FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 
bay dog. Heretofore, I have confined my 
attention almost exclusively to setters and 
have owned some good,ones. The cli- 
mate here does not agree, however, with 
high bred setters, and I lost my last ene 
last summer. 
For awhile I said I would have no more 
dogs, as it is like losing a true and tried 
friend to have one die; but a friend 
sent me my present dog and money could 
not buy him. He is now about 8 months 
old and works as well as many old dogs. 
When he came he was 4 months old and 
was just getting over 2 broken legs, which 
had been run over by, a cart. “He also 
was in poor health and handicapped by the 
good old Sunday School book name of 
“Towser.” My first effort to help him was 
to abbreviate his name to “Trousers,” and 
then plenty of good grub and the whole of 
Currituck sound to swim in did the rest. 
He is brave, extremely affectionate, kind 
to children, and has almost human intel- 
ligence. Of course, he will not point 
birds, but he never loses a cripple in or 
out of the water, and he even loves to hunt. 
This is my first experience with this 
breed of dog, but I shall never own any 
other kind if I can have one of these. 
Why sportsmen do not take more in- 
terest in these dogs is a mystery only to 
be accounted for by the fact that they are 
so little known. 
Since writing the above have heard of 
2 that will point birds. Does any reader 
know of any more that will? 
A. Sidney Doane, Currituck, N. C. 

SURPRISED BY A GRIZZLY. 
I was day herd at the foot of the Crazy 
mountains in the summer of ’78, in berry 
season. One day I tied my horse at the 
head of a gulch and went into the bushes 
looking for currants. I was having good 
success when all at once I heard a stick 
snap and kind of a snort such as a hog 
gives when startled. Looking up I saw a 
big grizzly bear not 1o feet away. She looked 
9 feet high. Out came my .45, and with 
quick aim I let her have it. Such a racket 
I never heard before, a roar between that 
of a mad bull and that of a lion. 
She rolled over twice and then charged. 
I had looked for the best way to run, 
and as there was a thick clump of trees 
10 feet behind me I dashed into it, the 
bear right at my heels. I managed to 
squeeze through between cedars a short 
distance, but she could not make much 
headway, so I turned and gave her an- 
- other shot. This only seemed to make her 
madder, and finding she could not get 
through, she started to back out.. I 
thought that was my time to get to my 
horse, and forcing my way out, started to 
run, but she got out about as quickly as 
449 
I did. I had to run up a steep bank, and 
as I reached the top she was at the bot- 
tom. I knew I had to stop here there 
or never, so I shot her twice, as quickly as 
I could. She reared, pawed the air, and 
bellowed, and rolled over. 
I ran to where I had left my horse, but 
he had gone. He could not stand the 
racket the bear made. I had just got on 
Open ground when I met Joe Abbott 
coming with him. We went back and 
found the old girl dead, not ro feet from 
the foot of the bank. One paw had been 
broken by my first shot, one shot had 
struck just over the eye and glanced off, 
one in the side of the neck, and one in the 
throat. That settled it. 
H. F. Hackett, Lakeview, Idaho. 

SLAUGHTER IN CANADA. 
Though a clergyman I am deeply inter- 
ested in that manly and invigorating sport 
which we get with rod and gun. 
I wish you every success in the great 
work of education you have undertaken. 
The manly way in which you denounce 
unsportsmanlike conduct cannot be too 
strongly commended. 
Here in Canada, as I suppose in the 
United States, fish and game, excepting 
deer, are becoming scarcer every year. 
In Ontario each hunter is allowed 2 deer, 
and as the open season is only 2 weeks, 
from Nov. Ist to 15th, it frequently hap- 
pens that many have to content them- 
selves with a single buck, and some none. 
In consequence deer are becoming more 
numerous, while other game, not so well 
protected, is being rapidly reduced in 
numbers, Is-it not a pity there are 
still some in this advanced civilization 
who mistake slaughter for sport, and who 
fancy that any animal or bird, no matter 
how interesting, useful or beautiful, is 
their legitimate prey? Surely we shall 
have made a great stride toward the mil- 
lennium when all who profess to be sports- 
men shall appreciate the sacredness of 
life and constantly remember God 
does not create His beautiful creatures 
merely to be sacrificed in wanton brutality. 
How much more interesting is one of 
these creatures alive than dead! And how 
dreary would the forest be but for the 
birds and squirrels that man so ruthlessly 
destroys! 
Some game still remains here, chiefly 
grouse, deer and an occasional bear. 
I. H. Teney, Craighurst, Can. 

HOW TO PRESERVE GAME. 
If we don’t protect our quails in some 
way we will soon have no use for dog or 
gun. 
Last fall we had in this section a lot 
of birds left after the shooting season. 
