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state of things nearer game extinction than exists now is a 

 reflection suggestive of poverty indeed. But, gentlemen of the 

 State, take the word of a man whoBe only impulse la convic- 

 tion born of love for the sport to which you, too, are devoted, 

 and who has had some experience here and elsewhere in its 

 pursuit, and in preserving the means of its enjoyment, that 

 our waning supply of game will be only vastly impoverished 

 by any future act of the Legislature which excludes as a key- 

 note the creation of one, and only one, comprehensive season, 

 commencing in September and ending in December. 



John Aldkrgkove. 



8m— I trust some effort will be made by Western sporting 

 clubs to prevent the shooting of young birds long before the 

 season legally commences. Last year in Minnesota, at Sleep- 

 eye Lake, I was coolly told : " We don't wait for you Eastern 

 fellows to come out here j we shoot in July and as soon as 

 the birds are fit to fry." He and another shot 200 one day. 

 Why, the birds are so tame at this lime that it is butchery. I 

 found on my arrival, on 15th, that most of the young birds 

 had been killed. There is only one way to check this, viz., 

 employ detectives and prosecute. Residents who are willing 

 to put a stop to this are afraid to inform and thereby produce 

 enmity on the part of their neighbors. J. F. M. 



ROCHESTER, N, Y., April 3, 1878. 

 KWTOB FOKKST AND STRltAM ! 



I am very pleased to notice In your istrae ol March 2T an arttole ad- 

 vocating the season for all shooting to begin on Sept. 1 and end Dec. 

 81. This 1b the only way game can be effectually preserved In this 

 State. The summer woodcock shooting has been Uie great c-vll, as the 

 acres haf p been devastated by the procesB, grouse and quEll suffering 

 aa much, or more, thanjthe;woodcock. This measure comes none too 

 soon, aa I am advised of a movement among farmers to forbid any 

 sporting on their lands. This state of things has arisen from the stupid 

 confusion of the law and multiplicity of cloBe days which have prevent- 

 ed farmers from protecting thegame. B. C. B. 



THE CANADIAN GAME LAWS, 



Mb. Editob : In the interests of game protection I think 

 you should let your readers in the Western States know that, 

 although we have no prairie fowl in this Province (Quebec), it 

 ia illegal to have the same in possession between March 15 and 

 September 1, as the law provides that no person shall have in 

 his possession, custody, or care (among other birds and animals; 

 any "grouse" during the period above named. Now, as prairie 

 fowl are grouse, it follows that it is illegal to have them in 

 possession, etc. Here we have a strong Fish and Game Pro- 

 tection Olub, but hitherto it has not been deemed advisable to 

 take cognizance of infractions of the law in the matter of prairie 

 fowl, because, as I have already stated, none are found in this 

 Province. Our markets are now full of these birds, and will 

 remain so as long as the weather continues cold enough. It 

 would, of course, be an easy matter for our club to put a 

 stop to the selling of prairie fowl in Montreal, but there 

 would be little use in doing so, so long as it was permitted in 

 other cities and towns in the Province. What I would sug- 

 gest is, that the Game Protection Associations in the Western 

 States should make an effort to get the associations in this 

 Province to have the law enforced. If this were done it would 

 close a large market against the reception of prairie fowl after 

 15th of March. As far as the Pish and Game Protection 

 Olub here is concerned, I can guarantee their support, pro- 

 vided measures are taken to enforce the law in the other parts 

 of the Province. 



Closb Seasons fob Fish.— Ontario : Whitefish cannot be 

 caught from November 12 to December 1 ; salmon trout and 

 lake trout cannot be caught from November 12 to December 

 1 ; speckled trout, brook or river trout cannot be caught from 

 September 15 to May 1 ; bass cannot be caught from May 15 

 to June 15 ; pickerel (Dore) cannot be caught from April 15 

 to May 15; Maakinonge cannot be caught from April 15 to 

 May 15. Quebec : Whitefish cannot be caught from Novem- 

 ber 10 to December 1 ; salmon trout and lake trout cannot be 

 caught from October 15 to December 1 ; speckled trout, brook 

 or river trout cannot he caught from October 1 to December 

 31 : bass cannot be caught from May 15 to June 15 ; pickerel 

 (Dore) cannot be caught from April 15 to May 15 ; maskiuonge 

 cannot be caught from April 15 to May 15. 



Close Seasons fob Game. — Ontario : Deer and cariboo 

 cannot be killed from December 15 to September 15; Moose 

 cannot be killed from December 15 to September 15; partridge 

 cannot be killed from February 1 to October 1 ; duck cannot 

 be killed from January 1 to September 1 ; woodcock cannot 

 be killed from January 1 to August 1 ; snipe cannot be killed 

 from May 1 to August 15 ; quail cannot be killed from Janu- 

 ary 1 to October 1. Quebec : Deer and cariboo cannot be 

 killed from February 1 to September 1; Moose cannot be 

 killed from February 1 to September 1 ; partridge cannot be 

 killed from March 1 to September 1 ; duck cannot be killed 

 from May 1 to September 1 ; woodcock cannot be killed 

 from March 1 to September 1 ; snipe cannot be killed from 

 March 1 to September. 



In the Province of Ontario it is illegal to sell prairie fowl 

 between March 1 and October 1. 1 therefore think, that with 

 a little trouble, and without much expense, the sportsmen of 

 the Western States might close the markets of Ontario and 

 Quebec (which, in the aggregate, consume a large quantity), 

 against this species of game, the former on 1st and the latter 

 on 15th of March. I wish you had included the various 

 Provinces of the Dominion in your "Co-operative Game Law" 

 scheme. I inclose a memo, of the close seasons for fish and 

 game In Quebec and Ontario, which shows the moBt glaring 

 incongruities, especially when it is borne in mind that the 

 dividing line between the Provinces runs for an immense dis- 

 tance through the virgin forest. Deer, for instance, may not 

 . be killed on one side of an imaginary line after the 15th De- 

 cember, while on the other side they may be killed up to 1st 

 February. H. R. 



Montreal, March 25, 1879. 



Our correspondent's suggestions are very properand timely. 

 With regard to the co-operative scheme, we beg to inform our 

 valued friend that it does include Canadian territory, and the 

 only reason why it was omitted from our published table of 

 February 27, was that we preferred to let each county adjust 

 ita close seasons, and then reconcile them to each other. We 

 do not see why the close seasons of Canada should not be uni- 

 form with those of the United States. As respects the sale of 

 Western game in Eastern markets, it is obvious, as we have 

 repeiitedly urged, that if shooting were prohibited in the West 

 at a given date, and the law enforced, there would be no game 

 to ship eastward or elsewhere. 



MaSSA< 'lumTTs Fish and (tAmk Association.— At the aa- 

 tmal meeting of the Association held in Boston last Friday ev- 

 ening the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, Walter M. Brnckett; Vice Presidents, Hon, 

 Thomas Talbot, lion. Daniel Ntedham, Hon. Chas. Levi 

 Woodbury, Col. Henry Smith, Augustus T. Perkins, Esq., 

 J. Lewis Stackpole, Esq., William Emerson Baker, Esq. 

 Treasurer, L. M. Chase; Recording and Corresponding Secre- 

 tary, Walton 0. Tuft; Librarian, E. M. Meesiuger; Execu- 

 tive Committee, W. S. Hills, John FoUler, Jr., C. W. Hersey, 

 F. R. Shattuek, C. T. Jenkins; Committe on Membership, 

 L. Prouty, F. Tuckerman, E. Delano. 



Various amendments to the constitution were adopted, the 

 most important of which provides for the election of a "Fund 

 Committee " and the creation of a fund by setting aside fifty 

 per cent, of the surplus of each year. The Treasurer reported 

 that he had received during the year $1,080 and expended 

 $971 71, leaving a balance in the treasury of $191 76. 



Iowa. — The Iowa game law as passed recently makes it un- 

 lawful to net; trap, kill or injure woodcock between January 

 1 and July 1. 



v Rhode Island's New Law. — Providence, March 81. — Editor 

 Forest and Stream: It is our privilege to chronicle the im- 

 portant fact that Rhode Island— though not the first of the 

 States to make a move towards preventing the total extermi- 

 nation of the tidal fisheries— has taken a conservative 

 step toward the prevention of a total annahilation of all 

 kinds of fishes natural to Narragansett Bay, by the trap- 

 pers, netters and pound fishermen. For the past twenty 

 years the rapid increase in numbers of traps, nets, pounds 

 and other destructive engines, used to destroy fish 

 in these waters has -as could easily have been pre- 

 dicted—nearly destroyed one of the best fisheries in* the 

 tidal waters of Now England. AVhy should not the offenders 

 of Rhode Island, or any other State, suffer the penalty of such 

 high-handed outrage against natural laws ? Every man of 

 common intelligence and education knows, or might know, 

 that to destroy a greater and greater percentage of the fish 

 that come into certain waters for the purpose of spawning and 

 feeding, must, sooner or later, cause a dearth of this invaluable 

 food. Once these waters teemed with immense numbers and 

 great variety of commercial fish. So with our rivers and 

 streams that once were densely populated with salmon, shad, 

 herring, alewives, and trout. But to-day how does the matter 

 stand V Our prolific bay is nearly barren ; our rivers and 

 streams dammed for all time. Cause, total, unjustifiable greed 

 of man. Man, the destroyer, who in his intense selfishness, 

 erected impassable barriers to the ascent of the anadromous 

 fishes, and, to make annihilation doubly sure, speared, netted, 

 and even clubbed to death the remaining few that came below 

 these fatal obstructions, led by the strongest of all instincts of 

 these creatures— nativity and perpetuation of species. In the 

 other case — that of the tidal fisheries — every method of de- 

 struction has been put in force, with what result we all know. 

 and a few deeply deplore the ignorance of our fathers and 

 the cupidity of the many who persist in pursuits contrary to 

 all right or reason. But in pondering over this sad state of 

 things I have wandered from the simple statement which I 

 started to make, viz., that Rhode Island has just moved in 

 the matter of arresting the destruction of the last fish in the 

 Narragansett. An; act has lately passed both houses of the 

 General Assembly', making it a misdemeanor to take fish- 

 within certain tidal waters, generally known as Narragansett 

 Bay — by traps, weirs, pounds, or other devices of like nature, 

 after sunrise of each Saturday until sunrise on Monday. 

 Penalty, $100 and three months' imprisonment— the latter 

 optional with the judge. The enforcement of this act is left 

 to the Oommissioner8 of Inland Fisheries, After so much 

 effort to obtain this most conservative law, we hope that this 

 great trust placed in out most excellent Commissioners will 

 give us some relief from our present dilemma. 



Esprit Fobt. 



Alabama Close Season.— The Alabama law, approved 

 Feb. 13, 1879, prescribes in the counties of Mobile, Monroe, 

 Baldwin, Marengo, Lowndes, Hale, Dallas, Montgomery, 

 Clarke, Greene, Wilcox, Pike, Talladega, Pickens, Bibb, 

 Autauga, Chilton, Clay and Jefferson, a close season for deer 

 between the 14th of February and the 20th of October ; wild 

 turkeys, May 1 and October 20; turtledove, or mourning 

 dove, April 1 and August 1 ; quail or partridge, March 15 and 

 September 15 ; wild duck, May 1 and October 1 ; no water- 

 fowl may be killed in the night time, nor with float, sneak- 

 boat, box or battery. The mocking bird, cat bird and thrush 

 are protected at all scasonB. Having in possession and the 

 transportation of game in the close season is included. 



Michigan.— A club for the protection of game and fish has 

 been organized at Cadillac with the following officers : Silas 

 Tarn, President ; D. E. Mclntyre, Vice-President ; E. L. 

 Metheany, Secretary ; R. McDonell, Treasurer ; Board of 

 Directors, G. E Adams, A. W. Mitchell, A. K. Moyer. The 

 editor of this journal acknowledges the courtesy extended in 

 his election as an honorary member. 



Michigan— East Saginaw, March 31— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: One clause in your digest of the new Michigan Game 

 Law, in your last issue, is obviously a mistake, viz.: "No 

 person shall hunt deer in the Upper Peninsula from Septem- 

 ber 1 to December 15, or in the Lower Peninsula from 

 October 1 to November 15." This should read, " Save only 

 from September 1 to December 15 in the Upper Peninsula, 

 and from October 1 to November 15 in the Lower Peniusula." 

 Another clause prohibits the killing of deer in water, and the 

 use of hounds in thelUpper Peninsula. With theexception of the 

 hounding clause, the bill is substantially as recommended by 

 the Michigan Sportsman's Association at its meeting of Janu- 

 ary last. The bill has passed the Senate, and is now in 

 the hands of a committee in the House, who have agreed to 

 recommend to the House concurrence in the Senate's action. 

 It will come up in the House for final passage this week, and 

 probably by your next issue will have become a law. 



H. B. Ronbt, Sec. Mich. Sportsman's Asso'n. 



Indiana. — Hope, Ind., has a recently organized " Society 

 for the Protection of Birds and Game." The officers are : 

 President, John Clouse ; Vice-President, Christian Bauer ; 

 Secretary, Francis Rothrock; Treasurer, Joseph Holder; 

 Prosecuting Committee, George W. Conner, J. D. Sidener, 

 M. H. Bonwell, John E. Gilliland, David Reed, Anderson 

 Shore, Thomas Clouse. 



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Massachusetts— Gardner.— The Gardner Rifle Club 

 opened Bhooting for the season at Hackmatack llange, Fast 

 Day, April 3; distance, 200 yards, off-hand, ring and Creed- 

 moor targets; open to all; no restrictions in regard to rifle; fee, 

 two cents per shot : 



„ King. Creed. Bing. Creed. Totals. 



(i F Ellsworth 84 45 • 80 44 163 89 



H C Knowlton 70 45 84 4« 163 90 



'■■-Hods 75 44 84 46 1B0 89 



GR Pratt 81 45 69 44 150 59 



CO Bent 73 4S, 69 44 150 89 



F E Nichols n 44' 76 44 14S 83 



IN Dodge 62 43 76 43 138 86 



Leon Walker 69 42 54 13 123 84 



Amos Coleman 43 40 60 41 108 81 



Fred H Knowlton 50 42 70 46 120 80 



The match was a very spirited one, and at the close each 

 selected his prize as follows : Ellsworth, folding chair; H. 0. 

 Knowlton, broom; Hinds, bracket; Pratt, hat brush; Bent, 

 twenty-five cents; Nichols, brush and comb; Dodge, toy 

 plane; Walker, dozen of eggs. 



Boston, April 5.— The regular monthly prize shoot for 

 April at the Mammoth Rifle Gallery has opened with some 

 very brilliant shooting; the record standing, 150 feet, rounds 

 8, possible 40 : 



W A Pollard 5 4 5 4 6 5 5 5—38 



C Edwards 5 4 4 5 5 5 5—33 



George Lamb 6 6 4 S 5 4 6 5 38 



Frank Holds 5 6 4 5 6 5 4 5—38 



A P Holman 4 4 6 5 4 5 5-37 



A W Robinson 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5-36 



Prescotl Ely .5 5 4 4 4 4 6 5—86 



A E Robbing 4 4 4 5 5 B 4 6—36 



E P Dlokerraan 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5—36 



I W Fsrrar 4 4 5 15 5 4—36 



M L Pratt 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5-35 



Gei E Everett _.5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5—35 



F H Harlshorn -5 4 4 4 5 4 4 6— 3S 



II L Brown .4 6 4 4 4 5 4 5—35 



HFBorden , 4 4 5 4 4 5 6 4—35 



Brooklyn, March 5.— A glass ball (Hatch took place, in Flatbnsh, be- 

 tween Eugene M. Bough ton, a professional, and John Schlicmann, 

 au amateur. The professional had lo break more out oti\ 

 than the amateur out of 30 balls ; 18 yards rise ; \<4 oz. shof : 



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1-W. KENKBEl. 



Boston— WoMut Hill.— Fast Day last week was well kept 

 at the range of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, and 

 many persons took advantage of the favorable weather tc 

 visit, the range. The forenoon and early afternoon trains 

 came crowded with spectators, and the several competitions 

 on the list for the day's sport filled well, 90 contestants ap- 

 pearing in the ' ' ring target " match alone. Three contests at 

 200 yards each were the programme, and while, owing to the 

 brisk 9 o'clock wind, no extraordinarily good scores were 

 made, a high average was maintained. FiriDg at 9 o'clock 

 and all the ranges— short, mid and long— were occupied a 

 major portion of the day, some fine work having been done 

 at the 800, 900 and 1,000 yards distances by Messrs. Gerrish 

 and Brown, the latter rolling up respectively 73, 72 and G8, 

 or 213 out of a possible 225. At the mid-range excellent 

 scores were put in by several of the competitors, though no 

 official record was taken. The first regular competion con- 

 cluded was the "amateur series" at 200 yards. This had 

 32 entries, the best scores running : 



GLWinsbip 4 5454S544 4—44 



! Borden 5 34544554 4—43 



ilggS 5 44443445 5—42 



CRGrimng 5 4 4 3 4 5 5 4 4 4-43 



EW Archer 4 35445436 6^12 



AB Archer 444454444 4—41 



FE Simpson. 4 4 4 4 4 2 5 4 4 ' 5— 10 



AWHoWland 4 44443454 4—10 



■ * 44446443 4-40 



GBodwell 4 4 4 4 4 3 6 4 4 3-39 



SB Henry 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 6-37 



EPBUZZell 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 4-34 



FRSttattuck 4 4 3 4 4 4 8 4 3-33 



The ' ' ring target " match was open to all comers. The con- 

 ditions were: Rifle, any within the rules; rounds, 5; entry 

 fee, 50 cents; re-entries permitted ; two best scores of each 

 competitor to count ; ties to be decided by string measure. 

 Seventy per cent, of the entry feeB to be divided into seven 

 prizes. There was good shooting in this competition, which 

 was finally decided as follows, only the names and scores of 

 the winners being given : O. M. Jewell, 43, 41. total 8-1 • J 

 B. Osborne, 42, 40, total 82 : J. N. Frye, 37, 42, total 79 • 'w 

 Charles, 35. 40, total 75 ; W. Tyler, 42, 32, total 74 ; G L* 

 Winship, 37, 37, total 74; W. H. Howland, 33, 30, total 69.' 



In the "rapid firing" match but nine competitors entered 

 This competition was also open to all comers , rifle, any 

 with pull of three pounds, all to be used as single loaders • 

 each competitor to take his place at the firing point, with 

 loaded rifle, and begin firing at the word " Fire." " Time " 

 to be called at the expiration of 30 seconds, and for any shot 

 fired after the call of time as many points to be deducted as 

 are indicated by the best shot in the score ; self-cocking guns 

 to concede four points to other rifles ; to be decided by most 

 hits, fewest outers, fewest inners, etc. ; entry fee, 50 cents • 

 re-entries permitted ; 70 per cent, of the entry fee's to be di- 

 vided. Following is the result: Peabody-Martini, D Kirk- 

 wood, eight rounds, self-cocking rifle, total score 27, correct- 

 ed score 23 ; W. Tyler, six rounds, Springfield rifle, corrected 

 score 21 ; O. M Jewell, five rounds, Maynard rifle, corrected 

 score 20; W. H. Jackson, six rounds, self-cocking rifle 

 (Borchardt), total score 20, corrected score 10 ; J. N. Frye, 

 four rounds, Springfield rifle, corrected score 10 ; W. Lllh- 

 gow, three rounds, Springfield rifle, corrected score 11; T, 

 Penrose, three rounds, Springfield rifle, corrected score 10 • 

 H. B. Henry, five shots, self-cocking- rifle (Borchardt), total 

 score 13, corrected score 9 ; C. U. Meiggs, three round* 

 Maynard rifle, corrected score 9. 



Medford— The Medford Amateur Rifle Association held the 

 first competition in the April series Wednesday afternoon 

 the 2d inst., at Bellevue range, Medford ; 200 yard ; rounds' 

 10 ; rifle, any within the rules ; off-hand, all comers The 

 principal scores stood : 



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SISTEE"'-"- * 55453444 4-43 



EW Archer 5 44444454 4— 42 



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On Thursday (Fast Day) a large number of riflemen assem- 

 bled at Bellevue range at 9 a. m., to shoot in the classified 

 competition, with following scores •. 



