Feb. 9, 1898.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



119 



A COLORADO OUTRAGE. 



Denver, GoL, Feb. 4.— A Chicago paper printed an arti- 

 cle from a Kansas or Nebraska correspojident giving an 

 account of a hunting trip in Eoutt coimty, Colorado. The 

 hunters killed elli in large numbers, taking only the sad- 

 dles, in direct violation of State laws, and amused them- 

 selves by trying to shoot deer through the ears with a 

 .a2cal. rifle. 



According to the article the law was violated in several 

 instances. Tiie new game warden should look this fellow 

 up. The Republican comments upon the x^roposed game 

 law as follows: 



The pi-oposi-ii ■-r.uiv: l.i.w, whatever; its merits in souie rctspects may 

 l)P, is s('i-iuuslv (Icli'c.liM-- in Olio particular. Tins deiect consists in 

 the peiTiiissioii it ^ives dealers to sell game out of season which may 

 hebroLiu-bt Iroin other States. 



This dne=i not spc-ak \vell lor the sportsmanship of the men who 

 framed the lull, 'l o the siiortsman the lulling- of game out ot season 

 should lie objeetioualde. rei;ai dless ot vv here the kilhn;; may be done. 

 The projjosed law virtually oiters a premium on the kdlmg ot yarae 

 in the a.djomuit;' states and 1 enitories. do say the least, tins is not 

 generous to the commuaitn'S wtiich surround Colorado, andfoUowmg 

 the example proposetl to be, .s^^t tiaem. the Legislatures ot those btates 

 and. Territories would lie lu.stmed in ollermg a market tor game 

 killed unlawtuUj^ m ijolorado. 



If game birds aud aminals were res]jecters ot State hues there 

 might be, m pure sehishuess, some excuse tor the provision to which 

 we are ohjectmg. but it could be exeused on no other ground. These 

 hirds and animals do not. lnj^N ever. to vlie best of our knowledge and 

 behel, pay any attention to or have anv regard tor (state Imes. The 

 deer of C!olorado ma\- .-iti-i^^ into \\ yommg aud the birds may lly into 

 Kansas We may sm Ibul it is a. toohsh bird which does this, but 

 neyertheless ihhhv i>l tin-m may do it and there is no protection tor 

 them m their ( 'i ili.r.ido uat ivu\ . .A. Kansas Populist would not hesi- 

 tate ou this aeoDoiu to lull a coloi-ado quail, un the contrary, he 

 w^ould be encouraged to do so by the tact that he could find a market 

 lor the CJolorado bird m Denver or Pueblo. + * * 



Teseeby. 



"An Amateur's Breaking in." 



New York, Feb. 21— Editor ForeM and Stream: I have 

 read with some regret, I mtist acknowledge, imder the 

 caption, "An Amateur's Breaking In," and signed by "A 

 Disciple of Frank Forrester," the disciple's idea of training 

 a dog. One would assume from the first portion of the 

 article that the amateur was a gentleman, but I think that 

 any one ^yho ^yas so thoroughly imbtted with Fi-ank For- 

 rester'.T principles as this writer seems to think he is, 

 would iia\'o hesitated before he kicked a poor untrained 

 pufipy with sundry applications of a heavy hunter's boot 

 for doing just what the thoroughly rmtrained puppy 

 would uataVally do. No sportsman and no gentleman in 

 his senses ought to kick a. dog under any circumstances, 

 and when a. Jiian is so rash as to take an entirely untrauietl 

 ptippy into the field aud after his really wonderful per- 

 formaac<:'s pointing and retrieving without any teaching, 

 kick him bccatise he runs a rabbit, why the least you can 

 do is not to publish stich a savage's writing in the Forest 

 AJSD Stream. Surely Hammond's "Training vs. Break- 

 ing" does not advise, nor its author back up an^^ such bar- 

 jbarous treatment. E. K. L. 



Deer in Central New York. 



Union Sprisos, Feb. 6. — I was in Chemung county a 

 few days ago and was surprised to find, witliin five mdes 

 of the city of Elmira, three wild deer wintering there and 

 seen almost every day; they are a buck and two does. 

 They have plenty of forest and feed, and if they cotild be 

 jjrotected for three or five years iu the counties of Broome, 

 Tioga, Chemung, Steuben. Schuyler, Alleghany and Cat- 

 taraugus, they would become quite plenty. There is 

 plenty of timber and feed, and a long range of high hills 

 and mountains. Some one shotild be interested and have 

 a law passed this winter to protect them for five years, 

 and try and bring them back where they were forty years 

 ago. Trusting some action may be taken, I will leave it 

 to some one that lives in that locality. 



HEmv C. Carr, G-ame Protector. 



Kansas lave Quail. 



Mr. CHiiRLES Pats^:, of Wichita, Kan. , writes that he 

 is suppljdng live quail for stocking pm-poses, sending them 

 to several States, among others to Oregon, where they are 

 reported to be doing well. He has sent 350 to Shanghai, 

 China. Btit as the Kansas law prohibits the trapping or 

 snaring of quail, how is it that Mv. Payne is in the busi- 

 ness on wholesale scale? 



West Virginia Quail Frozen. 



Huntington, W.Va. — am informed that whole coveys 

 of dead quail have been found near this city — killed by 

 the intense cold. The anticipations of shooters are of a cor- 

 respondingly low temperature jtist now. N. D. E, 



ALBANY FISH AND GAME BILLS. 



ISpeaal Correspondence Forest and Stream.'] 



Aldajiy, Feb. 7. — A bill lor an appropriation of §.5,000 for a fish 

 hatchery m Sulhyan county has been mtroduced in l^oth Houses of 

 the Lesfislature. 



A Villi In' .Vss(mblyinan Rice amends section 100 of the game law by 

 Strikiu,;- out ttie prohibition asamst the runmng of saw dust into fish 

 Streams. 



Senator Smitii h.as an amendaient to section 141 which includes On- 

 ondaga Lake among the OLhfi- lakes in which bullheads, etc., may 

 liecau:?-ht throuc'h the ice; and It adds to the section a provision that 



Buckfi iiM 1- li'' >:iught with hookuLid line or speared at any time in 



any i: ■ ■ . - v . :- . ,1 the .btii te. 



All _ii4vuiau iowuseud aniends Section 179 so as to per- 

 mit : ■ II . d.iv 111 (lie vear 111 .Jamaica Bay. It also strikes 



•out I • .• ■■>■: u> oass oiii. in length. 



A: 1 litis a lo ML' lull tor the preservation Of fish 



and . ■ I .1 iiy. 



ji'f! II i :ouidm!> lias an amendment to Section 115 



of til' - I a Id: ■■Aiidnosetnernoreelpotshallbeplaced 



mtiii _ iL tliisbtate unless each and aU of the staJce 



poles 1 1 -,a'. ' ;i,ii_ laid bold mg the same shall extend above the sur- 

 face ill \ ,L I u I. iiilii_li ide 3 I hi i^ht ot not less than 3ft." 



A-sembl> m m i^ 1 sf-ll i pi 1 se^ t i lUi 11 1 M etion 141 so that buU- 

 heads. etc.. ma\ be caught l:i\- hrjol: and line, or by tip-ups, through 

 the ice m (Jiaia.-.-a ana a.-dln-an eoimties. 



A ineetui j I a - x.aiala 1 laU and i.rome Committee was held 

 Tuesday al t 1 1 a in 1 •. Arm aia laaiba m attendance were Com- 

 mit I I k Doyle, of the State 

 Fish I'., iteviiolds, president of the New Vork 

 Star ■ l-rotecciLiJi ot Fi-sli and Game. On the sug- 

 gest 1 - - - : a r iiiiuiiiiatou, who said that the Fish Com- 

 mis.-- II a i I ot'actor Pond were to prepare a brief embod3'- 

 ms I a i ai? Several bills. Ubairman O Connor suggested that 

 it w>- ! • -■ ::• dc-ter takm^ any immediate action, and' the com- 

 nutr I I I uie-^t rfuu Tuu.da^ Fi.b il The views of the 

 Comuiission w ill Lueu be submitted. 



As a Harbinger of Spring. 



ScHASTOS, Pa., Feb. 4.— I have tlus day sent monej- for Fobest asd 

 Stheam for another year. I have not sent before on account of my 

 fl.aances, hue I am aliin^ lus- myself this one cxtrayagance because I 

 feel as though 1 could not gee alon^ without it. I miss its pleasant 

 £ace. It comes duriug- these cold winter da3's as a harbinger of .spring. 



X 



The Fish Laws of the United States and Canada, in the 

 "Oame Latvs in Brief,'''' 25 cents. In the "BooTi of the 

 ' Game Laws " (full text), 50 cents. 



ON THE NORTH SHORE.-V. 



The Trip Up.-V. 



[Continued from page 99.] 



The dawn did not open in rosy colors, for a mutter or 

 two of thunder was heard, and columned clouds in sombre 

 shade were rapidly forming and marching, while a stiff 

 breeze was making the lake quite turbulent. There was 

 every mdication of a stormy day, which would doubtless 

 confine us to camp. We sat down to the early meal with 

 rather rueful countenances, but y\'ith a determination to 

 go to Blind River, for which we Itad planned the evening 

 pre\^ous, if there were a possibility of reaching it in any- 

 thing but a hea.vy gale. Emery shook his head, saying 

 "Bad look," and Peter said, "Heavy rain soon," but we 

 said, "Get the boat ready as soon as jiossible and we will 

 try to make the river at all hazards." That settled the 

 problem as to the weather, and when the boys announced 

 tliat all was prepared, Ave boarded the hoat and soon were 

 sliding along with a simmering noise of broken waters at 

 her side. Comhig to some good trouting grounds, as was 

 indicated by the bottom, we commenced casting, and be- 

 fore reaching the river caught two, weig;hing, respectively, 

 2 and lllbs. Arriving at the river we found it impossible . 

 to enter with our boat owing to the unusually low stage of 

 water in the lake. Last summer we here made our prize 

 conquest, and were therefore anxious to again ascertain if 

 the scarlet-hued beauties still reposed hi its crystal waters. 

 The boat not being able to go up the stream Ned and the 

 two half-breeds concluded to walk to the pool and fish it 

 from the busliy banks. I remained as guardian of the boat, 

 having no desire whatever to go through the dense bush 

 for an angle where it was tilmost impos.sible to cast owmg 

 to the overhanging trees and bushes. 



It was not long after they had left that storm-clouds of 

 the most pronounced character began to arise and gather 

 into a compact mass and siu-ge toward us with a menac- 

 ing aspect, while torn mists sprang up and whirled about 

 like birds with immense wings. On the edge of this came 

 a volutne of heavy fog, which, as it struck the bending 

 trees, peopled them with i^hantoms formed half of the 

 imagination and half of heavy moisture. The lake now 

 began to caper as if it, too, must add to the completeness 

 of the picture developing at the inspiration of the storm 

 king. Rain soon jiattered, and the wind, hke an on- 

 slaught of cavahy, wasj lifting the waves into a promi- 

 nence which made them run in seas of foam, while the 

 gtdls, ever in dehght at a storm, were saihng over snowy 

 crests with inharmonious screams. Byron must have 

 caught the insphation of such warring elements w-hen he 

 wrote in his "Heaven and Earth": 



Harkl harkl deep sounds, and deeper still, 

 Are howling from the mountain's bosom; 



There's not a breath of wind upon the hill, 

 Yet quiyers every leaf, and th'ops each blossom; 



Eai-th groans as if beneath a heavy load.] 



Eveiy moment I looked for the retiu-n of Ned and the 

 boatmen, as I was positive the arising storm would hasten 

 them; hut they came not. There I stit in the stern of the 

 boat, with my rubber buttoned tightly around me, 

 endeavoring to solace myself as best I could with my 

 dismal surroundings. Our boatmen, particularly the 

 prophet of the elements, were doubtless smding at the 

 consummation of their forecasts. They had long been 

 desirous that we should not at any time venture with the 

 boat against their judgment. This being a case in pomt, 

 they were therefore happy, I presume, even if they did 

 get a good soaking as a result of the execution of our 

 order. After waiting and watching for about an hour 

 the unruly elements, which presented some grand cloud 

 painting, the absent party put in an appearance without 

 displaying a single scale for their enterprise. They were 

 all eager now for the return, and it was fortunate indeed 

 that the wind gave us a lee. As we struck the deep water 

 of the lake, the roar of the waves and the moan of the for- 

 est fell in mournful notes, while the riven masses of shat- 

 tered rocks and the XDrecipitous chiJs with their stern, 

 strong and ugly facing-s, rose up in the misty an- hke 

 gigantic spectres. It was a grand picture in a dark 

 shading, which only a glowing sun and azure sky could 

 ti-ansform into one of rugged beauty, for here— 

 "Huge terraces of granite black 

 Afforded rude and cumbered track; 



For from the momitain hoar, 

 HurPd headlong in some night of fear, 

 W^hen yeird the wolf and fled the deer, 

 Loose crags had toppled o'er." 



The distance to the camp being only a mile and a half, 

 we sailed it hi about a quarter of an hour, with a beam 

 wind that made the water roUiii froth from the cutwater. 

 We were glad when we reached the camp and were out of 

 the dripping moisture. 



Soon after diuner the wind fell and the moan of troubling 

 waters subsided. It Avas again to boat, and this time we 

 tried the east side, where three unfortunates of the scarlet 

 ti-ibe fell to our lures. The trout were not rising and snap- 

 ping as we desired, but we were ever hopeful that good 

 catches would soon be made, and the angler correspond- 

 ingly happy. We returned in a very stiff breeze, which 

 again inchoated that Lake Stq^erior intended to keep up 

 her reputation for unpleasant and uncertain weather. 

 Ejiieiy was all at sea in his official capacity relative to in- 

 dications, and was now fearful of hazardiag an opinion 

 lest he be ridiculed if he failed. The old fox was growing 

 wary. 



Thy night closed in deep gloom, with the sea beating a 

 requiem on the rocky coast, but the morn, as if in com- 

 pensation, developed with the stm pouring its hbations of 

 gold and purple over the pinnacles of the I'ugged nioun- 

 teins and down into the cool vaUeys. The lake, too, re- 

 joiced in the splendor and sang in tinkling ripples. Ned, 

 overjoyed with all this glorious awakening of nature, 

 wliich made it an ideal day for the angler, had the entire 

 camp aroused and in preparation for a raid upon the finny 

 tribe that wear the colors of the sunset and the rainbow. 



Feehng the importance of the day, and assured that it 

 would bring us a rich harvest of the brook beauties, I se- 

 lected Lwo of my choicest flies which had been wrought 

 into sucli artistic form as would surely allure the most 

 wary of the trout. They were a ' 'Lord Baltimore" and a 

 "Montreal," and did on this occasion make mom-ning in. 

 the realms of the *S'. fontinalis. "AU aboardl" came the 

 signal of departure, and we were in the boat without de- 

 lay and headed for the east shore. We had barely gone 

 a couple of hundred yards before Ned himg one of the 

 dappled darhngs ,that was over two potmds, while I had 

 one equally heavy raciug a.round with my "Lord Balti- 

 more." This was simply the inauguration, and we were 

 delighted, for it assured us that unalloyed sport which 

 every true angler desires. When we reached the point 

 that ran at right angles with the main shore, two more 

 were boated, a^nd soon after another. This satisfied us 

 that we were now going near grounds hberaUy peopled 

 with the dandies of the "gleaming stars." We were here 

 but a short time when Ned got in trouble with a heavy- 

 weight. He, however' obtained a victory over his crafty 

 and stubborn foe after a gaUant fight of full five minutes. 

 It puUed the scales over the three pound notch, and so far 

 was tlie blue ribbon trout of the captives. Ned, pointing 

 to the adamantine waUs just ahead that looked like tlie 

 golden gems of the landscape, suggested stopping there 

 and fishing as we had previously done. 



To the gfittering rocks we went, landing in a little cove 

 that gave the boat a quiet harbor. I started with Peter as 

 my netter, whilo Ned of course was paired with the as- 

 tronomer, ^vho could, read him a lesson in the celestial 

 pathway when he wearied of catching trout. I left them 

 on a hue of continuous rock that ran a couple of hundred 

 yards without a fracture, whfie I^sought the shore above, 

 which presented a confused mass^of tumbled and terraced 

 granite, requiring not only toil, but suppleness, to travel 

 over. It was along choice waters, and therefore I heeded 

 not the rough, uneven pathway. I saw Ned land two be- 

 fore I had secured a rise, but after I had crawled down a 

 ragged-faced rock by the aid of Peter, I made a cast that 

 brought me a double catch and a shout from my netter 

 that caused Ned and the astronomer to place their optics 

 upon us. I heard Ned distinctly say: "I'll be blanked if 

 he hain't got two." This was not aU, for on my very next 

 cast I made another double catch, and then Peter again 

 disturbed the serenity of the sage old angler and the 

 tawny gazer of the azure blue, with a vigorous concen- 

 trated haUoo that went echoiug over the water and 

 through the forest inland. 



"He's in big luck this morning," now came from Ned 

 m response to the cheerfid shout. 



My fish had hardly been netted before a joyous cry came 

 from Emery, who was down below on the edge of a rock 

 to land a large and savage fighthig fontinalis that Ned 

 was actively playiug. Peter and I both watched the fight 

 for supremacy with much interest, and with the hope that 

 the delighted" angler would score a victory; but alas for 

 sanguine expectations, the trout when about conquered 

 got, I presume, a square bat with his tail, and departed 

 ■svitli the fly in his scarified jaw. I imagined I could see 

 the shade of disappointment chasing away the glowing- 

 excitement that had so filumined the unfortunate angler's 

 bronzed featm-es during the battle. My heart went out in 

 full sympathy to Mm. He looked despairiugly toward us, 

 after he had reeled,in to_repair_^damages, and cried out in 

 disappointing tones: 



"He got away with my fly." 



"Entirely toofiy for you," I replied. 



"One too many." 



The unlucky fisherman soon had another fly on, and 

 again went to work with an earnest will that f orbode dan- 

 ger to the next mquisitive trout. In the meantime, I had' 

 a struggling beauty that was endeavoring to escape, but 

 he was too well hung for that, and was soon repenting his 

 hasty action in the net. A shout now rang out from the 

 astronomer, and on looking, I saw a heavy trout which 

 he had landed for Ned. We were evidently getting more 

 fish than were necessary for our immediate use, and I 

 began to think it about time to desist in the slaughter. 

 Peter, however, persuaded me to walk over the rough- 

 edged rocks to some huge blocks of stone that lay in the 

 water but a short distance from the shore, and where he 

 was sure numerous trout poised in the deep crevices. I 

 went as suggested, and succeeded in a very short time in 

 capturing two more, that were daintily painted in lurid 

 colors. 



I then declared that enough was as good as a feast, and 

 discontinuing the sport, climbed to the summit of a hoary 

 rock that overlooked the lake, and there m the noonday 

 sun, that was beautifying aU things with its silver shafte, 

 listened to the lullaby of a scarcely audible surge that 

 pattered against the base of the storm-battered waUs. I 

 was wrajjped in a very elysium of dehght at the scene of 

 mttgnificent splendor that lay before nie, and which only 

 the infinite solitude of the hiUs and the lonly lake can 

 bring. I repeated, as if in umson with the silent and 

 glowing scene that lay unrolled around me, that lovely 

 and emotional stanza which Charles G, Ames has made so 

 appropriate for just such an occasion: 



I stand on high 



Close to the sky 

 Kissed by unsuUied hps of hght; 



ITanned by soft airs 



That seem like prayers 

 Floating to God through ether bright. 



The emerald lands. 



With loye-clasped hands, 

 In smihng peace below otitspread: 



jVround me rise 



The amber sides, 

 A dome of glory o'er my head. 



Wiud-sweiit and bare 



The fields of air 

 Give the winged eagles room for play; 



On mightier wing 



My soul doth sjjring 

 To unseen summits far away. 



After enjoy hig my dolcefar niente for quite a while I 

 began to think of Ned on the Tita,nic rock, who was 

 doubtless awaiting my return. Taking up my tramp 

 over the fractured blocks strewn in peU meU confusion, 

 after arduous chmbing and jumping, I reached the well- 

 worn path and soon joined him. He was qiuetly enjoying 

 a solacing smoke ancl doubtless the grand and lovely sur- 

 roundings. Sihbe my departure he had caught two more 



