

FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 
success. The dog worked close, went 
in the thickest covers as directed and re- 
trieved the game. How is that for a 
St. Bernard? Our score was 8 fine plump 
grouse. 
‘J. M. Cooley, Beechtree, Pa. 

An article in November RECREATION 
calls to my mind what seems a most re- 
markable opportunity for a game preserve 
not far from this city. It is a tract of land 
containing 15,000 acres from which all val- 
uable timber has been cut. There are 
a number of cottages, barns, a_black- 
smith shop, sheds and a railroad station on 
it. Also a lake about 3 miles long, 
well stocked with fish, and several fine 
trout streams running to the lake. Deer, 
bear, grouse and rabbits live there now, 
and not a snake on the ranch. Cars run 
through several times each day. A spring 
near our camp stands at 42° in the hot- 
test weather, with plenty of water. The 
entire outfit has been offered at $1 an acre. 
-Carlos L. Smith, Montpelier, Vt. 

December RECREATION contains a good 
article entitled “A cocker spaniel as a re- 
triever.” But “Darby” isdescribedas weigh- 
ing about 50 pounds. The Americanandthe 
English spaniel clubs say a cocker spaniel 
must not weigh over 28 pounds. I wonder 
if Mr. Hanks was “buncoed”’ on his pur- 
chase, “all the way from England,’ and 
where he would “get off’? with Darby at 
the bench show. He may have an Eng- 
lish water spaniel, but a cocker, never, at 
50 pounds. I have a bright little cocker 
weighing 26 pounds. He is a clever fel- 
low and does the best he can; but a teal 
duck on land and a mallard in the water 
are about the limit of his carrying capa- 
city. 
Twelve Gauge, Caldwell, Idaho. 

I am an inhabitant of New England, and 
a native of the Nutmeg State, and must, 
‘therefore, be what Mr. Webber calls an 
Eastern dude and chippie hunter. I fancy 
there are lots of men in the East who can 
teach Mr. Webber how to suck eggs, hunt 
game, and to write like a gentleman, even 
if he can not be one. Even our hogs here 
are not of the wild, bristly variety Mr. 
Webber represents. If Uncle Sam was 
governed by the Eastern half of his con- 
science he would dump Mr. Webber out of 
office into the hog-pen he is so well cal- 
culated to adorn. 
Chas. N. Murray, M. D., Ivorytown, 
Conn. 

IT recently had a queer experience with 
swans. There had been a fall of light, dry 
snow, to a depth of about 16 inches. While 
crossing a meadow near my ranch I came 
across 3 swans on the ground that were 
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unable to rise on account of their wings 
striking the snow. I tied them together 
and left them for a few hours. When I 
went back I found a bald eagle which had 
swooped down on them and was in the 
same fix. 
This is the heart of the big game coun- 
try. Geese, ducks and swans winter here 
on the river, which does not freeze at this 
point. 
R. A. Osborn, Arangee, Idaho. 

New Jersey’s game law might be greatly 
improved, and the state itself offers a good 
field for missionary work by the L. A. S. 
As our law now stands it permits squirrel 
shooting in September when many young 
squirrels are not half grown. I know men 
who last year brought in squirrels not 6 
inches long. Our game warden, Mr. Wil- 
liam Wise, is a good man, but he can not 
be everywhere at once. We have some 
confirmed hogs who need lots of watching. 
Rabbits and squirrels are fairly plentiful 
here. H.R. Severns, Burlington, N. J. 

The Bowling Green (Ky.) Kennel Club 
returned from their annual hunt on the 
Yellow Bushy river, in Mississippi. hey 
had splendid luck. In camp 2 weeks and 
brought home 13 deer and 4 wild turkeys. 
The National Fox Hunters’ Association 
held its annual meet at this place No- 
vember 15th. The meet lasted 5 days. It 
was the most successful event they ever 
held. There were 2 chases each day. The 
dogs were in great shape and for speed 
and endurance they could not be beaten. 
Quails are plentiful in this county because 
of our short open season. - 
C. R., Bowling Green, Ky. 

CarTHAGE, N. Y., Nov. 15.—Samuel McBroom, of 
Oswegatchie, was accidentally shot Sunday afternoon 
by Delbert Dye, receiving wounds from which he died 
Monday afternoon. The men were hunting deer; Mc- 
Broom was in front; a deer passed and in his excite- 
ment Dye pulled the trigger of his gun, landing a heavy 
load of buckshot under his companion’s right shoulder. 
In his wounded condition McBroom walked 2 miles to 
camp, where Drs. Wiltsie and Hulbert attended him. 
The wound and shock were too serious to overcome. 
This is only one of 5 or 6 similar “‘acci- 
dents” that occurred in the Adirondacks 
last season. An accident policy will be as ~ 
necessary a part of a sportsman’s outfit as 
a gun, if this thing keeps up. 
C. H. Cook, Boomville, N. Y. 
A better way is not. to hunt with such an 
idiot as Dye. 

ours of the 20th inst. to hand. You 
~have been misinformed in reference to the 
number of quails killed at 5 shots. It was 
48 instead of 4o. 
Sam Wade, Pocahontas, Ark. 
Here is a brute who probably never en- 
tertained a decent sentiment on the sub-. 

