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more to the village than a dead one, and if the hunter is 
thought to he easily imposed upon, the line of beaters will 
drive the bear out so that it will be impossible or difficult 
to kill it; but they will hold on to the money just the 
same. 
After the financial arrangements are concluded, the 
hunting party sets out in the morning and repairs to the 
spot where the bear is snoozing away in his six-months' 
nap. The hunter can, in some cases, go up to the edge of 
the hole in the snow, poke his gun against the bear's head 
and blow him into the ursine hereafter. If he is a very 
brave man, he takes the chance of a shot on the run, the 
bear being herded up to him, like an ox, by the line of 
beaters, which is apt to include pretty much the entire 
male population of the village. If he shoots, he has to 
settle, and the excuse of no meat doesn't go. Russia is 
the only place I know of where they shoot bears at the 
trap. They are high rollers over there. I never heard of 
this before, but there is no telling what is liable to be hap- 
pening around Chicago. 
From Far Away Alberta. 
Some one has sent me a copy of the Edmonton, Alberta, 
Bulletin of Aug. 27, on one page of which I notice several 
items which might make one think it a curious and un- 
known country, this far-away Alberta, and one where 
the wildness is not yet all gone. We read of the wood 
buffalo, thus: 
Of the wood buffaloes shot in the Athabasca district lBst week only- 
one specimen has found its way to town. This was brought down last 
week by J. Carlton of Fort Chipewyan and was the only one shot by 
him this winter. He brought the whole hide; head, hoofs and tail 
intact, so that it could be set up as a museum specimen. The hide is 
10ft. in length, its girth 8ft. The wood buffalo is fast becoming ex- 
tinct. The Indians hunt them whenever they can. In season or out 
is the same to them. They follow them for weeks at a time, very 
often being unsuccessful, but they are fond of the meat and will en- 
dure many hardships to get it. 
There are ducks, also, as witness: 
The duck shooting opened on Thursday, and several sports in town 
hied themselves off to the nearest lakes only to find the ducks swim- 
ming about with down on and quite unable to fly. LaBt spring was a 
very late one and as a consequence the ducks did not begin to lay 
until late in May: the result is the birds are late in maturing and will 
not be ready to shoot for at least three weeks. Local sports have de- 
cided to defer their shooting until the birds can fly. 
E. Hough. 
909 Security Building, Chicago. 
MAINE AND THE EAST. 
Mr. J. E. Hall, well known in the Boston paper trade, 
is a lover of the woods and streams. But the line and 
rod, with the shotgun in season, must be there. He hopes 
to start, with a party of friends, in a day or two for their 
own special camping ground. It is on the "West Branch 
of the Pleasant River, in Maine. They go in by the 
Katahdin Iron Works, and thence some six or eight miles 
by buckboard and carry to West Branch Pond, where 
they have a camp. The spot is said to be a beautiful one 
and the fishing excellent. Mr. Hall especially mentions 
the tramp in through the woods. The shotgun is taken, 
at the proper season, and ten or twelve birds is the usual 
quota for the camp, without much hunting. But the 
carrry is not always dry and dusty, though it may be this 
year. It is sometimes very wet in fact, and wading has 
to be done through brooks and swampy places. The party 
this time will include Mr. Hall's brother, H. C. Hall, of 
J. J. Hall & Co , Mr. DeFord of State street, and Mr. 
Chas. E. Pierce of the New York Biscuit Co. 
Mr. N. G. Manson, Jr., of Bellows & Manson, is at Camp 
Leatherstocking, his own beautiful place on Cherry Tree 
Point on Richardson Lake. Mr. Bynner of the Cambridge 
hardware trade is with him, and also Mrs. Bynner. His 
brother, Mr. H. Manson, is there. Oscar W. Cutting is 
guide and chief factotum about the camp. His courage 
cannot be beaten, and he is getting down to the new steam 
launch, that Mr. Manson has put in this season, with a 
good deal of skill. 
Mr. Henry Whitmore, better known in the Boston 
Herald office, where he is real estate editor, as "Harry," 
is off for his vacation, and Mrs. Whitmore is with him. 
They go to Allerton Lodge, on the east shore of Lake 
Mooselucmaguntic, the guests of Mr. Hal Haskell, son of 
Hon, E. B. Haskell, of the Boston Herald. 
The bird shooters along the Massachusetts shore are 
somewhat discouraged. The weather is fearfully dry, 
and the swamps and marshes are destitute of water. 
Birds fly along shore, but they do not stop. Their feed- 
ing grounds are dried up. Mr. Claude B. Tarbox has 
been out again at Byfield, but saw very few birds. He 
scarcely fired a shot, though hearing a few yellow-legs. 
At Ipswich Bay and at the mouth of the Ipswich River a 
few beach plover are reported. Mr. Henry Powers men- 
tions a bag of sixteen or seventeen made on Labor Day. 
But he says that the beach was overrun with gunners and 
with birds very scarce. An expert gunner at that point 
says that there is little inducement for him to try for 
birds at present. In the first place, there are too many 
gunners firing at targets of all sorts to such an extent that 
not a bird would alight. Later the mass of gunners will 
have got tired, and then he will put out his decoys and be 
ready. A few flocks of young black duck have been 
seen at that point, and one or two bags have been made 
by those who know where to go. 
Mr. Charles L. Bly is just back from a very pleasant 
fishing trip to Round Mountain Lake in Maine. There 
were three other gentlemen in the party with their wives, 
besides Mr. and Mrs. Bly. They went first to Billy Soule's 
at Pleasant Island, in Cupsuptic Lake, but finding almost 
too many people there they concluded to try Round 
Mountain Lake again. The fishing they found good, for 
the gamy small trout of that region, and the woods are 
beautiful as ever. Deer are plenty, and they saw num- 
bers of partridges or ruffed grouse. 
A pitiful story of deer slaughter is current in the Range- 
leys. I do not know that it is true, but it comes to me 
from sources that there is no reason to doubt. But the 
difficulty in such cases is to get positive evidence. At 
the best much comes from hearsay. A Boston merchant, 
who owns camps there, is reported to have killed five deer 
this summer under the jacklight. He did not get the cov- 
eted antlers — he should have known that it was not the 
season for fine heads— and so he kept killing. He simply 
took photographs of his booty, and then sunk them in the 
lake. This is an old trick; that of killing moose and deer 
in close time, and then, since they cannot be brought out 
to camps or settlements, why, tie a stone to the carcass 
andsinjkij;. But permit me to plead right here with the 
man who shot those deer. Why will he do such a thing? 
He is only robbing his brother hunters of sport that right- 
fully belongs to them, in the open season. Then if he 
wants to butcher, why hire out with some butcher and 
bleed calves. Or he could, some evening, get a chance to 
butcher lambs, if he would apply at the abattoir. I 
hardly think that the law will ever reach him. He has 
money and can easily shut the mouths of guides, As for 
wardens; well, let the wardens answer. 
I learn that the number of hunters going into Maine 
this year is something almost appalling. The quantity of 
deer there has been so thoroughly advertised that the 
Maine Central and other railroads will reap a rich harvest 
out of the hunting travel, as they have already done out 
of the fishing travel. Wonder if these roads will feel 
kindly toward the Forest and Stream and other papers 
for what they have done in making the game and fish 
situation known? Already the gunners are moving that 
way. It comes to me from good authority that the bag- 
gage master on one of the Bangor & Aroostook trains had 
twenty-four rifles aboard the other night, and that a dozen 
a dav is not at all a large number. "The woods will evi- 
dently be full of them" by the time the season opens. 
Experienced hunters, who have annually visited certain 
sections in Maine, tell me that they are positively afraid 
of their lives this fall if they attempt to hunt where there 
are so many guns. Special. 
SPORTSMEN'S EXHIBITION. 
The following notice was sent out last week to all the 
gun, fishing tackle and sporting goods houses in New 
York and vicinity: 
New York, Sept. 1.— Dear Sir: Pursuant to a call issued by a 
number of prominent firms, a meeting was held August 27, at the 
rooms of the Hardware Club, for the purpose of considering the ques- 
tion of holding an exposition of sportsmen's goods. 
It was decided at this meeting that an exposition be held at the 
Madison Square Garden, in May, 1895, and the undersigned were 
appointed a committee to make the neeessary arrangements, and to 
call a general meeting on Sept, 18, to effect a permanent organization 
which shall carry the project to a complete success. 
The committee has made arrangements wiih the Madison Square 
Garden Co. to hold the exposition, to last one week, from May 8th to 
13th inclusive, and to allow proper time to erect and remove exhibits. 
The Garden Co. agrees to assume the entire financial responsibility. 
The committee has divided the exhibits into the following classes, 
which it is thought will completely cover all desirable lines: 
Class A. — Firearms. 
Class B. — Ammunition. 
Class C— Sporting sundries. 
Class D.— Fishing tackle. 
Class E. — Boats, canoes, etc. 
Class F. — Camping outfits. 
Class G.— Athletic goods. 
Class H.— Kennel supplies. 
Class I.— Zoology and taxidermy. 
Class K.— Cameras and photographic supplies. 
Class L.— Saddles and bridles. 
Class M.— Sportsmen's art and literature. 
Class N. — Trophies and loan collections. 
The committee having thoroughly canvassed the matter, is fully con- 
vinced that a grand and successful exposition can be held, highly 
educational and of great benefit as an advertising medium to all who 
may take part in it. A number of prominent firms in the different 
liDes, have warmly entered into the project. 
The meeting will be held on Sept. 18, Tuesday, at 2 P. M., at the 
rooms of the Hardware Club, in the Postal Telegraph Building, corner 
of Broadway and Murray street, and will hear the report of the com- 
mittee, elect officers, appoint committees and curators, and take such 
steps as shall succesfully launch the undertaking. 
It is desirable that there should be as large an attendance as possible, 
and you are earnestly requested to be present. Should this be impos- 
sible, please be represented by proxy Kindly inform the secretary, 
at the earliest possible moment, of your willingness and intention to 
be present. Respectfully presented. The Committee. 
Chas. Tatham. of Tatham & Bros . Chairman. 
Chas. Daly, of Schoverling, Daly & Gales. 
F S. Webster, of the Webster Studio. 
Justus von Lengerke, of Von Lengerke & Detmold. 
J A. H. Dressel, Sec'v, 
of Union Metallic Cartridge Co., 313 Broadway, N. Y. 
The meeting thus called was held in the rooms of the 
Hardware Club on Tuesday last for the purpose of forming 
a permanent organization. Among those present were 
Col. P. G. Sanford, Capt. A. W. Money, Messrs. J. A. H. 
Dressel, Wm. Lyman, W. K. Park, Chas. Daly, Chas. 
Tatham, Justus Von Lengerke, Armin Tenner, T. W. 
Franklin, H. A. Penrose, F. S. Webster, J. W. Spalding, 
Chaj. Wiebusch. 
The meeting was called to order at 2:15 with Charles 
Tatham in the chair. Minutes of last meeting were read 
h$r Secretary Dressel, who then read a number of letters 
from firms interested in the exhibition, written in answer 
to the circular letter recently sent out. These contained 
a reasonable amount of encouragement, and several im- 
portant firms stated their intention of exhibiting. The 
report of the executive committee was accepted. 
Then the question of holding an exhibition came up. 
Mr. von Lengerke moved that an exhibition be held in 
Madison Square Garden May 13 to 18. The motion was 
seconded. Secretary Dressel stated that the cost of the 
exhibition, in addition to the rent of the Garden ($8,500) 
would include carpenter work, which at the last cycle 
show amounted to $3,500; music, which at that exhibit 
cost $1,000; advertising and the maintenance of a bureau 
of information. Eevenue would be derived from the sale 
of the programme and from the restaurant. 
In the discussion which followed, Mr. Spalding, of the 
firm of A. G. Spalding & Bros., asked what kind of fix- 
ings would be used for the exhibits. He said that often 
the booths and fixtures cost more than the rental of the 
spaces, and that he believed in having some uniform 
arrangement for all exhibitors. 
Mr. von Lengerke answered that while a uniform ar- 
rangement for bicycle exhibitors had answered very well, 
it would not do in the present case, where the exhibits 
differed so greatly. He cited the case of guns, boats and 
natural history specimens, which would each require a 
different display. 
Mr. Spalding answered that his sole object was to limit 
the expense which always resulted from rivalry of ex- 
hibitors. 
Mr. Daly said that he did not see how it would be practi- 
cal to limil the exhibitors as to their fittings. Mr. Webster 
said that he believed the success of the exhibition depend- 
ed on the display, and that he would be glad to see 
rivalry and enterprising exhibits. Motion to hold exhibi- 
tion was carried. 
Four days willjbe allowed members to prepare their ex- 
hibits, and two days to take them away. The cost of 
spaces will range from $30 to $200, varying according to 
location and size, the average price for a space 9^- xl2i 
being $100. 
Mr. von Lengerke moved that a permanent organiza- 
tion be formed to be called the Sportsman's Exhibition 
Association, and that signatures be secured from those 
present pledging themselves to exhibit. Motion was 
carried. 
Mr. Dressel then read the form of pledge, as follows: 
We, the undersigned, agree to become members of an association , 
the object of which is to hold an exhibition in Madison Square Garden 
May 13 to 18, 1895. 
The following signatures were secured: The Schultze 
Gunpowder Co., Fred. Sauter, Walsrode Smokeless Pow- 
der Co., Wm.-, Lyman, Armin Tenner. Wilkes-Barre Gun 
Co., Cornwall & Jespersen, Colt's Patent Firearms Co., 
RoJla O. Heikes, Chamberlin Cartridge Co., E. I. DuPont 
de Nemours & Co., Frank Lawrence, Union Metallic Cart- 
ridge Co , Hartley & Graham, Remington Arms Co., 
Bridgeport Gun Implement Co., W. W. Hart & Co., 
Tatham Bros., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Wiebusch 
Sc Hilger, Ltd., Union Hardware Co., Standard Keystone 
Target Co., American E. C. Powder Co., Brooklyn Knit- 
ting Co., Spratts Patent, Ltd., A. G Spalding & Bros., 
Geo. Barnard Co., Schoverling, Daly & Gales, Forehand 
Arms Co., Narragansett Machine Co., F. S. Webster, 
John T Bailey, W. G. Paddock, Stewart & Stau, Von 
Lengerke & Detmold, J. H. Studer. 
Mr. Franklin moved that temporary officers hold over 
till election of board of directors. Motion seconded and 
carried. Moved that a nominating committee of seven, 
composed of members, temporary executive committee 
and two additional, be appointed to select permanent 
officers for organization. Carried. The committee com- 
posed of Chas. Tatham, Chas. Daly, F. S. Webster, Justus 
von Lengerke, J. A. H. Dressel, T. W. Franklin and J. 
H. Studer, then adjourned for fifteen minutes. On their 
return the following slate was named: 
President, Chas. Tatham; Vice-Presidents, Chas. Daly, 
Wm. J. Bruff, J. Walter Spalding. John H. Hall, A. W. 
Hooper, Chas. Imbrie, Solomon Turk. G. B. Grinnell, 
Wm. Hart, Chas. Wiebusch, T. W. Bryant, Dr. N. Rowe, 
A. C. Gould, L. C. Bruce, A. W. Money, J. H. Studer, 
Chas W. Mowry, J. Seaver Page,Wm. Lyman, F. S. Web- 
ster, Eugene DuPont; Secretary, F. S. Webster; Treas- 
urer, J. A. H. Dressel; Executive Committee, Chas. Tat- 
ham, Chas. Daly, J. von Lengerke, F. S. Webster, J. H. 
Studer, T. W. Franklin, A. Walter Spalding, J. A. H. 
Dressel, P. G. Sanford. The nominations were ratified. 
Connecticut Game. 
Torrington, Conn. — The law is off on quail, woodcock 
and partridge the first of next month. There are quite a 
good many of these birds especially quail; I know of nine 
coveys within two miles of this village back a few miles in 
the country. The farmers report partridge plentier than 
they have been in five years. If any readers of Fobest 
and Stream want to have a good time shooting and fish- 
ing during the months of October and November, west- 
ern Connecticut is a very good place to get it. 
Frank Grant. 
East Haddam, Conn., Sept. 10. — The wild oat crop is 
very luxuriant this season and rail birds unusually plenty 
along the Connecticut River, and the beneficial effect of 
the trespass law is evident from the increased number of 
grouse, quail and woodcock. I have noticed in particular 
the woodcock, as they can be flushed from any under- 
growth bordering the meadows. This, of course, is in a 
measure due to the dry weather driving them to the low 
ground far moisture, but they have also increased in 
numbers visibly to the observing sportsman. 
P. A Clark. 
Haddam, Conn., Sept. 11. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have not seen or heard of a woodcock this summer — 
the ground has been so dry, even in places usually wet 
and marshy, that I am sure the poor birds could not get 
their accustomed food. What the effect may be on our 
fall flight of this charming bird I cannot tell, but I fear 
they will be like the proverbial angel's visits. Quail were 
heard quite often in nesting time, but I have seen but one 
covey, and that was a splendid one of fully sixteen nearly 
grown birds, about a week since. There are some part- 
ridges scattered through the woods, and the season seems 
to have been favorable for rearing the young of both 
these birds, for they cannot endure rain and heavy dews 
any better than young turkeys. I hope for some sport 
with quail and partridge. A. 
East Haddam, Conn., Sept. 17. — The rail bird shooting 
has not been as good for years as at the present time. 
The following are some of my records since the first of 
September: The first day I bagged 15 birds, the second 27, 
the third 29 and the fourth 30. This is only two hours' 
shooting, as the tide only lasts about that time. The ex- 
pense connected with this sport is very small, as you can 
get a man and boat for $2.50 per tide. 
As some of your readers are not familiar with this 
shooting, I will endeavor to explain. The rail bird is 
nearly as large as a quail, and lives by the side of the river 
and in the covers and creeks that empty into the river. 
They feed upon the wild oats that grow on the banks. At 
low tide they can be hunted with a dog, but the best time 
is at high tide, when you can push a boat through the 
oats and get them up. They are very fine eating and 
cannot fail to tickle the palate of any American epicure, 
when nicely browned and served on toast. B. A. R. 
New York Game Prospects. 
Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 15. — Since my last letter referring 
to the game prospects in this locality, a marked develop- 
ment of the supply has manifested itself and I am able to 
report more accurately. The long continued drought 
confined the woodcock to very small ranges of cover; con- 
sequently a larger number of birds were shot than is 
usually the case. It's not often that one is able to shoot 
the longbills in early September on their summer ranges, 
as it was possible to do this year. Ruffed grouse are 
plentiful in most every part of this country, and late 
advices from Schuyler, Seneca, Cayuga, Cortland and 
Tioga county show that the supply is fully up to the 
average. The squirrel and rabbit season opened Sept. 1, 
along with the ruffed grouse season, and the gray 
squirrels are unusually plenty. Rabbits abound in goodly 
numbers, and later on will afford pleasant sport for the 
owners of beagles. M. Chill. 
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