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they went over us. Another one, a wingshot, fell out in 

 the stubble neai the wagon. Our corpulent companion 

 jumped out and started to retrieve it. While he was 

 chasing- it around a iara;e dock was seen coming directly 

 over where we were hidden, We j^elled to our retrieving 

 friend, "Get down! get down!" Dropping on his knees 

 and ducking his head to the ground he imagined he was 

 hidden, but his efforts were useless, as he looked then 

 bigger than the side of a house, and, of course, the geese 

 shied off, my friend calling to him, '"Why don't you get 

 down?" 



The fat man replied, "Ain't I down now? They can't 

 see me." This was more than we could stand and we 

 laughed until we were sore, but our friend could not see 

 the joke. Nevertheless, we |niade a goose shooter out of 

 him after all, and many a good laugh he has enjoyed 

 with us over his efforts to hide from the geese in the 

 open stubble. 



In this way I have spent many happy days goose shoot- 

 ing in Kansas. Jos. W. Ibwin. 



CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 



[IProm a Staff Correspondent.] 



In regard to the c[uail crop for next year, Mr. J. E. 

 Fisher, of tlie Riverside Kemiels, Eiverside, Ind., has the 

 following to say in a letter to Mr. Waters, of this office. 

 Ml-. Fisher's kuidness to the birds is something very well 

 worth emulation. He remarks: 



"The quail have done far better than was expected. A 

 gi-eat many fed through with cattle and hogs. I fotmd a 

 large bevy last week that had not paired off yet. They 

 are later this year in hatching tlian they were last year. 

 I believe they will do better. I have done the best I could 

 and have planted hemp and several packages of Canary 

 bird seed for the quail. There are several kinds of seed 

 in each package. I sowed it in different places on the 

 farm out of the way of other crops and hope it may prove 

 a success." 



Alay 15.— Mr. Ezra E. Howard, of Edgar, Neb., writes 

 me under date of May 13: "The doe birds did not come 

 to amount to anything, and so I cannot give you the 

 article on doe birds as you requested, and as I intended 

 to do. A very few were killed, but nothing near the 

 usual number. I am of the opinion that market-hunting 

 in the spring has considerable to do with them not 

 appearing in their usual numbers." 



I liave the following from a Western gentleman whom 

 I believe to be reliable. It relates a miserable state of 

 facts. I beg the attention of Wyoming sj^ortsmen and 

 trust that when that market -shooting man lands with 

 his outfit to go into the grouse business he will meet with 

 a committee who w^ill give him a good old-fashioned 

 Western invitation to leave the country, and to hit the 

 trail only in the high places. There is no use in the 

 Wyoming men submitting to something not only dis- 

 reputable, but illegal and dead wrong. The following is 

 my information: 



"A man will soon go to Wyoming, in the cormtry 

 between Rawlins and Medicine Bow, with ten teams and 

 about twelve to fifteen men besides, to kill and ship sage 

 grouse for Eastern markets. He calculates to pay out for 

 wages in the two months that he will hunt about $1,000, 

 besides the bu-ds that he will buy. This outfit will clean 

 out about all the grouse in a large section of country." 



E. Hough. 



909 Securitv Building, Ohiciigo. 



Nebraska Quail for California. 



Fort Bid well, Modoc Co., Cal., May IQ.—Editor 

 Forest and Stream: It may be of interest to some of your 

 readers to learn tliat I have successfully imported for 

 stocking purposes some Bob White quail from far away 

 Nebraska. Two dozen started from Valentine, Neb., by 

 express, March 28, and eighteen of the number were de- 

 livered here April 6, ten days en route, which seems the 

 more remarkable from the fact that the last 135 miles of 

 their journey was on a stage coach or rather bnckboard, 

 which gave them a terrible shaking up. They were cold, 

 tired, hungry and thirsty upon arrival, but brightened up 

 wonderfully when their crops were filled, and after a 

 night's rest. They came during a severe snowstorm and 

 were immediately transferred to two fresh coops, and 

 kept in the house a week until the weather moderated, 

 when they were turned out, since which time they have 

 several times been seen. 



An old-time sporting friend, Col. D. S. Grordon, of the 

 Sixth Cavalry, with whom I have spent many pleasant 

 hours afield, furnished the birds and had built for their 

 transportation a light strong coop, the bottom of which 

 was made of boards, and the sides aoad top of wire net- 

 ting, while over all, except the ends, was a layer of bur- 

 lap. Birds and all weighed but 351bs. , and express charges 

 were only $3.40. It would have been better had the 

 buiiap been underneath the wire screen, as somejof their 

 heads were bare of feathers and apparently raw to the 

 skull from contact with the wire; but taken aH in aU it 

 was a rerj satisfactory exijerience. 



Three years ago I attempted to introduce the Mongolian 

 pheasant and p!-ocnred eggs in Portland, Ore., which 

 came by express around by Reno, Nev., and in here by 

 stage; but nob one chick hatched from the dozen eggs, 

 although the eggs were well jjacked. I always suj)posed 

 that the jolting they got ruined them. 



WiU. Dr. Beebe, or Judge Greene, or some of your 

 correspondents, kindly tell me through your columns 

 whether or not the pheasant will stand our severe 

 winters. I am told tliat snow is quite disastrous to them, 

 as it baUs up on theh long tails, weighting them down so 

 they are imable to fly., Is this the fact? 



A. C. Lowell. 



numbers as of old. Civilization has driven them to some 

 other route, although the celebrated Suisun marshes 

 afford good shooting to those who control its shooting 

 privileges, and their friends. Deer may stiU be found 

 among the hills of Santa Barbara and Monterey counties, 

 but it takes good hunting and perseverance to bring 

 success. 



Good sport can be had fishing for sea fish at Santa Cata- 

 lina Island, and the mountain brooks in the central and 

 north parts of the tState afford good trout fi.shing. There 

 are many fine streams in the southerly portion which 

 would afford good sport if they were well stocked and 

 the supply maintained. Old Colony. 



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

 Game Laws in Brief," S5 cents. In the "Booh of the 

 Game Laivs " ifull text), 50 cents. 



Southern California. 



. Salt Lake City, Utah.— Editor Forest and Stream: I 

 have been through southern California, not on a shooting 

 trip, for it is too late, but to spy out the good places for 

 shooting another time, and at the same time have a rest. 

 As our good friend, T, S. Van Dyke, says, good shooting 

 in Cahfornia is almost a thing of the past. To be sure 

 you find u good many quail in the southern parts, but 

 they keep ciiiedy m the cultivated sections, where .shoot- 

 ing is not allowed. The Hotel del Coronado, at San 

 Diego, has a small preserve which is well stocked with 

 quail and rabbits, ^V'■ith the latter I am informed they 

 have good sport coursing dm-ing the winter season. 

 Waterfowl do not migrate tlu-ough C^liforni^ W va§t 



NIAGARA COUNTY ANGLERS' DAY. 



LOCKPORT, N. Y., Junel. — Editor Forest and Stream: 

 In accordance with their honored custom, the Niagara 

 Cormty Anglers' Club, of this city, yesterday celebrated 

 their annual outing with an excursion to Fort Niagara 

 for a fishing match. The fishermen w-ent by train to 

 Lewiston and then by steamer to Youngstown. 



Lewiston was reached at 7:45, and after a bi-ief wait 

 the Anna F. Owen and barge conveyed the contestants to 

 Youngstown. The ride down the river was indescribably 

 fine. Few sti-eams abound in more picturesque and 

 grander scenes than does the Niagara. The morning- 

 was beautiful, an invigorating nor'easter stirred the 

 hearts of all, and the resolves to mighty effort could be 

 heard resolving high above the throb of the steamer's 

 engines. Many of the excursionists were unmindful of 

 the beauty and grandeur of the scene, so intent were they 

 upon the task of arranging rod and line, reel and hooks. 



Onward the little vessel sped. At historic Youngstown, 

 after a journey through scenes of storied or unsung 

 loveliness, a spectacle was presented near the old fort 

 wdiich might recall the old days of military strife. It 

 was, however, the serried ranks rather of peaceful oars- 

 men than of men of war. With oars "present arms" 

 they stood in line and saluted the club with three rousing 

 cheers as the steamer drew to shore. The task of find- 

 ing the boat and boatmen assigned to each party was 

 quicklj- accomplished. 



The black bass grounds near the old foi't were soon 

 covered with a fleet of boats, each containing a red man 

 and a blue man. The white caps came dancing inland 

 in salutation, and the crest of their snowy waves com- 

 bined with the fluttering red and blue badges, worn by 

 the men of Captain Millar and Captain Hatch respectively, 

 made at once a pretty and patriotic picture. 



Tnere were 47 men under the lead of each captain, the 

 roster reading: 



GAPT. MILLAR (RED). 



J. Jj. Adkins, Edward Hopkins, ~D. E. Brong, G. L. Holmes, 

 H. W. Brown, D. E. Jeffery, J. H. Buddenhagen, W. E. 

 Jenney, W. Cocker, W. J. Jackman, James Cocker, L. H. 

 Luremau, D. G. Carroll, A. L. Lerch, E. B. Lewis, Joseph 

 Dumville, Jr., John A. Merritt, George E. Emerson, Jacob 

 Fisher, Peter Miller, T. Graves Frank McCoUum, W. E. 

 Hemiup, G. L. Nicholls, O. D. Prudden, A. H. Haskell, A. H. 

 Pickard, W. H. Templar, E. N. S. Ringueberg, Perry Stow- 

 ell, W. J. Ransom, F. K. Sweet, C. S. Rice, W. W. Steele, 

 William Staler, T. H. Van Horn, H. Wendover, P. G. Stone, 

 A. H. Stevens, E. J. Taylor, W. A. Williams, A. E. Wayman, 

 F. B. Lewis, Thomas Gross. 



CAPT. HATCH (bLTJE). 



D. R. Bruce, A. R. Beck, Emmett Belknap, Dr. Bement, 

 William Bryan, W. H. Case, J. E. Emerson, N. D. Ensign, 

 H. H. Flagler, B. J. Ferguson, William J. Gould, W. E. 

 Huston, H. C. Hulshoff. G. W. Harmony, M. N. Haskell, 

 John Klupf, J. F. Little, A. B. Lewis, S. Wright McCoUum, 

 H. S. Meade, George W. Mann, C. A. Murphy, M. O'Connor, 

 Tunis Cutwater, W. E. Shaeffer, A. L. Smith, W. W. Trevor, 

 H. Timauus, H. C. Templar, George W. Weaver, E. C. Wil- 

 Uamson, LeRoy Fisher, Allan Merritt, Herbert Ransom, Dr. 

 W. J. Leake, Ernest Crosby, Mr. Rider, Mr. Haynes, M. H. 

 Hoover, G. W. Lansing, George Barker, Charles E. Savei-y, 

 Ed. Smith, De Lisle Brookins, Roger Millar, Willard M. 

 Hart. 



The club has a set of rules for prize fishing, which are 

 stringently enforced; here are some of the chief: 



No. 1. Signal for prize fishing: Three whistles denotes starts 

 and stops. 



No. 3. Hours for fishmg, 9 A. M. to 12 M., and 1:30 to 6 

 P. M. 



No. 3. No two contestants on the same chosen side for ban- 

 quet will be allowed to fish in the same boat. It is optional 

 with members to enter in this contest. 



No. 4. Each person will be allowed to fish with hut one rod 

 and line, two hooks and bait. Artificial bait allowed. 



No. 5. Members in good standing only can compete for club 

 prizes. 



No. 6. Boats will be numbered, and the persons drawing the 

 corresponding number will be entitled to that boat. 



No. 7. Agreeable changes in boats may be made by persons 

 wishing to do so, provided Rule 3 is observed. 



No, 8. The high hook banner will be in the boat having the 

 largest black bass. 



No. 10. Each person will record his entire catch on the score 

 book, and hand it '.to the judges at 6 o'clock, and exhibit the 

 fish 



The leaders gave the signal and a hundred lancewoods 

 flashed in an- — and the leaders went to the bottom on taut 

 lines as taught by Jerome Emerson, professor of angling. 

 Two minutes had not elapsed after the fight was on before 

 the first blood was scored. Dr. W. J. Ransom hauled in 

 the first bass amid tremendous cheers from the reds and 

 shouts of defiance from the blues. The banner to be 

 taken by the boat catching the fii'st bass, and held by the 

 largest, was ctuickly conveyed to the hero, who gracefully 

 acknowledged the honor with a military salute. The 

 trophy remained with him but a short time, when it was 

 claimed by another redman, D. Elwood Jeffery, on a 

 2rVlbs. bass. Ed. Williamson, the mighty angler, dispelled 

 the blues for the blues by beating this and taking the flag 

 which was held by Captain Hatch's side the rest of the 

 day, M. N. Haskell clinching the claim to it with a di- 

 poundei-. 



At noon-tide the tide was with the blues. W. W. Trevor 

 had skillfully landed four elegant bass and with others 

 OB his side made the score IS to 12 against the reds. 



The fishermen, in spite of the repeated luncheons dur- 

 ing the morning, served by an efficient tenders' boat, 

 found themselves in good appetite for the bountiful din- 

 ner prepared at the hotels. 



The fight was on again in the afternoon, fast and furi- 

 ous. Capt. Hatch had two fine bass to his credit and 

 Capt. Millar, seeing defeat staring him in the face, aban- 

 doned his steam launch, the Louise, from which he had 

 commanded his forces in the morning, and taking a 

 smaller craft, went into the thickest of the fight. A cast, 

 a tug, a short struggle, and he landed a beautiful speci- 

 men. This he continued until he had a string of six and 

 a score of 300 to his credit. Thus encouraged by their 

 leader the reds forged ahead, and the story of a memora- 

 ble conflict is told. Somehow the great warriors of the 

 blues had an off day; they played in hard lines. 



At 6 P. M. the signal for the suspension of hostilities 

 sounded and friend and foe assembled on the green while 

 the judges on awards, Messrs. D. E. Brong, W. A. Wil- 

 liams, David Miller and C. W. Hatch made their decis- 

 ions. The club scales, which cannot lie if some of the 

 members can, were produced and the result reduced to 

 pounds and ounces. 



Following are the winners: 



CLUB PRIZES. 



1. Largest small-mouth black bass, Bristol rod, M. N. Haskell, 

 .3^1 bs. 



2. Second largest, pair shoes, E. 0. Williamson, SJ^lbS. 



3. Third largest, landing net, D. E. Jeffery, 31bs. 



4. Fourth largest, pocket knife. Perry Stowell, S^^lbs. 



5. Largest string small-mouth black bass, by number (in case of tie 

 by weight), automatic reel. David Millar, 6 bass. 



6. Second largest, dishes, W. W. Trevor, 5 bass. 



7. Third largest, "Return of the Fishing Boats," L. H. Lureman. 



8. Fourtli largest, meerschaum pipe, G. E. Emerson. 



9. First small-mouth black bass caught, three feathers killing bait. 

 Dr. W. J. Ransom. 



10. First double catch small-mouth black bass, Columbian stamp 

 box (no award). 



11. Smallest small-mouth black bass, silver charm, Jacob Fisher. 



13. Largest string mixed fish, schedule value, silk iimbrella, Joseph 

 Dumville, Jr 



13. Second largest, quartet stand, J. E. Emerson. 



14. Third largest, hammock, 0. S. Rice. 



15. Fourth largest, picture, water scene, Burt Hasldns. 



16. Largest string perch, one ton coal, C. A. Murphy. 



17. Second largest, French brier pipe, W. E. Jenney. 



18. Third largest, three pounds coffee, Dr. Bement. 



19. Fourth larg;est, oU silk line, George Harmony. 



20. Largest string herring, sack flower, no award. 

 SI. Second largest, rod and reel, no award. 



22 Third largest, bushel of pop corn, no award. 



23. Fourth largest, box linen collai-s, no award. 



24. Largest sheepshead, one barrel salt, no award. 



25. Largest pike, sack flour, W. A. Williams. 

 2(5. First eel, stove mat, no award. 



27. Poorest luck and no fish, overalls (in case of tie to be determined 

 by 100 yard foot race), deferred. 



SUESTS' PRIZES. 



28. Largest bass, bicycle shoes, Thomas Gross, 31bs. 



29. Largest string of bass, match box, E. 0. Hopldns. 



30. Largest string of all kinds of fish, hammock, W. B. Stabler. 



31. Second largest, brier pipe, Arthur L. Lerch. 



boatmen's prizes. 



35. Boatman, whose party catches the greatest number of fish, brier 

 pipe, and one poimd of tobacco, Ed. Welch, No. 32. 



36. Boatman, whose party catches the largest number of black bass, 

 50 pounds of flour, Joseph Sherwood, No. 13. 



37. Boatman, for second largest number of black bass, silk line, Johu 

 Schriber, No. 7. 



After the announcements the merry party boarded the 

 steamer for the homewai'd journey. By vote of the 

 blues on the train it was decided to hold the banquet 

 which they as the losers are to fiirnish the victorious reds, 

 on Thursday, June 8. The reds will provide the speeches 

 on the great occasion, but are respectfully asked to refrain 

 from gloating. A canvas of the catch on both sides re- 

 sulted as follows: 



Captain Millar— 35 black bass. 1,750 points, 5 blue pike, 

 75, 1 pickerel, 25, 167 perch, 334; total, 3,184. 



Captain Hatch — 34 black bass, 1,200, white bass 15, 1 

 herring, 5, 3 blue pike, 45. 188 perch, 376, total 1,641. 



Reds over the blues, 541 points. 



The trainload of weary anglers was whirled up the 

 Niagara Valley, homeward. Tired, sunburnt indeed, but 

 with a sense of having spent a day in the pursuit of a. 

 noble sport, everybody voted the excursion an unqualified 

 success. It is not strange imder these circumstances and 

 others explained previously that there was not a blue 

 man in the crowd. All felt in accord with the glowing- 

 red sunset of evening, while the Hatch men read in the 

 last crimson streaks of day prophecies of another outing 

 when perchance the skies would be bluer. 



'■'Good-bye," sighed the breezes that played in the tree- 

 tops overhanging the glorious Niagara; "come again," 

 clicked the sleepers underneath as the coaches hurried 

 towai'd Lockport, the beautiful city where rest the lodges 

 of the proud members of the Niagara County Anglers' 

 Club. ■ M. H, HooATER. 



The Maine Association and Non-Residents. 



AuGDSTA, Me. , May li).— Editor Forest and Stream: We 

 have a plenty of fish and game for the present time, but 

 we are confronted with the fact that if the sportsmen 

 tourists from out of the State increase for the next few 

 years as they have for the past three years, the drain will 

 be felt. We are determined to meet this with an increase 

 in the propagation of fish and their jjrotection, and the 

 rigid protection of the game. In spite of the illegal kill- 

 ing of deer, caribou and moose, they are on the increase, 

 and now there are but few towns in the State where deer 

 are not hving. If we can enforce the laws, deer shooting 

 in Maine in ten years wiU be as easy to be done, as can be 

 desired. Our association is but two months old, and wc 

 have expended and are arranging to expend several hun- 

 dred dollars in aiding hatcheries now existing, and put- 

 ting in others at desirable places. We find after a long 

 experience that to meet with the best of success, the 

 hatcheries must be located near the watei-s to be supplied, 

 and the fish kept and fed from spring till faU'and then 

 put in when they are sufficiently large to take care of them- 

 selves. We shall be able to increase the supply by this 

 season's work many htmdred thousands. If those from 

 out of the State would only see that the money they will 

 give us is for their own pleasure, and help us generally, 

 we might give the whole cormtry abtmdance of sport. 



E. C. Farrington, Sec'y. 



Connecticut Black Bass Xiaw. 



A BILL making May and June close months for black 

 bass has passed both Houses of tlie Connecticut Legisla- 

 ture and gone to the Governor. LTp to the time of going 

 to press it had not been signed. Under the old law the 

 season opens Jime 10, 



