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struck by the horses' feet and we feel the jolt unit jar as 

 the ponderous wheels pass over htm. With a groan I fall 

 out of the stage and stagger fainting against the fence ; Jack 

 is with me in a moment, and we step hack to the pros- 

 trate form of our dumb friend. No howl, no groan, no 

 whimper of pain. Poor follow! He is hurt so deep that 

 he knows not he is hurt. Jack has some hope, but some- 

 thing tel Is me this is the end. "Love never faileth." He 

 raises his head in a momentary rally, moves his pawtoward 

 me, his great brown weeping eyes look pleadingly into 

 mine. Poor fellow! I can't help you; but it is easier for 

 you than for me. 



Tenderly we carry him into the house, and sitting down 

 watch the* labored breathing and the going out of that 

 mysterious light we call life. Strange he cannot move 

 those strong limbs, lately so lithe and fresh. No mark 

 upon his faultless form, 'but the cruel wheels have done 

 their awful work. He breathes slowly, faintly, then 

 raising his loving eyes to mine in a last lingering gaze, 

 they slowly close on all things earthly, and with a sigh 

 he passed 'away as gently as a little child falls asleep. 

 "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well." 



On a high hill, overlooking the Hudson and the wood- 

 lands we loved so well, we laid him deep in his last rest- 

 ing place. I turned aside to be alone. There be those 

 who would not hide a tear. "Some days must be dark 

 and dreary." The storm breaks furiously upon us. Come, 

 Jack, let us homeward. L, A. S. 



ST. LOUIS SPORTSMEN. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. Si.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 Duck shooting in this immediate vicinity during the 

 past week has been very unsatisfactory. Many parties 

 were out short distances but the result was invariably 

 the same — small bags. The result in tho cases of those 

 who went long distances w r as not much better either. 

 Still, they did succeed in making a respectable showing. 

 Tt is quite evident that the bulk of the webfeet have de- 

 parted this part of the country for the South. There was 

 one little flurry of them two weeks ago, outside of that 

 there have not been any in. this vicinity this fall to speak 

 of. The only kind seen now are the much-despised fish 

 duck: the shooters shoot them because they want some- 

 thing to shoot at, but they are thrown away very soon 

 after they have been shown and credited as ducks. 



.Snipe have all skipped out for a more congenial clime. 

 The few received in market come from near Galveston. 

 Texas. 



The bags of quail up to the present have also been very 

 small, if Mr. J. B. C. Lucas's bag of forty in one day is 

 excepted. 



W. T. Gould. W. MeOleary, Jack Lee and H. Cordess 

 left last Wednesday for Current River, in the southeast 

 part of this State. They go over the Iron Mountain Rail- 

 way to Doniphan, where they will be joined by W. F. 

 Maybrce and R. C. Barrett. From Doniphan they go by 

 a branch road to Pine. Then the trip to the hunting and 

 fishing grounds will be made hy wagon. Fishing is re- 

 ported only fair down there, but deer are said to be very 

 plentiful, and to them the gentlemen will give most of 

 their attention. Should they meet with any success at 

 all they will remain ten days or more. 



Tom H. Burtt left a few days ago for Lebanon, to 

 spend several days in quest of quail. Birds are said to be 

 in good numbers in the vicinity. 



Mr. J. B. C. Lucas returned home a few days ago from 

 the interior of Illinois, and reports having had grand 

 shooting on quail. The brush and weeds were very 

 thick, and interfered quite materially with the sport. 



Hunt P. Wilson, Dr. J. H. Leslie, Brooks Wipple and 

 Leslie Moffett were down in Mississippi county, this 

 State, enjoying the pleasures of a camp-hunt for the past 

 ten days. * They arrived home last Tuesday with one 

 deer, 205 ducks of all kinds, a large number of quail, and 

 a good string of fish, mostly bass and croppies. The deer 

 was the largest seen in this city for many years. He was 

 a five-prong buck and weighed exactly 2521bs. Mr. Wil- 

 son had the honor of bagging him. He was standing out 

 in the marsh in a duck blind when he saw the deer emerge 

 from some brush about 45yds. away. Carefully extract- 

 ing the duck cartridge he put in one loaded with buck- 

 shot. In putting the gun to his shoulder it hit a limb, 

 and, as he explained, made a report almost as loud as the 

 firing of a charge. The deer, when he heard this, pricked 

 up his ears and was on the alert for a lurking enemy evi- 

 dently, but he was too slow, for the next instant Mr. 

 Wilson pulled the trigger of his trusty Betsy and a charge 

 of buckshot struck him fair and square in the left shoul- 

 der. The buck was standing partly quartering, and one 

 of the shot hit him in the nose, ranging upward, and 

 lodged in his neck. The shot that no doubt proved the 

 death dealer was the one that hit in the side and ranging 

 upward into the spinal column. At the report of the gun 

 the deer disappeared, and Mr. Wilson for quite a while 

 was considerably in doubt if he had really hit or not. On 

 one of the limbs of a small tree he noticed signs of blood, 

 and pursuing the trail finally was rewarded after a tramp 

 of 200yds. to come up with the deer. The deer was to be 

 seen at Mr. Wilson's place of business in this city, and 

 there was quite a crowd of sportsmen in and out of his 

 place while it was on exhibition. He will have the head 

 set up and keep it as a memento of the trip. 



Messrs. W. H. Horner and E. C. Mohrstadt spent a day 

 on quail last Monday in the vicinity of the Meramec 

 River, which is only about twenty miles from this city. 

 They had poor success, owing to the great amount of 

 shooting that the birds have been subjected to out there 

 this season. The birds were very wild, and when flushed 

 they flew so far that it was very difficult to mark them 

 down. The birds were well matured, and those that they 

 were lucky enough to bag were fat. 



Mr. George Rawlings, the sporting goods dealer on 

 Eighth and Chestnut streets, will depart Saturday night 

 for Charleston, this State, to be gone a few days after 

 ducks and quil. Late reports from Charleston say ducks 

 are plentiful and good bags are being made by parties 

 down there. 



The Dordenne Club, which recently leased a large 

 tract of land in St. Charles county for a game preserve, 

 has let a contract for its club house, to cost in the neigh- 

 borhood of $6,000. This season the members have been 

 accepting the hospitality of Mr. Gallagher, the owner of 

 the land. When the spring shooting opens and the much 

 sought after canvasback makes its appearance, the club 

 will be installed in its new club house. 



Joe Lucas and Dabney Can- are making ready to leave 

 for Point Pleasant, this State, to take more shooting on 

 the webfeet and "Bob Whites." The middle of next 

 week will see them off, and they expect to remain ten 

 days or more enjoying the delights of a camp hunt. Fish- 

 ing is said to be good ami they can have an opportunity 

 of changing off when tired of one or the other. 



Chas. Greely, Jack Neville and J. C. Van Blarcome had 

 some good sport on quail atGranby on the Frisco rail way 

 a few days ago. The covert was somewhat prolific, but 

 the birds were plentiful, and they brought home a good 

 bag. 



Mr. J. B. C. Lucas is to be credited with the largest 

 single bag of ducks made in this vicinity this season. In 

 one day on the grounds of the Quiver Club, in St. Charles 

 county, he counted up 51, mostly mallard and green wing. 

 The next largest bag was made by Mr, J. B. Morris on the 

 Dordenne preserve and footed up 36, all mallards but two. 

 Both bags were made on the same day, the two clubs' 

 gTounds being only a few miles apart. 



For the past week quite a good many geese have been 

 passing over this locality on their way to the "sunny 

 south." Very few are bagged and it is thought that they 

 are increasing their numbers yearly. Very seldom are 

 any to be seen in the markets. 



Last Wednesday evening saw the departure of Messrs. 

 Sil Edgar, C. F. Mathey and Richard Hopes for Baxter 

 Springs, Kansas, on a hunting trip. From Baxter Springs 

 the gentlemen expect to go south and strike into the In- 

 dian Territory; where they are going to put in their 

 time on quail, prairie chicken and deer. The country is 

 not considered at all favorable for ducks, still some little 

 sport is had on them. All of the gentlemen have sup- 

 plied themselves with repeating Winchesters, and they 

 are well able to handle them too, consequently it will 

 be no surprise to their friends should they return with a 

 number of deer. 



W. H. Clopton spent Thanksgiving at the King's Lake 

 preserve, which is fifty -three miles above here in Lincoln 

 county. The shooting was slow and without any special 

 interest. A few years ago these grounds were second to 

 none in this part of the country for duck shooting, but 

 during the past few years only a few make a stop on the 

 lakes and timber slough on the preserve. Mallard shoot- 

 ing in the timber in the vicinity was especially fine during 

 the fail of 1882, and it was quite common to hear of some 

 party bagging from 100 to 200 in a couple of days. But 

 there have not been 500 ducks all told bagged up there 

 this season. 



There is a movement on foot among a number of 

 gentlemen in this city for the organization of a club to 

 lease a large tract of "land in Lincoln county for a game 

 preserve. The matter has not developed fully as yet. but 

 will undoubtedly be. in such shape in a very short time as 

 to make it possible to announce in detail the names of 

 the gentlemen interested, and also just where the land is 

 located. 



C. Hemphill went up to Ellsbury, Mo., on Thursday to 

 indulge in a duck shoot. The weather was in every way 

 favorable for the sport. It was cloudy, and had there 

 been any ducks in the country no doubt he would have 

 had some good sport. It was just such a day as duck 

 shooters long for, and what might be called a genuine 

 duck day in every particular. But, alas, the most essen- 

 tial requisite of the sport was missing, and that was the 

 ducks, consequently he returned home with a very light 

 bag. 



Bred Huginine shot a few ducks and caught a small 

 string of fish at Kid Lake on Thursday. 



The head of the I801bs. buck which was shot by Fred 

 C, Burgdorfer a short time since, in the Current River 

 country, is now on exhibition at the sporting goods house 

 of Rawdings Bros., corner Eighth and Chestnut streets. 



Unsbr Fritz. 



BOWLEY'S QUARTER CLUB. 



ONE of the finest ducking club houses in the country 

 has recently been completed for the "Bowley's 

 Quarter Ducking Club." This club is composed of twelve 

 gentlemen, who own about 382 acres of land, with over 

 five miles of water front directly on the Chesapeake Bay, 

 extending the wmole distance between Middle River and 

 Seneca River, and lying just south of the famous "Car- 

 roll Island" property. It has several points and blinds 

 from which there i's to be had some of the best duck 

 shooting on the bay. The house stands about two hun- 

 dred feet from the' water front, and is smTOunded by fine 

 forest trees. It fronts due east, giving a delightful view 

 of the bay and surrounding country, with a full view of 

 all the shipping to and from Baltimore. The house is 

 ninety-six feet long, by thirty-three feet wide, all built 

 in the most substantial manner, being first sheathed on 

 the frame, which is Georgia pine, with diagonal sheath- 

 ing of flooring boards, then covered with two thicknesses 

 of felting, then by weather-boarding up to second tioor, 

 then to square or fine heavy cornice, with round-end 

 shingles. The entire roof is covered with best quality of 

 tin, and there is a handsome observatory. The first story 

 has double floors, with felting between them, and divided 

 as follows: A large kitchen, 19 by 22 feet: open room or 

 porch, 10 feet wide: dining-room," 19 by 32 feet, with but- 

 ler's pantry and china closet. At the end is the gunning- 

 hall, 19 by 24 feet, in which there are twelve double gun 

 closets. The front or main entrance door leads from this 

 room to an open room or porch, from which you can pass 

 through a beautifully finished arch to the lawn in front. 

 This arch gives to the front of the house a pleasing effect. 

 The next room is the sitting-room or parlor, 19 by 32 feet, 

 from which leads a fine open stairway, of ancient design, 

 to the second story. In each of the three last-mentioned 

 rooms there are large fireplaces, highly ornamented with 

 pressed brick, surmounted by fine mantels. These three 

 rooms can all be thrown into one by large folding doors. 

 The second story is divided into twelve bedrooms, with 

 a hall running through center of the house. Each room 

 is well lighted and ventilated, and can be heated at 

 pleasure. 



The house is lighted by gas, and has electric bells in 

 each room. The house "was designed by Mr. Addison 

 Hulton, one of the leading architects of Philadelphia, and 

 was built by J. A. Sheridan. The club will probably 

 make this also a summer resort for their families, as the 

 shore for salt water bathing is excellent, and the water is 

 of a very superior quality. The cost of the house and 

 fm-nishrng was about $10,000. The president of the club 

 is Mr, K E. Janney, of Philadelphia. 



REFORM IN NEW BRUNSWICK, 



KINGSTON, New Brunswick.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: I often ask myself, have we a game law ? 

 Have we any game wardens in this country ? We have, 

 in name, and in name only. Although a good law, it is 

 shamefully outraged. As for the wardens, I do not know 

 why they" are permitted to hold such a position. We 

 would have good, shooting and fishing if the people of 

 this eolmbry would only adhere to the law. It is not 

 as though our sports were limited. On the contrary, we 

 have a good variety, and our country is large and free; 

 but they are not satisfied; they go and kill birds long be- 

 fore the season opens. Our close season for partridge 

 ended on Sept. 20, on the 16th two persons with guns (I 

 will not call them sportsmen) started out and killed 

 several partridges. I could not clearly prove the case at 

 the time, or they would have paid dear for their fun. 

 There are similar cases I might mention of people pre- 

 tending to be sportsmen, who sneak out with their guns 

 and sneak home again with their ill-gottten gains. 



The morning the season opened a friend and. myself 

 went up river partridge shooting. The place we went to 

 was known to be a good one for birds, but we only killed 

 three after hunting all day. I remarked to a person who 

 resides in the vicinity that it was unusual for coveys of 

 partridges to be broken up so early in the season, and that 

 there must be some cause for it, such as shooting, but he 

 denied it. Some eight days afterward I learned that a 

 person living only a short distance away from the place 

 had killed buds the day before we got there. Several 

 parties stopping at our new hotel boasted openly of how 

 many ducks, snipe, etc., they had killed long before the 

 season opened, and our game Avarden and his deputy liv- 

 ing almost next door to the hotel. Now, when the game 

 law is openly violated like this, and the game warden 

 and his deputy will do nothingto prevent it, what chance 

 is there for those abiding by the law? 



It is just the same with' our fishing. We have good 

 trout streams, but it is poor satisfaction to fish them: 

 they are all netted, and only the small fish that get 

 through the nets are to be taken. I went with two 

 friends last .Inly to Tweedie's Brook; it is a fine place for 

 trout. With the evening and morning fishing we filled 

 our large baskets, some of the fish weighing If lbs. ; but 

 that was nothing like what we should have done. The 

 netters had been ahead of us: the water was very muddy, 

 and at one of the pools we saw the stakes to which the 

 net had been made fast, and a few yards further along 

 the pool we came across the long poles they had used to 

 rout the fish out and drive them into their nets. They 

 sell the fish to parties further down the river who have 

 freezers, and who ship them to the Dnited States. One 

 of the parties owning the freezer boasted of how many 

 51b. trout he had that were netted in Tweedie's Brook. 

 Now, is it not too bad that honest sport-loving people 

 should be deprived of sport, and poachers and law- 

 breakers allowed to go free? Sportsman. 



DEER SHOOTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



I read with interest a letter from your correspondent 

 at Little Bay Mines. He appears to have had grand sport 

 killing seven or eight caribou in two or three days; and 

 our losal papers also tell how Doctor Tobin and his f riends 

 from Halifax, N. S., have killed thirty caribou near the 

 Grand Pond. The country around that pond is probably 

 one of the finest natural deer parks in the world. Deer 

 are there in hundreds, aye thousands, or to use the ex- 

 pression of a native, "they are numerous plenty, sir.'' 

 They will afford legitimate sport for ages if properly pro- 

 tected. They can only be properly protected by sports- 

 men who should make it a point of honor never to kill 

 so noble an animal for the head and skin alone. Never 

 to leave the carcass to rot. Let the cost be what it may 

 to get the deer out for food, it should be done. 



The man who can destroy these fine animals, and let 

 them lie and rot, merely to boast of his powers, is a mere 

 butcher and no sportsman. 1 apologize to the butcher 

 for using his name. His calling is legitimate. I should 

 have written butcherbird, whose wanton destruction of 

 other birds is an apt illustration of the instincts of these 

 so-called sportsmen . 



I have made inquiries, and find that quite a number of 

 deer were left to rot by these gentlemeu. As an old 

 sportsman, whose days for deer hunting are almost over, 

 I protest against such misconduct. Our game laws are 

 most liberal, but we shall be obliged to amend them and 

 limit the number of caribou to be killed by each person 

 unless sportsmen mend their way. 



So far we are free from skin hunters. Let the trophy 

 hunters keep within reasonable bounds, and waste none 

 of these good creatures of God, and they will receive 

 a hearty welcome to this sportsman's paradise. Grand 

 Pond is'about sixty miles long. B. 

 Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. 



Massachusetts Notes. — New York, Nov. 21. — Editor 

 Forest an d Stream: I have just returned from two weeks' 

 shoot on the Old Colony R. R., at the towns of Lakeville, 

 Myricks, and Freetown, Mass. Quail were scarce, but 

 ruffed grouse were fairly plenty and lying well to a 

 thoroughbred pointer or setter. I was not very success- 

 ful myself, being so unfortunate as to break the stock of 

 my fine Sneider hammerless gun before my vacation was 

 half up and being compelled to use one kindly loaned me 

 by Messrs. Davis & Sons, of Freetown, Mass., the manu- 

 facturers of the Davis gun, who by the way are tm-ning 

 out fine work and well worthy the attention of sportsmen 

 desiring a good serviceable gun, and not being anxious to 

 pay a fancy price for the same. I was shown through 

 the factory by Mr. N. R. Davis, the senior member of the 

 firm, and witnessed the Davis gun from "start to finish;" 

 and was very much interested in watching the process of 

 building a modern hammerless gun. From what I saw 

 of this gun in the rough and as it approached completion , 

 and seeing its execution on game in the hands of Mr. H. 

 B. Richmond of Lakeville, Mass. , the gentlemanly pro- 

 prietor of the Lakeville Kennels, to whom I am indebted 

 for many civilities extended to a brother sportsman , I can 

 hardly do the gun or its manufacturers justice; suffice it 

 to say that I unhesitatingly placed my $200 Sneider gun 

 in the hands of these gentlemen to be re-stocked, after 

 seeing the fine work they are enabled with their facilities 

 to turn out. The weather during my outing was parti- 

 ally stormy. — Blue-Rock, 



