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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 80, 1883. 



about sixty members, m.osl of them the best citizens of Chi- 

 nn.ng them are Judge. Kniekc rbocker. judge of t lie 

 Cookcounty oourt;F. A. Howe, of the Grand Trunk Rail' 

 way. and president of the club; h. Z. Loiter, 0. D. Tea. 

 cock, J. S. Norton. (J. ('. Mueller, Alex, Sample, Abner 

 Price. 8. II. Turrill, 0. D. Partridge, U. 8. Alexander and 

 many other merchants, Board of Trade men, railway 

 official* find professional nieu. It is, with the exception of 

 the.Piickawray Club, the "touiest" gun club of the city. It 

 originated ill the year named fioni asocial club. A general 

 acquaintance with the members would preclude all id. ifi of 

 anything ungenl.leinanly emanating from the club. They 

 me honorable, just and' upright, men. At the same time 



when anyone is mistaken at to i\ til nstriutes strict Justice 



thev are 'apt lo make mistakes unaware... 



This is about what the eiub did. They started in by buy- 

 ing absolutely nothing from the native farmers thereabouts, 

 except provisions for theft house. Phis was Ifce first cause of 

 complaint by the Tolleston people, and the} seemed to be 

 actuated by' a pecuniary feeling in this. There ere only si 

 lew farmers living right close to the club grounds, probably 

 not a dozen in all. They are Inveterate pot-huntcw), and 

 they tried to hunt on the 'club grounds. Several of them 

 were nrreslcd. This aroused the partisan feeling throughout 

 the Vldnlty. The Club had fenced their grounds in with a 

 ..-. ire fen ' . Lhii was broke*) down by unknown parties and 

 rrie.i off. There is no doubt that the natives 

 Up i.i l)J -Mine keepers and club-house atfend- 

 ttbers (if the dull were away. With the ex 

 few hotdleaded pot-hunters spoken of, how- 

 ever, the fanner- seemed to keep their temper admirably. 

 The. troubles have been brewing for about two years, 

 matters culminated! One day, about two 

 pass suits against the more fractious of the 

 ought by tin- club before. Judge Tuley, of 

 i. v thing was for the natives to bring 

 suits againsl the club before courts of Luke 

 suits have been continued from term to 

 '._ ' i' knows where they are or how uny 

 . .and. Thus matters were "until last week, 

 when news was received in the city that set the boys wild. 

 It was to the effect that, the natives had caused the arrest, of 

 over a do7,i n of the members of the club for shipping dead 



3 of the 



Chicago and other sportsmen have fished and hunted at wind was felt no longer, the sun shone through the naked 



Lake nenachwino, Putnam county, 111. 

 line-.! game resorts in the country. It 

 luke in the State. One bad feature has 

 accommodation for sportsmen, Now F, 



It is i 



l 1 



an Is 



neptii u of the 



Onb 



countei tr 

 county. 



term until 

 of the Case: 



overlooking the lato 

 twenty-five large and airy 

 care has been taken to pr 

 There will be boats, decoys, 

 for patrons. During the sui. 

 lie available. The house wa 

 cago, Peoria, Henry, Genese 



II accounts they must havi 



warming." 



il. li is stylt >i 



itfully situated and caret ully 



the second and third lioors are 

 sleeping apartments. Special 

 .vide for ladies and children. 

 fishing tackle and attendants 

 imer a floating bath house will 

 opened bv a party from Chi- 

 ). and other points, and from 

 had an old-fashioned "house 



tl 



with alleged acco 



rect. The Forest and 

 Judge Knickerbocker's 

 yesterday and asked him 



rith unpurtisan features, 



and the latest features of 



game out of the 8 

 State The daily paperi i em a 

 the matter, but none were co: 

 Stream correspondent invaded 

 chambers in the Court Buildings 

 to state carefully and exactly, i 



briefly what the trouble, now was, 

 the case. 



Said he: "!l has been stated in the papers that the Tolles- 

 ton Chili had secured the passage of a very unfair game law 

 in Indians bv the Legislature. This is untrue. Indiana 

 has long hail a law prohibiting the shooting of game within 

 premises not common. We owned Certain property, whieli 

 had been purchased and improved at.na expense of -about 

 $110,000. Certain parties were in the habit of bringing hunt 

 ing dubs from various pajts-of the country lo shoot on our 

 premises, and under the laws of Indiana we had them ar- 

 rested. There was no difficulty with the residents of Tol- 

 lcston. Another person with whom we had a difference 

 was a man calling himself 'Spork.' lie was in the habit 

 of shooting on the premises of the club and then Selling his 



game in the Chicago market. We never objected lo a Irian 

 killing game on our grounds, to be eaten or used by himself 

 and family; il was when they shipped lo market Ihut. we re- 

 fused to stand il. -Spork' was arrested in the usual civil 

 manner, not b} a special of ours, as has been said, and he 

 was lined. Tiie club lias no special policemen, and all the. 

 arrests have been made m a regular way. on a warrant 

 sworn out and served by a proper officer. 



"As to the stories of the arrest, 1 will (ell the Korf.st 



asd Stream all about, that, though. I have refused to givi 



any particulars to any paper before because I consideredtlu 

 matter too ridiculous, and that it would always be misun 

 derstood. There were no arresls as Stat' 



go F. 

 'Alex. 



"About one montl 

 Norton, 0. C. Muelk 



and Fisher were served will 

 the State of Indiana. It s 

 that the natives of Tollestc 

 passage of a law in the Ind 



a Unable offense to ship dea 

 is an old law of the State, a 

 with its passage, 



I tl 



Howe. C. I). Peacock, J, 8. 

 -ample and Messrs. Spencer 

 its lor shipping game out of 

 is another idea has got out 

 retaliate, have caused the 

 State Legislature, making it 

 ime out of the State. This 

 natives had nothing to do 

 few other States that have 



id the 



. J1 .. P1)1 ;; V 



were g 

 The m 

 paraisc 



illegal to carry our 

 tain this object we 

 of the United Stat 

 eide against us. w 

 bring our game home 



this, queer law , But to go back to our cases. Recognizances 

 ■its made returnable last Wednesday, 

 and look a change of venue to Vai- 

 nly. It is our purpose to see if it. is 

 He' home with us, and in order to at- 

 I curry the case to the Supreme Court 

 if necessary. In case the courts de- 

 ill abide by tin; decision, and won't 

 ._ There are already two State decis- 

 ions adverse to the Indiana statute, one being rendered in 

 Kansas, in 1876, and the other, I think, in Wisconsin. 

 There are several Slates, however, where the statutory en- 

 actments prohibiting the shipment of game out of the Stale 

 ..... i upheld and enforced. I do not believe it is con- 

 stitutional. This is .about all there is of the ease. In the 

 meantime we go on in our even teuoied way, and the rnat- 

 t,er is treated with disdain and ridicule; so you ecu ask any 

 resectable rainier about our club grounds if I am not 

 right." 



Ot the other minor sporting news (here is plenty. Nim- 

 rods are dying around, loading shells, getting out dog per- 

 mits, and studying railway guides. The town, in the vi- 

 cinity of the gun" stores and sportsmen's resorts, seemed 

 bare' Saturday night, so many of the boys were out all.cr 

 heavv bags. ' Quail shooting has commenced about this 

 vicinity, and hunters claim there arc plenty of the little edl- 

 lile birds Hying about loose. The hunting OQW consists of 

 e , ', esc, and qiudl. 



The boys are wondering if any of the .Michigan deer will 

 come down this winter, when Ihr cold snaps set in, and 

 kindlv loaf around the Mak Saw-Ba Club ground. Last 

 season three deer were killed within two mile;, oi that club- 

 house, and. as a consequence, the hoys are hungry for more. 

 i , ; St unusual thing, however. That noble triumvir- 

 ate of Nimrods, Haskell. "Wiggins, and Whitney, brought 

 back 20ti ducks from their late trip lo English bake. 



By the way, your valuable paper will be enabled to an- 

 nounce, through the medium oi a private letter to your car- 

 respondent, that the long wished Pr hotel for hunters at 

 Lake Benacbwine is now finished, ami was handsomely 

 Opened by a big 'blow our" Saturday night. For some time 



THE LAND OF PINE AND LARCH. 



31 AYE rambled about the woods and marshes some, 

 keeping my eyes open in the meanwhile, and I give 

 inii the result of my observations. Ducks are not nearly so 

 plentiful this fall as they Were last year. Vye usually have 

 a heavy Might of teal about the middle of September, but 

 this year I only saw a few straggling Hocks. During the 

 first two weeks of August I flushed many woodcock, hut 

 they disappeared all of a sudden, I suppose on account of 

 the'exci -„,ive drouth. This season is the driest we ever had. 

 To-day I saw farmers plowing land that is often too wel to 

 till in June, and on the loth inst. the dust on the roads 

 blew iii clouds everywhere. Wc have had but one heavy 

 rain in six weeks. Very few yellow-legs visited US this fall. 



i have seen a few snipe, but have been over no good 

 ground. Huffed grouse arc more plentiful around here 

 Mian they have been for years. My brother has been out 

 rive limes — four afternoons and one Whole day. He shoots 

 over a small cocker. His scores were li. 11, 4. 2, 8— a pretty- 

 good showing, I think. 



I was the victim of an odd gunning accident on the 19th 

 ult. I saw some bluejays gathering acorns near the barn, 

 and took a gun and some (lust shot cartridges and went out, 

 thinking to get some practice in easy wing shooting. My 

 first shot proved to be my last, for the" breech unlocked, the 

 base Of the shell was blown to atoms, and I was not quite 

 sure whether a torpedo factory had exploded near me or 

 some one had hit me on the ear witha can of nitro-glyeei inc. 

 I was partially deaf for a few minutes, but was unhurt. 



My guns were all burned in August, 'HO. and I purchased 

 this one in July '81. If is a single barrel ezao action of 

 what make perhaps I had better not say, still 1 cannot for- 

 bear quoting a few words from the circular of the firm that 

 manufactures it. Here they are "in substance": "The 

 haiiimeris so arranged in connection with the locking bolt, 

 thai it cannot strike the firing pin, unless the bolt is in place, 

 thus making it the safest gun in use.'' JS'ow, I have no hesi- 

 tation in writing D. L. opposite that statement; J hat is 1 

 view it In ft "different light. "Don't lie to a yain thing,'' 

 says one of your correspondents, and he is right. Let every 

 one "read,' mark and inwardly digest" that little piece of 

 advice, for there arc many things to which sportsmen should 

 not "lie." 1 neither believe in the "forty rod shotgun," nor 

 the "sportsman'- Arcadia," and 1 do not believe that there 

 is any man in the world who can make a gun that no other 

 maker can equal, yet I suppose there are thirty different 

 "makes" advertised as "the best in the world." I am not 

 uncharitable enough to say that those who claim that a cer- 

 tain make of gun excels auy other wilfully mis-state. If 

 my life depended on one single rifle shot, I would 

 choose the old military Snider-En field. Do 1 beliefs 

 it to be tin- best rifle in the world? Hardly, yet it is so to 

 me for I have shot with it, ate by it, slept by il, and almost 

 ..„■■„,, |, v il, and I understand all its peculiarities. That, 

 opinion of your humble servant is the reason there 

 many "best gnus"; they areeneleared to their builders 



relay, November 18, was a cold day with a chilly 

 asl wind that appeared lo penetrate to the very innr- 

 \s 1 squared away about 10 A. M. for a tWo hour's 

 fhewae-on rumbled over the frozen ground with a 

 dsiu to thunder. The horses shoos, their heads and bit 

 icli other, as if thev enjoyed the change of temperature 

 but indifferently, and like many human being.- umlersimi- 

 In- circumstances, were determined to take it out of the 

 world in general and the fiist thing they met in particular. 



of the l ices, ami no better day for hunting could be 

 desired. I tramped two miles through good cover, shopting 

 only a chickaree, and I was ashamed to let. the dog see that 

 I did that. I saw no grouse. "The weather is diy and cold," 

 I soliloquized, "and I will find them in the valleys of 

 streams, it I find them all," and 1 bent my steps lo the near- 

 est stream. Coming to a small glade, the" dog showed un- 

 misiitk dile suns of Jim'. Jiout " ilia t u? I clad oack and 

 forth till it al'moel lost its individuality like a buzz saw, and 

 the occasional whimper he gave told as plainly as words 

 could that the trail was fresh. I followed closely with gun 

 cocked. Without a note of warning, an old cock burst 

 from a brush heap, and rose straight up through the bare 

 branches of a dead fir. One second the old twelve followed 

 him on his upward flight, till the sight was on the base of 

 the neck, then he fell completely riddled. 



1 slipped in a fresh cartridge, picked up my bird and 

 walked on, soliloquizing: "What a fine thing it is to be cool 

 and proof against buck "fever." Just then a hare went skur- 

 rying by me, and I forgot to shoot. A still, small voice 

 seemed to wbisper "It is good to be proof against buck 

 fever." Passing on I saw three pine grosbeaks, and think- 

 ing to secure one for mounting, 1 tired at the mule with 

 lisscd. He settled and I fired again, blowing 

 , and with a sort of wish-I-hadu't-done-it 



dust-shot, i 

 him all to] 



feeling. 1 1 



Every in 



Right here 



getting tw< 



rjhoftbe groun..; awakened some old 



Bran. Leonard and I onces-hot three grouse. I 



i of them. Over in those gray birches, on the 

 right, llarvc Knight and I harried the grouse the day 1 

 made ray first wing shot at a woodcock, and just over 'the 

 brook there Esbrow Chase once wiped n.v t ye 

 after I had fired one barrel of my little Manton 

 had missed fire. But. while I was day-drcamin 

 employed to more purpose, for soon a little ba 

 me 10, and a grouse rope and sailed 

 nose, while 1 looked foolishly on, and 

 voice seemed to say, ".01 no, you're 

 buck fever." It was a pretty chance 

 was up, and I marked bi.d In 'sound, 

 bunch of alders near lbs roftd. T-ki 

 middle of the road. I commanded Era 

 "Quit, quit, quit, wnirr-rcluok! yue-c- 

 came straight for me, then swerved at 

 in front. An instant the gun folio' 

 shoved his bill over the muzzle, then I 

 as if interviewed by a thunderbolt, wi 

 inches of ids neck riddled— the cleanc 

 This was glory enough for one day, so 1 started for home, 

 I never before killed two dying "grouse straight. On no 

 previous grouse hunt did 1 kill all my birds Hying, ami 1 

 never ieltuiore at ease with myself and the world than on 

 the eve alter in) first grouse hunt in '82; L.I. Flower. 

 Cambridge, N, B.. November 17. 



>ry. 



.vtifullv, 

 Manton and the other 



-dreaming Frank was 

 l little bark "brought 

 away from under my 

 again the still smaller 

 never troubled with 

 for a shot, my blood 

 I heard him drop in a 

 ng mv station in the 

 uk to "seek him out." 

 e-et, que-e-e-t," and he 

 d attempted to cross 

 ved his flight till he 

 pulled and lie dropped 

 th his head and two 

 hot 1 ever made. 



in tin 

 are, BC 

 and 



en Ik 



dl'i 

 noise i 



fold and cheerless as the day w 

 flat, afl the 30th of .Inly to the 

 to the devout worshiper ol All! 

 noon; 1 had a business engag< 

 siu-t about sundown, and in th 



do. Thei 



Is, 



not Id 



s to me as important a 

 'Derryman." or the Hegira 

 li. I reached home about 

 lagement which necessitated a 

 the meantime I could think of 

 , with a piece of "broken day" 

 it the thing I had long been wishing for. 1 

 nad' 1 " a charge on the aminunition*drawcr. but all was chaos 

 (the boys had been serenading a newly married couple the 

 evening before), "What's "the matter?" said mother, a 

 moment later, as she caught the sound of a few "words of 

 blame " "Matter? 1 want to have a grouse hunt, and 

 those confounded boys have emptied all the shells, and to 

 mend the matter, ne'er a wad can I find." 



How quickly a mother will try to "pour oil on the 

 troubled waters:" In about three minutes she had gone 

 through the pockets of the surplus clothing of those hoys, 

 and her search was rewarded by about, fifteen wads. 

 Wouldn't some of you laugh to sec the loading those shells 

 nmed a section of a newspaper, 

 1 confined the shot with more 

 .ded, I called Frank, and taking 

 re single breech-loader, was off for the 

 iver and while cocker of not the purest 

 gh he wouldn't take a prize at a bench 

 Ida if they arc around, and is a good 

 "He s'aiil, damme, get a good dog 

 Who perpetrated the above quota- 

 lit I endorse the sentiment. 1 have 

 t the intelligence and affection of 

 of the Arab steed who died while 

 triii"- bis wounded master in ids teeth away from the 

 bold bad Turkish soldiar'8. Now, I have handled horses 

 since 1 could walk. I love 1 hem. 1 waste money on them. 

 lam willing to concede them intelligence (uot so much as 

 the dog), but if they have any great amount of affection, 

 It , \ h'-A. succ:. cde.l iii rcif ..'.cling it from mt up tr. flit: 

 and remember. I have handled scores of them. But. I never 

 bestowed any affection on a dog, even the meanest cur, but 

 it was returned tenfold. 



I started in high spirits. Once in the woods, the chilly 



goi Over the powder i 

 then put down a wad, 

 newspaper. The shells 

 my sbakytwelvc-bore sii 

 woods. Pk 

 breeding; a 

 show, he will find hi 

 all-round dog to be 

 and yo 



id,' 



i I hi 

 id lo 



• forgotten, 

 sermons abn 

 Ihav 



LARGE GAME IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



* settler in the Transvaal to a Forest 

 isporulent in Nova Scotia.J 

 "l \7E, Beck and myself, hail a first class hunting trip this 

 \\ year. We started with twenty Kaffirs, wagon and 

 pack ox. Left the wagon three days' journey from this 

 place, and then walked four days into the fly (ftette) couHtry, 

 taking the puck ox and men to carry the beef out. We killed 

 live giraffes, two lions, buffalo gnu, koodoos, zebra, harlbeest, 

 wihf boar, and duferent kinds of antelope; in all, sixty-live 

 bend in ten days. We were unlucky in not seeing either 

 black or white" rhinoceros, although the spoor was plentiful. 



When we arrived in the game country , we' made camp. 

 Our mode of huul.iug is to take one man each and start at 

 sunrise in different directions. When game is found, if it 

 lie a troop, we lire and follow on as fast as possible, get an- 

 other shot, riui on again, never looking at the dead or 

 wounded until satisfied, then come back and gel the dead 

 and finish the wounded ones. 



One day I hail four Kaffirs with me and killed three 

 n-iraffes out of a troop of seven. Kaffirs are very poor shuts 

 as a rule. Out of the three giraffes killed, we "found only 

 one bullet which had been tired from a Kaffir's rille, and 

 that animtd 1 had wounded previously. 



It is very hard work hunting on foot, but with a few days' 

 exercise cine gels into such condition that every mmscle ap- 

 pears lo develop: and although tired when night comes, 

 the next morning you feel fresh as possible with a rousing 



Lions were swarming; the Kaffirs saw two, three or four 

 almost daily. I saw only one, and killed him; he has a 

 good skin and splendid mane; he appeared to be an old one 

 and was very fat. lie got our wind wdien coming on him 

 and trotted away, so we ran after him, knowing that he 

 vould stand, look back, and give us an opportunity for a 

 hot. They go very leisurely. He stood at about lot) yards, 

 md unfortunately," my man, who carried my Martini rifle, 

 fired past my ear just as I pulled the trigger of my express 

 rifle. I missed, and of course the Kaffir did the same. 

 However, we ran on after the lion, and he soon gave us 

 another chance. 1 fired and brought him on his haunches. 

 When wounded they stand anil roar continuously, and you 

 Invariably gel a good -hoi next time. I tan to within about 

 seventy yards and put an express hollow bullet into his ribs, 

 when he fell on his side. 1 then went close up and put a 

 bullet through his head. 



Two of the Kaffirs were one day following the spoor of a 

 Iroop of buffalo, and came upon two buffalo which had been 

 quite recently killed by lions. The men followed on and 

 shot a large buffalo, which began to bellow. One of the 

 Kaffirs look another direction, be says by accident, but the 

 fact is he was afraid of the buffalo. However, the other— 

 an old hunter— was about to give the buffalo a finishing 

 shot, when a lion came bounding out, caught the buffalo by 

 the nose threw him and stood on him. The man then fired 

 at the liou, but missed. The lion then went away; the 

 hunter went up and cut off the buffalo's tail, and was look- 

 ing about where to cut next when he again saw the lion ap- 

 proaching; lie tired at him and the lion ran off. The man 

 then cam"' to camp for assistance, but it was loo near sun- 

 down lo follow a spoor. 



I bad three men with rnc that day, and we followed a 

 wounded giraffe so long that we lost' our way. The men 

 were determined to find camp, so we walked for three hours 

 after sundown, and by chance came near to where the buf- 

 falo killed by the lion lay, and to hem- the lions feeding 

 fighting and' roaring was well worth a long walk and a sleep 

 out, The men would go no further, but made half a dozen 

 large Jires, and we. slept in the center. We had had no 

 wa'Tcr since the forenoon and nothing to eat since before 



