this office by a gentleman who had seen the story of 
the shooting printed in a daily paper. I- expressly 
stated that I refrained from comment of ray own. The. 
question, What did they do with them? was not mine, 
but that of the g^entleman who sent the clipping. There 
is a general belief among sportsmen that butchery such 
as that chronicled is not sport, but in this case I re- 
frained from comment, in the hope that the criticism 
of others would make these young men ashamed of them- 
selves, and perhaps teach them something more of the 
duty of actual sportsmen. Mr, Lester will observe, 
therefore, that v.'hile Fok.est and Stream has always 
been in a "terrible hurry" to print the news, and always 
will be in such hurry, it has by no means been in a 
hurry, to "jump on" the young men who did this ex- 
tensive shooting. I do not intend to "jump on" them 
now, for the publication of the facts is alone sufficient. 
I must say, howeArer, that Mr. Lester's letter conveys no 
news not already printed in Forest and Stream in 
regard to the disposition of these birds. Neither does 
it make the act of shooting these birds one whit better. 
Ml'. Lester seems anxious to put on the white apron, 
' iiot of the freemasonry of sportsmen, but the white 
apron of the plain hotek butcher. This is his privilege. 
x\s to the fact that he and Mr. Dupee have planted quail, 
1 am very glad to learn of it, and to offer it as news, 
but not as an}^ extenuation. It is far easier to kill a 
thousand quail than it is to raise a thousand quail. The 
question of the relative financial resources of persons 
who do or do not fancy these inordinate bags, or who 
are or are not able to spend money in acclimatization of 
quail, has of course nothing to do with the ethics of the 
men who would kill a thousand quail for use on hotel 
tables. It would have been very much better taste and 
better form to leave it out. Mr. Lester may begin to 
see by this time how others look at his performance. If 
under tlris general verdict of censure he can find enough 
self-complacency to justify himself, that is his own af- 
fait. Sportsmen will reserve their right to look at the 
matter from a different standpoint, and Forest and 
Stream will reserve the right to print the news as it 
happens, nothing extenuate nor aught set down in 
malice. 
What Did They Do With Them? 
A gentleman of Kankakee sends me a clipping from 
a local paper, with the comment that "This is how the 
ducks are being destroyed:" "E. W. Reitz, of the West 
Side, has returned from a two months' hunting trip in 
Texas. Mr. Reitz is an enthusiastic hunter, and reports 
excellent sport. Over 1,300 ducks were killed in one 
day's hunt on a place about 200yds. square. Mr. Reitz's 
health was greatly improved by the outing." 
E. Hough. 
12fli6'BoYCE Building, Chicago, 111. 
The Boston Show, 
Xhe closing week ofjthe show of the New England 
Sportsmen's Association was : even more of a success 
than the first. .The only disagreeable feature to the 
outsiders, who coidd come in for only a day or an 
evening, was the crowd that thronged the Mechanics' 
Building, increasing nearly every day to the last. The 
end was Saturday evening, March 26, two weeks from 
the opening. People who waited till near the close be- 
fore attempting to gaze upon the wonders that skilled 
sportsmen had got together came away complaining that • 
they could "see nothing" for the press of other people. 
Financially the show was more of a success than even 
the most sanguine of its promulgators had dared dream 
of. On Saturday, when the exhibition had been in prog- 
ress a week, 13,000 tickets were sold. Monday and 
Tuesday were each great days, but on Wednesday, New 
Brunswick Day. the climax was reached, when 16,000 
tickets were sold. Thitrsday, Maine Day, paid even bet- 
ter, because not quite as many tickets were free, over 
15,000 tickets' having been sold. Friday, Quebec Day, 
was great, and so was Saturday, the closing day. 
The lake, with the swimming, canoeing, log-riding, 
diving, interspersed with feats athletic and farcical, has 
proved a great attraction. The moose hunt, with the 
calls on the- birch horn, as well as the game bird calls, 
have pi"oved to be features of which the crowd did not 
tire. - The flocks of wildfowl, nearly 100 in all, have at- 
tracted much attention. Wood duck, in their most beau- 
tiful plumage, almost unknown before to, the host of 
sightseers, have continued to increase in attraction; 
while gradualljr it has dawned upon the ordinary ob- 
server, what the sportsman and naturalist have long 
known, that these beautiful birds are climbers to some 
extent, and really build their nests in hollow trees. The 
beaiTtiful little teal,' blue and green winged, have proved 
verj' attractive as welLas the more stately turkey ducks 
and Canada geese. ■ ■ 
The animals have stood the thirteen days of being 
exhibited well. The onlj;- losses have, been the caribou, 
mentioned last week, and the black fox — a rare specimen 
of great value. The two bull elk have both dropped their 
antlers since the show opened — a lesson in natural his- 
tory to manjr people, that these beautiful creatures, as 
well as the whole genus Cervus annually grow and shed 
a set of antlers. Tom, the little moose, is as tame as 
£l kitten, and he really is looking sleek, Avith an ex- 
pression of gladness in his eyes that he has fallen into 
so kind hands as those of Leon A. Orcutt, his captor, 
and who has had charge of him since the show began. 
There is some , question about his going to Portland 
after all. His captors would like very much to present 
him. to the -New England Association, and permission 
has.-been asked of. the Governor of Maine to do that, 
and his decision is awaited. 
New .Brunswick and her sportsmen and guides, with 
their cozy cabin and beautiful exhibits, have added much 
to the attraction of the show. New Brunswick Day, 
noted above, was one of the most successful of all. 
Much..ha-s been accomplished in the way of acquaintance 
and: kindly feeling with our brother sportsmen across 
thcvborder. 
Maine Daj^ was all of the success that might have been 
anticipated. The Maine guides and exhibitors were -at 
the ■ best^resplendent with blue ribbon badges.- They 
go ^lioine^: greatly pleased with Boston and the show. 
Q^^^■ Q)^,^'v^y,^h^,■^^.Xlt features has been their m^eeting;? 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
with sportsmen they have guided, with planning for next 
year. . .1 " •• 
Quebec had hei' fnnittgs Friday. Mn I>. Z. Joncas, 
Superintendent of (he Department of Fisheries and 
Game, Crownlands Division, Quebec, headed the party. 
He was accompanied by Editor Chatnbers, of the Que- 
bec Chronicle; J, H, Beemer, R. E. Follet and H. P. 
Neill. Representative Hugo A. Dubuque, of Fall River; 
Dr. J, L. Charlefoux, of Montreal, and Dr. Louis P. de 
Grandpre, of Montreal, joined the party at the Union 
Station, together with Dr. Heber Bishop, of the Sports- 
men's Association. The Governor was visited at th^ 
State House, 'guided by John Fottler, Jr.. and other 
members of the executive committee of the Sports- 
men's Exhibition. The Governor was pleas^'d 
to entertain the distinguished visitors at the State 
House; and tendered them his private box at 
Keith's. The Quebec incident, as well as the other 
"days," have been worthy of note, together with the 
entire show, for that matter, for the amount of true 
democracy of feeling they have engendered between the 
different sections they have brought together. Sports- 
men and othpr people have met and have learned more 
of each others ways than could have been possible by 
any other means, and it is not too much to say that 
national dififerences are being brought more into har- 
mony through sportsmen by far than through politicians. 
Go to Canada and Maine, and hunt and fish; then invite 
Canada, New Brunswick and Maine to sportsmen's ex^ 
hibitions, and a great brotherhood wnll have sprung up 
that intriguing politics cannot sever. 
One of the most pleasing features of the exhibition was 
brought out the closing night on the lake. Dr. Heber 
Bishop succeeded in landing a 1341b. swimmer with a 
T4ft. salmon rod, made by Joe Dalzell, of New Bruns- 
wick. The weight of the rod was t6oz.. valued at $75, 
offered by Dalzell to any sportsman who would land 
the swimmer in ten minutes. The swimmer had pre- 
viously been thoroughly coached by Dalzell, and add- 
ing to jthis a good water training he fought gloriously. 
Shooting across the lake the first trial, he succeeded in 
breaking the line, making the swimmer victorious. An- 
other trial was allowed, with the reel better adjusted. 
The swimmer drcAv forth great applause, even such sal- 
mon anglers as John Fottler, Jr., D. H. Blanchard and 
Dick Harding rising to a pitch of enthusiasm. The 
swirls, the dives and the backward tttrns were each true 
to an imitation of the salmon. At last the human fish 
was landed inside the limit', the pliant rod having been 
too much for even a man. Joe Dalzell says that if the 
Doctor had not succeeded, or if the rod had been broken, 
he .should have undertaken the job himself. 
It is altogether likely that another sportsmen's exhibi- 
tion will follow next year, with new and added attrac- 
tions. In closing, too much credit cannot be accorded 
to the board of directors, with Harry Dutton as Presi- 
dent, Walter L. Hill, Secretary and Treasurer, and Chas. 
W. Dimick, General Manager. 
The baby moose, about nine months old, and only 
four weeks from the native woods, has become as tame 
as a colt, and proved a great pet. It is one of the fea- 
tures of the show to see him eat the twigs of the dwarf 
maple, his natural food in winter. Twigs nearly as 
large as one's fingers are not too large for him to mas- 
ticate. A little fivc-yeai--old who saw the little moose 
eating at the show the other day said to his papa the 
next morning that he did not want the moose at his 
house: "He'll eat all the kindling wood no." 
It cost about $25,000 to start the show before the doors 
were opened. To run it to the close the cost was about 
$20,000. There were 113 employees, 150' exhibitors, in- 
cluding 100 guides. Everything was ready before the 
public was admitted, even before the public was ad- 
mitted, even before the doors were opened to the mem- 
bers and invited guests, on the celebrated first night, 
when 10,000 invitations were issued. Mr. S. J. Bj^ne, a 
thorough newspaper man, had charge of publishing and 
advertising. Of the souvenir programme, with not a 
word of advertising, 100,000 copies were given away — 
not sold. Mr. R. O. Harding, under Mr. Mayard Thay- 
er, had charge of the fisheries exhibit. Mr. Paul Butler, 
of the canoeing; Mr. F. B. Crowningshield, of the rifle 
practice. Twenty prominent sportsmen first organized 
into an asociation, and were incorporated, and then they 
worked up an associate membership of 870, at $10 each. 
About 150.000 people visited the show during the two 
weeks, and everybody was pleased. The show will be 
repeated next year, beyond a daubt, and the guides have 
alreadjr engaged space, with the promise that they will 
offer new attractions. Special. 
Maine and New Brunswick Game* 
Boston, March 25. — Editor Forest and Stream: In 
your issue of March 19 appeared a communication 
signed by myself, relating to the misleading statistics 
published from time to time with reference to the amount 
of game killed in Maine, and with special reference to 
the letter of your correspondent, Mr. Hardy, of Brewer, 
Me. In that communication was contained the follow- 
ing statement: 
"Your correspondent might have added that some of 
the finest moose heads ever taken hi New Brunswick 
are now being shown at the Boston Exposition as part 
of the Maine exhibit." 
It appears that some of the gentlemen connected offi- 
cially with the New England Sportsmen's Exposition 
regard. this statement as erroneous and also as reflecting 
upon the management. It was not my intention in any 
way to reflect upon said management. As to whether 
the statement was, in eflect, erroneous the reader can 
judge from a simple presentation of the facts, which I 
am able to A^erify from having, since the writing of the 
communication referred to, visited the Exposition. 
One of the best heads shown in the Rangeley Lake 
section of the Maine exhibit (and by some judges con- 
sidered superior to any moose head in the building) was 
that of a moose shot in New Brunswick, on the north- 
west Miramichi, la.st fall by E. L. White, of Boston. 
This head was mounted by Mr. S. L. Crosby, of Ban- 
gor, and in fairness to that gentleman, who had charge 
of the Rangeley Lake exhibit, as well as to the man- 
agement of the Exposition, it should be stated that a 
card was, attached to the head^ containing the Avords: 
''JCiUed in New BrtmsAYick, -season ifgy, by E, L, 
267 
White, of Boston, Mass, Mounted by S. L. -Crosby & 
Co., of Bangor." 
There were' also shown as part of the Rangeley Lake 
exhibit three caribou heads, the former possessors of 
Avhich Avere killed by the same Mr. White, of Boston, 
on the northwest Miramichi in the season of 1897. 
Mr. Crosby also approached Mr. Knight, Chief Game 
Commissioner in charge of the New Brunswick exhibit, 
and offered to place not only Mr. White's moose head, 
but the three caribou heads as well, in . the New Bruns- 
wick exhibit, but this offer was declined by Mr. Knight 
on the ground, I believe, of lack of room. 
When the Exposition was opened on March 14 there 
was shown as part of the Bangor and Aroostook exhibit, 
and without any label attached to it, the head of a moose 
shot by Dr. Heber Bishop, of Boston, in December last, 
on the headwaters of the Little Sou'west Miramichi, N. 
B. This head was mounted by M. Abbott Frazer, of 
Boston. It Avas subsequently removed from the Bangor 
and Aroostook section to a part of the building con- 
tiguous to the New Brimswick exhibit. 
These are the facts. I abstain from all comment, as I 
have no desire to enter into a ncAvspaper controversy, 
Frai^k H. Risteen. 
Boston, March 26. — Editor Forest and Stream: I note 
in your issue of March 19 an article signed by Mr. 
Frank H. Risteen, of Fredericton, N. B., under the 
heading "Mame and New BrunsAvick Game," in which 
he states that "some of the finest moose heads ever 
taken in Ncav BrunsAvick are now being sliOAvn at the 
Boston Exposition as part of the Maine exhibit." 
This statement is erroneous, and I Avish to correct it. 
In the entire State of Maine exhibit, which is under my 
supervision, there is but one mounted moose head from 
NcAv Brunswick, which is exhibited by Mr. Marble, of 
the Rangeley Lakes Hotel Co., Avho employed Mr. Sum- 
ner L. Crosby, of Bangor, the well-knoAvn taxidermist, 
to make his exhibit. The head Avas mounted by Mr. 
Crosby, and upon a large card suspended from the head 
is printed the Avords, "ICilled in Ncav Brunswick." 
In justice to the State of Maine exhibit, I think it 
quite proper to make this correction, and at the same 
time intimate that this head, exhibited and tagged as it 
is in the Maine exhibit, is a compliment to New Bruns- 
wick. 
I understand that Mr. Crosby had three caribou beads 
of his OAvn that Avere shot in Ncav BrunsAvick, with Avhich 
he decorated Marble's exhibit in the Rangeley section 
of the State of Maine exhibit. Before doing so he asked 
Mr. Knight, in charge of the Ncav BrunsAvick exhibit, 
if he would not like to have them hung in the Ncav 
Brunswick exhibit; but Mr. Carnall, the St. John taxi- 
dermist, objected to Mr. Crosby's Avork, and Mr. Crosby 
said he was treated so ungraciously Avhen he offered these 
heads that he thought he would not press them any fur- 
ther to use them. They were used subsequently to dec- 
orate Camp Rangeley. Heber Bishop, 
Mgr. State of Maine Exhibit, N. E. Sportsmen's Ass'ru 
California Game* 
Redlands, Cal.. March 13. — We had a very dry win- 
ter, and duck and snipe shooting has been poor as a 
consequence. 
Messrs. Flaight and Keifharber recently visited Elsi- 
nore, Avhere they found ducks plentiful, but very Avild. 
OAving to an incessant bombardment from the market 
hunters! ,guns. Other parties A'isited the same place 
with about the same success, only a short time prcA'ious 
to the closing of the duck season. The valley quail are 
A-ery plentiful, and the scribe has enjoyed several very 
successful hunts in Avhich they have played no mean 
part. 
Next in order to the valley quail comes the rabbit 
shooting. They abound by thousands, and he is no sorry 
shot Avho can boAvl one over as it darts frantically from 
one bunch of sage brush to another. The. footing is 
very rough here, much more so than the AA'riter lias 
been used to. One needs snag-proqf boots on account 
of the many spines and prickles he has to encounter. 
Nearly evei^ything here has thorns on it, the real estate 
men most of all. 
We are about thirty-five miles by road from the Bear 
Valley resexwoir, but I* am informed that the shooting 
and fishing priAdleges have been let, possibly to the 
club at Riverside. 
We have a ver}^ lively gun club here of about thirty- 
five members, among Avhom are some very superior 
shots,- as W. T. Gillis and others. W^e are booked for 
a five-men team shoot Avith Los Angeles soon, and as 
there is some warm stuff down that Avay, some ol our 
boys are looking a trifle blue about the matter. 
The season on mountain trout opens soon, atld'' P'. 
T. Sullivan and the Avriter contemplate an outing Avith 
them. Will take a kodak along and send Forest and 
Stream a print of the result. Reelfoot. 
The Fight for Repeal of 249. 
From the Rochester Herald oj March 29. 
Ax-BANV, March 24. — Charles H. Babcock has lifted 
himself into the front rank of State leaders this week by 
the big fight he has inade against tremendous odds. He 
has routed the allied forces of the lobb}"-, turned down 
that political-legal combination knoAvn as the firm of 
Tracy, Boardman & Piatt, and defied the orders of 
Thomas C. Piatt himself, sent direct from Washington 
via Charles Hackett. 
The fight has been a hot one all this we.ek, and tAvice 
the opposition thought it had Babcock's bill beaten. But 
the Rochester man rallied his friends in the Senate and 
kept pegging away until he got enough votes to carry 
the measure. Not until late this afternoon did the com- 
bination quit and concede a clear field. The bill Avas 
not reached to-night, but it was near the top of the cal- 
endar Avhen the Senate adjourned, and it Avill get through 
to-morroAV. 
Assemblyman Weeks Avas sponsor for the bill, and 
there was no trouble in sliding it through the Assembly, 
Avhere its presence did not seem to be discoA^ered. When 
it reached the Senate those opposed to the repeal aAvoke, 
and the fight started. The firm of .Tf^cy, BpardnW;n^& 
Platt >A''Eis retain^ ^ncj §ehatb> Plaft was ■^'litls^ei - 'Thij 
