FOREST AND STREAM. 



447 



lik he 



better bei 

 I porpo 



n firearm 



>t that which heads 

 publfched 



rival gums do their wo 

 merits, we will never i 

 righl ami eheother ■■■: 



WvuMiya. 



P. s. i would refer 

 ISBto 185. and the foil 

 DM I9S, in Q 

 have not in-: 

 above part 

 nance nf rho D. S., ah 



ilated I 



.-ill 



DO B, I.. Rifles, p, 

 erf Rifle Ballets,' 

 ipmeilt," win. li i 



ntry. Fro 



i thai 



ffany girt[ 4(&kqfoQK, 



"That reminds me." 



THK dusky dUck, iu dusky team. 

 unii his mallard cousins by lue stri 

 and the airy pintail sails the sky 

 Wiih outstretched neck and watchful ey 

 Toe green-Wing teal, with nghtnlitB darl 

 Flies dose to lb.- water's Eace athwart ; 

 The blue Wmgmovesut reckless pa< 6, 

 Nor sees the shooter's blinding place; 

 The widgeon, with more wary .-are. 

 Swells the procession, paii - by pair. 

 ''Why don't yon shoot:" "It was a sin. 

 "Ougliter killed him too dead to skin." 

 My pard is right, but the gun won'tgo, 

 The shells are swelled, tl ecuss words Bo 

 And .is I break the gun ou the side of thi 

 Says 



tha 



goat 



rn : 



of 1 



boat. 



s nose again like 



ef I don't I'm a 

 Me-i 



Rev. J. J. Pcarce, D. D., of Pennsylvania, is an eminent 



minister of the gospel, a successful politician (he has been a 



• fr 



e sports. 

 1I0 



nobl 



specimen 



a a few years ago lie ox- 



ehicken hunt, and to lie 



1 dined ou the noble bird 



icd and he pur himself at 



•k and many miles travel 



ith a'half dozen Birds. These wore 



of the party to be prepared for sup 



s invited. 'Supper lime came; then- 



ves, meats of every kind ami ■ in i ■■. 



The Elder was 'puzzled as well ' 



to hay 

 t that he hs. 



was organi 

 rd day's i 



member of Cong] 

 of ti man. 



While on a visit. 

 pressed a great di 

 able to say ou his rctur 

 of the prairie. A hunt 

 its head: and after a 1 

 the shooters returned 

 given to the wife of o 

 per, and the Elder V 

 were pies, cakes, pros 

 but no prairie ohicke: 



disappointed. The woman being interviewed about; it after- 

 ward, said that she had been belter raised than to set the 

 likes of a prairie chicken before a nice- gentleman Hke Mr. 

 Pearce. 



A young man in one of the rural towus in southern 

 New York was passionately fond of athletic sports, and also 

 had a love for natural history. He spent most of his time in 

 running foot races, playing baseball, and in shooting and 

 mounting or stuffing birds. 



One tiaya boy friend, just from college, said to him: 

 ''Spencer, I understand that you are becoming quite an 

 athlete?" 



To which Spencer replied, "Yes, 1 do stuff a good many 

 birds nowadays." Qctli,. 



$mwer§ to <j^crre8jjotttleiif$. 



EST" No Notice Taken of Anonytr 



s Correspondents. 



Mac, Hnrrisvi'lle, Mie.li.— The address is No. 108 Eleeeker streel , New 

 York. 



J. P.. San Francisco.— A reply was sent by mail advising the pur- 

 ellase, 



<i. IS. W., Conway, Mass.— The party is a gunsmith in Cheyeriue, 

 Wyoming. 



.1. W.— 1. We have written for the law. 2. Do not know where you 

 will find the decoys. 



F.B.B.. Geneseo. N. Y.— The New York law forbids sailing for 

 ducks, also use of rleeoy-nu:.i-e than twenty tods from the shore. 



G. W. T.. Waterbury. Come— There may be such a law with refer- 

 ence to the trees on Slab- lands. Write lo Verplanck Colvin, super- 

 intendent Adirondack Survey, Albany, >'. Y. 



J. B. A.; Fort Orange. Volusia County.— The sharpie Is a Bat-bot- 

 tom boat amidship-. Willi about ■> l..." linn.- to tile dries. The chine 



l'.."ih. I.flom, Fiomtlie'iuid^'hip'seetiMiiAl't.'ih.* b.Viiom iiirnsup 

 to the transome, wbich is regulated in height bv the depth fixed upon 



for the boat. The transome in shape is a r.-<l,i,-.-,l mi.'-. in. 



reduced in breadth enough to £ive the boat the same taper at her 

 deck hue as an ordinary rowboat has to h, r tmuwale. The transome 



the mid 

 From ti 



In' I 

 of the .1 

 Hare io 



she has 



thiiul.I. 

 by the 

 lliimbl. 

 lo the t 



hit and ilivcr 



rr linlilr In May. 



i SCI. ISC RESORTS^m shall be glad lo have for pwbli- 

 :ii;,, n notes f ,/,„„! fishing localitien. Will not our rorrc- 



•'.- favor us uilli mill' 



of desirable points for angling 



ANGLING AT BEAR LAKE. 



ON the morning of the liih of June, our party of five 

 landed at our annual fishing ground on BearLake, in 



Chailevoix county. Michigan, On our way up we agreed 

 upon a prize, which should go to the one taking the largest 

 fish during our stay At noon of the first, day. when we 

 came' into camp, it was discovered that the prize belonged, 

 for the iir-i time being, to Barn, who broughl in a black bass 

 weighing three pounds. During the afternoon, the writer 

 landed a five -pound pickerel, which enabled him lo own 

 (he prize for about an hour, when an unearthly veil from 

 the other boat attracted ow attention jusl in time to see the 



leap lor life made by the lar-resl pickerel I ever saw on a 

 hook and line. Alv brother Will was master of ceremonies, 

 and had the prOud Satisfaction of taking the lish into camp, 

 as wt 11 as parrying home the prize aforesaid. 



li isaboul thia capture, which I consider a notable one 

 under the ;i.euuisla:,e:s. that I wish to write. The tackle 

 used was a nine-ounce split-bamboo rod: a small silk line; a 

 i-o Curlple Knbv hook with gimpsncll and a live minnow 

 lor bail. The li L 'lil lasted nearly two hours, Willi I lie 

 chances all the time in favor of the lish. During the first 

 hour he bail things all his own way, and towed' the boat 

 around about as he pleased, He tried all the devices known 

 Co his tribe in gel rid of the tie that bound him. but the hook 

 was placed jusl where lie could not loosen il. He would 

 rise to the surface and shake himself with his terrible jaws 

 wide open, and then make a bee-line for the bottom of the 

 lake at a rale of speed that burnt the fingers us the line 

 passed through them, and threatened many times to empty 

 the reel of its '!00 feet, of line. Fortunately the old fellow 

 would change his course just in time. 



Perhaps most of the honor is due toJ.fr. C, J. Wooden, 

 whose knowledge of the lake, and skillful handling of the 

 boat kept the lish in deep water so Ions as he wanted to 

 fight. When tired out Wooden steered, him into shallow 

 water, and stepping out of the boat, in water up to his waist. 

 after a few passes gol his ihumb and finger in the victim's 

 eyes, and carried him ashore without the aid ol gaff-hook or 

 net, and without a scratch, lie wcitrhed 2ti.!lbs.. measured 

 44 inches long, 20 inches around, and from what I emihl 

 learn, was 1 he largest, fish ever taken in Bear Lake, lie is 

 now in the hands of Prof. Telie. of the Academy of Science, 

 who pronounces him a very line specimen of Northern pike 



L. B. B. 



Chicaoo, III.. .Tune 'JS. 



THE SHRINKING OF THE TROUT. 



IN your issue of May 34, 1883, received by me this month, 

 your suggestion liiat those who have' fish items to tell 

 would do well to send them in, struck me as an opening for 

 a lish fact, that occurred while f was stationed iu New 

 Mexico, at Santa. Fe, as an officer in the army, about the 

 year 1805 or '66— time slides by in such a slippery way that 

 one cannot fix dates accurately, nor would one wish to who 

 is on the other side of the hill and can only look back over it 

 in memory — but 1 will vouch for (he accuracy of the story, 

 which should be a warning to all who place a* fine string of 

 fish in a side pool lo keep them fresh, a process pretty well 

 known to anglers as a softening process. 



About the time of which 1 speak, New Mexico was I he 

 home of many sporting men, 1 mean fishers of men. and not 

 fishermen, and better, more law-abiding anil true-hearted 

 fellows never lived; as wild and as dangerous as a gt'izzJj 

 bear when aroused, but with a true love for all that was 

 honest, brave or beautiful among their nun people; leaving 

 the sidewalk when a party of American ladies passed over 

 it and remaining in the street, with their hats in their hands 

 until they had left their immediate neighborhood; read; 

 light for them at a moment's notice, and use freely I lie' pis- 

 tols which hung in their belts at all hours, day or night; 

 true gamblers in their instincts to win. while they sat at 

 their games: but open-handed to the opr -essed or the poor, 

 of whom there were many in that country at that time. Of 

 this class of men I would now tell a fishing story that wir 

 given to me by one of the actors, the night after their return 

 from the mountains, 



The Rio Chiquito (little river), which runs through the 

 -ity of Santa Fe, is a brawling mountain stream, which, for 



h the win.! abaft die beam. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



GuiflB TO THE MtJKKoKA LAKES. Puhl 



Northern and Northwestern liailway, Tot 



Those Piiettv St. (jeohoe Girls. A =o.iety novel Rttladi 

 T. B, l'eterson<S Bros. 



j An 



.mis 



R.t , li. 



' Lewis 

 . V, Me; 



l-s. K-... 



ranger 



PoLler & Co. Wetzel was a Iroiitiei'smun anil Indian tighter; and this 

 book is full of scalping, tomahawking, and other sanguinary deeds. 



above that of lingerlings, still he cast and caught until he ar- 

 rived at Sievens's pool, whet.- he espied the string in the 

 water. Full of fun, and ready for a joke a' any time and 

 upon any one, he quietly pulled out the willow, and strip- 

 ping it 'of its spotted 'hriiiities. he replaced iheiu. tish for 

 tish. with his own diminutive ones, and pul the siring hack 

 inthe pool; and then, knowing ihal it could not be long before 

 Stevens would return, he concealed himself and Stevens's 

 lish behind a huge moss-ooveicd rock and awaited the ap- 

 pearance of his "pard." 



The crashing of bushes soon announced his approach, 

 then his head and shoulders were seeu at a little distance, 

 struggling thromrh the undercnowth. and then, with a sigh 

 of relief, he tore "himself through to (he little Open space, 

 and bent his sleps toward the pool to recover his lish, < 'uni- 

 mings, from behind his rock, watching him, his eves beam- 

 ing wiih fun, and awailingthe denoucineiil. Slovens slopped 

 and stooped overlhc clear water and stretched oul his hand 

 for the willow, bul caught sight of the trout just as he did 

 so, when In- resumed his perpendicularity with a jerk, as a 

 knife blade Hies to its open position, gazed intently at the 

 tish. and then slowly bending his body until his hands rested 

 on his ktrees.be looked long and intently, with his eyes 

 fairly popping out of their sockets. After a long-drawn, 



sonorous sigh, he said, "Well, vou have shrunk the of 



an\ Hah that 1 ever saw." 



The attitude, the wonder and the. eyelatualiou were too 

 much for Cummings; he fairly howled with laughter, when 

 Stevens took the joke and "took after" him simultaneously, 

 and then there was a foot race around that clearing that, of 

 course, ended in the capture of Cummings. who was so 

 convulsed with laughter that there was but little speed left 

 in him. A compromise was effected, and Cummingss Bask 

 being reasonably full and Sievens's empty, they wr.ru soon 

 laughing together over the exchange of the trout; but 

 Stevens made Cummings promise that he would not let the 

 juke out. 1 1 was too good, however, lo keep, and cham- 

 pagne, paid for by Stevens, moistened the mortal clay of 

 several fellows that night in Santa Fe. who had not looked 

 for anything better than the wheat whisky of the country. 

 \V. H. B. 



THE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT. 

 /"VF the fly-casting tournament, the Loudon Fisliiittj Qazett 

 \J says:' "But that the affair was a most interesting and 

 successful one will not, we think, be questioned by anyone 

 who was present ; and of the hundreds who took 'up their 

 places to view the commencement the majority remained 

 until after seven o'clock, and many until past "nine, when 

 the proceedings were cut short by darkness. Undoubtedly 

 the most interesting event was the casting by Mr. Reuben 

 vYood, which waawatohed with the greatest interest. [(, 

 ill be seen that Mr. Wood took first prize in both the 



and no douht i 



of tl 



tent of the 



to doubt n 



.Mr. Wi 



-il! 



This 



ngle-lui 



the greater part of the time i 

 ' "through 



r a few feet wid 

 .. itself in the middle of the 

 sand bed or arioyo aomi ei-htv or one hundred vards wide, 

 that indicates the real width or the stream when the deluding 

 rains of the mountain sends il down as a torrent, withai'ush 

 and burst of water three or four feet, high, rolling the great 

 boulders in its mighty flow-, BO that the noise of their grind- 

 ing can be heard for miles. At such times, of course, there 

 is no fishing, but. the process tears out great holes inthe 

 that during the time of its quietude are fairly 

 Well stocked with the true mountain trout. None of 

 them are very large, lm(. many may be caught that can be 

 called good pan fish; and for the capture of a mess of ti 



of the sportsmen, Ten 

 Stream one morning, armed caf. 

 way was rough. Hie bushes were 

 clumber over the rocks and fallei 

 Tom's luck was good and he an 

 of the head of the Chiquito with 

 tine fish strung on a willow slick 

 that of the pole, began to be son: 

 Here, some yards from the edge of the strean 

 pool which the rain water had formed in adep: 

 rocks, and to this pool he consigned his siring that 

 might be kept cool and fresh until his return froi 



Cut the 



Some li 

 without h 



i tie 



p the 



pie. as an angler. The 



w and troublesome, the 



imber was tiresome; bul 



•d within a mile or two 



lite a goodly number of 



Their weight, added to 



.'hat of a burden to him. 



he found a 



ssion of the 



they 



the 



ku 



head Of th 

 Stevens had started from Santa Fe. ami 

 ledge, Joe Cummiiurs, a brother sports- 

 zed with a. desire lo lish the same stream, and 

 us had gone some time before, he bor- 

 tuirl was soon tramping over the same trail thai 

 the first angler had laken. llis luck as to numbers was good. 

 but aa to si/.e, bis lish did not attain what could be dignified 



know 



ad b 



handed fly-rod competition and the salmon By-casting 

 competition, though in both competitions he was very closely 

 pressed by Mr, Mallock. of Perth. 



"The wind was most trying to the flv-ctisters. now coming 

 in a steady, strong gust.' and then, after a rest, chopping 

 round a point or two, so that it was impossible to make al- 

 lowances for it. The chief difference in the American and 

 English casting seems to be more in the rods and lines than 

 in the method of using them. Mr. Wood used a powerful 

 'easting' split-cane rod'and a very heavy winch line — a much 

 heavier winch line, in fad, than is used for anything but 

 salmon fly-fishing in this country. Later on, Mr. Wood 

 very kindly gave an exhibition of Ins skill with the ooz. 

 split-cane rod. which was very much appreciated. We had 

 the pleasure, a few yyeeks ago, to lake Mr. Wood to Hunger- 

 lord to tish the Kennet. and had ample opportunity to see 

 the wonderful manner in which he can make the slim little 

 light-weight rod send a great, heavy winch line nut over the 

 water. Mr. Wood WSB surprised at the fineness both of the 

 gut and winch line generally used iu trout fishing in this 

 country: in fact, he says tha't, only on the Caledonia River 

 was such tackle ever used iu the States. He says that a heavy 

 winch line, must be used lo gel the proper work out of the 

 split-cane rod. The fly -casting this time took place from a 

 platform raised about two feet' from the water, and not from 

 a punt, as was the case last time." 



One of our London correspondents says, in a private let- 

 ter: "You will see by the papers that Mr. Wood's victory is 

 laid to the superiority of American rods and lit 

 may be the case (o some extent, 

 Mr! Wood as well, as he has ch 

 merits in the American Departn 

 bition, and Ibis judgment will i 

 first prizes to American roils, 

 take pari in a friendly cast with 

 use their rods and lines, either w 

 or salmon rods. Mr. Mallock, 1 

 Wood, whipped the ground behit 



; much damaged, a thing that. Mr. 



> We thoroughly believe in the y 

 as a means of demonstrating the best methods of haudl' :g 

 the roil, .•mil therefore we. gave the reports of the last one iu 

 full in our last issue, and will continue to give such com- 

 ments as our correspondents may send, or we may find in 

 English journals. 



BLOOMING GROVE PARK. 



THE Blooming Grove Park Association has been improv- 

 ing its grounds for the past two years, ind is now pro- 

 posing to establish a hatchery for trout. The new club 

 house is finished, and is both comfortable and commodious, 

 and is well attended. We recently paid a visit to the club, 

 and drove over to Lake Laura and look some bass. This 

 lake is singular in being shallow 

 vegetation, the bare rocks lookir 

 surf. The bass are plentiful in 

 not, very large. They take the i 

 food is scarce, which" may account for 

 Lake Giles, near the club 'house, (lie bass are large aud ■ 

 fed. but will not take either fly or bait, although they can 

 be plainly seen at times. This' is thought to he on account 

 of food being so plenty, and if so, the tish will eventually 

 increase until food becomes scarcer when (bey will gladly 

 accept a bait, even if a line be attached to' it, With a 

 hatchery there the trout streams should be brought up to 

 their former standard in a fi W fears. 



The breeding park contains some deer and others will be 

 purchased; some fawus yvere dropped this spring and will be 

 turned out. Bears are frequent, aud we saw where one had 

 opened an ant-hill in the road, on the way to Lake Laura. 

 The woods abound in game nf many kinds, aud the club is 

 ona sound financial basis. Some years ago it seemed asif this 

 organization was in a feeble state, but its membership is now 



an tiling imple- 

 Tsheries Exhi- 

 ilt in giving the 

 xl has offered lo 

 England and to 

 ided trout rods 

 rho came nearest to Mr. 

 il him so that his Hies were 

 Wood did not do. ' 



of these tournaments 



t parts and vet free from 

 as clean a.s'if washed by 

 lis lake, but as a rule are 



In 



■ell 



