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joy. Those six dogs, blue bloods all of them, and as 
musical as dogs' tongues ever get to be, swept round and 
round, in an almost complete circle of a mile or may be 
something less in diameter, and repeated it, while it 
seemed that no one of the pack ever lost place or cry for a 
minute of the time. Swerving off toward the river at last 
they were growing less and less distinct to me when I 
Jieard the report of a gun in front of them, followed 
quickly by a second. Straining my ears to catch the mel- 
low notes of Ed B's horn, I was not long kept in sus- 
pense, for the three long blasts were soon heard rolling 
and echoing through "the dim aisles of the grand old 
woods," telling the other eight of us that he had made a 
kill. I knew Ed was to have "the wolf-trap stand" that 
morning, and from my position on the ridge I knew the 
deer was making for the river by way of "the wolf-trap 
stand." I kept my position, knowing the plan was to make 
another drive in the same territory. For an hour I sat and 
waited for other developments. I suspect I had dropped 
off into a nap, for all on a sudden the dogs were raising 
pandemonium about two hundrcid yards in front of me, 
and startled and "rattled" I sprang to my feet, slipped the 
slide of my 12-gauge Parker hammerless, and stood ex- 
pecting every fractional part of a second to see a deer 
break cover and furnish me with a target. But imagine 
my chagrin and disgust with myself when the dogs ran 
within a hundred feet of me in full cry, and going like 
mad. After they were gone I walked down to where 
they had run as they passed me, and there in the soft 
mould were the biggest tracks of a deer I think I ever 
saw in Texas. Did I explain why I didn't shoot when 
Uncle Jerry came up? 
Did I ever tell the boys how that ^leer got past "hog 
pen ridge" without getting killed that day? Don't ask me. 
Of course I had more sense than to "own up." Every man 
in that party would have scouted the idea of my being 
asleep. They knew the Doctor better than that. He must 
have passed out before the Doctor got there. Well, I am 
of a different opinion. I think the late talking the night 
before, the warm sunshine, the hearty breakfast, and the 
hour's wait between races are responsible for that nap, 
and the consequent escape ol that old buck. If Ed, Jno. 
G., Bob, Conrad, Perry Cald-well, Uncle Peter, or Uncle 
Jerry should ever read these lines I wish them to accept 
this as my first honest confession of an almost unpardon- 
able sin with deer hunters, that of going to sleep on a 
stand. The boys had out of respect for my prowess and 
skill made me "Captain of the Hunt" too, Wasn't it too 
bad? However, I'll tell you how several other deer 
didn't get away in my next, provided this does not find its 
place in the waste basket. The Doctor. 
Carrollton, Ga 
Florida's Game Supply. 
St. Augustine, Fla., Oct. ig. — Editor forest and 
Stream: I inclose the leading editorial from the Times- 
Union and Citizen of yesterday, by which you will see 
that a general interest is being taken in the matter of the 
preservation of game and in birds of plumage which is 
quite encouraging : 
The entire collection of Florida wild animals belonging 
to the late Dr. Needer has been purchased and removed to 
your Zoological Park, so if you have any old friends 
among the 'gators or eagles, snakes or bears, etc., you 
may meet them there some time. I am glad they are to 
have so good a home with plenty of room. 
The collection of stuffed animals which so well repre- 
.sents the natural history of Florida will remain with us 
in the care of the St. Augustine Institute of Science, and 
we shall hope to make it of additional interest and at- 
traction. DeWitt Webb. 
From the Jacksonville Times-Union and Citizen, Oct. 17 : 
Enforce the Law Skictly* 
Reports have reached the Times-Union and Citizen that 
the law in this State for the protection of game, plume 
and song birds is being violated so openly as to argue in- 
difference or connivance on the part of the officials in- 
trusted with its enforcement or the punishment of its 
violation. We know that the Governor is entirely in sym- 
pathy with the letter as well as the spirit of the statute, 
while both are thoroughly in accordance with public epin- 
ion. There can be no doubt, under these circumstances, 
that negligent officials would be promptly brought to 
book, and this paper will not hesitate to call names and 
put these parties on their defense, if these reports do not 
cease. 
It is in no spirit of fault-finding that we have decided 
upon this step — it is with deep regret that we acknowledge 
such steps are necessary. The Floridian has so long been 
in the habit of killing game wherever found that he be- 
lieves the indiscriminate "se of a gun is one of his inalien- 
able rights— he is apt to conclude that the preservation of 
the game is "a bait for tourists" only; he votes, and his 
views are apt to have weight with those who must look 
to him for office. Nor is it only a good joke when a few 
good fellows in a neighborhood take a sly hunt "which is 
nobody's business, you know." 
These practices must be stopped. In a majority of our 
counties game, in both fur and feather, is getting so scarce 
that immediate steps must be taken, or there wdl remain 
no remnant of the plenty that a few years ago was a 
source of revenue to many, of attraction to strangers, and 
a pleasure to us all. Let us realize this and goverri our- 
selves accordingly. In Maine the effect of _ protection is 
being felt already, and there is more game in her forests 
and streams than has been found in either for twenty years 
previously. In other States the sight of a deer is becom- 
ing common, and the farmers of Long Island complain 
that they are a nuisance to crops and fruit orchards. 
Florida has such wide stretches of primeval forests 
that it seems almost impossible to rid them so soon of 
their old inhabitants, but we, who know by sad experience, 
fully realize that the movement for the protection of our 
valuable wild animals, fish and birds did not come too 
soon. Where is the American who does not regret that 
the movement did not protect the buffalo? Where is the 
Floridian who does not know that the flamingo, the pirik 
curlew, the paroquet are almost extinct — that certain 
varieties of fine fishes are growing exceedingly scarce in 
the St. Johns, where they once lived in the greatest abun- 
dance^ that the deer are being driven into remote corners. 
and that by virtue of all this the State is less attractive 
to visitors, less pleasant to us, and a valuable food supply 
will soon be cut off? 
Let us work together to enforce the law before it is yet 
too late. It needs but combined effpft for a few years, 
and we can accomplish all the objects cbhtemplated. We 
ask, therefore, the aid and sympathy of all good Florid- 
ians, while we promise our best efforts shall be used to 
stop the practices which are both unlawful and hurtful, 
and the officers whose easy indifference has allowed these 
evils to exist shall be reported to the Governor and given 
the opportunity to prove their innocence or confess their 
guilt. We invite the attention of our correspondents 
throughout the State; from henceforth there shall be no 
tolerance of this violation and contempt of the law. 
New Brunswick Notes. 
The types wrought fearsome havoc with an honored 
name last week. There is only one Charles F. Reardon, 
of Boston, Mass., slayer of record caribou. To spell his 
name so that it looks like that of some Filipino 
renegado is a thing that should be frowned down upon 
with no uncertain sound. Mr. Reardon is a typical Irish 
sportsman, which is the same as saying that he is sui 
generis. His annual hunt with Arthur Pringle this fall 
was prolific of results. The Savage rifle, wielded by 
a scientist, proved fully equal to the task of lowering 
Mr. Reardon's complement of moose and caribou. 
There are still to be found loitering in the amen corner 
earnest and able exponenets of the .30-30. Here, for 
example, is the solemn testimony of William G. Reed, 
of Boston: 
"It may please you to know that I had a very success- 
ful hunting trip with Alec Ogilvy, Jr., last month. I 
left Boston Sept. 12, and we got to Island Lake on the 
i6th. Rain interfered on only one day — we hunted all the 
others. On the eighth day I killed a fine caribou, not 
unusual for size, biU with a remarkable set of antlers. 
Two days later a bull moose answered Alec's call, and 
he died within 50ft. of where the caribou lay. I used 
my Winchester .30-30, U. M. C. ammunition. I struck 
each animal but once — saw only the horns of each to 
guide me in aiming. Fired from the canoe both times. 
When the caribou was hit he fell into the water, where 
he kicked around until Alec, holding the gun over him, 
sent a bullet through his heart. When the moose came 
all I could see was the tips of his antlers each side of a 
small spruce. I missed him three times. He then turned, 
exposing the side of his head, when I struck him under 
the left ear, smashing his lower jaw, cutting his jugular, 
with other damage. He started off, went about 30ft., and 
fell. Alec sprang ashore with my rifle and gave him 
his quietus. I am more than ever convinced that the 
.30-30 is all sufficient. Place the little bullet right, and 
the game is yours." 
Mr. Reed brings this question to a focus in his last 
sentence. What the big-bore apostles glaim is that in 
bush shooting, or firing from a canoe, you can seldom 
place the bullet in the right pl'ace. Secondly, they allege 
that with a large caliber, liberally supplied with powder 
and lead, you don't have to put the bullet in the right 
place in order to stop your game. That most learned of 
woodsmen, Henry Braithwaite, will tell you that a moose 
or caribou hit by one of the large calibre arms will come to 
an immediate standstill, no matter where the bullet col- 
lides with his anatomy. Mr. Charles Phair, of Presque 
Isle, who is an artist with the rifle, as well as with the 
shotgun, was formerly an ardent advocate of the .30-30. 
He is interested with his father in a large lumbering 
business. To supply fresh meat for the men a great 
many sheep are killed each fall on Mr. Phair's farm. Last 
season Charlie decided to test his .30-30 on the 
family sheep. In no case did the bullet- pass clear 
through a sheep, and in no case (though he killed over 
twenty) was he able to "stop" a sheep with a single 
shot! This don't prove that the small-bore will not 
kill a sheep, but it does justify the contention of the big- 
bore men, who say that it gives uneven results. 
That most ardent of sportsmen, Jerome Bradley, of 
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., is so pleased with the Nepisiguit 
that he cannot be persuaded to try any other section. 
His third annual trip was a most successful one. His 
party of three brought down three very large moose 
heads, besides three caribou. Contrary to past experi- 
ence, they only saw three bears, and were not fortunate 
enough to secure any of them. 
Prof. Woolsey, of Cornell University, who has' been 
hunting up the Tobique, left for home on Friday. He 
was accompanied by the heads of two moose, one of 
which he shot and the other found in the woods. 
S. F. Weaver, of Philadelphia, who had as guide the 
genial Boiestown vocalist, Aleck McCoy, came down 
from Beaver Brook Lake the other day with goodly 
specimens of moose and caribou. Mr. Weaver is re- 
ported to have seen seventeen moose and several bears 
on this trip. 
Mr. Mclntyre, of Dayton, O., had a most success- 
ful and enjoyable hunting trip with Ed Norred, of Boies- 
tov/n. Mr. Mclntyre brought out one of the largest 
moose ever seen in that part of the country. The animal 
svas estimated to weigh 200lbs. more than the moose shot 
by Dr. Bishop, of Boston, in that region last season. 
The antler spread was 53in. Mr. Mclntyre also gathered 
in a caribou with antlers numbering eighteen branches. 
He thinks New Brunswick the best big-game country 
in the world. 
Of the many sportsmen who have this season made 
Fredericton their base of departure, few have been fol- 
lowed by as many good wishes as Messrs. L. G. Loomis 
and T. W. Hill, "of Victor, N. Y., whose cheerful ways 
entirely captured our people here. Hence there was 
much satisfaction when it was learned to-day that these 
gentlemen had arrived from the Crooked Deadwater 
with two moose and a caribou. Mr. Loomis also bagged 
an otter. The able Ed Church was their pilot through 
the placid windings of the Crooked. 
Dr. Boynton and party, of Philadelphia, emerged the 
other day from the Grand John Lake with three fine 
caribou heads. This region at the head of the Nash- 
waak has not panned out as well as expected for moose 
this fall, but seems to be alive with caribou. 
Mr. E. N. Graham, of Godalming, En^., who has been 
hunting witH^ itJiie. veteran Braithwaite since the first of 
the month, is now marking time, having sect 
quota of moose and caribou. The former is a 46ii 
the latter has thirty-four points. This makes th 
moose hunts in which Braithwaite has officiated ai 
There has been no break in his record of succes 
Our leading analytical chemist, Alonzo Staf 
gards the world in general with a bland smile th 
He went out to Little River partridge shootini 
dentally taking along a prescription of buckshtj 
possible bruin. When about a mile from the sel 
he encountered a bull moose, which showed a dl 
dispute the right of way. Availing himself of i 
tection of a friendly tree, Alonzo applied to the ij 
double dose of buckshot, and had the satisfa<i 
bringing the monster to the ground. The head 
is the handsomest seen in Fredericton this seaso" 
spread of 52in. and twenty-four points. Alonzc 
ridge hunt has been indefinitely postponed. 
The season thus far has been notable for ideal 
weather — a long procession of sunny autumn daj 
pered by the most lenient of midday breezes, and li 
by cloudless evening skies. 
Frank H. Ris 
Fredericton, Oct. 21. 
The Maine Hunting Seas^ 
Boston, Oct. 21. — Occasionally a sportsman gti 
from Maine or New Hampshire with a deer or 
as a rule the hardest of hunting has been done, 
first place the weather has been excessively dry 
States, with the forests carpeted with leaves as 
powder, making it almost impossible to approa,' 
within shooting distance. One hunter says that he 
seven deer during two days' hunting in the I^. 
region, but only caught glimpses of them. One; 
fired two or three snap shots, but calculates that 
about as near to the deer as though he had turned ; 
the other way. Mr. Kimball, of the market, has 
turned from his annual hunting trip to the Maine 
Though tile law was off on moose but six days ag 
15 — he got his moose and two deer. His frien 
written him a long congratulatory letter, hinting, 
other things, that he bought his game of the right 
A few deer are already coming into the Boston 
but not as many as a year ago. A moose has a 
received in Faneuil Hall Market. It was labeled t 
i,32olbs., but a gentleman who has seen moose 
asked the marketmen what they were talking about 
asked him if he knew anything about the weight oi 
and on his saying that he had considerable to 
them, they admitted that the weight was attal 
prevent people from asking "fool questions." Thi 
doubtless weighed less than Soolbs. 
A wave of terror has swept over the sporting iri 
the result of the terrible shooting of Mr. Dum 
have heard gunners say that nothing would nox 
^ them to go into the Maine woods, though they ha 
planning trips in that direction. Many hunters 
kept at home, no doubt. In every quarter blame is 
upon the registered guide who did the shooting 
suggested that he is to be arrested and doubtle 
for manslaughter. 
Good results on big game are reported from the 
North of Bingham, Maine. Six or eight sportsm* 
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have secured dei 
within the open season, including C. S. Howat 
ford ; D. E. Riggs, South Essex ; B. A. Walker, Ji 
S. N. SnoAV, Providence, and R. A. Thompson 
bridge. It is also reported that a couple of hunte 
been treed by a bull moose, a few miles north of E 
Specials to the newspapers say that over 400 de 
already passed through Bangor since the open 
begun. 
Oct. 23. — Sportsmen in this section are still mr 
turbed about the enforcement of the Sunday lawS' 
shooting and fishing. Under the old form of the 
parties fishing are being arrested, as well as for s 
under tlie new law of 1899. The old statute agaii 
ing reads: "Whoever attempts to take or catch ^ 
on the Lord's Day, by using any hook, line, net o; 
or any other implement, shall be punished by a I 
exceeding $10." Under this law several boys v 
rested in Lynn a week ago yesterday, and broughi 
the magistrate. They pleaded that they did not kn 
they were breaking any special law; had always fij 
Sunday. At Hingham and other points in that sec- 
smelt fishers are a good deal alarmed. One hotel! 
at Hingham says that it makes a difference to^ 
$40 or $50 every Sunday. He has been in the habr 
tertaining shooting and fishing sportsmen. Thr 
belonging in Maiden were on their way home last ; 
from a shooting trip along the shore from Ec 
Saugus. They had fair game bags of ducks, etc. 
den stepped up and asked them what luck they h^ 
Not knowing the officer, they said "First rat< 
opened their game bags for the inspection of a 
hunter, as they supposed. Immediately he arreste 
for Sunday shooting. They contend that they s': 
birds on Saturday and were merely taking them h 
Sunday. It will be for the officer to show that th 
were not shot as the hunters claim. Complaints S: 
bitter against what the hunters and fishers regaj 
spasmodic enforcement of the Sunday laws. Ni 
this complaint come from a "hoodlum element,' 
most of the comment I have heard comes from s 
the most respectable merchants and business mei 
men, of irreproachable integrity, who are unable 
other time than Sunday for shooting and fishing, 
new enforcement of Sabbath observance laws st: 
the cheap, hoodlum element only, they would nc 
but that element can fish and shoot every other day 
week, while tired business men, with only Sun*' 
recreation, must be deprived of the privilege altc 
They promise to fight the Sunday laws in the Leg 
this winter. 
The big-game hunters are going and returning, 
the successful Boston hunters may be noted E. WJ 
gett, from The Forks, Me., with one deer; J. A. 
from Parlin Pond, Me., one deer; A. S. Allerl 
Moxie Pond, Me., one deer; Walter D. Noyes, NcJ 
Me., one deer; A. J. Johnson, from Jackman, 
deer. The following Massachusetts parties have 
home their deer the past week, passing through 
