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FOREST AND STREAM, 



[Jan. 8, 1891. 



to that form of charge and yet shall possess the requisite 

 uniformity of action, expert skill on the part of the 

 manufacturing artisan is necessary. We take pleasure 

 in having it made known, through the columns of your 

 excellent journal, that all of our standard cartridges are 

 "expert" made. 



xpert 



In one respec t we think that the trial at Claremont 

 and your report of the same does us a positive injustice. 

 You comment on the wide difference in performance be- 

 tween our so-called "No. 1" and our so-called "No. 2" 

 cartridges, and s,iy that this difference "has a bearing on 

 the growing question of factory vs. special loads for ef- 

 fective work." This is an error, for the fact is that the 

 two cartridges were made by the same persons and with 

 the same tools. But a more important fact in this con- 

 nection is that the "No. Is" were taken from the remains 

 of the first lot that we put upon the market, and were 

 made before we had accurately gauged the public demand 

 as to the force required for the average charge. The 

 manufacture of this grade had been wholly discontinued 

 before the Claremont test and the more efficient and re- 

 liable Expert No. 3 substituted as our regular commercial 

 goods. 



Had we been consulted as to the conditions of the test 

 at Claremont (which perhaps would not have been unfair 

 in a trial which you represent as specially designed to 

 put our new explosive in competition with "the most ap- 

 proved sporting powders of the day) we should have in- 

 sisted, as a matter of simple justice, that the trial be 

 made with those cartridges only that we had adopted as 

 our regular improved manufacture. Would it not also have 

 been fairer that our cartridges, taken from stock, should 

 have been compared with rival cartridges also taken 

 from stock, and not with those which were "specially 

 prepared" by their respective representatives "with refer- 

 to their work as test cartridges?" 



We should have been gratified again had your report 

 set forth the facts in regard to the recoil and smoke of 

 our cartridge, which as represented by the expert selected 

 by you to do the shooting, were noticeably low, 



LtcMan Cartridge Co. 



No. 9 Chambers Street, New York City, Jan. 1. 



[The statement of the Lyman Co. respecting the two 

 cartridges of that make in the test of Nov. 28, is entirely 

 in accordance with facts, and not contradicted by the report 

 of the trial. When the comparison was urged by the 

 Lyman Co. representative, an invitation was extended by 

 him to take a sample box of loaded shells from stock. 

 This was subsequently done several weeks before the date 

 of test, and accounts for Lyman No. 1 of the test. Later 

 the charge No. % was offered for use at the trial with the 

 statement that this was then, as it has been since, the 

 standard output of the company. The low percentage of 

 the two stock- bought charges in comparison with the other 

 ammunition seemed to justify the remark that there was 

 a bearing in this fact upon the question of factory vs. 

 special loads. Standing beside the gunner on the day of 

 the test, it was seen at a glance that as far as srnokeless- 

 ness went, the Lyman powder was excelled by none.— 

 Gun Ed. F. & S.] 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Shotgun users are your debtors again. The report from 

 your ranges at Claremont, of Nov. 28, is instructive and 

 valuable. The results established seem to corroborate 

 those of similar experiments there and otherwheres pre- 

 viously made and to confirm the unwritten opinion of the 

 majority of sportsmen that for all-round reliability noth- 

 ing has yet been found to exceed black gunpowder, a con- 

 firmation very satisfactory to those of us— and many of 

 us there be— whose purses appreciate the difference 

 between cartridges which cost one cent and a half a piece 

 and those which cost two or three times that amount. For 

 certain uses of certain persons, and for all the uses of cer- 

 tain others, the costly nitro-compounds will always be a 

 sine qua non; but the advantage claimed for these ex- 

 plosives, as, less noise, less smoke, less recoil, will assume 

 smaller proportions when black-powder shooters use 

 lighter loads, as they certainly will if they heed the 

 lessons taught by such gun and powder tests as yours, 

 especially if they have any experience of the eye-stinging 

 vapors, the ugly "kicks," the breech-fouling and defiling 

 residuum, the bursted shells, the balling of shot and the 

 "unaccountables," so often concomitant to the use of 

 nitro-explosives. 



It is to be regretted that nothing has yet been devised 

 to accurately determine, at the ordinary gun testing 

 ranges, the penetration of shot. The pad used is almost 

 worthless. The slotted carrier charged with cards at 

 regular intervals is better, but its value is impaired by 

 the varying of the cards not only in their composition 

 but as well in the tightness of their lodgment in the 

 slots. I suppose we will never have the gratification of 

 studying the targeting at your ranges of the high grade 

 English guns of Purdey, Dougal et id genus ov.ine. There 

 are such within fi ye miles of your targets, "80yds. killers" 

 in the fond opinions of their owners, but they make no 

 appearance in the records of the Forest and Stream 

 gun tests, in whose impartial scales many a pet theory 

 has been weighed and found wanting; for behold, even 

 the very cartridges, under the monotonously accurate 

 count of those tests now submit themselves for trial 

 loaded with approximate uniformity. Croton 

 New York. - 



About Loading.— Ponkapog, Mass.— I have been much 

 interested in the discussion upon the different charges of 

 powder for a twelve-bore shotgun, and I am in favor of 

 good-sized charges, as in my experience they have in- 

 variably proved best. An illustration of this occurred 

 last fall when shooting snipe. The first time I tried them 

 my shells were loaded with 3drs. powder, and though 

 they were large, strong birds and flushed a trifle wild, I 

 was surprised to see how few I killed. Thinking that the 

 difficulty might lie in the charge, I ordered twenty-five 

 shells to be loaded with 8£drs. powder. A short time 

 after I chanced to have half an hour or so to spare; I took 

 these shells and went after snipe. I had seven shots at 

 single birds and out of those I dropped five, killing them 

 dead every time. This may be I or it may be my gun, 

 but I have my own opinion. The principal, thing that 

 made me use larger charges was a very large snipe which 

 rose and was flying across a stream when I fired my 3drs f 

 at him and knocked out a dozen or more feathers. " Much 

 to my disgust the snipe, after steadying himself, managed 

 to'ffly across the river and drop on the other side, where 

 it was impossible to secure him. If I had used 3£drs. then 

 I do not doubt that I should have killed him.— j, H. B, 



THE OHIO GAME LAW. 



Editor Forest and Stream; 



I beg to call your attention to the proposed amend- 

 ments to the game laws of Ohio on the following pages. 

 These amendments are in accordance with the views of 

 the Ohio Fish and Game Commission, the Cuvier Club, 

 of Cincinnati, and many sportsmen and farmers through- 

 out the State, to whom I sent blanks for the express 

 purpose of obtaining their opinion on the subject. 



The greatest evil at present existing is the want of uni- 

 formity in the game laws of contiguous States, one result 

 of which is the probability of ©ur market being filled 

 with game during the close season in our own State, 

 when the said game may be lawfully killed in adjoining 

 States; and this objection applies to every species of game 

 recognized by our laws, On the other hand, we are de- 

 prived of the privilege of shooting or purchasing game 

 during the Christmas holidays, the only season that a 

 majority of our people can afford to enjoy the pleasures 

 of the field, and the time of all others when the purchase 

 of game is desirable. 



By referring to the game seasons of the several States 

 surrounding Ohio it will be seen that the proposed amend- 

 ment to the Ohio game laws is in the nature of a compro- 

 mise with the adjoining States. The attention of the 

 proper authorities of said States will be called to this 

 f Act and every effort will be made to induce their State 

 Legislatures to so amend their game laws as to conform to 

 our proposed laws. 



It will be observed that our proposed open season for 

 squirrels begins June 1; for woodcock, pheasant, prairie 

 chickens and ducks begins Sept. 1; for deer and wild tur- 

 key begins Oct. 1, and for quail and rabbit Nov. 1; that 

 all open seasons close on Jan. i. This simplifies matters 

 greatly. The laws for deer, wild turkey and prairie 

 chicken, which can hardly be said to exist in the State, 

 are principally to govern their sale in our market and to 

 protect neighboring States. 



The usual excuse for violating our present quail law is 

 that it is the shortest open season in the Union for that 

 bird, or that many who can shoot only during the Christ- 

 mas holidays are deprived of that pleasure. By extend- 

 ing the open season from Nov. 1 to Jan. 1 (a period of 

 two months), while not so long a season as the majority 

 of adjoining States, it is amply long enough, and would 

 satisfy hundreds who now feel aggrieved. There were, 

 probably, more quail in Ohio in 1890 than ever known, 

 which is to be accounted for by the mild winter and the 

 absence of deep snows during the past few years, and not 

 to our short open season. Deep snows are more destructive 

 to quail than an open season throughout the entire year. 



It is proposed, as will be seen, to do away with two 

 great evils— summer shooting of woodcock and spring 

 shooting of ducks. Woodcock are immature, and soon 

 spoil when shot in the hot days of July and August. 

 Ducks are lean, tough and fishy in the spring, and unfit 

 for food. Every true sportsman will appreciate and favor 

 these proposed amendments. 



With the amended laws, there will be no excuse for a 

 man to be seen afield with gun or dog before Nov. 1, 

 because we, practically, have no deer, wild turkey or 

 prairie chicken, and the pursuit of squirrels and pheas- 

 ants necessarily restricts the sportsman to the woods and 

 thickets, and of snipe and woodcock, to wet and marshy 

 ground. 



It would be idle to refer to the great good to be derived 

 from just, equable and uniform game laws in increasing 

 and preserving the game of the several States— the facts 

 are patent to all— but I would appeal to the farmer, above 

 all others, to give his influence and consideration to the 

 protection of game. The farmer can do more than ail 

 others in this direction. The game is on his land: it is 

 constantly under his eye; he has the authority of the 

 trespass law to keep intruders away, both in and out of 

 season; and while the people at large can make and en- 

 force laws for its protection, it is to the farmer that they 

 look, principally, for its preservation. 



I know that many farmers think that the game laws 

 are made entirely in the interest of sportsmen, and on this 

 account are either lukewarm in their support, or opposed 

 to their enforcement; but there never was a greater mis- 

 take than this. I am also aware that some farmers re- 

 gard game protective club3 as organizations for selfish 

 purposes only, and look upon them with suspicion. I 

 know that the effective organization known as the Cuvier 

 Club, of Cincinnati, is regarded by many farmers in this 

 light, and while the imputation may be a natural one, it 

 is untrue. The object of this club, as defined in its con- 

 stitution, is for the protection, preservation and increase 

 of game and fish as food for the people, and not for sport- 

 ing purposes. Of its very large membership, less than 

 one-tenth ever shoot or fish, and the majority of those 

 who do, go to more favorable localities outside of the 

 State for their sport. 



We expect the farmers to work hand in hand with us 

 in protecting our song, insectivorous and game birds, by 

 favoring the passage of the proposed amendments to our 

 laws, and to give us their moral and active support in en- 

 forcing them. James A. Henshall, 



Sec'y Ohio Fish and Game Commission, 



Cincinnati, Deo. 26, 1890. Cor. Sec'y Cuvier Club! 



The bill is as follows: 

 A bill to amend sections 6,980, 6,981 and 6,983, Revised Statutes of 

 Obio: 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State 

 of Ohio, that sections 6,960, 6,961 and 0,963 of the Revised Ktatutes 

 of Ohio be amended to read as follows: 



Sec. 6,960. whoever shall kill, maim, trap, net, snare, catch with 

 birdlime or any similar substance, poison or drug, any bird of 

 song, or any insectivorous bird, or any linnet, bluebird, yellow 

 hammer, yellowbird, thrush, woodpecker, catbird, pewee. martin, 

 oriole, killdeer. snow bird, hummingbird, wren, robin, meadow 

 lark, kinglet, lark, dove, mockingbird, swallow, chewink, nut- 

 hatch, warbler, finch, sparrow (except the house or English spar- 

 row;, grosbeak, bobolink, phoe.be bird, or any wild bird other than 

 game birds (the shooting of which is regulated by law), or disturb 

 or destroy the nests or eggs of any bird mentioned above, includ- 

 ing game birds, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on 

 conviction thereof, shall be fined not, less than five dollars, nor 

 more than fifty dollars, and in default thereof, imprisoned in the 

 county jail until said fine and costs are paid. 



For Scientific Purposes: Said Section 6960 shall not'apply to any 

 person killing or catching any of the birds therein mentioned, or 

 taking their oggs for scientific purposes, provided that such per- 

 son has a certificate, granting such privilege, from the Board of 

 Fish and Game Commissioners of Ohio. 



Game Birds: The term "game birds" as used in this section 

 shall mean the birds mentioned in Section 6961. Revised Statutes. 



Sec. 6961. No person shall on any place, catch, kiU or injure, 

 or pursue with such intent, any quail, except between the first 

 clay of November and the following first day of January, inclu- 

 sive, of each year; or any 



Ruffed grouse or pheasant, except between the first day of Sep- 

 tember and the following first day of January, inclusive*, of each 

 year; or any 



Pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, except between the first day 

 or September and the following first day of January, inclusive, 

 of each year; or any 



Woodcock, except between the first day of September and the 

 following first day of January, inclusive, of each year; or any 



Wild duck, except between the first day of September and the 

 following first day of January, inclusive, of each year; or any 



Wild goose, except between the first day of September and the 

 following first day of January, inclusive of each year; or any 



Wild turkey, except between the first day of October and the 

 following first day of January, inclusive of each year; or any 



Squirrel (fox, gray or red), except between the first day of* June 

 and the following first, day of January, inclusive of each year: or 

 any 



Hare or rabbit, except bet ween the first day of November and 

 the following first day of January, inclusive o'f each year. 



ho person shall at any time catch, trap or snare quail. 



iSo person shall at anytime or place kill, wound or catch, or 

 pursue with any such intent, any wild duck or wild goose with 

 any device or instrument known as the swivel or punt gun, or 

 with any artificial light, or with the aid of anv sink-boat or bat- 

 tery, steam or naphtha launch, or with any trap or net, or with 

 any gun other than such guns as are habitually raised at arm's 

 length and fired from the shoulder; 



No person shall at any time or place kill, wound or catch, or 

 pursue with such intent any wild duck or wild goose on Monday 

 or Tuesday of any week, except in the waters of Lake Brie and 

 estuaries and bays thereof: 



No person shall shoot or hunt any birds, game or animals, or 

 have in his possession in the open air for such purpose, the imple- 

 ments for shooting or hunting the same on the first day of the 

 week, commonly called Sunday. 



Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall 

 be guilty of a misdemeanor and. on conviction thereof, shall be 

 fined not less than 835 nor more than $100, and in case of neglect 

 or refusal to pay such fine shall be imprisoned in the county jail 

 not less than 30 days; and all fines collected under this act shall 

 go to the county fish and game fund In the county wherein the 

 offense is committeed, unless otherwise directed and ordered bv 

 the Fish and Game Commissioners of this State. 



It shall be the duty of prosecuting attorneys to prosecute all 

 violators of this section m their respective counties. And it is 

 hereby made the duty of the wardens and assistant wardens of 

 this State to prosecute all violators of this act, in connection 

 with the prosecuting attorneys of the counties wherein such 

 offense shall have been committed, and such prosecuting attor- 

 neys shall be entitled to the same fees as are now allowed by law 

 for the collection of forfeited bonds. 



Sec. 6983. No person shall catch, kill or wound, or pursue with 

 such intent, any wild deer, except between Oct. 1 and Jan. 1, in- 

 clusive, of each year; and any person violating any of the provi- 

 sions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, 

 on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $'45 nor more 

 than $100, and m defa.ii.lt thereof shall be imprisoned in the county 

 laii ii or less than :■) dr. yr-. 



Section 3. Said Sections 6960, 096 1 and 6963 of the Revised 

 Statutes of Ohio are hereby repealed, and this act shall take 

 effect and be in force from and after its passage. 



Mr. Deery's Partridges.— A despatch from New 

 York states that the Customs authorities there have, upon 

 the request of the Canadian Customs, been looking up 

 figures regarding shipments of partridges made to the 

 United States by Thomas Deery, of Bonsecours Market. 

 Deery, it is charged, made large shipments of these to 

 New York under the name of "poultry," some of the 

 largest purchasers of game in New York having been 

 supplied by him. The buyers in New York readily gave 

 all information regarding their purchases, and this infor- 

 mation is now in the hands of the Customs officials at 

 Ottawa. The Canadian game laws prohibit altogether 

 the export of partridges, and a fine of $100 can be im- 

 posed for each and every shipment. Mr. Thos. Deery 

 keeps stall No. 1 in Bonsecours market, and deals largely 

 in game and poultry. Having secured orders for ship- 

 ments of partridges from parties in the United States, 

 Mr. Deery had no hesitation in filling them, and under 

 the non-committal designation of "poultry,"' shipments of 

 partridges went steadily across the line. In all about 210 

 shipments were made. The Customs officials got scent 

 of Mr. Deery's unlawful practices, however, and one fine 

 day in November,' Mr. Waters, special officer, paid a 

 friendly visit to Mr. Daery's store and asked permission 

 to look at his books. Mr. Deery cheerfully complied, and 

 felt indignant when, after a short examination, the 

 Customs officer seized the books and sent them to Ottawa. 

 After the books had been examined at Ottawa they were 

 returned to Mr. Deery, with the intimation that the 

 Government proposed to collect a little fine for this 

 offense, at $100 a shipment. The total fine for which Mr. 

 Deery is liable is $31,000, which he is indisposed to pay. 

 Mr. Deery immediately retained Mr. J. N. Greenshields, 

 Q. C, and proposes to fight the case out in the courts. 

 He pleads ignorance of the law forbidding the export of 

 partridges, and thinks that on this account the fine should 

 not be insisted upon. The case will come up at the next 

 Exchequer Court.— Montreal Star, .Dec. 86. 



A New Eochester Association.— Rochester, N. Y., 

 Jan. 3.— Editor Forest and, Stream: A new organization 

 for the propagation and protection of game and fish in 

 this vicinity was organized here last night. A consti- 

 tution was adopted and the following officers were elected: 

 Pres., Wm. S. Kimball; Vice-Pres., J. R, Fanning: Sec'y, 

 Edmond Redmond ; Treas., Frank B. Bishop. Directors, 

 James H. Brown, J. W. Oothout and J, K. Beckwith. 

 The annual dues were fixed at $3 and no initiation fee is 

 to be charged. It is the purpose of the association to ob- 

 tain from the South or West 5,000 quail and liberate them 

 in the counties surrounding this city. The members do 

 not intend to try and monopolize the shooting but several 

 of them have made liberal subscriptions to a fund for 

 purchasing quail. The, cooperation of farmers and all 

 others who want to see the experiment succeed is invited, 

 and when the birds are procured they will be distributed 

 free of cost over such grounds as there is reasonable hope 

 that they will thrive on. The name of the society is the 

 Monroe County Sportsman's Association. The next meet- 

 ing will be held at the same place on the evening of the 

 day next week that Forest and Stream arrives in Roch- 

 ester, and all who see this and are interested are earnestly 

 invited to attend and become members. An association 

 like this should certainly succeed in this county, and if 

 the aims are carried out, will be a power in furthering 

 the interests of legitimate sport in this section.— Osceola. 



St, Louis, Mo., Jan. 3.— Before another week shall 

 have been added to the score of time there will be organ- 

 ized another club for the purpose of controlling a game 

 preserve. The scheme is backed by a number of well- 

 known sportsmen, all of whom are very enthusiastic over 

 the location which is to be secured, A preliminary meet- 

 ing is to be held the early part of next week when steps 

 are to be taken to launch the organization and give it a 

 name. The land which the gentlemen have in view is 

 known as West Prairie. It it situated about twenty miles 

 north of here on. the Alton road. Generally speaking it 

 is low and marshy, having a couple of good sized lakes 

 on it, and is famous for snipe and ducks.— Unser Fritz, 



