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I VOL. XXTV.-No. 4. 



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CONTENTS. 



Editorial. 

 The Park Bill in Congress. 

 The A. K. C Rules. 

 The New Haven Show. 

 Pleasant for North Carolina. 

 Fly-Fishing Long Ago. 

 The Game Dealer's Bill. 

 The Deer Hounding Bill. 



Dogs. Deer and Fawn. 



Through Two-Ocean Pass,— rv. 

 The Sportsman Tourist. 



Camp Flotsam.— xrv. 



The World's Exposition. 

 Natural History. 



The Song of the White-Throated 

 Sparrow. 



The Birds of Michigan. 

 Game Bag and Gun. 



New England Game Interests. 



North Carolina Batteries. 



Deer in the Adirondack^. 



Some Remarkable Shots. 

 Sea and River Fishing. 



Hints on Tools and Tackle. 



The Most Killing Fly. 



Size and Weight of Black Bass. 



Vagaries of Fly Nomenclature. 



Gameness of the Black Basses. 



Canadian Salmon Rivers. 



Bass Fishing in the Ozarks. 



An Old Millpond. 



The Vermont Fish Law. 

 Fishculture. 



Carp Versus Trout. 



Lochleven Trout. 



Shellfisheries of Connecticut. 



Fishculture in Ye Olden Time. 

 The Kennel. 



The Fox-Terrier Club. 



Size of Beagles. 



The Kennel. 



English Kennel Notes.— xxrv. 



The Irish Terrier Garryowen. 



The Greyhound Cup. 



Liverpool Dog Show. 



The New Dog Show Rules. 



New Haven Dog Show, 



Boston Dog Show. 



Kennel Management. 



Kennel Notes. 

 Rifle and Trap Shooting, 



Range and Gallery. 



The New Army Target. 



Revolver Talk. 



The Trap. 



National Gun Association. 

 Canoeing. 



The Lake Erie Meet. 



Homeward from Stony Lake. 



Paddles and Outfit 



Single and Double. Blade. 



The Brooklyn "Alligators." 



A Cruising Boat for "Kanuck." 



The Western Meet. 



Canoeing in Philadelphia. 

 Yachting. 



The America's Cup. 



Hull Y. C. 



Length and Tonnage Classes. 



The Meet on Lake Erie. 



Cutters as Cruising Boats. 



Elections of Officers. 



Sail Area and the New Sloop. 



Length and Sail Area Rule in 

 Boston. 



The Mamie. 



Eastern Y. C. 



Cruise of the Molly. 

 Answers to Correspondents. 

 Publishers' Department. 



PLEASANT FOR NORTH CAROLINIANS. 



TN another column will be found a notice of a proposed 

 -■- change in the North Carolina game law. The proposi- 

 tion to throw open the waters of Currituck and Albemarle 

 sounds to the battery-shooters from here, there and every- 

 where, will be something of a surprise to the residents of the 

 old North State. Whether it will be a pleasant surprise or 

 not we leave to them to say. The project having originated 

 with Mr. Forbes, who, we may presume, is a resident of that 

 State, is hailed with delight by the Northern gunners and 

 marketmen, who have hitherto been kept out of these waters 

 by the non-resident law, which we explained in our issue of 

 Dec. 18, 1884. To these people such a change means, for a 

 while, plenty of fowl. They do not realize that the greater 

 number of birds sent to market means also lower prices for 

 them. They imagine that for a time they are going to make 

 a great deal of money, and they do not look very far ahead. 



The residents of the seaboard counties of North Carolina 

 will not feel very grateful to Mr. Forbes for his proposal to 

 change the law. To them it is a much more serious matter 

 than to any other class. Most of them are poor men who, 

 during spring and fall, earn their living by fishing, and in 

 winter depend on their guns. They sell the canvasbacks 

 which they kill, and the sale of a few pairs of these birds 

 helps them greatly at the season when there is no other work. 

 If the law is altered as is proposed, there will be little chance 

 for these men to earn their few dollars by killing fowl. 

 Northern gunners will descend on Currituck Sound in hordes, 

 and its waters will be covered wtth batteries. The birds, 

 which of late years have been diminishing in numbers, will 

 be fairly driven away to seek other homes, we know not 

 where. 



The naive remarks on the proposed modification of the 

 law, which we print elsewhere, are a suggestive commentary 

 upon it which we commend to the careful consideration 



of those of our readers whom the alteration would most 

 affect. 



Will the members of the clubs on Currituck Sound find the 

 proposed change a pleasant one? We think not. Tt is true that 

 such a law would enable them to shoot out of batteries, but 

 in a very short time after such a change there would be little 

 object in lying in a battery, for the birds would all be gone. 

 While the matter is one which touches nearly the various 

 clubs who own large, and at present, valuable properties on 

 Currituck Sound, their members would at least be able to 

 move to other localities in different parts of the country, 

 where shooting can still be had. Their pockets would suffer 

 and their feelings would be hurt, but they would not have 

 to endure any real hardship. To the residents of these 

 shores, on the other hand, the passage of such a law would 

 mean serious pecuniary loss. They would be absolutely de- 

 prived of the chance of earning a few dollars at a season 

 when work and dollars are scarce with them. 



These native gunners would be the most serious sufferers 

 by such a modification of the laws, and our sympathies are 

 altogether with them, but the middlemen and traders who 

 buy and sell fowl along the Sound would also be considerable 

 losers since the Northern gunners, hired by the marketmen, 

 would ship their fowl direct to their employers. 



Besides this, when the clubs had moved away, as they cer- 

 tainly would do, should the waters be opened to non-resi- 

 dent shooters, the State would be deprived of a large sum 

 in taxes, and the various tradespeople would lose a large 

 and constantly increasing winter custom, which at present 

 forms a very considerable item in their yearly busiuess. 

 These points should be considered by the residents of the 

 counties which such a change would affect. 



We do not know how far this bill is advanced, nor what 

 prospect there is of its passage, but it would seem that if the 

 consequences to the State and its inhabitants were clearly set 

 forth in the Legislature the bill would be at once thrown 

 out. 



It is reported that money is to be used to attempt to secure 

 its passage, and on the whole it seems quite clear that there 

 is need of energetic work among the dwellers along the 

 Sound shore and throughout the State, to prevent the passage 

 of so ruinous a bill. 



It is difficult to understand the motive which has actu- 

 ated Mr. Forbes in setting on foot such a mischievous piece 

 of legislation. He professes sympathy with the club members 

 and yet takes a course which would, if carried through, render 

 their properties valueless, and at the same time he is doing 

 something which will bring serious loss on and will be a real 

 hardship to a large class of the residents of his own State. 



THE NEW HAVEN SHOW. 



HPHE first important dog show of the year will open at 

 -*- New Haven, March 18. That given last spring by the 

 New Haven Kennel Club, and managed by Mr. E. S. Porter, 

 its secretary, was in many respects one of the best shows 

 ever held iu this country. There is every reason to believe 

 that the coming one will be even more creditable. 



In the selection of their judges the New Haven Kennel 

 Club has shown good judgment. Mr. Davidson — better 

 known as "Honest John Davidson" — has had a long experi- 

 ence with pointers and setters, and Messrs. Mason and Wat- 

 son are recognized as very high authorities on the different 

 breeds which have been assigned to them. Mr. Westcott 

 has imported and bred setters which have taken highest 

 honors on the show bench, but he is comparatively untried 

 in the judging ring. What is of even more importance than 

 their experience is the fact that the judges are men of inde- 

 pendence, about whom it may be asserted that no motive of 

 favor or fear can influence their decisions. It may be con- 

 fidently predicted that the dogs will be judged on their 

 merits as they appear in the ring, not upon what they have 

 been or upon what it is hoped they may become. 



Upon several of the gentlemen selected to judge at New 

 Haven savage attacks by insinuation and innuendo have been 

 made. The abuse which has been showered upon them was 

 not of akind to do any one great harm. There was a great 

 deal of noise about it, but nothing more injurious than wind. 

 Vox etprmterea nihil. We have always known there was not 

 the slightest foundation for these bitter assaults upon the 

 character of gentlemen of unblemished reputation, and their 

 appearance in the judging ring at so important a show as 

 New Haven, proves conclusively that now the public knows 

 it too. This is a most encouraging state of things and one 

 which will give great satisfaction to those who have at heart 

 the bestinterest of our dogs. 



The New Haven Kennel Club has shown in this matter as 



in others, that it is managed by cool, clear-headed men, 

 whose judgment, independence and firmness are a sufficient 

 guarantee of their success. Such men, knowing the right 

 and determined to perform it, may be relied on to raise dog 

 shows above the level on which they stand at present. Events 

 still fresh iu the memory of all, indicate the need of some 

 such elevation. It is to be hoped that American sportsmen 

 and breeders may not again be humiliated by occurrences 

 such as have taken place within the past twelve months. 



The New Haven Kennel Club is further to be congratu- 

 lated upon having had the independence to hold to the 

 three championship rule, ignoring the most recent "con- 

 struction" of Ilule 8 of the A. K. C, as well as the ridiculous 

 extra champion class. On this subject we have already ex- 

 pressed our views, and it is unnecessary to expand them 

 further. It is to be hoped that the New England and other 

 kennel clubs may follow in the path so clearly marked out, 

 and that all quibbles and jugglery of the rules may be sternly 

 frowned down. If this is done, and an open and fair course 

 pursued, the American Kennel Club may do a good work for 

 our dogs and dog shows. But if trickery and unfair dealing 

 get the upper hand, nothing is more certain than that it will 

 be necessary before long to write the obituary record of that 

 association . 



THE PARK BILL IN CONGRESS. 



npHE amended bill for the enlargement and better protec- 



■"- tion of the Yellowstone National Park has passed the 



House of Representatives and now comes up before the 



Senate. 



No one in that body knows better than Senator Vest the 

 importance of bringing the bill to a vole at once, so that it 

 can be passed this session and receive the signature of Presi- 

 dent Arthur who, having been in the Park, realizes some- 

 thing of its needs. It is believed that this can be done. The 

 bill is short and simple, and during the debate in the Senate 

 a year ago it was very fully discussed, so that the Senators 

 may be presumed to know what it contains. 



The changes that have been made in it in the House are 

 unimportant as affecting the main purpose of the bill, that 

 is, the better protection of the Park. These changes consist 

 in making the Yellowstone River and the East Fork of that 

 stream the northern boundary of the Park, in part, and in 

 transferring the jurisdiction over the reservation from Mon- 

 tana to Wyoming, within which Territory it is located. The 

 first named change cuts off from the reservation an unim- 

 portant corner, which contains no special features of interest, 

 but does include a part of Clark's Fork mines, in which a 

 considerable number of people are pecuniarily interested, 

 while the transfer of jurisdiction to Wyoming seems on all 

 accounts eminently proper. 



There is no opposition to the bill on any hand. It is gen- 

 erally acknowledged to be a measure which ought to be 

 passsed. If it should fail, it will be only because of the 

 very short time between this and the close of the session. 



The bill is now in the hands of a conference committee of 

 the House and the Senate. 



Those who are interested in the Park have worked now 

 for several years in the hope of obtaining some law which 

 should serve to give the reservation the care that so import- 

 ant a region deserves. At last they see success almost with- 

 in their reach. 



A few days will determine whether the bill is to become a 

 law. We think that it will. 



THE A. K. C. RULES. 



A CRITICISM of the rules of the American Kennel Club 



-^*- by the editor of the Register, will be found in another 



column. The remarks upon them will be read with interest, 



for the matter is one which is interesting to all who oWn 



The most curious thing about these rules is the apparent 

 carelessness with which they were drawn up. They seem, 

 in fact, to be little more than the show rules of local clubs, 

 and the principles which should govern dog shows are curi- 

 ously mixed up with attempted formulse concerning various 

 minor and special details. 



Such crude and imperfect rules having been submitted by 

 the committee, and not repudiated by the club, it is not very 

 surprising that Major Taylor should have taken it for 

 granted that his construction of Rule 8, which has suddenly 

 become so famous, would be accepted. The assumption in- 

 dicates that he places a very low estimate on the intelligence 

 of his fellow members, and we have sufficient confidence in 

 the common sense of the clubs which compose the American 

 Kennel Club to believe that a majority of them will cut 

 loose from this interpretation of the rules. 



