Forest and Stream 



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NEW YORK, JANUARY 14, 1886. 



J VOL. XXV.— No. 25. 



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CONTENTS. 



Editorial. 



A New Native Trout. 



Hydrophobia versus Delirium 

 Tremens. 



Minnesota Fish and Game. 



Stop Adirondack Market-Hunt- 

 ing. 



The New York Museum. 



Good BufEalo Eimting. 



Sand, Saud, Sand. 



Bird I)estruccion. 



Death of ''Homo." 



To the Walled-Iu Lalies.-vi. 

 Cajip Fire Flickehings. 

 The Sportsmaic Tourist. 



Camp Flotsam — xix. 

 Natural History. 



Arizuna Quail. 



Quail in (Jouflnement. 



A Florida Museum. 



Hare and Usher. 

 Game Bag aku Gdk. 



The Trajectory Trial. 



"Forest and Stream" Grizzlies. 



Game Protectors' Reports. 



Stray Shots from an Old Ranger 



"A Wild Goose Chase " 



A Flint-Lock Tried and True. 

 Sea and River Fishixg. 



The Kingfisher's Lament. 



Adirondack Fishes. 



Camping Club Rules. 



California Trout Streams. 



Fishcfltcre. 



Hatching Codfish Eggs. 

 The Kennel. 



JIastifiPs. 



English Kennel AJtairs. 



The Birmingham Dog Show. 



New English Setter Standard. 



The Graphic Challenge. 



Ihe Survival of the Fittest. 



The Pointer Challenges. 



Liability for a Dog's Bite. 



Fanciers' Fallacies. 



Kennel Management. 



Kennel Notes. 

 Rifle ak-d Trap Shooting. 



National Riile Association. 



Range and Gallery. 



The Trap. 

 Canoeing. 



The N. Y. C. C. Challenge Cup. 



The Sneakbos Family.— ii. 



Wide and Narrow Canoes. 



A Chat on Some Chance Topics. 



Rigs for the Bamegat Cruiser. 

 Yachting. 



Cruise of the Coot.-— viii. 



The Challenge from the Arrow. 



The Bonita's Cruise to Florida. 



The Ice Yacht St Nicholas. 



Laws Relating to Steam Yachts. 



The Cruise of the Pilgrim.— in 



The Cruise of the Zimmerman. 

 Answers to Corbesponijbnts. 



A NEW NATIVE TROUT. 

 TT is quite possible that those anglers who like novelty 

 will have a chance to test the merits of a newly-discov- 

 ered trout before long. At this late day, when our waters 

 have been so thoroughlj'^ fished by intelligent anglers vpho 

 send any strange catch that may fall to their lot to some 

 comepeteut ichthyologist to pass judgment upon it, it is 

 strange that a new species of trout could have existed in 

 New Hampshire without discovery. Doubtless thousands 

 of them have been caught aad dropped into the creel with- 

 out further comment than an observation on their peculiar 

 form or color, such as is often seen in trout from different 

 waters, and without a suspicion that they might be a differ- 

 ent species. Perhaps this state of things has been caused by 

 the fact that anglers have become accustomed to a very great 

 difference in the appearance of our brook trout, and have 

 come to regard it as settled that there is but one species east 

 of the Mississippi River. 



At present the genus Sahelinus in America contains eleven 

 species, according to Jordan and Gilbert; two of these are 

 the lake trouts, namaycush and sicowet, if the latter is more 

 than ayariety; the "blueback" {oquassa), the fontmalis, the 

 Dolly Varden (ma;??ia), and six Arctic species; and as our 

 anglers have no particular need of a knowledge of the latter, 

 like Dame .Julianna, we "write the less of them." In fact, 

 foniimiMs and namaymsh are the only two that they often 

 come in contact with, the blueback being of such retiring 

 habits and small size that it is not fished for in the deep 

 waters it loves in summer, and only shows itself in October, 

 when spawning. But a brand-new trottt which so closely 

 rQ&Qm\ile% fontimUs as to be mistaken for it is another thing, 

 and appeals to the angler as well as the ichthyologist and 

 excites his curiosity as to its habits, game quahties and table 

 merits. It is an important event in the angling world. 



Our attention was called lo the fish by our correspondent 

 Elliott B. Hodge, Esq., one of the Fish Commissioners of New 

 Hampshire and the superintendent of the hatchery at Ply- 

 mouth, in that State, who discovered the fish. Mr. Hodge 

 came across a peculiar trout last fall in one of the New 

 Hampshire lakes that he was confident he had never met 



before and Sent specime ns to the Museum of Comparative Zo- 

 ology at Cambridge, Mass., where they were pronounced to 

 he fontmalis. This did not satisfy Mr. Hodge and he sent a 

 six-pound specimen to Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, the distin- 

 guished ichthyologist of the Smithsonian Institution, who 

 after a casual inspection, found no difference in the fish from 

 the common brook trout. Mr. Hodge then sent him another 

 box of specimens, together with some of the latter fish from 

 the lakes, and Dr. Bean went over them more carefully and 

 wrote in answer: "There is no doubt whatever in regard 

 to the trout, you were right and I was wrong." Dr. Bean 

 says they are a Balvelimis of the oquassa type, but of such 

 enormous size that at first he did not for a moment suspect 

 their relation to that species. Prof. Baird thinks that it 

 may prove to be one of the two or three species already de- 

 scribed as found in Greenland or Labrador, and referred to 

 above as Arctic species. 



Mr. Hodge writes us that they are found in Sunapee Lake, 

 where he saw them on the spawning beds last fall in large 

 numbers, and "ranging from one to ten pounds in weight." 

 They differ from the common brook trout in many ways : 

 "In color, the females have a brownish back, sides lemon 

 color; males, small ones, blueish- black back, largeones much 

 lighter, in fact almost cream color, some a very light olive; 

 sides a beautiful golden orange. They are the most brilliant 

 colored of any fresh -water fish that I know. The fins are 

 very large, much larger than the common trout, and the fish 

 is entirely destitute of mottling on the back; in fact, there 

 are none of the usual characteristic markings of brook trout." 

 We presume, however, that Mr. Hodge found the red spots, 

 as the oquassa has them, although small. Mr. Hodge has a 

 few of the eggs of this fish, and kindly offers to send a few 

 to Mr. Mather to hatch at Cold Spring Harbor. 



While it is highly probable that, as Prof. Baird suggests, 

 the species may not be new to science, still the habitat is, and 

 Dr. Bean's diagnosis will be looked for with interest. 



HYDROPHOBIA VERSUS DELIRIUM TREMENS. 

 T> Y some of the editors who are suffering from mad dog 

 ^ on the brain, great stress has been laid upon the alleged 

 fact that a well-known dog dealer who professed not to be- 

 lieve in hydrophobia finally himself died of the disease. Is 

 there any sufficient evidence to prove that he did not die of 

 delirium tremens? 



The physician's certificate of death would not be satisfac- 

 tory evidence. Doctors sometimes allege that a death ensues 

 from hydrophobia, when they perfectly well know it to be 

 the result of delirium tremens. The false report is given out 

 of pity for the drunkard's family, who would rather believe 

 that the husband and father was killed by a mad dog's bite 

 than that he drank himself to a horrible death. These are 

 not random statements; were there any occasion to do so, 

 we could give name, place and date of more than one in- 

 stance to prove them. 



The New York City Health Department records show that 

 in the last sixteen years there have been reported forty deaths 

 from hydrophobia. What is there to prove that of these a 

 majority should not have been assigned to alcoholism? 



It is perfectly proper to regard the feelings of the bereaved 

 family, so far as this can be done within the bounds of truth; 

 but it is not right to charge the work of the bar-room to the 

 kennel, nor to make the dog bear the burden of the bottle. 



The next time a physician wishes to conceal the true cause 

 of a drunkard's death, instead of putting it to the score of 

 hydrophobia let him for a change charge it to the gas burner 

 and make it a case of asphyxiation. 



DEATH OF "HOMO." 

 'T^HE readers of this journal who have been for years 

 familiar with the signature of "Homo," the pen name 

 of Mr Chas, 8. Westcott, of Philadelphia, Pa., will learn with 

 regret of the death of that gentleman last Saturday, Jan. 9. 

 He was fatally injured by a fall, Saturday morning, and was 

 removed to the Homeopathic Hospital, where he died in the 

 evening. His age was forty -two ; he leaves a widow. 



Mr. Westcott was widely known as a sportsman, and 

 enjoyed the esteem of a very wide circle of friends. He was 

 a contributor to the sportsman's press for many years, writing 

 usually of game, a subject upon which he was at all times 

 well informed. His reports of the movements of the birds, 

 and his directions to desirable shooting grounds have been of 

 great value to the readers of his "Philadelphia Notes." In 

 the summer of 1876 Mr. Westcott imported the Laverack 

 setters Pedigree and Magnet, and in 1877 he bought Fairy 

 II. , and bred from her the famous setter dog Thunder. On 

 several occasions he served with much satisfaction at bench 

 shows and field trials. 



STOP ADIRONDACK MARKET-HUNTING. 

 'T^HE law forbidding the hounding of deer in the North 

 Woods has been given a short trial. Everything goes 

 to show that the law is wise and salutary. It is sure to be 

 beneficial just so far as it can be strictly enforced. The total 

 abolition of hounding will be a blessing to the Adiroudacks. 

 The residents and guides may not unanimously and immedi- 

 ately recognize the wisdom of the law, but if fairly tested 

 the new order of things will surely command their support. 



Complaint is made that since the hounding law has gone 

 into effect many still-hunters have flocked into the Adirou- 

 dacks to kill deer for market. The number of these hunters 

 has been grossly exaggerated, and the results of their cam- 

 paign have been overestimated. This has been done for the 

 purpose of misleading the public. The design is to make 

 stih-hunting appear more destructive than hounding. All 

 sorts of foolish and absurd and false statements have been 

 made to bolster up this notion. To any one who is at all 

 familiar with the xidirondack country and the ways of the 

 game there, these propositions and the alleged facts given to 

 support them are ahke ridiculous and fallacious. 



But accepting the statement that there has been a great 

 and destructive influx of still-hunters into the woods, who 

 have killed great numbers of deer and shipped the meat to 

 market, what is the remedy for it? 



Put an end to market hunting. Forbid the shipment of 

 game out of the county in which it is killed. 



We can conceive of no possible objection to such a step. 

 It is universally conceded that a deer will bring more 

 revenue to the guide than it will to the market-hunter, ten, 

 twenty and thirty times over. It is to the same degree more 

 valuable as an object of pursuit to the sportsman than as 

 food to the consumers of the venison. 



Adirondack guides and hotel keepers and all others who 

 depend so largely upon the sportsman's patronage, will be 

 benefitted by the abolition of market-hunting. 



Has not the time come when such a law should he added 

 for the better protection of deer? 



MAINE MALCONTENTS. 

 nPHE malcontents in Maine who are never tired of 

 growling about the non-export game law of that 

 State, are principally of the Jonathan Darling stripe, 

 that is to say men who have for years waged a war of ex^ 

 termination against the game, killing it on land or in the 

 water as they had opportunity. It is a hard tax on patience 

 to see these men pose as moralists and profess to criticise the 

 present law solely because they think it a burden to the 

 public. The true ground of their objection is that they can 

 no longer send to the Boston market the deer they have 

 clubbed to death in Maine waters. Their constant howling 

 about the injustice and oppression of the game law will have 

 about as much weight as the soughing of the wind in the 

 treetops. They have only their own selfish ends in view; 

 they want the market opened so that they can go to deer 

 clubbing again; and this is just what they will not get. 



In game protective methods Maine is an example for 

 other States. A very instructive parallel may be traced 

 between the course of events in Maine and in New York 

 with respect to the attitude of sportsmen, guides and resi- 

 dents toward the deer and the measures taken for their con- 

 servation. When the non-hounding law was proposed for 

 Maine it was met by the same opposition afterward encoun- 

 tered by the measure in New York. But in spite of the 

 railings and threatenings of the professional game butchers 

 and others who thought that the law meant ruin, the meas- 

 ure was passed, the dogs were banished, and the marketing 

 of game prohibited. 



MINNESOTA FISH AND GAME. 

 VI7AG0NL0ADS of netted fish are carted away from 

 * ' Big Sauk Lake, and the local press is urging that 

 somebody wake up and enforce the law before the lake has 

 been depopulated of fish. The Sauk Centre Tribune sug- 

 gests with much pertinency that "it is nonsense to stand 

 around and talk. The thing needed is to clap the law on to 

 the men who wilfully do contrary to the statutes provided 

 for such things." 



The fish netters of Stearns county are not behind the Todd 

 county deer slaughterers, who haul their loads of venison to 

 market before the season opens. The situation should stir 

 up the residents of that locality, but it is pretty safe to ven- 

 ture the prediction that the law's restraints will not seriously 

 interfere with the deer hunters' pursuit. Minnesota venison 

 will find its way to Chicago, St. Louis, New York and Bos- 

 ton as long as any deer are left to be hunted. 



