Nov. 1(1. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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fox, and tbe quantity was large, especially so, coflsideriiig 



the lateness of tlie season. 



dipt. Houghton was declared the Winner of tin- Hunt, his 

 side scoring 1.360 points to 980 for dipt. Perry. The largest 

 individual bagwas made by O, A. Benoit, and consisted of six 



partridges and four woodcock; t lie nest largest, by.Capl 

 Alba Houghton, of three, partridges, and seven woodcock, 

 while the largest number of points was scored by A. P. 

 Culling, who killed a fox about 10 o'clock in the morning, 

 and three partridges later in the dav. scoring oo~> points. 

 The dinner was served at the Bay State House, on Thurs- 



day. Sot. 9, and 

 The garni' dishes of the m 

 roast venison with jelly; 

 antelope; potted quail, ft 

 toast; boiled Lmffalo tong 

 stewed squirrel; wild Moi 

 antelope, venison, swan. 



jgt that tlie club ever enjoyed 

 : Roast partridge, larded; 

 i.: ? ( ,,-., stuffed; roast 

 \!r broiled woodcock on 

 it of rabbit, Preach style; 

 in, with tine herbs. The 

 nd buffalo tongue were 

 contributions from A. B. F'. Kinney, who had just returned 

 from his Western hunting trip on the excursion ear "Jerome 

 Marble" 



Tbi' company, about forty in number, assembled in the 



Sarlors, and after spending about an hour very pleasantly, 

 iscussiug the interesting experiences of the previous day, 

 marebed to the small dining hall about 8:30o'clock. It was 

 a jolly party, and one that could do justice to the 'emptiug 

 repast before them. About 10 o'clock the cloth was re 

 moved, the cigars lighted, and chairs turned towards the 

 head of the table, where ex-Mayor Pratt presided as master 

 of ceremonies. Mr. Pratt was fn a. happy mood, and having 

 just been elected to the State Senate, that fatt was made 

 the subject of many pleasant remarks bv the speakers. His 

 Honor, Mayor Stoddard, was the first speaker, and Ids re- 

 marks were most excellent. Then followed short speeches 

 or stories by Sheriff Spraguc, O. A. Allen. Ed. Titus, Presi- 

 dent Kugg.'H. W. Eagerf of Marlboro, ex-Alderman Rich- 

 ardson, A. B. Lovell and others. The evening passed 

 quickly and pleasantly and 12 o'clock arrived all lOQ soon, 

 at which hour the company broke up after siuginsr "Auld 

 Lang Syne." 



Partridge shooting has been better than for several years 

 and I am satisfied there are two to one as compared to last 

 year. The woodcock flight has been almost a failure, very 

 few birds passing on this line. Quail are more plenty than 

 for many years and some very fine bags have been' made. 

 Gray sauiltelsalso are very abundant. The Rifle Association 

 is in a nourishing condition and is just out with a new set of 

 officers as follows; H. T. Farrar, President; Job Moore, Jr., 

 Vice-president; Stedman Clarke, Secretary and Treasurer 

 Three matches are in progress which will close Jan. f. They 

 have been making improvements at the ranee and contem- 

 plate an a Mil -on of twenty -five feet to the (dub house. 

 They recei.v.i, on their last 'field day, a visit from Mr. HIu- 

 mnn of th« M, R A. and also of the "late International tram. 

 K. 



OUR CHICAGO LETIER. 



[From a Regular Correspondent.! 



BELIEVING that never was the Fouest and Stui-um 

 more thoroughly appreciated as the representative 

 American sportsman's journal, or its columns ormeritOrioUS 

 tettding more eagerly perused in and about Chicaso than at 

 present, your correspondent hastens to fuliill his mission 

 Uy sending on at once the doings and events of interest in 

 tlie city and hunting vicinity, and trusts that at no time 

 will news be so stale as to bt) generally complained of, as iu 

 many in stances where the reverse is to be expected. If a 

 Chicago sportsman desires finding any live news of this 

 vicinity from journals with a claim upon their attention 

 from being classed as a sportsman's organ, he is disappointed, 

 only how grievously your correspondent can testify. That 

 it iias never been thus with the PottEST A^ T D B'CitCAM and 

 never will be, countless readers will cheerfully testify to. 

 No one desires to read the summary of a shoot, of big local 

 importance, in a sporting paper just exactly tlu-ee weeks 

 after its occurrence. 



It is needless to try and tell about game, or whether there 

 is any, to those who have aver shot iu this vicinity. The 

 Kg swamps In Indiana, where the English Lakfl. Crown 

 Point, 3iak-Saw-Ba clubs all hold forth, with their spacious 

 club houses, are known to all Western hunters to be the 

 great waterfowl resorts; while the Kankakee Kiver, iu our 

 own State, on which are located the club quarters of the 

 Diana, Cumberland, Sportsmen's, Forester's and other clubs, 

 fairly teem with ducks. The shooting has never been bet- 

 ter, and every one that t»vvns a gun is : out after mallards, 

 redheads or eanvasbaeks, while "rails'' and mud-hens are 

 shot for diversion. The shooting at the Cumberland Lodge. 

 is peculiarly fine, and does not seem to vary day after day. 

 The feeding along the Kankakee is exceptionally good, 

 Which accounts for the prolonged presence of the ducks. 



Jere. Listou killed seveuty-eight mallards one day, and 

 then shot for an hour the next morning and brought in thir- 

 ty-seven ducks. This was done at the Cumberland. Our 

 two great shots, the Kleinmans, are ensconced in some 

 marsh near Lowell, on the Kankakee, and are having great 

 sport. 



A 'jovial party, consisting of Rol. Organ — who, by the way, 

 has received the deserved appointment of slock agent for the 

 new "Nickel Plate" railway that no one knows what "rail- 

 way king" has purchased— John Wiggins, L. Pi trie, M. 

 Haskeland several others are all at Mak-Saw-Ba, and if 

 the old club house does not ring with merriment nights it 

 will bo because the cider is not tart enough to stir Rol. up 

 to his jokes and trie!-;,-,. 



In opposition to this party, John Gillespie, our champion 

 shell loader, and a party comprising Charley Williams, Al. 

 Bell, and a lot more hunters, have been at English Lake all 

 week. They sent word back of great sport with plenty of 

 ducks, and "tackled" Fred Taylor for more loaded shell." 



Tbe sportsmen, however, are all anxiously awaiting let- 

 ters from the noble triumvirate of hunters now shooting wild 

 turkevs. deer, buffaloes, etc., in the land of the Cherokees. 

 They tire Messrs. Tydston, Chapin and Gore, and they are 

 now supposed to be in Central Indian Territory, barring 

 bad luck iu tlie way of scalping. They remain away oue 

 month, and the Forest and Stkeam will reach them and 

 Teport success. 



The fishing season is over unless a heavy frost creates ap- 

 petite enough in Hie bass to make them bite. Fred Leland, 

 pUrgroat ,\ caster and the best posted Waltonian about 

 here, ioak a little trip to Turkey Lake, on the B. & O. road 

 in Indiana last week, returning* Friday, and was thoroughly 

 out of patience with the luck he had. Only a few black 

 bass, some pickerel and a few rock bass,. 



CJniOArtD, Noveintier I). 



HOUNDING vs. STILL-HUNTING. 



4 S to which are the most proper and destructive modes 

 J:\ of hunting deer has of late been freely discussed in the 

 columns of your journal, and as tlie open season for hound- 

 ing has just closed, allow me to draw a comparison between 

 the two modes of hunting within II radius of ray own obser- 

 vation. One hundred and fifty will not cover the number 

 of deer killed in Beaver River and the takes and ponds 

 within two miles on either side of the river by driving 

 them into the water with hounds during the open season 

 just closed. Four parlies have just returned from a hunt of 

 about a week, which together brought out forty-nine deer. 

 This is only a sample of the way they have 'teen slaugh- 

 tered. 



To my knowledge only one deer has been killed bv still 

 hunters, on Hie same ground, during the past two months, 

 Tlier- will doubtless be more deer killed during the remain 

 der of this mouth, should there be snow ou the ground; 

 but (mless still hunters are more succssful than they 

 have been in previous years, it will not amount to one- 

 tenth the number killed' by hounding. Your correspond- 

 ent from Massachusetts, "Buck-Shot," says "Deer take 

 to the water ahead of the hound, and half to three quarters 

 of the time that is the end of the hunt, and the 

 deer lives." This is the very reason why so mauy deer 

 aie killed here in the Adirondacks. During the" open 

 months, especially October, there is hardly a lake or pond 

 in the Adirondacks that does not have its liunters watching 

 for deer, so that a deer taking to water before the hound is 

 almost sure to be killed; and as there is not a square mile in 

 the whole Adirondack wilderness, exept it be in St. Law- 

 rence county, but what deer are driven from it by hounds, 

 the slaughter cannot be otherwise than immense. "Buck- 

 Siiol" says, in regard to their being killed when driven to 

 water, "Quantities of deer have formerly been slaughtered 

 iu this way," thus admitting that, killing deer by driving 

 them to water with dogs to be very destructive, 



I do not wish to deprive any one of hunting deer in the 

 way he can best enjoy it. But it has become a serious mat- 

 ter of fact. If we would preserve the deer in the Adiron- 

 dacks. to make it more attractive to the spoitsman and 

 tourist, a law must be enacted and enforced to prevent the 

 killing of deer driven info water by hounds. 



The present long open season for hounding deer, while it 

 benefits the sportsman but little, will insure the speedy ex- 

 termination of the deer by the pot-hunters and market-men. 



MfUKlT. 

 AllIBUNDACKK, NOV. 11, iSS-). 



PINNATED GROUSE ON MARTHA'S 

 VINEYARD. 



DURING a conversation with a Massachusetts sportsman, 

 who is quite an expert shot as well as an angler, I was 

 asked if Iliad ever killed a "hethen." 1 have spelled the 

 word as be pronounced it. Not knowing what he meant, 

 but at the same time having a suspicion that he was referring 

 to the heath hen, as the pinnated grouse was called on 

 Martha's Vineyard, I questioned him further. He described 

 it, and stated he had seen two or three broods last summer. 

 I told him they were "prairie chickens," This astonished 

 hint, as he was not aware that the bird ever existed in the 

 locality he referred to. Certainly not one known as the 

 "prairie chicken' 1 or pinnated grouse. I verified his state- 

 ments by other inquiries, and "even heard of four having 

 been killed by oue man who knew r it was against the law; 

 and he confessed it to me. 



Now T , are these birds descendants from the oldstock known 

 to have inhabited Martha's Vineyard years ago, or have they 

 been bred from birds liberated in this locality of late years'? 

 Frank Forester speaks of the pinnated grouse having been 

 Plentiful on Martha's Vineyard, and writes of their abound- 

 ing on Long Island, iu Burlington county, N. J., and on the 

 Pocons plains or barrens in Pennsylvania, I know from 

 natives of Manahawkcn, N. J., that so late as fifteen years 

 ago "grouse," not ruffed ones or pheasants, w T cre killed not 

 far frcm that place, and a friend living now in the Lehigh 

 Valley, Pa., with whom I frequently shoot— and he holds 

 his gun very straight— told me he had killed "two strange 

 grouse with very short tails, much lighter in color lliau the 

 pheasant of his hills, and feathered all the way down to the 

 aukles, from a brood of ten or twelve grown birds" a few 

 years since. The locality where they wore shot was but a 

 few miles from the "barrens" spoke'n of by Forester. My 

 friend not being an ornithologist, and never having seen a 

 prairie chicken lip to that time, could not identify them, but 

 thought them entirely different from anything he had ever 

 shot, lie now thinks they were the pinnated grouse since 

 1 have shown so much interest in the matter, ami have 

 shown him a specimen of the western bird to examine. 



It would certainly be very interesting to the readers of 

 the Fokest and Stuea.m to hear from some one who can 

 give a better account of these birds on Martha's Vineyard, 

 and state if they are from the old stock, or come "from 

 western planting. 1 had almost forgotten to mentiou that 

 the "netheus" my friend told rue he saw were in Tisbury, a 

 county of Martha's Vineyard. Homo. 



THE MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION'S WORK. 



THE Michigan State Sportsmen's Association has evi- 

 dently been doing a good work in its efforts to put a 

 stop to the wanton destruction of game. A year ago its 

 officers sent out a circular letter to all the prominent sports- 

 men of the State, asking for pecuniary assistance in the en- 

 forcement of the dead-letter laws for the protection of game 

 and fish. There was a pretty general response to the re- 

 quest, and officers were employed to arrest and prosecute 

 offenders, MichigtiR, however, is quite a large tract of 

 land for a few men to patrol, but while it is certain that a 

 vast amount of out-of-season slaughtering has been done, 

 yet the protective officers succeeded in enforcing that sec- 

 tion of the law that prohibits the transportation or sale of 

 game out of season, and, with his rnaiket closed, the pot- 

 hunter found neither pleasure nor profit in killing, and laid 

 away his old muzzle-loader until he cou'd legally use it. 



One thing is certain: Whereas quail, woodcock and 

 grouse used to be common in our restaurants late iu the 

 spring, and long before the open season, nothing of the 

 kind Las been observable the past season. Pot-hunting tor 

 profit, at least, ha.s been stopped. The result, is an increaaft 

 of feathered game throughout this region. I have been out 

 a few times, and find at least two quail where there was but 

 one two years ago. Grouse, and woodcock are more numer- 

 ous, but have not increased so rapidly. 



The result of the better enforcement of our game laws, is 

 a well-stocked market, which, by the way, is already send- 



ing forward its luxuries to those of the East, especially 

 quail and ducks. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to add that 

 Mieliiunn never runs short of ducks. They are plenty this 

 fall, arid in excellent condition. The market, is overstocked. 



Tbe annual influx, of hunters and hounds has not yet 

 commenced, and the bucks and does are yet browsing con- 

 tentedly in the deep forests of both peninsulas. The ' frosts 

 of autumn have but barely reached us, and the deer-stalkers 

 and watcheM by the run-ways can believe that November 

 has come and that the autler'ed game is listening for the bay- 

 ing of the hounds. 



1 should make one exception. Ed Uilliuau, of this city, 

 and a party of four Ohio friends were ou the happy hunting 

 grounds at sunrise on Ibe 1st inst., and have since been 

 sending down from ten to sixteen tine deer per day. 

 Detroit, November 11. 



TEXAS GAME NOTES. 



QUAIL are found here in great quantities, three varieties 

 being found— viz., massena, blue or scaled and Bob 

 White. The masseiia afford excellent sport, lying well to 

 the dug, having short flight. The blue species 'offer but 

 poor spout, as they will not lay to a dog, long flights, and 

 are running, one might say, the instant they alight. Bob 

 White gives one the same sport as in the other States. 



Turkey havu commenced to come into the liver bottoms 

 iu large flocks, 



Deer are to be found on the table lauds adjacent to the 

 Pecos aud Rio Grande. 



Bear are numerous in the canyons, as well as panther aud 

 other varmints. 



Just across tlie Rio Giande. the "land of God and lib- 

 erty," is abundantly supplied with all kinds of game found 

 in Ibis region. It is not altogether safe, however, to venture 

 on that Sacred seal with a full hunting equipment, without a 

 passport, as there i- a possibility of your outfit fceing cap- 

 tured by the Mexican river guards and confiscated. This 

 Happened to fl friend not many days ago. 



Northeast of this point about twenty miles one can reach 

 Devil's River and have excellent black bass fishing, especially 

 between Pecan Springs and the old military post of Camp 

 Hudson 



This is an exceedingly healthy country, at an elevation of 

 sixteen hundred to two thousand feet above tide water, the 

 atmospheie is light and healthful, ft is now accessible by 

 rail from El Paso and San Antonio. I have been invited up 

 the Pecos to participate in a panther hunt. G. ty. P. 



Moutu of Heoos, T-:.;,s, November, 18B3. 



A Bov's Pisror, ok Fifty Years Aoo.— The West C'hes- 

 U-i- (Pu.) Rt,y>rrf tells this pretty story: Week before last, 

 Titus Darlington, carpenter, in tearing down a portion of 

 the farm house of Taylor Hoopes, of West Goshen township, 

 Chester county, in order to enlarge the building, came across 

 ili , shsed llorsa pistol that had been lost for fifty years. 

 In is;!'.' Taylor lloopcs and his brother Lewis, the latter now 

 deceased, purchased this pistol from a gunsmith in West 

 Chester, named Emanuel Goshcr, for *!>., 50-- cheap enough, 

 considering the size mid quality of the weapon. Benjamin 

 Hoopes, the father of the boys, who were then about sixteen 

 years of age, did not approve of the lads having so danger- 

 ous a plaything — Mr. Hoopes was a wise man— so the boys 

 concluded to keep "Old Diamcr," as they named their mini- 

 ature cannon, as much out of parental eyesight as possible, 

 and they hid it away in the loft of the house over the collar 

 beams between. partition and wall. To have it convenient 

 for use, they made a little wagon, in which they placed 

 "Old Diamcr," a powder-horn, and a small bag of shot. 

 To the wagon they attached a string, aud thus they lowered 

 and pulled up the artillery wagon, gun and ammunition 

 when they wished to use them, or hurry them out of sight 

 of the "old man." But one day the rope broke — whether 

 the old gentleman was "hunting the boys too close" we 

 cannot say— and down to the bottom of the partition went 

 wagon, pistol and all, with a crash that sent sadness to the. 

 very bottom of the hearts of Taylor and Lewis. After fish 

 ing for hours day in aud day out wish a pole and a hook, 

 with the hope of catching the wagou and drawing it up, 

 they abandoned the task aud gave up their treasures as lost. 

 When the carpenters tore down the building, Taylor 

 Hoopes, who is uow on tlie shady side of life, stood by, think- 

 ing of "Old Dianier." Board after board was taken down, 

 and the little ammunition wagon at last came in sight, and 

 in it lay "Old Dianier," the powder and shot, all iu the same 

 good condition, with the exception of a little rust ou the 

 pistol, as they were the dav they so suddenly went from the 

 sight of the boys half a century ago. Mr. "Hoopes rubbed 

 the pistol with a little oil, loaded it with the old powder, 

 and, iu honor of the occasion, shot it off with a report that 

 made the Goshen hills echo. 



Gamio About Newark. — The Newark, N J., Call, of 

 Nov. 12 reports: The suburbs of Newark and Elizabeth 

 present a large area of good cover for rabbits, aud an occa- 

 sional bevy of quails finds undisturbed existence iu the thick 



, because their presence is 

 ■ civilization. Such a bunch of 

 abbit hunters at North Elizabeth 

 ils fell to their guns. They also 

 Frelinghuysen avenue and the 

 • Brinton Range, and heard from 

 •hood that all the rabbits had been 

 Another little bunch of quails were 



undergrowth during the 



scarcely suspected so nt 

 birds was found by soun 

 on Tuesday, and nine q 

 got nine rabbits betwe 

 edge of the meadows, ut 

 the natives iu the neighl 

 cleaned outou the first. 



exterminated iu East Newark, near the Harrison Nursery, 

 eight iu all being killed by two Newarkcrs, who also got 

 three rabbits. The rabbits were more thoroughly hunted on 

 Tuesday than on the opening day, owing to the damp leaves 

 and ground holding the scent better and enabling the' dogs 

 to follow the trail unerringly. A party of four Newark 

 gentlemen visited the Warwick Woodlands early last week, 

 and in two days' tramp thiough that historic country gath- 

 ered eighteen' grouse, twenty-one quails, twelve woodcock, 

 and a number of rabbits, which they scarcely considered 

 worth counting or carrying. Three other Newarkers went 

 to Roselle on Thursday, aud in the limits of that pretty little 

 town killed eight rabbits and several woodcock. The shoot- 

 ing in the beautiful valley below Greenwood Lake has been 

 excellent this fall, and large numbers, of quails have fallen, 

 many of them to the guns of sportsmen from this city. 

 They reach this region ii'v rail to Hewitt, aud walk over the 

 hills to West Milford. The tramp across country is through 

 splendid grouse cover, and the birds have been found quit,., 

 numerous this fall. The best of woodcock haunts are en- 

 countered iu the swales, and frequent patches of buckwheat 

 stubble are met with, each of which is apt to harbor ll bevy 

 of quails: 



