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CONTENTS. 
THE KENNEL. 
English Kennel Notes.—xxr. 
A False Prophet. 
The Meriden Dog Show, 
The Scotch Terrier Rosie. 
The Lineoln Memorial Fund, 
Kennel Management, 
Kennel Notes. 
RIFLE AND TKAF SHOOTING, 
Range and Gallery 
The saat Discussion. 
EDITORIAL. 
Adirondack Disk Hounding. 
Forest Fire Legislation. 
A National Shooting Club. 
Spare the Forests. 
THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST, 
Camp Flotsam. 
Under the Balsams. 
NATURAL History. 
The Birds of Michigan. 
Moose and Bear Notes, 
GAME Baa AND Gux. ; The Tra 
Ideas of a Quail Hunter. National Trap Shooting Assoct- 
Deer in the Adironuacks. atio 
Notes from Worcester. | Trap aa Field Shooting. 
A Shot with Both Eyes Shut, CaNogEtNG, 
California Wildfow). 
A Shy at a Buifalo. 
From the Far Northwest. 
The Maine Deer Law. 
Camp Tents. 
The Hudson River Cruise. 
The Western Canoe Meet, 
Mohican C, C. 
Paint for Canvas Canoes. 
A Hint to Cruisers 
Philadelphia Notes, ‘Lhe Social Side of Canoeing. 
The Game Dealers. Canoe Insurance. 
Maine Woodcock. YACHTING. 
Some Remarkable Shots. The Marive Cavalry Foul of the 
A Remarkable Coincidence. Trysail. 
Indiana Notes. Pocahontas. 
The Cost of Modern Yachts. 
Keel Sharpies. 
The Resrawest the Best. 
SEA AND RiveR FISHING. 
The Red Band on Ramhow Trout 
The Best Panfish in the West. 
Trouting on the Bigosh. In T. oub 
Trout Brooks. Science aha Rule of Thumb. 
Echoes from \he Tournament, Sassacus. 
The Most Killing Plies. Carmelita. 
Snell, Snood, Gimp. 
FIsHCULTURE. 
A Prepared Fish Food. 
Timely Preparations. 
ANHXWHERES TO 'IORRESPONDENTS, 
PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 
A NATIONAL SHOOTING CLUB. 
NOTHER effort has started in the Southwest toward the 
formation of an association which shall embrace all 
the trap-shooters of the country. The main idea is a good 
one, but is not new, and the practical difficulty lies in the 
preparation of such a schedule of work, such a plan of or- 
ganization, as shal] not strangle the body by too much law, 
nor allow it to drift away into nothingness through a too 
flimsy constitution and working code of laws. 
Those who love the exhilarating and manly sport of trap- 
shooting ought to give an hearty support to any such effo rt 
as this last, showing as if does an earnest desire to reach the 
objects aimed at. There is no doubt that such an organiza- 
tion would lead to a largely increased popular appreciation 
of this special line of sport, and not only at the score, but 
among the ranks of spectators, large accessions to the present 
showing would he had. 
The plan for the new organization is niuiiotentty outlined 
in the circular issued by its suggestors to be open for popu- 
lar discussion, and this we: invite through our columns. 
Many of our readers have practical general acquaintance 
with the growth and failure of similar efforts in the past, 
and can contribute of their experience in the way of warn- 
ings against the particularly dangerous snags liable to be met. 
It is certain that the body should be of the most democratic 
type, with the minimum of dictation from managers, and the 
entire absence of anything like a ring. Those who support 
it Must manageit, which means that the control must be in 
the hands of the shooters, and to keep it there as little as 
possible of routine work should be put upon thoge whose 
first and final aim is to have a good time before the trap. 
Large attention should be given to the encouragement of 
local clubs and the development of local pride in the out- 
come of the matches. A big pot of money in the way of 
tempting individual prizes will bring a big crowd of shoot- 
ers, each expert in all the little tricks and dodges which will | 
‘lature will readily agree to it. 
such a company soon shoots itself out, unless a carefully 
devised scheme of handicap be fixed. On the other hand, 
prizes for the best display of skill from this or that locality 
will often bring out a fine class of shooters, provoke an in- 
terest in people and press over the matches, and place the 
competitions on a more enduring basis than possible by any 
other plan. It will bring an entirely different set of men to 
the front, and a very desiratle set, too, and the two dif- 
ferent classes of matches might readily be combined with a 
very successful meeting. It is certainly true that a rivalry 
must be exeited, and the best and healthiest is that which 
sptings from some other motive than a sole wish to get pos- 
session of the stakes. It is, of course, absurd to think fora 
moment that such a national body can be run on a Capital of 
glory only; there must be cash prizes, and liberal ones, too, 
and there would be, we think, no trouble in raising them, 
but the effort should not begin and end there. Some men 
think they are best paid when they hear the jingle of coin 
in their pockets, others are far better paid in the satisfaction 
of carrying off a championship against ‘a field of worthy 
competitors. 
Such a national organization may do good in fixing upon a 
set of rules broad enough to take in all varieties of matches, 
and exactenough to meet every possible complication which 
may arise. The experience has already been had, all that 
the association needs to dois to gather up hints from all 
quarters, take all the existing sets of rules and codify them 
into a working system, short, plain and just. At present there 
is a continuous wrangle over every possible interpretation of 
the existing shooting regulations, ‘and there is no central 
board whose authority would be recognized, to whom the 
disputed questions may be sent for adjudication. Thesporting 
press does something in this line, but it would be as well 
done and better by a board springing from and constituted 
by the sportsmen themselves. 
FOREST FIRE LEGISLATION, 
| (siteoe one or two things the advocates of forestry and 
the lumbermen are agreed, One of them is that to cut 
such trees as have reached a certain maximum growth does 
not of itself hurt, buf on the contrary, it benefits a forest. 
Trees which fall from age are apt to breed destruetive 
insects, and sometimes make very inviting tinder for fires, 
If only these fires could be kept out, cutting would soon, in 
most cases, be followed by new growth that would store 
rainfall and help to prevent floods and climatic extremes, 
though not always as well as larger trees. 
All are agreed, then, that it is not so much the lumbering 
as the fire that is so apt to follow it that threatens to destroy 
the forests, lt seems clear, then, that a good fire-prevention 
act should be pushed through the New York Legislature as 
early as possible, and to make sure of its. passing without 
avoidable delay, it should, perhaps, only cover those causes 
of fire and those means of prevention which those conversant 
with the subject are agreed are most important and most 
practicable. 
It is net denied that certain prolific causes of these fires 
can, without seriously interfering with any lawful industry, 
be done away with. One such prolific cause is the burning 
of brush, etc., in clearing land which lies near the woods. 
In this way was started some of the worst of the fires that 
raged in Pennsylvania last season. It is an easy matter to 
burn brush in sich ways and at such times that it will not 
be dangerous, Another such cause, conceded by all to be at 
the same time very prolific and very needless, is carelessness 
in leaving camp fires that are not thoroughly extinguished. 
There might be difference of opinion as to the most efficient 
means of preventing this, as well as the occasional practice 
of burning over the woods to improve the feed of cattle. 
Many thiok that the only thorough means in the Adirondack 
region will be for the State to license the guides, and then 
allow none to gointo the woods without a licensed guide, 
allowing no others than those licensed to practice the calling. 
Such guides might be employed by the State as patrols, and 
the continuation of their’ license and employment be made 
contingent on their fidelity and efficiency in discovering and 
extinguishing fires, and in furnishing evidence against any 
who had set or caused them. 
It is not clear, however, that such an organization of the 
guides as a fire patrol is practicable, at least at present; and 
even if that is the best plan, it is not certain that the Legis- 
If not, let us secure as good 
alaw as we can, and as soon as wecan, This is a ‘‘Sena- 
torial year,” and all experience shows that at such times a 
small and compact minority have peculiar opportunities, by 
help him to get into possession of the purse before him; but | deals en log-roiling, to prevent legislation which they do 
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not like. An act passed this year can be amended after- 
ward, as experience and the growth of public opinion may 
demand. What appears adequate now may not be found 
satisfactory in practice. 
THE GAME DEALERS ORGANIZH. 
HE marketmen of this city who deal in game have 
formed an organization called the ‘‘American Associ- 
ation for the Protection of Game, Game Dealers and Con- 
sumers.” The object of the movement is to secure legislation 
which will extend the lawful time for the sale of game that 
has been killed in the open season, and ‘‘to enfore the laws 
for the protection of game.” This last clause is either idiocy 
or else it is meant for a blind. AJ] that. the dealers want is 
permission to sell game all the year around. 
It is hardly necessary at this time to say what everybody 
clearly understands, that when these men pretend to desire 
the protection of game, they are making false pretenses. 
They know, as everybody knows, that an open market ail 
through the year means 4 game killing all through the year. 
Nor is it necessary to consider at any length these argu- 
ments. The market isnow gluited with game, they say. 
Unless they have more time to sell it, it will spoil. The 
answer to this is that they ought not to have so much game. 
To the plea that the hunters said snarers persist in sending it 
in to them, the answer is that the game comes only because 
they seek it. They have the full control of the traffic in 
their own hands, and are perfectly able to conform it to the 
law without any ioss, and they can do this without incurring 
any hardship whatever. If they can sell only so many thou- 
sand dozens of quailin the time now allowed by law, let 
them stop receiving quail when they have that supply. If 
only so many tons of venison can be disposed of, let them 
refuse to buy an over stock. The argument that they are 
compelled to take more than they can sell is simply a dis- 
honest pretext. 
The market is the bane and curse of American game. All 
other agencies put together are trifling in comparison with the 
persistent, unsparing, universal slaughter for the market stalls. 
Thisis well understood ; and the combining of these men to ex- 
tend the selling season ougkt to be a signal for public action, 
not only in New York, but in every other State of the Union, 
whose game is sent to the insatiable New York market. The 
dealers have money and influence, and they mean business. 
To defeat their attempt will require something besides blow 
and bluster and idle talk. Talk is cheap, but it won’t pro- 
tect the game; and the occasion «(lemands something efficient. 
ADIRONDACK DHER HOUNDING. 
C is pretty well understood that the hounding of deer, as 
practiced in the Adirondacks, is destructive, unsports- 
manlike and brutal. And it is high time that it were abol- 
ished. Visiting sportsmen and Adirondack residents are 
agreed on that point. The guides would be glad to see every 
hound killed or driven out from the woods; as it is now, one 
man will dog deer because every one else does. But once 
let a non-hounding law be passed, and there would be found 
no more earnest supporters of it than these very guides. 
The time has come for a change. The necessary amend- 
ments ought to be made this winter. The sooner the en- 
deavor is made the better will be the chance of success. 
The proposed amendment has friends at Albany; one of the 
members of the Senate is pledged to make an effort to secure 
the change asked for, There will be opposition. It will 
come from the game butchers of low degree. It will come 
from the game butchers of high degree. But with energetic 
action by the friends of proper game preservation and of 
decency the day may be won. Each man must do his share. 
Every legitimate means must be brought to bear on the 
Assemblymen and Senators to give their support to the 
measure. One way of working is to secure signatures to the 
petition which we have printed on blank forms. It reads. 
To the Honorable, the Legislature of the State of New York; 
We, the undersigned, residents of the county of 
N. Y., respectfully petition that Chapter 543 of Laws of 1974, 
entitled “An act forthe preservation of moose, wild deer, 
birds, fish and other game,” be so amended as to absolutely 
prohibit the chasing, running and hunting of moose and wild 
deer with dogs, at any season of the year, on the ground that 
such chasing, running and hunting with dogs is very destruc- 
tive to such game and is rapidly destroying the same. 
This petition has already been largely signed. It ought to 
go to Albany with thousands of names. We will supply the 
blank forms to any one upon receipt of addressed envelopes. 
Prompt action, with a very slight amount of individual 
effort, will. secure for the billan indication of public sentir 
ment that will carry it through, 
