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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[iS^ov. 3, 1893. 



SOME SAMPLE "INVESTIGATIONS." 



Theke is neither time, nor space, nor patience to 

 follow the American 'Game and Fish Laws by Henry 

 Austin of the Suffolk Bar through a tenth part of its 

 plagiaristic appropriations from the Book of the Ga-me 

 Laim, A few specimen pilferings must suffice to illus- 

 trate the dishonest methods practiced. Ifere is one of 

 the Connecticut local fishing law cases referred to in the 

 "Open Letter." Sections 2476, 2477 and 2478 of the Con- 

 necticut Public Statutes read: 



Sec. 24TC. Every person wliosliali take any tish from Warauitiug 

 Lakt , in Lilclifield county, betv/pen tbe.flrst day.of April and the 

 first day of July in any year, shall be lind not more than five 

 dollarg, or impriHOiied not more than twenty daye, or both. 



Sec. 2477. Fivery ppvson who shall draw or use any seine or spt 

 net or set line for taking fls-h in Waramaug Lake, in LWchlield 

 county, shall be flaed not more than twenty dollars, or imprisoned 

 not more than thirty days, or both: and whenever auy perBon 

 shall be Been or foun<i upon thfi shores or waters ot said \»ka with 

 a seine, set net, or set line in his possession, it shall bo prima/iicie 

 evidence that such seine, set net, or set line, is used by such pei • 

 eon in violation of the provisions of this aection. 



Seo. 2478. Every person who shall take any black bass less than 

 s'x inches in length from Waramauer Lake with a hook and line 

 shall immediately return it into the water of eaid lake, and every 

 person taking said fish and failing- to return the same as aforesaid 

 shall be fined not more than five dollars or imprisoned not more 

 than ten aa,y9, or both. 



These three sections are condensed in the Book of the 

 Game Lawm and thence conveyed by Mr. Austin thus: 



Boo/i of the (iam.6 Laws. Mr. Aw>tm. 



WarammiCf Lake, LitcMeld Waraiiiang Lake. LitchOeld 

 county forbids fishing be- coiinly: forliids fi<;hinfr be- 



tween April 1 and .Tuly 1. 2477 tween April J mid .Lily L: for- 

 forbids use of seine, set net or bids use ollseiae, set net or set 

 set line; possession of net or liup; p<»sFoaBion or net of ieine 

 seine l>H»'K,t:facMi evidence. -3478. j:n iiiia-J'iun< evidcncp. Bafs of 

 Bass of less than tiin. must be re- leas tlian si.\ ivift'ies nvusi: be re- 

 luined to the w.'tter. turned to the water. 



And so on for two and a half pages of his book. 



There is in Georgia a county named Bulloch. Chap. 

 390, Laws 1889, relative to Bulloch coimty, reads : 



Skc. I. Be il. enacted hy the- Oencrdt Am-iiihln the State itf 

 Gcorflito, 'That it shall not be lawful for any nerson to hunt wiiii 

 dcgs, or firearms, or implemetits of any kind, on aiiv lands not h ^s 

 own in the county of Balloch without tlio written eoosent cf the 

 ownerof the lands or the persons havinir such lands 1q cbaree. 

 after-such owner or person having such land in cliarge his !?ivi u 

 written notice by placing the same on said land nr gi\ p]i piirh par- 

 son or persons writtfn notice forbidding such jiersfm oi- per.-ons 

 from huntine or Ashing on such lands. 



Sec. il Be it further enacted, That it .shall not l)e lawful for an v 

 person to catcti or entrap flsh with hook and lines, seines, gill- 

 nets, cast-nets, or in any other wav in anv strearos or ponds on 

 any lands not his own in the county of Bulloch without the writ- 

 ten consent of the owner of I he lands or of the persons having 

 sucll lands in charge. 



Sec. III. Be it fmther enacted. That it shall not be lawful for 

 any person to shoot, kill, trap, snare, net or otherwise destroy any 

 wild turkey, wild duck, partridge or quail in the county of Bul- 

 loch between the first day of April and the first day of October in 

 any year. 



Sec. IV, Be it f urther eyiacied, ThSit it shall not be lawful for 

 any person to t>uy, spU or offer for sale in said county, between 

 the first day r i April and the first day of October in. any year, 

 any wild turke^, wild duck, parrridge or ijuail. 



Sec. V. Be it farther enaeteei,1\\a.i for pvery violation of any 

 provisions of this Act etc. 



The Book of fjie Game Laws by a typographical error 

 printed Bullock for Bulloch, and with parrotegque preci- 

 sion Mr, Austin's shears follow copy, typographical error 

 and all. That is one of the beauties of the shears mode 

 of "investigation." Here are the two digests: 

 Booh of the Game Laws. Mr. Avstin. 



Bullock.— [Act .S90. Laws 1889. Bullock County.— Unlawful to 

 — Unlawful to catch, kill, pur- ca^ch, kill, pursue, sell or possess 

 sue, tell or possess any wild tur- any wild turkey, wild duck, par= 

 key, wild duck, partridge or riOge or quail, between April 1 

 quail, between Apnl 1 and Oct. and October 1; or to hunt or 



' "^^ °^ lands of flsh on lands of another with- 



unother without written con- out written cou-^ient of owner 

 sent of owner after notice has after notice has been given, 

 been given, J ^ 



The Georgia Burke County Act would fill a column of 

 FofiEST AND Stream in this type. Here it is as it appears 

 in the Booh, and as material which Mr. Austin "derived 

 from the Revised Statutes, Codes, and latest enactments 

 of the respective States:" 



Booli of the Game Lam. Mr. Amthi 



Burke -I Act 200, Laws 1889, is Burke County. - Similar to 

 ,^vi ''h^^°^'''''^™''Ji'^°?P?''y^?^■'' Richmond County Act given 

 given belo w, save that It forbids below, .save that it forbids 

 Jifo i"^/'*^ turkeys and par- killing wild turkeys ard par- 

 fridges between April ! and Oct. tridges between April 1 and 

 t, and torhids nossession or sale uctober 1; and forbidspossessicn 

 ut summer duck or dove between or sale of summer duck or dove 

 April 1 and Aug. lo.] bstween April 1 and August 15. 



-And so on to the end of the chapter. 

 _ Sir. Austin says he derived his material from the orig- 

 inal sources. The editor of the Book of the Game La^m 

 u ^ person who will tell him 



where Mr. Austin got the New .Jersey non-resident para- 

 graphs otitside of the Book of the Game Laws. Here is 

 the first paragragh : 



Booh of_ the Gniiii 'Laws. Mr. Austin 



rThBi^wr'il"?- ^'"^'^""^^meits. >Jon-Resident Requirements. 

 7iJ<-^^-''^'^-'^'^^*^"''' Don-resi- -The only society whose by- 

 naSl^ WnniJ'" a preceding laws require membership in the 

 h^^flWB rl,^ "^^ society whose society as a condition precedent 

 thi cJT I f'^^''^*"^^'''^^-''''''"^ non-residents shooting or 



the society as a condition prp- fishing iti New Jersey is the 

 fnf or fishhfr" in x'''''t' West ^Jersey Game Protectivl 



tbf w^^,jJlV^I^'''^''^%^^'^^ >s Society, whose .iuriadiction es- 

 IrZ^I^^H'^"'^'^-! tiarne, Protee- "ends only to tne counties of 



d„"„~-" I J- iuLci,- 'ruiiB uuiy (jo me counties of 



''l^'^'P Jurisdiction Camden, flloupester, Atlantic 

 only to the counties of SUem, Cuniberhiud and Cane 



J 



licenses are now 



rior7-,7]„7, rii '^"""iico .TMifiu, I umnerianri and Cane 



Sal^m nm.lh'i??^^"','"' Arlantic, May. (Seo following paragraph; 



-av 's /e lnm^^^^^^^^^^^ '"'■^ ^^P*^ t^or oihpr parts of the State nc 



For other , -n .V f '■'^•'^-^'^1'^ no i-resident licenses are now 



ror ottiei p.uu- ol tne ."m.^i 3 1,0- required. 

 liOD-resident Jiceti.,es arc now 

 r quired.] 



1 "^"»^, ^* r^^l'.^ }'^^^^ l^^g'^^ Forest and Stream to fol- 

 low Mr. Austm's "mvestigations." 



A Stupid Blunder. 



Ki^nL^-'^'" '^Vi^^i^ises the blunders of others sbould avoid 

 S mil Ll'lr^'"?!'^^- I l^^st ^-^^'k that the errors cod 



taiDcd m Mr. Henrv Austin s ArrLcrlvitii On;nu: <md FWi 

 Lav:.'^ velatad to m States and Tcrritorie*. lustpad of 3S T 

 sdould have said .3^ This i.s the, record .sho'K the copv 

 of Mr. Austm's work annotated by me. 



Charlks B. Rktkolds. 



To whom it may concern: 



ri.Jhted^work!'^ by us is a copy- 



The pamphiet entitled .-tjjieWca^ (hinie and Fish Law.^ 

 (by Heniy Austin of the Suffolk Bar, Boston 189'3) con tain ^ 

 certam ma eriHl which is an infringement of ouf-'coShl 

 in the hi,oh nr the uame L,nr,. which infringement we 

 are advised by counsel, is actionable at law ' 



All persons ;u-e hereby warned against selling or offevin- 

 for sale the mfm.King work, as we shall take measures to 

 enforce our rights and protect our property. ■^''^^''"'^es, to 

 Forest and SxREAit Pubmshino Co 

 SI8 Bboapwat, New York. Oct. P4. 18(i;. 



WHITE PERCH OF THE POTOMAC. 



Washington, D, C, Oct. 25.— A few days since I 

 went down the Potomac to fish for white perch. On the 

 recommendation of jovial Captain Blake, of fishing fame, 

 I stopped off at Piverside, near the mouth of Nanjeinoy 

 Creek, in Cbarles county, Md., where I was comfortably 

 cared for. Accompanied by the proprietor of the store, 

 post office and a large share of the adjacent territory, and 

 a boatman, I reached the fishing grounds about 11 A. M. 

 These grounds, or "shoals," as they are there called, are 

 about two miles from the Riverside wharf and one mile 

 from the Virginia shore. The term "shoals" is a little 

 misleading, aa the water consists of an extended shoal 

 containing pools from 6ft. to 12ft. in depth, and the most 

 successful fishing is done in these pools. 



I used a rod; the other two members of the party used 

 "drop lines" until I rigged np my other rod and prevailed 

 upon mine host to try it. While he did not find this 

 method much more productive than the "yanking" pro- 

 cess, he soon discovered that it aiforded "oodles" more of 

 fun. We baited exclusively with hard crabs which pro- 

 bably accounts for the limiteti variety of fish taken, 

 After taking a few perch we moved, took a few more, 

 moved again and then settled down to business. As a 

 itile we did not "monkey" long with the pretty silver- 

 sided fellows after they were hooked ; occasionally, how- 

 ever, when two were fighting at once I tested their fight- 

 ing qualities, bub didn't find them dead game. 



Soon after 4 o'clock we cried "enough," and on count- 

 ing and weighing our catch found we had 177 perch and 

 three white catfish, weighing in the aggregate llSlbs., 

 exclusive of a score or so of smaller ones thrown back. I 

 will agree with my critical brother of the rod that this id 

 not very artistic sport if he will agree with me lhat it is 

 pretty lively fun. ' Jeee. Wu^liams. 



The Susquehanna Salmon. 



Columbus, Oct. 29.— Noticing your reference to the 

 above subject in last issue reminds me that when engaged 

 in fishculture near Philadelphia some twenty years ago, 

 I was, on two or three occasions, called to Wi[kesbarre, 

 Scranton and other points in that region of Pennsylvania 

 in connection with fishculture, fish stocking, etc. Of 

 course I heard much about the early fisheries of that 

 region, particularly from old men, some of whom quoted 

 their ancestors. Quite generally reference was made to 

 the great quantities of salmon in the Upper Suequehanna, 

 and I found that they really referred to the pike-perch; 

 indeed , they appeared to be the principal fish in those 

 waters when I was there, and were said to have been far 

 more plentiful fifty to sixty years before. I was some- 

 what surprised upon being told in Harrisburg several 

 years later that these so-called salmon were intrcduced 

 into the Susquehanna through the efforts of Hon. S^mon 

 Cameron. Milton P, Peirci?. 



October's Glorious Closer 



Newtown, Pa., Oct. S7. — The weather is dimply 

 glorious. I couldn't stand it yesterday, so 1 took my rod, 

 and with my "youngest" went to the historic Neshamiuy 

 and fooled along the banks, now so far from their flowing 

 company (owing to the protracted drought): and tri^d to 

 teropt the bass, but without returns save from sunfish, of 

 which we caught a mess; and came home across the 

 browning pastures and through the woods, which, half- 

 denuded of their summer vesture that filled the hollows 

 and rustled pleasantly beneath our feet, gave charming 

 vistas unseen till now. Nature is quick with recompense, 

 O. 0. S. 



Destruction of Fish by Naphtha. 



On the Volga River naphtha is transported in leaky 

 wooden barges and a great deal of it escapes into the 

 stream. In times of floods this poison is spread on the 

 adjacent flats. The naphtha has killed or driven away 

 many fish and infected others so that their flesh is no 

 longer eatable. The highly prized sterlet, a small stur- 

 geon, is one of the noteworthy examples. Un the over- 

 flowed meadows vegetation has been destroyed, as well 

 as the insects and larvse which constitute part of the food 

 of fishes. 



About Nets. 



Thbre are^nets in American waters that reach a distance of 

 five miles withoiit a brealv; .sinerle seines valued at from one to 



'5'2-nnV>n^'^°'^ dolUirs: siuKle tisberies representing investments 

 ot 5fQ0,U()U or more, and one concern manufactures nets and twines 

 for fwhjns Durposes solely, w'-ose capital is |ia50,000 The Ameri- 

 can Net aud Twme Co. (who have a modest card m our advertis 

 in^ columns) is t^he concern referred to, and they are our present 

 authority for all the above particulars regarding commercial 

 fl.shiDg. There 18 no doubt that they understate rather thau ex- 

 aggerate the importance of the industry 



r^islfculhtrii. 



RAINBOW TROUT IN VIRGINIA. 



We are indebted to Comissioner Marshall IVTcDonald for 

 acopyot thefollomng letter from Gen. .T. D. Imboden of 

 Damascus, Va relating to the rapid growth of rainbow 

 trout m the Laurel Pork of Holsten River. Similar ac- 

 counts from other som-ce.s confirm the report of the sticce'*^- 

 tul introduction of this handsome game fish into Old' Do- 

 raimon waters. The rainbow will thrive and multinly in 

 streams which are too warm for the reproduction of the 

 brook trout, and thus the area of l^rout waters has been 

 greatly extended. Gen. Imboden says- 



"Pour years ago 800 California trout and §00 mountain 

 crottt were put in the Laurel I'ork of Holsten here, and have 

 made their way up into the mountains above us, and have 

 done m,sgniflcently. I have caught a number myself and 

 have seen them quite frequently taken by other ansjlers 

 , Ihe Calitorma trout have run this year from 1V< to 3i<lbs 

 w^^?,^*- -August one was landed after a struggle aoout 

 two mile.s above where 1 live, and was brought to my office 

 to be weighect and measured. Extreme length. m4ia • 

 depth behind the gills, Tin.; thickness of back nearlvl n'^ 

 from extreme points of forked tail, 6in.; weight bV m'v 



^?bi^i'no^^V>°^- ''!?"'?''P°^l' balance at nearest store 

 o lbs. lOoz. This IS the largest one I ever saw. More than 

 ,0 people saw it before it was cleaned and cooked. A female 

 last season had her nest within 30ft. of my office on the 

 Laurel, at^the mouth of Beaver Dam Creek, and when Jhe 



WF.^'f^'^^f}^^ ^''^ ^ "^^^^'i^ y^^d l^ol^-^d almost al 

 red as blood, there were so many for two or three days until 

 the litf le fellows left. We fed them corn meal by thro^Je 

 It m the stream a few feet above, aad small as i^bevweil 

 they seemed to catch aud eat the particles " ' 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Kov. 32 to 25.— Brooklyn. H. W. Huntington, Seo'y, 148 South 

 Eighth street. 



Dec. 6 to 9 —First Annual Dog Show Hermitage Kennel Club, 

 Xashville, Tenn. Robert C. Stcckton, Seo'y. 



1893. 



.Ian, 3 to 6.— Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club. T. B. 

 Zimmer, Sec'v, Gloversville, N. Y. 



Ff b. 21 to S3.— Westminster Kennel Club, New Yorli city. Jas. 

 Mortimer, Snpt. 



April 4 to 7.— New England Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. J, 



W. Newman, Sec'y. 



May 3 i o 6 —Pacific Kennel Club, at San Francisco, Cal. Horace 

 W. Orear, Seo'y. 



June 13 to ir.— World's Pair, Chicago. 



Sept. T to 10. -Hamilton, Ontario. A. D. Stewart, Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS, 



Nov. 7.— International Field Trials Olub. third annual trials, at 

 Chatham. Oot. Amateur Stake, Nov. 7. Open Stakes, Nov. 8, 

 W. B. Wells, Sec'y. 



Nov. r.-Unltpd States Field Trial", at Elizabethtown, Ky. P. 

 T. Madison, Indianapolis, Ind., Sec'y. 



Nov. 8.— New England F'eld Trials, at Aasonet, Mass. E. 

 Knight Sperry, New Haven, Conn., Sec'y. 



Nov. 14.— Fourth Annual Trials of the Brunsmck Fur Olub. at 

 Princeton, Mass. J. H. Ba'rd. Sec'y. 



Nov. 15. -American Field Trials, at Columbus, Ind. W. J. Beck 

 Sec'y. 



Nov. 21.-Eastern Field Trial Club Trials, at High Point, N. C. 

 W. A. Coster, Sec'y. 

 Nov. 28. -Philadelphia Kennel Club Trials, at High Point, N. C. 



F. G . T«ylor, Sec'r. 



Dec. .5.— Central Field Trials, at Lexington, N. C. GoLOqlell, 

 Sec'y. 



Dec. 19.-lrish Setter Field Trials, at Lexington, N. 0- Dr, G. 



G. Davis, Philadelphia, Pa., Sec'y. 



1893. 



.Tan nary.— Pacific Coast Field Trials, at Bakersville, Cal. J. M. 

 Ki'garif, Sp.c'y. 



Feb. 8.— Southern Field Trials, at New Albany, Miss. T. M. 

 Brumby, Sec'v 



NATIONAL BEAGLE CLUB FIELD TRIALS. 



Thk trials of this clUb, field trials, I mean, were brought 

 to a successful close on Friday evening last, and once more 

 this energetic and enterprising specialty club has demon- 

 strated that beagle trials are not only feasible but also an 

 acceptable addition to the many sports which may be 

 enjoyed by those in fairly fobttst health and favored with 

 stout legs. If one aspire.s to be in it with the dogs at every 

 turn, .stout lungs are also a .sfiJC qva non. The idea of hold- 

 ing beagle held trials was at first ridiculed in many quarters 

 by those unacquainted with the conditions under which the 

 beagle owners in this northern country hunt the "Mollie 

 Cottontail.'' The trials of 1890, crude as they were in con- 

 ception and more so in the training most of" the dogs dis- 

 played, demonstrated, however, that ."sUch trials could be 

 carried out, and experiment proving practical, preparations 

 were at once made to get stook that would do better in 1891. 

 Last year the trials were still more .suctessful, and this year 

 there was little of the 1890 ctudeness apparent. The dogs 

 were nearly all trained, and with few escepllone Under good 

 control. The difference in the latter respect struck me very 

 forcibly, because 1 did not attend the trials in 1891, and 

 remember that in the fir-si meeting the lack of control 

 the owners had over their dogs was a continual source of 

 annoyance, aud the subsequent discus-ion in FOBEST AND 

 SteeAjm on this subject evidently bore good frait. 



It is all very Avell for some hunters to say that when theif 

 dogs are on a trail they cannot be called off — nobody desite.'! 

 to do that Unless the dogs mn into very thick cover whete 

 they might keep running for a week. The control is when 

 the dogs are searching and oaatiug round for the trail the 

 hunter is able by hand Or voice to draw them to likely spots 

 or to where he has seen a hare start. There are a score of 

 difficulties to be met with in a day's hunt that may be Over- 

 come, and a pleasant day's sport be the re.sult, if' the dogs 

 are trained to remember that they are hunting for their 

 owner and not altogether for themselves. 



Although the country about Nanuet, where the trials 

 were held, i.s charmiuK to a degree, and just at present, 

 when the leaves have assumed their autumnal tints, in 

 some parts-gorgeous in coloring with the distant Palisades 

 and Highlands of the Hudson forming an a:^ure background, 

 still it i.s a rough country where we huuted. There is too 

 much cover and the ground i.s rocky in a good many places, 

 making it hard going both for man and beast. The hares 

 were rarely until the la.st day found iii the open, and most 

 of the trailing wa.<i done in 'cover. Probably, however, all 

 things considered, we cannot hope to do much better in the 

 North, though we should surmise that .some parts of south 

 ern New Jersey, down in the pine land.s for In.srance, and 

 Long Island, would afford rnore level country and better 

 huutiug, This should be a sub.iect for investigation befoie 

 next year. 



Col. DeLancey Kane, of New Rochelle, N. Y. ; Mes-srs, Pot- 

 tinger Dorsey, Newmarket. Md.; W. H. Ashhurner, Yeadon. 

 Pa.; F. W. Chapman, H. V. .Jamie.son and Dr. Taylor, Mel 

 rose, Mass.; Herman P. Schellhass, Brooklyn; Charles P. 

 Peabody, Salem, N. H.: Bradford S. Turpin, Dorchester, 

 Ma,ss : H. Hanson. Fall River, Mass ; H. CatesbyDottd. 

 W. Palmer; John Bateman, Graveseud, L. I.; J. W. Apple- 

 ton, New York; W. S. Clarke and A. Parry, Linden, Ma.ss ; 

 Prank P. .Smith, Philadelphia, Pa.: Joe L^wis, Moodus 

 Conn.; James Moylan, .Jer.sey City: W. Tallman, 'Sew York; 

 Mr. and Mrs. Mann, Brooklyn, N. Y.; C, Ivsl^a, Xanuet, and 

 of course our host, H. L. Kreuder, through whose efforts we 

 were housed, fed and generally made to feel at home, and 

 probably the most thankful man in the lot when Sunday 

 came was the owner of the ''Kreuder Homestead." He 

 mu.st have been pretty well used up. We used his kennels, 

 his house, his writing paper, his stamps and pretty nearly 

 everj^thi ng else that could be f otind in a well regulated house. 

 He didn't mind it, the same genial smile welcomed every 

 one. A very pleasant week was spent bv all. Game was 

 hardly so plentiful as could have been wis'hed at times, but 

 the extreme dryness of the ground affected scent to such an 

 extent that there was no such thing as getting on to a trail 

 and working it out to a finish; it was lost even if ''hot," in 

 a short time, and it was no difficult matter for "bunny" to 

 have the dogs at fault. 



Wednesday 



the second day was ushered in with a cloudy sky and light 

 rain for an hour or so, hardly sufficient to be of much benefit 

 to the dogs. The dog class 13 to l.oiu. having been decided 

 on Tuesday, was duly chronicled in Forest and Steeam 

 last week and to-day the ladie^' of that division tried their 

 luck, for luck it was in a good many cases. The draw on 

 Tuesday night resulted as follows: 



Forest Beagle Kennels' Tick R. with Pottinger Dorsev's 

 Venus III. 



Middleton Kennels' Snow with Rockland Kennels" Fanny 

 Racer. 



Rockland Keimels' Zillah with Orlenrose Beagle Kennels' 

 Parthenia. 



C^lenrose Beadle Kennels' Gypsey A. with Forest Beagle 

 Kennels June Rose. 



