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FOREST AND STREAM, 
[Feb. 27, 1904. 
novice or a poor hunter. Far from it. Few ever vi^ent 
into the w^oods who had better records, and although he 
had seen the suns of over seventy-five years rise and set, 
he had never failed yet to get more than his share of the 
game. It w^as on this account that we liked all the more 
to bother him about these two incidents of the hunt. No 
better luck attended our efforts the rest of the day, and 
once more, when evening came, we gathered around the 
ever welcome supper table. That night we were joind by 
Louis and a comrade whom we called Hub, and a joyful 
reunion we had. 
They had been hunting in Michigan, and had shot only 
one small deer, and as the open season had expired in 
that State, they had come over to visit us and finish their 
hunt. That night, as their baggage had not come over, 
they slept on the floor in the camp, and found all .the 
lumps and hard places in it, for they were stiff and sore 
on awakening in the morning, but nevertheless started 
out on the hunt with us. Hub, Louis, the Old Trapper, 
and myself took the stands while Mack and the Colonel 
made the drive. It took us about half an hour to reach 
our stands, which were not far apart, except that I was 
separated from the others by a high ledge of rocks. I 
had not been at my post over five minutes when I heard 
two shots fired rather quickly, and then two more in 
quick succession, followed by two more not quite so close 
together, and evidently nearer to me. I squared myself 
for a rally on my own account, when another shot rang 
out, and then all was still. As the boys say, I peeled my 
eye, but I didn't see anything. I listened, when my heart 
didn't beat so loud as to drown other sounds, but nothing 
could I hear. I was on the anxious seat, and more than 
once was tempted to leave my stand and go and find what 
it was all about. Knowing, however, that this would only 
give the others cause for "roasting" me, and that the 
deer might come through at any moment, I stuck to my 
place for thirty minutes. At the end of that time I heard 
a whistle, and going toward the sound found the entire 
party holding a sort of post-mortem over the carcass of a 
large buck. It seems Hub fired the first shots. He had 
hardly settled himself on the spot he had selected when 
he saw a big buck trotting toward him. He had a double- 
barrel shotgun, and when the deer got pretty near to him 
he aimed at his pate and let go. With this the old fellow 
whirled and ran toward Louis, and Hub gave him the 
second barrel as he jumped away. Louis saw him com- 
ing and opened fire with two shots. The buck still moved 
on, and getting opposite the Old Trapper the latter 
knocked him down with two shots, and as he still kicked 
around a good deal, finally killed him with a bullet 
through his neck. It is a question, which has not been 
fully settled yet, as to who is really entitled to the honor 
of getting him. There were three or four holes in him 
beside one buckshot. He was a rouser. The six of us 
tackled him after he was dressed and dragged him to 
Echo Lake, and from there we rafted him to the other 
side. We then made a litter and carried him about a mile 
to camp. Every man was more or less weak-kneed when 
we got in. We had to cross the Pembine with him, and 
had to do it on a fallen tree, but, as might have been 
expected, we all got in. The Colonel rigged up his kodak 
and took a snap shot as we were struggling in mid- 
stream, but unforutnately the picture failed to develop. 
The buck had a very large and peculiar pair of horns, 
and an examination showed that Hub's first charge of 
buckshot had rattled around his head like so many pea!i. 
They grazed his horns in several places, and bounded off 
his head and neck without doing a particle of damage. 
We asked Hub why he shot at such an iron-clad spot, and 
his explanation was that he thought he might at least be 
able to put out his eyes. That hunt used us up so much 
that we did little else the rest of the day except to eat, 
clean up camp, and get some wood cut in anticipation of 
cold and stormy weather. Carolus. 
[to be continued.] 
Game in the Yellowstone Park. 
The winter condition of the game in the Yellowstone 
Park possesses a special interest to all naturalists and 
game lovers, and the knowledge and interest of the 
public in this subject was greatly stimulated by the 
visit to the Park by President Roosevelt in April, 1903, 
which was so widely heralded through the press of the 
country. 
We are kindly permitted to quote from a private 
letter, recently received by a gentleman in this city, 
from an officer who spent most of the winter in the 
Park. The news which it contains is most interesting: 
"We had a most delightful winter in the Park with 
very little snow and no extremely cold weather up to 
the time I left. 
"The buffalo are doing finely, and I shall be greatly 
disappointed if there are not from fifteen to twenty 
calves in the new herd this spring. It is intended to 
catch up all the young calves that can be captured from 
the wild herd. Those secured from the herd last spring 
have done exceedingly well and are now running with 
the new herd. They were reared by a domestic cow- 
very much against her will. 
"Game of all kinds in the Park is in fine condition, 
and no matter how much snow falls now, it will pull 
through the winter in good shape. 
"Eighty-four sheep have been seen on Mount Evarts, 
and preparations have been made to feed them all the 
alfalfa they may need, in case of a deep fall of snow. 
They have been fed a little from time to time in a 
corral built for that purpose, so that they know where 
to go in case they get hungry. 
"Fourteen lions have been killed off the sheep range 
this fall, and these captures are likely to add con- 
siderably to the peace and comfort of the sheep. 
"The antelope have also been fed a little, with the 
view of keeping them also where they can find some- 
thing to eat, in case their natural supply should fail 
them. 
"It would be a good idea to feed a large proportion 
of the game along the northern border of the Park, 
and if he had the hay, Major Pitcher could keep a herd 
of about 1,000 elk on the hills just back of the Mam- 
moth Hot 'Springs Hotel during the entire winter, and 
probably until late in the spring." 
The continued well being of the game in the National 
Park is most gratifying. Major ; Pitcher's heart is in 
his work there, and he has an admirable force of men 
to help him. Still more efficient is the fine public 
sentiment among the residents of Montana along the 
northern border of the Park, which leads them to feel 
a pride and satisfaction in the well being of the game, 
and makes them Major Pitcher's most efficient aides. 
The Adirondack Bears. 
Elizabethtown, N. Y., Feb. 15. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Inasmuch as certain sentimentalists are 
chasing rainbows, advocating that all city men, all 
Essex County guides and hotel men are in favor of 
protecting black bear, and also that plenty of bears 
will be killed here by "sportsmen from the city" in the 
fall, once bruin is protected during the summer months. 
I ask for space in your valuable medium in order that 
the false impressions above noted, may be pointed out. 
Last Saturday I took the trouble to drive two miles 
west of this village for the purpose of interviewing 
James Darling, Elizabethtown's most venerable and suc- 
cessful bear hunter and trapper. He was seventy-seven 
years old last month, and during the past forty-five 
years has captured 39 bears, 36 of which were caught 
in traps. The 3 bears he got outside of traps were 
cubs which lingered near their mother after she was 
caught in a trap. The cubs took to a tree on Mr. 
Darling's approach, and he shot two of them and cap- 
tured the other one alive. During his hunting and 
trapping career of half a century he says he never got 
a shot at a bear outside a trap, excepting the cubs 
above mentioned. 
During the past thirty years 125 bears have been 
killed here in Elizabethtown, an average of a little over 
four each year, and only eight have been killed outside 
of traps. And none of these eight were killed while 
being hunted in the woods, but rather in sheep fields, 
apple orchards, etc. Does this look as though it would 
be a good plan to abolish trapping bears, or does it 
indicate that men could come up here from the city 
and kill bears with rifles? 
City cottage owners in Essex County, almost without 
exception, are opposed to protecting the black bear at 
any season of the year. The following Essex County 
hotel men have declared against the absurdity: 
O. Kellog & Son, The Windsor, Elizabethtown. 
B. F. Stetson, Deer's Head Inn, Elizabethtown. 
G. W. Jankins, Maplewood Inn, Elizabethtown. 
George H. Smart, Pine Grove Cottage, Elizabeth- 
town. 
Laverty Brothers, Hunter's Home, New Russia. 
Case L. Patten, The Westport, Westport. 
W. H. Tracy, St. Huberts' Inn, St. Huberts. 
G. W. Egglefield and Son, Tahawus House, Keene 
Valley. 
James Flaherty, Hotel Halcyon, Keene Center. 
Charles Bullis, Lewis Hotel, Lewis. 
John McGuire, Commercial House, Keeseville. 
Fred Hinds, American House, Ausable Forks. 
All the members of the Keene Valley Guides' Associ- 
ation, the oldest and largest organized body of guides 
wholly within Essex County, have signed a protest 
against protecting black bear, "believing," as they 
say, "that legislation to protect black bears is unwar- 
ranted and uncalled for, and against the best interests 
of the region in which we live," etc. 
The protest is signed by Le Grand Hale, Harry A. 
Beede, George F. Beede, C. Wesley Lamb, Charles O. 
Beede, O. E. Beede, Arthur C. Trumbull, Fred Lamb, 
Charles W. Trumbull, Frank H. Holt, Melville J. Trum- 
bull, Edmund F. Phelps. Enos Sanders, John K. Brown, 
Jas. Owens, B. S. Pond and W. Scott Brown, the last 
named being Superintendent of the Adirondack Moun- 
tain Reserve and an honorary member. 
All the Elizabethtown guides are most emphatically 
opposed to bear protection. These men get their living 
by guiding, and know what is really best for their in- 
terests. 
Again I say, in view of local conditions and circum- 
stances, if bear must be protected in other sections, 
please exempt Essex County, as we don't need bear 
protection in our business here. 
George L. Brown. 
The Sportsmen^s Show. 
The tenth annual exposition of the Sportsmen's Ex- 
position Company, Madison Square Garden, New York, 
began on February 19, and will dose on March 5. The 
public patronage has been most liberal, and there is every 
indication that it will be a gratifying success financially. 
The vast amphitheatre of the Garden has nowhere any 
suggestion of emptiness. The numerous exhibits and 
their accessories tax the available space to its full limita- 
tions. An immense tank occupies the central part of the 
main floor, and the water is of ample depth to floaty the 
beautiful launches and automobile boats which ply swiftly 
to and fro on its surface, or disport themselves gracefully 
while their mechanical features are exhibited in detail by 
the experts in charge. 
The Fourth avenue end of the amphitheatre, from floor 
to roof, is occupied by a mountain scene, the numerous 
peaks of which fade away in the blue of the sky. A 
mountain stream, after a broken, tumultuous course 
through rocks and falls, reaches an old mill and turns 
the old-fashioned water wheel in an old-fashioned man- 
ner, thereby giving a most complete touch of realism to 
the whole. The water passes on to the tank devoted to 
the needs and pleasures of the wildfowl. 
On the first gallery on the north side of the Garden, a 
long, shallow tank with a platform at one end is installed 
for the fly-casting contests which take place each day 
alternately at 3:30 and 8:30 o'clock. The conditions of 
the different contests in their entirety provide for every 
recognized use of the rod and reel. The classes and con- 
ditions were published recently in Forest and Stream. 
There is a liberal use of evergreen branches ' every- 
where, with gratifying effect to the eye. The mammoth 
mountain scetie and the green touches of color every- 
where add greatly to the pleasing effects of the tout 
ensemble. 
A skillful military band, fills the Garden with popular 
music in the afternoon and eveiaing. 
The special features which appeal most directly to the 
sportsman are the game bird and wildfowl exhibits, the 
fish hatchery, the fly-casting, the wilderness camps, the 
taxidermists' mounted specimens of game birds and fish, 
the expert rifle shooting of Mr. Stephen M. Van Allen, 
and last, but not least, the mammoth display of camp 
equipment and sportsmen's supplies by Messrs. Aber- 
crombie & Fitch. 
The New York Zoological Society's exhibit is in 
charge of Prof. W. T. Hornaday, and is devoted largely 
to fish, and to a fully equipped fish hatchery which illus- 
trates the different stages of development from the spawn 
to the fry. 
The exhibit of game birds and wildfowl is quite com- 
plete, and includes some varieties of foreign birds not ex- 
hibited at previous sportsmen's shows. They are owned 
by Mr. Homer Davenport, Roseville, N. J. ; Mr. Timothy 
Tredwell, East Williston, L. I., and Dr. Cecil French, 
Washington, D. C. They are in the northeast corner of 
the main floor. 
Mr. Stephen M. Van Allen, of Jamaica, L. I., famous 
as one of America's most expert performers with the 
shotgun, has developed phenomenal skill with the rifle 
and pistol. On the second gallery in the southwest 
corner he gives exhibitions of fancy rifle shooting which 
would make William Tell's head collapse. A large sign 
in his space bears the satement that he always uses 
greaseless bullet cartridges, and does all his shooting with 
Winchester rifles. Of the latter, with several pistols, 
there are different kinds displayed in a case within his 
space. 
The Adirondack camps, with many illustrations of 
what sport awaits the visitor to those famous regions, are 
on the main floor in the northwest corner of the arena. 
A large sign, "Adirondacks," in white birch letters on a 
background of evergreen, serves as a guide from any 
part of the amphitheatre. 
The Maine exhibit, owing to delays in transit, had not 
arrived in time for installation on Monday of this week, 
but it was generally understood that it was excellent. 
Canadian Pacific Railway. 
The Canadian guides hold forth in the exhibit of the 
Canadian Pacific Railroad on the northwest corner of the 
main floor, under the charge of Mr. L. O. Armstrong, 
who has been identified conspicuously with the Sports- 
men's Show in many successive past years. He intro- 
duced the Ojibway Indians with their Hiawatha drama. 
The camps contain a large and varied exhibit, indicative 
of the infinite sport to be found in the vast territory 
tributory to the Canadian Pacific Railway. The camp is 
a model of one to be erected by the Canadian Camp-Fire 
Club this summer on the Missesaga River. Mr. Arm- 
strong has an able corps of guides, chief of whom is 
George Lavigne. George Linklater is an experienced 
Hudson Bay guide, famous as a mighty moose hunter. 
In the pack horse competition, Joe and William Brewster 
v/ill be put to the fore by Mr. Armstrong. 
Afaerctomfaic & Fitch. 
The exhibit of Messrs. Abercrombie & Fitch, 314-316 
Broadway, New York, is on the north gallery. It is an 
exposition- in itself, so ample, excellent, and diversified 
is the material which it contains. There are fishing rods 
from plain to the finest workmanship with reels and 
tackle to match, all ranging in sizes to suit the tastes of 
him who seeks the cunning trout or gives battle to the 
mighty tarpon. There are cameras and rifles. There are 
traps in size for the tiniest animal up to the largest bear. 
There are canoes for travel into the wilderness or for use 
at home; tents and cooking utensils, and camp furniture 
in bewildering profusion ; snowshoes, and all kinds of 
footwear for the explorer and hunter and tourist, and 
clothing impervious to water and cold, and tents of all 
kinds, all set forth so pleasingly that one is quite tempted 
to try outdoor life if one never tried it before. Practical 
illustration is shown of packs and packing, the most con- 
spicuous of this feature being a display pack mule laden 
with his packs in true Western style, his burden securely 
held by the famous diamond hitch. In another part of 
the large exhibit is a dog harnessed to a sledge after the 
manner of travel in the Arctic regions. Then there is an 
illustration of a camp-fire in full blast with all the camp 
utensils in place, so numerous when apart, yet takiny 
no more space than that of a small satchel when packed. 
This great firm supplied the entire equipment of the 
Ziegler polar expedition during the first year, and Dr. 
Cook's expedition to Mt. McKinley; the expedition across 
the Andes and down the Amazon ; Miss Anna Peck's ex- 
pedition to Mt. Serato; the two American expeditions to 
Abyssinia, and Leonidas Hubbard's expedition to 
Labrador, 
Grand Tru k Railway. 
The attractive display of the Grand Trunk Raiiwuy 
System is in charge of Mr. R. McC. Smith, Souiher'i 
Passenger Agent, Detroit, Mich. Sturdy specimens ct 
brook trout, black bass, ouananichc, landlocked salmon, 
and big game heads, etc., testify to the wealth of sport 
within "the scope of the system, of Avhich Mr. Smith is an 
encyclopsedia of information. 
Siege! Cooper Co. 
Siegel Cooper Co. have an exhibit on the north gal- 
lery, the greater part of which is devoted to watches, but 
there are many beautiful works of art in silver quite suit- 
able for trophies. 
The Dinner. 
The Sportsmen's Exhibition Company entertained 
members of the press, exhibitors, preserve owners, prom- 
inent spcrlsmen and officers of the Guides' Association at - 
dinner in the Garden cafe on last Sunday afternoon. Mr. 
Samuel Walter Taylor presided as toastmaster. Over 200 i 
guests were invited, and by far the greater part of them ; 
responded in person. At the speaker's table were Hon. ! 
Timothv Woodruff, Messrs. Robert J. Morris, John G. \ 
Armory, Ernestus Gulich, Buffalo Jones, Warden of Yel- i 
lowstone Park; Homer Hodge, Dr. McClelland, Wm. T. | 
Hornaday, and others. The talks covered all phases of | 
outdoor sport intelligently and_ entertainingly. The din- ,; 
uer was a success in ©very particular, 
