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( VOL. XXXVII.-No. 8. 



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CONTENTS. 



Editorial. 



Creedmoor, 1891. 



Alewives in Lake Ontario. 



Game Protector Pond. 

 The !?pom'SMAN Tourist. 



At Dawn. 



No-Man's Land and Beyond. 

 A Reception to Mr. Hallocli. 

 Her First Bear Hunt. 

 The Big Buck We Didn't 

 Slioot. 



An Island of the Paciflc. 

 Natural History. 



English PJieasaTjts in America 

 Game Bag and Gun. 



Maine Bears m the Forties. 



Still-Hunting Deer With Bird 

 Dogs. 



Chicago and the West. 

 Two Weeks Out of Purgatory. 

 Camp Fire Flickerings. 



Sea ANju RlVEli K ISHING. 



Rainbow Trout in Vermont. 

 The Bluetish. 



Upper Delaware River Fishing 

 Potomac River Fishing. 

 Black Bass in White Oak. 

 The Big Fish Eat the Little 

 Ones. 



Jnnebug and Rainbow Trout. 



FiSHCULTURE. 



New York Fish Commission. 

 Result of Planting Cod. 

 The Kennel. 

 Acclimatization of Dogs. 

 Kingston Dog Show. 

 The Hamilton Show. 

 "Is It Not Worth Consider- 

 ing?" 

 Dog Chat. 

 Kennel Notes. 



Answers to Correspondents. 

 Rifle and Trap Shooting. 



Range and GaUerv. 



The Creedmoor Meeting. 



The Canadian Rifle Meeting. 



The Trap. 



Boiling Springs. 



Hackettstown Tournament. 



Pennsylvania State Tourna- 

 ment. 

 Yachting. 



Yachtsmen and the Law. 



Yachts in Two Classes. 



St. Lawrence Y. C. 



New York Y. R. A. 

 Canoeing. 



Transportation to Camp. 



N. Y. C. C. Challenge Cup. 

 Answers to Correspondents. 



ALEWIVES IN LAKE ONTARIO. 



]3R0F. CHAS. S. DOLLEY, of the University of 

 Pennsylvania, who is at the head of the Marine 

 Biological Laboratory, Sea Isle City, N. J., to which we 

 referred in our issue of Aug. 20, has expressed the 

 opinion that the excessive mortality among alewives in 

 Lake Ontario, is probably due to their habit of abstaining 

 from food during the spawning season, combined with 

 the long journey from the sea against the current of the 

 St. Lawrence. This involves the assumption that the 

 alewives migrate annually through the whole course of 

 the St. Lawrence river — an assumption which lacks satis- 

 factory proof . Through correspondence with Mr. J. F. 

 "Whiteaves of Montreal, and the late Prof. J. W. Dawson, 

 who wrote from Little Metis, Quebec, we learned that 

 the alewife is rarely found in the lower river, and Prof. 

 Whiteaves stated that he had never seen living or re- 

 cently caught specimens from the Province of Quebec. 

 Even at Metis the fish appeared only as stragglers and 

 very rarely. Prof. Dawson also had never heard of the 

 occurrence of the alewife at Montreal. This correspond- 

 ence was received long after the first appearance of the 

 alewife in Lake Ontario. The alewives disappear from 

 their usual haunts in Lake Ontario in the fall, it is true, 

 but it is believed by many persons that they go into the 

 deeper water of the lake. The small size of these 

 alewives would strengthen the theory that they are per- 

 manently landlocked, few of the individuals reported and 

 examined by us exceeding 8 or 9 inches in length. In 

 Cayuga and Seneca lakes, New York, the alewife has 

 made its way naturally, and is now landlocked and 

 dwarfed in size. Great mortality occurs among them in 

 both of these lakes. We do not state positively that the 

 alewife does not ascend the St. Lawrence from the sea, 

 but merely say that the evidence so far received is 

 ppposed to such gi, theory, It seems to us more likely 



that the rapid and alarming decrease of lake trout, pike, 

 mascalonge and other predaceous fishes, which feed upon 

 the alewife and similar helpless species, will better ex- 

 plain the comparatively sudden and enormous increase 

 in the number of alewives. 



CREEDMOOR, 1891. 

 '"pHE annual meeting of the National Rifle Association 

 just closed was not one of the popular gatherings 

 which in past years made the fall meetings on the Long 

 Island range such notable occasions. There was a good 

 list of matches with most meagre prize list, yet fully as 

 much as the Association ofiicers feel warranted in offer ■ 

 ing. There were enough enthusiastic riflemen present 

 to make it no easy task to get into the winning line, and 

 the scores run high enough to show that those who shot 

 were riflemen of no mean caUber. None of the matches 

 went begging entirely, though all aiong the column it 

 would have been more encouraging had large fields of 

 contestants appeared. 



Not a single protest was entered at any stage of the 

 meeting, and this most telling indorsement of good man- 

 agement deserves to count in favor of the directors who 

 had the meeting in charge. 



There was only one incident of the meeting which one 

 might wish erased from the record. This misfortune was 

 the seeming inability of the Washington team to take de- 

 feat gracefully. That the visitors from the National 

 Capital were beaten 'clearly and distinctly upon their 

 merits, and that the New Yorkers won the Hilton and 

 Inter-Sbate matches by sheer ability as shots admits of 

 no possible doubt. 



The matches were conducted entirely according to the 

 jwogramme, and every possible chance was accorded the 

 men from the South to carry back the honors of victory 

 with them. They did not do so simply because they v/ere 

 "not in it" as shooters with the New Yorkers. They came 

 to the range in anything but good form. The campaign 

 of the preceding few days at the New Jersey range of 

 Sea Grirt had used them up in a shooting sense to such an 

 extent that close observers as early as Tuesday were posi- 

 tive in their opinion that the New Yorkers would win the 

 important team matches. The visitors shot vigorously 

 during the several matches, but did not display any great 

 winning powers. 



On the range they made loud complaint that the New 

 York State team were using special arms. There was no 

 secret about this. For years these barrels have been in 

 the hands of the better shots of the New York State 

 Guard. In fact the Ilion armory makes no other at 

 present. They have a quick twist and consequently re- 

 quire a harder bullet, enabling a higher initial velocity, 

 with a larger charge of powder. The arm has been 

 authorized by the State authorities and so comes within 

 the regulation; and as for ammunition, there was no re- 

 quirement of factory-loaded ammunition to be used in 

 the match shoot. All these facts were within reach of 

 the Washington men, also the fact that there is a special 

 Springfield arm of the 6-groove variety which they might 

 have used if they did not. On this point we are not in- 

 formed, but will be surprised to learn that they did not 

 use the officers' Springfield arm. As for the ammunition, 

 if the team used the Frankford Arsenal output, they had 

 very good stock, much better than the usual grade of 

 factory-filled loads. If now they lay the blame on the 

 ammunition, it only goes to show that there was neglect 

 to have special loads ready for so important a match. 

 The New York State loading was done in the regimental 

 armories, the bullets seated as usual, and the ammunition 

 shipped to Creedmoor and knocked about the range. If 

 not crimped up to the machine-loaded cartridges from 

 the oflacial U. S. arsenal, they were crimped entirely 

 within the requirement as to seating of bullet and trans- 

 portability. Finally the growl of irritation over defeat 

 comes down to abuse of the poor markers in the pits, 

 who like drowned rats in a hole were not having a very 

 pleasant time of it. They did, however, raise the colored 

 disks enough for the score to be properly kept, and they 

 did mark the shot holes. With glasses noting each shot, 

 the team men did not depend upon the pit marker, so 

 whether he was quick or slow in his movements did not 

 affect the matter at all. If there was an error in the 

 scores the time for correction was at once, before an- 

 other shot was fired. If no such protest was made and 

 proved, it comes with bad grace to criticise the scores 

 now. 



When a team or any contestant goes into a test of abil- 

 ity or strength with a proper spirit, a victory should be 

 greeted with modesty and defeat accepted without com- 

 plaint. Without this spirit it is better to remain out of 

 competition. Particularly in a military match should 

 this spirit of fair play prevail, and it is specially unfor- 

 ate that the Washington men do not show it at this time. 

 They wei"e out of trim somewhat themselves, and below 

 their usual form as excellent marksmen. They met a 

 team particularly strong with such a large contingent of 

 the now victorious Twenty-third shooters in its make-up. 

 To sulk now and talk about refusing future competition 

 is nonsense. The National Rifle Association is still the 

 leading organization of the country, and it should be the 

 proud aim of every local organization to keep it so. 



We have no doubt the ofiicers of the N. R. A. would 

 prefer to see visiting teams go away as victors, however 

 much they might strive as New York Guardsmen to keep 

 the honors here. The very. fact that New York State can 

 and does put such strong teams in the field ought to 

 make other marksmen anxious to come here and try con- 

 clusions, and when a team talks of cutting Creedmoor 

 from its visiting list it simply crawls into a very small 

 burrow and pulls the hole in after it. 



GAME PROTECTOR POND. 

 WJ HEN the New York Fish Commissioners last October 



' ' removed Chief Game and Fish Protector Drew, and 

 put into his place Ma j. J". Warren Pond, there was a great 

 hue and ciy by many well intentioned people who affected 

 to believe — and they may have been honest enough about 

 it — that the cause of fish and game protection in this 

 State had been throvi'n to the dogs. Inquiry into the rea- 

 sons for the change convinced us that the Commissioners' 

 action was a wise one, and we expressed the belief that 

 time would demonstrate the wisdom of the step. 



Our prediction has already been amply fulfilled. Dur- 

 ing the first year of service, which will close with the 

 current month, Major Pond has made an excellent 

 record. The year is shown by the i-ecords to have been 

 the best in the historj^ of the service with respect to en- 

 forcement of the laws, arrests of offenders, successful 

 prosecution of suits, and the amount of fines collected. 

 The work of the entire year is reflected in the record of 

 the last three months — June, July and August — during 

 which period there have been 115 arrests, 51 convictions, 

 $1,685 collected as fines, and 137 illegal nets destroyed. 



The Commissioners report that Maj. Pond has shown 

 himself to be an intelligent, conscientiotis, vigilant and 

 hard-working official; and under his direction the effi- 

 ciency of the entire force has been greatly improved. 



In one respect it is true Maj. Pond has failed to make 

 a record; that is as a blusterer. He has refrained from 

 beating the bass-drum and blowing the sax-horn. There 

 are good folks who gauge a public officer as they do a 

 calliope, by the concussion produced on the tympanums 

 of their ears. By such people, doubtless, had the pro- 

 tector done less work and made more noise, he would 

 have been esteemed more highly; but the interests of fish 

 and game protection in this State would not have been in 

 the promising condition of to-day. 



SNAP SHOTS. 



The netters of the St. Lawrence River are having a 

 thorny time. Reports of seizure and destruction of nets 

 set illegally are coming to be almost weekly items of 

 news. The State Game and Fish Protector of the dis- 

 trict is ably seconded by the Anglers' Association of the 

 St. Lawrence River, a society well deserving the support 

 of summer visitors to that region. 



Capt. Anderson, Superintendent of the Yellowstone 

 National Park, has sent in to the Secretary of the Inte- 

 rior his annual report, stating that very few fires have 

 been started in the reservation during the past year, and 

 these were extinguished before serious damage had been 

 done. Game and fish are reported manifestly to be on 

 the increase. 



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