THE GAME BREEDER 



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farming may ship and sell in New York 

 properly identified game raised on the 

 farm. 



The present law forbidding such sales 

 is a severe blow to a worthy industry, 

 and I trust that it will be repealed at 

 an early day. 



C. Hart Merriam. 



\\'ashington, D. C. 



Editor Game Breeder : 



I never was able to comprehend the 

 logic of the game protection idea that 

 prohibits the sale of game in a state, 

 winch has been lawfully produced by 

 breeders in other states, when properly 

 identified. 



The laws of Colorado have for many 

 years encouraged such sales of game 

 and fish to the very great convenience 

 and advantage of the consumers and to 

 a corresponding saving of our own 

 game and fish. This upon the logical 

 idea that if it were necessary or advan- 

 tageous to us to protect and save our 

 own timber or coal we would invite the 

 importation of those articles from other 

 states. 



D. C. Beaman. 



Denver, Col. 



Charles Hallock, the Dean of Ameri- 

 can Sportsmen, covered the subject fully 

 when he said : "Truly we need a revolu- 

 tion of thought and a revival of common 

 sense." 



A Talking Dog and a Good Shooting 



Ground. 



By Dr. Henry Heath, Jr. 



I have been out with several good 

 dogs, but "Doc," an English setter, three 

 years old. a descendant of "Pinehill 

 Leader" (registered), belonging to Dr. 

 J. Arthur Dosher of this place (South- 

 port, N. C), was hunting with me yes- 

 terday and if ever a dog knew what his 

 business is and could say it, he is the 

 dog. He talks. That is, when he is out 

 of your sight in the bushes, etc. He 

 barks until you come to him and when 

 you get there, there are the birds. More 

 remarkable still, when he ascertains that 

 you know he has them he quits barking. 



In other words he plainly says, "I have 

 got 'em" and when you get there he 

 keeps quiet meaning, "it's up to you." 

 This happened several times yesterday 

 afternoon. They had told me of the way 

 he acted, several days before, but it did 

 not impress me so much until I saw him 

 work and may be I am not able to put it 

 in a way to make it very vivid, but if 

 you can tell of it in the magazine, with 

 some catchy heading such as you editors 

 know how to use, I should think it 

 might interest some of the readers as it 

 interested me when I saw it. 



It is possible that other dogs may 

 have developed this trait, but I never 

 knew a dog that made manifest by sound 

 that he had the birds. I thought if any 

 had heard of such a thing it would be 

 you. Southport itself is a very pleasant 

 spot in the extreme southeast coast of 

 North Carolina at the mouth of the Cape 

 Fear river, with a fine harbor and a 

 beautiful view from the shore. Several 

 islands, among which Baldhead Island, 

 is remarkable, and a fort (Fort Caswell) 

 add to the picturesque character of the 

 view. Baldhead Island looks as suitable 

 for a game preserve as Gardiners and I 

 think it is already taken with that end 

 in view. One may come from Wilming- 

 ton on the train to Southport or by boat 

 down the pretty Cape Fear river, a dis- 

 tance of thirty-one miles in somewhere 

 around a two-hour sail. The boat lands 

 you near the quaintest little hotel, the 

 Stuart House, run by a lady of South- 

 port. It is right on the beach, and the 

 first night I was here, as I heard the 

 water lapping outside my door, I felt as 

 though I was in "Peggoty's" boat, and 

 wished I could have persuaded you, the 

 day before, to share the sensation. The 

 fare is fine and I am going away with 

 receipts in my pocket for cookery which 

 I hope to have duplicated as nearly as 

 possible when I get home. 



My quail are taken from my hand 

 when I come in from hunting trips and 

 nicely broiled for breakfast or for sup- 

 per. You must see you made a mistake 

 in not accompanying me. Southport I 

 think, is a city of some twenty-five hun- 

 dred inhabitants and back of the town 



