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FOREST AND STREAM. 



NoTrorBKR '1, 1880. 



to Mr. B. nt Fulton Market, Kew York, either personally or 

 by letter. 



If the early worni catclies the carp, tbosc 'wlio would like 

 to obtain a few of them luny try the effect of an early letter, 

 which will probably answer the piu'pose as well as any other 

 bait for this particular school of fish. 



—Ladies, do yon want to he strong, healtliy and beatitiful: 

 Then use Hop Bitters, 



1^"/^ §^^8 ^"'^ S'"^' 



«JLME IN SEASOIV IIV IVOVF.iMBEH.' 



Moose, Ali-e 



Cartt.oo, B!ing,,u-r canoori. 



EU: or \v:lplt!, Crrl<v^ r„„n,lr„^iK. 

 RerlorVlrgluladtHT, C. vi.yhnm,- 



.Squirrpls— red, tilack and gray. 



Hares— brown and criiy. 



Reed or rice bird, IMichimjx i^rti- 



Wlld Turkey, Mch-ams mVnpnrn. 

 Pinnated grouse or iiralrie clui.- 



ken, C'jpviornn cu/ttdn. 

 Rutted p-rousR or plieasant, !':■- 



I Wrmrtcork. Phil..hi'la m 



Red-! 



Rerl-i 



ox-eye, 



\tUKlr/n;ji- 



Quall 



)r partrld:-n 

 in, Vn-Tjivn , 



Or! 



Sora, r 



•Tills enmneratlon Is ^-: 

 gtate laws. 



" Bay ijlrds " ffencrall ■■ , 

 piper, snipe, eurlew, O; - 

 etc., eomliiK under the n i 

 peruUt prairie tow) (pinni i 



''■■' sr\ia'paImatHS. 

 ks, TiiUuni^ifuriiicn. 



A PAG FOR QTTAIL. 



Clkvei.and, O., Oct. 28, 1880. 

 Edfivr Forest, ami Hlrenm : 



Some years since the following verses — a-s near as I can re- 

 call them — appearocl in the Hod AND GrN. It is a concise 

 dc.scri|ition of a "Fag for Quail." and very appropriate at 

 this time — the opening of the quail seiison. 1 hope j'ou will 

 think best to republish them : 



The ancient fnnn-honse— drowBiest. bed— 



Early broaltfast— doge lightly fed \ 



■With trusty "gas-pipe" — "leash," "to heel" — 



True sportKmnu'.-i anlnr blessed to feel. 



" Hie on !" Tlio eornlHild .^tuhlile serge, 

 Tliebrufili's IVia.-e M euppu'c's verge ; 

 Oh, glorious fiiKht : 'J'lif lirart-strings burn 

 In tnie accord nilli Ihc laJjing "stern." 



Ha ! Topsy " stands," the pointers " back," 

 With quivering fomi the huddled pack : 

 " To-ho," good dogs, a noWe " find," 

 Step close the trcmhliug Utch liehuAd. 



ThebeiT (lushed, our stiu- i.s land— 



Two tuftn of feathers down the mnd ; 



The replaced .-ihcns— • ' Hold up ! Dead bird !"- 



Fetch ! fetch ! With willing step, retrieved at word. 



A noble brace, -nith smoothed iilirmc, 

 Witliin the game-coat's spacious room : 

 Well done, brave dogs ; well done, good gnn : 

 So mote it be till the settiiig .sun. 



Is man good brother, over blessed 

 With salislacdion, iriiud at re.t- 

 Freedom from rare, fi-oin business fog«, 

 So much as ^vben, uith gun and dogS, 

 O'er field and marsh and wooded plax'eV 

 He feels lu.s game-bag grow apaeo. 

 With action rit;ht, liis IdUing clean, 

 lli^ misses few and far ) ,>tweiu : 

 T),.-s v.-ifii- of raii^r li.-i,.: 1.. ttiT broke— 

 His snaiJ-sh..tB j:l.liiI. withuut a poke. 



Me-HIT ABLE. 



LOKG ISLAND SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



THE regular monthly lueeling of the Lone Island Sports- 

 men's As.socialion was lield at the Royal Arcanum 

 Rooms in Music Ilall, Brooklyn, Friday eveiiing, Oct. 39. 

 A full delegation from each rlulj wa.s present, irith tlie ex- 

 ception of the Long Inland t'oresler Chib. 

 Abel Crook, Esq., read a letter ^vhi('h lie bad received from 



lb 



Ph; 



President of I he Long Island 

 I been reqiie.sted by the writer to 

 tors of the game law.s. 

 lok rc|iorted: "(hi October 19 



your Vice-President Ateii to au 



'laws. The witness 





Mr, George A. C'happi 

 Association, in wliich 1 

 proceed au-a'jnst certain vio 



Relfitivc to tlii.s Mr. Ci 

 my attention was called 1 

 alleged violation (if the gai 



Mr. Gordon. On Octolx-r 31, by appointniem, JI 

 called upon me and stated that on Friday. OclolicrlT, near 

 Woodhnven, he hesird shooting. (.»u invcfiliLration he dis- 

 covered Mr. Brower, of the Long Lsland Shooting Club, and 

 two others. As he approached,' one Midler fa barberj said 

 to Brewer, ' Yonr dog has got a bird.' The dog lay with Ids 

 forefeetupon aquail. Midler picked up thequail and" pocketed 

 it. I told 3rr. Gordon that if his story were substantiated 

 ]\ndl('r could Ije prosecuted, and asked him if he would make 

 affidavit. He replied that he had heard that threats liad 

 been nuide again.st him, and lie would not he willing to go to 

 court nor to make an atbdavit. Under the circumstances I 

 was powerless to proceed, and re|iort the matter for your 

 information. Your President, INIi-. Chappell, volunteered to 

 assume tlie prosecution if sworn jnoof Avere furnished." 



This created considerable excitenuail, and several jiiembcrs 

 said that Mr. Gordon bad told them the same story, and Dr. 

 Aten was willing to make an affidavit to that effect, but as it 

 could not be used as evidence it was not taken. Dr. Wynn, 

 the president of the Long Lsland Shooting Club, moved that 

 the words "Long Island Shoqlin^Club" be stricken out of tlie 

 report, as Mr. Brower did not kill the /luail, and if he was 

 prosecuted the cbili \\'o\ilil .stand by him with both men and 

 money. Upon this ^fr. l^dily said that while he was a mem- 

 ber of the Long LsUmd C'lub there was one man who would 

 not shield any'ni ember tb.it violated tlie game laws. After a 

 hot discussion it -was finally decided to accept the report with 

 a vote of thanks to Jlcs.sr.s. Crook, Aten and Chappell, and it 

 was voted that the shooting be investigated b3' a committee 



to be appointed by the Chair. The following gentlemen were 

 appointed on the committee : Messrs. Havonurvcr, Crook and 

 Aten. iMext was the report of the Committee on Gminui.s. 

 Mr. Robinson, cluiirmnn of the conimiltco, reported that thay 

 had decitled on the racing ]iaik at Brigliton Beach. Coney 

 Island, owned by .Mr. Kiiseman. 



It was decided that the. secrelary shotdd confer wilh Mr. 

 Sage, of Buffalo, and request four more traps to be used at 

 the next State shoot. 



Li regard to the game law analysis published in the Poeest 

 AND STr:E.\7n, suggestions had been received from Mr. F. S. 

 Wager, of Kome, as follow.s : " 'Every person building or 

 maintaining a dam upon any of the tbivial waters of this 

 Slate, which dam is higher'than two feet, .sludl likewise 

 build and maintain, during the months of March, April, May, 

 September, October and Koveniber for the purpose of the 

 passage of fi.sli, a sluiceway in the mid-channel at least one 

 foot in depth at the edge of the dam and of proper width, 

 and placed. at an angle of not more than tliirty degrees, and 

 extending entirely to the moving water below the dam, 

 wtiicl, slnic.way shall be proleclcd on each side by an apron 

 in le-ight to confine the water there.' — ^Laws 



, 1 Still, 



TKi. 



r IMSti is deemed to have repealed laws of 

 18(lil, lience we are without a verj- vahiabhi game law, which 

 I think the compilers of the statutes had no intention of re- 

 newing. 



"AtTPiseeoLake, Tlam. Co.. K t'. fhend of Hudson River\ 

 on the outlet of said lake there is a d;im. In the fall the 

 trout leave the lake, pass over this dam into the .stream lo 

 spawn, but are unable to return up ibis dam into the lake in 

 I be spring. In a few years this lake wiU be destitute of 

 trout unless it be for abo've act, which will compel the owner 

 of that dam to maintain a s'niceway." 



Mr. W. Thicse, of the >-ew York Jaijd Zn1i>u<j. wrole : 



'•1 wish to call the attention of the committee iirepajiof 

 the new game laws to § 37 of the present'law. gieing I he su|.er- 

 visors of'the different counties the power to enact their own 

 game laws, and prescribe puni.sbments and penalties for n.ll 

 violation of the same. If such a iirovision will be adopted in 

 the new law two points ought to be added. 



" Ist. A limit of such punishments and penalties should be 

 stated, which should not exceed in the different cases those 

 of the State laws. 



"3d. Some means should be provided to make these special 

 county game l.iws rmn-e .generally known. 



"At 1 re fill il ih sntlieiriii if any cinnuy eiiactingSuChalaW 

 publishes i I in ilie |iapers where the session laws arc pub- 

 lished. Such papers, in many instances, have a very limited' 

 circulation, and the maiority of hunters from all other parts 

 of the State will never be awjire of those laws. I shorikl 

 think th;it all jiapcr.s, especially those devoid lo Ihe interest 

 of sport, should publish such "laws als... The clerks of ilic 

 different counties should 1)0 directed by liu :o send a c(,py 

 of such enactment to any paper that applies for ii." 



Tliese letters were rcferretl to the Committee on Fish ami 

 Game. 



It was decided that the Chair should appoint a committee of 

 Jive to select prizes lor the next tournament. The stock 

 certificates were nr.w issued, and each cluli, Avilb the ex- 

 ception of the L. I. Forester, .sold to the ■\Va.shinglon tiun 

 Club eight shares of slock, a.s ih.- Wa.shington Club bad nul 

 been able to procure any. It was then decided ibai ibriesi 

 of the money due on the stock .should lie paid iss follows; f)u 

 w before the l.^ith of Novemlier, 10 per cenl.; onoi before tin- 

 Isl of Feliruarv, 20 per cent. ; on or lii.'fore the 1st of jAInrch, 

 2.0 percent. : and on oi liefore the Isl of May, the remainder. 



j\lr. iXicbolas Pike, one of the veteran sporlsnien of the 

 Island, then addres.sed the meeting, urging the need of strin- 

 gent game laws to put a stop to poldmnting of the game oti 

 Long Island. Mr. Pike's remarks were riLdit lo the point, 

 and be was lendercd the thanks of the Association for bis sug- 

 gestions. After this came the new sporbsman's ?f)\vi, sung iTv 

 tbe Washinglon (inn f^liib Cilee CMub. It wa.s well siinir. iitid 

 was received wilh appreeiaiion luul accepted as the song of 

 the Long Island Assoc iati'.in tn be sung at an a|i|iropriate 

 time at the Slate Conveniio,,, 'I'hc ineetiHg then adjourned. 

 The Long Island Association have taken a determined 

 stand on the question of breaking the game laws, and are de- 

 termined to jiui a stop to il no mailer what it costs. AVe 

 may ihav ex|iect to .see an advance in sentiment and practice 

 on Long Island. 



PHILADELPHIA LETTER. 



IN order to procure the opinion of our leading sportsmen 

 of this city regarding Octolier quail shooting I have 

 asked a number the question as I casually met thenl on the 

 street :_" How have you found quail this season?" and in 

 every instance but one received the reply : " Have not been 

 out, never go until Koveraber," or wortls to this effect. It 

 may be relied upon that all thinking men arc opposed to I he la vv 

 as it now stands. We have been having some cool weather 

 lately, occasioned, no doubt, by the snow-stonns that ha\e 

 occurred in the northwest, and the blow down the bav has 

 driven quantities of ducks up the river. I have Icarned'like- 

 wise that ''Slaugbier .Neck" and "Prime Hook" marshes in 

 the Milton and Jlilford, Del., sections are alive with widgeon 

 and sprig tails. What sport could be bad there if a good 

 blind could be made on tbe borders of one of the ponds 'with 

 which those marshes abound, and a irood supply of decoys to 

 attract tbe attention of the ducks asThej- come' in from" the 

 bay to feed. It strikes me a capilid plan to follow would be 

 for a part}' to go down by yacht with their skiffs, make their 

 home on board and take 'ad'yanlage of the early morning and 

 evening shooting wherever they discovered the ducks fre- 

 quented. Being directly in the" neiglitiorhood of a capital 

 quail and likewise snipe" country, dogs couM be taken idioard 

 on the trip, and varied sport "coubt be bad. Your corres- 

 pondent has long desired to make Ibis expedition bv water, 

 and has jirombsed hiin.selt the pleasure in the near future! 

 During the past week I have taken a tlying visit to Bath 

 and Washington, and wlule at the former city "the fox-hunt- 

 ing s(;ason was opened by the Elk Ridge Fox Hunting Club, on 

 Saturday, the 23d. The weather during Uie day was splendid 

 for riding, and the early morning, tho'iigb a little cool and 

 windy, sent the blood dancijig through the veins of the horse- 

 men as they rode through tlie streets on their way to the 

 nux't. About seven gentlemen members left 3Iount" Vernon 

 Place at ah early hour and rode down Charles street and over 

 Long Bridge to' Brooklyn. Those who were on Ihe .street 

 were startled to see so many red ceials and vests and spirited- 

 looking horses and hand.sonie men, for to thu uninitiated it 

 did not come into tlieir mind that they were fox-hunters. 

 The company was reinforced at the meet by several other 

 members. Barn.sby, with the club's hounds, was also wailing 

 their arrival. The dogs were thrown ofl" and SOOn found Ji 



fox. The chase was a long and cxcitinu' one, and greatly en- 

 joyed by all, and what uas belter than all Keynard'waa 

 caught. Many Hue jumps were made, and the ride across 

 countrj' was del ighif ul. The sea.sou was .successfully opened. 

 The limits will follow in quick succession tis the club's 

 members, besides a number of ladies, are anxious for this dc- 

 Ughlful sport. 



1 hope lo give you now and then an account of some of the 

 meetsof the KoseTreellunt, which is composed ofsomeof our 

 tno.stprom.nenl I'hiladelpliia and Delawiire County citizen.?. 

 Yon may renieiubcr Ihe elnb's Imunds have been vcrysuccesa- 

 fiil prize winners at lale bench shfcv.s. Tbe pack isanoble one, 

 but not at all m accordaiice wilh the ideas of our English 

 cousins as to what hounds should lie. Where wc admire the 

 long and .pendant eiu- they re((uire Ibem to be roimded. In 

 speed their dogs are supcjinn in scenliug powers, never. OtU' 

 animals, from the faci ilial a irreal part , if the chase is made 



111 cover :.i il lb: ,-, ,1, V, llai..] :,rid ihicket, arc not required 



tobes,.: ; ,, _.y';'.niid. like on foot. While their dogs, 

 O"' '.-' I '0 , I neiiry in whieh [heir hunts are made, 

 often n;o do .vn Mk lox m half an lioiir, here a chase fre- 

 cineitly lasts a good portion of the day. 



While in Bath we heard good accoiints of the kennel club 

 of that city, and that the association derived mncli pleasure 

 from this nnion of lovers of line fired lield doL'S ; Iml we fear 

 the gentlemen compii.sing it cannot be ],revailed upon to nn- 

 dertalce the giving of nnother Bench Sho^v very ,sowi, both 

 tbeir exlubitujns liavrng pn.ven finanei.al failures. It is sn 

 with the I'luladelphia Kennel Club, notwithstanding the dis- 

 play made by them was llie iinest we ever saw of high bred 

 setters and p'.niiers— the very mention ol a Bench .Show seems 

 to disgust them; in fact, we may say there c.vists no Philadel- 

 phia Kennel C lub. AA hat think yon, dear Editor; we kno^\- of 

 an owner ot some of the Iinest setter and pointer blood in the 

 world, right m our midst, whom we verily beheve could iio( 

 lell a woodcock from a snipe, or a ruffed grouse from a piu- 

 riated one, let alone bring able to shoot Over his dogs, once 

 lield ti ial winners and £o )d animals. Is it not ii ahanie ? How 

 unfortunate ills thai gentlemen who are not calcuUuetl in 

 any nianiier for field sports, nofvvitlistandiug wealth and lime 

 are at their disposal, will become inoculated wi hthedogfever 

 and attempt to gain that which tbey never can accomplish,' 

 Money will net purchase ibis talent, or "knack" as we mav 

 call It, In a great measure u sportsman i.s born such, he iiJ- 

 lierils the taste, and the love of outdoor life fosters such a 

 desire for companionship with naliirc''s children ih;it he be 

 comes a student of their peculiar v;\\\>. Truly a loye for iiie 

 Oeld is the gift of Gixl: it cannot be puccbased". and ■niien It is 

 attemplel it can retidily be discovered. 1 mention also a 

 ca=ie of a lady of a city not far distant fj-om yours who h.iB 

 offered a large price for a blue blood a.s a house do<r fthg 

 wants a full pedi;jn'eed animid— nothing else will suit her; one 

 that has gained laurels on tbe bencli and at lielcl trials • and 

 shris a.s determined to sal isfy her loniriiii; a:= her purse is deep 

 and full enough to make the pun Inise ai any cost. Dear Kd- 

 1 1 or, do advocate ever-a liorse bir Ihe race, a dog for thC 

 cliase, nod a gun only tor lue sjiorLsnian. 



Last week several tlocks nf wild gee.sc were seen going 

 soulhvyardaud tlying high over one of the rural districts of 

 FhiladelpliKi. This is rather early andpoinlB tocooi weather. 

 \\ e bear ot no brant as yel on our Jersey bays, but if the wild 

 ^ro-ise is <:;onjing so soon we may fully expect Branta hemicU 

 10 if.llo.v sliortly. Then for big guns, rough work and great 

 api e lies. Capt. Bond will be rc^dy this season to pilot all 

 wlio (lesirebrantshooiinginTuckerlon Buy, and we can fully 

 rtcommend Capls. Manshall, Shords, Downis, .Suiiili or 

 Morris, at Tuckerton. as .ible to pibice any of yonr readers in 

 the line of flight of this fowl. But remetnberno quail gmi is 

 wanted— a twelve to fourieeii pound piece is the proper 

 weapon, will) plenty of powder to drive Ivlo. 1, or .single B 

 shot, and make elVective at thirty (o forty yards. If any of 

 your readers should try the brant at this point, let them post- 

 pone their departure until the first week in Movember. Take 

 the R. K. lor Tuckerton, cross the bay b, Capt. Bond's Long 

 Beach House, engaging their men at Tuckerton, and when 

 the lirst dock of fowl come to stool make a shot and tell the 

 men to do the same for Ho.'ao. 

 i- .« — . 



CHOKE-BORING GUNS. 



HAYING derived much pleasure from the perusal of the 

 articles and correspondence in Fotje.st axd Stkea.'VI 

 on the ju-operlics and perfonnimce of shot-suns, it has 

 occurred to me thai it miglit interest some of vour numerous 

 readers if I should narrate my experience in "tlie boring and 

 shooting of tbe same— cxtendim; over a full half-century 



In the summer of ihe ye;ir \><m 1 made the aeipiaiiita'nce of 

 Mr. Willitim Greener, who had a short time previously com- 

 menced tbe business of a eun-maUer ih a shop on Colling- 

 wood streel, i\e\yeastle-on-ryne, England, and had many 

 sations w iili him on subjects connected with his trade. 

 Alxiut Ibis lime Ihe country began to be inundated witli 



it up "ilb sliain Iwisi, varnish, eti". so as to counlerfeit 

 .oiimiakers' work and deceive ibe ignorant and imwary. and 

 which were ra]iii|ly Iransferring Ihe trade in the lower-priced 

 i.'rades of glnl.^ from ihc gumniikers to the hardware men. 

 In order to counleiact, at least in part, this teudenc}', Mr. 

 (Treener conceived tbe ide:i of publishing a pamphlet, expos- 

 ing the true cbar;ii'ier of these specious bnt inferior, mid, to 

 the owners in many f;ases, dangerous weapons; tmd, in order 

 to quaUfy himself more thoroiiffhly for such exposure, he 

 visued Birmingliani and made hinis(;lf acquainted, by per- 

 sonal observat inn, uith the whole process of manufacture-- 

 from the raw maUn-itil to the linished weapon. On his return 

 he brought with him samples of the several sorts of iron and 

 steel used in tbe making of barrels, from "twopenny skelp" 

 up to " wire-twisfand "Damascus." 



Through tbe kindness of mv esteemed friend, tbe lale Sir 

 Robert Shaflo ] hawks. I got for Ah. lireener Ibe use of the 

 testing machine at tbe Irxteusive iron weaks of Messrs! 

 Hawks it Co., and, from the d;ila obtainei) by its use, I 

 calculated for him the resisting power of each sort in barrels 

 of a given thicliness, and the "strain to wiiich they would be 

 Subjected with a given calibre and weight of charsre. With 

 these results, and the infornialion he had obtained at Bir- 

 mingham, Mr. Greener found himself in possession of a ma.ss 

 of matter suitable for a work of a higher class and greater 

 extent than he had at first contemplated, and in due lime 

 ' • Greener on the Gun " made its appearance. Unfortunately, 

 however, the author, being ignorant of the requireiuents of 

 the book trade. <lid not bring his work before the public 

 through the acknowledged channels, and, instead of improv- 

 iof his circumstances, its publication resulted in his beiust 

 compelled to make aa ttssigameni, when the copyright passe'd 

 into other hands. The new proprietors took the nex;essav\- 

 tnfiftsurss fts to advertising, reviewing, etc,, and the book 



