OOTOBRR 14, 1880.] 



FOKEST AND STREAM. 



209 



DUCK SnOOTING J^D DOG BltEATvING. 



T HAVE jnsi refw-necl friim 0(ir marsli club gromuls'wllicli 

 1 lie. on tlie Lake Erie between what is called Wanl's 

 ' 'iiO and Ciaiio Creek and is mud to be tlie best mallard and 

 I (iiu k iirounds on tlie lakes. 



iiind imr keeper and his wife, Just solHed in tlicir cosy 

 1 1 1 rs and our rooms nil in vendiness, bmdts all made and 

 1 (he m the stove, and dinner was on (he table when 1 ai'- 

 riwd J spent three day.s di]Ckin;j; over the mai-«b, mostly biy- 

 iim out work for the men, cleariii!!; _the different 

 ehanncis from I he pond boles and gellinir bo!)t.=i, de- 

 coys, set poles, oars, olc, in time for <-iur boys, 

 uiien the sporting begins in earnest -niiieli will lie any da 



ow that we liuve a heavynortb-i 

 frosly .lays. 1 shot a few (hiel 

 nidit Hi^iits just to keep i 

 ill on the -nii. The leal 

 1.1 k. 



PI" 



!)N 



.,.,il., 



isterattcraeonple ..f cold. 



i ..u'-b da»' 111 iii.u'nii.;; nnd 

 ilr IfvrlMiid L'.'l iiiv hand 



Kill its-lnry and as far us 

 c'lioiidi to send you u pair 

 • calls ti-eni "Ohlyaw he 



. ay. vvf.n if il is my own ; but you 

 1011 you know it is my "Ned," tbe 

 hat his " Lordship " Ma.ssarone liked 

 vvilhhiin. f took Ned out 



Ml r..|ii.'viii-durk.sforthe 



c hoi 



■ of ir 



allards t 



aim- up \ 



-ith til 



• wi 



id and 



li riL,d 

 IJoTl 



It. and 



,llT.|.,M. 



nie ^viih 

 1 ill the 1 



letl. 

 liek ri( 



viLd 



t bird, 



d llHKl 



ed tlu 





e and 1 H 



IVIll'-!' ■ 



II.' 



id binl 



1 1 he 



loat ant 



-ot it. ! 



s if u^- 



Jd 1 



J it all 



■■/'" 



sprTkl'd Knulisli 



I i- 



lis lite. 1 llieii petteil him, and sent him in for the w.muded 

 .ii.\ as near as I c>">nld toll where it fell. He hunted a while, 

 0.1 roiild not find kim. I urged him on, and by-and-bye he 

 "iiiiiiencedgoingroimd in an open space. I knew the bii'd 

 vas buried and hiding, so I ordered him to dig it. out. And 

 !.■ he;;.<in at the grass and mud and it flew, and so did the bird, 

 "r nit lier jumped out— hut the dog had to dig so deep, all t 

 oul.l see "of him was Lis hack and tail first. Well, after chas- 

 <A<: a yard or so, he got" him and brouglit him in. The next 

 1 ly I "vent out at'O A. ir., and after getting through 

 villi the channel digging I got in a blind at I) a. .m. 

 killed a mallard, which was hard hit. and fell dead alioiit 

 orly yards to the left. WllCil he stnudv 1 knew from th.' 

 "iiiiil he was in araud bed. Ned mark(>d him as well, and 

 I my command away went the dog, and stayeil a lontr lime, 

 'Vfv tiiU minutes. 1 thi:)ught he was mir.^^d. and was just 

 ;oiiig to start in after him when ho stuck his nose thnaiah 

 hi' rice, but no bird ; he looked very meek and slicpisli. 

 ■Co fetch dead bird." I said. He turned and went in a-aiii; 

 ,vas 'j;one about three miiuiles, aii.l came pokin.^^ his nose in 

 LHiiii, looking very sneaking. "Now, Nixl," says I, " gn 

 'iid get that bird, and no monkey business, do you hear y I'll 

 li'Li you if )'ou do not," and cracked my wliip. Away he 

 , and in the next minute he returned, and no bird yet. 



^'1 onfonnd \ 

 I hat hird, do' 



lurne.l ha.-k. 

 =aw him g.. ill 



r i-.i.:t.i 



fainv 



1 



'■kled,- 



r. ''Go and get 

 'VI' "t you." I 

 Jle knew, .and 

 imite 1 heard the water splash and 

 jioiid below to>ard the house. T 

 lie, and just as he started on the 

 him first) aboiit ten feet aliead of 



I 



less, nnd 

 gh 



lie back 

 loked 



lie 



■<■<: and sli- 



\'.iiig iiiv \<liip, 



L'o 



-l.o.'l— that- 



-duck, ami do 



V. 



u Ivho'.v wh 



_'re it is and ar(_ 



He jnmpc.l the boat: 



id I 



ml I fouiii 



of all dirlv du.'ks 



works Siilendidly 



■.Miial shoi 

 "Tlirrc, 1 

 1 meant liis 

 1 washiii- I 

 " . just 



But the pr 



lii 



- br 



I'Ve 



- hard, dirlv 

 t.. doit." "If cviir 

 and a good meal. 

 a all the birds, and 



( I I hat ] could not 

 li' irouii;h lover of a giiod dog. 



/"./c*7, 0. 



11 i|iiitc a bleaker. This is a long and 

 as so proud of a doK that was s.) cun- 



1. and vol sensible enonuh to know bis. 

 it out hini.sclt I'lic found Ihc duck the 

 was MO niulisli or lazy lo dig It 0',it— 

 lelp inflieting it on yon, knowing you 



A. C. K 



numFLELD DUCK SHOOTING ON THE RIO 

 GRANDE. 



IT is .scldian that thi' average sportsman has an opportunity to 

 complain of too many. lucks, but during the "iluck season" 

 here in winter, they are certainly too numerous for real sport, 

 tliougbjiLsl right for the ■'pot-huntex." But taking the .season 

 between ,Tune and October, when the " -winter ducks " are 

 north on their breeding grounds, and when wc have but one 



, the rhndroi-yr/ih 

 iiticlddiick" of ihenati 



lireakfasi 

 the East, 



iiutumiuili': 

 PS, then is « 



11 .sec what ■ 

 ■lock ill thr 



if'antlu 

 -lien the 



of I. 



. .kn 



■ lii'lil, 

 -cd did 



. further oiT 111;; 



plci.^undv— evervlh 



nnd before breakfast wo will leave for 



e gmi-shots. Ar- 



' Why, tliis looks 



I turned into a meadow. Here is quite a 



. ami I her.' are pools of water everywhere, and where 



MM is dry ground the grass must be a foot or two high— and 



ii'jp.' are 'tlie ducks? I can't see one." Well, we have just 



lad an overtio-vvin the river, and whenit recetled il left this 



', and this year the flood came so quickly that il dioumed 



most of our ero]), and 

 (htcks. You nil. I III 

 ducks differ fi . i 

 right in the v :, : . i 

 wTiy you do iioi, .-^u . 

 husks from the 



Uhi 



field is a perfect paradise for the 



iiUcrthat the habits of tlie cornfield 



if other ducks.- thoy never light 



;, the edses in the grass. That" is 



V, '..at they are here and pulling the 



and having a glorious feast. But 



hark ! do you hear that loud, clear whistle ? and look ! then; 

 is a pair just barely in sight. So loud and clear is their 

 ■i\hislle, -which is almost continually kept up, that it can be 

 braid nearly as far as they can be seen — ^j-ou can hear for 

 yourself that it has not the least resemblance at all to the 

 '••quack " of m.3st ducks. Now, listen and hear the ducks 

 that are already f'ji'diiig answering them ; a pair here, a pair 

 there, in fiiCl they are scattered ail arotmd, and the beauty of 

 it is they .are only in pairs ; seldom will there be more than 

 two toget.ber while feeding. But here is the pair we beard first, 



"We can h,ardlT call them handsome, but ■^N'bat sho^wv birds 

 they arc! wiib :' iti ■'.i,- o .IdM, iH_'i'ks, with ex.?(^ediugly 



long 



tails; and li i' ;i '■ '-i' " \ y-, 

 upper side of ik,.; >..;:.,., : n.ii m -i,': i 

 underneath, which is black ; and tin 

 We will start in here anywhere. 

 some. See! there go a pair llic 

 dreamed you -were .so near any. 

 out of fhc'iall gi-a.ss, keeping close 

 up from the gmimd. Here goes for 



- Ilevoil.l III 

 liich covers most of (be 

 i/rv w-ell with the color 

 'r.'^ tli,;y liave litl 

 We are sure to Strdie 

 first thini;. You never 

 .\iifl liow prclly they rise 

 togelhcr and 'rifiinff -lyell 

 adoubl.j. If y.i.u killed 

 b.Mli, all riii'lit : if ni'ither, -why, better luck next lime ; but if 

 one, you will very likely get a good Shot at the other as it 

 cora.'s back flying high "in the air to take a last farewell look 

 at its nnliieky mate. 



But our sliot has starlc.l evn-y duck -v\'ithiii a hundred 

 yanls of us. There miisl he tw^enty in the air. Some, of 

 course, will leave the field, hut mo.st of them will settle down 

 agani. Even if they should all leave fillicrs \vill keep aiTiving, 

 and so the sport continues as long as we erne to keep it up, or 

 until the sim gets too hot for us to stand it longer. 



But these duclcs are poor eating. I'liey are jiever fat, and 

 do not begin to compare in flavor with our fine nwllards and 

 teal in -winter, and one will soon get tired of them for the 

 table. A. M. P. 

 »♦.— 



ECHOES OF THE "DITTMAR SPORTING POWDER." 



EoiioH F.UiE.sl' AND S^l'RBAAf: 



F.v:m,i;\ t'E, I\Troir., Oct. 10.— Thanks for that "Dittmar" 

 e.i/ye.vy.- ibiiik I -Will not iuvcst ui it ; wasgoing to try ilup 

 North on partridges. C. II. 



Catuo, Ga., Oct. 4. 

 Editor FurestMivl Bimmn ; 



1 am glad to sec that you have taken up the Dittmar Pow- 

 der and have given the sportsmen of America a little Ught on 

 a subject which certainlj' needs it. A, W. 



FiiiT.AD-Lcni.i, OH. U)-Ki!Hjir l'\„;«t dud Strmm —You 

 have done unhly in knocking down that absurd fran.l, Dittmar 

 powder, and y.m deserve tlie thanks of every .sportsman in 

 the country; please except mine now, and believe me truly 

 yours. C. B. 0. 



MASorrE-STEE, N. IT., Oct. 7. 



•' fill 



Flei 

 Sti:e.\m li.l\[av \'i 

 alilc to b.lbiw II 



Iliad e,„,eh|.b-d 



the Ditlmar 1 1. !-■ 

 highly dial 1 ba 

 sponsineii, will 

 eles !'.«• their 



'III. Sfi; 



-dfnu 

 I SSI, 



illar 



dis 



- P' 



enough of the imposition. 



]i.'n- for the Foi-iEs'i' and 

 no- an old" mail, and bcbiii; un- 

 nsuits of hunting and fishing, 

 the paper, imt the articles on 

 iiiiifa,''lui-c have iileaseil mo so 

 the public, and especially the 

 read, marli. and iiTO'ardly digest " these arti- 

 ilightenment and safety, for we have had 



idib 

 I luipe 



A. G. D. 



HousDWCi Dkek in ilAisE. — The followmg cornea to us 

 from a responsible source, \mder date of Mopang Lake^ 



Washington County, Jle., October 4: 



lake to put the I'a 

 sport.smcn i';), v 

 hounds lo slaui;hl 

 hoinida in covcre 

 tear of the law ai 

 shame. Of conn 

 under 

 been 1 

 vindic 



The M 

 desti-.,\' with do: 



■ofcf 

 up in 



i.i its pt 



1 giiid 



IT arrived at, this' 

 ■ for tbe i-eee|iti<ai of Bangor 

 • almost daily arriving with 

 ai-y lo law. The bringing of 

 secreted from sight, indicates 

 cs, or, it may be, a sense of 

 ic, the venison will be sent out 



Till 



■ the 



1, an.l. let lis hope, 



Illy 



' I'l- 



jit 



1 lias 

 t to 



V 



.vi.les that 

 IV deer f.r 

 .rtv il.dkii 

 ■\Ve hav 

 efii.'ien.'y 



f.a 



B. 



) person shall hunt, kill or 



boil within this Slat.-, im- 



very such caribou so 



ily taken occasi.ai to 



iiey of the ijre.sent commissioners 



K: Sfilw.'ll. of Bang..r, and Eve- 



.\s Ihese ]iartie.s referred to by our 



if the centres of au- 



letoction, conviction 



air. 



.lei 



kill. 'ill 



hiicbly I 



of fish and game, ^It: 



rett (Smith, of Fori land. 



corre.siiondent c.inie directly fi 



thoritv, we shall look for 



andpimishnienl ..f the olVeiiders. 



PAcin.' CoAs-r No-i-E-.— Tbe y'liin.' resiair.'.'.; of their re- 

 specti-ve localities are a n.-'Vei--fairimx- I'und to I be Pacific c.-.asl 

 paragraphers. The Sacramento Jliy- man has lu'cn out after 

 quail, but he reports only eat,s : " While quail shooting near 

 Folsom, recently, we saw a conimou house-cat out in the 



' the 

 sport 

 lornimr — the 

 There 

 a bastv 



woods several miles from town, nnd 

 are numerous in tlie footbil!-, b' e 

 siibfiisfiiii- on bir.ls, .'tc. li ',- e i ; 

 live to broods of yonugqnaii- ' 'i 

 whenever possible." Wccoiinii. im i 

 on the subject lately published in 

 complaint which we find in the .sam 

 correspondent in AA'hite's Valley, wl: 

 hounds which go otV deer huiiiing 

 ,scouring the hills .lay and niuht in -s.',- 

 pursuing the deer. "A party . if publh 

 with g.iod etfcct turn out to limit tin 

 ,sportsiiien reyiort it.iod duck shi.'Olin 

 (;:ar.soii ileer hunters bring back cx'- 



huntimi- in the niountaiiis Quail ar 



about Sania (,'ni/. and also in the vi.'ii 



o is reported to be th. 



rn California, killed a 



li 



Ari llopp 



foi 



nied that they 

 1 a wild state, 



very destruc- 

 ju .shoot them 



ion the article 

 lab Another 



iril 



es a pack of 



.1 . 

 -.1 



ait of season, 

 .oinn.'i-s nii'ght 



.Is 

 tin 



Humboldt 



Lear Fiver. 



1"r 



•St 



n llie foothills 



lekee 7\Irs. 



deer and 1 .e;u- 



bich 



da- 



■al will clo: 



tweeii the tips 



Sliak.' Ih.' sain 



The Gi-an.l Ct 



weeks. Yet this 



visit the lake. Kishins is ii;.-i, 



lightful Deer are plenty at 



farmer two or three miles fron 



'.I ,■ 



arge 



■en feet \\\ 

 kill.-'. I a 

 e Tali..e I 

 eason 



iiKdics be- 

 ll r;re rattle- 

 c leiv now. 

 about two 

 pleasani.'st part of the year to 

 id and Ihc weather is still de- 

 i.ait New Tacjma, W. T., and a 

 tliat town has been obliged to 

 harvest Ms oats before they were fully ripe to protect them 



from tbe deer Game, especially deer, is abundant in El 



Dorjido coimtv. San Fran. 'iseo papers re|).irt that toward 

 Santa Rosa, liealdsburg and ( •lov.'rdale, and north of Pcta- 

 luma and around Napa, the sliootim; is said to be good. To- 

 ward Jlount Diablo the liirdsarc said (o lie scarce. There are 

 no reports of big bags from the best shooting grounds near the 

 city. Further out. though, si.me of the welbknown shots 

 have been busy. llr. Sfackpool ami three friends .are ac- 

 credited -svilh having killed 450 quail in three daj's near 

 Niles. On the Tlirockmorton ranch last week Mr. Orr made 

 a bag of 77 in one day with 100 cartridges. He found the 

 thel""iiv' !. ,ik ward, but plentiful."" Near Biolinas and 



Tel' . . dl are more advanced. In Fimile val- 



ley eek they are small. Rail aie plentiful 



dowx -.i .;^ii Bruno, aiid "with a go.Jd liog -and a fair 



amount of inducitry a good bag can be made. But then rail 



hunting is very slow work where quail, no matter how small, 

 can fie had. The ducks that have come to market are in fine 



.'ouilition, but 111.')' aripear to be scarce. 



Tniekee luinfers bave both vaHcly a.nd abundance .Sufficient, 

 to Miiisfv 111" "|,,si atubilious of (h'-m. Tbe Hmublktm of 

 that I -■ The mountains ' '!':)' of game 



sntli' i ". : , I y .sportsmen of ill I i i .' Griz.zlies 



and eeiiiiii.na i liar can he found > : i rj 'a-f notice, by 

 those ',\bo have lost any bear. Urouid.aiii q'uail can be bearil 

 whistling on many a billsirtc- Grouse are plentiful if th<'ir 

 resorts are discovererl, while deer, sqnin'cls, -woodchucks, 

 hailgcs, foxes, -svolvcs and lions arc common in different 

 .sectioiKS. This season gaim- of most kin. Is is more than 

 usually plentiful, 'I'lic Indians arc liiiving a prosperous 

 seasoii. We rrcqiietiily sec liidhui jiartics of two'aiid three 

 returning from a deer hunt, with Iheir horses loaded dovni 

 with llie carcas,scs and hides of deer capture. I on the trip. 

 The lo\er .if field siporl can be accommodated by a, trip to th? 

 mountains." 



TuE MissESO'rA. Doii Poisosriscr. — Fmnnont, Miwi., Oeto- 

 l>rr S.^JSditor F&rr-Kt rinri stirfiin. — In your issue of Septem- 

 ber SO appears a letter fmin i '' \V"indom Pot-Huntor," which 

 criticises severely a l.tti i and iis author which appeared in a 

 previous is.suo of vour vabiabb' paper over the signature of 

 "Wausc," .lalcil at this [dace Seplcniber i. Now, as 

 " Wausee" is kniown to many of yow readers, and as '^Pot- 

 Iliuiicr'.s" leidr docs him giTHt injustice, I hope you will 

 allow me space f.jr a line i>r Two from a disinterested stand- 

 point. Evidently " Windotn Pot-nunter" is mistaken m his 

 man, and visits the sins of some " non-resident pot-hunter" 

 on an "mnoeent mtm to whom tliey will not sti<'k. From my 

 acquaintance with " V\"ausee" 1 am certain thtd, if ever at 

 Winiloni (which I doiibt ) he conducted himself as a gentle- 

 man and true sportsman shout. 1, and that whatever he wrote 

 in regard to the dog poisoning at Windom was written in 

 good faith, and on what he believed to be reliable informa- 

 tion. '■ Wanscc" spent tbe most of lb.' .'hick.;-!, .season here, 

 and won ihe ux'o.l will and respect of those with whom he 

 came in contact, bv bis siior1siriaiidi!;e con.bict a.s well as his 

 ^■.mlIemallly and social i|iiaiities. He is m. market hunter, 

 neither does Ikj disrcgar.l the rigbis ol' birners by '• tress- 

 passing on their growing crops," li il," Il 'isir manner 

 displayed in hunting birds for m iii ' -'sliootiug 



them and driving oil without apol'.- ill am very 



certain that nine out of ft-very ten o' i ; i ', ill say with 

 nic— Lei , ill such sportsmen as "V','. i provc.l him- 



self by his stay among us to be cone I I I' ii: ifi"ir till, hut 

 '•pot-hunters" are not wanted. F.'.ue'.io:.! .Si'OK'rs.-viAN. 



" Wiadom Pot-Himter" woidd imdoubtedly liave made a 

 stronger case for his side bad ho refrained from attempting 

 to connect " Wansee';-" ]'rrM.],iI i 'iii-,',! fi '■ ■.■ilb the merits of 

 the qxiestion. Both i -b_ , . -d names are 



thereby unkno-wtr to ib,' ji ;i:iii', ai T; ile' n leli is of this paper 

 are not interested in their personal charuclcr. That which 

 does interest us is to know whether or not wc can with safety 

 take our valuable dogs to the Connly of "Windom, Minn. 

 .Tudging- only from the two comnnmications on the subject 

 ■already printed we should not hesitate lo do so, IVIorcover, 

 we :ni- siii'ob"! iiii'f '- '■:": di m !"ot-nunter" and ""Wausce" 

 woiie: 'I I e .i I 1 'igctlier, an.d possiblj Ihcir 



d.ii;-s nil dii III:-" ''''""I, I : a, oiioi.y logellior. 



The Lo:Mt T:-i.\::o .\ s.^ociATiox, — The regular monthly 

 meeting ..if llie Lonu l.dand Sportsmen'sAssoeiatiou was held 

 at the rooms of tbe F.aiiiiaiu Gun Club, on Friday, Oct, 8. 



Abel Ci'i-iok.\ Fsip, the Secretary of llic ,\ - ■ ' , , ■ id a 



liap.'r describing the diiVereut ki'nds of -a 1 1 i ws 



in regard to the same. Ir, was accented v ;, , 



Tli.^ Association is .letcrniiu.'.l that aiie. lii.' n.';u. Slate 

 Sportsmen's coiiycniion no one will have cause to call them 

 an ass.Kuation of pigeon shooiers, an.l in regard to this Capt. 

 Elmendorf made a nioti'in to aiipoint a coinmittec from the 

 Lona Island As.s.icialion |o conler with the .liffercnl clubs 

 throufi-hoiit thr- Slati', and make' a code of uanie laws that 

 will he ,a!)|ilicat.le to all .seel inns. This was refeiTed to the 

 Executive Commitle!' and ciurieil. Mr. Crooke suggested that 

 action should Vic taken in regard to iippointlng a eommiltec 

 to solicit prizes. The motion I hen mado b3' Mr. Ackers 1,0 

 a|)]ioint the Frc'sidcnt of each club a committee was carried. 

 Jlolion wa.s passed to assess tlic cbilts for money to meet the 

 e-\penses of the cciriiiiig convention, and to also assess the in- 

 dividual stockholders for money to ijet stock eertifleates 

 printed. A motion was carrie.l lo Ib.'.iVccI iliat a committee 

 be appointed to I'xamiiic Hie ailieles belrac^iiii' to ihc Stat'! 

 A.ssociation wliicli are in po.ssessirai of the L. I. Association, 

 and report as lo what condition they are in. J\lr. Henry Al- 

 tenbrand, Fresidont of the Washington Gun C^lnb, received 

 the thanks of the .\ssocialion for a letter tendering to the 

 club a sonc- entitled flic "American Sportsmen's '"Song." 

 The letter was lai.l on the table lo he read at the next meV,- 

 ins, and 31r. .Vlieiibirand and also the Glee Club of the Wash- 

 ington Gun Club v.-ire invited to be present. The President 

 was authorized to appoint a pilacc Cor the next meeting, ttflor 

 whicb the meeting adjom-iied. 



The L, L sportsiiien are sbowiu'jr the right spirit ill regard 

 to game pirotcction, and if t)i! itler or_-rini-zations throughout 

 tbcStatc wdll co-operate v.-ii I ;lii :■ :'.av eXpCCt a COdc Of 



l:nvs that will .■Ifccliially im- • - 'i • ilie work of the pot- 

 biiulcr as well as to that oHiii .:," of game de.stroyers, 

 namely, self-styled sportsmen, who lack every one of those 

 qualities of the real sportsman which have ennobled the 



name tind the class. 



^ .o^. -_ 



Matne SponxsMEx's Assooiatiox. — At llie .innual meeting 

 of the Maine Sportsn-ien's Association belli at Po'.k's island 

 last week, the following named officers were eleclcl for the 

 ensuing year: President, Hon. P. 0, A'ickery, Augasia; 

 \lcc-president, Gcx 0. Lord, Kennebunk: 2d Vice-presi- 

 dent, lion. Win, AY. Tliomas, Jr.. Portland ; Secretary. H. 

 F. Fill III I 1 leasurer. E, W. Coburn, Portland i 



Di:.. I .1. B. Jcmes, Peak's Island. Tbo 



foil appointed by President "Vickery 



of Au-ii.,.a .,,..e. e, on Charter— p. 0. Vickery, Gen. 



"W. S. Tiltou, W. W. Thomas, Jr. The following commit- 

 tees are to report at the next annual meeting: Ist. On Laws 

 for the Protection of Game Animals of Fm^. Fin and Feather, 

 and Insectivorous Birds — Everett Smith. Dr. F. F. Sleeper. 

 C. F. Naaon; 3d. On Fish Laws, inehidin- vropii-aiion and 

 production— E. ]M. Slilwell, W. AV. Tiiomai,, Jr., A\'. H. 

 Cloudman ; lid. On Enforcement of Game and Fish L,aws — 

 Dr. ("4. AA". Mai^tin, AVm. AY. Castle, G. C. Lord ; 4th. On 

 Sporting D.3g8— Everett Smith, W. W, Castle and C. W. 

 Cm:tis;"oth. On Voluntary Essays and Papers— Secretaiy, 

 president and yice-presidejit ; fith. Publishing Cotnniittee— • 



