NOTKMBBB 18,1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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su to accoimt for the lawgiver haying fallen into the mistake 

 iif suppoBiug that the hare and coney -were animals which | 

 f.liewed the cud — may have tended to check the practice of 

 ImQtin!,^ the pnrsiiil, of the hure find the wild liour. especially 

 the fomicr, roniiinp- .^'enerully so lur,t;:e a purtirin of the hlint- 

 ri's oeciip;iiinri. It (Iocs not' iippciirlroni l^lic Cilile that the 

 .j.'ws a\-iuled thenisrlves of tlie Fciviee of the ilog in the pur- 

 suit of game. Possihly the prohibition contained in the 

 ^.•venteeni.h ehapler of 'Leviticus atrainst eatine; the flesh of 

 :, !--,;,.,.,! :i,.n i,..,l i„w.n t,'rn. mav have led to tlie non-u«e 

 invbaek to ilie pdcv-^fs nf the hujitcr, 

 ii:ito the use of the Miare, Iho trap 

 ■:i" M ;,' i 1 . ,n ill iiiinti for the chase. ^-,V/w^fjiC/i r,/,- 



Tto eK OOStlNtfBD.J 



Prizes fob thb State Contention.— The Prize Commit- 

 tee for the State Convention, appointed by the Long Island 

 Sportsmen's Association, are -. Ghas. W- Wingert, chair- 

 man; A. Eddy, Chas. W. Bodman, Iicslje Wild, also 

 Presidents : Abel Crook, G. A. OhappeD, Dr. Aten, Dr. 

 Wynii, Austin Applcyard, Judge Henry S. Scott, C. W. 

 Havemeyer, Chiis. E. Fiske, Henry Altcubraiid and Samuel 

 .S. Conant. 



Orders for voluntary prizeB should be sent to Chas. W. 

 Wingert, '^o. 54 South Portland Ave., Brooklyn ; or to Abel 

 r'r(.iok, Bumiett B\iilding, J^o. 98 Na.ssan street. Xew York 

 ■ ■ily. All pri/.es are ro lie delivered by March, IH^l, to en- 

 :il)le proper cla.Snitication and preparaliou of proi^rauinies and 

 advertisements. 



nde, 



twenty miles inland, and the Gulf Immmock, six mile 

 abounds in deer, wild turkeys, bear and game of less 

 with catamount and an occasional i^anther. Mrs. (^arnsrai, 

 of Goiiiiecticiil, has a very desirHble hotel or boarding house. 

 I stopped there one winter, and ivllli her ISrw England cook- 

 ing, soft beds and liomi-like eoniforls I enjoyed jny.self more 

 there than in any other place in all Florida— and 1 have 

 spent seven winters in tlie State, for I prefer comforts com- 



bined Willi sportiiiL'- to routr 

 four Imaisalwavsiob.- liai 

 one has tube livelv r,.;,lie, 

 jack, redtisli, chiinin-l l>;r: 

 iieads, sailor's rhuiee aii.l 



Gttns is Passknoeii Cars. — ^Different r^ 

 force on dilferent railroads respeeiirm the e 

 passenger ears, and these rules are in ■ 

 made for the pru'iiose of seeiu-ing to Die .' i 

 li(- the LO-eatesl secnriiy siiid ci.nveniene..-. 

 not iiermit a man b. take liis yii.i or riUe 

 liini: and there are several very ^ood reu^ 

 should he enforced, primarily out of ilefen: 

 nf others, and particularly of the hwly pa 

 other hand, tlie spnrtsmari who possesses a 

 tales to enlrnst it to the tender niei 



gulatious 



in 



1 the I 



..- pub- 



,.ads do 



lu- with 



wliv tliis rule 



:■ to "the righl.s 



ngers. On the 



).sri.y gun hesi- 



employes. But 



, ? have traveled extensively oveT I lie railroads of this coun- 

 try and have never found .any Iroiible in palisfaetorily dispos- 

 uih: of our arms and auiniuniliou. A slight fee to the porter 

 nr^n special word lo the liaggiyge-inasler^lias always secured 

 from ihem satisfaeto^^^ care in haurhiiig and keeping in safety. 

 We received not loiig nsi'^ » letter relative to this subject, a 

 proof of whiih we trausniilted to the General Passenger and 

 Ticket, Agent of the road in cpiestion, and below we publish 

 the letlcrluid I he reply from the ageut: 



I have : I a hmitinir trip in Dakota, and for the 



benefit ■ ', ue'n t 'iesire to acijuaint them with 



theincoL! . .v ill be put to .slioidd they patronize 



the hue ui me j eiM'uigii, Chicago tind Fori Wayne Htiilroad. 



Should any siiortsman aiteinpl lo enter the ptisseiiger-cm-s 

 of Ihat company with his favoriie ritle, endeared by many 

 lona; and fatal shots, no matter if the weapon be carcfidly 

 euf'nsed in a netit cover, he wiU be met at the door with what 

 will at lirat iinpi'ess him as t!>e owmer of the road, by the of- 

 Bciousness nf lie/ individual, fmt who will prove to be the 

 brakemau. who, in an insulting njanni-r, will order you out of 

 thectu. or prcveni you entering with yoiu- gun, no matter 

 how carcfnllv rovi-red. Mo^v vou can imaLdne the feelings 

 of a sportsman v.'le. i^ oliiig,.,! ",,, ,-,,„«;,,■,, l,i""s rifle to the hag- 

 o-age-e.ar with. mi ■ : ei- :, , : !,:■ i ■ ■ •: i . ■ : .ri"r. and trasl to 

 lueii that: vonr :n.' ,... i. neiujured. 



The KewYork l'.:-!::":^- a it ire,- in I 'ii i:-lnir- aijout a o'clock 

 -in the morning ; (dl the baggage is changed to another car, 

 and one must be on hand at that hour to take charge of his 

 gim. 



Nearly all of the rtiUroads in the West extend to the sixjrts- 



t E]iort.s- 

 ,itli doas, from 

 ■ to ihei r credit: 

 neat ease, lo lie 

 es of a baggage- 

 is, among which 

 T Stream, 



man mimy com'le.sies, and if this road sliuuld 

 men with uncovered guns, accompanied i. 

 entering first-ela.ss railway coaches it Avould li 

 but to a fatigued traveler, with a gim in a 

 ribliged to !>aHs it o\'cr to the teniler mere 

 smasher makes one jiass a series of resolutio 

 are to rush into Uic fostering arms of the Foni 

 ever open to pmleet her patron huntsman, and a determina- 

 tion to advise all of your sporting friends who contemplate 

 visiting the ^Vest, nol to go via Pittsburgh, Chictigo and Fort 

 Wayne rhdlroiid. ' Tj!A,tbotobt. 



J];,?it.>r Fnn^/ 1 1 lid Si/ream: Chioago, Not. 9. 



I leii-e .eeeived voiir kind note of the 4th inst., with copy 

 ,e ,::', ''■ i.enry," for which I am much obliged. 



'I'i I , I ■: " e of gims and ti.xed ammunition in our 

 |,; . i : , ii::d full [Old serio\is consideration, and 



ii ,, : ue lie tl,edauger to whieU a, car- 



irom sucli explosive materials 



i, : .pose Ihem. Sportsmen with 



tiurr, HI eri~,:'» m:-,im .li.sd;.-. ie,\e a riuanlilv of unuscd ammu- 

 nitii.m, and should an accitient; occur to the train this amount 

 cif ileiilh-dealing- malerial would, or might, seriously jeopar- 

 dize the lives of iifil only the siiortsmen, but all others in the 

 car. I can readily see the inconvenience to this c-Iass of our 

 patrons from not "having their gims checked as any oilier bag- 

 gage, and I cim see no reason why guns in cases should not, 

 be"checked, exi::ept that then the company would assume a 

 responsibility without receiving any compensation for it. 

 Many gnus lU'e very valuable, and my experience with a bor- 

 rowed one fully impresses me with "an idea of how much a 

 spnrismaii values his own. I trust you will not publish this 

 as criming from me. I am modest and do not want to see 

 rnj^ nainerin print, but you can rest assured that I will estab- 

 lish any rule which I can do consistently to avoid any cause 

 of complaint auch as this gentleman makes. 



Florida Resobtb— PuS'wn, N(W. 8.— It may be interestmg 

 to many of your readers to know one of the most desirable 

 places m ail Florida for a huntinj? visit. I would recommend 

 Bay Port, for I have just received a letter from my friend 

 there, who WTitcs me that game is very abundant, there 

 haviuir been no hunters there since I was there three 

 years since. Bay Port is situaied lifty miles south of Ceda.r 

 'Ke3's, iin a fioiul 'of land at the mouth of the Wichawacha 

 Hiver, u Hv.dft clear stream abounding in fish and water- 

 fowl ami otter. A mail steamer touches twice a week idso 

 two mile»from the inU-rior. The Guff Hammock is just one 

 mile on the east side while the waters <_.f tlie l_Tidf tiotmd the 

 west. A little place of eight families, the neajest village, is 



There are some three or 

 :>, and ]Hisl)ing out 100 feet, 

 a line for Iroiii. black bass, 

 :1 sntippers. e-niuiiers, sheep 

 other kinds of fish abound. 

 I never saw tish in such aliundance in any other place in my 

 life. A mile and a half trjiuip into Uie GulE Hammock brings 

 you to the first deer crossing, where deer paths arc worn like 

 sheep paths. Two itenliieky gentlemen located I heir fami- 

 lies four years ago on the pine lands, jirst sixrnilea from here, 

 for the pur|30se of hunting tirul raisiiitr sloek. but the deer 

 and wild turkeys ate np their garden and tlie panthers and 

 bears ate up their slock, and Ihey abandoned their dwelling, 

 which , still stands there empty. Board eim lie obudned, and 

 is solicited Ijv Mrs. t;:n-rison,"at ij!4 per week, and site reserves 

 the oranges on the hirge trees' in front of her house for the 

 special benehl of her guisls. Among other tilings be sure 

 and lake with you twn eir three large steel traps that will 

 hold a bear or otter. The otter abound, and these I caught 

 there I sold for .-^ each in liosloii. .1 am stire I could catch 

 a dozen a month witli Uiree or four traps. My friend MTiles 

 he never saw so miuiy semi-tropicid birds there before as 

 are there this year. G. F. Willis. 



Nehkabka 6ai«e. — The Omaha Herald of a lato date sayS : 



'• The tine liag of game made by S. A, Tucker, representative 

 of the Parker gim, ..f Meriden, Conn., and ,1. W. Petty, nf 

 thiB city, on their e\[)edition Monday, shows the possibi'lities 

 of hmuiiig on Xe^br^isk.a waters. Famous liau's liave been 

 made heretofore on the Ne.iih Xebivska lakes and alomr the 

 sandbars of the Platte, arid lliis last aehievenieul comes simply 

 to emiihasize what they had already la'oelaiined. In one dav'"s 

 shooting jVIessrs. 'I'ucke'r and Pettv, htintiiiLr along the Platte 

 liivcr between Clark'.s and SiUer Creek, tiboul llo miles west 

 of Omaha, captured I14_geese. S ducks and 12 quail There is 

 no doubt but that if lli'ey had cared tei shoot more they could 

 have bagged a Imndred liirds; but they did not know what 

 to do with all they had. and ■were not disposed to slaughter 

 uselessly. Neither is there any doubl that they coidd have 

 gone out on the following day "and with [iroper management 

 gave brought down a Inmdred more. 



"Ml-. Tucker is au enthusiastic and observant sportsman, 

 and his bu.siness takes him to all parts of the country, where 

 he has splendid opportunities for shooting, lie has studied 

 the feeding grounds and habits of sea fowl, particularly of 

 ducks and geese. In riew of these things a IlemU repo"rter 

 sought, Mr. Tucker's opuuon on the hunting along the Platte 

 as coriijian-d with what he had seen elsewhere. 



•' Mr. Tucker said : • I thiuk thei-e is no place in the United 

 States this .side ot the mountains where a man can get so 

 large a liag as en the Plalle Kiver. I have shot on the Sacra- 

 mentri Paver in C'alife.rnia, on the CJurritnek Sound, North 

 Carolina, and at other famous localities for years, ueaily aU 

 over the United States.' 



"•Wefiml the Canada <roo.-e,' he added, 'as far east as 

 :\Iaine, but theywiul-i as l:ir South as Currituck Sound. The 

 Huichiiis aihl .^n ;■• _:,:, ,ir,, not fpiuHl in hirse numbers 

 tJicre, nml the ■■,■, iee- , ,iil ,.r western bnmt, which is aiso 

 abuririaiil, tiere is veiy waiee there. I shall try to find, on 

 my trip South, where the white fronts and enow geese ■winter. 

 They do nctt get as far East aa New York, and I ])resume they 

 winter in Texas.'" 



NoRTU Cakolina Ga 

 Nijd. 8. — I notice in a r 

 from some Northern ge 

 shooting could be fonii 

 nearly every part of our Stal 

 tion of it. This (Warren i C 



lem 



issue :)f your paper an inquiry 

 ui asking where good tjuail 

 Norlli fVirolina. f answer in 

 anil it is verv Lmiod in this sce- 

 nt y is bisected by the Paleigh 



& Gaston Railroad. Warrenton, its c.iutitv seat, a pi 

 town of fifteen hundred people, on the rail'joad. is thirt.y.six 

 mUcs from Widdon hv rail, twelve hoius' of New Tork' and 

 four of Piitsiinrg, Norfolk and Pichmou.l. it has a daily 

 Norihera and Southern mail, it is no great work for a couiife 

 of good shots tobag fromsevenly-flve to a hundred partridges 

 in a day. in addition (o partridges, which are numerous be- 

 cause of the dry summer, deer are i.ilciitiful and tliree or 

 four line bucks are sometimes killed in one day liy tUe same 

 party of sportsmen. Somrrels, old hares and 'coons also 

 abound. The Roanoke l^iver, ten miles distiuil, is covered 



■ eight 

 lid winters 



The hunting 



■e fidl covies of 



'■ posted" land, 



wishes. If 



come down 



s geulh 



ilh wild geese from December to Fcbr 

 varieties of ducks— some very line--alioniiii i 

 on our creeks tmd ponds. 



Fox hmitiug is also one of om' liest ,5ports. 

 here, however, is rougher than up Norlh iiecau 

 cultivated land. I have freqnentlv seen fiv 

 birds in a ten acre field. We have "but littL 

 and every one can limit jiretly much \vhere ht'i 

 your Northern friends wish good Sfjorl let their 

 and they will get it— also a kind welcome. 0\ 

 wanting intelligent Northern gentleincn to visit 

 Any Northern- gentleman who wishes to spe 

 pleasant, thougli possibly monotonous winter ,^ 

 atres, etc., are concerned, will be ti'eated jusl 

 know how to treat eacli other. Our hotel, the" Carolina 

 House, is well kept, and is a model of neatness and comfort. 

 So come to Warrenton, Warren County, N. C, and we -will 

 try to make yoin- time pass pleasantly. " Shot. 



Chicago, ^w. 8.— Good shooting continues in this vicinity, 

 and game seems more plenty than ever before. Mr. Geore-e 

 Farmer, of Ibis city, jast returned from a week's .shoot at 

 Senachwine, where he bagged f 7.5 ducks and two seese of 

 the class known as the ' ■ wavy " or snow goose. "Tliese. I 

 am informed, are t,he first of this kind evei- killed in (his 

 vicinity, their flight when migrating being usually through 

 Montana. " j.^ 



The geese referred to are probably snow geese {Armr hy- 

 ■perboreiiA) and not wa'vies (-4. rom). 



CmoAao— A'ot. 13.— Messrs. Slade, Mears, Cowles and 

 Oliver, of tliis city, returned yesterday from the woods of 

 Wisconsin, where they had been spending the past ten davs. 

 Besides good bag's of small gainc, these gentlemen killed 

 tweuty-n'ine deer The folLorins item, clipped from the 

 iJinJy .\> i/i,<of this city uiay interest you ; " The succulent 

 prairie chicketi, whicli fot'irieily wasexporte.l ■ , the Fast from 

 Illinois, Wisconsin and other Stales on tn. alliuents of the 



market .almost entirely from the prairies beyond the Missis- 

 sippi. The 1-eason given is ihat Illinois, Michigan, Indiana • 

 and Wisconsin liave become so depleted that they can afford 

 to export but very few. It is stated that formerly the fine 

 bird was abimdanl, ail through Northern New England and 

 the Middlr- States, where it was long kno-wn as moor-hen and 

 moor-fowl. The plains and pine-bawens of Long Island i:md 

 New Jersey were especially its favorite I'csort.s. Pnlike its 

 woodland cousin, the ridled grouse, however, this liird could 

 not wilhsland the pres^io-e of eivjliz-oi. ... o,.,! .w'. reared to 

 its present ranges on tie' 'i i : , ,■ : iilains. 



But, may not the New ". , i ,,,, I to the 



fallmg off in the numbers - 1, the!, jr. i- 1; :,, : i , laiincd? 

 They "forget that the AVestcrn people are griwiui: rich, and 

 cim now afford to eat that which we formeriy were compelled 

 to .sell." J. 



Nebraska Game— W^//-^/* P'mUf:-. ^Vw. 3.— If any Of the 

 sportsmen of the East Want a good place for sport they can 

 find it here. Game of all kinds, deer, antolo|.ie, elk, ducks, 

 etc. One man killed twenty-tour deer, thirty miles from here, 

 up the North Platte, in two days. A man killed two ducks 

 to-day, and brought them into my store, of a kind I have 

 never seen. They have a topluiot, on their heads t^vo incihes 

 long. Can yon te"ll me what kind of ducks they are:- Major 

 North came in to-day from his ranch on the Dismal Hiver, 



sixty miles from here, and 

 there thick— the liest shootiu-i 

 best pistol shot in the West; 

 pistol coming in. By ihe 

 powder crpose. I am a deale 

 hand when I received v'our i 

 are now at the bottom of tl: 



reports irame of all kinds out 

 for yea'rs. The 3Iiijor is the 

 and killed two deer with hii9 

 ivay, thanks for that Dittmat 

 r, and htiri \-\\r, d.-i/eii ctms on 

 ssue of Sept. i'i. Those cans 

 North Platte itiver. I could 



not afford to l,ake the risk of selling tliem, M. 



The duclcs mentioned may haTC been wood ducks, though 



It is impossible to identify Ihom from so meagre a deaci'iption, 



HAMiiEEt.Ess t^bSs — Prooidmtt, B. J., j^ojt. 13.— Iwpuld 

 certainly advise your correspondent A. B. 0. to purchase a 

 hammerless gun. I have used a first nuality W. W. Greener 

 hammerless gun (which was made to order 'through his agent 

 Henry C. Squires^ since the commencemenl of last season. 

 I am perfectly satisfied with its performance, and consider it 

 a valuable improvement over the old style of hammer gnim, 

 The relief from the catching of hammers in brn.sh, briais :m(\ 

 in boat tldds greatly to the' safely .ind comfort of shi.ioliug. 

 There is no reason why the hammerless guns sliotdd tiee.:.uie 

 shaky sooner thiin the old style. The a'ction plale is miiilc 

 shorter to increase the leverage and !nid<e the cocking easier, 

 but is compensated for by increa.sed thickness of the plate 

 and extension of the rib. 



It will probably be but a few years before the breechloader 

 with hammers will be classed With the otisolete muzzle loader. 

 Gun makers and dealers will not pnsli ihc sale of hammerlosB 

 guns initil their stock of the old style is disposed of. P. H. 



Theouoii to the Mrssonm.— The Chiciigo 

 Western Railway hasexlended its (Jcniral Dalcota 

 Pierre, on the east bank of the Mis.sonri, inn 

 line east of Dead\^'Ood. The North Weslcrn Sb 

 and TT-trasporlalion Comi>any rmi a daily I 

 stages for first and second class passengers, tie 

 Pierre and Deadwood, and a line of f;.-; pi: 

 third class pas,sengers and freight. Tl, ..- .i 

 cago to Fort Pierre by ridl is 780 miles. • 

 distance fi-om Fort Pierre to Deadwoo.l ■■;, ,; ..l_ ; 

 time 30 hom-s. Baitgage destined to aii"v p.-iiin i 

 Hills can be checked lo Fort Pierie. "The tail 

 150 lbs. free for each passenger. The stages c 

 free. The fare frgni Cliicaiio to Deadwood is, 

 fi49 35; second class, ^H) -. ihiril class, S30. 



1111(1 North 

 line to Fort 

 ?arly an air 

 age Express 

 of Concord 

 (iveen Fort 



-..,';l--oi,s for 



:,iii Chi- 



. . The 



j,_-o miles, 



u ihe Black 



road eaiTies 



arry uO Itis. 



first class, 



rylhing in the shooting 

 _■ won't have much until spring. 

 good for a short time, but the 

 Idenly that most of the bojfs 

 anil oiilv those that happened 

 One pari y ot three killed 130,, 

 lays' shoi-it,. Their shoeUing 



niilar experience. 

 i flushed a bevy 



Ki^issippi, the New Tork journals now state .t^ ^t^ 1 Z^<^IZ^^^tT^ "aZ'l^^f^^Z'Z 



Iowa — Ihthwpir. jYnr. 1;?.— E 

 line is quiet at presetil, and w< 

 Duck shooting was unusually 

 weather turned rough so su. 

 mis.sed the golden opportunilv 

 out at the time had tuiy liiel.;," 



mostly mallards, in about f.. Ill .„._, ^,,.^., ..,u^.._.„„,g 



was done on the river about HO miles north of here: nndim- 

 other parly of four who went later killed some 2-50, but con- 

 sidering the weather both had poor luck. Jack.Huipe were 

 very plenty and could have beeu killed in large nmnbera, but 

 all were after ducks. Ruffed grouse are in their prime now, 

 and a good bag can lie made by taking a little trouble. Quail 

 scarce and hard to find. Ji;lien. 



Ruffed GrKonsK Trbbung — JV«» York, Jfev. 15. —In read- 

 ing the latest issue of your valued paper I noticed the article 

 from "P" relating his experience as to the habits of the 



ridfed gi'Duse. 



I wish to say that my experience does not a.gi-ee with his, be- 

 cause when on a shootinff trip lit ; ; e mi while hunting 

 for ruffed grouse, a bh-d"llush.. I : i i, was yet twenty 



yards away, and Hew to the hi-. , ,11 oak on which 



he rested for a second and tbeii ,, 



With cjuail I have bad on ote 



Wlule shooting on the "firsi 

 of quail, one of which I notice. 1 I ,. 



It of com-se remained there only an instant. A. 8. P. 



Kestpokv— CTiJ'Mftara Oounty.—Giime of all Wnds searco 

 here this season. The largest b,ig e.f quaU heard of was 

 made by Will. Gaul and Geo. Meirilt, twenty-six in one day, 

 Tennessee is reported to have a great many quail this season 

 Party from here gomg there in a few days. Will report when 

 they relwn. J". L. E 



Maxlaed Shooting i.n- Indiana— F!,7t:t-,t«ps —There h'l- 

 been great mallard shooting here. The storm on the noi tii' 

 em lakes two weeks ago sent down thousands ot ducks" Tlire-' 

 men J.M^ Sheer Richard Roe and A. McMeint,z,'of Rasti 

 bt. Loms Mo., killed 157 mallards in one evenmg and mom 

 mg at Ellison Priiirie, seven miles away. There are plentT 

 of snipe and a fair scattermg of woodcock. ' 



ComECTionT— JVew Savm.Some of the local sportirir 

 men were out ye5terd.ay, and returned With good strntrro^ 

 birds. Robertson imd Peck seciu-ed 31, Peain and PotteJ 16 

 out onh ." 3TimVtime"i^'''''^ *"*^ "^^"^ f^mvell, who We'e 



.J:^^^J^T" '*"''• ^"'■■"/■'■'-y' •'^'■"^^ 4.-I would like i„ 

 ask If any of your correspondeiits have found a good stove to 



