Forest and Stream. 



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NEW YORK, APRIL 4, 1889. 



j VOL. XXXII.-No. 11. 

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CONTENTS. 



Editorial. 



The National Zoological Park 



Indian Marauders. 



Adirondack Preserves. 



Charles P. Kunhardt. 

 The Sportsman Touhist. 



Mexican Notes. 



The Flying Peggy. 

 Natural History. 



Five Lays a Savage.— in. 



In the Woods Again. 



A Grouse Trajectory. 



Opossums on Long Island. 



Bird Notes from Maryland. 

 Game Bag and &ttn. 



Honkings from the Platte. 



Cross Shooting. 



Chicago and the W est. 



Clumber Spaniels for Quail 

 Shooting. 



New York Legislature. 



New Jersey Game Law. 

 Camp-Fire Flickerings. 

 Rifle and Trap Shooting. 



Range and ftallery. 



The New Wimbledon. 



The Trap. 



Have We Found It? 



Trap Chat. 



Keystone Rules. 



New York State Tournament. 



The Suburban Grounds. 



Canadian Trap Notes. 



Sea and River Fishing. 



Salmon and Trout of America. 



The Trout of the Mountain 

 Stream (poetry). 



Show-Window Trout. 



Springfield Trout Streams. 



White Mountain Trout. 



A Little Rank Heresy. 

 Fishcitlture. 



Rainbow Trout in France. 



Fish Commission" Stations. 



Maine's New Seining Law. 



Hatching Eggs of Sheepshead. 

 The Kennel. 



Lynn Dog Show. 



Boston Dog Show. 



Philadelphia Dog Show. 



The Chicago Show. 



Central Field Trial Club. 



Southern iield Trial Club. 



Dog Talk. 



Kennel Notes. 



Kennel Management. 

 Canoeing. 



The Atlantis and her Cruise. 

 Yachting. 



Cruise of the Orinda. 



A Challenge for the Cup. 



Treatment and Handling of 

 Yacht Sails. 



How the Naphtha Launch is 

 Built. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



AS the Commission created by the act of Congress 

 establishing the zoological park approach the task 

 of selecting the most desirable site, and securing it at a 

 reasonable price, they find that it is by no means an easy 

 one. Already there are marked indications that the 

 various owners of the ground which constitutes the site 

 proposed by Senator Beck and Professor Langley are 

 determined to force prices up to the highest possible 

 figure, regardless of the real value of the land or the 

 interests of the public. It is true that Congress authorizes 

 and directs that condemnation proceedings be had in 

 case it should prove impossible to purchase the necessary 

 land at private sale; but even by that method property 

 owners generaby manage to obtain a verdict of values 

 much higher than the market value of the property. 



Fortunately, however, the Commissioners have a wide 

 area to select from, and there are at least three fine sites 

 available. It is greatly to be desired, however, that 

 the site nearest the city shall be obtained , if it be possible. 

 Professor Langley has expressed an earnest desire to 

 provide a park which shall be not only a great educa- 

 tional institution, but also a poor man's pleasure ground; 

 and for both these reasons he is anxious that it shall be 

 located as ne*r the city as possible. 



We understand that the appropriation will not become 

 available until July 1, and it is likely that several months 

 will unavoidably be consumed in selecting and acquiring 

 the site. It will, therefore, hardly be possible that the 

 collection of living animals now at the National Museum 

 can be moved until late next autumn. 



It is well understood that the first care of those who 

 will have charge of the Zoological Park, and to whom the 

 park is indebted for its existence, will be to bring to- 

 gether an unrivalled series of North American quadru- 

 peds, which shall include nearly, if not quite, all the 

 forms threatened with speedy extermination. 



It is a fortunate thing for the public that Professor 

 Langley takes such a deep and active interest in the 

 preservation of living representatives of oar character- 

 istic fauna; and in the struggle that is about to come 



between certain property owners and the representatives 

 of the people we have reason to believe that the interests 

 of the Government are quite safe in the hands of the 

 officers appointed to guard them. 



OUR TROUT SUPPLEMENT. 

 r j^HE wealth of American trout waters has, perhaps, 

 never before been shown in such a graphic and com- 

 prehensive manner as in our • 'Salmon and Trout Supple- 

 ment" to-day. Everybody knows in a general way that 

 there are several species of trout on this continent , but we 

 venture to say that to most persons — even to those so well 

 informed as are the regular readers of our angling- 

 department — the display here made of so many and so 

 beautiful species, will be a surprise and gratification. 

 Here is abundant opportunity for a comparison of the 

 symmetrical forms of the several species and a fair study 

 of their distinguishing markings. Of the thirty illustra- 

 tions which we promised last week, four have been of 

 necessity deferred; they will be given later. 



If we are to estimate by the degree of attention given 

 to it by the press, the opening day for trout is command- 

 ing an annually increased share of public attention. 

 The first of April was a wet,' disagreeable day in this 

 vicinity, but scores of anglers went out to the Long 

 Island streams, and the reports are of vary handsomely 

 rewarded fishing. The credit of high -hook on the Island 

 waters was won by a New Yorker with a 3Jlbs. trout, 

 taken at Eastport. 



Commissioner Blackford made his usual "trout open- 

 ing" display of fish from many quarters. There were 

 speckled trout from Long Island ponds, Cape Cod, Rhode 

 Island, Canada and North Carolina; brown trout, a num- 

 ber of hybrids and a veteran salmon trout eighteen years 

 old, from the Caledonia Hatchery: 



ADIRONDACK PRESERVES. 



WE published last week a letter from the Pacific coast 

 relating the opposition aroused by the game clubs 

 which have taken up shooting privileges on so much of 

 the marsh land in the vicinity of San Francisco. The 

 feeling there between club members and the public is 

 perhaps stronger than anywhere else; but in many differ- 

 ent localities the same impatience of preservers and their 

 methods is increasing. 



We have received a circular petition, which is said to 

 have been already extensively signed, praying the New 

 York Legislature to repeal that section of the game laws 

 which gives lessees authority to set apart certain tracts 

 of land and water as private parks. 



The framers of the petition set forth that thousands 

 upon thousands of acres of land and water, entire town- 

 ship sections, have been taken up as game preserves, 

 where one may travel for miles without license to shoot 

 a gun or cast a fly. Say they: "We believe the Great 

 Architect created this wilderness, with its towering 

 mountains, silvery lakes and ponds, and dense forests, in 

 high altitude, especially for his own glorification and the 

 admiration of a world. That all mankind who could, 

 and so desired, might come, enjoy and admire them; 

 climb to the highest mountain crest; penetrate the deep, 

 shadowy valleys: glide in his boat over and upon the 

 waters. We protest against having any of these privileges 

 denied to any person. We claim that every person has a 

 common law right to visit this great Natural Park; this 

 dense silent forest; this exceptional combination of 

 mountains, lakes, ponds and rivers; to float his boat upon 

 its waters and enjoy the fly and rod in lifting the shining 

 beauties from their retreats; to pursue in the chase the 

 deer and game in the wilds of the forest, and to enjoy 

 the wilderness as seemeth most pleasant to himself, ex- 

 cepting only under the reasonable restrictions which the 

 Legislature may pass for the preservation of wild game 

 and fish." 



They decline to accept the validity of the law, whose 

 repeal is sought, which makes game and fish in these 

 preserves private property. This section is one which 

 confers by statute property rights not enjoyed under the 

 common law. 



The situation of affairs in the Adirondacks is one natu- 

 rally growing out of the lax and loose morals of that 

 part of the State with respect to game and its protection. 

 Lessees of shooting and fishing territory have been forced 

 into adopting such a mode of protecting themseiveSi 



Where public sentiment approves of fish and game 



slaughter everywhere and at all times possible, the indi- 

 vidual has no defence save that afforded by such a pri 

 vate game park law. If the public in a given locality 

 be not restrained, either by its own right feeling or by 

 the game officers, there will soon be no game nor fish 

 left. In such a condition of things individual enterprise 

 must protect and defend against the public. Were 

 the conscience of the community sufficiently pow- 

 erful to save the game, there would be enough 

 for all reasonable demands, and individuals would 

 not go to the expense and trouble of establishing 

 and policing their own preserves. Doubtless in some 

 cases by their harsh and overbearing conduct certain 

 Adirondack clubs have worked hardship to the public; 

 but it is more than probable that the preserve system in 

 the North Woods has not yet been developed to a point 

 where its restriction should be made a subject of legisla- 

 tive enactment. 



INDIAN MARAUDERS. 

 A SERIOUS danger menaces the game and the forests 

 J -*- of a portion of the Yellowstone National Park. 

 This danger arises from the invasion of the country to 

 the south and west of the reservation by Indian hunting 

 parties, principally Bannocks and Shoshones from the 

 agencies at Fort Hall, Lemki and Washaki. 



These Indians leave their reservation and proceed to- 

 ward the borders of the Park, where they destroy great 

 numbers of elk, drying the meat for winter use, and 

 carrying it and the hides to their home. A far more 

 serious injury than the destruction of game which thus 

 takes place, is caused by the forest fires which these In- 

 dians kindle to drive the game from one place to another, 

 or to prevent it from going in certain directions. In 

 this way thousands of acres of living forest are fre- 

 quently burned over, and an amount of harm is done 

 that the growth of a quarter of a century cannot repair. 



Captain Harris has known of this state of things for 

 years, and has done everything in his power to keep the 

 Indians away from the Park. He has repeatedly notified 

 the Interior Department of these depredations, but the 

 agents in charge of these Indians have met his remon- 

 strances with denials of facts which are perfectly well 

 known to all travelers in the southern portion of the 

 Park. 



The destruction of the deer and elk killed by these In- 

 dians is in itself a serious matter, but it does not compare 

 in importance with the damage done by the forest fires. 

 The deer and elk, so long as these species are protected in 

 the Park, will soon replace themselves; but a dry time 

 or a favorable wind may result in the destruction of the 

 green timber over enormous areas of the national pleas- 

 ure ground. 



This matter certainly should receive prompt atten- 

 tion at Washington, and we purpose shortly to fur- 

 nish some facts connected with this topic which will be 

 interesting reading to those who have visited or may con- 

 template visiting the Park. The abuses of past years 

 should not be repeated during the coming summer, and 

 the remedy is in the hands of the department having 

 the Park in charge. 



C. P. KUNHARDT. 



HPHREE weeks had elapsed yesterday since Mr. Kunhardt sailed 

 -*- from this port in the steamship Conserva, bound for Samana 

 San Domingo; and ten days since word was brought of a wreck 

 believed to have been that of the Conserva. No ground is left for 

 continued belief in the safety of the vessel and her crew, save only 

 that lingering hope in the heart of a friend, which refuses to be 

 quenched so long as mere conjecture of disaster is not sup- 

 planted by positive intelligence of the vessel's fate. It is with 

 such a feeling that these notes are written, not as a formal obit- 

 uary, but to afford those particulars of Mr. Kunhardt's life and 

 connection with the Forest and Stream, which are looked for 

 by the readers of a journal with which he was for years so closely 

 identified. 



Charles P. Kunhardt was born on Staten Island, New York, 

 some forty years ago. His father, Geo. E. Kunhardt, was the 

 head of the large shipping house of Kunhardt & Co. The family 

 home was a large stone house, still standing, which occupied a 

 commanding position, overlooking the water; and here young 

 Kunhardt gave early manifestation of those tastes for which in 

 after life he was to become noted. As a child his chief delight 

 was to watch for hours the harbor craft; and his precocity in 

 acquiring a knowledge of the distinctive rigs of the shipping ex- 

 cited the wonder of his family; he called all the home craft by 

 name, and knew ships before he knew people; It was the most 

 natural thing in the world thai lie should take to the sea, and in 

 1866 he was appointed midshipman in the Naval Academy at 

 Annapolis, Graduating in 1870, eighteenth in a very large class, he 



