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NEW YORK, OCTOBER 2, 1884. 
VOL, XX11T.—No. 10. 
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Nos. 39 Anp 40 Parr Row. New Yor«r Crry, 
CONTENTS. 
THE KENNEL. 
Concerning Dictatorship. 
Eastern Field Trials. 
New York Non-Sporting Show.§ 
The Origin of the Deerhound 
English Kennel Notes.—xry, 
National Breeders’ Show, 
Beagles Afield. 
Kennel Notes. 
RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING, 
Range and Gallery. 
The Broken N. R A, Rule. 
A German Shooting Festival. 
EDITORIAL, 
A New Departure in Forestry. 
Adirondack Game Wardens, 
The Dangers of Canoeing. 
Tue SPorRTSMAN TOURIST. 
Podgers's Inland Cruise, 
Log of the Buck Tail.- 1, 
NavuRAL History. 
Where the Martins Roost. 
Snake Bites. 
Game BaG anpD Gun. 
Open Seasons for Fish and Game 
Rod and Gun in West Texas. 
Adirondack Game Protection. The Trap. 
Weight of Game Birds. Points on the Clays, 
. Ducking Clubs on the Gun-| Canortne. 
powder, 
Spider and Mecantic. 
Notes from a Diary, 
Bullet yersus Buckshot. 
kail Shooting. 
SEA AND KIvER FISHING. 
Minnow Casting for Black Bass. 
Trout Streams of Kalamazoo. 
The Dobson. 
Notes on the History of the Fish- 
eek 
»w to Catch Carp. 
Winners at Previous Tourna- 
Canoeing on the Connecticut. 
The Galley-Fire, 
Miscellaneous. 
Mushrooms and Edible Fungi. 
Is Cuno2ing a Dangerous Sport? 
Kew York C. C. Fall Regatta, 
Pittsburgh ©. C. Fall Rezatta, 
YACHTING. 
Sloop vs. Cutter. 
A Hint for Interior Finishing. 
A Wonderful Sharpie Yacht. 
A Long Cruise. : 
The Loss of the Mignonette. 
ments. ae Lynn Y. C. Pennant Matches. 
St. Johns Bass Fishing. West ivan Y¥. C Pennant Match 
FisHcouLTuRE. Iu our Wake at Last. 
The New York Oyster Commis-| Toronto Races. 
sion, Distance of Objects at Sea. 
Fish Commissioners. 
) Signs of the Times. 
American Food Fishes, 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, 
A NEW DEPARTURE IN FORESTRY. 
From what we deem trustworthy information we think 
that the recent meeting of the American Forestry Con- 
gress, at Saratoga, was a real gain to the cause. The organ- 
ization is fortunate iu its aim to unite the forestry interests 
of the whole of North America. Several of the most broad- 
minded and earnest advocates of the needed reforms are from 
Canada. Much more can be done by a society that over- 
looks artificial political houndaries and binds together those 
whose interests are identical, than by one confined to the 
United States, There should, indeed, be local associations, 
and it will be a leading object of this Congress to promote 
them, but there is needed a general association, and this bids 
fair to supply that need, 
It is fortunate also in having for its officers, under its 
present organization, men who know the difficulties of their 
undertaking; who are practical in their ideas and aims; are 
thoroughly in earnest, as is shown by their incurring heavy 
expense to meet and encourage each other and to publish 
their papers and proceedings for the general good and who 
have no private axes to grind. | 
Under the plan adopted at this last meeting of establishing 
alife membership at a fee of ten dollars, a majority of those 
in attendance paid in the money. So that the Congress starts 
off on its new path with over $400 in the treasury. This 
will be used to print the proposed bi-monthly Bulletin which 
will be a medium for the interchange of views and preserve 
the most valuable portions of papers read at the meetings, 
The very competent corresponding secretary, B. E. Fernow 
of Brooklyn, a graduate of the Forestry School of Mitnden, 
Prussia, will, for the present, edit this Bulletin without pay, 
and all who saw and heard him at Saratoga were impressed 
with the fullness and exactness of his knowledge, and the 
thoroughly practical nature of his views, 
The discussions at Saratoga were earnest and at the same 
ime harmonious, There is no division among those who com- 
pose the organization thus far, either as to the necessity of 
vigorous, systematic effort to save the forests, nor as to the 
practical question, What is the first thing to be done? All 
were agreed that to stop forest fires is the main thing, and that 
Jumbermen must take care of their rubbish. There were, to 
be sure, strenuous arguments made by certain representatives 
of the class of Juambermen who want no change, and these 
were listened to with courtesy, and, ag far as it seemed worth 
while and time allowed, counter arguments were brought 
forward. But it surely is not necessary to spend time to 
prove that destruction of forests seriously affects springs, 
streams and climate. Statements such as some quoted from 
Dr. Draper, tending to show that the annual means of stream 
delivery and of temperature in the vicinity of New York had 
probably not been much changed, if at all, since accurate 
observations began, were met by the obvious remark that 
we have to do with extremes and not with means, since the 
extremes may be dangerously great while the means remain 
the same. 
Some very interesting sta‘c nents were made by a French 
gentleman from Detroit, ne 2cd Mathieu, with regard to a 
process of wood distillation cevised by him (and now in 
successful operation on a Jarge scale in Michigan, Obio and 
Pennsylvania), by which it appeared probable that a profit- 
able use could be made of the rubbish now commonly left by 
loggers. Valuable commercial products, such as coal tar, 
wood alcohol, turpentine, resin, etc., are produced in large 
quantities from the volatile portions of wood, and the re- 
mainder is charcoal. It may be that this will go a long way 
toward solving the very perplexing question, How shall we 
prevent forest fires? , 
ADIRONDACK GAME WARDENS. 
N ANOTHER column will be found a communication 
from a well informed correspondent relative to the dis- 
graceful manner in which the game law is systematically 
and continuously violated in the North Woods of New York. 
The guides there openly urge sportsmen to come into the 
woods in June, explaining that at that time of the year they 
can readily jack the deer; and we regret to say there is no 
lack of the supply of shooters who are ready and eager to 
avail themselves of the dishonest services of these guides in 
so killing game out of season. The shame of it is that such 
men come from cities, where they represent the professions 
and are looked upon as honest men. They go on the prin- 
ciple of honesty at home and rascality abroad. They regard 
the laws when at home, defy them when in the woods. 
Game wardens are appointed by the State government to 
nab just such offenders and bring them to punishment. The 
number of these wardens is amply sufficient to do the work; 
but they fail to accomplish the purpose, because they are 
strangers in the woods, unacquainted with the true condi 
tion of things there, wholly in the power of the guides and 
easily hoodwinked and bamboozed by them. The obvious 
remedy for all this is to appoint as wardens men who are at 
home in the woods, who know the game grounds, the habits 
of the deer, and are thoroughly familiar with all the devious 
ways of the guides and the bloodthirsty snobs who do the 
illegal deer killing. The persons hest suited to act as game 
wardens are to be found among the guides themselves. 
There are some of them who are intelligent enough to recog- 
nize the merits and justice of the close season, and brave 
enough, if given proper authority, to bring offenders to 
punishment, 
Set the guides to catch the guides. 
THE IcHTHYOPHAGOUS CLUB WILL Dine at the Murray 
Hill Hotel, this city, Oct. 17. The invitations proclaim 
that ‘“‘those members of the Ichthyophagous Club who sur- 
viyed the last dinner and still possess any portion of their 
digestive apparatus are invited to meet and sample a few 
dishes that have not been tasted since pre-historic man ate 
canned ichthyosaurus with pterodactyl sauce, in the tertiary 
period. New members will be welcomed and may be 
assured that a number of dishes which have been approved by 
educated palates of the nineteenth century will also be 
served. The head taster, the naturalist, and the caterer of 
the elub will be in attendance, as well as the entire medical 
staff, and the corps of coroners and undertakers.” 
OctoBER.—The sportsman’s month is here, and the 
thoughts of an unknown number of thousands of men, young 
and old, lightly turn to thonghts of shooting. Novices may 
see no special difference in the game supply from year to 
year, but the old hands who live in the game districts tell us 
that the outlook for quail and grouse is in 1884 better than 
usual, 
THE DANGERS OF CANOEING. 
ee records of canoeing in this country, extending over a 
period of fifteen years, show an exemption from acci- 
dent that is probably unequally by those of any other active 
outdoor sport of equal popularity, when all the circumstances 
are considered. 
Canoeing is followed largely by boys and young men who 
lack experience with boats, a knowledge of sailing, and that 
caution and careful judgment which comes only from a 
thorough knowledge of the perils of the water; it is practiced 
largely in the vicinity of cities, on waters crowded with tugs 
and vessels of all descriptions, and where the tides and cur- 
Tents are yery strong and dangerous; it offers unusual facili- 
ties for the exploration of unknown and dangerous waters 
that could be reached by no other craft, and there has been 
to a certain extent a desire and incentive to make dangerous 
and useless voyages. A me 
’ No statistics of canoe accidents are to be had, but after an 
intimate connection with canoeing and canoeists, dating back 
to its early days in America, we venture to place the number 
of accidents fairly credited to canoeing at less than ten, We 
can recall ourselves five; one some years ago in San Fran- 
cisco, in which a very young man, Mr, Bannatyne, was 
drowned from a Rob Roy, we believe, in very rough water; 
one on the Hudson two years since, in which two novices 
were upset from a 14 foot single canoe, one being drowned; 
one in Springfield some two years since, and the two recently 
alluded to in our columns, ‘These five were all fatal acci- 
dents, but beyond them there are no minor ones, and we 
have yet to hear of a man maimed in any way or injured by 
over-exertion in canoeing, 
Whether right or not, it is a fact beyond dispute that every 
healthy, manly sport is attended with some danger to those 
who participate in it, and further, without a certain element 
of risk, it would not be what it is now. The propriety of 
this we need not dispute, the fact is beyond question and 
must be accepted. This being the case, and the value of 
such sports in developing the highest qualities of man, not 
only physically but mentally and morally, being more uni- 
versally recognized every day, we may ask whether canoeing 
is more dangerous than its kindred pastimes. The ball and 
cricket field, the football ground, the polo field, all have a 
long score of more or less serious casualties to answer for, 
besides occasional fatal accidents; the wheel is responsible 
for many a broken limb and life-long injury, while the record 
of the course and the hunting field is even worse. Besides 
the accidents by drowning, rowing has an incentive to over- 
exertion that is responsible for the ruined health of many 
who should never have been allowed ona sliding seat, while 
yachting, gunning, gymnastics and all athletic sports have 
their list of victims; but no one on that account proposes 
to restrict young men to the tennis court, the croquet ground 
or billiard table. 
Canoeing is free from one great element of danger that 
prevails with many other sports, the tendency to over-exer- 
tion. The labor of sailing a canoe race of several miles is 
severe, but never violent; the entire body takes part in the 
work, every muscle is brought into play, but there is no 
possibility for a spurt, no sudden strain can be thrown on 
the heart, as in running or rowing, and®no heavy pulling or 
lifting is possible, but, on the contrary, it gives a fair 
amount of labor to arms, legs and back, and calls forth to 
their fullest extent the skill, patience, judgment and powers 
of observation of the canoeist. In paddling races the exer- 
tion approximates more closely to that of rowing, but with 
this material difference, that the work with the compara- 
tively heavy boat and slow pace is thrown on the back, arms 
and Jegs, and not on the heart and lungs. 1f must be under- 
stood clearly that while the amount of work is greater than 
in rowing, the speed is much less and the effect far different. 
The actual power required to propel a racing shell at speed 
is very small, but itis the enormous strain thrown on the 
heart by the necessity of breathing with every stroke, thirty- 
five to forty times per minute, that works the injury; but 
with canoeing the boats are, and will continue to be, of such 
dimensions that their racing speed is much slower, the rate 
of respiration corsequently less, and though the actual work 
in pounds is greater, it is comparatively nothing, and we 
challenge any one to cite a serious or fatal accident due to 
canoe racing in this country, or we believe elsewhere. 
Canoe cruising is attended, of course, with the same dangers 
from colds and sickness that belong to all forms of camp- 
ing and outdoor life and that demand some care and atten- 
tion in matters of diet and clothing, but they need never 
deter a man of ordinary good health, or, with ordinary pru- 
dence, an invalid, except in certain cases. As mentioned 
before, minor accidents, broken limbs asd similar mishaps, 
