting is utterly destroyed. 
—“Mr. W. K, Townsend, the attorney for the Monroe 
County Sportsmen’s Association,” says the Rochester Ex¬ 
press: “Has drawn up a paper containing a number of sugges¬ 
tions for the amendment of the laws, and there can be no 
doubt that these suggestions are well worthy of considera¬ 
tion. He suggests that the law (regarding illegal fishing 
in L'ondequoit Bay) be amended so that llie game consta: 
ble will have power to arrest without a process any person 
found violating the provisions of the act; so lhat till! 
county can try the case; and so that in case of com 
victiou the defendant shall be lined at least. $50, or sent tc 
the jail for a term not to exceed ninety days. 
His last recommendation is the prohibition entirely ol 
all fishing in waters in Monroe, Wayne, and Orleans couni 
ties, except with a hook and line,"under a penally of $5( 
for each offense. 
Mr. Townsend says: As the law now stands, it afford 
no protection whatever to fish; in fact, it is woise than mi 
law at all. 
There probably never has been such a reckless and whole 
sale destruction of fish in Irondequoit and Sodus bays ai 
has been carried on during the past winter. Tons of lisl 
have been taken from Irondequoit Bay the past wintei 
with nets aud seines—the large oues taken to market ant 
Ihe small ones left in piles to rot in the open air. There 
seems to be a band of worthless and desperate men wild 
openly declare that they do and will catch and deslroy al 
the fish they please; that they care nothing for the law 
(neither should they for it cannot harm them much) anc 
they snap their fingers in the face of any person who dart 
even remonstrate with them. The result is tbat all tin 
Game Constable can do under the law only tends to incit» 
these men to more reckless violations of the law.” 
What is wanted is a careful selection of the men who art 
to act as Game Constables, and then strengthen their hand 
as Mr. Townsend suggests. We regret that we have no 
space for all of his paper. 
Game and Fish Laws of Maine. 
We published some time since a brief abstract of ill 
game and fish laws of Maine as amended during the las; 
session of the Legislature; having now received them ii 
more extended form we reprint them again, particularly a 
some of the unpublished sections are of the utmost im 
portance; particularly “Chapter 98," which forbids th 
carrying of game out of the State:— 
Chap. 61-Sec. 13. If any person has in his possession die cartons 
or hide, or any part (hereof, or any snch animal (moose, deer, and cut: 
bou) between the first day or January aud the first day ol October, hi 
shall be deemed to have hunted and kified the same contrary 10 law, anl 
be liable to the penalties aforesaid; out he shall not be precluded fror 
producing proof In defeuce. In case ur his conviction, snch carcass o 
hide, or any part thereof, so found in his possession, shall be decreed bj 
the court forfeited to the use of the person prosecuting. Approve! 
February 1st, 1878. 
Chap. 67—Sec. 1. There shall be betweon the first day of April __ 
the fifteenth day of July each year, a weekly dose time of four dayi 
from sunrise on Sunday to sunrise of Thursduy of catch week, duriu. 
which no salmon, shad, alowives. or bass Hhafi he takeu or destroys 
from or in the waters of the Penobscot River, or its branches above th 
railroad bridge between Bangor and Brewer, but between 0 uid Thursdi 
and Sunday at sunrise, as aforesaid, it shall ba lawful to take any 
aaid fish in said waters above said bridge, any law to the contrary uc 
withstanding, Any person violating the provisions of tliia act shall b 
liable to a penalty of fifteen dollars for each salmon, and five dollars fc 
each other fish aforesaid, taken or destroyed from or in suiil water 
during the period above interdicted. Approved February 7th. 1376. 
Chap. S8— Seo. 1. No peison shall kill or expose Tor sale, or have 
his or her possession after the same has been killed, any woodcock, i |i 
ruffed gronse, oommonly called partridge, except during the times an 
for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, namely: Any peison may, fc 
tile purpose of consumption as food wlthlu this State, lawfully kill, 
pose for sale, or have in possession any woodcock between the first i 
of Soptembtr in any year and the first day of December following, b 
days inclusive; or any ruffed grouse between tne first day of bepteinbt 
in any year aod the first day of December following, both days inelusiVt 
Seo. a. No person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in pOs»es«IOi 
except alive, at uny time, any woodcock or ruffed grouse with the inter, 
lion of sending or transporting, or of having the same seal or Iran- 
ported beyond the limits of thb Mal e, under penalty of not less the 
five nor more than ten dollars for each woodcock or ruffed grouse the 
killed, exposed lor sale, or had in possession. 
