Forest and Stream. 



A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. 



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NEW YORK, MAY 19, 1892. 



( VOL. XXXVIII.-No. 20. 

 \ No. 318 Bhoadway, New York. 



CONTENTS. 



Editorial. 



Danger to the Park. 

 Kffects of Garbage on Fish. 

 In Northwest Woods. 

 Snap Shot*. 



The Sportsman Tourist. 



The Hunter's Horn in the 



Ozarks. 

 One October in the Fifties. 



Natural History. 



The Mongolian Pheasant. 



Game Bag and Gun. 



A Hunt with Indians. 

 Th« SeDate and the Park. 

 "Uncle G-eorge." 

 Spring Snooting. 

 Experience with Calibers. 

 Cnicago mid the West. 

 "Podgers's" Commentaries. 

 New York Association. 



Sea and River Fishing. 



Coal Mints and Fish. 

 Evolution of thp Rubber Boot. 

 Tarpon of tbe Brazos. 

 Chicago and tbe West. 

 Boston Fishing Parties. 

 Northern Minnesota Notes. 

 .Jamaica Bay Sunday Fishing. 

 The Canadian Trout Season. 

 Trouting on the Elokomon. 

 E a rlv Sea Ba<-s. 

 Blind Brook Tront. 



Fishculture. 



American fisheries Society. 



The Kennel. 



My Kingdom for a Pedigree. 



The Kennel. 



San Francisco Dog Show. 

 The Beagle Standard. 

 Canadian Kennel Club Diplo- 

 mas. 



Points and Flushes. 



Black and Tans. 



Flaps from the Beaver's Tail. 



Lewiston Dog Show. 



Dog Chat. 



Answers to Correspondents. 

 Canoeing. 



Rochester C. C. 

 Red Dragon C. C. 

 Mpquononus C. C. 

 Cruisers at the A. C. A. Camp. 

 News Notes. 



Yachting. 



Balancing of Marine Engines 

 and the Vibration of Vessels 

 Zelma. 



Cooper's Point Cor. Y. C. 

 Launch of the Corsair. 

 News Notes. 



Rifle Range and Gallery. 



"Forest and Stream" Tourna- 

 ment. 



New Jersey Rifle Shooting. 

 Trap Shooting. 



Will'amoport Tournament. 

 Oh'o State League. 

 Chicago and Western Traps. 

 Su>. flower State Champion- 

 ship. 



Drivers and Twisters. 

 Matches and Meetings. 



i Answers to Queries. 



For Prospectus and Advertising Rates see Page 489. 



IN NORTHWEST WOODS. 



WHERE shall be found woods so impressive as the 

 untouched forests of the Northwest coast? Silent 

 and sombre, in their drapery of living green, the mighty- 

 tree trunks stand like pillars of some vast cathedral, 

 supporting its dark roof. No sound is heard of bird or 

 beast. The traveler's footfall alone breaks the stillness, 

 and often even this is not heard on the soft carpet 

 of moss which covers the ground. Rarely does a 

 ray of sunshine penetrate the foliage to lighten the 

 twilight of the forest. It is a solemn place, One feels 

 as if he were in church and hesitates to speak aloud. 

 Save for the green, there is no bit of color to be seen, 

 except on the ground, where careful scrutiny will detect 

 bright red or brown cup3 o f mosses, or tiny flowers half 

 hidden. Sometimes the woods are open, giving long 

 vistas betweeu the tree trunks, or again, dense thickets 

 of fern, umbrella plant and sallal make passage impossible. 



Journeying through such forests, the traveler may 

 come to some little stream whose course is wide enough 

 to let the sunlight in. Here are falls and rapids, where 

 the trout hide, and wider quiet pools which even yet are 

 the homes of a few beaver, living reminders of a race 

 now approaching extinction. Along the stream is more 

 life. A sheldrake or tw o may be seen now and then, an 

 ouzel, quaintly plying his fishing along the shore, dark- 

 colored song sparrows among the bushy thickets,' sweet- 

 voiced thrushes in the taller trees. Perhaps, too, may 

 be heard the alarm note of a grouse, and the rattling 

 chatter of the tiny pine squirrel falls upon the ear. 



If the trail follows up the stream, a change takes place 

 in the life met with. This is not noticed all at once, but 

 will be seen in the course of two or three days' travel. 

 The giant trees, 300 ft. in height, do not grow here. 

 Their place is taken by smaller, hardier pines, which 

 clothe only a part of the whole landscape. Open parks 

 and stretches of meadow land are passed now and then 

 and rocky cliffs overhang the way. From the loose frag- 

 ments which have fallen at their base comes the trumpet 

 note of the little chief hare, and in the meadows and 

 among the pines feeds the mule deer, who has taken the 

 place of his cousin, the blacktail of the lower lands. 



Still climbing higher, and facing steeper slopes, the 

 panting pack horses reach the mesa above, home of the 

 dusky grouse and the mountain woodchuck, whose 

 piercing whistle often shrieks through the quiet air. 

 Here is seen the sign manual of bruin, who has plowed 

 up the ground, turned over rocks and torn to pieces old 

 rotten logs, in search of the small game on which he 

 preys. Perhaps the woodland caribou has left in the soil 

 the impress of his broad hoofs. Here, too, the wild sheep 

 feeds, close to the safe refuge afforded in time of danger 

 by the towering peaks of naked rock, which rise above 

 the rolling table land. 



Much beyond this a rider cannot go. He must leave his 

 horses at the base of these rocky peaks, and his further 



advance must be on foot. If he climb3 still higher 

 among the snow banks and the ice rivers of the moun- 

 tain's top, he will find on the cliffs of the narrow 

 ravines the slow white goat, about the little lakes at the 

 glacier's foot the shy bighorn, and everywhere on the 

 summit the white-tailed ptarmigan. 



All these things are good to see and to hear and to be 

 with. To have been with them leaves happy memories, 

 and longings perhaps never to be satisfied. 



DANGER TO THE PARK. 



IN another column we print extracts from the debate in 

 the Senate on the bill relating to the Yellowstone 

 Park, which was introduced by Senator "Warren, and 

 passed the Senate May 11. These extracts will repay 

 perusal, for they set forth very clearly many facts in 

 connection with this reservation. 



It is acknowledged by all familiar with the Park that 

 its boundaries should be fixed, but when we consider 

 that this bill sacrifices a considerable portion of the reser- 

 vation, it is a serious question whether the loss by its 

 passage would not more than counterbalance the gain. 



The short of the bill is that it makes the cut off on the 

 northeastern boundary and cuts a slice off the south- 

 western boundary, including in such slice a part of the 

 Falls River country, the best moose country in the reserva- 

 tion. Only one-half of the forest reservation is included 

 within its boundaries. The balance of that reservation is 

 thrown open. All these changes, therefore, are changes 

 to the disadvantage of the Park as it now exists— for 

 the forest reservation is set apart under Executive pro- 

 clamation, which is as effective as an act of Congress. 

 All of the legislative features in the Vest bill for the pro- 

 tection of the Park are eliminated in the present measure, 

 but those features are the most important ones of any 

 proposed legislation. 



The Park is threatened now by serious dangers. There 

 are selfish influences pressing upon it in every direction, 

 and the very people who should have its interest at heart, 

 that is the inhabitants of the surrounding States, are the 

 ones most intent upon accomplishing its destruction by 

 fostering private and corporate encroachments upon it. 

 The Park belongs to the whole country, and this very 

 thing is its misfortune, for what belongs to all belongs to 

 none, and no one esteems it his particular duty to look 

 after or care for it. 



EFFECTS OF GARBAGE ON FISH. 



IN the summer of 1891 the city authorities of Newport, 

 R. L, begun the practice of dumping garbage in the 

 sea off the harbor, thereby causing* widespread fear of 

 shore pollution and injury to the fishing industries. The 

 Newport Sanitary Protective Association appointed a 

 committee consisting of J. J. Van Alen, Esq., Prof. C. 

 E. Munroe and Dr. C. A. Siegfried, members of its coun- 

 cil, to investigate the subject and make a report. The 

 committee sent to fishermen in the vicinity, to chairmen 

 of health boards in other cities and to public officials a 

 circular with a series of questions as to the effect pro- 

 duced upon the fishing by casting garbage into the sea. 

 From information obtained from these sources a preli- 

 minary report was made to the association in which are 

 formulated the following propositions: 



1. Garbage cannot be considered as food for our edible 

 fishes. 



2. It does not attract food fishes; it repels desirable 

 varieties. 



3. It spoils fishing grounds. 



4. When consumed by lobsters it spoils their flavor. 



5. It destroys shellfish beds. 



6. It is liable at any time, and unexpectedly, to return 

 to shore, and pollute beaches. 



The testimony goes to show that only such scavengers 

 as dogfish and other sharks seem to be attracted by 

 garbage, while such fish as furnish sport for hook and 

 line fishing are driven out of the polluted waters. Not 

 only is offal offensive to them, but its fine particles lodge 

 in their gills and impede respiration. The committee re- 

 ceived a letter from Mr. Eugene G. Blackford stating 

 that "his experience proves that fisheries and shellfish 

 beds are destroyed by garbage dumping in a short time, 

 and that lobsters and crabs are similaly affected." 



The subject of beach pollution is also a serious one. 

 Scum and other surface floating materials contaminate 

 tbe water to the great annoyance of sailing and fishing 

 parties, and the discomfort; of bathers. 



The committee would permit dumping of garbage only 

 in the open sea, remote from shallows, beaches and fish- 

 ing grounds, on a beginning ebb tide and with due re- 

 gard to winds and currents. They would recommend 

 the better way of destroying it by fire, either by house- 

 holders or in public crematories. 



SNAP SHOTS. 



COMPRESSED sawdust, by clearing the streams, 

 saves the trout and serves an excellent purpose 

 as kindling and fuel. Thousands of tons of this bane- 

 ful product of the Maine lumber mills have been 

 utilized in the form of compact blocks and bundles, 

 and herein we see a solution of the very difficult 

 problem, what to do with the sawdust. Compress it, 

 make it a source of revenue, and at the same time pre- 

 vent the destruction of trout spawning-beds by its hurt- 

 ful presence. If the water-soaked masses of sawdust 

 already in the streams could be turned into a veritable 

 mine of wealth, none would rejoice more than the anglers 

 in the hope of the possible benefit to trout. 



The 21st annual meeting of the American Fisheries 

 Society, composed of fishculturists, anglers and others 

 interested in the increase and protection of fishes, will be 

 held in New York on Wednesday and Thursday, May 25 

 and 26. The first meeting will be called at 10 o'clock, 

 May 25, at the Holland House, Thirtieth street and Fifth 

 avenue. Many interesting papers have been promised 

 for the sessions, and a good attendance is assured. 



In our angling columns will be found an opinion written 

 by J. S. Van Cleef, E=<q., of the Poughkeepsie Bar, as to 

 the lawfulness of Sunday fishing in Jamaica Bay. Mr. 

 Van Cleef gives a clear exposition of the principles in- 

 volved in interpreting the provision of the new law with 

 respect to this, and reaches the conclusion that fishing is 

 allowed on Sunday. What a commentary is here afforded 

 on the game and fish legislation of the, day. A codifica- 

 tion committee is provided to draft the law, the. legisla- 

 tors discuss it, hear arguments, indulge in protracted 

 debates, finally pass the measure, and then the layman 

 must appeal to a lawyer to discover what it means. 



Undaunted by the treacherous defection of Senator 

 Wm. Lindsay, which killed their former measure in the 

 Legislature, the Kentucky advocates of fish protection 

 have introduced another bill, and entertain strong hopes 

 of its adoption by both houses. It is an omen of promise 

 that some of the Senators who were formerly opposed to 

 such a measure are now counted among its supporters: 

 indeed the new bill has been introduced by Senator George 

 who voted against the first one. Interest in this Ken- 

 tucky reform movement is by no means confined to the 

 limits of the State; and we hope to chronicle in the pass- 

 age of the fish bill the triumph of common sense and 

 sound public economy. 



Few sportsmen have ever enjoyed a more substantial 

 claim to grateful recognition from their fellows than 

 Judge O. N. Denny, of Oregon, who has just been pre- 

 sented by the Willamette Rod and Gun Club with a 

 handsome testimonial for having added a new game bird 

 to America. The man surely was worthy of such a gift, 

 and the gift itself, a group of Mongolian pheasants, is 

 both beautiful and appropriate, and speaks volumes for 

 the good taste of the donors. Through the courtesy of 

 one of the participants in the presentation we are enabled 

 to add to our account of the event portraits of some of 

 those who took part in it, and an excellent illustration of 

 the testimonial itself. As here pictured only a portion of 

 the massive frame is shown. 



Just as we go to press we learn that the Minister of 

 Fisheries has given favorable consideration to the salmon 

 anglers' petition so far as to assure the petitioners that 

 existing regulations shall be strictly enforced, although 

 political and other influences make any further restric- 

 tions at present impossible. If their action shall thus 

 have led to an observance of the present rules regulating 

 the use of nets, the efforts made by the American and 

 Canadian petitions cannot be said to have been wholly 

 fruitless. 



Amateur photographers— and most sportsmen use the 

 camera nowadays — should read the amateur photography 

 plan of the Forest and Stream as set forth in our last 

 issue. 



