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FOREST AND STREAM. 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 



D V T ^ E ^ ToFlBLD ^nd Aquatic Sports, Practical Natural Bistort, 



JJI8HC0LTURB, THE PROTECTION OP GAME, PRESERVATION OP FORESTS, 

 A1JD THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OP A HEALTHY INTEREST 

 1H QUT-BOOR EECREATION AND STUDY : 



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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1876. 



To Correspondents. 



All communications whatever, whether relating to Duslness 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 

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 objection be made. No anonymous contributions will be regarded. 



Articles relating to any topic within Che 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. 



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

 CHARLES HALLOCK, 



Editor and Business Manager. 



CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM- 

 ING WEEK. 



Tuuesday, Sept. 14th.— Trotting: Mystic Park, Bost on; Point Breeze 

 Park, Pbiladelphia; Peoria, 111.; Albany, N. Y .; Cleveland, O .; Syra- 

 cuse, N.Y., Sharon, Pa. Rifle: International Long Rang Match at 

 Creedmoor. Base Ball: Olympic vs. Mutual of N. Y., at Paterson, N. 

 J.; Allegheny vs. Erie at Erie, Pa.; Enterprise vs. Olympic, at Centen- 

 nial Ground; Alaska vs. Nassau, at Centennial Ground; Greenville vs. 

 Elizabeth, at Elizabeth, N. J.; Resolute of Elizabeth vs. N. Y. Nine, at 

 Elizabeth. 



Friday, Sept. 15th.— Trotting as above. Base Ball: Mutual vs. Cin- 

 cinnati, at Brooklyn, E. D.; Boston vs. Chicago, at Chicago; Hartford 

 vs. St. Louis, at Hartford; Athletic vs. Louisville, at Philadelphia; Our 

 Boys vs. Chelsea at Capitoline Ground; Enterprise vs. Star of Elizabeth, 

 at Centennial Ground. 



Saturday, Sept. 15th.— Trotting: Sharon, Pa. Regatta, Seawanhaka 

 Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, L. I. N. J. Athletic Association meeting, 

 Ridgewood, N. J. Rifle: Geiger bullseye and other matches, Creed- 

 moor. Base Ball: Mutual vs. Cincinnati, at Brooklyn, E. D.; Boston 

 vs. Chicago, at Boston; Hartford vs. St. Louis, at Hartford; Athletic 

 vs. Louisville, at Philadelphia; Witoka Jr. vs. Oxford, at Capitoline 

 Ground; Our Boys vs. Alaska, at Centennial Ground; Staten Island vs. 

 Osceola, at Prospect Park; Quickstep vs. Montgomery, at Prospect Park; 

 Olympic vs Chelsea, at Paterson, N. J. 



Monday, Sept. 18th.— Trotting: Quincy, 111.; Kansas City, Mo. Rifle: 

 N. R. A. Fall Meeting, Creedmoor. N. J. State Agricultural Society ? 

 Newark. Base Ball: St. Louis vs. Chicago, at Brooklyn. 



Tuesday, Sept. 19th.— Trotting as on Monday and at Ambler Park, 

 Pa.; Burlington, Iowa; Elmira, N. Y. Regatta N. Y. Yacbt Club. 

 Fall Meeting N. R. A. at Creedmoor. Meeting of Maryland State As- 

 sociation for Protecting Fish and Game at Baltimore. 



Wednesday, Sept. 20th.— Racing: Quincy, 111. Trotting ao above. 

 Fall Meeting N. R. A. at Creedmoor. Champion pigeon match, Deer- 

 fooi Park, L. I Regatta Queens-Co. Yacht Club, L. I. Sound. 



|^° The subscription price of Forest and Stkeam lias 

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

 of Three or more. 



— The Eighteenth Annual Exhibition of the New Jersey 

 State Agricultural Society will be held at Newark, from 

 the 18th to the 22d of this month. 



Office of the Blooming Grove Park Association, | 

 37 Park Row, Room z3, September 8th. J 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



We learn from Matt, the Superintendent at Blooming Grove Park, that 

 the Park lands happily escaped the ravages of the forest fires, although 

 tbe Park was almost surrounded by the flames. The sight from the Club 

 House is described as terribly grand, while timber, bark, hay, ^nd fences 

 were being swept away. 



By the greatest exertions the employees of the Association assisted by 

 the neighboring farmers succeeded in checking the advance of the fire 

 into the Park, although the line of fire extended many miles. 



Black bass fishing and grouse shooting are now in order, also deer 

 bunting after October 1st. A portable fishing boat presented by Mr. 

 Henry KMnhans, has bean placed on Lake Giles* A. 



MODERN IMPROVEMENTS AS APPLIED 

 TO SPORT. 



WE have lately read in an English contemporary an 

 article on the effect of modern improvements on 

 sport, and by "modern improvements" are meant the 

 changes in the last few years in shot guns and rifles, in bil- 

 liard tables, in fishing gear, and even in the preparation of 

 cricket grounds, as aided by the lawn mower and watering 

 cart. Indeed, it is more particularly with regard to the 

 latter sport that our contemporary deals. The recent al- 

 most phenominal batting in England, resulting in unparal- 

 led scores, has raised the question which is now being agi- 

 tated with much warmth, whether the development of bat- 

 ting has not outstripped the bowling, and whether it is not 

 advisable to make some alterations in the game to meet the 

 emergency. With such batsmen as are now to be found, 

 notably the "three Graces," it seems possible to prolong an 

 innings almost indefinitely, and run up three-figure scores 

 without end. Even on this side of the water, where ciick- 

 et is but an exotic, but rapidly becoming acclimated, we 

 have had a somewhat similar experience, as witness the, to 

 us, unusual figures made at Philadelphia the other 

 day. A Mr. Fitzgerald, in writing to JBelVs Life on the 

 subject, claims that all around cricket has deteriorated, 

 owing to the lawn-like turf of the modem cricket field, on 

 which every ball plays true and the experienced batsman 

 fears no sudden surprises, being so different from the old- 

 time rough and lumpy pitches shorn only by sheep and 

 scythe. 



The fact is the tendency of the age is towards scientific 

 advancement, even in sport, and cricket follows with the 

 rest. It is claimed that in cricket the actual science of the 

 game is only on the part of the bowler and batsman, a 

 view certainly not taken of our so-called "national" game, 

 base ball, in which the fielders have as many opportunities 

 for the display of science as pitcher, catcher, or batsman. 

 In fact much more attention is paid to the cultivation of 

 the "fielding" portion of our game, which is now so near 

 perfection that we question whether even one of the 

 Messrs. Grace could make a large score against the fielding 

 of one of our professional base ball clubs. If it is true 

 that in cricket the bat has gone ahead of the bowling, 

 more careful fielding may bring things equal. 



The contemporary from whom we first quoted thinks 

 that in other branches of sport "modern improvements" 

 have not enhanced their pleasures, and asks if the choke- 

 bore and breech-loader have made shooting more enjoya- 

 ble than it was in the days of Joe Manton's or flint lock 

 single barrels. We think that they have; certainly in the 

 sense that traveling by rail is more enjoyable than the old- 

 fashioned mode of stage coach or canal boat. If it was en- 

 joyment to have to stop to "pick a flint" or bewail a bro- 

 ken nipple, to break a ramrod, or have one's gun repeated- 

 ly missfire, then the breech-loader is a failure; for in 

 shooting nowadays we meet with none of these concomi- 

 tants. And then the freedom from accident which is one 

 of the marked features of the modern gun, is not, we think, 

 sufficiently appreciated. Of course there always will be 

 accidents so long as careless men take the field; but we 

 venture to say that in nineteen cases out of twenty which 

 now occur the blame rest3 alone with the shooter. 



It is argued also that another result of "modern im- 

 provements" is a wholesale slaughter of game. Of course 

 the remark is intended to apply to England, where the 

 battue and drive, backed up by the increased rapidity with 

 which guns can be loaded and fired, does, doubtless, result 

 in the killing of an immense quantity of game. But the 

 birds and beasts can be called game only wherein they fig- 

 ure in the statute books, for they are bred to order and in 

 such quantities as the lord of the manor may desire. In 

 this country, where we have only wild game, the chief 

 cause of destruction, aside from violations of close seasons, 

 is in the impetus given to sport by the pigeon shooting, 

 which is being continually carried on in every direction 

 cultivating a taste therefor. How many men who have 

 never killed a bird in their lives, or ever expected to do so, 

 have attended a pigeon match, and being induced to enter 

 "just for the fun of the thing," have killed a pigeon and 

 been transformed into "sportsmen" on the spot? It is good 

 for the gun trade, but reduces the game most wofully, for 

 the increase in the number of shooters is followed by any- 

 thing but an increase in the quantity of game. We shall 

 yet come to rearing and individual protection. Our con- 

 temporary, the Sporting Gazette, says: » 



"The deer and the grouse and the partridge are heavily 

 handicapped in the race of sport. They can devise no cor- 

 responding facilities of outwitting the sportsman to keep 

 pace with the increased range and accuracy of his fire- 

 arms, and tbe increased rapidity with which he is able to 

 discharge them. It is a one-sided progressive movement, 

 therefore, and we confess that it is one which we are a lit- 

 tle ashamed of at heart. It seems to us that the sports- 

 man of the last generation, with his brace of dogs and his 

 double-barrel muzzle-loader was quite elaborately enough 

 equipped for the slaughter of such game as these islands 

 afford. He had everything that could minister to his sport; 

 all the subsequent improvements in gunnery have only de- 

 tracted from it. And so far as sport is concerned, we view 

 with supreme contempt all the new f angled paraphernalia 

 of slaughter as a useless waste of scientific ingenuity:" 



This, we think, is a rather too severe denunciation of 

 ♦'modern improvements," but we heartily join with him in 

 the hope that in the midst of all revolutions and changes 

 the true spirit of sport and the best qualities of the sports- 

 man may remain unchanged and unchangeable. 

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The noted trotting horse Ethan Allen, died at Lawrence, 

 Kansas, on the 10th inst., aged 27 years* 



GAME PROTECTION. 



THE MOOSE LAW OF NEW BRTJN8WIOK. 



Those of our readers who continue the inquiries re- 

 specting the protective law for moose in New Bruns- 

 wick, evidently do not examine our columns carefully 

 Last week we answered this query at length in our Corres- 

 pondent's Column. We now print additional information of 

 an official character, which we hope will "settle" the ques 

 tion: — 



Chatham, N. B., September 8th. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: — 



I am not surprised to learn that sportsmen in the United States are not 

 as fully informed as is desirable in respect to our laws for the protection 

 of birds and animals. I have been present in our Provincial Legislature 

 (in an official capacity) during the sessions of the last five years and 

 witnessed many attempts, judicious and otherwise, to alter and amend 

 existing sta'ues on the subject, but as all efforts to change or reform 

 have been made by gentlemen notipractically acquainted with the subject 

 on which they have offered measures, the good and the bad have, in the 

 main, received the same treatment, and the merest tinkering has been the 

 result. The statement in Forest and Stream of April 6th, 1876, to the 

 effect that a law had been passed in New Brunswick prohibiting the kill- 

 ing of moose, deer, caribou, etc., for three years, was both correct, and 

 incorrect. Dr. Dow of Fredericton, introduced a bill last session to that 

 effect, which passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice and was, 

 sent to the Upper House. There, however, it was thrown ont, or killed. 

 Later in the session a bill was sent down to the Assembly from the Up- 

 per House extending the close season for moose from December 1st to 

 September 1st— to nine montlis— but Dr. Dow and others defeated it be- 

 cause it aid not include caribou. This bill also was killed by progress 

 being reported on it, after which it was not brought up again. There is 

 therefore, no law in this Province against killing moose between this 

 time and the 1st of February, and the statement to that effect in Fobest 

 and Stream of August 17th was correct. No person, however, is per- 

 mitted to kill more than two moose within any one year under a penalty 

 of $12, and the killing of moose for other purposes than using the flesh 

 for food, is punishable by a line of $20. The close season for deer and 

 caribou is between March 1st and September 1st. 



I have never heard of penalties having been imposed on any individual 

 or party hunting and killing moose in what the sportsman recognizes as 

 a legitimate manner. Moose and caribou have been shot down by the 

 score by crust hunters in this Proviuce, and after their carcasses were 

 stripped of the skin they were left as food for foxes, jay-birds and othe r 

 animals, or to rot where they fell. These crust hunters sally out when 

 there is from two to five feet of crusted snow in the woods, and, striking 

 a moose track or yard, soon run the poor animals down. I have known 

 the moose to run from a mile to four miles through crust until their legs 

 were cut through the skin and the blood stained the snow in every track. 

 The dogs can skim over the top of the crust and they olten get far in advance 

 of the men and tear and wo rry the noble and helpless game until tbe men 

 on snowshoes arrive. These despatch the moose with knife, axe, or gun. 

 It is simply a species of murder, and we have no law by which it can be 

 adequately punished. 



The calling season is now at hand, and the sport will be excellent in 

 Northumberland, Gl*ucester, and Restigouche counties. After that— in 

 December and January, there is capital still-hunting. The latter is the 

 science of moose hunting and none but parties headed by experts can 

 hope for success in it. During the latter part of September and in Octo- 

 ber the moose hunter sees the game in all its grandeur, and when one 

 brings a bull moose down he feels almost like a conquerer. 



D. G. Smith. 



How the Law is Kept in Pennsylvania. — We hap- 

 pened to sup at the Trans-Continental Hotel at the Centen- 

 nial Grounds on Monday evening. Prominent on the bill 

 of fare was "Broiled Pheasant," $1.50; Grouse, $1.00, and 

 the head waiter informed us they could be had. This nice 

 distinction between the local term of "pheasant" and the 

 general one of "grouse" might be appreciated by the 

 "granger gourmands" who visit the Centennial, but if the 

 West Jersey Game Protective Society, whose members are 

 after all mostly Pennsylvanians, would only extend their 

 attention to the adjoining counties across the Delaware, 

 they would confer a benefit on the sporting community. 



—At a meeting of the gunners of Pon du Lac, Wis., a 

 permanent organization was effected, to be known as the 

 "Game Club of Fon du Lac." The special object of the 

 club is to assist in securing a vigorous enforcement of the 

 game laws enacted for the preservation and protection of 

 game and fish. A constitution and by-laws were adopted, 

 and the following named persons elected to fill the offices: 

 S. B. Amory, President; J. W. Carney, Vice President; 

 L. M. Wyatt, Secretary; T. S. Weeks, Treasurer, and 0. 

 C. Steenburg, Robert Drummond and Albert Becker, Ex- 

 ecutive Committee. A large number were in attendance, 

 and judging from the character and ability of the gentle- 

 men who have taken the work in hand, they mean busi- 

 ness, and will not hesitate to use all honorable means to 

 secure an observance of the laws governing shooting and 

 fishing . 



—A gentleman in one of the larger Michigan cities, 

 writes to us saying: "I am sorry to state that the members 

 of the prominent clubs in this State (those of Detroit DOta- 

 bly so) and some in Chicago are the most prominent tres- 

 passers of the game laws. Is there no way of preventing 

 this? I can see none except by radically changing the laws 

 and modes of enforcement." 



—The Hartford Club have offered a reward of $100 to 

 any person that will furnish evidence to convict any party 

 of killing game birds contrary to law. 



—A resident of interior Florida sends us the following 

 record of the inland temperature of Longwood. Orange 

 County, for the month of August: Average temperature 

 during the month at 7 a. m., 78 degrees; 12 m., 88; 6 p- 

 m , 77. General average, 81; highest, 94; lowest, 74. 



—At new Smyrna, on the roast, latitude 29, the temper- 

 ature for August as furnished by Major Alden, was as fol- 

 lows :— Means, 7 a. m., 81 degrees; 2 p. m., 87f; 9 p. m., 

 77£; highest for the month, 93 degrees; lowest, 73. 

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—Last year the sum of £343,257 was raised in London 

 by the dog tax. 



