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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Januart 20, 1881. 



field, certainly not over an acre square, we ^ot up three sepa- 

 rate and distinct coveys, bagging out; dfizen out of the three. 

 We could have gotten a few more, but the cover wns so thick 

 that I could not see my dog, so we lefi for anotlier field, lie- 

 fore reanliing which, in the open pine woods, Dimdy found 

 another large bevy. We had splendid spon for a w'iiile, ad- 

 ding to our bag sufBciently to make thirtv-six iu all. Not 

 caring tn kill any more than we needed, we concluded to re- 

 trace our stepa. Dandy had hunted them four hours without 

 any rest and when I called him in to go home he seemed as 

 fresh a.s when lie started. We reached home in good lime 

 and enjoyed our birds, for they were in exccUcut condition. 

 The birds are more numerous this season than they have been 

 for ten years. Gbaham. 



NOTES FROM ONTARIO. 



BowitANTiLLE, Out., January 1. 



I HAVE neither very much nor very interes' in g uew.s to 

 give you of sport on our side of the line. We are frozen 

 up, and our sport has finished in this part of t'anada until 

 the spring duck shooting sets in. About fifteen or twenty of 

 the boys went to the flats to-day, and indulged in a little rifle 

 practice to help pass the day. Some very fair shooting was 

 done, but the day was rather too cold to make the sport 

 pleasant, and the scores suJIered iu consequence 



In the Dominion organ and piano factory there are quite a 

 number of sportsmen, and riflemen enough to turn out a very 

 decent team. Our rifle shot in the institution who stauds at 

 the head of the team is Scott Russell, a genuine sportsman 

 and good shot either with the hunting or Creedmoor rifle. 

 This gentlemen, and Dr. McLaughlin, our esteemed M. D., 

 are among the best long range shots in the Dominion. We 

 are also organizing a gun club on a new footing, and jia we 

 have quite a number of good trap and field shots we liope to 

 make the institution a success, and commence with a grand 

 match at glass balls or pigeons.' 



I am afraid from what I see in your issue of the ilOtli that 

 I have trodden rather hard on Nessimick's toes in the beaver 

 question. Well, if I have offended him by doubting his 

 skill in \voodcraft 1 smcerely apologize for it, and oSej- him 

 the hand'of fellowship as a brother sportsman. His opinion 

 of New York-, Chicago, or in fact any other city, finds a 

 ready echo in my heart, and I would sincerely like tp have 

 him on a trip through the wilderness of Lower Canada as my 

 "companion du voyage" in one of the bark shanties he 

 speaks of. I think wo could pass a pleasant time, and per- 

 haps add to oiu- bag a few of the beaver in question lor they 

 are therein plenty as more tlian myself can testifvto. I admit 

 that he is correct as regards the Eastern, WesteVn or ."^liddle 

 States, and prohably the thicklysettled parts of Outario.bntas 

 said in my letter I can show liiui plenty of thcin yet, and 

 not travel a day's journey from the settlements, and 1 must 

 say thai the deer have almost entirely disaijpeared from these 

 some places. 



I see a small item on the wild pigeon from my friend 

 "Jean," of St. Elie, one of the best fellows in existence. I 

 am glad to see a squib from his pen again after a long silence. 

 I am afraid, though, that the pigeon like the other game of 

 the country is doomed like the red man, the buffalo, and 

 last, hut not Icist, our trout fishing. They are disiipfiearing 

 from the face of the earth, and even now in our backwoods 

 they ai-e to all intents and purposes a thing of the past. Of- 

 tentimes when 1 asked the habitants around the ccmntr)' the 

 question if there were any pigeons the invariable answer 

 would be "./'«(■ VII /iK,^, mun.-iietif." At one lime a cood bag of 

 them could be made at any lime after the graiirfields were 

 cleared, but now Lcjsu m vawx pas le cluindie. Au Sahblb. 



SAVE THE BIRDS. 



Vail, Iowa, Jan. 10. 



THE intense cold weather and abundance of snow, 1 am 

 afraid, will nearly or completely exterminate oiu- quail, 

 which have been getting more plentiful each year f<;ir several 

 years. The farmer boys, too, are taking advantage of the 

 opportunity to trap them, which they can now dio moat effect. 

 ually, as lliey are so hungry that that they will walk into a 

 trap in a body to get sometliing to eat.' One young man 

 caught five with his hands a few days ago. He flushed a 

 flock and tracked them from where they lit into some bushes. 

 Where they sat in plain sight, and allowed themselves to be 

 picked up rather than make any eHort to escape. E. B. B. 



Essex Qvs Ci-nu. — Ncirark, Jf. J. — The regular anun.'d 

 meeting of this flourishing organization was held on Jaiiuniy 

 12 for the election of officers for the ensuing year, the 

 following gentlemen being chosen : Dr. W. N. Pindell, 

 President ; Joseph Belcher, Vice-Pres.; JohnPotneer, Treas.- 

 Wm. Hayes, Secy.; Frank Watts, J. R. Burnett, R. H. 

 Brientnall, John lUingsworth and J. B. Kinsey, Exec. Com. 

 During the business meeting a resolution was imanimously 

 passed to the effect that no member of the club should shoot 

 on any team against the club except iu matches of the State 

 Association. This was done in order that in choosing teams 

 the committee should know the club's full shooting strength 

 and that the club might not be beaten by its own mem- 

 bers. The Secretary was authorized to take such action as 

 he deemiid necessary to prevent the sale of game out of sea- 

 son, and ilealcr.s may expect this energetic officer after them 

 for any violation of the law. It is hoped that other clubs 

 wUl follow the Essex in this the New York Association having 

 declared it to be the most effective way of stopping illegal 

 shooting. The Treasurer reported his department in good 

 condition, that a handsome balance was on hand after paying 

 all debts. After other routine business the club adjourned 

 to the dining-haU, where the proprietor, Mr. Kleb, had been 

 ordered to spread a collation. Various toasts were drank, 

 among which were the " Essex Gun Club," ''Sister Organ- 

 izations," "The OfBcers elected and retiring," "The Uulj 

 Island Club." 



3[r l-I;i}-eK. the Secretary, said that it was unlikely that all 

 themeiiilierfl understood tlie aieaiiiiig of the "dr.," upon the 

 notices of the meeting, but that this entertainment was the 

 explanation of it. 



The meeting broke up at a late hour, well pleased with 

 every one, themselves in particular. 



loNG Island Gawk — Good Qronnrl, L. I.. Jan. 6. — I wish 

 to call yoia- attention to the suggestions made by Mr. Pike in 

 hts Breech delivered before the Long Island' Sportsniwi's 

 Association and published in Fobes'l'and SiKEAir of Kith 

 Dec. In the first place he recommends prohibiting battery 

 shooting entirely. This would be a hardship to the gunners 

 on Shinnecock Bay, as our bay is not adapted to point shoot- 



ing. Besides, we have a law here now allowing shooting only 

 three days a week, which works very well. It gives the 

 birds four days a week in which to rest and teed tmmolested, 

 and has proved very sticcessful so far. 



The next propos'ition made by Mr. Pike was to prohibit 

 quail shooting on Long Island for three years. Now I do 

 not think we want such a law here. There is so much thick 

 cover that all the gunning we do here does not materhally af- 

 fect the birds. Tt'ia not the gun that is destroying the quail 

 too fast. It is the snare and the snow. The hard snow 

 storm, if it conies just righf, will kill more quail than are 

 killed by gim and dog in iliree years. 



The next proposition was to stop snipe shooting here and 

 let it coutmue everywhere else from Maine to Florida. If 

 anything is to be done to protect the birdsaround Shinnecock 

 Bay let the law prohibiting the sale of trapped birds or net- 

 ted flocks be strictly enforced. If some one will attend to it 

 at New Y^ork 1 will notify him every time any trapped or 

 netted birds are shipped from here. It is not of much use to 

 pass laws protecting the ducks in this bay so long as people 

 are allowed to set nets for ducks. I believe it was the nets 

 tl.at drove out the ducks last fall and spoiled our late shoot- 

 ing. They came back, but would not go near the old feed- 

 ing groimd. If there wore no market in New York for these 

 captured birds it would not pay to net them— that business 

 would stop and we would liave good shooting once again. 



Shinnhoook. 



We have always claimed that if the markets were closely 

 watched, the poacher's occupation would be gone. 



Swan Oaptttjkd in WAsniNOTON. — Wmhmgt^n, Jan. 14. 

 —A few days ago while Mr. Albert Gaines, of the Quarter- 

 master Gencrar.s ortlce, was passing Louise Home, Fifteenth 

 street and Massachussetts avenue, he observed a large white 

 object flying over that building, when, suddenly striking a 

 telegraph wire, it fell plump to the ground and proved to'be 

 a beautiful white swan It was rather stunned by the col- 

 lision and the fall, and fluttered vainly in an attempt to rise 

 again ; but, afler a struggle, iu which on account, of Mr. 

 Gaines' slight proportions," it wa.s doubtful whether the swan 

 would get away with him or vies venta, it was captured un- 

 hurt, and is yet alive and thriving heartily. In the tussle it 

 flapped its wings viciously against Mr. G.'s head, demolish- 

 ing a new Duniap tile, won on the Maine election and making 

 severe sculp wounds. It is supposed that the swan, flying 

 southward mi.ssed sight of the wire on accountof its similar- 

 ity in color to the expanse of snow beneath. 



The cold weather and continuous deep snows in and around 

 here have nearly exterminated the quail, and it will be a long 

 time before there will be any good shooting in " Old Vir- 

 ginny " aud "My Maryland." Reports from Fairfax Coimty, 

 Virginia, are that whole coveys of quail are found frozen, 

 and rabits aud other small game and wild turkeys are being 

 killed daily without regard to future sport and supply. Bears 

 are reported numerous in and around Wood's Jlountain, 

 Virginia, andk the tracs of a " drove " were recently seen iu 

 that vicinity, and judging from the size of their tracks were 

 able to take ei'.r" of tt'-'Oiselves. 



Near Fred, : ■ ' iginia, the cold weather andheavy 



snows have Ii f drivingdeer into the barn yards, 



through want"! i ;l, iiml ;ire easily kiUed. Blitk Wing. 



Thb Butlek Association— /^utZer, Pa., Jem. 6.— We 

 started here lost June an association for the protection of 

 game and game fish, and so far have done very well. We 

 entered suit against nine or ten persons for violating the 

 game and fish laws, and have been successful in all but one. 

 We have also ordered two thousand black bass for the Con- 

 noquenessing, Slipperyrock and Shomcreek, which will be 

 put into these streams in the spring. We have also put no- 

 tices in th" different papers iu the coimty offering tw^enty 

 cents per pair for all thelive quail we can get for the purpose 

 of keeping them over winter and liberating them upon the 

 farms around Butler in the spring. We have had three fish 

 wardens appointed for this county. We intend to make it 

 hot for pot hunters. We have also invited farmers to co-op- 

 erate with us, and not to allow any person to hunt on their 

 farms without permission, aud to notify us of violations of 

 the game laws. We also intend to try lo have a law pissed 

 this winter offering a bounty of twenty-five cents for small 

 hawks and owls, and fifty cents for ai'ge ones and one dollar 

 for foxes. G. W. Z 



NoBin CAROuvsh.—Bidgmay, Jan. 14.— The snow has all 



dii^appeared down here and shooting has been very fair. 

 Me.=;srs. Case and Grossman of your city are here at the pres- 

 eni time. They killed twenty-'ix quail on Wednesday, 

 twenty. eight on Thursday. There is a good hotel here, and 

 they try to make it pleasant for all, besides the proprietor 

 has" control of 7,000 acres of the best shooting gromids in this 

 section and protects it for the benefit of his c ■stomers. Any 

 persons wishing information, if they will address me at this 

 station, I will attend to giving them all the details. 



T. E. S.MITH. 



PoiHOKEO Game Flksh.— At this time it will be somewhat 

 dangerous to i.iiotake of luoiled luffed grouse, especially if 

 they have been shot (trapped most likely) in sections where 

 " laurel " grows, for it is known that this bird will feed on 

 the buds of the rhododendron when obliged to, and there are 

 cases recorded of persous being poisoned after partaking of 

 it, the flesh having become thoroughly impregnated with the 

 poison. Forester or Lewis mentions cases where it has oc- 

 cmred. Homo. 



^tJ.NXEBEc Association.— The annual meeting of the Ken- 

 i,r..e(.' Association for the Protection of Fish and Game was 

 held at Augusta, M., January 6, and the following officers 

 elected : President, Hon. P. O. Vickeiy; Vice-Presidents, J. 

 E. Badger, Esq., R. W. Black; Executive Committee, Hon. 

 P. O. Vickery, J. E. Badger, Esq., Daniel Whitehouse, S. 

 B. Glazier, Ira L. Mackie; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. A. 

 J. Pierce. The Society, now tw^o years old, has an active 

 membership of 13'i, and has done much efficient work in the 

 protection of game and lish. 



Jersey City Heights Ccs^ Club.- The annual election of 

 officers of the above club took place at their club rooms on 

 the !3th iust., with the following result: Dr. J. Q. Bird, 

 President; B. S. Payne, Vice-President; A. Heritage, Treas- 

 urer ; Dr. P. W. Levering, Secretary; Geo. B. Eaton, J. 

 Van Goldcr and F. Mitcliell, Executive Committee. 



OirER rtf New Jeksey — Tom's Riiier, N. J., Jan. 15. — 

 James Chamberlain, while out gunning on Thursday last, 

 discovered an otter in the creek, near the flood-gates, a short 



distance west of the town, and succeeded in killing it. The 

 animal measured nearly sis feet in length. 



The Monroe County (N. Y.) game law is now the same as 

 the State law, the Supervisors having repealed the County 

 special law. 



Game Law Committee. — The standing committee on uame 

 laws of the New York Legislature are Messrs. Gorseliue, of 

 Herkimer ; E. A Carpenter, of Suffolk ; D. A. Wells, of 

 Fulton and Hamilton ; Binninger, of Jefferson ; Sheehy, of 

 Essex ; Roberts, of Oneida ; t''an Buren, of Montgomery ; 

 Benedict, of Ulster ; Cock, of Queens. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



ToHONTO, .Tan. 11.— On Wednesday, Dec. 29, there vrt 

 match betweeu Mr. Sheppard, of Yorkrihe, and Mr. H. Watson, a 

 member of tlie T. O. C, 50 birds each, 2t yards ri«e, 80 yards 

 boundar>', H and T traps, T. G. 0. rules, for 6100. Thematf^h 

 came off at Sfverii'i Farm, aljont two miles from the northeni 

 limits of the city. The weather was cxccediiigly cold, several de- 

 grees he,lo\T /.era, and the friends of the contestants felt eoii- 

 Htrained to make some provisinns for tlieir comfort and warmth. 

 Some of the spectatorn had litlier tli. ir iioBfi-i. i lox or fiugors 

 frozen. John James acted a,, judge for Wataoii, and .Toe Taylor as 

 puller; J. Webster judge for Rlieppard, and John Oloott pidier ; 

 B. Timiuig, Jr., official scornr, and Mr. George Wright referee. 

 Shepfiard had the fii-st shot and lulled hia bud. Watson also lulled 

 his first bhrd. At the conclnsion it wos found tiuit Watson had 

 killed 39 bu-ds and Sheppard 33, as the follovviug ricorK ivLLl nhow : 



Slieppard....! o l l (i o 1 l 1 o t o o i i ii I I ) n o l t i i i i l I 



1 1 (1 1 1 1 (I 1 (I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—33. 



Watson 1011101111 111 11 1 lOlOlOltlll I 1 



1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 ] I 1 ] I as. 



Tl:ie T. G. Club's veteran shootar, aged 66 .vearn, Dr. W. Smith, 

 Hhot a matrh with h\n nephew, Mr. George Smith (sunMi cuiiditions 

 as prerion? phoot), on 11th inst., fur *20, ten hird.H tacli, at tlie 

 Woodbine Park. Each klUed eight birds out of ten, and i^n shoot- 

 ing off the tie at 26 yards tlie ancient d.utor killed tliree out of 

 five and hiu nephew two, the veteran tbun wiriiiio;; l)y one bud : 



Geo.smllh .-. - „„I L 1 1 1 I 1 i— R 



DrW.Smltli 1 1 1 1 ill 1—3 



The large number of Bpectfttor^ on the jgrotuid congratulated 

 the Doctor on the victory. J. B. C*. 



Canaba, Yorkmlle, Jan. 11.— Jlr. Alex. Wvno.-^H. of the 8t. Luuis 

 Kennel Chib, who was formerly a reisident of Toronto, tieiuK liers 



Ight an opportun; 

 had improved in his shootmg du, : 

 the MissiBsippi. .A, match vnn 

 Jlr. Grainger, of YorkvUlo, f: 

 came off at Oulcotfs Farm, T':.v 

 the oth mst. The follomni; sro. 

 three out of his ten hirdn and Mr. 

 tabling tlie reputation of Hie villag 

 Mr Wyness 



.: !-. , :i:Mr thi-. vilUiLje, on 



sho« r< that Mr. W.vnew'klllcd 



raingor five, Mr. Grainger «ii8- 



The following is the score .- 



. ...0 I 1 1 tl 11—3 



MrGralnger l l o I l » O l 0—5 



SnooTBat. 

 PoBTSMOUTH, Frt.. Jan. 13.— Our olnb irill go up to Eichmond 

 on the bSth inst., Lyinv-itation of the Richmond Gim Club, to wit- 

 ness a match between ("apt. A. H. Bogordus and a member of that 

 club (Mr. .Mitfliell < of Jtiii Ijh-ds each. .T. G. H. 



^ -». -. 



Hop Bitlei'B does not exhaust aud destroy, but restores, cures and 

 makes new. 



fife fennel 



FIXTURES. 



iSt. Johns, N. B., Bench Show Jan. — . 



Rook River Valley Poultry and Kennel Club show— Sterling, lUi- 

 noia, Feb. 10, 11 and 12. P.. B. Commerford, See. 



THB COOKER CLUB. 



rpHE Cocker Olnb list wdl be open one week longer for 

 J- the addition of new names. Tiie proposed members 

 already registered represent a wide area, and give suilicient 

 proof that there will be nothing sectional about the Club. 

 Next week we shall close the list and proceed to call for the 

 votes for the committee. It is desirable that all who are de- 

 sirous of .ioining the Club, and have not yet forwarded iheir 

 names, should send them in before next Wednesday. 



BobSawybr.— OnFriday lastMr. .1. P. Barnard, Jr., received 

 from Mr. Wm. Stockwell, Halifax, England, the young bull 

 terrier dog Bob Sawyer. Bob is all white, has a very fine 

 head and long nose for his weight— twenty -eight pounds. He 

 is one and a half years old and very promising. 



Bonnie Box.— We have received an e.xcellent picture of 

 Mr. J. P. Barnard, Jr.'s, bulldog Bonnie Boy. The Boy is 

 by Slenderman out of Sal O'Shoreditch and appears to be, 

 from his picture, a splendid aniinal. His nose is less than 

 an inch long. 



Photogkaph of Rover.— We have received from his own- 

 er, Mr. J. R. Raymond, a capital photograph of this prom 

 ising young dog. As our readers will remember, he did 

 most excellent work at Robin's Island and took third money 

 in the Nursery Stakes there. He is now about a year old 

 and is a very handsome dog. 



Rover was trained by G. Herbert Newton, of Smithtown 

 L. L ' 



Countess Bear.- Comjtess Bear, the pointer bitch re 

 cently purchased by Mr. R. Ll. PurccU Llewellin, was 

 shipped by Mr. Jos. H. Dew on Monday, Jan. 10. She 

 reached this city in good order on the 13th and was at once 

 sent on board the steamer Wyoming, of the Williams & 

 Guion Line. On Tuesday last she left these sliores again. 

 She is consigned to Mr. Q. T. Teasdale Buckell for Mr. 

 Llewelhn. 



