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dent that weight and mass are required to carry the ball 
as far as the vitals. I should hardly expect that a light- 
weight, soft-nosed ball could help being flattened and 
smashed to pieces when it met the thick winter coat of 
the moose, underlaid by tough hide, which in turn is 
backed by muscle, and this perhaps by bone. 
Some time since I had the pleasure of listening to the 
narrative of Mr. Kidder, of Boston, who is perhaps the 
most successful hunter of the great brown bears of 
Alaska, and from his remarks I inferred that the action 
of the soft-nosed ball of .30 caliber was very unsatisfac- 
tory. A considerable number of the animals hit ran a 
long way before dying, while others, believed to be mor- 
tally wounded, got away altogether and were never found 
In some cases dissection of the dead animal revealed 
little or nothing of the ball. Perhaps the visceral cavity 
Was penetrated in many directions by fine lead dust, and 
by splinters of the steel jacket. In others, none of the 
mass of the ball could be found, though there was abun- 
dant evidence of its passage. If a bone was struck, the. 
ball went all to pieces. In only one case, I think, did 
the bullet act as theoretically it should that is, mush- 
room and penetrate deeply. This was in the case of a 
bear, running away, shot at from behind. The ball touched 
no bone, and bored its way through the animal, and was 
found mushroomed in the chest. 
It is difficult to overestimate the importance of the 
Germany's national hymn, "Die Wacht am Rhein." The 
number of invited guests was very small this time. L. T. 
Carleton, of the Maine Fish and Game Commission, was 
present. He did not put in his usual work for his Maine 
hunter's license measure, but somewhat to the surprise 
of most persons present, his remarks were mainly com- 
plimentary and of a jovial turn. Commissioner Henry 
O. Stanley was in Boston, but did not attend the meet- 
ing. Commissioner Nat. Wentworth, of New Hampshire, 
was expected, but did not appear. Judge Henry N. Shel- 
don was present, and Rev. E. A. Horton opened the meet- 
ing with prayer. One of the truly pleasing features of 
the evening was the series of recitations by Dr. William 
H. Drummond, of Montreal, author of "The Habitant," 
who told the simple stories of "Johnny Couteau," "Little 
Lac Grenier" and "Baptiste, the Lucky Man," in Canadian 
French dialect. It is understood that the Association has 
no particular game legislation in view this winter, and 
no measures of repeal are proposed by the marketmen, 
hence the dinner could well be given up to fun and good 
cheer. 
Among those present may be noted : 
James Russell Reed, L. T. Carleton, Fish Commissioner, Maine; 
Rollin Jones, Dr. William PI. Drummond, Montreal; C. W. 
Dimick, J. W. Brackett, Phillips, Me.; Benjamin T. Hall, Capt. 
[. W. Collins, C. J. H. Woodbury, Henry N. Sheldon, Benjamin 
C. Clark, the Rev. Edward A. Horton, Frank M. Johnson, Will- 
iam M. Conant, J. A. Young, David P. Waters, J. R, Glover, 
State is wintering remarkably well. The snow has not 
heen exceedingly deep at any time, nor in any section. 
Much of the time the deer and moose have been able to 
roam over large tracts unhindered by deep snow. This 
has given them access to great feeding grounds, and 
they are in fine condition. There are no accounts of deer 
starving in their yards as there were two years ago, when 
the snow was most remarkably deep through part of 
February and all of March. Even last year there were 
very deep snows in February and March, and the guides 
admit that some crust hunting was done. The guides are 
enthusiastic concerning the prospects for hunting next 
fall, and believe that both moose and deer will show 
an increase. In the Rangeley region deer are constantly 
being seen, especially on the "Right of Way" — that is, the 
new railroad from Bemis to Rangeley Outlet. In several 
sections of Aroostook county the guides give accounts 
of a great many deer. One guide says that in the town- 
ship of Blaine, within half a mile of the lake, there are 
thirteen moose, and in another yard eight. The yards are 
not well defined, however, for the snow is not as deep as 
usual. So far as T have heard, the Maine guides sneer 
at Mr. Carleton's proposed hunter's license law, and de- 
clare that it is not the visiting sportsmen that destroy 
the big game, but the hunting that is carried on after the 
hunters have left the State; by the hunters attached to 
the lumber camps, and even the backwoods residents, who 
PANORAMA AT THE SPORTSMEN'S SHOW — THE HOME OF THE TROUT. 
accuracy and flatness of the trajectory of these small-bore 
guns. They are ideal weapons for what we used to call 
small game; that is to say, for deer, antelope, sheep, goats 
and perhaps for caribou and elk; but, except in the way 
of experiment. I should not care to try them on moose 
and grizzly bear-*. In other words, if I were a young 
•man. possessed with a wild ambition to kill a moose or a 
gr'zzly. I should probably use the old "crowbar" which 
I have carried for many years, and which shoots a .45- 
caliber ball. This ball, if half-jacketed, and driven by 
a charge of smokeless powder, the equivalent of 70 or go 
grains of black powder, I think would do the work on 
big game better than anything else. I should practice 
up with the old gun until I had become a fairly good 
shot at 100 yards, and should get along as best I could 
without the flat trajectory, and the close accuracy of 
these more modern weapons. If, however, I were going 
through the forests or the mountains where deer or 
animals about that size were to be depended on for 
food, I should certainly take one of these little guns whose 
accuracy and lightness makes them far and away more 
agreeable to have about than the cannons of an earlier day. 
A Member of the Boone and Crockett Club. 
Two Boston Dinners, 
Boston, March 8. — About 125 members of the Massa- 
chusetts Fish and Game Protective Association sat down 
to the society's annual dinner at Young's last Thursday 
evening. President J. Russell Reed presided, with his 
usual grace and tact. He announced, at the outset, that 
the meeting of the Association was more of a social than 
a business affair this time. This was something of a 
signal that serious business was no part of the_ meeting, 
and the fun soon begun and was continuous, enlivened by 
the best of music and singing. Prince Henry, who was 
in Boston at the moment, and present in spirit, though he 
could not be in body, was paid a most rousing tribute. A 
good many members made at least a loud rendition of 
Sewall W. Rich, William L. Davis, W. G. Kendall, Edward W. 
Branigan, Waldon B. Hastings, Thomas H. Hall, Dr. N. J. Hal). 
Charles A. Atwood, Dr. M. A. Morris, Arthur W. Robinson, John 
B. Seward, Ivers W._ Adams, Edward J. Brown, Randolph K. 
Clarke, T. N. Genoud, Bernard Hyneman, W. H. Lawrence, I. L. 
Halman, Frank N. Ganong, Charles H. Sprague, L. R. Raymond. 
Mott A. Cummings, Winthrop Parker, Dr. B. V. Howe, A. C. 
Risteen, Dr. L. T. Foss, Billv Soule, Charles E. Billings, William 
A. Rolfe, M. D.; H. H. Hartung, M. D.; C. O. C. Hartung, New 
Haven, Conn.; Charles Greene Gumston, M. D.; L. E. Wagg, 
Dr. Heber Bishop Dana J. Flanders. James H. Ryder, Charles 
K. Fox. W. W. Churchill, Charles D. Lewis, Frank S. Eaton, 
George H. Guest. R. N. Burnes, Vance M. Smith, A. R. Brown, 
J. W. Bailey, C. C. Richards, John C. Roberts. Commodore J. N. 
Roberts, William B. Smart, Samuel M. Goodrich, Charles E. Whit- 
ing, H. T. Rockwell, Tohn S. Jaffrev, Louis Massen, W. S. Hin- 
man, C. H. Moulton,' Albert O. Smith, Stanley M. Smith, John 
Ware Willard, H. S. Dodd, George O. Sears, Henry W. Dodd, 
AI A. Powers, John B. Smith, Dr. J. T. Herrick, H. L. Bosworth, 
Representative H. O. Hunt, Representative William B. Phmney, 
A. B. F. Kinnev, Malcolm D. W. Greene, H. B. Fernley, H. S. 
Robbins, C. C. Clapp, H. H, Kimball, James T. Mullen, Richard 
Howland. 
On the same evening the annual dinner of the Deb- 
sconeag Fish and Game Club was celebrated at the Amer- 
ican House. Over sixty members and guests were pres- 
ent. Leonard A. Frink called the meeting to order, and 
Judge F. J. Hutchinson presided. He made a very in- 
teresting opening speech on the development of outdoor 
sport in Maine. Ex-Commissioner C. E. Oak, of Maine, 
was present, and made a most telling speech in opposition 
to the proposed hunter's tax. He greatly deprecated any 
attempt to tax visiting sportsmen ; already a great source 
of revenue to the State. He emphasized the idea that 
Maine should raise her own revenue for fish and game 
protection and propagation ; that the burden might much 
better be borne by the citizens of that State than to 
attempt to saddle it on to visitors. William Garrison 
Read read a paper on more liberal hunting legislation. 
Mr. William Stockbridge spoke in opposition to any 
further tax to be borne by hunters. Altogether, Mr. 
Carleton's proposed hunter's license received some pretty 
hard raps. 
March 10. — All the guides from Maine at the Sports- 
men's Show express the opinion that the big game in their 
do not hesitate to kill a moose or a deer whenever he may 
be found. 
Commissioner H. O., Stanley, who was in Boston last 
week, says that he is a convert to the proposition to make 
non-resident hunters pay a tax. At first he was opposed 
to it, but now believes that it is the only method through 
which more money cart be obtained for the protection of 
fish and game in Maine. He says that nearly all the funds 
appropriated by the State are used for fishculture and 
distribution, but at the same moment he declares that 
a tax on non-resident fishermen would be impractical 
and create a tremendous opposition. Well, is it any 
worse to fish than to httnt and vice versa? Is a hunter 
any more of a cr'minal than a fisherman, that he should 
be taxed to furnish sport for both ? Mr. Stanley further 
remarks that the Commission is doing all in its power to 
enforce the game laws, and to bring deer and moose 
slayers to justice. Mr. Carleton is on the wing a good 
deal of the time, but the obtaining of evidence against 
illegal game slaughter is hard. He believes that the 
hunter's license plan would give the means whereby a 
number more good wardens could be kept in the woods 
a good deal of the time. He declares that the Commis- 
sion is much in need of funds; but the State will do 
nothing further than the regular $25,000. 
Illegal deer slaying is also giving the New Hampshire 
Fish and Game Commissioners some trouble. Ned Hig- 
gins, of Dumbarton, with three others, recently killed a 
fawn in that town. Commissioner Nat. Wentworth 
caused him to be brought before Judge Everett, of La- 
conia. The State was represented by Commissioner 
Wentworth, and Clarke, of Concord. Under some sort 
of an agreement with the friends of Higgins he had 
surrendered himself, and at the trial pleaded nolo con- 
tendere. He was sentenced to six months in jail, as well 
as to pay costs of the suit. Here the officers relented 
again, and sentence was suspended on agreement of Hig- 
gins to kill the three dogs, with which the hunting was 
done, in presence of H, E, Colby, fish and game warden 
of Franklin. Special. 
