Forest and Stream. 



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NEW YORK, JANUARY 8, 1891. 



j , VOL. XXXV.~No. 25. 



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CONTENTS. 



Editorial. 

 Atlantic Salmon in Winter. 

 Snap Shots. 



Death of Dr. E. Sterling. 

 Sportsman Tourist. 

 A Gun, a Trap and a Frying 

 Pan. 



Natural History. 



The Woodcock's Twitter. 



Animals for the National 

 Zoological Park. 

 Same Bag and Gun. 



Concerning Sights. 



A Thanksgiving Coon Hunt. 



One Kind of Coon Hunt. 



In Cold Water Style. 



Treeing Coins by Sight. 



Four Men and a Bear. 



Chicago and the West. 



Ttie Ohio Game Law. 



The Pennsylvania Season. 



Comparative Powder Tests. 



Game Notes. 

 Sea and River Fishing. 



Trout Fishing in North Caro- 

 lina. 



Chicago Fishing Notes. 

 Angling Notes. 

 Salmon Fishing in Winter. 

 Ftshculture. 

 Maine Fish culture. 

 Connecticut Fishculture. 

 Colorado Fishculture. 

 Rainbow Trout in Mexico. 



The Kennel. 



Cocker Spaniels of 1890. 



Notes from the Mt. Washing- 

 ton Kennels. 



The Maryland K. C. and Mr. 

 Malcolm. 



National Beagle Club Meeting 



Sepax-ate Trials for Irish Set- 

 ters. 



The National Greyhound Club 



Dog Chat. 



Kennel Notes. 



Kennel Management. 

 Rifle and Trap Shooting 



Range and Gallerv. 



Massachusetts Rifle Associa- 

 tion. 



The Trap. 



Chicago Traps. 



Connecticut Tournament. 



Miss Annie Oakley. 

 Yachting. 



A Corinthian Cruise on Pacific 

 Waters. 



The Loss of the NyaDza. 



New Yachts. 



The Right of Way at Mark- 

 boats. 



A Bit of Yachting Experience. 



A Veracious Chronicle. 



International Racing. 

 Canoeing. 



The A. C. A. Meet of 1890. -vi. 

 Answers to Correspondents. 



ATLANTIC SALMON IN WINTEB. 

 'pHBRE was published in the New York Tribune of 

 Dec. 13, 1890, a statement to the effect that Mr. 

 Blackford was displaying in Fulton Market, this city, 

 some enormous salmon, captured in nets off Cape Cod. 

 Since the capture of the Atlantic salmon at sea in winter 

 on our coast has not heretofore been recorded, so far as 

 we are able to learn from the published accounts, we 

 doubted the correctness of the report and supposed that 

 the salmon were really the species now found so abund- 

 antly in the markets of Eastern cities under the name of 

 Kennebec salmon, although it is really a Pacific river 

 trout, known as Gairdner's trout or steelhead salmon. 

 We, therefore, applied to Mr. Blackford for further de- 

 tails concerning the subject and have from him the 

 folio wing letter: 



New York, Dc. 29, 1890.— Editor Forest and Stream: The state, 

 □lent you saw in the Tribune was correct. On Nov. 26 we had 

 two salmon weighing 10 and 123^1bs. They were shipped from 

 Provincetown, Mass. On Dec. 5 two more specimens weighing V/ z 

 and 24^lbs. were received. One was taken at Provincetown and 

 the other at Truro near by. The last two fish were taken in a 

 mackerel seine with about 200 large mackerel and a large number 

 of small ones, being a late run of mackerel which strike this 

 coast every year within a few days of Dec. 1. These were the 

 handsomest salmon I have ever seen and were perfectly stiff in 

 rigor mortis when taken from the barrel.— Wallace E. Black- 

 ford. 



Commenting on the unusual occurrence a correspond- 

 ent writes: "It seems to me to be very important as tend- 

 ing to solve the problem of where the salmon go in 

 the winter. I have never read or heard of our salmon 

 being netted at sea before, and from their entering the 

 northern rivers (in Labrador) earlier than the St. Law- 



rence, Bay Chaleur and Maine rivers, it has been sup- 

 posed that they winter in the northern seas." 



We have said that we are unable to find any record of 

 the taking of Salmo salar at sea, in the winter, in the 

 western Atlantic. Mr. Charles G. Atkins has recorded 

 his belief that large salmon, in prime conditioa, are run- 

 ning into the Penobscot from the sea every month in the 

 year. He has also stated that the salmon which spawn 

 early are believed to return at once to the sea, while the 

 late spawners often remain all winter and are carried out 

 by the spring freshets. The same authority has noted 

 that Capt. Treat, at Eastport, Me., has found herring as 

 long as five inches in the stomach of salmon, and salmon 

 are known to bite occasionally at the baits on cod and 

 hake hooks on soundings. This is about the extent of our 

 information as to the marine life of our salmon, conse- 

 quently the appearance of the species off Provincetown 

 is a distinct and important addition to our stock of 

 knowledge concerning the migration of Salmo salar. 



We have long believed that if suitable methods were 

 employed salmon might be found in winter in the Gulf 

 of Maine at no great distance from the estuaries of the 

 rivers, which they periodically visit for the purpose of 

 spawning. There is a regular winter fishery for the same 

 kind of salmon in various parts of the Baltic. Elsewhere 

 we have given a brief description of the methods pur- 

 sued in this fishery, and it is highly probable that if simi- 

 lar means of capture were employed in the seas adjacent 

 to our salmon rivers the winter habitat of the species 

 would soon be discovered. 



The salmon, while in the sea, is said to frequent locali- 

 ties in which the bottom is sand. Those portions of the 

 Baltic which have a successful winter fishery for the 

 salmon are characterized by such a bottom. Here the 

 conditions are favorable for the production of the food 

 which the salmon requires. 



Investigations of our own waters might be carried on 

 in localities possessing this qualification. 



SNAP SHOTS. 



IT would be difficult to say which is received with the 

 more enthusiasm, the woodcock or the coon, as 

 demonstrated by the way in which each is adopted 

 as a subject for communications to the Forest and 

 Stream. When we promised a page for the coon hunt- 

 ers the other day, they straightway sent in enough for 

 two pages. An installment of the coon hunting experi- 

 ences is given to-day, and others will follow. As for the 

 woodcock, there is in hand a most interesting mass of 

 testimony for and against the wing theory. All this will 

 be published next week. 



It is a pleasure to note that the secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, who has charge of the National 

 Zoological Park at Washington, has adopted the plan 

 suggested in these columns some time ago, and will seek 

 to make use of the advantages afforded by the surplus of 

 certain species of wild animals in the National Park for 

 stocking the Washington collection. As we then pointed 

 out, there is a better way of disposing of these creatures 

 than to kill them. The Government has a zoological 

 garden to fill, and the National Park has an over-supply 

 of game. The natural and sensible thing is to transfer 

 the bears and other specimens from the Yellowstone to 

 Washington. 



The Forestry Commission will shortly report on its 

 scheme for making a great State forest preserve in the 

 North Woods. Meanwhile the Adirondack Park Associa- 

 tion has been engaged in a similar work, although quite 

 apart from the State Forestry Commission; and, according 

 to a recently adopted programme, it will ask for legisla- 

 tion on the subject. The plan of campaign will be: To 

 secure as early as possible the passags of a law preventing 

 the building of railroads across State lands in the Adiron- 

 dack forests, except upon the consent of the Commissioner 

 of the Land Office and State Forest Commission, after 

 hearing and due notice ,^also the submission to the people 

 at the general election in 1891 of a proposition to allow 

 the State to issue bonds to cover expenses. 



Dr. James A. Henshall sends us the draft of a bill pre- 

 pared after extended correspondence and consultation 

 with farmers and sportsmen. The bill is simple, explicit, 

 readily understood and free from prolixity. It is in 

 these respects a model specimen of legislation. The 



changes suggested commend themselves as wise and 

 such as will secure the desired end. It is worthy of note 

 and commendation that game and fish legislation is in 

 many States characterized by haste and want of due con- 

 sideration and preparation in a much less degree now 

 than formerly. In Ohio Dr. Henshall has followed what 

 is in effect the course adopted by New York when the 

 Legislature of this State appointed a game law commis- 

 sion. By enlisting the views of intelligent persons 

 throughout the State Dr. Henshall has, it is to be pre- 

 sumed, prepared a bill embodying the wishes of the 

 majority; and having been prepared in this intelligent 

 way, the bill, if it becomes a law, will be likely to have a 

 stronger public indorsement than if its provisions had 

 embodied merely the opinions or wishes of a single soci- 

 ety or club or coterie. 



We shall begin next week the series of papers already 

 announced, from the pen of Miss Fanny Pearson Hardy, 

 whose "Out-Door Papers" are pleasantly remembered 

 by so many readers. The chapters are descriptive of an 

 expedition in the Maine wilderness, and they deal with 

 the question of game and fish protection from the stand- 

 point of one who is familiar with the feeling of Maine 

 people on this subject. Miss Hardy's former contribu- 

 tions were so well received that we hardly need assure 

 those who read this paragraph that in the new series a 

 treat is in store for them. We have also several letters 

 descriptive of some Maine fishing resorts, less celebrated 

 than many others, but offering decided attractions to 

 anglers. With all this the Forest and Stream for some 

 weeks to come will be of special interest to those who 

 are so fortunate as to go "down to Maine" on pleasure 

 bent. 



The average person regards the hunting grounds of 

 East Africa as practically inexhaustible; but measures 

 have recently been adopted by the British East Africa 

 Company to forbid the further indiscriminate slaughter 

 of large game in the territory under its control. The 

 reason assigned for this action is that the game animals 

 will be required for food to support the multitudes of 

 workmen who will be engaged in East African enter- 

 prises. If reports be true the officials in charge of the 

 construction of the Canadian Pacific Eailroad through 

 Maine are possessed of the notion that the game and fish 

 of that State have been preserved for a similar purpose 

 there; for the gangs of laborers on that line have sys- 

 tematically killed trout by dynamiting and spearing on 

 the spawning beds. In some respects we are not so very- 

 far behind the heathen of the Dark Continent. 



If the Connecticut Legislature would create the office 

 of State Game and Fish Warden, with a salary attached 

 and a reasonable allowance for expenses, and put Mr. A. 

 C. Collins, of Hartford, into the position, the people of 

 the State would get their money back, and more too, the 

 first year. As things go now the Connecticut Association 

 of Farmers and Sportsmen, of which Mr. Collins is the 

 head and heart, is doing most excellent work for the pub- 

 lic good at private expense. Its record shows what might 

 be done with adequate means and an officer who could 

 give more time to the work. 



We have not yet received from Mr. John D. Collins, of 

 Utica, anything in the way of what he may have con- 

 sidered proofs to make good his charges against Commis- 

 sioner Blackford. As already suggested in these columns 

 Mr. Collins has no time to lose if he would justify his 

 course and relieve himself of the odium which among all 

 honorable men attaches to one who makes false accusa- 

 tion against another. 



The report of the game laws codification committee of 

 this State will be in the form of a bill which will contain 

 six titles as follows: (1) Providing for the Game and 

 Fish Commission; (2) for parks and game preserves; 

 (8) relative to quadrupeds; (4) relative to birds; (5) re- 

 garding fish; and (6) for game protectors. 



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