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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct 26, 1888 



thought tie county had been still-hunted a good many times 



bv gentlemen present, who could describe tin- ;■■,••••],'■ ■<■■■■ >-. 

 better than he could. He spoke of some of those who are 

 slopping with, him, and of their Corifidi im in tin last Speaker, 

 which he believed was on account ol liisskill as a sportsman. 

 Dr. Charles IP Davis was called to respond for female 

 doctors and made a witty response, covering not only his 

 topic but various others of'inlerest to the company. 

 , Dr. J. Marcus Rice spoke pleasantly ol the pleasures 

 of the tabic, especially if seasoned with experiences in the 



Charles J. Reed, president of the Board of Aldermen, ad led 

 his tribute to the club, and to the pleasure of the party, in a 

 brief speech. 



E. O. Parker, president of the Common Council, lold a 

 story or two, and spoke of the desirability of iield spoils 

 as a means of health and pic: 

 flub is doing in disseminating 



Mr. M. V. 15. Jefferson was 

 Senator. He complimented tl 

 uud paid especial tribute to its 

 la! slHHiiingof gome of its oldc 



the service the 

 in this direction, 

 l as a prospective 

 i work and .success, 

 shown in the capi- 

 members, who, ill though 



aluei 



The 



any ways, and 



the hunting lor 



its nest in the 



ailtivatmg a 



n-i.- -i'- 1 |.r. "c oaylridg,. '.*5 quail 15, ducks '2,1, wood- 

 ed ' 25 i rows. 1,1. owl 15, grav rabbits 2.1, white rabbits 3,1, 

 woodchncB LO, 'coon 100, fox .10, muskrat 1.1. The score 

 "'. i act side in detail, which follows, will show the work of 

 the individual members of the club: 



G. Walton Goss (captain) and Edw 



close to eighty yean old, can take their day out aud bring 

 in as good a bag as the best. 



Dr. W, H. Kaymcnlon, president of the Natural History" 

 Society, gave some of his early experiences with a gun. 

 and expressed his pleasure at his recent membership in the 

 club. 



Mr. G. J. Rugg, the losing captain, said he objected lo 

 speaking at his own funeral*, lie gave some lucid reasons 

 why his side failed: the principal reason was Ihe super- 

 abundance of Smiths. He always had a prejudice against 

 Powhatt tin's daughter for saving the life of a Smith If she 

 had kept out of the way a few rakmtes, he thought bos side 

 might have won in the' shoot. 



Mr. E. T. Smith, the winning captain, said if Captain Rugg 

 had shot as well in the brush as he had done lids evening, he 

 might have won. 



Rockwood Hour, Esq., made a witty response for the 

 younger members. He advocated the Persian rule, of teach- 

 ing children lo shoot, to ride audio speak the truth, and 

 was confident thai the club was founded on the same wise 

 rele, and their influence is all on the side of health and 

 honor. 



Col. J. A. Titus. Henry E. Smith, S. L. Davenport, J. 

 Stewart Brown. Dr. H, Y. Simpson, W. Gn Strong, Alder- 

 man Caleb Colvin. Geo. B. Witter. David M. Earlc. EPS. 

 Knowles. Charles S. Barlon, President L. G. While, EL W. 

 Eager, of Marlborough aud Moses H. Lowe were called on, 

 and by anecdote, witty remarks, or pleasant allusion, added 

 to the pleasures of the evening until a late hour, when I be 

 gathering adjourned with a vote of thanks to Landlord 

 Shepord for his provision and attention. 



I inclose a communication addressed by one of the guests 

 to the 8py of this city. The writer says- "I had the pleasure 

 and profit last Thursday evening of being present at the 

 annual supper of the Worcester "Sportsmen's Club, and lis- 

 tening to the post-prandial remarks of the various speakers. 

 Iwas particularly impressed by the sensible view taken by 

 several of our solid business meii of the value of such an 

 organization to our oily in giving countenance to and 

 encouraging field sports. " The advantage to be derived from 

 such recreation to the mental, moral aud physical man were 

 enlarged upon, one of our leading lawyers stating il to he his 

 opinion lhat no school, church or oilier organization was 

 doing more to make life worth living in adding to the heuln 

 and happiness of our citizens, than the Sportsmen's Club. I 

 was much pleased to hear our "hard-headed" business men 

 speak in this manner, and that others with harder leads 

 should have a chance to hear such a gospel preached to I hem. 

 It is time well employed which is speid in the 'fresh fields 

 and pastures new.' it adds n. new lease to life to follow Ihe 

 fox o'er hill and field, o'er flood and river.' One brings 

 back much more than the contents of the garni 

 excursions in the renewed tone of mind and 

 taste for outdoor sports can be fostered in ma 

 the boy or girl who has become interested 

 butterflies" or beetles, in following the bird 

 woods, or finding the flowers in the fields, 

 taste that, willbeto them a source of pleasure and prdfil all 

 their lives long. 



"Our local Natural History Society is doing more good 

 than can be estimated or is appreciated in getting the young 

 people, and the old people, too, for that matter, to join iu its 

 field hunts and class excursions. As much benefit may be 

 derived from the pursuit and capture of a potato bug as in 

 the bagging of a partridge, it is not the dried specimens in 

 the box Of the collector, however valuable they may be. 

 which is to us I heir chief value, but, as exponents of hours 

 aud days of healthful outdoor exercise, they mean more than 

 can be told for the mental, moral and physical welfare of the 

 worker. Vet it is within a week 1 have heard one of our so- 

 called 'practical business men' say, that be could see no 

 value in teaching our bov.s and girls to 'catch butterflies and 

 pull flowers to pieces;' that it did not help them any to gel a 

 living. Now this man is rich. He bus what I suppose he 

 thinks and believes to be a 'living,' autl a good one. 

 His a splendid blood hoiso, and a liver. 

 That it jars into torture to 1rot. 

 His rowboals the pern of the river; 

 Gout makes every knuckle a knot. 

 He can buy boundless credit on Carls or Rome. 

 But no palate for tueuu, uo eye for A dome. 

 "He has hardened Ins heart against nature. He holds no 

 •communion with her visible forms.' He has sold his birth- 

 right, the power to bee the sermons iu stones, listen to the 

 tongues in the frees, read the book in the running brooks, 

 aud find good in everything, for a mess of 'business' polage. 

 He and his kindred ought to have been at the annual supper 

 of the Worcester Sportsmen's Club and heard the trie : ,,-.;., I 

 of outdoor exercise preached with power for the saving of 

 their bodies and their souls. Long may the followers ol ihe 

 gentle Izaak Walton and the renowned Ninirod. the di—ii. : - - 

 ol the rod aud gun. exercise their high calling iu ministering 

 to apuhlic feeling in Worcester which snail n. v .in el- 

 ands becoming acquainted with the saving influences which 

 flows out I o those Worshipers who turn their steps to the 

 forest and stream." E. St-ragle Kkowt.es. 



S Club 



Fluid; E. Carr— ] owl. -J red sql 



total 



Rerijimiill K. Gallup -7 j.arirk 



squirrel, 19 red sQu irrels; I 



.Messrs. John MeQuuid. Herb 

 Sampson Jenkins aud Gei 

 ported , 



1 C. Osgood— S gray squir- 



1 gray rabbit; total 



very — 4 partridges. 5 blne- 



rras, 2 blue jays, 1 wood- 



•r„li 9 i"red squirrels, 1 gray 



. Elword and Horace 

 i gray rabbits. 1 wood- 

 bluejays, -tl red squir- 



>ek,15 partridges; 

 . 2 crows. 1 gray- 



ray squirrel; tutal 



in— 6 red squirrals, 1 gray 

 [ridge, s iiinskratK. g quail; 



- ; . re; i ■'it.-it '..'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 

 avid A. Rogers, David )1. 



I'haHes VV. Field, Jr.— II) 



ii graj rabbits, 7 graj 



235 



Robert U 



Henry 61 



II . L.-ie-ii 



Total ft 

 Westmi 



oe reported. 

 I'i'imau's side.. 



•1.3511 



Mass., Oct, 18— A few ol 

 men recently went into the woods for a a 



sides were marshaled by Howe and Kcltv, the <U tea 

 paying for the suppers.' The result of each man's 1 

 as "follows: 



Horn's smi:. kki.tv's sua:. 



H. Raymond 435 Frank A. Miller 



Fred Healv SOU I Iscar Ravniond 



(.. J'.umlemi $23 Frank Kelly 



il.R Hew.- 178 James Kelty -150 



A.KobinsOl! I0U H. £. Miohols 



James Ryan — Fred Ra.viuoui 



sol sports- 

 hunt, the 



Ited party 



..lli*> 



Total.. 



,1888 



Total . . 



..25.-K.1 



Prom Canton, N. Y., comes a big story, lold in the Plain 

 Deakr of that town. It deposes: "A squirrel huut got up 

 on a novel plan took place last week on Wednesday. The 

 captains were H. D. Sackrider and S. D. Bridge. Besides 

 the captains thirty-six nieu entered into the scheme, twenty- 

 four of whom were hunters, and the other twelve going in for 

 Ihe pecuniary part of the business and the supper. The plan 

 was agreed upon at a meeting on Tuesday evening. Each 

 man of the company paid $1 into the treasury, and the 

 twenty-four hunters hied them early the next morning to the 

 forests iu search of game, there having been no choosing 

 sides or division into companies. While they were out the 

 twenty-four names were shaken up together ami the two 

 captains drew oul each a mime, alternately, until all were 

 drawn. The twelve who did not hunt were then paired off 

 in the same manner. The result of this drawing was kept 

 secret. When the hunters came in at night each one was 

 taken separately into a room with the captains and an um- 

 pire, and his game counted and recorded, and after all was 

 counted the division was announced, not a man knowing un- 

 til this moment to which company he belonged, oi who were 

 his comrades in the company. Each man of the victorious 

 company then had his dollar returned to him, together with 

 a ticket" for the supper. Captain Sackrider's party killed 

 8,655 squirrels, and Captain Bridge's 3,030, "W. H. Rich 

 bagged oiJ5 and J. Hitchcock 640." 



[1'iie ready explanation of this yarn is that the figures 

 given are the' respective aggregates of Ihe units allowed each 

 man for each squirrel killed. 1 



Mobile. Ala. — The annual side hunt, of the Gulf City 

 Gun Club will tie held November 11 and 12. It is prescribed 

 as the duty of each member of the club, both active and 

 honorary, 'to participate In the hunl. They will be divided 

 into two loams of which captains will be II. P. Vass and G 

 W. Tunstall. The rules which will govern the hunt are ai 

 follows: 



Each captain will select bis own team, and the manner of 

 selection to be agreed upon by the captains. AJ1 active 

 members of the club not participating in the hunt, shall be 

 counted upon the losing side. The club shall furnish a 

 medal and present the same to the winning team, to be held 

 by the member of that team scoring the greatest number of 

 points, until ten days prior to the next annual huut, when it 

 shall be returned "to the club. Aud also a medal for the 

 member making the greatest number of points on either 

 teams, wdiich shall also be returned to the club within ten 

 days ftf the next annual hunt. That it he optional with the 

 honorary members to participate iu the hunt or pay the 

 assessment, but honorary members who participate in the 

 hunt will be i (-quired lo'pav their portion. The day's hunt 

 shall be from daylight until dark. The members may choose 

 either day for their hunt, but: must nominate the day at the 

 time they give their names to the secretary. That the count 

 Shall be asl'ollows: 



Bear l.OtW Wild pifieou til 



Wildcat '" ISO Snipe, Wilson iu 



Deer 300 Plover 10 



Clinton. Mass.. Oct. 19.— The Clinton Sport 

 were oul yesterday oe a hunt, which was followed Ibis even- 

 ing by a supper at the Hotel Lancaster, in the town of Lan- 

 caster, which adjoins this lown. and where the captain of the 

 losing side resides. The committee to judge I he game counted 

 all but the hedgehog and a redheaded woodpecker, The 

 points were counted as follows: Red squirreLs 5, gray stjuir- 



1 , ' , 





ion 



Lark . . 







100 



Kail 



Hawk, chicken 







Poule d'eau 



Hawk, sparrow 





10 



Kingrail 



Owl 





as 



Gallinule 



Foxes 





100 



Canvas-back — 



( When caught by dogs i 

 I a sportsmanlike maniie 



■i 





Black mallard 



.Mallard 



I'oxcs 





a5 



Gadwall 



i When killed ill any 







l'iimul 



I other manner. 







Widgeon 



Woodcock ... 







Headhead 









Teal 



Quad • 





16 



All other dueks 



Jsu. F. Si-MMERSEOL, Secretary 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



QUAIL shooting in Pennsylvania opened on Ihe Pith of 

 October. But few birds, as far as I could learn, have 

 thus far been killed, and very few are in market. As we have 

 had no frosts as yet, the cover is very dense and the leal rs 

 still hang on the branches of Ihe trees, making it almost 

 impossible to see scattered birds after ihev have been started 

 from the open. Quail seem to be plentiful this year. Prom 

 all parts of the State come reports of numerous coveys. We 

 nearly all of us think the open season for quail shooting is 

 too early in Pennsylvania, and that instead of Oct. 15 being 

 the day for warfare to begin, Nov. 1 would be more fitting. 

 Deer are very plentiful in Cape May aud Atlantic count h .s, 

 N. J. Their protection for the past thtee or four years has 

 had a good effect. One party returned from a hunt with 

 hounds last week with eight head, four of them being large 

 bucks. Should any of" the readers of the Forest \m> 

 Stream wish to try a New Jersey deer hunt, George Van 

 note, of Baruegat, should be written to, for there is no more 

 xpert hunter in the State than he, and it is seldom he returns 

 from the woods without a good showing. 



It is said that the swamps near Mamihawken. N. J., con- 

 tain black bears. Some have been seen crossine the railroad 

 that intersects the swarnp. They cannot be got at, however, 

 as the swamp covers a large extent of ground, and no dog- 

 can be found in the neighborhood that will follow bruin, and 

 his retreat is a good and sale one- 

 Some very cute thieves have been operating in our city 

 among the owners ol line guns, and for a time their trade 

 was carried on quite successfully. Their mode of conduei 

 ing operations was to call at a residence during the day and 

 represent to the person who responded to their call that they 

 had been scut by the owner to secure the gun for the purpose 



of repairing if. Twentyor thirty sportsmen were victimized, 

 aud among the number some very line guns were obtained. 

 The fellows at last fell inlo the hands of the aulhorilicB and 

 are now safely put away. A number of the guns were 

 recovered from pawnbrokers' shops, and thus ended Ihe raid 

 of the "grin thieves." Homo, 



DETROIT NOTES. 



DUCK, shooting during the past week has been but fair, 

 although on the best marshes bags of from forty to fifty 

 have been made. A steady storm from the north or north- 

 west is needed to bring the birds in. On the marshes along 

 Lake Erie the water is high— too high for good mallard 

 shooting — owing to prevailing easterly winds which back the 

 water up from ihe lake, making it too deep for mallards to 

 feed on their accustomed haunts, aud driving them back 

 inland where a boat cannot be pushed. Messrs. Harvey 

 Broun, of Cleveland, L. B. Jewel), of Hartford, W. C. Col 

 hum and W. S. Hopkins, of Detroit, have been shooting 

 this week al Point Moullie. It's a treat, to see the first named 

 stop the ducks with bis noted Parker gun; a more maguili- 

 cciii shot back of a further killing gun cannot be found. 



The proposed pigeon match between Messrs. Eldredge and 

 Gillmau will not come off. The former forfeited, evidently 

 not caring to test the nerve of the "Terror of Michigan." 



Sportsmen are flocking in nearly incredible numbers to 

 Northern Michigan to enjoy the open season on deer. One 

 hundred and twenty-five hunters from Indiana alone passed 

 up the G. R. & 1. R. R. one flay last week, their dunnage 

 filling three baggage cars, it is the same on the J. L, & 8. 

 R. R., every other passenger on northward bound 

 carrying a gun. To a person who has never w 

 a throng of hunters the sight is bewildering, Scores of 

 grav-headed veterans in coupk-s or threes with their little 

 packs and weather-stained rifles; larger crowds of yOungM 

 noisier, fully equipped, but, generally less successful sports- 

 men; do/.eus of hounds; hundreds of red-sliirteil, lioislerous 

 lumbermen bound for the camps; all go to make up B 

 crowded passenger train peculiar to Northern .Alichigmi 

 railroads at this season of the year. 



1 am sony to ncte that quail were on the bill of fare at Ihe 

 banquet of 'the 1), K. E. society lasl evening. Surely the 

 proprietors of the Russell House, where the .slipper was 

 served, are aware that the open season on quail doe.-, aol 

 begin until Xov. 1. Dfi.ta. 



Dethoit, Mich.. Oct. SO, 



ST. LOUIS SIFTINGS. 



V DISTINGUISHED party of sportsmen left or. the eve 

 of the 11th via the Iron Mountain Railroad for '( lamp 

 Prather" on Black River. There was the jolly Conrad Fink, 

 inspecting a roll oi bedding, just arrived, to see if his- name 



was on the tag. There was the lall and stately Col. Pralhet, 

 the leader of the party, giving directions to the three colored 

 servants, Uncle Nevin's. Barney and Henry, There was Capl. 

 Ford. Commissary, inquiring as to absentees} Capt. Wm. II. 

 Seudder, happy in the thought of emancipation from the 

 worriments of the "stolid seven;" Col. Uicky of Callaway, 

 alwavs genial aud quick iu repartee; Benj. Slickney, with 

 smiling' face and merry, twinkling eyes: "Jim" Pieman, 

 jovial and rolicking; "Sam" McCoruiack, expatiating on 

 croppie holes and rowing prowess; Henry Louderman, loaded 

 with new jokes and a pocket full of printed ballads; Col. 

 Boudinot.'the gentle savage of Fayettevillc. ready for a reci- 

 tation or a rendition of "The Pine Old Arkansas Gentleman. " 

 together with a new accession to the camp, a Mr. Maoauley, 

 a friend of Col. B.'s. Therewcrc eleven of them besides the 

 ••liovs. ' and a more pleased set of fishermen and hunters 

 never set out on a journey. "Camp Prather" is situated on 

 Black River, near the Arkansas line. The party debark al 

 Poplar Bluff, and proceed down the river by boat, chartered 

 for the purpose. A car load of camp equipage mid provis- 

 ions fpr four weeks accompanied the party. The river is 

 said to be in line condition, and Willi the cool weather which 

 has made a timely appearance, splendid sport is anticipated. 



Thomas S. Carter of Sturgeon, who has been down at 

 Corning. Ark., with a fishing. party, passed through Ihe city 

 on the Kith on his way home. He reports Ihe fishing only 

 tolerably good. The river is low and in fine stag 

 ling, but flic weather is too cool. The large ha- an feeding 

 in the shallow water, and the Water is BO clear dial they can 

 see persons in boats or on the banks and hence are hard lo 

 eaten The patty, however, succeeded iu catching a lot of 

 very fine croppie and a few good bass. The hunting is good, 

 old'hunters reporting more deer in I be wood- Hum for four 

 or live years Snakes and mosquitoes arc very numerous, 

 and he advises parties who wish to fish in lllack River to wait 

 a few weeks yet. 



Sportsmen" who have hunted aud fished in the American 

 Bottom during the past twenty-five yeais iu ihe vicinity ot 

 < ; --{" .- ( i .'.-k. aud Pig L".k-. will regret tl h.-:.:' lb,' In 

 Nick Simon was shot on the morning of the Hth. for a 



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