April 4, 1889.] 



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ST. PAUL, Miim., March 37.— Yesterday the Minneapolis Gun 

 Club held its regular weekly badge shoot at its grounds on Bloom- 

 ingdale avenue, aud there were a large number of members 

 present. We bad a regular March '"howler." the wind Wowing 

 furiously from the rear and the sky was overcast and dull. In 

 the double shooting many of the birds struck the ground bejEore 

 the second barrel could be tired, and only the quickest of snap- 

 shooting was of any avail. Of course the scores were low, but 

 under the circumstances some of them were very good. There, is 

 considerable challenging and counter-challenging going on 

 between the members, and live birds are the targets used. First 

 came the Babeock-Elliott match, 25 live birds, $35 a side. Bab- 

 cock won. Then J. G. Bradley challenged any member of the 

 gun club to shrt)t, and was promptly accepted both by Skinner 

 and Babcoek, with other members to hear from. The Bradley- 

 Skinner match will be called Saturday afternoon, April C, at 30 



S. Harri- 

 rd match, 

 3V match. 



AsaJl are the best of friends, the stakes are the cost of the birds. 

 The 'following are the scores made: 

 First sweep, at 10 single Peorias, $1 entrance: 



Ensign 1111111111—10 Swanman 0011111101— 7 



Skinner 1001011111- 6 Dalton 1011110111- 8 



S Kroner matcn win ue caneu oamruay aiieruoun, apui 

 sparrows, 21yds. rise, both barrels, Monaco boundary.. S. 

 son, the president, has challenged Ba'>cock to a 25 live bird ; 

 the winner to shoot the winner in the Bradley-Skinner j 



Morse 10011)1011- 7 



Nicholson 1101111101— 8 



Dodge 1010110111- 7 



Curtis 1111110001— 7 



Latz 1001110101- G 



Murphy 1011010111- 



Shott 1011111101— 8 



Brady 11111101 11- 9 



Whitcomb ..11111 11101— S) 



Beck 1011111101— 8 _ 



Lawrence 1110111111- 9 Shepherd 1111111011— 



Fox HOOUOIU- 7 



"Tribune" badge shoot, 9 singles and 3 pairs Peorias, eutrauce 

 SI, four moneys: 



Skinner... .110111011 10 10 10-11 Morse 110110101 10 00 00-7 



Murphy ...110110101 10 1100—9 Nicholson, 001101011 111110—10 



WMtOOmb.l01U10.0Q 10 00 10— 7 Dodge 1VO1M0 11 01 00— 9 



Beck. . . .010101000 00 00 00— 3 Ensign 111111111 111110-14 



Lawrence ..11 1 110011 0110 11-11 Cutter 110110111 1110 11-12 



Sbott .1101100(111 00 10 0:1— 5 Latz lOOUlilOO 10 11 UO— 7 



Fox 101111101 00 10 10—9 Shepherd.. ltllioroil 10 10 11—9 



Swanman.. 010000011 00 11 11— 7 Scott 011101011 10 00 00— 7 



Dalcon ... 101011110 10 10 10- 9 B,ady 110101000 11 11 10- 9 



Ensign wins budge and first money, Cutter second, Lawrence 

 and Skinner third, Nicholson fourth. 



Club Badge shoot, 10 singles and 5 pairs Peorias, $1 entrance, 

 four moneys: 



Skinner 1100010101 10 10 11 11 11—13 



Bradv 0111110010 11 00 10 10 10—11 



Morse • 0101001010 00 01 10 00 00— C 



Whitcomb 1001101001 11 11 10 11 11— U 



Swanman 1011100001 10 10 10 10 00 - 9 



Beck 1111111111 10 00 10 11 10-15 



Stokes 1011111111 11 11 10 11 10-17 



Latz 0101010010 11 00 10 10 01— 9 



Murphv 1011111110 10 10 10 10 10-13 



Lawrence 0111000111 10 10 10 10 10-11 



Nicholson 10C0111100 11 10 01 10 11—13 



Dalton 1110111111 00 10 11 11 10-15 



Sheppard - - .1010110110 00 01 00 00 00- 7 



Fox 1110111011 10 10 11 11 H—16 



Shott 1010011010 00 10 10 10 01- 9 



Cutter 0011111011 11 11 11 10 00-11 



Ensign 1111111110 10 10 10 01 10— H 



Scott. 0001001110 10 00 00 00 11- 7 



Stokes senior badge, Fox junior; Stokes first, Dalton and Beck 

 second, Whitcomb third, Murphy and Skinner fourth. 



BERGEN POINT, N. J., March 39.— The first of aseries of clay- 

 pigeon matches, between teams representing the New Jersey 

 Athletic Club and the Elizabeth Gun Club, was shot this after- 

 noon on the grounds of the former organization at Bergen Point. 

 The visiting team included several marksmen who have made 

 high records shooting at bluerock targets, and easily won the 

 match. The conditions were 15 birds each, 18yds. rise and 50yds. 

 boundary. The score was as follows: 



Elizabeth Gun Club. 



Meller 15 



Lewrence 9 



Lackmann 12 



Conover 13 



Sayre .14 



Johnson 14 



Williams 13 



Chetwood 11 



Shangle 8-109 



New Jersey A. C. 



J Taylor 13 



B, Sundermann 13 



H Cook 13 



GVirde 10 



J Edey 11 



TWilmerding 9 



EBigoney 12 



H Popham L 5 



E Vredenburgh 9— 8£ 



EUREKA GUN CLUB, of New York, shot at Jersey City 

 freights (inn Plnb grounds, Marion, N. J., bluerocks, 5 traps, all 

 angles, ICyds. rise for 12-bore and 18yds. for 10-bores, National 

 rules, sweepstakes. Fust sweep: 



J H Ficken 1101100011—0 Booth 0110100010-4 



Swindell., 001.1 111000—5 Stropo 0101.001 000— 3 



Buthfer 0000000100—1 Heritage, Jr 1010000100-3 



Second sweep, at 5 bluerocks. same conditions: 



E H Sell mulls 00000—0 Schmults 00100—1 



J H Ficken 10011-3 Bungar 00011-2 



Heritage, Jr 01001—2 



Diffley 00000-0 



Scbortemeier .11001—3 



Heck man 00000-0 



Swi dell'.'...'.....'- 10011-3 H Ficken 00110-2 



Buthfer 



...00001-1 Dr Sutton.. 



.00001-1 



Ties, miss and out, on 3 for first: J. II. Ficken 1, Swindell 1, 

 Scbortemeier 2. Ties on 2 tor second, H. Ficken 1, Heritage, Jr. 0, 

 Bungar 0. Ties on 1 for third, Buthfer 2, Dr. Sutton 0, A. 

 Schmults 1. 

 Third sweep, at 10 bluerocks: 



E H Schmults 0001000110-3 Strope 1011000001-4 



J H Ficken 0101101100-5 A Schmults 0110100111-6 



Heritage, Jr 0000100110-3 Bungar 0010010011-4 



Difflev 0111111001—7 Eaton 0010100100-3 



Swindell OOlOOlOHlO-3 H Ficken 00H011101-6 



Buthfer 0010001100-3 Dr Sutton 0110000100—3 



Booth 1111100010-6 *Schortomeicr 1111110010-7 



♦Scbortemeier barred. 



Tics on 6 for second, miss and out: Booth 0, H. Ficken 3, A. 

 Schmults 3. ' , , 



Medal aud prize shoot, best 7 out of 10 scores to count for medal 

 and prize; match at 15 bluerocks, 5 traps: 



SchmullsilOv;. .0000,01010001000— 3 Booth (10) 010001000100100— 4 



J H Ficken. ilNiOiililOmiOOlIll— 9 S trope (18) . . . .01.0001010101111— 8 

 i-L ritau-c, .1 r(i<!)000000000111 100— 4 ASehmultsflOlOOOlOlOl lOlnOOO— 5 



Diffley (16) OOUIOOlOl 101 100-6 Bungar (1) OOOOOOUOO0O0OO— 3 



Swi nriell (16). ...II 0001 1 00OU 01 1—8 Schor t e'ier(16). 1 100111101 11111—13 



Buthfer (10) 0010100 i 00000 11— 5 



Scbortemeier wins modal for month of March, and having made 

 80 per cent, of total score is handicapped 3yds. at subsequent 

 shoots. The day was a poor one for good scores, as the wiud blew 

 very bard from the west. The majority of (lie members had no 

 experience, previous to this shoot at using 5 trans, and everalhad 

 not. shot at an artificial target before. Thanks are due to Mr. Al 

 Heritage for hL. kindness in superintending t raps and making tho 

 boys comfortable. The next monthly medal shoot will take place 

 on Tuesday, April 9, and as some of us will practice before that 

 time we may mako better scores,— L. H. S. 



HOOSICK FALLS, N. Y., March 27— Cambridge vs. Indepen- 

 dent, Jloosiek Falls, challenge match, National Driving Park, king 

 birds, 50 each, 3 traps. National rules: 

 Cambridge. 



Wm Mills 0111111 1 1 000 1 1 1 0101 1 1 1 1 1 01 101 1 1110 1 1 0100 11 10011 11-35 



J WMcCovmicllOllllllllllolOOOlllOl 111110111101011111111001111-39-74 

 Hoosick Falls, 



C A Johnson... 110111111110111 11010111110110111110011111111111011-41 

 O H Stockwell.il 1111011 10101111111111181111111111011111111111111-45-86 



FITCHBURG, Mass., March 28.— The Fitchburg Rod and Gun 

 Club have elected officers as follows: President, C. H. Brown, 

 Sr.; Vice-President, Geo. W. Weymouth; Secretary and Treasurer, 

 E. B. Twitcholl; Directors— H. I. Wallace, Frod II. Rideout, Amos 

 B. Small, S. W. Putnam and C. H. Brown, Jr. Plans already un- 

 der way indicate an unusual incerest and much sport the coming 

 seasou. 



WORCESTER, Mass., March 28.— The first of the spring series 

 of classification shoots took place this week. In the shoot for 

 position each man had a possible score of 30 birds, in the prize 

 score there was a possible 10, and in the tie a possible 5. The re- 

 sults in detail follow: 



Class B. Glasslf. Prize. Tie. Class B. Classif. Prize. 



CRBClaflin..26 

 A B Frank! in.. 24 



Dr Bowers 23 



E T Swan 25 



M D Gillman..25 

 ARBowdish..23 

 G W Russell... 27 

 L F Hough ton.27 



10 



E S Knowles...22 

 LSKilburn....25 



C Rice 24 



G J Rugg 20 



H D Jourdan..l3 



HColvin 17 



F Forchance... 7 



Tie. 

 4 

 4 

 4 



In Class A the first prize of S7.50 went to Claflin. The second 



BRADLEY VS. VAN SCHAICK.— A match at live birds be- 

 tween Messrs. Dan Bradley and G, G. Van Schaick, shot four 

 weeks ago, having resulted in a, tie, these gentlemen determined 

 upon another match to decide the first. It was shot last Thurs- 

 day at Mr. Bradley's residence near Lake Mahopac, and after 

 some good shooting resulted in a victory for Van Schaick by one 

 bird. The pigeons in both matches were fast flying birds, blue- 

 rocks predominating, and the majority were swift drivers. The 

 scores were as follows, Mr. Field shooting outside of the match: 

 First Match. Second Matcb. 



Bradley 11212113201-10 Bradley 222112011111101—13 



Van Schaick 11101111111-10 Van Schaick. .121111111102111-14 



Field 01021010102— 6 Field 203203001200311— 9 



The figure 2 represents birds killed with the use of both barrels. 

 The three birds missed by the two contestants in tho second 

 match were dead out of bounds. Arrangements are being made 

 for another match at a larger number of birds.— Algonquin. 



HILLSIDE GUN CLUB.— Dexter's Park. Long Island, March 

 28.— Match for club medal, to be shot for at 12 monthly shoots and 

 to become property of one who wins it most times; 25 bluerocks, 

 Chamberlin rules; Knebel 18yds., others 16yds. 

 P Welhardt 101111001 1111110010001001— 15 



p Reiss hoi loom oi mm nmoio-is 



John Kessler 101011111011111001 0010001- 15 



John Koch 10001111) 11111011 0101 0100-16 



John Reiss 100011101011111101 0110101-16 



Her Berger 1111 U1010111011111111 010-20 



H Knebel, Jr 1111101111111111111011111-23 



J H Rauch 1001111011011110101010100-15 



Jos Link 1111111110111111111111111-24 



E Berger 011101011111110101010010,1-15 



John Meyer 1110101101101110101101011-17 



Thos S h ort 10100111101111 10 11011101 1- 18 



BROOKLYN, March 28.— The HiUside Gun Club had a good 

 afternoon's sport, at Dexter's Park, Jamaica Plankroad. This club 

 was organized for the purpose of indulging in shooting at inani- 

 mate targets, so as to keep the members in practice during the 

 season when game is not to be found. Twelve members went to 

 the traps and shot at 25 birds each, a gold medal to the first and 

 second and a leather medal to the lowest scorer, the contest for 

 the latter causing considerable amusement, as at one time no less 

 than seven tied for it. The full score of the shoot was as follows: 



P Welhardt (16) 1011011001101100111010011—15 



P Weiss (16) 1101001011001111111)11101—18 



J Kessler (16) OulllllllOOllOOllOllOt). 10-15 



J Koch (16) 1011010011111011100110011-16 



J Reiss (16) 0111101011010100111111010- J 6 



H Berger (16) 101111 11110011 11110110111—20 



H Knebel, Jr. (18) miOmilllUl 1111011 11 ) -23 



J Rausch (Hi) 0101010110111101110011001-15 



J Link (18) .1111111110111111111111111-24 



E Berger (16) 1010110110110001010110110-14 



J Mever (16) 0101111011000011110011111-15 



T Short (18). 0110011011111011110111111-18 



J. Link won the first gold medal, H. Knebel, Jr., the second, and 

 E. Berger the leather medal. Several sweepstake were then shot 

 off. Referee, Mr. G. L. Bower; scorer, Mr. Charles Traub. 



ROXBOROUGH, Pa.., March 23.— The Roxborough Gun Club, of 

 Roxborough, Pa., and Matsnnk Gun Club, of Matsunk, Pa., shot 

 a match at the Roxborough Club grounds, this afternoon. The 

 conditions were teams of 10 men, 20 bluerocks per man. The 

 Matsunk boys shot in first-rate form and won by a score of 157 to 

 127: 



ELIZABETH, N. J., March 38.-In the crow shoot of the Eliza- 

 beth Gun Club to-day, R. Williams killed bis 21 birds straight, at 

 30yds., Hurlingliam rules. 



WILLIMANTIC, Conn., will have a two days' lournsmont, 

 April 24 and 25, given by the Rod and Gun Club. Arti tidal tar- 

 gets, 15 events each day, open to all, National rules. — J A 8. H. 

 Ross, Secretary. 



DES MOINES, March 31.— Dr. Carver won in the shooting 

 match with Budd yesterday by a score of 89 to 85. The match 

 was at 100 live birds, Hnrlingham rules, for a purse of S500. The 

 weather was very unfavorable. 



Lafayette, lad., Aug. 21, 1888— IT. S. Cwtridoe Co., LoivcU, 

 Mass.: Dear Sir— 1 am pleased to be able to give you a most sat- 

 isfactory account of the paper shells you sent me. I have used 

 Sehuitze. powder altogether for the last, seven years, with Elcy's 

 shells, and votirs are the first perfect substitute I have found, and 

 I shall take care to recommend their use. (Signed) W. Graham, 

 Champion Shot of England.— Adv. 



Roxborough Gun Club. 



Hoagland 17 



Gornman 15 



H Bloudin 10 



J Weir 13 



A Weir 15 



JLinsey 11 



GBlondin .16 



HOzias.... 15 



Gilmore 6 



Warren 9-127 



Matsunk Gun Club. 



C F Crassman ...18 



J Hefenfinger 15 



W Miller 14 



J O'Brien 13 



T Smith 15 



J Bell 15 



Geo Ritter .17 



H Noblit 18 



J Nettels 14 



S Carter 18-157 



PINE BROOK, N. J.— Miss Annie Oakley and Frank Class of 

 Pine Brook will shcot a match on April 5 against C. M. Hodden 

 and Sam Castles of Newark. The match will be at 25 live birds 

 each, for $50 a side, Hurlinghani rules, 80yds. boundary. Miss 

 Oakley will shoot at 25yds. rise and the others at 30yds. The 

 match will begin at 1 o'clock. 



WELLINGTON, March 30.— There was a large attendance at the 

 g rounds of the Wellington Club to-day, and several good scores 

 were made, despite the strong northwest wind which blew across 

 the traps. The Merchandise match, which was opened three 

 months ago, was closed this afternoon with the following win- 

 ners, the condition ■ being th at the best eight scores at 15 birds each 

 be counted: Wardwell first, with 103, Perry second with 101, Shum- 

 wav third with SB, Sanborn fourth with 95, Field fifth with 94, 

 Schaefer sixth with 93, Snow seventh with 92. Baxter eighth with 

 85, Savage ninth with 81, Grimes tenth with 79, The following 

 scores were made in the Silver Pitcher match at 8 clay-pigeons 

 and 7 bluerocks: Perry 10, Bradstreet 10, Field 12. Schaeter 12, 

 Snow II, North 9, Sanborn 11, Stanton 12, Long 13. Allcrton 9. Fay 

 13, Ward 13. Chase 8, Wardwell 14, Bond 11, Baxter 8, Conant 7, 

 White 13, Webster 13, Melcher 8, Short 10. The .picher was won 

 by Wardwell. The sweepstake wiuners in the several matches 

 were: Six bluerocks: Lang, Stanton and Baxter 5. Six bluerocks: 

 Chase 0. Five clay-pigeons: Morse 5. Six macombers: Choate 6. 

 Five clay-pigeons: Choate 5. Six clay-pigeons: White, Stanton 

 and Bond 6. Six blueroc ks: Sampson 6 Six macombers: Stanton 

 6. Six bluerocks: Shorr, Chase and Wood 6. Three pairs clay- 

 pigeons: Choate, Wehster and Schaefer 6. Six bluerocks: Brad- 

 bury and Fay 6. Eight clay-pigeons: Schaefer, Lang and White 

 8. Seven bluerocks: Wehster, Choate aud Wood 7. Six bluerocks: 

 Baxter, Stanton and North 5. The club shot under the new five- 

 trap rule to-day, and nearly all the shooters were pleased with 

 it , although it is more difficult to make good scores than under 

 the old rules. 



BALTIMORE, March 27.— The Baltimore Gun Club held a shoot- 

 ing match at Acton's Park, Anne Arundel county, to-day. The 

 shooting, which began at mid-day, lasted until dark. The mem- 

 bers tried the Keystone targets, which throw from the traps in 

 all directions. The object of the shoot was to select a team for 

 the match with the N ort h End Gun Club, of Philadelphia. During 

 the day a meeting of the club was called to consider the challenge 

 of the North End Gun Club. Cant. George Hussell presided. 

 Messrs. Walter P. Harvey and Dr. Baughman were elected mem- 

 bers of the club. The challenge of the Philadelphia club was ac- 

 cepted, and Acton's selected as the place for the match, April 30 

 was fixed as the date. Fifteen men will shoot on each team and 

 30 birds will be shot at by each shooter. The Baltimore Club will 

 entertain the visitors during their stay in the city. If challenged 

 to shoot a return match the Baltimore Club agrees to go to Phila- 

 delphia. Messrs. Cleveland, Lithicum and Williar were appointed 

 a committee to select the Baltimore Club's team, Messrs. Denny, 

 Buckby and. Dr. Baughman were appointed a committee to enter- 

 tain the visitors. 



STICE.— Chicago, March 30.— Dr. Henry, of Jacksonville. 111., 

 the home of Jim Stice, savs that St ice has rheumatism of the 

 heart. His hands and limbs are badly swelled. Nevertheless 

 Stice declares himself eager to shoot Dr. Carver on April 6 or 

 at some other date. In case such a match is made Carver says 

 he will restore the money forfeited by Stice on the late match. 

 Stice went to Des Moines for the Carver- Budd match of to-day, 

 and the Carver-Stice match may be re-arranged to-day. R. B. 

 Wadsworth and W. L. Shepardalso left for Des Moines yesterday 

 to see this match. Several Chicago men are backing Budd in 

 this match, or are interested in it.— E. H. 



SOUTH SIDE GUN CLUB, Newark, N. J.— Friends are cordially 

 invited to the opening shoot of the summer season, April 10, at 

 9:30 o'clock. The club grounds are situated on New Jersey Rail- 

 road avenue, near Lehigh Valley coal depot, and may be reached 

 via Pennsylvania Railroad, Emmet street station: Newark & New 

 York Railroad, Broad street, and Delaware, Lackawanna & 

 Western Railroad. All will be class shooting under club rules. 

 Prizes divided 40. 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Targets, three cents each. 

 Ammunition and lunch on hand. Rain or shine.— W. R. HOBART, 

 Sec. 



GILMAN, 111.— The Gilman Gun Club will hold an amateur 

 tournament (professionals debarred) April 16 to 18. Live birds 

 and artificial targets. Purses, 40, 30, 30 aud 10. For particulars 

 address I. W. Budd, Crescent City, or Frank Mosher, Gilman. 



CLEVELAND, O., March 28.— T. A. Close and A. Forrester shot 

 a match of 50 singles each on the Kirtland range to-day. They 

 tied at 44 and then decided to shoot another 50 to decide the tie. 

 Forrester won by a score of 44 'to 38. 



Every week we are obliged to defer to the next 

 week trap scores which come in too late for pub- 

 lication in the current issue. It is particularly re- 

 quested that scores be sent us as early as possible. 



THE TROUT OF THE MOUNTAIN STREAM, 



COME sin? of the bass with his glistening mail, 

 *P Or the giant tarpon with silver scaJe, 

 But the angler's joy, and the artist's dream, 

 Is the spotted trout of the mountain stream. 



With his mottled sides and his shapely mould, 

 And his crimson stars with their fringe of gold. 

 With Ms painted fins and his silvery gleam. 

 He has stolen the hues of his mountain stream. 



With mouth wide spread and with glittering eye. 

 Ho springs from the depths at the dancing fly, 

 Aud swift as the shaft from tho bended bow 

 Shoots down to bis home in the waves below. 



When soft from the south the breezes blow, 

 When the waters are cleared of the melting snow. 

 When the earth awakes from the winter's dream, 

 I seek for the trout in his mountain stream. 



When the apple blossoms are snowy white, 

 And the swamps with the scarlet maple bright, 

 When the silvery birch has donned its sheen, 

 And the marshy meadows are fringed with green; 



When the bobolink on the "poke-stalk" swing?. 

 And the hermit thrush in the woodland sings, 

 Then I'll seek the trout in his mountain home, 

 In the sparkling verge of the cataracts' foam. 



'Tis then in the water's wildest play, 



That he lies in wait for his floating prey, 



Or shoots like a flash through the swiftest stream, 



With an arrowy rush and a meteor gleam ! 



When the skies grow warm and the sun rides high. 

 By the spreading alders he loves to lie; 

 Or he seeks his lair 'neath some mossy stone, 

 Which the frost from the hanging ledge has thrown. 



Then, angler ! if you would his capture try, 

 Choose your lightest line and your daintiest fly; 

 Let your step be light and your cast be true, 

 Or the trout will have nothing to say to you. 



If the bending rod and the ringing reel 



Give proof that you've fastened the tempered steel. 



Be sure that the battle is but begun, 



And not till he's landed is victory won. 



Then, give me the trout of the mountain stream, 

 With his crimson stars and his golden gleam; 

 When he, like a hero, gasping dies, 

 The angler has won his fairest prize ! 

 Chaklestown, N. H. Von W. 



SPRINGFIELD TROUT STREAMS. 



SFRTNGFIELD, Mass., March IS. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: The large brooks of all the district within 

 twenty miles of Springfield afford one of the best natural 

 txout-fishing grounds in the United States. It is not a 

 "sportsman's paradise," of course, but there are few 

 localities where the trout brooks are so easily within 

 reach of the tired, business-pursued dweller in the large 

 cities. There arc scores of such streams stretching for 

 miles in all directions from the small rivers which are 

 tributary to the beautiful Connecticut. 



Take your team at 2 o'clock any spring morning, and by 

 sunrise you can commence a day's sport on the most en- 

 trancing trout stream you ever visited. The brooks to the 

 south and east of us afford the best sport and the largest 

 fish, because they flow through lowlands, abounding in 

 springs and making rich feeding grounds. To the west 

 and north the brooks are shallow mountain streams, 

 where anchor ice in winter precludes the possibility of 

 trout growing to any size. So the large meadow brooks 

 near at home are the chief resort of our sportsmen, who 

 have formed two clubs, called the North Branch and the 

 South Branch, after the two principal tributaries to Mill 

 River, and. have leased the streams from the abutters for 

 ten years. Both brooks were for generations excellent 

 haunts for the best trout, but became sadly depleted; 

 these clubs, however, have thoroughly restocked them 

 and patrolled them for several seasons, and hope ulti- 

 mately to bring them up to as high a standard as they 

 formerly attained. The clubs are made up of business 

 and professional men, whose object is chiefly the protec- 

 tion of the fish, rather than the sport of catching them. 

 Indeed, you would find few in their membership whom you 

 would call real sportsmen; to fish with a worm and sinker, 

 even in such splendid trout streams, is still the popular 

 interpretation of sport. But there are several expert fly- 

 fishermen hereabout, who, be it said to their credit, are 

 among the most persistent members of the local clubs. 



Few fish have been taken lately from the protected 

 streams, and the catch has probably cost the members not 

 less than $2 a pound. The only interference they meet 

 is with a few market-fishermen, who brag of having 

 robbed the streams. It is the sentiment of the clubs that 

 any one caught in illicit trouting shall be prosecuted to 

 the full extent of the law, and a lesson or two has had a 

 salutary effect. Several of our sportsmen go to Raugeley 

 every year, and I have heard them speak in great praise 

 of the efforts of Forest and Stream in exposing the 

 law-breakers there. A recent issue of your paper con- 

 contained an account of our new fishing and game club, 

 which has leased a huge section of the Canadian wilder- 

 ness, and by the way, nearly all ate members of the two 

 local clubs I have mentioned, S, 



