Forest and Stream. 



A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. 



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NEW YORK, JANUARY 27, 1887. 



I VOL. XXVLU.-No. 1. 



I Nos. 39 & 40 Park Row, New York. 



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CONTENTS. 



Editorial. 



What Will Maine Do? 

 r A Yaphankian Problem. 



Snap Shots. 



hie Sportsman Tourist. 

 > Unofficial Log of the Stella. 



Sport in Southern California. 



! aturaii History. 

 <• Food of Hawks and Owls. 

 ' Do Squirrels Hibernate? 

 Mme Bag and Gun. 

 , Halcyon Days.— IV. 



A Field Notebook. 



Maine Game Law. 



Elk in the Riding Mountain. 



From the Dumping Ground. 



Game in New Hampshire. 



Unexpected Game. 



Virginia Field-Sports Associa- 



" tion. 



g E An Analysis of the Trajectory 

 I Test. 



. a and River Fishing. 

 ■salmon Angling. 

 Splrnon in the Hudson. 

 The Six-Inch Trout Law. 

 =3uliheads. 



FlSHCULTURE. 



Report of Mass. Commission. 



A Japanese Student of Fish- 

 culture. 

 The Kennel. 



The Ben Hill-Lillian Heat. 



Discipline by Dog Tribunals. 



Columbus Dog Show. 



Lice on Dogs. 



A. K. R. 



Kennel Notes. 

 Rifle and Trap Shooting. 



Range and Gallery. 



The Bullard Match. 



The Trap. 

 Yachting. 



Houseboats and Houseboating 



Yachtbuilding in Florida. 



Yachting Notes. 

 Canoeing. 



The A. C. A. and W. C. A. 



W, C. A. Regatta Programme. 



Canoe vs. Sailing Boats. 



The Proposed Regatta Pro- 

 gramme. 



ALesson for Novices. 

 Answers to Correspondents. 



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/ " WHAT WILL MAINE DO ? 



^N Monday last a petition was brought before the 

 §Pf Maine Legislature praying that body to so amend 

 P| laws of the State as to make the dogging of deer 

 i?fuL 



|pie abominations of deer hounding have so often been 

 bailed that it is unnecessary to go over the list again. 

 a ^ destructiveness, and the certainty that if it should be 

 ||in put in practice in Maine the deer would soon all be 

 "stroyed, would seem to furnish an argument against 

 Salizing it which would appeal to the meanest intelli- 

 a ice in all that great State. The people of that State 

 3 as intelligent as any in New England, and no doubt 

 S as quick to see what is to their own advantage as 

 other community in the world. The people of Maine 

 >w very well that the game and fish f ound within 

 Sir borders bring into the State an annual revenue 

 punting to millions of dollars. They know, too, that 

 I number of those who resort to the beautiful lakes 

 1 woods of that region increases each year, and that as 

 \ game and fish, under the wise care of the present 

 mmissioners, become each year more plenty, so the 

 \e of travel by those who desire to take this game and 

 *re WiU tend constantl y to increase. They know, too, 

 5 1 t should the game and fish be destroyed in such nvun- 

 as to make them scarce, this tide of travel must 

 hiinish, and soon be reduced to nothing. The sportsman 

 Jl not continue to visit empty covers and streams with- 

 1 \t fish. As the tourists become fewer in number, the 

 ^ pilars which they spend will also become fewer. So 

 j jaine may readily enough lose some millions of dollars 



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each year should the selfish and foolish prayers of some 

 of her most selfish and foolish citizens prevail. 



How conies it that such a petition can be presented to 

 the Legislature? How is it that any man or any body of 

 men dare to bring forward a request so prejudicial to 

 the general good? In most communities, if such a vicious 

 measure were to be set on foot, one which takes out of 

 the mouths of so large a portion of its inhabitants the 

 very bread by which they live, a wave of popular indig- 

 nation would overwhelm it as soon as the movement 

 came to be known. It would be stamped out at once. 

 Why is it not so in Maine ? 

 It is because certain portions of the State of Maine 

 are cursed by a lot of most unmitigated ruffians, who 

 do not hesitate to set at defiance the law and the 

 officers of the law. These men are prepared to commit 

 murder and arson and a hundred minor crimes in the 

 furtherance of their illegal pursuits. They seem to 

 think that the community exists for them alone, and 

 if its will runs counter to their desires they 

 punish the community, through its representatives, in 

 their own way. Thus the officers of the law risk life and 

 property when they attempt to perform their duty. Not 

 very long ago a game warden had his buildings burned; 

 more recently two unarmed officers were shot down in 

 cold blood because they ventured to do then- duty. 



This is a shocking state of tilings, but it is not the 

 worst feature of the condition of matters in Maine. More 

 terrible is the astounding state of public sentiment 

 there which permits such crimes to be perpetrated. 

 Ruffians and scoundrels, murderers and incendiaries, may 

 exist in any community, but the perpetrators of crimes 

 are usually punished promptly, and the fear of such pun- 

 ishment lessens the number of criminals. In certain 

 portions of Maine, however, it seems impossible to bring 

 to justice those who violate the laws. A year or two 

 elapses before an incendiary is convicted. Criminals are 

 acquitted, not because there is not evidence to convict, 

 but because that evidence is not accumulated, put in 

 proper shape and brought forward in earnest by the 

 prosecuting officer. 



The State of Maine is disgraced by the condition of 

 things now existing within its borders. Wise legislation, 

 able and energetic commissioners, tireless and courageous 

 wardens have given it a system of game protection which 

 i3 by far the best in force in any State — a model for all 

 others to follow — and which is of incalculable money 

 value to its people. And yet, in some sections, a handful 

 of lawbreakers laugh at the authorities and burn out or 

 murder the officers of the law. Can the State of Maine 

 stand this ? Nay, more, can it throw away all that it has 

 gained at such an expense of money, suffering and blood, 

 at the bidding of those who have caused this expense, this 

 suffering and this bloodshed? It cannot. We have faith 

 enough in the strong intelligence and sturdy fearlessness 

 of the people of Maine to feel sure that they will not 

 allow themselves to be bullied into any such weak and 

 foolish action by a band of criminals and their allies. 



The responsibility for this attempted retrograde move- 

 ment does not rest wholly with residents of Maine, 

 nor even with the band of outlaws who have disgraced a 

 portion of the State by their crimes. They would be less 

 bold were it not for the aid and encouragement which 

 they receive from people who live outside of the State, 

 people who, occupying respectable positions, are yet will- 

 ing to^ ally themselves in secret with men guilty of the 

 foulest crimes. There is reason for believing that money 

 has been contributed from without the State to influence 

 the legislature, that men living in other States, who are 

 greedy for the blood of the game that has cost Maine so 

 dear, are trying to purchase the passage of the deer dog- 

 ging bill through the legislature. 



There is not much danger that these efforts will suc- 

 ceed. The actual practical benefits of protection have 

 been so clearly proven that it is not at all likely that the 

 people will permit any such backward step to be taken. 

 We may await the event with confidence and patience. 

 Meanwhile, it is the duty of every good citizen to lend 

 what influence he can toward strengthening the hands 

 of the Maine Commissioners and their subordinates, and 

 toward building up a healthier public sentiment. 



A YAPHANKIAN PROBLEM. 

 TF IT takes the Long Island State "game protector" 

 fourteen days to go from, his home to the Brooklyn 

 game markets, ninety-one miles, how long will it take 

 him to go to Yaphank or Manorville, about one-fourth the 

 distance? The answer may be six months or it may be 

 six years. Either might be correct to judge by the im- 

 munity enjoyed by Yaphank and Manorville snarers, who 

 have been shipping snared grouse and trapped quail to 

 the New York market for months and months. One 

 party in one week sent in twenty-five dozen birds. The 

 actual definite solution of the problem, however, is not in 

 the domain of exact mathematics, for the "protector," so 

 far as we can learn, has not been there yet, and no one, 

 even though gifted with second sight, can tell when he 

 will go there. 



Is not this pretty smefll business for the employees of the 

 Long Island Railroad to be engaged in? Some railroad 

 managers have had the sconce to see that passenger fares 

 paid into the treasury of the road are of more value aa 

 revenue than the petty pickings of employees who for 

 their own gain encourage and engage in this disgraceful 

 traffic of contraband goods. The Long Island Railroad 

 managers seem not to have comprehended this point, or 

 they would put an end to the ped<Iling of snared game by 

 their employee s. 



SNAP SHOTS, 

 j E present our compliments to the New York World 

 with assurances of the prof oundest esteem, and take 

 peculiar pleasure in announcing the engagement, equip- 

 ment and dispatch of a Forest and Stream National Yel- 

 lowstone Park Midwinter Exploring Expedition, consisting 

 of one man and a pack-horse. It is not the intention of 

 this expedit ion to rival the WorWs, which musters twelve 

 men all told, including "Crow scouts," with ambulances, 

 mule teams and a detail of United States troops to go 

 ahead and break the road. Our man and the pack-horse 

 are, however, well hardened to the fatigue and perils of 

 making the passage from one Park hotel to another, and 

 we have instructed our explorer to stand by with the horse 

 to extricate the World party from snow drifts, and to 

 guard against the ignition of the World commissioners' 

 Arctic clothing, should it come into too close proximity to 

 the redhot stoves of the hostelries where they put up. As 

 mail and telephonic communication is maintained be- 

 tween the Park and the outer world throughout the win- 

 ter, we hope to have early advices from the two expedi- 

 tions. Meanwhile, the public need have no solicitude 

 regarding the fate of the World party; worst may come 

 to worst, but we have every confidence that the Forest 

 and Stream's Explorer and his pack-horse will see them 

 through. 



The contribution to our knowledge of the food of hawks 

 and owls, published in another column, is perhaps the 

 most important paper on this subject which has appeared. 

 It certainly merits the careful consideration of that very 

 large class who, for no very good reason, consider the 

 rapacious birds necessarily noxious. The farmer who has 

 lost one, or one dozen, chickens by hawks is apt to sweep- 

 ingly condemn the birds of prey, never recollecting that 

 the very bird which has destroyed one dollar's worth of 

 poultry has very likely saved for him five dollars' worth 

 of young fruit trees and of vegetables, which mice or 

 insects would have destroyed. The tables published de- 

 serve careful study. It is noteworthy that among the 

 thirteen hawks killed because "they had killed quails 

 and chickens," only one shows evidence of having eaten 

 such food. It would appear from such evidence as we 

 have up to the present time, that the accipitrine hawks 

 are those which are least beneficial to the farmer, and 

 that the great horned owl is the only one which destroys 

 poultry. More observations are needed, but those which 

 have been made are extremely instructive. 



A "Member of the Calif omia Legislature has introduced 

 a bill to legalize the killing of quail all the year round. 

 There ought to be common sense enough among the other 



members to squelch such a foolish proposition as this I harmonize diverse interests the effect of an extended open 

 once and for all. | selling season on the game supply will not be adequately 



There is some reason for hoping that the present mud- 

 dlsd game laws of New York may be straightened out and 

 reduced to an intelligible and consistent statute. There 

 have been several conferences of the New York*City 

 Society with representatives of the game dealers, and it is 

 proposed to attempt to draft a law to meet the approval 

 of all concerned. The dealers ask for more time to sell 

 certain varieties of game, and the Society is disposed to 

 grant this. The great danger is that in the attempt to 



