Jan. 14, 1905.] 
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Shooting at Pinehurst. 
It has recently been the writer's pleasure to visit that 
sportsmen's resort in North Carolina called Pinehurst, 
and during this visit I saw so much that is of interest 
that it seems to me to be very fitting that I should tell 
of it to those who have not been so fortunate as to pay a 
visit there. I ; 
When we see a shooting preserve advertised for sports- 
men, we generally gather the impression that it being 
open to anybody and everybody who becomes a guest of 
that preserve, the game supply might soon become ex- 
hausted ! but upon close investigation of the methods used - 
at Pinehurst, I am quite sure that there will be more than 
sufficient game to entertain the better class of sportsmen 
just so long as the preserve is under the present man- 
agement. 
This preserve has thirty thousand acres, and when 
we realize the vast scope of country that thirty thousand 
acres comprise, we can begin to realize how long it would 
take a sportsman to cover it. Part of this land is under 
careful cultivation, the rest of it in beautiful pine forests, 
and some swamp and oak barrens, some very pleasant 
swales and wet places where the native birds can hide and 
drink, and on this vast tract of land there are over a hun- 
dred pea patches. The pea Batches are probably fifty feet 
square, and carefully inclosed in wire fencing, with the 
strands just far enough apart at the bottom to permit a 
quail to go through ; and are planted and cultivated solely 
for the purpose of supplying plenty food at all times for 
the birds. 
To be sure, there are a great many birds killed at Pine- 
hurst every year, but when it is reckoned that the number 
killed during each season is offset by the same number be- 
ing planted, it can readily be understood why each year 
should bring about a greater abundance. Under the 
present management there will be good shooting at Pine- 
hurst for all time to come. 
There are many other attractions there in the way of 
diversified amusements that are attractive, indeed, to men 
of outdoor life. There are immense golf links, tennis 
courts, trapshooting, many pleasant footpaths for the man 
on horseback, pleasant drives for those who care to drive, 
and, as a captain of industry, Mr. Leonard Tufts, the 
CAvner of Pinehurst, I think is best seen in his labors at 
this attractive place. On a hill a quarter of a mile back 
of Holly Inn, Mr. Tufts has had built the most complete 
dog kennels it has ever been my pleasure to visit. There 
are running yards for the dogs to exercise in, and most 
comfortable stalls to rest in after their daily labor afield. 
It was my pleasure to be two days afield with Mr. Grey, 
who has them in charge; he knows just how to care for 
and how to get the best out of a dog. The kennels 
are open to the guests at Pinehurst for the boarding of 
their dogs prior to, during and after their visits. 
One day on the Pinehurst preserve when Mr. Tufts 
and Mr. Grey and myself were hunting with a Pinehurst 
dog called Rock and my own setter, we were headed to- 
ward a swale when Mr. Grey called to us and asked if 
either of us had seen Rock lately, to which both of us 
replied in the negative. He then said, "That dog has 
found birds." We scattered and proceeded toward a swale 
just over a hill, when we met Rock coming toward us, 
with tail down, eyes partly closed, and looking a little 
foolish like a no-good kill-sheep dog. He awaited our 
approach, and then deliberately turned and went straight 
away toward the top of a slight ravine at the head of 
a swale, and cam.e to a dead point. We unlimbered our 
artillery and approached him. As we neared, he kept 
creeping forward and turning around to see whether we 
were coming or not, and thus continued until we had 
nearly reached the swamp at the bottom of the ravine, 
when Mr. Grey stopped us and said, "Well, what do you 
think?'' Of course I had my theory, but in better com- 
pany didn't care to express it ; but when Mr. Grey made 
the remark that that dog had pointed those birds at the 
top of that ravine, and we hadn't gone there, and the 
birds had flushed and gone into the swamp, that the dog 
came back and let us know just where they had been by 
going and pointing the place, and then had led us carefully 
to where he knew those birds had gone, we agreed with 
him. At this stage of the game, Mr. Grey commanded 
the dog to get away. He instantly stopped all threats of 
pointing again and entered that swamp, made many casts 
around through there, we following; at last he swung well 
to the right into a thick cover and came to a stand. At 
about this time my dog Peggie was going out of the 
swamp and came back on the left hand side, when she, too, 
came to a point. In that little patch of wilderness lay a 
big covey of scattered birds, which began to pop out 
singly and in doubles until the place seemed alive with 
them. I am aware of the fact that many other sports- 
men have seen the strong instincts of a dog thus defined 
and made manifest on just such occasions, but I am also 
aware of the fact that there are a great many who haven't. 
T. E. Batten. 
The Monologttes of Kiafi. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 7. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
Your "Monologues of Kiah" in this week's, issue of 
Forest and Stream is one of the best things I have read 
in many a day. We have all met and read communica- 
tions from Kiah the Sportsman., If all readers of Forest 
AND Stream would paste this in their hat it would benefit 
themselves, for it would make them a little broader, and 
not quite so bigoted as to their ways in seeking sport. 
We should all remember that the lover of the gun and 
rod gets his enjoyment in a keen way to himself, even if 
he differs just a little from Kiah. There are too many 
ready to stand up and call some fellow writer a "pot- 
hunter" when he is nO' pot-hunter at all. Another assumes 
that if the Shiras bill is passed that all the sportsmen who 
shoot a sitting duck now will be in danger of the game 
wardens, as it will then be an offense against the law. 
Wouldn't it be just as well to believe that every one of 
these sportsmen will be on the side of the law or any law 
passed regulating shooting of game. There seems to be 
too much shooting at random. • Dixmont. 
[There is no ground whatever for assuming that the 
Shiras bill will concern itself with the shooting of sitting 
ducks. The measure applies only to seasons.] 
Cannon Defense Against HaiL 
Washington, D. C. — United States Consul Covert, 
Lyons, France, writes : "Mr. Joseph Chatillon, president 
of two agricultural societies in this region and of the Hail 
Cannon Society, of Limas, has recently prepared for plub- 
lication a report on the use of the cannon during the last 
year. I have been favored with a perusal of the advance 
sheets, from which I condense and translate the most im- 
portant points. 
"The report deals with the experience of twenty-eight 
cannon-firing societies, which used 462 cannon in a num- 
■■ber of storms. After each storm a report was sent to the 
a new ZEALAND RED DEER. 
See page 34. 
president of the agricultural society bi the district. It was 
printed and then distributed for correction to all the 
farmers in the district visited by the storm. The report 
contains two tables, giving a detailed statement of the 
damages occasioned by hailstorms during a period before 
the cannon were used and after. During fifteen years be- 
fore any cannon were used the losse-s from hail amounted 
to 13,328,003 francs ($2,572,316). These figures were ob- 
tained from the public offices in which accounts were kept, 
as the poorer grape growers were indemnified from a 
public fund for losses incurred by storms. The author 
of the report states that the entire losses of the wine 
growers were not compensated, and he thinks that the 
total damages amounted to not less than 16,000,000 francs 
($3,088,000). During the five years in which the cannon 
have been in use the losses from hail in the same depart- 
AN'JLERS GROWN IN NEW ZEALAND. 
See page 34. 
ment have aggregated $159,412. During the year 1904 
these same sixteen communes sustained no losses what- 
ever, a fact which is attributed entirely to the use of the 
cannon. The writer of the report says : 
" 'We base our confidence in the efficacy of the firing 
on the fact that the thunder and lightning ceased, the 
wind abated, and the clouds disappeared under the firing 
of the cannon, and a mild fall of rain and soft snow suc- 
ceeded. These-facts are undeniable.' 
"The report reviews the results of the firing in twenty- 
eight storms during the months of April, May, June, July, 
and September. The results are generally the same — ces- 
sation of the thunder and lightning, dispersion of the 
clouds, and a slight fall of rain and snow. Where no 
cannon were used, the hail fell and caused serious dam- 
ages. 'The communes not defended by cannon suffered 
enormously.' In speaking of one storm, the report says: 
" 'This storm was literally arrested at the east on the 
boundaries of the firing. In the northwest and a little dis- 
tance from the cannon a hurricane swept over the country 
with violence, everywhere causing great damage.' 
"The report contains several pages on the storm of 
July 22, 1904, which caused great damage in some parts of 
the country not protected by the cannon. The description 
sounds like an account of a battle. I translate a few lines : 
" 'This storm broke out at about 4 o'clock in the after- 
noon over our field of cannon, and lasted about two 
hours. Suddenly, after having attacked our defenses at 
Bully and at St. Germain-sur-l'Arbresle, it changed its 
course to the east. Then at Lozanne it deflected to the 
northeast, continuing to cover its passage with ruin and 
disaster.' 
"This hurricane caused incalculable damage in twenty- 
nine communes. Two communes, Lozanne and Belmont, 
were entirely desolated, 'but they had but a few cannon, 
one six and the other eight. They are separated by a great 
distance from the country that is provided with cannon.' 
The mayor of Lozanne, who is the president of the society 
for defense against the hail, wrote that his neighbors 
found themselves upon the edge of the communes where 
there was no defense against the hail, and were unable 
to resist a storm of such violence. He says : 'During 
the first few minutes of the storm the firing was followed 
by the falling of a few soft hailstones, and everybody 
noticed, even in that general storm, that the thunder and 
lightning diminished as the firing continued, and that the 
diminution was caused by the cannon.' In several places 
all traces of vegetation disappeared, and the consternation 
was great in the wine-growing communes. The mayor of 
Belmont reports that the firing was powerless in his com- 
mtme on account of the small number of cannon. 
"The report mentions several localities where the firing 
was very actrve, and it says the hail was checked when 
the firing commenced. In the country known as Arbresle 
there were, from all accounts, but few cannon in use, and 
the destruction from hail was widespread and disastrous. 
The great Beaujolais wine-growing district fairly bristled 
with cannon, and while there were many storms, the losses 
from hail and wind and rain were infinitesimal. 
"The officer at the bureau of agriculture in this city 
informs me that he sold the powder to hail-firing socie- 
ties, and that where they bought but little powder the 
damages from the storms were very great. He informed 
me that the National Government provided powder for 
the wine growers at cost. The secretary says that he does 
not think it yet fully established that the cannon firing 
protects the vineyards against the hail, but the farmers 
have unbounded faith in it, and this winter they will or- 
ganize to carry on a more general campaign in the com- 
ing season. 
"In the great Beaujolais wine district, where, as has 
been stated, the country 'fairly bristled with cannon,' the 
farmers say that they found it necessary to fire only on 
the boundaries of the large vineyards, and that, as a rule, 
but very little firing occurred in the center of the field. I 
have met a dozen or more large wine growers who assert 
emphatically that they have not the remotest doubt of the 
efficacy of the cannon to destroy the hail in the clouds and 
to turn it into a mild rain. 
"The use of cannon against the hail will undoubtedly 
continue in France until some authority appointed by the 
Government shall assume control of the experiments and 
demonstrate its impotency, if such a thing be possible. 
The farmers of Arbresle, where but few cannon were 
used, are preparing to wage a more effective campaign 
against the hail next year. Their president and the other 
officers of their societies are of the opinion that the sole 
cause of their losses this year was the failure tO' use a 
sufficient number of cannon." John C. Covert, 
" Consul. 
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