Forest and Stream 



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NEW YORK, APRIL 2, 1886. 



j VOL. XXIV.-No. 10. 



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CONTENTS. 



Editorial. 



Batteries in Currituck Sound. 



Netting Ducks on Long Island. 



The International Match. 



The Trout Season. 



Through Two-Ocean Pass.— xi. 

 The Sportsman Tourist. 



Nova Scotia Trout and Snows. 



Roughing it in the National Park 

 Natural History. 



The Birds of Michigan. 



Central Park Forestry Collec- 

 tion. 

 Game Bag and Gun. 



Battery-Shooting. 



Massachusetts Game Protection 



The Killing Power of Bullets. 



Guds. Shooters and Shooting. 



The First True Sportsman. 



Small-Bore Shotguns 



Some Remarkable Shots. 



Michigan Deer Hounding. 



Philadelphia Notes. 

 Sea and River Fishing. 



The Big Trout of the Thames. 



"Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle." 



Why Fish Laws are not Re- 

 spected. 



The Most Killing: Fly. 



Trout at Fulton Market. 



Bait-Fishing for Trout. 

 Fishculture. 



Fishculture in Kansas. 



Fishculture. 



Fishculture in Colorado. 

 The Kennel. 



Modern Journalism. 



The Pittsburgh Piece of Paper. 



The National Derby. 



St.. Louis Dog Show. 



The New York Dog Show. 



Cincinnati Dog Show. 



The Toronto Dog Show. 



Rockingham. 



Boston Dog Show. 



Kennel Notes. 



Kennel. Management . 

 Rifle and Trap Shooting. 



Single Military Sights. 



Range and Gallery. 



The Trap. 



The Springfield Tournament. 

 Canoeing. 



Measuring Canoes. 



The A. C, A. Prize Flags. 



A. C. A. Measurers. 



A Canoe Club at Newburgh. 



A Local Meet in Canada. 

 Yachting. 



A Reefing Gear for Large Jibs. 



Yachtbuilding in Boston. 



The Hinder End of a Boat. 



New Jersey Y. C. 



Cutters to Windward. 



Lake Champlain. 

 Answers to Correspondents. 



With its compact type and in its permanently enlarged form 

 of twenty-eight pages This journal furnishes each iveeic a larger 

 amount of first-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the 

 Kennel, yachting, canoeing, ana kindred subjects, than is con- 

 tained in all other American publications put together. 



THE TROUT SEASON. 

 TN New York city the opening of the trout season means 

 -■- only the annual exodus of the anglers to the waters of 

 Long Island. The streams in other parts of the State are, 

 as a rule, either closed by ice or so filled with snow-water 

 that they present no attractions, and this year is far from 

 being an exception. The laws of New Jersey permit trout 

 fishing before April 1, but we have not heard of any trout 

 being caught. Certainly the city anglers have not gone 

 across the river to wet their lines and freeze their feet to 

 open the season, but have waited for the day set apart by 

 the laws of their own State, which is full early. On that 

 day those who either cannot g to Long Island, or who do 

 not care to go, worship at the shrine of Saint Fontinalis, 

 in Fulton Market. 



The Long Island waters which are still open to the public 

 are very few, and are usually skinned by poachers some 

 weeks before the opening of the season. This year the long- 

 continued cold weather and the fact that the streams have 

 been closed by ice up to within a few days of the opening, 

 has protected the fish to a greater degree than in many 

 years, and good fishing is expected. Of all waters in the 

 State, those of Long Island, both public and private, are 

 more persistently poached than any other. The island pro- 

 duces the trout-thief, not only in numbers, but in perfection, 

 and the king of them lives on the Great South Bay. Most 

 wonderful stories are told of his ingenuity in evading the 

 watchfulness of the owners, and it is asserted that with a 

 rubber diving-suit and a silken net he goes beneath the water 

 and nets trout in broad daylight, while the proprietor, look- 

 ing over the pond from his window, sees nothing wrong. 



Allowing for exaggeration, it is certain that this man sells 

 an enormous amount of trout from an exceedingly small 

 pool in which he claims to have bred them. 



It is an article of faith with New York city anglers that 

 no trout compare with those of Long Island, either for game 

 or flavor. The most enthusiastic of them will go to their 

 favorite waters on the opening day regardless of the weather, 

 and return fully satisfied that they have fulfilled an obliga- 

 tion to themselves, without considering prospective rheuma- 

 tism and the discomfort of easterly winds. Most of them 

 have invitations for that day from owners of preserves, and if 

 not accepted then, the opportunity is missed. This accounts, 

 m some measure, for the number who go down to fish on the 

 first of April. 



In another column will be found some account of the. dis- 

 play in Fulton market which attracts so many to see what, 

 the trout from different localities look like, and to make 

 comparisons as to the size and color of their favorites from 

 all parts of America and from Europe. It is a field day in 

 the market, and no paius or expense is spared to make it a 

 most attractive and instructive exhibition. 



THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH. 

 r pHERE is to be, after all, no international rifle contest 

 -*- this year. The invitation to a contest on American 

 soil, which was sent from the National Rifle Association 

 here to the British Association, has been under consideration 

 for some time, but a few weeks ago the Council of the N. R. 

 A. of Great Britain concluded that in view of the complica- 

 tions, present and prospective, "which the arms of Great 

 Britain have thrust upon them, it is inexpedient to have a 

 match this year. The exact wording of the resolution of 

 declination reads: 



" Resolved, That in consequence of the very unsettled state of 

 affairs both at home and abroad, the National Rifle Association do 

 not think that they would be justified in accepting the challenge of 

 the National Rifle Association of the United States of America, to an 

 International contest at Creedmoor in 1885." 



Perhaps it is better, after all. that there should be no 

 match of this magnitude during 1885. It is a fact that there 

 would be no small difficulty in getting together a satisfactory 

 American team, either for small-bore or for a military match ; 

 and With the present depressed condition of business it is 

 exceedingly doubtful whether the support of the teams, 

 financially, would be all that the association would desire. 

 There was a feeling in some quarters that such a match was 

 necessary to stir up the interest in rifle shooting, but there 

 should be and are ample opportunities in the number of 

 home clubs for pleasant rivalry and capital enjoyment in 

 range work. The U. S. Regulars have taken a new depart- 

 ure; the militia in this and in other States will have plenty 

 to do in the practice prescribed by orders, while civilians 

 find the best fun of all in small, active clubs, those in which 

 the management does not become so great as to overshadow 

 the shooting part of the club's effort. 



There will be a general regret that, we have not had an 

 opportunity of welcoming our victors from over the sea, and 

 had also a chance to redeem our prestige from them, but we 

 can wait, and while waiting the armories are not behind at 

 all in working out new ideas with the practical shape and 

 improved arms. 



BATTERIES IN CURRITUCK SOUND. 



C CURRITUCK waters are not to be thrown open, it ap 

 1 pears, to the battery-shootiug market-huuters from the 

 North. The proposition to repeal the law was, in view of 

 the fact that it originated with a person who is a resident of 

 the State,. a most extraordinary one. Happily it found little 

 favor in the eyes of any, except the marketmen and market- 

 hunters outside of the State. The residents of North Caro- 

 lina saw clearly enough that to repeal the law would be to 

 take the bread out of the mouths of the citizens of their own 

 State, and sportsmen, who hold intelligent views about game 

 protection, were equally clear that to open Currituck Sound 

 to the battery-shooting public would be to utterly ruin one 

 of the great winter homes of wildfowl along the Atlantic sea- 

 board . 



As soon as we brought the matter to public notice the 

 citizens and the press of North Carolina took hold of it very 

 energetically, and the result has been that the bill has been 

 tabled, and, we trust, will not be brought up again during 

 this session. 



We understand that a bill was also introduced in the North 

 Carolina Legislature to repeal the law protecting quail, and 

 that this has shared the fate of the one intended to throw 

 open Currituck Sound to batteries. 



We have received several letters from members of the 



Legislature assuring us that there is no danger that either of 

 these bills will be again brought up. This is very satisfactory 

 but there are so many attempts nowadays to remove protec- 

 tion, that it behooves every man, who has the interest of our 

 game at heart, to be watchful at every point. We are told 

 that Mr. Dempsy Wood, who is well known to many of our 

 readers, was influential in bringing about the result of which 

 we have spoken, and a letter which appears in another 

 column gives us reason to believe this subject has been care- 

 fully looked after in North Carolina. 



NETTING DUCKS ON LONG ISLAND. 



THE illegal capture of ducks on Long Island waters by 

 means of nets has been going on for years, and it has 

 seemed impossible to put a stop to it. The difficulty has 

 been that the officers of the law are unable to prove the in- 

 tent, and even if the nets are lifted and found to contain 

 fowl, the owner affirms that they were put down to catch 

 fish, and pleads no intent to capture wildfowl. Moreover, 

 the officer who orders the nets to be taken up and fails to 

 prove his case, renders himself liable to a suit for damages 

 for his interference with private property. 



A bill has been drawn to remedy this state of things, and 

 was introduced at Albany by Senator Otis, March 27, and 

 as it seems to cover the ground, it deserves careful consider- 

 ation and support. It reads as follows: 



An Act to amend Chapter five hundred and thirty -four of the Laws 

 of Eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled: "An Act for the 

 preservation of moose, wild deer, birds, fisb and other game." 



The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and 

 Assembly, do enact as follows : 



Section 1. Section five of chapter five hundred and thirty-four of 

 the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy nine, entitled: "An act for 

 the preservation of moose, wild deer, birds, fish and other game," is 

 hereby amended to read as follows: 



Sec. 5. No person shall, at any time, kill any wild duck, goose or 

 brant, with any device or instrument known as a swivel or punt gun, 

 or with any gun other than such guns as are habitually raised at arm's 

 length and fired from the shoulder, nor use any net, device or instru- 

 ment, or gun other than aforesaid, with intent to capture or kill any 

 such birds. Any person or persons who shall set or cause to be set 

 in any of the waters of the counties of Queens or Suffolk, any seine 

 or net wholly below the surface of the water without having corks or 

 floats of at least three inches in Jength each, and not more than five 

 feet apart, attached thereto in such manner that the same shall float 

 upon the surface of the water over such net when set, shall be deemed 

 guilty of a violation of this section. 



Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and^in addition thereto shall be lia- 

 ble to a penalty of fifty dollars. 



It is alleged, upon what appears to be good authority, that 

 the only nets used without floats of any kind are those which 

 are set for the express purpose of capturing ducks, and that 

 all nets used for taking fish invariably have floats. 



The fact that the nets set for ducks are usually placed in 

 deep water over the feeding grounds, and without floats, of 

 course, makes it impossible for the birds to see them, while 

 the legal fish nets, by means of their floats, are visible, 

 and hence are usually avoided. Few fowl, therefore, 

 are caught in fish nets, the great majority being taken by 

 means of those set expressly for their capture and without 

 floats. 



This most destructive method of taking fowl should be 

 put an end to, and if the bill to which we have ealled atten- 

 tion will accomplish this end, the person who drew it will 

 deserve the thanks of all who use the gun. 



Djsek Houndlno. — The clowns of the Michigan Senate 

 amused themselves and excited the indignation of the public 

 by their action on the deer hounding bill, which, as we have 

 said, failed by one vote to pass that body. It is now pro- 

 posed to attempt to enact the bill prohibiting hounding ex- 

 cept for twenty-five days of each year. This, we think, 

 should not be done. It will permit dogs to be kept in the 

 woods, and the nominal restriction will amount to nothing 

 at all. At Albany yesterday (April 1) the bill to forbid deer 

 hounding in New York was reported back from the Senate 

 Game Committee without amendments. This is most en- 

 couraging, and we hope that when it comes to a vote the 

 bill will pass the Senate with a good majority, as it did the 

 House, and soon become a law. 



The Eastern Field Trials -Club Rules. — We have 

 received a copy of the revised running rules of the Eastern 

 Field Trials Club, which we shall publish next week. The 

 proposed change, making May 1 the date for whelping of 

 Derby entries, was not made, and all dogs whelped on or 

 after Jan. 1 of the previous year are eligible. There are 

 several changes, and a cursory reading impresses us with the 

 belief that they are an improvement over the old rules. 



