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FOREST AND STREAM. 



fJTJLT 15, I860. 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 



•evoted to Field and Aquatic Sports, Practical Natttral 

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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 15, : 



TO Correspondents. 



AH communications whatever, intended for publication, must 

 be accompanied with real name of the writer as a guaranty of 



good faith, and he addressed to Forest, attd Stream l'ubli«hiiic 

 ompany. Names will not lie published if objection he made 

 Anonymous communications will not be regarded 

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 brief notes ot their movements and transactions. 



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Advertisements.— All advertisements should reach us 

 jm or before Tuesday morning of each week. An ob- 

 tervanoe of this rule will insure satisfaction to all con- 

 cerned. 



The DrroiAR Powder.— We publish this week a sec- 

 ond letter from Dr. Nash, of Mississippi, an account of 

 whose lamentable accident with what purported to be 

 Dittmar powder appeared in our columns some weeks 

 since. For the publication of this first account we were 

 severely taken to task by the present manufacturers of 

 this explosive, who avowed their disbelief in the state- 

 ments of our correspondent, and intimated pretty plainly 

 that they had strong doubts that any such accident oc- 

 curred at all. These doubts will be set aside, we pre- 

 sume, by the evidence on the subject which we publish. 



We have none but the kindest feelings toward the Ditt- 

 mar Powder Manufacturing Company, and, if their pow- 

 der is all that they c l a im for it, we shall be only too glad 

 to give the widest publicity to the fact. Such a powder, 

 provided it is safe, is just what we, in common with all 

 other sportsmen, desire to use. It must be remembered, 

 however, that the Dittmar powder is still on its trial, and 

 has not yet come into common use or even into general 

 favor, far less supplanted black powder. It is true that 

 Bogardus and other professional pigeon shooters use it 

 very generally and speak of it in very high terms, but 

 among the great mass of shooting men it has not yet 

 made its way into public favor. 



We do not propose to advertise in the columns of For- 

 est and Stream any article that is in any way objec- 

 tionable, and especially do we wish to shun the responsi- 

 bility of bringing to the notice of our readers anything 

 that is dangerous, As we have before stated, we refused 

 the advertisement of the Chichester Rifle Company be- 

 cause we believed that no safe arm could be manufac- 

 tured for the price at which those rifles were to be sold, 

 and the event has proved the correctness of our decision. 



We have taken great pains to learn all the details about 

 Dr. Nash's accident, and we have the sincerest sympathy 

 for him. 



We think that the present company are bound to warn 

 the public by every means in their power against the 

 powder manufactured by the old company or companies, 

 since it is evident that tliis old powder is, or may be, 

 dangerous. _ 



— Eight of the citizens of Lansing, Mich., have signed 

 their names to a conspicuous poster offering a reward 

 of $35 for information which will convict any person 

 of violating the game laws of the State. 



A WORD AB OUT GU N MAKERS. 



OUR remarks some weeks ago relative to specula- 

 tors in human credulity who advertise to send 

 guns worth $50 for $10, has had good effect in choking 

 off u fraction at least of the revenue which would 

 otherwise have found its way into the pockets of these 

 fire-arm swindlers. We revert to the subject again be- 

 cause we are in receipt of frequent inquiries from dis- 

 tant correspondents, who send us the glowing advertise- 

 ments of these fraudulent concerns and ask us what we 

 think of them. Just now there is before us a letter from 

 Fort Reno, Indian Territory, asking if the writer shall 

 forward $10 to a Boston firm for a $50 gun. 



There is one reply, and only one, to a question like 

 this : Use common sense ; exercise the same discretion 

 in buying a gun or a rifle or a pistol that is employed 

 in buying a watch, a horse or a suit of clothes. No 

 sane man forwards $10 to a city sharper with the ex- 

 pectation of receiving in return a $100 watch, None 

 but a veritable simpleton would think to purchase a 

 good horse for a song ; sensible persons avoid the mock 

 auction rooms of the Chatham street clo.' dealers ; nor 

 is there any different principle governing the manufac- 

 ture and sale of fire-arms. It is a recognized law in 

 every branch of manufacture and trade that the man- 

 ufacturer must receive a fair equivalent of value given, 

 and those who advertise to give this value without re- 

 ceiving the equivalent in return are set down as dis- 

 honest swindlers. This rule is just as imperative in the 

 gun trade as it is in any other. 



A good gun commands a good price, and if he would 

 be sure of a safe and serviceable weapon the purchaser 

 must pay the. price. The manufacture of sporting arms 

 is not in the hands of a monopoly. There are enough 

 firms engaged in it to make the competition bo close that 

 the prices are cut down as low as they can be legiti- 

 mately. No reputable firm would dare to risk its good 

 name by attempting to palm off cheap goods for costly 

 ones, and hence all such advertisements come from irre- 

 sponsible parties. 



The various dealers whose names appear from week to 

 week in the columns of the Forest and Stream repre- 

 sent the legitimate and regular trade of the country. .-It 

 has ever been our aim to keep the advertising pages of 

 this journal free from misleading notices, and to make 

 the paper the safe medium for dealer and patron. Time 

 and again have we refused to insert the advertisements 

 of firms which we believe to be irresponsible, and we 

 shall continue our efforts to keep our columns equally 

 clean in the future. In this we are actuated by simple 

 business principles. The faith imposed by its constitu- 

 ency in the fair dealing of the Forest and Stream is 

 something that we cannot afford to lose, even for the 

 large immediate returns the cheap fire-arm men would 

 be only too glad to make for an opportunity to reach the 

 mass of our readers. We cannot afford to risk our repu- 

 tation by dealing with these firms ; whether or not our 

 correspondents can afford to risk their lives by tamper- 

 ing with the cheap guns, is a question for each individual 

 to decide for himself, and he ought not to hesitate very 

 long deciding about it, either. 



THE NEW YORK DOG POUND. 



WE paid a visit to the New York dog pound, on Sat- 

 urday last, which is situated at the foot of Six- 

 teenth street, East River, and through the kindness of 

 the officials in charge had. an opportunity of inspecting 

 the building where the dogs are kennelled, and the ma- 

 chine of death in which they meet their doom. It is 

 now three weeks since Mayor Cooper's order to seize all 

 unmuzzled dogs went into effect, and from the 21st of 

 June a determined raid upon the canines of the metrop- 

 olis has been most persistently kept up. This is shown 

 by the record of the receiving book, for no less than 

 2,280 dogs of all sizes and breeds, and no breed at all, 

 have been received up to Saturday at the pound. Of this 

 number twenty-three have been redeemed by their 

 owners and three returned to their masters by the direc- 

 tion of the Mayor, on account of illegal capture. 



The building in which the animals are housed is a long 

 and narrow one, with plenty of windows, guarded by 

 wire netting through which the air freely circulates. It 

 is fitted up with stalls on the ground floor similar to 

 those used recently at Madison Garden, in fact, it sug- 

 gests to one the idea of a grand dog show of mongrels, 

 free from the usual complement of disappointed exhibi- 

 tors. Besides the apartment containing the long rows of 

 pens, there are two large box stalls in which the most 

 mangy and forlorn looking curs huddle together while 

 awaiting their impending fate, occupying their time sit- 

 ting on their haunches uttering the most piercing cries 

 and enlivening their last moments and relieving their 

 minds by munching each other's ears. 



The sanitary arrangements are almost perfect, and the 

 whole place is scrupulously clean and free from odor. 

 Each animal is provided with an abundance of food, 

 Inch consists of bread softened in water, and a pan of 

 clean water is within each pen. Although there were 143 

 dogs in the pound, there were only two of any value^a 



fine red setter and a moderately fair specimen of the 

 black Newfoundland type. The Pomeranian or spitz dog 

 seemed to predominate, and we were informed that there 

 were two to one of this breed brought in to that of all 

 the other varieties of dogs combined. The drowning 

 days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week, 

 and the means employed to rid the city of homeless and 

 dangerous pests is both simple and merciful. The dogs 

 are confined in an iron cage which is rolled down to the 

 edge of the river on a car running upon a track parallel 

 to the building. When at the end of the wharf, the 

 cage, by means of a swinging crane, is lifted off the car 

 and lowered into the river. Death speedily ensues, and 

 the bodies of the animals are heaped on the wharf, until 

 removed by a boat which carries the carcasses to Barren 

 Island, There they are skinned and the fat boiled out of 

 them ; in fact, almost every part is utilized. 



Dr. Carter.— Dr. Wm. F. Carver, the famous rifle 

 expert, ought to be satisfied with the reception given 

 liim in Europe. While in England he gave exhibitions 

 of his skill before the Prince of. Wales, and received as a 

 token of the royal approval an elegant scarf pin and a 

 valuable belt. From England the marksman extended the 

 prowess of his arms to Paris, and from thence went on 

 to Germany, where he appears to have been received 

 with even greater eclat than elsewhere, Not only did he 

 win all the prizes in several rifle contests, but, at the spe- 

 cialrequest of the Emperor William, he gave an exhibition 

 before the court and the royal family. The programmes 

 were printed on white satin of lavish proportions, and 

 the shooting of the American was so pleasing that an 

 adjutant was dispatched the next day to convey to the 

 Doctor an elegant diamond ring " From His Majesty, the 

 Emperor of Germany," as the inscription read. Shortly 

 afterward a special invitation came from the Crown 

 Prince to the effect that Dr. Carver's exhibition seemed 

 to interest the Crown Princess, who had been melan- 

 choly of late, and it was hoped that a second perform- 

 ance might be given. The Doctor was conveyed from 

 the depot in the royal carriage, and the exhibition, 

 which was given on a grassy lawn, consisted of shooting 

 at moving and stationary objects with rifle and shot 

 gun, on foot and on horseback ; shooting with the bow 

 and arrow, and throwing the lasso. Another scarf pin, 

 bearing the monogram of Frederick and Victoria, was 

 the royal token of approval . 



— Farmers should bear in mind that the law prohibit- 

 ing summer woodcock shooting will save much of their 

 standing grain and grass, and that after their harvesting 

 is over they will have leisure to start on even terms with 

 the city sportsmen. 



THE TILESTON MEMORIAL FUND. 



New York. July lOtft. 



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GAME PROTE CTION. 



Return of MiGRATOBS Quail— Here is the first news 

 this year of the return of migratory quail to their nesting 

 grounds. We hope to add other notes of a similar nature, 

 and urge our friends to give us the eaxliest information 

 on the subject. Our correspondent writes from Boons- 

 boro, Md., July 2d :— 



I have the pleasure to inform you that the migratory 

 quail turned out in the locality of Oakland, Md., in 

 the spring of 1879 have returned "to the same place, and 

 are now hatching out their young. Some of thejn on the 

 same farm upon which they were released. 



Wm. B. Wheelee, 



Bangor. Me., July 10th.— About the 1st of June I re- 

 ceived my quota 'of the migratory quail, imported for 

 Maine, they were loosed on a farm of a friend some 

 five miles from the city. A week since I drove out to see 

 how my proteges might appear. Found them in a pasture 

 not twenty rods from the place where turned loose, as 

 bright and cheerful as though never transported. That 

 they have nests I feel sure, from the fact they hovered 

 over and about ine, and were continually sounding notes 

 of alarm. The pasture is rather low ground, with long 

 swale grass, suitable for concealing nests, with plenty of 

 spring water. My friend reported one lame about the 

 buildings and quite tame. H. A. FAIRBANKS. 



FRANKLIN, N. Y., July 5th.— The 100 Messina quail 

 which I procured through the kindness of Sir. Horace P. 

 Tobey, arrived in most excellent condition, only four 

 out of the 100 being dead. They were put out in three 

 pair lots about our adjacent farms, mostly among bushes 

 and briars, and are heard eveiy day by our farmers. One 

 which I reserved for a cage bird and a curiosity has be- 

 come very tame and quite musical in his style," besides 

 being quite a comical little pet. M. P. M'Coon. 



Rochester, N. Y., July (jth — -The first report I have 

 heard from the European quail imported by the Monroe 



