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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 27, 1883. 



Most of the lakes are bought up and are scraped every dry 

 spell and the salt is sold to cattle men. 



Along the Concho and Colorado rivers curlew and ducks 

 will soon be plentiful; around the salt lakes curlew and 

 plover are tsoming in now and are very tame. Prairie chick- 

 ens nre very scarce. "Buffalo Bill" (N. L. Jinkins) arrived 

 from Monument Springs. New Mexico, yesterday, and re- 

 prat- seeing a few prairie chickens and a great many ante- 

 lope, hut no buffalo and very little signs of any. "Buffalo 

 Bill" is thoroughly familiar with the plains, and makes a 

 business of guiding parties and prospecting for water. _ I 

 spent most of last winter with him hunting, and found him 

 every inch a. man and always willing to take the roughest 

 side of the weather. lie has a splendid ranch and one of the 

 best wells on the plains. 1 shall probably hunt with Bill in 

 New Mexico during the coming winter, in which event you 

 may hear again from W. A. W. 



Martin County, Texas. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



POOR tides during almost the entire week lias made 

 rail shooting bad. It would seem that we must have a 

 freshet before the birds can be started. 



Several very enthusiastic sportsmen of our city, disgusted 

 at the lack of water we are having this season, determined 

 to follow the rail to the meadows" with spaniels, and have 

 succeeded in killing quite a number in this way. One friend 

 wili persist in using his setters and kills his birds over regular 

 points. In his tramps last week he rau across twenty Eng- 

 lish snipe, killed a part of them, and bagged one or two teal 

 which had taken refuge up the ditches. 



Teal are commencing to be plentiful in the Delaware, and 

 following the equinoctial storm which is looked for at any 

 moment now. Decoying in the early morning will be in 

 order. 



The country about Chambersburg and London, Pa., has 

 bred many quail this year and young broods are plentiful. 

 At; informant, while squirrel shooting the early part of this 

 month, "ran through more coveys in the one day than be had 

 seen in a long time.'' It is also reported from the same 

 section of the 'country that the wild turkeys and grouse 

 hatched and reared well. In the neighborhood of McCon- 

 nelsl urg there are several large flocks of wild turkeys. The 

 sportsmen of this section look forward to a good hunting 

 season. I used the w^ord hunting, as few shoni: with dogs, 

 and the little quail is seldom sought. The grouse, when 

 killed, is treed and theu shot. The feeling against the use of 

 dogs in this country is because it is said they drive all the 

 turkeys from the mountains, and unless one is well known 

 and confines his tramps to the valleys it would be dangerous 

 to take a setter or pointer to McCounelsburg, Pa. Homo. 



SHOOTING IN CUBA. 



AT the risk of intruding too ofteu upon your columns a 

 subject of limited i merest to your readers, I desire to 

 gratification that my letter upon the subject of 

 ag in Cuba," published by you in your issue of the 

 sptember instant, has meet with so prompt a response 

 least one correspondent. ".I. M. G.," though I beg to 

 one ambiguity from which 

 inference, which I am sure 

 he did not "intend to convey, viz., that the impenetrable fogs 

 and dews, si i feSCfiS -'< W as to drench one in spite of his shoot- 

 ing boots, and the tiresome mud that lodes upon the feet 

 1 -ription of all quail 

 ly contrary to my 

 teen years in this 

 J necessary the ex- 

 ract of broken and 

 nount of condcus- 

 ■ cane fields of a 

 i, over which huu- 

 tlrawu by oxen every day, to 

 most Americans who reside 

 island are employed in some 

 ^ns, this fact, taken together 

 lifflculties of shooting there. 

 jrrespondent, 

 ions and the 



"J. M. G." has also found the mnjai 

 while 1 have never seen a dozen in eighteen year 

 should be borne in mind that I have resided 

 making my hunting excursions into the 



1 



ery numerous." AnvENTriuis of A 'Coo^tn Boston. — The upper .no , 



though it Columbus avenue was all agog 



Habatia. 

 while he 



•ilh 



is probably resided on a plantation or v. 



Nor have I ever seen the novel mode: of catching quail 

 alive that vour correspondent speaks of, though I have heard 

 it talked about and regard it as a Cuban romance. I should 

 like to ask "J. M. G." if he has himself seen it accomplished 

 in the manner lie describes, and it so, where? If he can 

 answer in the affirmative, I shall, of course s accept his word 



NOTES FROM MICHIGAN. 



MANY sportsmen from all parte of Michigan have been 

 in Detroit the past week attending the State fair, and 

 flattering reports are made as to the abundance of game in 

 nearly every section. The disconsolate "summer fiends" 

 who were loudly declaring a few weeks since that there were 

 no woodcock this year in this region, may be interested to 

 learn that near Mt". Clemens, Mich., one day this week, two 

 gentlemen killed forty-seven line birds, and the same grounds 

 were drawn two days previous with a result of twenty-eight 

 birds bagged. 



Quail are reported as doing finely, there are more of them 

 than for years, and the writer feels bound to caution shooters 

 in the vicinity of Ann Arbor to respect the law 1 . Certain 

 persons there, it is claimed, need watching, and it will be in- 

 deed unpleasant for them should they be complained of or 

 prosecuted. What's the use for the Hake of a few quail to 

 incur the contempt of honorable sportsmen. Wait until 

 November 1 and all will be well. 



Snipe and plover are beginning to come in, and with a few 

 more cold nights one can pick up a nice bag of the. former 

 close to Detroit. Squirrels are notably numerous this fall, 

 and all in all we Michiganders can congratulate ourselves 

 upou our prospects for good sport. 



Still another fishing and shooting club has been organized 

 in Detroit, consisting of Messrs. Letts, Roehm, McLecs, 

 Hambliu, Abar and Taylor. They have built a comfortable- 

 club house on a large marsh leased by them in the vicinity of 

 " est marshes in tins region are n 

 rl I am glad to say, that as a rule, the 

 iug or leasing good marshes are tem- 

 ni farsigbfed enough to protect their 

 vanton slaughter. Most of such clubs 

 have strict rules against early morning or evening shooting, 

 aid as a result duck shooting in their preserves is excellent 

 Detroit, Sept. S3. DELTA. 



cxpn 

 "Sll( 

 Tthc 

 from 



vtiulty call 

 a might dri 



dei 



Iden r 



and impedes his pros n i . is 

 shooting in Cuba. This, at I 

 experience, extending throu.S 



island. To produce this Btat 



tensive heat absorbing power 

 cultivated land and enormou: 

 iug surface of the leaves of 

 sugar plantation and its well 

 dreds of cartloads of cane a 

 load the boots with mud. A 



long in the interior of the 



capacity upon sugar plantal 

 with his description of the 

 clearly locates the shooting experience <ji you 



"J. :Vi. G., ,: upon or about one of these plai 



ootrero immediately connected with it. 



1 seldom shoot upon them for the reasons well set forth by 



your correspondent: and also, 1 select the haciendas or cattle 



farms, over which I shoot, avoiding those having many rot 

 ;es and patches of tangle. 



tie farms, however, arc well tufted over with grass, 

 io load the boats, and soon after daybreak is a 

 ; ii i ' me to be out, when the birds are running 

 '...:,: rounds, and though usually a light mist 

 ii thai liour it does not in any way disturb my vision 



m shooting, aud my boots and shooting suit guard me against 



This leads me to suggest, thai if we tire to set the ti 



pine fei 



Alio 



fa 



pr 



regard to i 

 sportsmen we m 

 mee of each ere 

 the small area li 

 located bv Ills le 

 shooting had be 

 four 



Cuba 



In myfo 



by t 



illigiblv beforo American 

 recognize that the cxp 

 nece sarilyhe limited to 

 and that area be clearly 

 1 stated that my 

 ■ms from one to 

 tal 



Idle 



Ecorsc, Mich. The 

 nearly all taken up, 

 members of clubs o 

 perate in their sport, 

 inged game agai 



itht 



nd qui, 



people 



itcment Friday 

 mutry made bis .a ji- 

 lt locality some time 



rial i 



sequenfly, 

 not a man 



morning. A strange visitor fro 

 pearance in that unusual! 

 ' liiug the previous nig 



ere astonished to see a 



>p branches of a tree near tin- comer of "* 

 It proved to be. a 'coon, and the sight 

 crowd of curious spectators. lee. 

 was a question that early interested the ro\ 

 no Davy Crockett on hand, and the 'coon, c 

 would not voluntarily come down. But there w 

 id the crowd who diil not. know iust how to get. him. One 

 fellow climbed the tree, aud thought he would laki tbj :mi 

 mal down gently— asbc would catch a kitten— but teeth and 

 nails were too much for him. Then it was proposed to knock 

 him down with a club, but some pretended lender-hearted 

 women saw a chance to make themselves couspicuoii 

 meddling, and set out to threat 

 ciety with a long name. He 

 was a policeman on hand to arrest 

 late the city ordinance against usir 

 A clothes line was brought out to 

 women again protested. A man i 

 gloves on, but was quickly repulsed 



Quid 



'. interference of the s 

 .of. be shot, for Lie. 



id the 



ed mi 

 •almly 



ed 



he topmost 

 •owd below. 

 nti. the tree. 

 I his branch 

 ■ s ting place. 



another who went upwitli a piece of carpeting to thn 

 the 'coon's head. His 'coonship rema' 

 tion for several hours, swinging C 

 branch of the tree and disdainfully i 

 Finally, a ladder was brought and . 

 and the animal in an unwary moment desera 

 and clung to the ladder as offering a firmer i 

 Alas for his 'coonship, however! The laclde 

 away from the tree and gently lowered toward the ground; 

 a strip of carpeting quickly thrown ova- him rendered his 

 capture easy, and he was clapped into a box, loaded into a 

 wagon and carried off. guarded by his captor mid a blue- 

 coaled policeman; but lor tie- Hi,,.- be was the sensation of 

 the morning, aud speculation t'eg rdiog him was cite He 

 may have been a tame animal escaped tjrerai custody, or he 

 may have, lost his way and wandered in from the Country a 

 few miles out, where he had been reveling in cQrflfielO 

 Boston Post. 



ST. LOUIS SIFTINGS. 



JUDGE WARWICK HOUGH of the Supreme Court, 

 Henry W. Ewing, clerk of the same: Sen. H. Clay 

 Ewing and" Col. T. 0. towles of Jefferson City, with Judge 

 Alexander Martin of St. Louis, form a fishing party which 

 left Sept. 19, for the Gasconade Biver. They will camp out, 

 and expect to be gone two weeks, anticipating a good time 

 and lots of sport should the present delightful weather hold 

 out. 



Frank J. Bowman and Oliver A. Hart returned from 

 Brule River, in the Lake Superior Region, where they spent 

 three months in hunting and fishing. They brought home 

 with them several trophies of the chase and rod. One of these 

 is the head of a moose which is said to be the largest, speci- 

 men ever exhibited, The moose measured 7 tcet li incites 

 straight and 10 feet 2 inches from ears to tail. The horns 

 nre ennrmrais. showing a width of Khf inches two feet from 

 ::umferencc of the neck was 4 feel 3 



the head. The 

 inches and the gross we 

 1 . 700 pounds. They hav 

 a 28-pound pickerel, lot 

 s too num. 



heads and 1 



The second mi 

 Club for the gold 

 won by Ed. Bat 

 eight of his ten I 

 are thai the gold 

 beheld, and six J 

 The leather medal was won by 

 gold medal last mouth, the ham 

 " The St. Louis Ge.iman >U:> 

 tournament Sept. IS at Offensn 

 Rock road. There was single i 

 paied in by about sixty of tl 

 gramme included a concert, dis 

 in the afternoon and a ball in tl 



htof tin 

 also in th< 

 paws of a largi 

 'OUS to mention. 

 atest of the Bunk 

 tine off Saturday 



lie. ah 



mated at 



i the head of 

 ir. and deer 



mil (111.) Gun 

 ■ ivenlng end was 

 i.iv pigeons and 

 IS Of the contest 

 imes before it can 

 the rise for each winner. 

 Harris, the winner of the 

 ap being too much for him. 

 mooters held their annual 

 ,'s Park, on the St. Charles 

 d double shooting, partici 

 sharp-shooters. The pro- 

 bution of $1,000 in prizes 

 ;ng 



The condit 



tided ti 



n by A. 



iefly oil the cattle 

 ■ail distant from tli 



I will now state that I have made shooting excursions both 

 to the Vnella Arriba, and to the Vuelta Abajo districts, 

 in the eastern and western departments, and know that 

 yon gel correspondents from each of these parts of the island 

 you will find considerable variety in their descriptions of the 

 sport. 



it is fair to suppose that each will properly weigh and 

 measure the words he employs, so as to set down naught in 

 exaggeration, and this being so the two correspondents you 

 have already heard from iaCuha differ iu several points of 

 their experience. 



But wc agree upon one subject, and that is that quail are 

 numerous in the districts we are familiar with. It is. how- 

 ever, evident to my mind that the wild pigeons of "J. M. 

 C's" districts have not been educated in the use of the shot- 

 gun up to the point they have been in mine, for he says they 

 fly in easy ramie and give ample time to correct the aim. 

 Where 1 have practiced upon them, at the slightest move- 

 ment as •>! raising the gun to the shoulder before they are 

 within l.-"' i ! 'dslancc, they invariably veer off out of 

 range, and the only way to get "them is to stand like a post 

 dose 'beside a palm or seiba tree with the gun at present 

 arms till they are quite within range, then take a snap shot 

 holding about two yards ahead of them, because 1heir Sight 

 is so rapid they do not give more thau live seconds in which 

 to correct the aim before they pass out of range. 



Saturday, Sept. 28, and Wednesday, Oct. 3, the Cote 

 Brilliante race track will be the scene of two grand fox hunts. 

 This "animated and exciting sport" will be introduced with 

 a number of wild red foxes as the. chief performers, onwdiose 

 track a pack of twenty English foxhounds will give tongue 

 and be followed by a held of well mounted ladies and gentle- 

 men iu full hunting costumes. "Nothing more vigorous aud 

 inspiring than a fox chase caabe conceived of, and 

 of the daily papei s, " the novelty of one in a spacious and wel 

 adapted ground, such as the Cote Brilliante track, should 

 certainly make it one of the greatest attractions of the sea- 

 son." The chases will be held under the management, of Mr. 

 W. S. Brawier. 



Concerning the "fox hunts" a correspondent of the St. 

 Louis Qlobe-lkn„'.:v.il wiir.es that paper as follows: "For the 

 good uame of our citv I hope that active measures will be 

 taken by the proper authorities to prevent this demoralizing 

 and cruel affair which the projectors dignify with the name 

 of a 'Grand English Fox Chase,' from taking plact 

 advert ised. To pen up a lot of helpless dumb auimals in an 

 iuelosure. fenced in so as to allow no chance for escape, and 

 then proceed to worrj and torment them with a large num- 

 ber of dogs, and finally wind up the so-called "sport" by 

 having the dogs tear the foxes to pieces, is a performance 

 -inch should 'not be tolerated in any civilized community, 

 frowned down at once bv the public. It 

 I it was a ease in which the Humane Society 

 on of Cruelty to Auimals ought to interfere, 

 i their part would c irlainly meet with the 

 hest citizens. Public opinion promptly sus- 

 ,,,,ned Mr. Bergh m Mew York when he stepped in and pre- 

 vented the introduction of similaar brutal sport in the shape 

 of a bull fight." Camp. Bell. 



Olatue. Kansas, Sept. 17.— A gun club was organized 

 here on September 10. The name of the club is the Olathe 

 Gun Club. The following officers were elected : Will Smith, 

 President; W, P. Upton, Vice-President; E. B. McBnde, 

 Treasurer; Harry D. Hubbard, Secretary. 



Our Trur 



the afternooi 

 all necessary 

 ten day 



SB.— Lea 



ro SriDEK Rr\ 



of September 1, our party haying With them 

 tupplies lor a fishing and hunting trip lasting 

 irrivcd late at night, alter a joaruey "' 

 two miles, at Mr. Ball's on Spidei fjake. Setting ouj. the 

 next morning in two boats we went up the lake pai i Mr, I) 

 Thomas's place, beautifully situated on a p dul i onittianaing 

 a full view of all the hike. "reach ing our camping place iu 

 time for dinner, which wc partook of - 

 acquired in the w r oods. The country here has long been 

 notedforits nnefishing and hunting. Deer, partridge ■nn\ 

 trout may all he found within a mile ol our camp. We 

 demonstrated this to our satisfaction With leal oi 



delight during our short stay at, Spider River 

 trouiiug is to be found after a walk through the In 

 laud and over the stones and burned timber, at Three Ponds. 



These are widenings of the Spider River, ahont sis miles 

 from its mouth. Here, alter throwing our rods-, wc were 

 very successful, procuring all the biles of trout (and Hies) 

 that were needed, rather too many of the hitler. Partridges 



are plentiful, and we procured enough to sat.i i ■■: I he 



of any hunting pan .' ' - • . ■ m< u in ii -. feet (rum 



tip to' tip was shot on l be lake on i Ug, d uf 111! " 



birds could be seen hovering around, at an enormou luri hi 

 in the air. The country is thiuly settled, but oni Ennui] 



being on the Spicier River, and the ■■■,. i unci m 



On Sunday, September 0. we w ere al Dial hound and. hid 

 the oh a sun- of seeing the old gentleman ad i III lady. They 

 eel' , .1 married on September 8, 1838, it 

 making just sixty .year.- of marie | ii , , ■: -..- cight.y- 



eeven etei debty-sb. years old. The charming and most de- 

 lightful pari' of our journey was when retain I i Wc took 

 the steamer at Laity's Mill and went, through Lake Mtlgtm- 

 tic to A sues, where', after remaining OV01 ee;li( ,\i Major 

 MeAuley's Hotel, we took the li'a'm home, whiol) We Petw hi rl 

 ill 10 V ;.. September 11, Well satisfied wiih the tent life, 

 open air, fisiiimi. hunting, eating, etc., on Stiidei Riv. r.— 

 S. Y, L. W. S. 



CiiAtTTAtiQtiA CorNTV.— Frev.'sburg. K. ST., Sep 

 The. outlook is quite Haltering. Black and graj Squirrel 

 . am for si iceral seasons 

 en i ueem wv, to he 



allhe. 



nd Ho 



i h 



plenty. Ruffed grot 



past for s 



more plenti 



slant raiu a 



I hear then 



less of ther 



to be not in Hocks, but one 



through the womb, Woodcod 



ducks" to speak of. he 



which arc about the only game v 



fun with gun and hound. I an 



deer are now being driven into I 



and killed iu the vii-iuii;, ttf 



county. Pa., in violation of the game lavy 



.eh spring and half of sumim r 



g in nil ei eWOHi tld flush more or 



. ul ai'iei squirrel, They seem 



id two here an d ll'iere all 

 are viae- ... .,, a,. 

 rabbits OH I '■' le- -etl e 

 • have left that, oilers any 



if) I, hOWCVCr, ileii 



e Alleghany River hi 6 ij 

 ied iu the vicii ttyfll Corydoti and i£fti na, Warren 

 ic g trae con- 



.... past have seemingly either 

 .ifraid to do their duty in i i 



.•-breakers ot thai sei ton I 



living at a distance won! ! thl 



ligation. The coming harvael 



■ to insure food hi plenty for all 



fail xod Winter, — Caf Lock. 



and ought to 

 would seem ; 

 for the preve 

 Such action 

 appn 



stables 

 been in st 

 a certain 

 tice. Pel 

 lind r, frit 

 of mast 

 kinds of 2 



TAB Micinr-Ax Pauty in tee, West.— Livingston, Mon- 

 16,— The good oar Gitj of Bag nav is H itin 

 here'foj Eour of our party who took a few days more in the 

 PaVk than we did, and we are feasting on scenery and game. 

 Yesterday we Were sidetracked twenty miles from here 

 {-'. -..-i h, S ■■■!■- .-::■ on the Park bleach ;:■ the 7n f. f- i 



:|I|I ; i half day's fun for a party of six of Us 



was one whii.eaiied deer, ten ,-harp-l ailed gl'uu.-e. and 1 

 shot four rulfed giouae, the first I have ever sell east of 

 a e i afternoon W« CttUglH over 20b trout of 

 nice size. The troth Bshi ; ■ ■ 



The Jerome Marble party oaroe in yesterday with six or 



seven buffalo and an elk. ' Tie-. ■ a ■ ■ : ■■■>,- a, e 



I.uffdo, and we feasted on steak roormn 



Forest leaves for Little Missouri. Montana, D-day, aj 



go to Gleudiu, there to slay antelope. .11, or an;, 



presenting. Will spend a few days ;u New Bulfalo, Dakota, 



for ducks and geese, then home. We have had a hue Hip. 



and all say they are coming aga.n next year. — vY . 11. 



Meusiion. 



