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FOREST AND STREAM. 



A. WJijiHi-Y JOURNAL, 



D^O-"^ to Field ai «> Aquatic Sports, Practical Natural History, 

 j?ishoolture, the Protection op Game, Preservation ok Forests, 

 and the Inculcation in Men and Women of a healthy interest 

 in uut-boor Recreation and Study : 



PUBLISHED BY 



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17 CHATHAM STREET, (CITY HALL SQUARE) NEW YORK, 



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Twenty-five per cent, off for Clubs of Three or more 



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Advertising Rates. 



In regular advertising columns, nonpareil type, 12 lines to the inch, 25 

 Cents per line. Advertisements oil outside page, 40 cents per line. Reading 

 notices, 50 cents per line. Where advertisements are inserted over 1 

 month, a discount of 10 per cent, will be made; over three months, 20 

 percent.: over sis months. 30 ner cent. 



NEW'YOJRK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1870. 



To Correspondents. 



All communications whatever, whether relating to ousiness or literary 

 Correspondence, must be addressed to The Forest and Stream Pub- 

 lishing Company. Personal or private letters of course excepted. 



All communications intended for publication must be accompanied with 

 real name, as a guaranty of good faith. Names will not be published if 

 objection be made. No anonymous contributions will be regaraed. 



Articles relating to any topic within the scope of this 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 

 find our 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- 

 fined 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 us is lost. 



Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, if possible. 

 CHARLES MALLOCK, 

 _ Editor and Business Manager. 



CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM- 

 ING WEEK. 



Thursday, Aug. 24.— Trotting: Pittsfield, Mass.; Gardner, Me.; 

 Earl ville, III.; Lawrence, Mass.; TJtica, N. Y. Regatta N. A. A. O., 

 Philadelphia; Flushing Bay. Base Ball; Cincinnati vs. Louisville, at 

 Cinciunaii; Chicago vs. St. JJOuis, at Chicago: Mutual vs. Boston, 

 Union Grounds, Brooklyn; Arlington, of S. I., vs. Allen, at Stapleton 

 Falls; Hoboken vs. Mutual, of New York; Oranse vs. Nassau, of Brook- 

 lyn, at Orange, N. J.; Enterprise vs. Chatham, at Centennial Grounds, 

 N. J. ; Quickstep vs. Clipper, at Manhattan. Rifle: Third Brigade prac- 

 tice at Creedinoor. 



Friday, Aug. 25 —Trotting as above. Baee ball: Mutual vs. Boston, 

 Union Grounds, Brooklyn; Mohawk vs. Alphas, at Stapleton Flats, S. 

 I., Quickstep vs. Fly Away, at Melrose; Olympic, of Paterson, vs. Alas- 

 ka, at Centennial Grounds, N. J.; Resolute, of N. Y., vs. Osceola, at 

 Prospect Park. Rifle: Second Brigade practice at Creedmoor. 



Saturday, Aug. 26.— Yachting: International contest at Chicago for 

 $1,000, betw en the Canadian yacht Ina and the American yacht Frolic; 

 Regatta of Quincy Yacht Club. Base Ball: Cincinnati vs. Lonitville, at 

 Cincinnati; Chicago vs. St, Louis, at Chirago; Athletic vs. Boston, at 

 Poiladelphia; Putnam vs. Athletic, of E. N. Y., at Capit line; Witoka 

 vs. Crescent, at Capitoline; Arlington, of S. I., vs. Richmond, at Staple- 

 ton Flats: Jackson vs. Our Boys, at Elizabeth, N. J.; Contest vs. 

 Winona, of Flatbush, at Prospect Park; Hoboken vs. New York, at Cen- 

 tennial Ground?, N. J.; Nameless vs. Winona, at Prot-pect Park. Rifle: 

 Matches at Creedmoor. Trotting: Utica, N. Y. 



Monday, Aug. 28.— Yachting: Match between yachts Susie S. and 

 Greenpoint, at City Island, Base Bail: Star vs. Boston, at Syracuse, N. 

 Y.; Trotting: Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



Tuesday, Aug. 29.— Convention of National Sportsmen's Association, 

 Chicago. Regatta Palisade Boat Club, Yonkers, N. Y. Base Ball: 

 Louisville vs. Allegheny, at Allegheny, Pa. ; Star vs Boston, at Syracuse, 

 N. Y.; Orange vs. Hudson, at Orange, N. J. Racing: Point Breeze 

 Park, Philadelphia. Trotting: Hartford, Ct.; Massillon, Ohio; Rock Is- 

 land, 111.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



Wednesday, Aug. 30. — Racing, as above. Trotting: Poughkeepsie, 

 N. Y. Base Ball: Orange vs. Hudson, at Orange, N. J. ; Montgomery 

 vs. Alpha, at Stapleton Flats, S, I. ; Contest vs. Union, of Unionvile, at 

 Prospect Park; Auburn vs. Boston, at Auburn, N. Y. 



jgy The subscription price of Forest and Stream has 

 "been reduced to $4. Twenty-five per cent, off for Clubs 

 of Three or more. 



— The National Sportsmens Association convenes in Chi- 

 cago, at the Grand Pacific Hotel, on Tuesday, evening, 



August 29th, at 2 o'clock p. m. 



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— Dr. Rowe has kindly extended a written invitation to 

 the representative of Forest and Stream to make the of- 

 fice of the Chicago Field his headquarters during the meet- 

 ing of the National Sportsmen's Convention in that city 



next week, for which we extend our thanks, 



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Hard to Beat.— A Boiled Egg, 



A NEW GOSPEL OF ESTHETICS. 



TO the town of Stockbridge, Mass., is given the honor 

 of instituting a new gospel of aesthetics which is 

 rapidly spreading over New England, and which we hope 

 is destined to become universal. Connecticut long ago was 

 credited with growing that remarkable product known as 

 "Wooden Nutmegs," but she is now completely eclipsed 

 and agreeably superseded by her sister Stale of Massachu- 

 setts. Massachusetts has lately imposed upon her- 

 self the duty, through widely distributed and rapidly 

 multiplying societies, of planting ornamental trees and 

 flowers wherever they are needed, removing eyesores, em- 

 bellishing rough spots, and transforming the repulsive into 

 that which is agreeable to the senses. These societies en- 

 deavor, by the employment of funds raised by fairs, enter- 

 tainments, subscriptions, and any other legitimate means, 

 except direct taxation, to induce and engage with the 

 owners of unpainted buildings to brighten them up; to 

 repair rickety fences; hang tumble-down gates; substitute 

 glass for old hats in window-sashes; remove unsightly 

 ruins; demolish Canada thistles; and make crooked paths 

 straight. Neglected cemeteries especially engage their 

 tender attention, and the old grass-grown mounds in many 

 a town, that have for a long time mortified the slumberers 

 beneath them, and disgraced the Selectmen, have been 

 made to blossom with geraniums and verbenas, and invite 

 the consideration of relatives who had left them unwept, 

 unhonored, and unsung, since the first sod was turned. 

 Farmers are expostulated with to remove the unsightly 

 compost heaps and broken-down wagons from the way 

 side; the old inn-keeper to straighten up his sign and 

 renew the weather-worn device upon its face that proclaim- 

 ed a "sheltering arms;" and the village blacksmith to 

 remove the rubbish that clutters and encumbers the space 

 in front of his forge. In a word, the new Gospel of ^Es- 

 thetics teaches a general rejuvenation and regeneration. It 

 teaches these in order that people may the more enjoy the 

 present earth and the present life, so that there shall be 

 less necessity to look for the promised creation of "a new 

 heaven and a new earth." Men do not know the loveliness 

 of this world until its beauties are made to appear. 



As touching the new gospel, it may be said to be only 

 within a very few years that much attention has been paid 

 in this country to the exterior embellishment of our private 

 residences, though more perhaps in the matter of archi- 

 tectural ornamentation than in the arrangement of the 

 grounds. Even now landscape gardening is in its infancy 

 here. In England, even the railroad stations have their 

 fountains, vases, plots of ground, and flower gardens 

 artistically laid out, while here the lawns of the most pre- 

 tentious residences are often overgrown, and the flower- 

 beds a heterogeneous mass of straggling and untrimmed 

 plants. The society of the new gospel very wisely com- 

 mences its labors at this point. It aims at the introduction 

 of new varieties of choice plants, and the extirpation of the 

 weed-like growths that have filled nearly all our gardens 

 for generations. It looks to the grouping and combina- 

 tions of colors to produce the most striking and charming 

 effects, and a selection thereof to follow the recurring sea- 

 sons. It would keep the shurbbery in good form, and de- 

 ploy the different classes of trees and varieties of foliage, 

 as a general would, to occupy the whole field to best ad- 

 vantage. It banishes the homely rectangular beds with 

 dismal borders of box, and traces its diagrams in fanciful 

 lines, so as to bring a new beauty to the eye with each 

 change of the kaleidoscope. It throws the cox-comb and 

 tiger-lily over the fence, and introduces new, and more de- 

 serving occupants into their places. 



Taking only this phase of the new dispensation — that 

 relating to landscape gardening— the ^Esthetic Society we 

 speak of have an arduous task before them to instruct the 

 ignorant and create new tastes. Their chief camps of 

 instruction will be the horticultural gardens and the few 

 grand parks of our large cities, where apt scholars may 

 learn quickly; where no such advantages exist, they will 

 have to labor persistently in the vineyard, and perhaps 

 receive no more reward than those who may follow at the 

 eleventh hour; but whosoever addeth one charm to the 

 natural beauties of this earth, or mitigates by one iota 

 the miseries of a sinful woild, by so much tendeth to re- 

 store the original Eden which was made perfect for our 

 first parents. 



We wish the new gospel a universal dissemination. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



NEEDED LEGISLATION CONCERNING GAME IN NEW YORK. 



Improved Trap Shooting.— Messrs. Eaton, Holbei ton 

 & Co. have obtained the sole agency of the new spring 

 trap for throwing glass balls. The trap is now being used 

 by Mr. Paine on his starring tour through the west, and 

 has excited the greatest interest among sportsmen where- 

 ever he has shown them. A number of the leading sports- 

 men and clubs have ordered them, and Mr. Bergh indorses 

 them with the following letter: — 



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Seal. 



The American Society for the 

 Prevention op Cruelty to Animals, 

 Headquarters Fourth Avenue cor. 32d Street, j" 

 New York, August 7th. J 

 Mr. Ira A. Paine:— 



Sir— Believing that the Omnipotent Creator of all things never de- 

 signed that any of his living creatures should be wounded, mutilated, 

 or destroyed for the mere fun of so doing, it affords me profound satis- 

 faction to know that you have an invention which, while it supercedes 

 the necessity of inflicting pain and suffering, as pigeons hitherto u eed 

 by marksmen as a medium of obtaining accuracy of aim, it at the same 

 time procures to those employing it all the pleasure and skill which is 

 derived from the former practice. Having personally witnessed an ex- 

 hibition at your gallery of the humane, ingenious aud pleasurable pas- 

 time afforded, by your spring traps, I would earnestly recommend theii 

 general use. Henry Bbroh, President, 



The regular annual meeting of the Standing Com- 

 mittee on Game Laws of the New York State Sportsman's 

 Association was called at the residence of the Hon. Chas. 

 W. Hutchinson, at Utica, on the 17th inst. The principal 

 point of discussion by the gentlemen present was in regard 

 to effecting at the next session of the Legislature the changes 

 in the existing law, with such modifications as have since 

 seemed advisable, which were unsuccessfully presented at 

 the last session. It will be remembered that at the recent 

 State Convention a committee consisting of the Hon. R. 

 B. Roosevelt, of New York, the Hon. C. W. Hutchinson 

 of Utica, Col. G. W. Flower, of Watertown, D. H. Bruce', 

 of Syracuse, and J. M. Witmer, of Niagara Falls, was ap- 

 pointed to visit Albany during the coming winter for the 

 purpose of advocating the proposed changes; this com- 

 mittee in conjunction with the Standing Committee should 

 succeed in framing and having passed a bill which would 

 cover all those points that experience has proved to be 

 necessary, and one which would meet the approval of all 

 sportsmen throughout the State. One great drawback 

 heretofore to effecting this important matter has been in the 

 climatic difference between different counties, as has been 

 shown in the correspondence published in our columns. It 

 cannot be doubted that the majority of sportsmen, taking 

 the entire State, are in favor of the abolition of summer 

 woodcock shooting, and yet we have letters from the resi- 

 dents in the northern tier of counties who complain that 

 summer shooting is all the woodcock shooting they have. 

 But even these gentlemen will find compensation for being 

 deprived of any limited amount of sport in July by a large 

 increase in the number of ruffed grouse and quail. It 

 seems almost like harping on an old theme to revert again 

 to the fact that chicken partridges (young ruffed grouse) 

 are repeatedly sold in the months of July and August, 

 under the euphonious title of "Owls," at Saratoga and other 

 fashionable watering places, yet the fact itself is no less 

 notorious than that the damage and destruction to young 

 birds is immense, and that this damage occurs in the very 

 counties where are found the advocates of summer shoot- 

 ing. Therefore, one of the first points advocated by the 

 committee is the modification of the section of the law 

 referring to woodcock, extending the close season until 

 September 1st. 



Taking the law in the regular order in which it is framed, 

 the first section requiring discussion is that relating to 

 deer. As the law at present exists the killing of deer is 

 permitted only in September, October and November, 

 while to "have in possession" is permitted for the follow- 

 ing months of December and January. And this brings 

 up probably the most important point of discussion and 

 proposed change; one which has been and will be fought 

 bitterly by market dealers and those interested in sport 

 from a money standpoint. It is a question which we admit 

 has two sides to it, but in which the preponderance of 

 right is largely in favor of the sportsman as against the 

 pot-hunter and dealer. To permit the sale of game in the 

 markets of this State after the commencement of the close 

 season is offering a direct premium for pot-hunting and 

 poaching, as well as netting and snaring, which no amount 

 of watchfulness, no game wardens or penalties will be able 

 to prevent; and it is an injustice to adjoining States as 

 offering like inducement to a violation of the laws there. 

 As the law now rests it is permitted to "have in possession" 

 quail and ruffed grouse until March 1st, two months alter 

 the commencement of the close season, the only restriction 

 being that the possessor prove that the birds were killed 

 within the open season or in some State wherein the law 

 did not prohibit the killing. The reason why this clause 

 was permitted in the old law was because in some of the 

 Western States the open season extenued to March 1st; but 

 in nearly every instance this has been changed, and there 

 is now no reason why the "possession" clauses, as relating 

 to every description of game, should not conform with the 

 close seasons. The committee are of opinion that some 

 strenuous measures should be taken to prevent the utter 

 extermination, by hounding and otherwise, of deer, and 

 and with this object in view we are requested to obiain in- 

 formation and opinions from such of our readers as have 

 visited the North woods this season. It would be an ex- 

 cellent idea to have this question discussed from the guides 

 standpoint. In a recent issue our correspondent Piseco 

 argued the trout question, and showed that guides, when 

 left alone, were the best of game protectors, at ali events, 

 as regards fish; how it may be with regard to venison re* 

 mains to be seen. 



The better protection of our wild fowl is a question of 

 great importance and the committee urge the passage of a 

 law which shall include the prohibition of two nefarious 

 modes of shooting, fire-lighting and dusking, as now prac- 

 ticed upon the seaboard. The clause advocated last year 

 forbade the shooting or dusking of any wild fowl between 

 darkness and daylight, leaving the birds undisturbed dur- 

 ing the feeding time. There is something so reasonable in 

 this proposition that we cannot forcee any opposition to 

 it. The question of the spring shooting of ducks and 

 geese while on their way north to the breeding grounds, 

 is one that will some day be brought up for discussion; 

 that the practice results in a diminution in the numbers 

 of the birds there can be no doubt, as it stands to reason 

 that the fewer breeding birds there are the fewer broods 

 there will be. 



If last year's experience is to be taken as a guide the 1st 

 of October is much too early, in this State, for the com- 

 mencement of quail shooting. Last season the birds were 

 in very many instances not half grown; should this season s 

 experience be the same the committee will recommend that 

 the old date, October 20th, be restored. 



It was proposed last year to insert in the amended law a 

 clause prohibiting the shooting of snipe or shore birds 

 between January 1st and July 1st, the object of which was 

 to protect the birja on their flight to the breeding grounds, 



