Feb. 8, 1902.] 
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Again, it is conceivable that the dog may have gone 
into the marsh to the leeward of the birds and on his first 
journey have passed so far beyond the furthest duck that 
he was sure that there were no more. Then it would be 
simple for him to bring first the duck that was furthest 
away, then the next furthest, and so on to the last. It 
is a common practice for old and wise dogs to bring from 
the water the most distant birds first. 
Another incident of like character has recently been 
related to me by Mr. Morris, whom I quote so frequent- 
ly in connection with this breed, and who, through many 
years' experience in gunning on Chesapeake Bay waters 
and of breeding these dogs, is probably the first authority 
on them in the world to-day. He has said: 
"I was shooting off a point of marsh over decoys, the 
wind blowing hard off shore, and my skiff covered with 
reeds and sedge made the blind. Under these circum- 
stances it was my dog's habit to bring his ducks to the 
boat and make a pile, curling himself up alongside it. 
"A flock of mallards came in. out of which I was lucky 
enough 'to kill two drakes — very large ones. My dog, 
Marengo, went first for the one which fell furthest off. 
and in coming back met the other drifting out. He tried 
his best to get both ducks in his mouth, but finding that 
impossible, he held the second duck under his jaw in some 
way, with the aid of the first, which was in his mouth. In 
this manner he succeeded in bringing both some distance, 
but the sea then washed the second duck from its posi- 
tion.' He went through the same performance again, ap- 
parently getting the second duck under his jaw as before, 
and pushing it forward as he swam. 
"When he had brought both ducks as far as the decoys, 
the second again washed out from under his jaw. Here 
he hesitated and looked toward the shore, and finding it 
not far off, he abandoned the second duck, took the one 
he had in his mouth to the bank, dropped it there, went 
back to the drifting duck, got it and brought it to the 
pile in the boat. He then jumped out of the boat, got the 
duck he had left in the edge of the marsh, took it to the 
pile in the boat and before curling himself down gave me 
the most intelligent glance, which said as plainly as 
language could, 'Master, don't you think that was well 
thought out?' 
* "I fully agreed with him." 
The whole matter of the intelligence shown by these 
dogs in their work in the water and the marsh is very 
interesting. 
The gunner who for the first time witnesses the work 
of the Chesapeake Bay dog is likely to be astonished by 
sometimes seeing the animal plunge into the water, and, 
swimming to the place where a wounded bird has fallen, 
take up the scent and follow on the water the trail of 
the "sneaking" duck, which has passed along over the 
water swimming toward the marsh. 
We usually assume that water washes away scent, and 
believe that deer and other animals take to the water to 
throw the dogs off their trail. This is undoubtedly true, 
and yet, as I say, it is a common thing t* see a crippled 
bird fall in the water and swim away toward the marsh 
and to see a dog going after it, turn when he reaches the 
place where it fell, or the path where it passed, and follow 
the watery trail to the marsh, and then up on to the 
bank. 
In some cases it is possible that the dog may smell 
blood which has flowed from the bird's wound and left 
its odor on the water, but I do not think that such an 
explanation will account for the dog's actions in a ma- 
jority of cases. 
I am inclined to believe that particles of grease detach 
themselves constantly from the well oiled plumage of 
the ducks and geese and float upon the water, and that 
it is the odor of these particles which the dog smells 
and follows. It is often to be observed that to the lee- 
ward of a duck which has fallen in the water, or of a live 
decoy, there is an area of water smoother than the sur- 
rounding water — a sort of "slick" — which is caused by the 
oil which comes from the bird's plumage. This hy- 
pothesis would seem to account very satisfactorily for 
the power of the Chesapeake Bay dog to follow the trail 
of a swimming duck over reasonably quiet waters. 
G. B. G. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Chicago Sportsmen's Show. 
Chicago, 111., Feb. 1. — The second annual exposition of 
the International Forest, Fish and Game Association will 
be thrown open Monday evening, Feb. 3, to invited guests, 
and the building will be open to the public on the day 
following. 
In many respects the show will this year exceed in 
popular interest that given here last winter. The addi- 
tional space granted by the opening of the annex will 
clear the main floor for a freer use of general features. 
The good expedient is also adopted of placing the trade 
exhibits back under the galleries, thus leaving the whole 
central space of the main exhibition hall available for 
decorative purposes and for the passage of spectators. 
The decorative scheme is simple and in general terms fol- 
lows that of last year. At the north end of the Coliseum, 
where the Grand Canon was exhibited last year, the em- 
tire space is occupied by the stage of the Ojibway Indian 
company, which will present the outdoor show of Hia- 
watha, familiar to the Eastern public which has attended 
earlier sportsmen's shows. The tank for the diving elk 
is also arranged at this end of the building. The central 
space is well used for a wide point, which gives good 
opportunity for the water sports, canoe displays, etc. 
The uninteresting and inept display of basket ball, etc., 
which took up so much room and time last winter, has 
been cut out, to the advantage of the show from an out- 
door standpoint. The duck pond will be larger this year 
than last and better stocked. The pheasantry and ex- 
hibit of upland game birds is removed from the main floor 
to the gallery in the annex. There will be a grand dis- 
play of pheasants, with numbers of quail, grouse, etc. 
•At this writing the trade exhibits are not yet installed, 
and. in fact, the whole interior of the Coliseum remains 
in the customary confusion preceding the opening of such 
an-exposition, so that extended mention of the show as a 
whole must be deferred to a later day. The exhibits of 
different railroads bid fair to h« yery interesting, and 
there will be the customary display of specimens, mounted 
heads, etc. 
Dr. Heber Bishop is on from Boston assisting in the 
details of the show, as was his pleasure last year, and 
with him comes Mr! Alexander Pope, who displays a 
number of his beautiful paintings in the art gallery. The 
display of fhhes in the nicely installed aquaria will be a 
good one. 
Detroit Sportsmen's Show. 
The first annual Automobile and Sportsmen's Show, of , 
Detroit, Mich., will be held Feb. 26 to March 1, and will 
be notable as a trade exhibit. Among the sporting goods 
firms which will be at the Detroit show, the following are 
listed at this date: The Peters Cartridge Co., the Savage 
Arms Co.. Horton Mfg. Co., Parker Bros., Ithaca Gun 
Co. and Cleveland Target Co. Yet others may be added 
at a later date. Detroit will patronize the exposition 
handsomely. 
■Wisconsin Game Protective Association. 
The Wisconsin Game Protective Association in its meet- 
ing at Milwaukee during the present week, elected Jos- 
eph Fisher President, Valentine Raeth Vice-President, 
August Plambeck Secretary, G. A. Steppan Treasurer, 
and Valentine Raeth and Robert Raasch Game Wardens. 
This Association was organized in Milwaukee three years 
ago for the better and more practical enforcement of the 
game laws. E. Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, 111. 
Haunts and Habits of the Moose. 
Every moose hunter — and in these days their name is 
legion — will feel a deep interest in the handsome little 
volume recently brought out by Mr. Burt Jones, and 
entitled "Habits, Haunts and Anecdotes of the Moose." 
The volume is a luxurious one, and contains a very ex- 
traordinary collection of photographs of living wild 
moose. 
The moose is the largest of big-game animals found 
to-day in. North America, and its habits at all seasons 
of the year are of the very deepest interest to big-game 
hunters, both those who have secured their moose and 
those who hope to do so. Mr. Jones' luxurious little 
volume is full of hunting, full of natural history, and full 
of most interesting anecdotes of outdoor life. It tells of 
hunting the moose with the rifle, and of hunting him with 
the camera, and on many of its pages exhibits trophies 
of the species captured with the last-named implement. 
There are more than thirty photographs of moose taken 
from wild living specimens, showing them in all sorts of 
places, in all sorts of attitudes, and under the greatest 
variety of conditions. Nowhere, so far as we know, is 
to be found any collection of pictures of living wild 
moose which is at all comparable to this one. 
Mr. Jones' style is fresh and pleasing, and he writes 
with the enthusiasm of an ardent sportsman. This, with 
the pictures in the volume, make the work extremely 
attractive. 
The work was printed in two editions, one limited to 
1,000 copies, numbered and signed by the author, price 
$2; the other, from the same plates, not signed or num- 
bered, price $1.50. The signed edition is almost ex- 
hausted. 
New York Game and Forests. 
Albany, Jan. 30. — The annual -report of the Forest, 
Fish and Game Commission, which was sent to the Legis- 
lature to-day, says in part: 
Particular attention has been given by the Commission 
to the planting of trees on denuded tracts of land. Ex- 
tensive experiments made by the Commission have shown 
that, at a remarkably small expense, these barren places 
can in time be replaced by a healthful and valuable forest 
growth. Thousands of trees have been successfully 
planted in the Catskill region, and preparations have been 
made to plant hundreds of thousands in the Adirondack 
region. The experiments show that large appropriations 
will not be necessary to secure an extensive renewal of the 
forest. 
The following recommendations are made for your con- 
sideration : 
That a Constitutional amendment be provided for the 
application of scientific, conservative forestry to State 
lands. 
That a Constitutional amendment be provided to per- 
mit the leasing of small camp sites within the forest pre- 
serve. 
That a Constitutional amendment be provided which 
will permit the sale or exchange of detached parcels of 
land outside the Adirondack Park, not in the Catskill 
region, for land within its confines. 
That steps be taken to prevent the cutting of hardwood 
for commercial purposes, and especially for acid factories, 
within the Adirondack preserve. 
That spring shooting of wildfowl and birds of all kinds 
be prohibited. 
That a license fee of $50 be imposed upon non-resident 
hunters, excepting members of organized clubs in the 
Adirondacks who shall present certificates of membership, 
and Adirondack land owners. 
That provision be made for the licensing of guides. 
The Return. 
He sought the old scenes with eager feet — 
The scenes he had known as a boy; 
"Oh ! for a draught of those fountains sweet, 
And a taste of that vanished joy." 
He roamed the fields, he mused by the streams, 
He threaded the paths and lanes; 
On the hills he sought his youthful dreams, 
In the woods to forget his pains. 
Oh, sad, sad hills ; oh, cold, cold hearth ! 
In sorrow he learned thy truth — 
One may go back to the place of his birth — 
H^e cannot go back to his youth. 
^John. Burroughs in the Independent 
— — 
Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
tliem in Forest and Stream. 
Pacific Coast Items. 
Though it is only the third week in January, com- 
plaint may be heard on every side that lower California 
must suffer from another exceedingly dry winter, as up 
to date the rain has amounted to scarcely 5 inches, which 
fell early in November, and the earth has become, baked 
as it would be in midsummer. An optimistic view, 
which may be impossible for ranchers who regard their 
withered grain, appears best for those with other inter- 
ests to be encouraged only by plenty of water, as the 
spring precipitation can always turn out the heaviest of 
any season. All the brooks flowing through our own 
valley, though their supply has not been upheld by snow 
in the mountains, in past years a generous help to them, 
run as freely as heretofore at this time, and should there 
still be' hard storms, the fisherman may look for fine sport 
with rod and line. 
During a 300-mile wagon trip last summer, in which 
many points of Santa Barbara and Obispo counties were 
visited, it gratified one to see large schools of trout fry 
in nearly every stream. Plunge of wheels disturbed 
numbers of such pretty little creatures from the fords. 
Carrying water for camp became a pleasant office where 
brooks held within them so much miniature life to 
fasten the gaze, though on occasion my three comrades, 
thirsty for a drink of cool water or for a cup of outdoor 
coffee, may have had a severe opinion of their lost 
Mercury. It seems that the county authorities and 
numerous sporting clubs have been restocking these 
waters within the last two ■ years, and recently game 
warden Abies, of Santa Maria, after an exhaustive in- 
spection of the territory within his control, reported that 
with few exceptions the fish had propagated immensely, 
and that the brooks were alive with trout. 
The board of supervisors of Los Angeles county, as it 
had been petitioned by two or three hundred local anglers 
to prohibit purse fishing along the Pacific Coat within 
one mile of shore, held an interesting session recently 
at which Prof. C. F. Holder, founder of the Tuna Club, 
represented the sportsmen, and J. H. Lapham, president 
of the California Fish Company, looked after the netting 
rights. The California Company, whose business is 
chiefly in sardines, has its launches and purse nets at 
Avork from the Santa Barbara Islands to San Diego. 
Upward of $100,000 is invested. Now that an agreement 
in regard to Cataliria is about to expire, this concern will 
make no promise for the future, declaring that their 
boats must fish wherever sardines may be taken, and 
the rod men have organized to protect the best water 
for large fish. Prof. Holder declares that the interests of 
all concerned will suffer, canner or sportsman, if the only 
spawning places along this coast, a few bays and estu- 
aries, are seriously disturbed by large nets, and that a 
one-mile limit should be observed, as on the Atlantic 
coast. The supervisors adjourned without taking action. 
Outside of the meeting a limit of even half a mile was 
urged. 
Owing to the warm season, winter fishing has been 
unusually good within the past month, and nearly every 
week report comes from some near, point of large 
strings, chiefly of mackerel or white perch, being caught 
by a lucky angler. Just now the weather is like that of 
spring or summer, and any one fond of the line, if he 
only runs his thumb along common string, feels as 
though he should be feeding bait into some likely tide. 
On any of these sunny days, the white perch are biting 
over at Serena, on the Pacific, ten miles down from 
Santa Barbara, where the more fortunate have hooked as 
many as seventy-five fish in an afternoon. 
A number of us were hunting dead limbs a short time 
ago as fuel for the fireplace at home. Wood costs $8 a 
cord in the valley, so it is well to save the winter supply 
by using whatever rough can be found. With cross-cut, 
axes and a single wagon, our party had set to work about 
a field in which oaks were spotted freely, when our at- 
tention was called to the number of pigeons to be ob- 
served. There were flocks nearly hidden in live oak 
foliage, others on the bare white oaks, noisy flights im- 
mediately above our heads, and distant lines of them that 
resembled specks. _ They were everywhere. As the gun 
had been left behind, I could only snap my fingers at 
the most feasible shots. Our party worked right along 
from midday to sunset in this wild aviary of bandtails. 
Though these flocks stayed here for" several weeks, feed- 
ing now on the acorns of one grove, then of another, it 
was impossible for me to plan an attack upon their ranks. 
The ubiquitous small boy, to whom potpie is life, existed 
for the time in a glorious plentitude. 
The trip for wood had in it real work. Outings for 
pleasure are decidedly more popular with some members 
of our family. A small wagon is loaded with fry-pan, 
coffee pot, food, books and other provision for "a day 
abroad, then we hark away to a point at which to have 
a picnic. In summer a spot down the creek road, where 
cool breezes find their way in from the sea, has proved 
a favorable site, and in winter, any of the warm hillsides 
or sunny mesas about the valley. This climate permits 
living out of doors at any season. 
That nearly all enthusiasts, even those who would be 
believed under other conditions, often find it easier to kill 
large game or take monster fish than it will be later to 
convince the public of such achievement, is universally 
conceded. Only a short while ago the Duke of New- 
castle, a thorough paced angler, who has been spending 
the winter in southern California, landed off Catalina 
with rod and reel a 50-pound yellowtail, the second larg- 
est specimen ever caught there, then hastened to Los 
Angeles to have his huge catch mounted, that he might 
show it at home as visible evidence of the exploit. But, 
poor man, he will only be met with silly questioning! 
A young hunter of this valley, Mr. Bert. Cooper, whose 
word had never been questioned, now in the San Rafael 
Mountains with a party of Government surveyors, re- 
cently killed three grizzlies in a single day, a mother and 
two cubs, then shipped the hides to Nordhoff, where 
they may he seen, a,t present.; yet tifce Tims, and, the othet 
