1To7Kmbbb36, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



331 



SOUTHAMPTON SPORTSMEII'S CLUB. 



THE well tuned and highly interesting article wliich re- 

 cently appeared in your vahiable journal calling atten- 

 tion to the practiceof snaring birds liyfarmers on Long Island, 

 which tlu*eat«ns the destruction of the favrjrile sport of shoot- 

 ing, and pointing out the necessity of some new club with 

 i'oung blood who will not pursue pigeon -^hoot in u; as if this 

 was the only sport left, does not, I beg leave to arsaure you, 

 apply to one club, at least. 



Situated at the east end of Long Island is an .isaociation of 

 twenty.gentlemen who dm-ing the- short time of their existence 

 as a club have done much toward the protecting of game and 

 promoting the interest of shooting generally. T refer to the 

 Southampton Sportameii's Cluli, chartered under the laws of 

 the State ill 1878. TIk- Ii:r ^ :,..,,,irod preserve lauds to tie 

 extent of 8,000 acres. n (In inemliership is re- 



stricted to the number < . i n iii.rrs: nnc-nimrter being 



sliining lights of the ::i ',>r i jn. I..u, Ihc- legal rights of the 

 club are therefore fully protected. 



At a recent meeting it was decided to emploj'- counsel to 

 prosecute persons detected shooting or snaring game in viola- 

 tion of law. J udge Thomas Bisgood was assigned to this im- 

 portant work, and a man was employed to dcleet persons 

 guilty of trespas.s. Within a few days two persons wore de- 

 tected in the act, one being a wealthy farmer of tlie vicinity. 

 It is determined to prosecute lliesc parlies to tbe full exlient 

 of the law. 



Let other aasociatious follow this e.vauiple and there will 

 soon be a stop put to the destruction of a sport wMcli in tlie 

 past made Long Island famous. 



At the meeting mentioned it was resolved to stock the 

 ponds on the lands of the club with bass. KAMnr-Ei!. 



KENTUCKY NOTES g 



Mill Spring*, Ky., Nov. 1. 



QUAIL are not so plentiful a.s we were led to hope during the 

 e^irly summer. Nogoodrea 



hours Friday and put up bn 



they were not out of the " iiee] is " 1 i-eii 



lighted with the performance «f my yl 



evinced a wholesome recollectieMi of a di 



followed by one I was startled to find ;;' 



season at forty yards. It cures liini of li 



pensity to flush'aud chase, which had been developed fiy tl: 



boys stealing him out to trail squirrels before he had been 



I was out a few 

 vn bevies. As 

 i bi fine ward de- 

 lioiiiter, which 

 ■f No. lO's, soon 

 dminisfei-ed last 

 itrollaljlepro- 



^v6^l£ed on quail. Tail fntrl liead in liu' 



eves, and I have in eyej i- ' 



the most si.uiliiniily - 



yards I ever sulmiiiiei! , 



broadside is never (o In i 



shot. Bill my wilful gi 



which I esteem infinitely 



the 



■et 11: 

 it 8 b) ID'S 

 I 'I .1. I •! i I- to fiftr 

 •-•.:m. .. I ii-iicld. 1 

 lula ,1 liiiiiil youth lie 

 ■atehes the peppering, 

 • and know to be won- 



derfnllvm-.re ohj-ient 



tiui 



n tbe 



em--rj 



illini' 



side-lb innpiiiff, 



whilk- . . 



•Ills 



admin 



istere 



1 bv m 



U1V hunters. 1 



have ii ! 



inv 



self w 



th wl 



ip for 



chasing to en- 



joy(;i 1 • ■ 1 • 1^ a 



, o 



f a rat 



hit, V 



-bo bat 



l been an eye- 



witness ot r.ne [junisti 



neu 



r, and 



seemed to 



)ie away, as a 



matter of solace to tlu 



sutVerer. 









What sportsman has 



no 



liad s 



milar 



experience and found 



little eAn„V„i ;„ iliink 



UL' 



" d 



-n it ! 



' loud 



en niE-h for his 



com;:: i^l 



- o-u 





cure 



11 <.f h 



IS feelin-s? T 



would 



id 



as an 



advn 



■ale ol 



iiidiseriminale 



use 01 1 1.' : 



•nee 



has e 



ealed 



within 



me a a weak- 



nessfor the remedy in 



Mia 



iL;iianl 



eases 



bavin 



t; always found 



it a specific. But mnl 



ard 



^ :ind 



-ilne« 



iiiL's aj 



e appearing in 



small bunelicB- Phea 



sari 



« |-.|en 



ifnl i 



n moil 



dain.s, turkeys 



scaix-f. ^^ ■ "v'lj IV- 



.S|i 



lin-els 



miu'ia 



ed last 



fall and have 



buti'." 





Nil pa 



rties 1 



ave been deer-himting 



lisyei, ■ ...| 



■ese 



ded :- 



R pie 



iiiiulo 



n our favorite 



limitii!- ' 1 ■ 



'eni 



e-SSee 



■ordei 



as deer 





An -I'er lately published a paragraph to the 



elf eel I rnictive epidemic has attacked the deer 



in the 1 III ' I. I iimmer resort or two, and thatasmany 

 ae fourteen eareases bad been stumbled over in a day. A 

 mosquito-Tisr j9 a thick fabric in comparison with that/W/wiV- 

 iition. KKM'rrcKiAN. 



MORE ABOUT WILD RICE. 



I NOTICE an article in yom- last issue on wild rice, over 

 the signature of ''Lutron." He remtu-ki? : " There seems 

 to be a, desire among ajiortsnien to introduce this most at- 

 tractive water-fowl fund where it is not natm'al to grow. Ar- 

 ticles in FoT;r ' ■■' --..■-■,■■, seems In me, will load those 

 who are gel I ; 10 failure, ^^onle time at;o the 



PoKEKT -\Kt-i ■ iMi-iided planting in six ieet of 



water. I lai •■''■ .-pear reach the lop and head out 



atiJiat depth." 



Now, not having the slighest reason to doubt the coiTect- 

 nesa of your correspondent's observation (I have never been 

 in Micbiiian), yet in this locality my experience and observa- 

 tions diiler very widely from liis. For instatiee. in Rico 

 Lal;e, a body of waler t^xenly-eiglit miles in leugtb, with an 

 average width of three miles, the wild rice is frequently 

 found growiug in water fiom six to eight feet deep, and this 

 is no exceptional case, but the rice is found from one end of 

 the lake to the other growing at that depth and producing an 

 abundant crop of plump, well-filled grains, upon which not 

 do the various kinds of ducks and other water-fowls feed 

 with avidity, bill also the Indians (ftho have an exclusive 

 right to it from the Govemmcni) collect it in large quanti- 

 ties, both as an .irticle of food and for planting purposes. 

 They prepare it for eating by parching, or roasting, until the 

 hnll sefiarates from the grain, and then fanning off the chaff. 

 Being prepared in this manner and boiled, it forms a thick, 

 mucilaginous paste, which is very palatable and highly nutri- 

 tious. 



In 1876 T sent twenty-live bushels of rice to Campbell's 

 Ba^-. (Ottawa, where it was sown in water from two to five 

 [eict deep. It grew well, and in the fall produced a good 

 grain crop andextended rapirlly. The person trying this ex- 

 periment and his neitihbors, being so well pleased with the 

 restdi, have' nearly all their waters stocked with riee this 

 present year from me. They have also obtained eighty bush- 

 els of seed to be planted in the adjacent waters. 



As regards tbe sowmg of this rice, I considtr the fall the 

 best time ; but with care, and having it kept thoroughljr 

 dried, it may be sown very successfully in the spring. 



One correspondent asks -. -Will any one tell me whether 

 Ol not thoroughly dried rice vnll grow ?" I can verify that 

 it will, having dried if for t\ui mouths before sowing. In 

 tact, thi.-j is the 6nl.y proper manner to send it any distaiiee, 

 as, if damp, it is hable to heat and turn moldy, which worJd 

 destroy the geruiiuating principle and render it wurthleas. 



Your correspondent also slates that the rice that he exam- 

 ined was .sijieaitcd as early as March 30 to 35, which is much 

 earlier than it, does here. As soon as the ice disappeoi's from 

 Rice Lake, which is from the IGth to 20lh of April, the ducks 

 appear in great numbers and feed on rice by diving for it on 

 the old rice beds in wuier from ten to twelve feet deep, the 

 water being higher in the spring than it is in autumn. I 

 have watched those liirds feeding ami shot them, and on ex- 

 amining their stomachs iomid tiiem gorged with rice ; but 

 none of the grains had shown anj^ signs of sprouting at thi.s 

 time. 



A yeai' ago this fall I sowed a peck of rice which had been 

 extra well dried. This was planted in water fom- feet deep, 

 on mud and]griivel bottom. It made Its'appcaranee about the 

 middle of Jtme and ripened the first of September, produc- 

 ing a fair crop. ('. Uii chkist. 



flow IT IS ET.sKwnnKE. — The game grounds of New Yf>rk, 



are not the only ones which are belli.' :'■:''■ i i ■ r r -i. ■ ime 

 birds liy I lie irappers. f 'laiimeiil i i. 



Stream's remark.s abom ilie openne O' ; ■ i he. 



Ind., .1;v,o;,,- says : 



III en" the eouiitry the birds are nearly all fully 



lih wf li.ive seen since November 1 two coveys 



' half grown. Quail are becoming very 



EvansviUe 

 III this i 



j.ii of the 

 ^el, fron 



of binl- !|i; 

 scare e' 1 . 

 averaee -i 

 day's sin I'll 

 winters ag 

 weather do. 

 netlers d-. 

 ingfii! ■■ 



Imiiguiil-i 



said to them; thoULjb the 



lad elfe, 



utry. A few yeiu's ago an 

 I'iY to .sistr birds in a half 

 mi lie. Cold weather of two 



rage the 

 lail that 

 rdin- Ihe nffer- 

 ' . ■ d .-' iiever^vasa law 

 ;, ,. .. i-oiiitlvotrer them, 

 d I. .!■,-, :id never a word is 

 . ■ is suppoaeil to be, a Sp.oi'ts- 

 man's Club in this city. Yarious devices are resorted to by 

 the pot-himters to deceive buyers. The mo.st general way is 

 to pick the netted birds, hang tlv. ni np and then blow shot 

 at them from im air gun. The -hi.i make l.hie spots on tlie 

 naked bmls, which look very miah like real shot marks. As 

 it now is. there is ni> L^iod sbootiMi: ni Ihis neiiihiioriiood. 

 This vicinity is overrun with liovs and reekU.'Ss hunters, who 

 think it is a izood joke t.i slamt hoss and eatlle and even 

 horses. Is it any wonder thai- larniers make n . disfmetion 

 between ireiod ami liad -..nv- -, n,.: i Il-i /I '.ii , iieir jrround? 

 What sliall be done ' • 'n e:, ,..|i , ■. n .pectfuUy 

 to the Sporlsiaan'.- : ' — ,_ i ■ i ■ ,i L;ke some 

 ste]is lo see that liie ; a ju^m .me, lie en- 

 quail shootiiiL' will l^ - '. ' r/i.ittenpa'st. "We 

 liopeto • 



of 



s do 



r the 



snbi 



Tn 

 those to whom 

 for Heaven's 



IS lor old iron. 

 /'. 0.. -V(.i\ 20. -Your 

 |iiail ireeiuLr, and says 

 I have 



hunting ia theirouly relaxation from 1 

 sake let's do soniefhiug, or sell our g 



EXTEi;.MIN.\T10N OK (.)l \l\.— '>\,l Ir; .,,> . 0.. -Ve 

 correspondent, "A- S. P.," spealis ni i|iiail ireei 

 "of course" the quail remained ir.-ed 'Iml an ins 

 shot a numbea- of qn.ail this season and 1 noliee 

 very often scatter .imil take to the trees, and v lie 

 thev Slav treed until the hunter uets ahno.st i\vi 

 shoot. One treed this week v.iiile I was slainiiii^i 

 My dn..'- ooiijled two .m (lie 'jround yyilhin ;.'iin ' 

 treed liinl. I shot the l.irdstiiv do;i' poinled ai 

 the tree remaine.l there mitil I went loNvard h 

 hav e remained treed live minutes at least and 

 lurbed by my shooting. As to luffed giou.se, 

 some market hunters in the norlh pari of ourei 

 use a c iir for hunting them altogelber. The eiu- barks whi 

 the grouse take !■■ wing, and th'tO' alight in the irceij and I lie 

 niarkei .■iheaiiers r.iek them oft!. Quail-shooting htire, I leur. 

 will siieinbe nseifup. The pol-lumters take-eohl da^s and 

 evenings for their work, find the birds hudelled to keep "warm, 

 and then they villainously destroy a v.bole bevy al a single 



1 tloeks 



1 the lloek. 

 ' yai-ds of the 

 id" the hird in 

 im. He must 

 was not dis- 

 I know that 

 iitVlFull. 



and have seen 

 smen here are 

 I'll- one, 1 am in 

 emiiiiu to pot- 

 ion quail and too grouse 



shot. I have heard of man 



the marks of their we.rk m'yse'lf. The 



agitatini;- a law aiiainsl nuirkeiiiig onail. 



favor ofdl. Idiin'l believe in p ' 



hunters and ijuail trappers. 1 .say 



in one wagon to-day, iuid probably not twenty-live of'thent 



were shot on the wing. Let us stnp ibis slaughter. 



W. H. H. 

 TiiK s|iortsmen herealionl will soon Ibid quail coming into 

 market which bear no signs of having been shot. These are 

 •'trapped" birds, and I lie legitimate sportsmen should see 

 that parties offering them for sale should bearrested and x>w-i- 

 iAiiiA.—Hnrriiihurg (Pa.) Pai/rM. 



We inrite an expreumn ofopilUnn reSpeeUrig the sclieim to 

 seeurt the finiuniun nfgnme, it/i outlim ofii>hieh will be found 



on ovr Kh'toriiil /lai/ts. 



Ctame Laws in Maine — MaMxcx, Me.. JVuv. 12.— The 

 article in Fohest amd Stream signed "iBangor," and its 



answer, by Everett Smith, Esq., Commissioner Fisheries and 

 Game for Elaine, .sheiw that sportsmen residents of .Alaine 

 have somelhiniJ- lo do the coming winter. Let ua be calm 

 and nnselfisli and make ner plane. I will state as near as I 

 am able the -i ■ - : ' i Oi | . irismen in this part of the Stale. 

 We would li', 1 1 J I r deer to open Sept. 1, and close 



thesame a-^ ;ii : 1 1 - ill i- ois reasein. Temptation is Strong to 

 break the law wlion to' lieeiiieiil a deer is seen whOe shooting 

 dueks, grouse, etc.. besides it is impossihle for w.ardens to 

 prevent gunners killing them when Ihe woods are full of 

 hunters, nor eleies it seem reasiiiiable the\- should not, as 

 they aie ill good condition at Ibis season, and, moreover, the 

 number killed would be small. Yet, if •■no lin.kering" is 

 the wish, we yield and go in oir what we have, only" plan 

 for the future eniorcement of what v. e now- have. We are 

 decided that the dog clanse is proiier and needs no change, 

 that pot-hunting is a rmv'anep :.:iid ioi injury not only to ihe 

 community, but to tl k ' .ui^elyes. as the money that 



would be paid fur -H' it ion and supplies would 



much more than le .-ived for the game now 



killed. ' Game'ilsetf li. .. i,. ..; , . ,,^i its pmsuit a still greater 

 one to a large portion of um hard-worked business men, 

 besides its importance is growing raiiidly in the opinion of 

 oirr best medical men, who are now giving their attention to 

 the diseases of the brain, its treatment both preveniive and 

 cm'ative. and as a general rule this class v,ho need tlie rest 

 and chiiniie. that Maine forests and lakes can give, are 

 abundantly able and willing to pay liberally for the same- 

 examples. Raugeley and Moosehead. AVe believe nothing 

 short of paid vardens can stop this mischief — viz., three 

 special Warden- Vj be paid by the Stale and under the direc- 



tion of Commissioners, also detective service for special 

 work when Commissioners deem proper, with an appropria- 

 tion to cover expense, 



I am over fifty yea is eif age, but still enjoy tbe woods. 

 Never killed a deer in my Uie.'lmt expect I sliall every time 

 I shoulder my rifle. I spent Lho fii'st week in October with 

 a small party al the Mopang. I need not tell you that we 

 all decided to spend two next yeui-. 



Let us hear from others. Old Ttro. 



CtAiub is PEtfNsvLVANiA.— The Ifarrisburg, Pa., Patriot 

 has this to say about the game in that vicinity -. — George 

 Keller, a -syell-known Hummelstown successftd wing-shot, is 



slathering the epiail at a lively rate down the Lebanon val- 

 ley. The pheasant Irilje is fieginniug to be thinned out pretty 

 well on the elieslnut ridge, between Hummelstown and the 

 ridge back of Camphellstown. Mr. WilliamF. LeT\ns. of Read- 

 ing, a famous sportsman, is playing havoc with the dneks and 

 other game in the vicinily of Millersbuig, He is the guest 

 of Mr. Roland Freck, the postmaster at that place, and in- 

 iutends |n remain in the valley a full week. An up- town 

 crack shot got into a coyey of l/irds out the .Tonestown road 

 yesterday with a yeiung setter dog and succeeded in bagging 

 five out of a flock of eight ohl and very plurnp birds." A 

 paity of bunters from HarrisburLS amoiio- whom was our 

 old friend W. B. iMeelch, E.S(i,. Register of Wills, we lei 

 shot fom-teeu wild turkeys in one day on a 1 

 vallev recently, "and it was a ponr diy at that 

 key shooting."— /.///.v /, s /:,vi.,t< i: The' Nin 



the base of Rol 

 Powell's. Robert'i 

 (jiiail, 2Ton.se and 

 The old foresters 

 city (Utribuie the 

 the mountains n 

 aver, all kinds 



■fs, K 



rip to Clark's 



for wild tur- 



esiding .along 



ittatinny and Peter's monntidns, and in 



Creek and other valleys, report 



.did fnike-\s scarcer than in forme 



rth of 



liillsiiies lain hist spriii-. wlieii, they 

 ^ le wnre driven oO; and their liaiints de- 

 stroyed, and that the j^oung of grouse, woodcock and otlier 

 species of game were killed to a considerable extent. 



,s- llWPi-o,/, ll'^/fe /^n,/a^, A>8., 

 lel - . . • 



pper 



•is a field of 

 ■ilinrt. His 

 the woods 

 veeks from 

 ampaiguhig 



TBAi'fiNi; IK AnK.ix- 

 18.- As the fur seasnn api 

 naturally thinks of his tr:ips, ani! it | 

 operation, then is soon oil' for a winter's 

 feelings are often so eager- to get into 

 that he would not mind sparing a few 



the record of lime. But to the point. Jfy ^.„_., ^ 



the jireaent season will be confined to the western^ portion 

 of the White Kiver swamp, wherein, owing lo its natural 

 features, miuk, coon, slvunk, opos.smn and a Umited number 

 of otter aliound. The .good advantages these animals enjoy 

 here are sutheient to secure them from the molestation of in- 

 truders, unless a little steel trap Avarfare is yvaged, as the 

 overflow docs not admit settlers and the country is comprised 

 of almost impenetrable cj^press brakes fuid heavily timbered 

 ridge lauds. These brakes aflord them splendid facilities for 

 dtnning and safe retreats in time of danger. Coon and mink 

 seem qtute tibundant, and by good work one could make it 

 very profitable in taking thenr alcnie. .Vn occasional otter 

 could be captured if the waters of the small lakes, creeks and 

 sloughs were deep and free of logs enough lo allo\y of boat- 

 ing thereon. It must not be understood that there are no 

 bell vers here, for in the eastern part- -across the river— of 

 these bolloms large families can be found, but this probably 

 includes the valuable jiart of tin- furrier's fauna, Fms takeia 

 hi this locality before the middle i.f November seldom show 

 prime, so the trapper must eoutiue hinrself lei natme's pre- 

 H( ribeil limit of about four months. The success thai has 

 iruwned the efforts of Ihe writer as an amateur trapper so 

 far is e>;tremely favorable, and no doubt an exqiert in these 

 ■\voods eniild fiu-e profitably. Shniild any of Ihe trapping f ra- 

 leiiiity have' inclinalions towards these haunts we are wifling 

 tn Inrniali them iiny information in eiin power and extend to 

 them ,1 liund of welcome sbonid they ventme, 



Waltek D, Childkess. 



Dktkoit — JVov. 19. — A merry parly of hunters consistiuu' 

 of Messrs. Murray and Pierce, of Niuir'ara Falls: Poole. Of 

 Bidfaln; Hill. e,f;\-ew Vnik; Mnotc. of Toledo.'aiid E. IT, 

 Gillmanand.lohuE. Lonu; nf Detn.it made thks a glorious 

 day in the way of spiirt. The snow was in goeid order for a 

 fox chase, and about t) n'eleiek ibis morning the parly crossed 

 the river into Cunaela for the pinpose of a day's Enghsh enjoy- 

 ment. At Windsor they were joined by a party of Canadian 

 Nimrods, took hacks for the real starting point— Chafliell's — 

 about G mUes down the river. Arrived liiere deer t racks were 

 discovered, and there was much rejoiiMiig at the nne.xpeeted 

 doubling of the promised sport, 'I'he day was simplv mag- 

 uifleent. Chaffiell's dog Harkaway was the first lo give ton- 

 gue. AU the remainder of the pack took it up and awaj' went 

 everybody in hot and eager chase. Within an hour a. deer 

 was brought to bay and shot by the jolly ^Iiirray, when 

 Poole and Pierce rushed in andcapluied the head .as a" trophy. 

 At 11 o'clock Gilhnan and Long started a fox, and after" a 

 long chase he was laid out by a'shot by Mr. Hill, the New 

 Yorker, who will take the brush home. The parly arrived 

 hei-e aljoiit 7 o'clock, and as I write in sound of their voices 

 and the clinking lemonade glasses, I hear mauv an en- 

 thniastie fragment of recital of the day's dnin^s. W'hile in 

 Windsor to-day seeing tbe himters ejf in behalfof Porkest 

 ASX) Stee.vii I noticed a (piartctte of imimjieachably pure- 

 blooded Dandy Dinmonts, tfie property of Alex. Crawford, 

 a weU-kuown amatem- fancier. The little fellows were cap 

 tivatingly citte and drew a big audience wherever they 

 went prancing along after their proud any happy owner. 



G. P. G. 



A New Game Peotective Sooietv— A''f ./• Tm-k. jS^„teinbei-, 

 1880.— We hope yon will give the following communication 

 your favorable consideration, and we earnestly invite you to 

 join us in our endeavors to put down pcniehins'. The -''Game 

 Protective Society for New York and Meinity" is or^'imized 

 for Ihe protection of game fineludinei- iiame ri-sli ; and'insect- 

 ivorous birds, and to put down ooivliira; of e^-ery desrription 

 in the vicinily of New York. Durhig the months eif Septem- 

 ber and October pardcularly, the country is overrmi with 

 gunners killing e\'erything in the shape of a liird, and the 

 trains running out of the city are full ■'! >. .■..-■!-..-.- y\-g pj.Q. 

 pose to have cards printed .giving a L . -.eason and 



the linej also, nlTering a reward Ol ■ i-iVableon 



conviction of the offender, provideii i. exceeds the 



reward. These cards to lie posted in all the different sta^ 

 lions, storeys, post e.ffieea, etc., and in the baggage and 

 smoking cars of the roads running out of New York. L. 1. 

 City, .Tersey Cicy, etc. We also shall endeavor to stop the 

 sending of snared and trapped gameio the city, and do every- 

 thing we ean- with the aid of the proper authorities — to wl 

 rest and punish poachers. Not only sportsmen but tanu«t« 



