Forest and Stream. 



A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. 



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NEW YORK, MARCH 19, 18 91. 



( YOL. XXXVI.-No. 9. 



( jSTo. 318 Broad-vtay, Nett Yowb-. 



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Editorial. 



Pot-Hunters and Sportsmen. 



Stocking Lake Ontario. 



Snap Shots. 

 Sportsman Tourist. 



In the Region Round Nicato- 

 wis. — X. 

 Natural History. 



Doves Nestiog In Ti-ees. 



Coou Preying oa Rabbits. 



Snakes in Florida. 

 Game Bag akd Gun. 



Game Slaughter Along the 

 Border. 



A Handy Camp Bed. 



Dakota Game Birds. 



Wildfowl in Oregon.— m. 



Traits of the Virginia Deer. 



A Deer Hunt in Florida. 



Pa'tridge. 



Chicago and the West. 



Maine Game Association. 



Wyoming Should Act. 



The Massachusetts Assoc'n. 



Game in the National Park. 

 Sea and Ri\'br Fishing. 



The Otsego Bass. 



Angling Notes. 



Chicago and the West. 

 Ftshcultuee. 



Work of the Commissions. 



CONTENTS. 



The Kennel. 

 Washington Dok Show. 

 Pittsburgh Dog Show. 

 Correct Interpretations of 



Standards. 

 Texas Field Trials. 

 Beaglps on the Bench. 

 Notes and Notions. 

 National Beagle Club. 

 A Helen Keller Fund. 

 Dog Chat. 

 Kennel Notes. 

 Kennel Management. 

 RiFLB AifD Trap Shooting 

 Range and Gallery. 

 The Revolver Championship. 

 Importing Firearms. 

 A New Bullet Mould. 

 The Trap. 

 Chicago Shooters. 

 St. Louis Trap Siiooiers. 

 Lake Ontario Gun Club. 

 Tlie Detroit Tournament. 

 Brooklyn Traps. 

 Yachting. 

 A Cruise to the West'ard. 

 Mineola. 

 The Frye Bill. 

 Canoeing. 



Cruise of the Shenandoah C. C. 

 Answers to Correspondents. 



contingent upon the condition that the U. S. Commis- 

 sioner of Fisheries is satisfied that the State of New York 

 has taken necessary measures to regulate the fishing and 

 protect spawning fish in the w^aters to be benefited by 

 fishcultural operations. 



In some of the correspondence growing out o£ this 

 subject, and particularly in a- letter written by the 

 Superintendent of Canadian Fishculture, it is stated that 

 the U. S. Fish Commission, like some other organiza- 

 tions, holds to the doctrine that artificial breeding with- 

 out the aid of wise protection will sufiice to insure a per- 

 manent fishery. The real position of the Commissioner 

 of Fisheries is so clearly shown in his report accompany- 

 ing the bill for the estabhshing of a fish hatchery for 

 Lake Ontario that we need only refer our readers to that 

 document to show that this criticism is groundless. 



The more we look into this subject the more we are 

 astonished at the little attention bestowed upon Lake 

 Ontario. Since the beginning of whitefish hatching by 

 Canada in 186S that government has deposited annually 

 about 16,000,000 of fry on the average, but very few of 

 these have been placed in Lake Ontario. For the years 

 1887 and 1888 the output of whitefish by Canada in this 

 lake was less than 10,000,000. From 1883 to 1890 the U. 

 S. Fish Commission has deposited in Lake Ontario 40,097,- 

 000 whitefish fry. 



One of the essentials of success in fishcultural opera- 

 tions is their systematic conduct upon a large scale, and 

 this is provided for in the national legislation above re- 

 feiTed to, which contemplates a hatchery with a capacity 

 of 100,000,000 in a season: and we look forward with 

 bright anticipations to the future of the whitefish in Lake 

 Ontario, under the combined activity of a healthy public 

 sentiment and a wise State and national policy. 



bill 



SNAP SHOTS. 

 now before the New York Legislature, as 



STOCKING LAKE ONTARIO. 

 TN September last we published an account of the great 

 popular movement, led by many representative New 

 York men, in behalf of an increased supply of cheap fish 

 food for the State, and particularly for Lake Ontario. 

 The circular widely distributed by these gentlemen, who 

 are officers of the Anglers' Association of the St. Law- 

 rence River and of the Caledonia Fishing Club, together 

 with influential editors and judges, showed the backward 

 position of New York, as compared with some of the 

 other States and the Dominion of Canada, in the efforts 

 to increase the whitefish, and indicated the steps neces- 

 sary for the future of fishculture in the region. The 

 specific demands of this undertaking are: Liberal and 

 systematic appropriations for artificial hatching, a strict 

 close time during the spawning season, preventing the 

 capture of undersized fish, efficient protection of stocked 

 waters, and cooperation with the national Government 

 and with Canada in all measures necessary to secure the 

 desired object. 



The comparative neglect of Lake Ontario has become 

 a matter of notoriety, and the appeals of public-spirited 

 gentlemen have enlisted the attention not only of the 

 Fish Commission of New York, but, also, of the national 

 Congress. On the part of the New York Commission the 

 sympathy with the popular desire has found expression 

 in their published determination to largely increase the 

 introduction of whitefish and ciscoes into Lake Ontario 

 next spring. In our issue of Feb. 36 we set forth the 

 measm-e taken by the Government in behalf of Lake 

 Ontario. An appropriation was made by Congress for 

 the establishment of a hatchery in the State of New 

 York, near the St. Lawrence River, and it is intended 

 that this establishment shall have a fcapacity of 100,000,- 

 000 whitefish eggs and 1,000,000 salmon eggs, together 

 with troughs for 1,000,000 salmon fry and an extensive 

 system of rearing ponds. This !i|)propriatiori was m^de 



POT-HUNTERS AND SPORTSMEN. 



A S the bad example of a professing Christian is worse 

 than that of a non-professor, so ai-e the law-break- 

 ing and selfishness of professed sportsmen immeasurably 

 worse than the evil deeds and unfair methods of those 

 who make no pretension to the name which should imply 

 respect of law and the rights of all. 



Too many sportsmen have a feeling that the laws are 

 not made to restrain them but only the market-shooter 

 and pot-hunter, and too many are apt to measure success 

 by their score. Indeed, there are more than would be 

 willing to confess it, who feel pride in making a large 

 bag, and humilitation in bringing home an empty one, 

 and fewer than boast of it, who are content with small 

 things well done. 



In sober truth, this class of peripatetic philosophers is 

 almost confined to those who use the gun and rod as the 

 excuse for a ramble, or go hunting without a gun and 

 fishing without a rod. 



Nothing is expected of the market-shooter but violation 

 of law and complete hoggishness under cover of the law, 

 and if he disappoints this expectation he is credited only 

 with fear of the law or ill luck even when his example 

 should shine like a good deed in a naughty world and 

 lead more pretentious men to better practice. 



But the eyes of all men are upon the vaunted true 

 sportsman, not as one above the law except as he needs 

 not its restraints but as one who more religiously than all 

 others shall abide by it and uphold it, even when its re- 

 strictions run contrary to his desire and his judgment. 



He must be an exemplar of strict adherence to its 

 letter, for if his practice accords not with his precept, to 

 whom shaU we look for faithfulness? 



Necessity and desire for gain are stronger incentives to 

 infraction of law than the gratification of the sporting 

 instinct. How can we expect those who are impelled by 

 these to abide by the statutes, when the sportsman sets 

 the example of disobedience? 



T^HE 



amended, printed and ordered to second reading in 

 the Assembly, differs from the text as printed in our issue 

 of Jan. 24. The present biU provides for five commis- 

 sioners, one from each judicial depai-tment, the first 

 appointments to be for one, two, three, four and five 

 years respectively; subsequent appointments (as the first 

 terms expire) to be for five years; the office to be in Al- 

 bany. It makes the deer hunting season Aug. 15 to Not. 

 1; hounding, Sept. 10 to Oct. 11; hare, rabbit, Sept. 1 to 

 March 1; wildfowl, Sept. 1 to March 1: quaih Nov. 10 to 

 Jan, 1; woodcock and partridge, plover, bay snipe, etc., 

 Sept. 1 to Jan. 1; robins, blackbirds, meadow larks, Oct. 

 1 to Jan. 1; trout, May 1 to Sept. 1, none less than 6in.; 

 salmon trout and landlocked salmon, May 1 to Oct, 1; 

 black bass, Oswego bass. May 30 to Jan. 1, none less than 

 8in.; muskallonge, May 29 to Jan, 1; salmon, March 1 to 

 Aug. 15, none under 18in. There are numerous excep- 

 tions relating to localities as to both game and fish. The 

 act if passed will take effect immediately. 



The West Jersey Game Protective Society is an associa- 

 tion with a membership of over one thousand, having 

 control of the shooting in six counties of the State. Their 

 charter empowers them to tax non-residents for the priv- 

 ilege of shooting game $5 the first year and $2 annually 

 thereafter. The membership is chiefly composed of non- 

 residents. The society is governed by a board of direc- 

 tors, there being one from each county. The income 

 from license fees is devoted to the payment of officers to 

 enforce the game laws, and to the i^urchase of live game 

 for stocking. There is a large class of residents who are 

 restive under the rule of the society, A bill to annul its 

 charter was before the Legislatm-e last year, but did not 

 3s. This year a similar bill has passed the Assembly 

 by a vote of 48 to 6. The non-residents will find little 

 comfort in the new "Home Rule'" measure, however, 

 since it increases the tax he must pay to |10 per year, 

 with $1 to the clerk who makes out the paper for him. 

 This applies to the entire State. The law is to be enforced 

 by county game commissions of ten members, and the 

 proceeds are to go to enforce the laws and increase the 

 stock of game. 



Game preserve fences may be pig-proof, horse-high and 

 bull-proof, but they cannot keep in the imported pheasants. 

 The country along the New York and New Jersey line be- 

 tween Greenwood Lake and the Delaware River has been 

 stocked with English pheasants, which have strayed from 

 Tuxedo Park, the Stuyvesant estate at Tranquillity, and 

 Mr. A. S. Hewitt's preserve at Ringwood. There is 

 abundant cover for the game in the Warwick and Sha- 

 wanguak mountains, and it is to be expected that they 

 will spread over a wide stretch of territory. This rule 

 holds good in greater or less degree in the neighborhood 

 of all game pregerves. 



A recent Canadian decision, as reported in the Cana- 

 dian Law Journal, relative to shooting rights on navi- 

 gable waters, was this: Ownership of land and water 

 (though not inclosed) gives to the proprietor, under 

 the common law, the sole and exclusive right to fish, 

 fowl, hunt or shoot within the precincts of that private 

 property, subject to the game laws when pertinent. And 

 this exclusive right is not diminished by the fact that the 

 land may be covered by navigable water. The right of 

 navigation, where it exists, is to be used so as not to un- 

 necessarily disturb or interfere with the enjoyment of the 

 subordinate private rights of fishing and shooting. The 

 public can only use the water for bona fide purposes of 

 navigation, but not so as to occupy the water for the pur- 

 poses of fishing or fowling when the soil underneath is 

 the private property of one who objects to such 

 occupation. 



Size is rapidly displacing number as a criterion of suc- 

 cess with the rod. It is the big fish, not the big string of 

 fish, that is shown with pride among men who claim to be 

 true anglers. They tell a good story of a fellow from this 

 city who went up to a New Hampshire lake last summer 

 where there were several New York anglers, and having 

 succeeded in catching a huge string of diminutive bass, 

 brought in his spoils in triumph and exultation. The 

 cold, not to say scornful and sneering, reception gi^'en 

 him by every fisherman in the party so dampened his 

 foolish pride that he cut short his stay, and quickly 

 sought other fields of renown. This growing contempt 

 for the fingerling fisherman is thoroughly healthful. It 

 means everything for the fish supply. 



The United States Supreme Court rendered a decision 

 last Monday in the Massachusetts menhaden fishing case, 

 sustaining the decision of the Massachusetts Supreme 

 Court that the State has jurisdiction over the waters of 

 Buzzards Bay and may regulate the fisheries therein. 

 This ruling will have an important bearing or\ the Ojen," 

 liadea legislatio© lof other states. 



