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FOREST AND STREAM. 
April 6, 1895. 
Boston' remairfopeiU The'Easterrf markets are" even worse 
than Chicago, and if the sportsmen of the'East are'"doing 
anything to regulate* the Boston and New' York markets, 
we see no record of it in the papers. We are having 
something of a fight out here at Chicago, and the fight is 
doing good. What are Boston and New York doing? 
What is Providence, Rhode Island doing? where so many- 
prairie chickens are on sale this winter. I ask the gen- 
tlemen of the East to remember that these 5.000 quail 
were headed East. Not all of them would have stopped 
in St. Louis or Chicago, perhaps. Chicago sells train- 
loads of game to New York and so does St. Louis, and New 
York retail, it in the most shameless fashion. If the sports- 
men of New York, Boston, Chicago and St. Louis will all 
work together, they may yet have something to do with 
setting free, or keeping free, many another thousand 
quail in the remotest districts of the West. 
PROPOSED TEXAS LAW. 
The brethren of the craft in the big state of Texas are 
wide awake this winter, and are right in line with a 
sportsmen's bill, which has been having a good backing. 
Mr. Bortree, president of the National Association, lays 
before me some correspondence he has from friends at 
Austin, including a copy of the corrected bill. The pro- 
posed Texas measure is an excellent one, and if it be- 
comes a law, will have interest for all shooters South and 
North. Its main features are "a close season on quail 
from April to September, the prohibiting of the netting 
of quail, prohibiting night shooting at water-fowl, pro- 
hibiting killing antelope between January and first of 
August, prohibiting of having game in possession during 
close season, and the absolute prohibition of killing, 
capturing or taking any animal, game bird, water fowl 
or other bird protected by the game laws, or any snipe or 
plover, for the purpose of carrying or shipping the same 
out of this State, or for the purpose of sale or barter out 
of this State." It is also unlawful for any express or 
railroad company to take game for shipment out of the 
State. 
The above bill has passed the Senate and has received a 
favorable report from the house committee. Its friends 
are very confident that it will become a law. If it does 
so the sportsmen cf the country will have great cause of 
congratulation, for the traffic in Texas and other markets 
is a great and growing one. For long years the game of 
Texas has been held too abundant to be held worth pro- 
tection, and the laws of the State have been lax and 
laxly enforced. To see this great commonwealth of the 
South swinging into line with a sportsmens' measure 
of so advanced a type, is certainly a pleasure, and if this 
bill becomes a law it will be one of the great accomplish- 
ments of the present active season in protective matters 
all over the West and South. 
909 Security Building, Chicago., E. Hough. 
THE SPORTSMEN'S EXPOSITION. 
How far-reaching the influence of an exhibition de- 
voted to the sportsmen of this country will be, will de- 
pend greatly upon the general support given it by the 
persons for whom it is held, as weli as the public gen- 
erally. It is reasonable to believe that the holding of an 
exposition in which all the paraphernalia used by the 
sportsmen is exhibited, and the gathering of the sports- 
men themselves at the same time, cannot fail to accom- 
plish great good. The board of trustees of the associa- 
tion has shown a commendable devotion to the work in 
their hands, are working with energy and originality. 
The task of getting together such exhibits as will be rep- 
resentative and cover all the departments is well-nigh 
completed. The list of exhibitors has been extended dur- 
ing the past week, and includes such firms as Charles 
Scnbner's Sons, Burgess Gun Co., Hulbert Bros. & Co 
W. W, Hart, B. N. Norris, The Ideal M'f 'g Co.. The Tie 
Co.,PieperGun Co., Obrig Camera Co., and Cornwall & 
Jesperson. 
The trustees have been offered for exhibition a very 
valuable collection of old fire arms and weapons, the 
property of N. Spering, Esq., of Philadelphia, l a., con- 
taining forty or more pieces; among them a Moorish 
flint-lock gun, very old; flint-lock hunting rifle over 100 
years old, barrel forty-nine inches long; three flint-lock 
guns from Revolutionary period; flint-lock carbine and 
powder horn, used during Revolutionary war; double- 
barrel, flint-lock fowling piece; muzzle-loading double- 
barrel hammerless shot-gun; breech-loading rifle, Hall 
patent, 1831, altered from flint to perc. lock; revolver 
captured from British during Crimean war; Maynard re- 
volver, 1845, muzzle-loading, uses tape caps; muzzle- 
loading pistol, hammer on underside of barrel; Indian 
arrows and bows, and stone axe-head. 
Charles Scribner's Sons will also make a very large ex- 
hibit of beautiful tinted plates of sporting scenes. Also 
their collection of game fishes of America and their sport- 
ing publications. Another large collection will consist of 
sixty oil paintings of game fishes of this country, of a very 
high artistic merit, and are loaned by the artists- 
Others loans of a more or less important nature are also 
coming in from time to time, which will serve to make 
the display very attractive. 
TEXAS AND THE SOUTHWEST. 
WATER AT LAST. 
For the first time in many years Mitchell's Lake, the 
favorite hunting resort of San Antonio sportsmen, is 
brim full of water, wherein the haughty canvas back can 
once more indulge in a foot bath and, together with his 
red-headed congener, dive into the murky depths in 
search of succulent bulbs or an unlucky inhabitant of the 
deep. 
To say that the heavy rains which have lately deluged 
this section were weli receive tl is putting it very mildly 
Once more Southwest Texas has donned her green habili- 
ments, until from the Colorado to the Rio Bravo she looks 
like a St. Patrick's day procession. Notwithstanding 
the lateness of the season, water fowl of all species are 
plentiful on that famous bottom. There is a splendid 
flight of ducks morning and evening, and about 300 
acres of as fine snipe ground as ever a scolopax stuck his 
bill into. 
A BAD SNAKE. 
Mr. J. R. Tendick, accompanied by a young man 
namedSBarrerai who" acted* as~ guide, took a trip to 
Mitchell's Lake, early this month, in search of wild fowl. 
During the day Barrera stooped to pick up a quail which 
he had killed, and which had fallen near a bunch of cac- 
tus, when a monster rattlesnake struck at and hit him on 
the bare wrist. Barrera started to run, when the reptile 
once more plunged its venomous fangs into the fleshy part 
of his leg. The victim yelled for help and fell to the 
earth where Fendick f oun i him in a semi-conscious con- 
dition. Meanwhile the rattler had quickly glided to his 
hole. The sick man was brought to San Antonio in a bad 
condition and placed in Santa Rosa hospital, where he 
lay at the point of death for several days. By careful 
nursing his life was saved, and as these lines are written 
I learn that he is convalescent and will be about his busi- 
ness in a few days. 
The sixteenth annual meet of the Texas State Sports- 
men's Association will take place in San Antonio begin- 
ning May 13, and will continue five days. Elaborate pre- 
parations for the coining event are being made by the lo- 
cal sportsmen, and the indications are that the tourna- 
mput will be largely attended. 
AT LAST. 
For once in its lifetime the Senate of the great Lone 
Star State has caused an additional brilliancy to the 
glorious emblem of this boundless empire. Through the 
efforts of P. J. Lewis, the celebrated tarpon killer, the 
Senate has passed a bill which prohibits the shipment of 
game out of the State; makes possession of game during 
close season prima facie evidence of guilt, and in fact 
gives sportsmen pretty much what they ought to want. 
The bill has not yet passed the house, but I am assured 
by our representative that it will become a law. Please 
give "Texas and the Southwest" a credit mark. 
Texas Field. 
They Killed Her With Clubs. 
I inclose clipping from Daily Times of March 20. The 
story divested of the reporter's superfluos verbiage, is sub- 
stantially correct, but what will most interest Forest 
and Stream readers is the fact that, while three of the 
cubs are a jet black, the fourth is a light gray color, 
quality and texture of coat are the same as the others. A 
marked difference, however, appears in the eyes of the 
gray cub, being a pale blue instead of a brilliant black, as 
m the others. The cubs are in possession of Edwin Young, 
manager Eden Musee, of this city. 
The clipping is substantially as follows: 
"David Koegh and Andrew Yeckley, of Gallitzin, were 
in the city yesterday and to a Times reporter they related 
a thrilling tale of an encounter with a she animal of the 
genus Ursus americanus in an isolated portion of the 
Loop Run mountain, near Tipton's mine, in Cambria 
County, on Sunday last. Three frolicsome cubs with a 
lease on life of about six weeks were produced in evidence 
of the veracity of the story told by the men. Two of the 
little animals were of the ordinary black species, but the 
third one is really a freak of nature. The little fellow s 
coat is of a light grayish cast and he said to be the first of 
its kind ever captured east of the Mississippi river. 
"Koegh and his companions were returning to Gallit- 
zin from a visit to Fallen Timber by the way of Tipton's 
mines. They had traversed the distance through the 
mountains to a point within about three miles of the 
latter place when they w^re dumbfounded to spe just 
ahead of them in the trail which they were following a 
monster black bear. The bear had evidently sighted 
them first, for before they could recover themselves bruin 
had charged on the intruders with a mad rush. 
"Being unarmed, the chances were against Koegh and 
Yeckly, but, grasping clubs that lay on the ground at 
their feet, bruin's charge was met by a blow from a club 
in the hands of Koegh. To escape was next to impossi- 
ble, as the men were handicapped by the snow, which 
took them up to their knees, and, now that the bear was 
thoroughly infuriated by Koegh 's action, the only remedy 
was to fight it out. 
"Yeckley, in his haste to grasp a club, stumbled and 
fell, and was about to be caught by the frenzied bear, 
when a heavy blow, struck by Koegh, hindered bruin's 
progress, which allowed Yeckley to regain his feet. 
"Now began a terrific battle, which lasted half an 
hour. Men and bear alike were desperate and both sides 
fought to conquer. The bear charged and recharged, but 
each time was driven back by the men, who were almost 
ready to sink to the earth from exhaustion when the 
plucky bear, overwhelmed by defeat, turned and fled, 
disappearing in the underbrush, which at the place of the 
fight was profuse. 
"Koegh and Yeckley then resumed their tramp toward 
Gallitzin, but had only gone a hundred yards when they 
came upon the cubs, which were snugly enclosed in the 
underbrush. Each of the men grasped two of the baby 
bears and placed_them in captivity." H. F. C. 
From time to time stories come from Pennsylvania of 
grizzly bears supposed to have been killed there. The only 
character different from those of the black bear (Ursus 
americanus) are assigned to these supposed grizzly 
bears, is color; and this as is well known, is of no specific 
value in the bears. Black bears are found of many differ- 
ent colors, but they all belong to the same species. 
If the story of the killing of this bear is true it is re- 
markably interesting. 
An Afternoon in Louisiana- 
In the Fall of '93 I found it necessary to go South on 
account of my health. Fortunately my brother Jived on 
a plantation in Lousiana, and I decided to pay him a 
visit. As the quail were plentiful, 1 spent most of my 
time hunting. My brother's setter Queen was a fine dog, 
and if there were any birds around she would find them. 
At first, my shooting was very poor, but toward the last 
I, managed to do fairly well. 
On the afternoon in'question, I started about 3 o'clock, 
and had been gone 15 minutes, when Queen made a pretty 
point in some brown sedge near a fence row. At the 
rise, I got one. The rest of the bevy scattered nicely 
clown the fence row, and I managed to get four more, 
much to my satisfaction, as five were about as many as I 
usually bagged. In the next field I flushed two coveys. 
One of them got away into the woods without losing a 
* r J The other settled on the edge of a briar patch, 
and 1 almost decided to give them up. Q^ueen came to a 
point just short of the briars, and much to my surprise 
and satisfaction, I found they had stopped in the sedge 
just [short of the briars. And as they rose singly or in 
pairs I managed to get six. 
As I now had eleven birds, I started home by another 
route. Before going very far Queen, set another covey. 
Just as I got within good range they rose. I let them have 
only one barrel, and two fell. As the covy went to the 
woods, I did not follow them. I had scarcely gone fifty 
yards further, when Queen came to another point. As it 
was so close to where the other covey rose, I t nought she 
had found a straggler, but in this I was mistaken, for it 
was another covey. When they rose I again fired only 
one barrel, and again two birds fell. As this gave me a bag 
of 15 quail, I went home well satisfied with the after- 
noon's work, and my record of four quail in two consec- 
utive shots. H. A. P. 
The Growth of the Idea. 
Irving, Mich., March 5, Editor Forest and Stream:— I 
have had several chats with the leading sportsmen of 
Hastings, our county seat, and Middleville, regarding the 
Forest and Stream plank; Stop the sale of game. 
On one occasion, while at Hastings, I overheard a gen- 
tleman, who as I afterward found out has never read our 
great paper, remark: "Let everybody that cares for 
shfoo^ng, kill what he wishes to. eat and no more, when 
the law is off , and stop selling game," to which I re- 
plied: "That is right. '' 
"Ah," he replied, "I have a convert already." "Not 
so," I answered, "for Forest and Stream taught me that 
some time ago." 
Right there we became acquainted, agreeing that 
stopping the sale of game was the right way to replenish. 
Working of the N. Y. Deer Law. 
Three hounds from the town of Moriah drove a fine 
specimen of buck deer into the Bouquet Valley on Satur- 
day. The dogs were caught off on the Laughlin Mount- 
ain but the deer came down to the Hunter's Home, sev- 
eral witnessing his approach to civilization. One of the 
hounds wore a collar on which appeared the word Hero, 
and also the owner's name and address, which was Mme- 
ville, N.Y. These dogs were closing in on the deer when 
two Elizabethtown men, who happened to be working in 
the woods, caught them and saved the life of the 
frightened animal. We actually believe the owner of the 
dog wearing the collar is a law-abiding citizen and does 
not want his dog to engage in chasing deer out of season. 
Such being the case, we feel that he will in the future 
take pains to see that his dog is properly housed, especial- 
ly at this season of the year when the condition of the 
snow renders it well nigh impossible for a deer to keep 
out of the way of a dog. We hope and trust that the 
matter will receive the immediate attention of the own- 
ers of the dogs referred to. — Elizabethtown Post. 
J acksnipe Here, 
Yonkers, N. Y., March 28.— The first and only Wilson 
snipe to arrive in this vicinity was bagged yesterday in 
the Saw] Mill River valley by one of our local gunners. 
The bird was^very wild, and would not lie for a dog to 
point. It was in fine condition. 
fej A large flock* of wild geese passed, over my house late 
last night, going northward, and they seemed somewhat 
bewildered by'the gale which was blowing at the rate of 
fifty miles an hour. J. Waring, Jr, 
and 
FLY-FISHING AT NIGHT. 
That trout will rise to the artificial fly at night — no 
matter how dark it may be — there seems to be no doubt 
of, whatever. At least, my experience in the old country 
tends to pro^e it. During a few days' sojourn on the 
Wharf in Yorkshire, England, I found the river so low 
and clear that no amount of coaxing could produce a rise 
during the day time, and we had to resort to "bobbing" 
with the natural fly, which consists in hiding yourself on 
a bank behind the bushes, poking your rod through and 
allowing a natural fly to skip on the top of the water — 
which, by the way, is considered tantamount to poaching 
in those parts. 
On the advice of some old anglers, I there tried fishing 
with the artificial fly late at night, and in two instances 
did it with fair success, although the nights were very 
dark, and the flies used of the smallest pattern and of the 
most unobtrusive colors. 
It is my opinion that the fish take the fly at night, not 
by sight," but that they are attracted to it by the commo- 
tion it causes when falling on the water, however lightly 
it may be cast. At least, it seems to me illogical to sup- 
pose that if they saw by night as well as in the day time, 
the same unfavorable conditions prevailing during the 
day would not equally obtain at night. 
In this country I have made fair catches of black bass 
with the artificial fly at night time— m fact, there are 
rivers on which, according to my own experience, it is 
quite useless to cast a fly until the sun sinks beliind the 
horizon, and from that time up to midnight 1 have had 
good sport, both casting and trolling Avith the fly. 
I have had at one time some very fine sport of this kind 
on the Oswego River, where it would be quite useless to 
start in before from 5 to 5.30 o'clock p. m., but from that 
time on, up to 10 or 11 o'clock, the fish would keep rising 
all about us, and frequently it was so dark that we could 
not see, but only hear a rising fish, and had to cast for 
him by sound. 
Popular belief is very strong in favor of a white fly 
(miller) for night fishing, but as far as my experience 
foes, I have not found it any more successful than any 
other fly. This is entirely in keeping with my theory, 
that it is the vibration of the water caused by the drop- 
ping of the fly on the surface that attracts the fish, and 
not the sight of it. , 
In cases where fish are caught at night with bait— as 
on set lines— I believe that it is the scent of the tait that 
guides them. Of course I do not contend that fish do not 
see at night time, but doubtless their vision is much ob- 
scured— if this were not the case, how could we account 
