Makoh 16, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Waverly Gun Club. 



Owing to an accident to George Helmstead, the president, and sev- 

 eral of ttie members being in Washington, the attendance at the regu- 

 lar monthly shoot at Dexter Parle on Monday was poorly attended, 

 only seven'competing for the club medal and prizes. The postponed 

 shoot of last month was shot off. Each man shot at ten targets from 

 electric pull traps. The snow afifected the shooters. The scores: 



February Shoot. March Shoot. 



O Hnton 0000111010-4 



H Van Staden 0011101000—4 



M Schulz. 0010010000—2 



J Mohrman 1 001001 101 —5 



S Grand 0101001101—5 



R Mohrman 0000001001—3 



W Fehhesen OOOOOIOOOO— 1 



Sweepstake shoots, 6 birds, 50 cents entrance, three moneys. The 

 last two only one money: 



L Grand 3 3 3 1 2 E Mohrman 3 2 3 3 2 



HVanStaden 1 2 .. .. <. W Fehliesen . , , 2 2 0 .. .. 



M Schulz 1 4 12 3 O HUton 3 1 2 .. .. 



J Mohrman..... 3 3 3 1 2 



0000000000—0 

 0000011010—3 

 1101101010—6 

 0010010000—2 

 0001001000—2 

 0010011100^ 

 1101110000—5 



Penn Gun Club. 



NoEBisTOWN, Pa., March 11.— Semi-monthly shoot of the Penn Gun 

 Club, 25 Keystone targets per man, rapid-firing: 



GeoKerper 0101101100111101101111111—18 



J R Yost 1111110101011111111111111—23 



MHaws 1110101101101110001010010—14 



JCassel 1111011111111111111011110—32 



H E Taney 0011111000110011110111101—16 



J Kohl 1111111101101011011110010—18 



8 Kriebel 0111101110111001110000111—16 



GKriebel 0001111010010011000101111—13 



P W Yost 1011111010101101110001101-16 



MFMack 1111111111110111101111110—22 



Chat. West, Sec'y. 



Acme Gun Club. 



Thk members of the Acme Gun Club did not turn out very strong on 

 Tuesday, March 7, at their regular shoot for the club's prizes. Only 

 four participated in the club shoot and sweepstakes. T. Short was 

 the principal wiimer. The scores: 



T Short. ...11110011110100111101— 14 H Menkel. .OllOOllOOOOlOOlllOll— 10 

 CMunk . .00000101110101000111— 9 C Dethloff. 10001100010011100010— 8 



Four sweepstakes, 10 targets: No. 1: T. Short 7, C. Munkl, H. Men- 

 kel 8, C. Dethloff 5. 



No. 3: T. Short 7, C. Munk 4. H. Merkel 3, C. Dethloff 5, 



No. 3: T. Short 7, C. Munk 3, H. Menkel 7, C. Dethloff 4. 



No. 4: T. Short 4, C. Munk 5, H. Menkel 4, C. Dethloff 3. 



Hurlingham Rules. 



Rules of the Hurhngham Gun Club and the Gun Club (London), 

 blue and gold, vest pocket size. New edition, price 25 cents. 



Imwer^ to ^amspand^nh. 



No notice taken of anonymous conimnnications. 



J. A. H., Northport, L I.— The hues of the yacht have never been 

 pubUshed. She was buUt by C. C. Hanley, at Monument Beach, Cape 



Cod, and is 38ft. 9in. over all, 2i'ft. 9m. l.w.l., 13ft. beam and 2ft. 6in. 

 draft. 



J. H. S., Philadelphia.— We know nothing better than some of the 

 ordinary washing compounds to remove oil from a sail. The whiten- 

 ing processes sometimes employed would not answer with oil, 



F. O., Gay's Mill, Wis. — Can you inform me where I can procure a 

 copy of Capt. Bendire's "Bird Biographies?" Ans. Apply to the 

 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. We understand that the 

 editions are exhausted. 



, H. B.— Where can I get adult bass (old enought to spawn)? Would 

 it do to place them in my carp pond? and when should it be done? 

 Ans. Apply to Mr. Mark Samuel, No. 10 East Sixteenth street. New 

 York. See notes in our last issue on bass culture in ponds. 



A. S. B„ Holland, Slich.— The birds are the long-tailed duck (Harelda 

 glacialis). It is more common on the seacoast than elsewhere but also 

 occurs sometimes on the Great Lakes. They are not abundant on in- 

 land waters, however. The color of the iris is carmine. The ermine is 

 one of the weasels which turns white in winter. 



F. L., Springfield, L. I.— There is no work that we know of on terra- 

 pin culture, and we beUeve that it has never been carried on success- 

 fully, although many attempts have been made. The trouble seems 

 to be that the terrapin will not breed in confinement. You might ex- 

 periment for yourself and report the results to us. 



F. W., Orange, N. J.— 1. Is the horsefoot a fish or crab? 2. Is a 

 crabafishof any description? Ans. 1. The horseshoe is commonly 

 called a crab, but it is not a true crab; by some naturalists it is classed 

 among the crustaceans, while others regard it as belonging with the 

 spiders and scorpions. 2. Crabs are not fishes, but crustaceans. 



P., Springfield, Mass.— Could you inform me if I could catch eels 

 with some kind of artificial bait, without taking earth worms to make 

 the bob? Ans. We know of no satisfactory artificial bait. A bob 

 that is much more easily constructed than the earth worm bob, how- 

 ever, can be made by running a threaded needle through a piece of 

 raw meat. The eels catch their teeth in the thread and so may be 

 Ufted into the boat. 



H. H.— WUl you inform a constant reader of Forest and Stream if I, 

 a native born American, go to Ireland a few months gunning, can I 

 take my gun along? The gun is of English manufacture, made by 

 Greener. WUl I have to pay duty on it? Let me know can I get a 

 game license to shoot there. Ans. There is no duty on guns taken into 

 Ireland. If you take it over with you to shoot and bring it back you 

 will not have to pay duty here. 2. Yes. 



F. H., New York City.— I have a Winchester repeater, .44cal.-, and a 

 double-barreled shotgun, 12-gauge. I expect to be in Colorado and 

 Wyoming for two months this coming fall and would Uke to kno v 

 which would be the most useful In my travels in that country. Ans. 

 Both guns would be useful, but if you are limited to one gun .we would 

 advise your getting a rifle with a flatter trajectory than the .44cal. In 

 Colorado and Wyoming much of the countr3' is open and long-range 

 shots the rule. You would find a .45-70-330 satisfactory. 



A. M. H.. Boston. — Will you kindly inform me through the columns 

 of your paper where to find good fresh water fishing in the vicinity of 

 Boston. Ans. Really good fresh water fishing is scarcely to be found 

 in the near vicinity of Boston, unless possibly one has a permit from 

 the city government to fish for black bass, in their season, in the 

 Chestnut Hill reservoir. Such permits are sometimes granted, if one 

 has a friend in authority to get the permit. Otherwise good fresh 

 water fishing would be best found in some of the private trout ponds 

 and streams in Plymouth county, to fish in which a permit from the 

 proprietor or club would certainly have to be obtained. Some of the 

 numerous ponds in Plymouth county afl'ord considerable pickerel 

 and bass fishing both thi'ough the ice and by trolling in the summer. 

 Really good fresh water fishing is extremely scarce about Boston, 

 and the most of the lovers of the angle go to Maine and other States 

 to indulge in the pastime. 



F. S. D., Pasadena. — Hornaday in his "Taxidermy and Zoological 

 Collecting" mentions that there are a number of works on the use of 

 poisons in zoological collecting, but gives notifies; if you have such 

 works and will give me the names of the best, with prices, I will send 

 you an order. Ans. We have referred the above query to Mr. Horn- 

 aday, who writes us as follows: "I must confess myself quite mysti- 

 fied by Mr. D.'s inquiry, for I cannot recall, neither can I find in the 

 book where I made any mention of anything like 'works on the use 

 of poisons in zoological collecting.' I am sure, on the contrary, that 

 there are no such works and I can say with more truthfulness than 

 egotism that I know of no work which has as much to say on that 

 subject as my own. I think your correspondent is laboring under a 

 misconception and I am quite unable to throw any light upon it." 



Dr. a. G., St. Gallen. Switzerland.— Is there pubUshed a monograph 

 on the musk ox from the pen, of an American, Uke Morgan's on the 

 American beaver or Caton's "Antelope and Deer of America?" If 

 such a book is published wfll you kindly procure same for me? If 

 further literature treating of this animal is in existence, will you in- 

 form me, with price and where published? I am gathering all literary 

 material possible relating to the musk ox, with a view of publishing a 

 work treating of this interesting animal. I am in hopes of procuring 

 the head and sldn of a specimen fit to be set up. Ans. No such mono- 

 graph exists. Most of the papers on the musk ox are short and in 

 scientific journals. Mr.Warburton Pike's "Barren Grrunds of Northern 

 Canada" gives some information about the species; price $2. We can 

 furnish it. Complete specimens of musk ox for mounting are very 

 hard to get, but Hinds, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, might furnish 

 a mounted head. 



R, R. S., N. Y. City.— As a stranger to the city, lately located here, I 

 wiU feel obliged if you wiU be good enough to inform me whether 

 there is a chance for a man — limited both as to time and means— to 

 obtain fly-fishing (preferably for trout) within easy reach of the city? 

 Ans. In certain localities in Pennsylvania and New York State, about 

 the upper waters of the Delaware River, there is good trout fishing to 

 be had, within a reasonable time limit from New York city. Follow- 

 ing are some points, with the addresses of hotel proprietors, whom 

 you might wi-ite for particulars: W. E. Eldridge, FaUsburgh, SuUivan 

 county, N. Y. ; Joseph Fether, Eldred, Sullivan county, N. Y. ; Dr. 

 Philip F. Fulmer, Dingman's Ferry, Pike county, Pa. ; D. M. Crane, 

 Canadensis, Monroe county. Pa.; Frank Orisman, Milford, Pike 

 county, Pa.. You can find bass as weU as trout in most of these local- 

 ities. Nearer at hand good bass fishing may be had at Greenwood 

 Lake or Lake Hopatcong, N. J. 



C. W., Pawtucket, R. I.— Kindly advise me through your paper 1. 

 where I could get good deer shooting in Maine without consuming too. 

 much time in getting to and from grounds ? 2. Could I expect to 

 find deer plenty in vicinity of Machias, or more further north above 

 Bangor? 3. Where can I'obtain addresses of guides who take out deer 

 hunting parties, or other information in line of above questions? 4. 

 Please state best month for deer, October or November? Ans. 1. Deer 

 shooting may have been termed "good" in almost any section of the 

 north wood of Maine last season, but to reach good chances for deer 

 in that State involves at least one day from the last settlements, or 

 two days from Boston. Bangor may "be reached from Boston by night 

 trains, but deer shooting is scarcely' to be found In less time than one 

 day by teams from that city, or an3' other point on the upper Maine 

 Central Railroad. As a rule better shooting is almost always found 

 by going stiU another day or two into the woods, either by canoes or 

 on foot. 2. Deer were plenty within a day's ride of Machias last sea- 

 son, and some were killed within only a short distance of that city. 

 But the questioner must always remember that Maine has been termed 

 "the State of magnificent distances;" everybody tells you that it is 

 "only a short distance," but the miles of Maine guides and residents 

 are usually about three miles to the tenderfoot and outsider. 3. The 

 addresses of guides can alwaj^s be obtained from hotel people, stage 

 drivers and postmasters. 4. November is usu'aUy better than Octo- 

 ber, since "tracking snows" may be looked for in the later month, 

 which snows make the very best of deer hunting. 



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 at our new Illustrated Catalogue and Price List for 

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 Brass Click Reels, 40, 60, 80 or 100yds., 28 cts. each; .5 cts. extra for postage. 



One lot of Multiplj^mg Raised Pillar Reels with Balance Handles and Lifting Drag: 40yds., 38 cts. ; 60yds., 48 cts. : SOyds., 58 cts. ; 100yds., 68 cts. ; 150 yds., 78 cts. 



A special lot of Trout Flies at 30 cents per dozen assorted, sent by mail 1 cent per dozen extra for postage. 



A snecial lot of Bass and Pickerel Spoons at 5 cents each sent by mail, 1 cent extra for postage. , „ 



All kinds of Hollow PoLat best quahty Hooks sneUed to siogle gut 10 cts. doz. ; double gut, locts. doz. ; treble, 20 cts. doz. ; four oly, 25 cts. doz. 1 cent extra ner dozen for postage. 

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