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1886. 



,( VOL. XXVI.— No. 15. 

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CONTENTS. 



Editorial. 



A Century of Extermination. 



Long Island Streams. 



The New Park Bill. 

 The Sportsman Tourist. 



A Night Among the Keys. 

 Natural History. 



The Bird and Maiden. 



The Audubon Society. 



A Tame Squirrel. 

 Game Bag and Wun. 



In the Wilds of Arkansas. 



A First Outing. 



Field Notes from Georgia. 



Along the Tennessee. 

 Sea and River Fishing. 



Camps of the Kingfishers.— x. 



The Trout of Sunapee Lake. 



Opening of the Trout Season. 



Fishing at Nipissing. 



Maine Trout Season. 



Tarpon Fishing with Rod and 

 Reel. 



Sea and River Fishing. 



Fish Slaughter in Vermont. 

 Fishculture. 



The New York Fish Commission 

 The Kennel. 



The Cleveland Dog Show. 



New York Dog Show. 



Three-Day Dog Shows. 



Kennel Notes. 



Kennel Management. 

 Rifle and Trap Shoot ino. 



The National Rifle Club. 



Range and Gallery. 



The Trap. 

 Canoeing. 



The Western A. C. A. Meet. 



A Bid for an "Accident." 



Expenses of Regatta Com., 1885. 

 Yachting. 



The Launch of the Atlantic. 



A Race of Fishing Schooners. 



Cruise of the Coot. — xxi. 

 Answers to Correspondents. 



THE NEW PARK BILL. 



IN a bill, reported by Senator Manderson on Friday last, 

 we have an outline of the action recommended by the 

 Senate Committee on Territories with regard to the Park. 



This bill (S. 101) was introduced in the Senate Dec. 8, 1885, 

 and was read twice and referred to the Committee on Terri- 

 tories. In its original shape it was imperfect, and we called 

 attention then to some of its faults. It is now reported by 

 Senator Manderson with a number of provisions struck out, 

 and with several important additions. In this form it is re- 

 committed to the . Committee on Territories for further con- 

 sideration. 



"When it is reported in its final shape we shall lay before 

 our readers the full text of the bill, but for the present the 

 following abstract is enough. 



Section 1 defines the boundaries of the Park, and author 

 izes the boundary lines to be surveyed. They are to be as 

 follows: Beginning at a point on the forty-fifth parallel of 

 north latitude, where that parallel is intersected by the 

 western boundary of Wyoming, thence due east to its point 

 of intersection with the meridian of 110° west longitude; 

 thence due south five miles, thence due east to the meridian 

 of 109° 30' west longitude; thence due south along said 

 meridian to the forty -fourth parallel, thence due west to its 

 point of intersection with the west boundary of Wyoming, 

 thence due north along that west boundary to the point of 

 beginning. 



Section 2 is wholly new and treats of jurisdiction, provid- 

 ing that the Park shall be under the sole and exclusive juris- 

 diction of the United States; but that, if any offense be com- 

 mitted in the Park, punishment for which is not provided 

 for by any law of the United States, or by any regulation of 

 the Secretary of the Interior, such offense shall receive the 

 punishment provided by the laws of Wyoming for a like 

 offense in that Territory, and that for the present the Park 

 shall constitute a part of the Third Judicial District of that 

 Territory. 



Section 4 sets aside the territory embraced within the 

 Park as a public pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoy- 

 ment of the people of the United States. 



Section 5 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make 

 and publish such rules as he may deem necessary for the 

 preservation "of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curi- 



osities or wonderful objects within said park, and for the 

 protection of the animals and birds found'' in it. 



Section 5 prohibits the hunting, killing, wounding or 

 capturing of any animal or bird, except dangerous animals, 

 when it may be necessary to prevent them from destroying 

 life or inflicting injury, and the capture of fish except by 

 means of hook and line. It provides penalties for violations 

 of the act, makes possession of dead bodies or parts thereof 

 primafacie evidence of a violation of the act, provides that 

 persons or transportation companies receiving for transporta- 

 tion game or fish which they know or have reason to believe 

 were taken in violation of this, shall be deemed guilty of a 

 misdemeanor. 



Section 6 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease 

 small plots of ground for building purposes. 



Section 7 authorizes the President to appoint a "Commis- 

 sioner learned in the law," who shall be the judicial officer 

 of the Park, and shall hear and try cases of violation of the 

 law or of the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and 

 gives him power to hold persons charged with the commis- 

 sion of felony. The Superintendent and the Park police are 

 vested with the powers of U. S. marshals, or deputy mar- 

 shals, and are also authorized to arrest, without process, any 

 person taken in the act of violating the law or the Govern- 

 ment regulations. 



Section 8 provides for the payment of costs and expenses 

 incurred under this act, makes the violation of the regula- 

 tions established by the Secretary of the Interior a misde- 

 meanor, and establishes penalties. 



Section 9 authorizes the erection of a jail within the Park. 



Section 10 authorizes the appointment by the President of 

 a superintendent, and the appointment by the superintendent, 

 subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, of 

 fifteen Park policemen, defines their duties and powers, pro- 

 vides that no growing timber nor hay shall be cut without 

 the written permission of the superintendent, specifying time 

 and place where it may be cut, and the amount. 



Section 11 authorizes the appointment by the Secretary of 

 War of an officer of the Corps of Engineers, who shall have 

 charge of the improvements in the Park, and provides that 

 all sums received by the Secretary of the Interior from rents, 

 or from fines and forfeitures for violations of law and regu- 

 lations, shall be applied to these improvements. 



Many of the provisions of this bill are excellent, and it is 

 by far the best and most intelligent attempt at improvement 

 in the government of the Park yet brought forward. It is 

 not without grave faults, but it is a great advance over pre- 

 vious bills. It is so difficult in the present confused state of 

 things in Washington to obtain consideration for any bill in 

 which there is neither money nor politics, that we may think 

 ourselves fortunate if so good a bill as the one recommended 

 shall pass. This bill, we understand, is in some sense a 

 compromise, efforts having been made to conciliate all oppo- 

 sition. 



The bill still contains a clause which virtually permits 

 transportation companies to traffic in illegally killed game 

 and fish without punishment. The words in lines 26 and 

 ^7 of Section 4, "Knowing or having reasonable cause to 

 believe that such animals, birds or fish were" destroy the 

 whole force of the prohibitive clause, and, as we have before 

 remarked, will prevent the conviction of any one under this 

 act. If the clause read, "Any person or persons, or stage, 

 express or railroad company, receiving for transportation 

 any of the said animals, birds or fish killed or captured in 

 violation of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meanor," etc., the transportation companies would be forced 

 to know that the game or fish which they took was legally 

 kiLled, so that if questions were asked they could show them- 

 selves free from blame. They would therefore accept no 

 meat about which there was a doubt, and the violators of 

 the law would soon lose their market. We reserve any ex- 

 tended comments on the bill until we see it before the Senate 

 in its final shape. 



The enlargement of the Park, the definition of jurisdiction 

 so far as it goes, the prohibition of hunting, the appoint- 

 ment of a Commissioner for the Park, the increase in the 

 number of the police, and the enlargement of their powers 

 of arrest, are all excellent provisions, though in many cases 

 the act fails to satisfy those who are best acquainted with 

 the Park, because it does not go nearly far enough in the 

 direction of protection and improvement. At the same time 

 it must be acknowledged that the recommendations of the 

 friends of the Park have been patiently listened to and in 

 many cases adopted. 



It does not seem likely that any very serious alterations 

 will be made in the bill in committee, and we hope before 

 long to see it appear before the Senate for action. 



LONG ISLAND STREAMS. 



THE famous trout streams of Long Island are threatened 

 with extinction. The bill before the New York Legis- 

 lature to tap the brooks and sink wells in the counties of 

 Queens and Suffolk threatens, if it becomes a law, to dry up 

 the streams which give value to the surrounding property. 

 We have before referred to the fact that they have taken the 

 fountains which supply Lake Massapequa, one of the most 

 famous trout waters of the island. We now learn that Mr. 

 Pearsall Dorlon, of Hempstead, has begun an action against 

 the city of Brooklyn for $3,000 for damage done to his 

 pr®perty through the draining of a trout pond by the Brook- 

 lyn Water Works Company, which has driven a well and 

 established a pumping station near his pond. 



There is no doubt that the growing city of Brooklyn needs 

 water, and there is just as little doubt that the trout streams 

 of the south side of Long Island will be but a temporary 

 alleviation of the city's needs, and that, within five years 

 after consuming all the brooks on the south shore, 

 Brooklyn will then invade the north side of the island with 

 its driven wells and pumping stations. This would bridge 

 over the difficulty for perhaps five or ten years, when there 

 would be a cry for more water, just as has been the case in 

 the city of New York, which has absorbed the streams of 

 Westchester county and now is wondering where the next 

 supply will come from. Eventually these cities must be 

 supplied from the Adirondack region at a great cost of labor 

 and time. This work, if begun now, would require eight or 

 ten years to complete, but would furnish an unlimited sup- 

 ply, especially if taken from those streams which flow into 

 Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence. 



The worth of Long Island trout streams can hardly be 

 computed in money. Much of the value placed upon some 

 of the most beautiful lands on the island is based upon the 

 spring brooks which flow through them. Some of these are 

 owned by clubs and others by individuals, who would regard 

 their property as practically ruined if these streams were di- 

 verted from their natural courses. If the evil ended there it 

 would be great enough ; but the great number of fishermen and 

 oystermen in Great South Bay would find their occupation 

 gone when these streams ceased to flow into the bay. The 

 large oyster beds which give employment to hundreds of 

 men, and have made a name for themselves all over this 

 country and in many parts of Europe, would be things of 

 the past. The Great South Bay itself without the supply 

 of fresh waters which now flow into it, and swell the 

 receding tides which keep its only inlet open, might be 

 closed up, as Shinnecock Bay has been, and become a stag- 

 nant pGol. After all this ruin has been effected, Brooklyn 

 will then find her increasing population still thirsty and will 

 be sighing for other streams to conquer. 



Now is the time, before Long Island is ruined, to consider 

 plans which will furnish a supply of water sufficient for a 

 city of three times the size of Brooklyn. At its present rate 

 of growth that city may reach those dimensions during the 

 lifetime of men now mature. 



RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. 



FROM here, there and everywhere over this country come 

 indications of a very lively season before the butts and 

 before the trap. Dozens of traps are upon the market and 

 each maker reports a heavy sale and still heavier demand. 

 Flying targets to be hit by the marksmen are put forth in a 

 score of forms, while every little village and large town 

 maintains its coterie of shooters, or better still a few clubs, 

 ready to push this delightful outdoor sport through the 

 medium of rivalry. 



In the rifle field the attention paid of late years to the 

 proper arming and drill of the State troops has its natural 

 result in calling the attention of many men to the attractions 

 of ball practice at the target. 



The fact is that in the growing American love for field 

 sports, for the reinvigoration which comes to those who get 

 out into the open air and away from the brain-racking tur- 

 moil of the shop and office, in all this new life the merits of 

 the shotgun and the rifle has been recognized. They afford 

 a gentlemanly sport, free from many of the associations 

 which make not a few of the open-air pastimes obnoxious 

 to lovers of fair play. The man who takes his rifle for a 

 short or long-range practice gets a delicious breath of fresh 

 air. He may spend an afternoon free from any violent 

 effort, yet with just enough of muscular exercise to send 

 him home with a keen appetite, a bright eye and an assurance 

 of a good night's rest. He knows that his success depends 

 on the care with which he maintains a clear head ready to 

 guide and direct a steady hand. This means care in his 



