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.FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 26, 1904. 
The Massachusetts Banquet. 
The annual dinner of the Massachusetts Fish and 
Game Protective Association, celebrating the thirtieth, 
anniversary of its incorporation, vi^as held at the Hotel 
Brunswick on Friday night, March 18. President W. 
S. Hinman presided. Among the guests of the evening: 
were Chairman J. W. Collins, of the Massachusetts. 
Fish and Game Commission; L. T. Carleton, of the 
Maine Commission ; Wm. H. Boardman, of the Rhode 
Island Commission; the Rev. Dr. W. H. Rider, of 
Gloucester; Hon. Salem D. Charles; General 
A. O. Davidson; Hon. R. S. Gray; S. O. Staples, mem- 
ber of the Legislature; A. W. Robinson, former presi- 
dent of the Megantic Club; J. D. Loud; Nathan Tufts;: 
Dr. Martin, of Franklin; Dr. Wm. Conant; Col. Stod- 
dard, A. C. Mitchell, and others of the Middlesex Club. 
Ex-President Wiggin, and Mr. Nash, of the Com- 
mittee, were absent because of illness. Guests and 
members numbered more than one hundred, and the 
occasion was one of the most delightful in the long 
series of the Association reunions. When the time 
came for the speaking. President Hinman reviewed 
the history of the Association, which for nearly a. 
third of a century has been a force in protecting the 
game and the fish of the commonwealth. 
"The purpose of the organization," said President 
Hinman, "is not to kill. One-half of the men who 
compose its membership never" wet a line nor pull a. 
trigger. Its membership is composed of sportsmen 
from the Cape to the Berkshires, and we are afflicted 
with numerous agricultural, horticultural, sportsmen's, 
and gun clubs. We have done much work in the past^ 
and are active to-day. 
"Perhaps all of us are not aware of the fact that 
about 95 per cent of the quail in the covers of the State 
have died during the past winter. Not 5 percent of the 
quail in the covers last October have survived the severe 
weather and deep snows of the past months. We have 
made repeated efforts to save the birds by feeding, but 
the grain which has been put out has been covered by 
the snows. Ice has formed a crust, covering the birds,, 
which perished miserably under the snow, sleeping hud- 
dled on the ground as they do. 
"While the hardy New England partridge has doubt- 
less wintered better, many of even the fur-bearing ani- 
mals have sufifered. Even the thrifty fox has been 
forced by hunger to come off the hills to be fed in the 
farmyards. We have done what we could to save the 
birds and are setting about making up the loss. We 
have 90 dozen quail ready to be put out and have con- 
tracted for 150 dozen more. We stand ready to pur- 
chase 1,000 dozen quail this spring to restock the 
covers. 
"We plead for our birds and animals which make 
their abode in the remote places. We strive to care for 
them as best we can, as well as our domestic animals 
are sheltered and protected. We are not an organi- 
♦ zation formed for the fostering of the killing spirit. 
We aim to protect our native wild birds and animals 
and hand them down to our children." 
The Rev. Dr. W. H. Rider, of Gloucester, in a happy 
vein, compared modern fishing tales to the story of 
Jonah and the whale and the Hebrew story of the 
quails. Here he told an entertaining narrative of his 
trip down the west branch of the Penobscot and lauded . 
the man who catches and kills only what he wants, de- 
precating the men who kill for the sake of killing and 
belittling the so-called sportsmen, who take trout only 
to have them rot in the sun. He advocated a concerted 
movement for the removal of the present fine attached 
to most of the game laws of the State, and favored 
imprisonment. He was greeted with three cheers, 
given standing, as he finished his eloquent address. 
Chairman L. T. Carleton, of the Fish and Game 
Commission of Maine, said: 
"We in Maine are engaged in the protection and 
propagation of fish and game within the borders of our 
State. I cannot tell you of the beneficial influence of 
the support of an organization of this kind. The power 
of such an influential body of professional and business 
men cannot be overestimated. 
"We have found in Maine that laws are necessary. • 
In Maine for many years men were permitted to come 
and go and kill at will, until our beautiful lakes and 
streams were almost depleted and there was scarce a 
track of deer or moose in our broad forests. We found 
that laws were indispensable. We followed the example 
of Moses, the great law giver and creator of the first 
game law when he laid down the commandment: 'Thou 
shalt not take the mother bird from the nest.' This is 
the rudiment and the purpose of all game laws. We 
believe there is not so good a State in the Union for 
the out-of-doors life as ours." 
Capt. J. W. Collins, Chairman of the Massachusetts 
Fish and Game Commission, spoke of the immense 
moral and practical value of all similar associations 
and expressed his appreciation of the unvarying sup- 
port which the Massachusetts Association had always 
given his Commission. 
Charles W. Bartlett told a number of stories, fishy in 
the extreme, of his experiences at the Rangeley Lakes 
in Maine, and Walter R. Terry narrated stories of the 
halibut and salmon fishing on the Spokane River in 
Alaska. The Hon. Salem D. Charles, Chairman of the 
Street Commissioners, ascribed the success and advance 
of the Anglo-Saxon race to its love for nature and the 
wild and the chase and hunt. He lauded the pursuit 
of health of body and rejuvenation of mind along the 
valleys and over the hills and along the streams. 
"To those of us who have been there," he said, "there 
is no delight to compare with the hour in the log cabin 
in the stillness of the Maine woods, with the very per- 
fume of nature in the air. There is health and beauty 
find true enjoyment in it that exists nowhere else." 
Charles Wilson had a fund of Scotch stories and M. 
T. Callahan told many amusing anecdotes of the son 
of Erin. Thomas Hall sang several songs. 
Henry Hurlburt drew a comparison between the law 
and fishing and hunting and told of his effort at farm- 
ing pheasants. The Hon. William S. Morse told of the 
value of proper legislation, and President Hardy, of 
lauded the influence of such organizations. The even- 
ing closed with the singing of "America." 
A pleasant feature of the evening was the entrance 
vi a member of the club in the garb of a farmer, in- 
rent on searching out a member of the club who shot 
his chickens for quail and his hens for partridges. He 
wore a police badge as big as a Roman shield and his 
noisy entrance, amid protests of President Hinman and 
the feigned eff'orts of a half-dozen waiters to eject him, 
was a genuine surprise. 
The success of the anniversary celebration was dr.e 
to the committee composed of President W. S. Hinman, 
George W. Wiggin, A. R. Brown, N. LeRoy, C. W. 
Dimick; M. H. Richardson,- N. C. Nash, M. A. Morris, 
B. C. Clark, Gilmer Clapp, Rolin Jones, J. R. Reed, 
Thomas H. Hall, A D. Thayer, and Secretary H. H. 
Kimball. 
Fishing- on the St. Lawtence* 
Editor Forest and Stream:- 
The only disappointment awaiting the visitor to the 
beautiful Thousand Islands is the small catches of the 
most faithful and skillful angler. Thirty years ago we 
could always depend upon our breakfast of fish within 
fifteen or tvi^enty minutes' time; but now we fish all 
day for the same catch and only succeed by visiting 
distant waters. What causes this difference? Of 
course, there are more fishermen now, and steamers 
may drive the fish away; but to my mind the chief 
■cause lies in the destruction of fish by the minnow 
peddlers, who go up and down the river with their 
long net, sweeping every minnow from the quiet bays 
where the Water is warm and shallow, two of the pre- 
requisites for safety and comfort of minnows. Several 
years ago I cleaned out my harbor between my land- 
ings, and by scattering food there, attracted the fish, 
so that by letting down a yard square net I could 
catch bait at any time; but the minnow peddlers would 
come with their fifteen-yard nets and sweep every fish 
from my harbor. These fellows are an impudent set, 
whose only stock in trade is a net, a leaky old boat 
worth $5, and a barrel for the fish. They never pay 
anything to improve property or a dollar of taxes, and 
yet they have more privileges than those who have 
paid thousands of dollars for improvements, and are 
heavily taxed to keep the beautiful river a desirable 
summer resort. They catch enough fish with one 
sweep of their net to supply a whole colony of cot- 
tagers for a season, provided they were allowed to 
grow to maturity. I have watched them many seasons, 
and I have never seen them throw any back after a 
liawl. I will venture that half of them are game fish 
and the rest are food fish for the game fish; so in 
either case, it works disappointment to the angler. 
Unless these depredators can be stopped soon, fishing 
among the Thousand Islands will become a roaring- 
farce. 
All of the cottagers deplore the evil, but seem help- 
less to remedy it. 
I write this in the hope that those interested may 
agitate the matter until these sweeo nets are abolished. 
Dr. C. E. Latimer. 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
Saturday, contest No. 2, held at Stow' Lake, March 
12; wind, S.W.; weather, fair. 
Event 
Eveni 
Event 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. », 
iJistance, Accuracy, , E 
vent No. 8 > 
l.ute 
Faet. 
Per cent. Acc. % 
Del. % Net % Casting 
t 
90 
92.8 
91.11 
94 
9 
J. B. Kenniff. 
... 115 
03.8 ■ .. 
90.11 
97 
3 
A. Brotherton. 
... 110 
88.4 .. , 
94.6 
C. R. Kenniff. 
. . . 90 
92.4 :.. 
92.1 
98 
8 
G. C. Edwards.. 108 
89 
88.4 
65 
2 
T. C. Kierulff 
. . . 85 - 
94 
81.5 
l> 
6 
Dr. W. E. Brooks 96 
87 
91.3 
56.8 
69.6 
H. C. Kewell. 
... 83 
63.8 
80 
91.10 
W. Mansfield 
9i 
93.4 
94. 
1 
Dr. F. J. Lane 
.. 80 
87.8 
79.4 
Re-entry. 
T. W. Brotherton... 
89.4 
92.1 
W. Mansfield 
91.8 
91.9 
C. R. Kinniff. 
99 
Sunday, contest No. 2, held at Stow Lake, March 
13; wind, N.W. ; weather cloudy. Judges, Golcher and 
Everett; Referee, Brooks; Clerk, T. M. Haight. 
W. E. Brooks 85.4 .. ■.. 83.1 63.8 
T. W. Brotherton 101 87 .. .. 85.1 98.6 
Ed Everett 84 87 .. .. 84.9 
Geo. Foulks 80 86 .. .. 87 
H. C. Golcher 70 85.4 .. .. 81.2 
J. O. Hanon 62 .. .. 69.2 
C Huyck 83 87.8 .. .. 81.1 
C R. Kenniff... 86 92 .. .. 89.1 97.8 
J. B. Kenniff.... 87 92 .. ... . 86.1 95.5 
T. C. Kierulff.... 81 83 .. .. 83.4 73.8 
W. D. Mansfield. ... 90.4 .. .. 84.4 97.5 
F. H. Reed 87 .. .. 89.1 
A. Roos 66 67 .. .. 68.7 
A. Sperry 65 '78.4 ... ... .74 .. 
H. B. Sperry 84 82.8 .. .. 77.7 
F. M. Haigtit 78 .. .. 83.4 
C. G. Young 85 84.8 .. .. 88.8 85.10 
G. W. Lane .. .. .. 86.5 
Re-entry. 
C. R. Kenniff .. .. .. .. 98 
T. C. Kierulff 84 89.8 .. .. 81.9 68.3 
How Clafen Caught his Fish. 
From the Young Contributors' Column of the Brooklyn Eagle. 
Last summer, when I was in the country, a little boy 
by the name of Claren Sowie moved into a house near 
us. Claren was five years old, and he liked to fish A^ery 
much. The first week he was there he fished every day, 
but did not catch any. One day he said to his mother : 
"Mamma, I know why I don't catch any fish." 
"Why, Claren?" she asked ■ ■ 
"Because they see that I am a little boy, and then 
they don't bite. Do you know what I am going to do?" 
he added. 
"What, Claren?" she asked 
"I'm going to put papa's hat on, and see if they won't 
bite then." 
So Claren put his father's hat on and went fishing. He 
caught four large trout. 
"Slamma," he cried, when he came home, "I fooled 
the fish. They thought I was a big man, and look at what 
} liav? got," he ad<3ed. holding up his prize. 
. : . .' ^ .... .. " W^m V. Moors, 
How Savarin Ffied Fish. 
In Savarin'3 "Physiologic du Gout," which was, accord- 
ing to Balzac, a veritable, decalog, irrefragable as the 
laws of Kepler, is thus set down the way to fry fish: 
"The beauty of a good fry is in carbonizing or browning 
Ihe surface by sudden immersion — the process known as 
'the surprise.' It forms a sort of vault to inclose all tliat 
is valuable, prevents the fat from reaching it, and con- 
centrates the juices so as to best develop the alimentary 
qualities. Don't forget when you have any of , those 
trout weighing scarcely more than a quarter of a pound, 
and fetched from streams that murmur far from the 
capital—don't forget, 1 say, to fry them in the very finest 
clivc oil you have. This simple dish, properly served 
with slices of lemon, is worthy of a cardinal. In exactly 
the same way you should treat smelts, of which adepts 
think so much." 
Have you, my dear housewife, have you ever tried to 
fry your fish this way? Have you ever cooked small fish 
in deep boiling oil or lard in the way you would a dough- 
nut or a cruller? Did you ever fry your meat croquettes 
tliis way— or are they generally soft and greasy out of a 
sl'.allow pan ? — Good Housekeeping. 
KipIing^s Pacific Salmon. 
Washington, D. C, March 14.— Editor Forest and 
Stream : "H." will find Kipling's statement that the 
Pacific Coast salmon rose to his flies, in "From Sea 
to Sea," Part II, Chapter XXVII, page 108 (Scribner's). 
"He [the salmon] broke for the fly and got it!" 
E. H. 
New York, March \g.~Editor Forest and Stream : 
If your correspondent will refer to Kipling's "From 
Sea to Sea," Vol. IT, page 37, et seq. (Doubleday & 
McChire edition), he will find the description he asks 
for of the .= almon caught with a fly in an Oregon 
stream by the author. E. B. Rogers. 
Carp Stop Sawmills. 
A PRESS dispatch from Grand Rapids, Wis., says liiat 
for several days carp have filled the river around Hus- 
tingford in such numbers that saw mills and grist mills 
have been obliged to shut down, as the fish get into the 
\yalerwheels and make it impossible for them to run. The 
hsh are of large size, lo-pounders being common, 'iliis is 
the spawning season for carp, and they leave the big 
streams and crowd into water two to four feet deep. 
— ^ — 
English Law of Trespass. 
Can a trespasser sue for damages for injuries received 
while trespassing' — e. g., from the bite of a dog? His 
Honor Judge Addison has held that a boy who had wil- 
lully trespassed upon premises where he had no business 
to be, and was bitten by a dog there, was entitled to. 
damages, the connty-court judge drawing a distinction 
between such a person and a burglar. The Law Times 
ventures to doubt the correctness of this decision. The 
older authorities lay it down that a trespasser cannot sue 
for injuries received while trespassing. Modern writeis 
qualify this doctrine. It is said by some that, although 
the trespasser is liable to an action of the trespass, he is 
not thereby debarred from suing for an injury which 
might be occasioned to him. The proper view, says our 
learned contemporary, seems to be rather this, that a 
person going on to property on lawful business has a 
right to be protected against traps, and also against ob- 
stacles wilfully placed in such a position, as to be likely 
to cause injury. For instance, a person would not be 
justified in putting a savage dog in the way of access to 
the house, so that persons innocently coming for a lawful 
purpose _ might be exposed to attack. But the case is 
very different where a person strays from the ordinary 
approach to a house and trespasses on the adjoining land 
where there is no path. Here, if he sustains an injury 
not caused by any wrongful act of the owner, he has no. 
remedy, as obviously he has only himself to thank for th^ 
mischief. The boy in the case referred to was really a 
trespasser,_ and, therefore, would seem to be disentitled to 
an action in respect of any injury to which he was a con- 
tributory party.— Shooting Times. 
Points and Flushes. 
. Mr. F. R. Flitchcock, a member of the Eastern Field 
Trials Club, and until a few years ago one of the most 
active contestants in the field trials of America, was 
elected president of the Saratoga. Racing Association 
on March 17. Mr. Harry Payne Whitney was elected 
vice-president, succeeding Mr. Hitchcock. Mr. Hitch- 
cock is a steward of the Jockey Club, and has a stable 
of race horses under the care of W. P. Burch. Mr. H. 
B. Durj'ca has leased the running properties of the late 
W. C. Whitney stable, of Mr. Harry Payne Whitney 
as executor. 
On March 8, Mr. S. E. Shirley, J. P., of Ettington 
Park, Stratford-on-Avon, and Lough h"ea, Carrickma- 
Cross, Ireland, died' in London. He was president of the 
linglish .Kennel Club, He also was its founder, and 
was identified with it conspicuously since its organization 
in 1873. He vvas a noted dog breeder and bench show 
J "dge. 
Mr. G. T. Teasdale Buckell, of London, England, 
visited Forest and Stre.mvi office for a while on Th--rs- 
day .of last week. He has swung around a. large ci'-cl-: 
of United States in which the setter and pointer cf hi h 
degree abound; that is to say, Georgia, Tennessee and 
Chicago. Mr. Buckell was the chief breeder of th. 
setter now known as Llewellin. While in this country h-' 
purchased some setters which he will take with hn-i io 
England. On his return he will write for publicatiori 
some American notes, which froin his sane and prolifif; 
pen wiU fee ^oth qitfrtwini an4 instTOU^^ 
