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FOREST AND STREAM 
A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 
Devoted to Field and Aquatic Sports, Ppactioal Natural History, 
Fish Culture, tub Protection op Game, Preservation op Forests, 
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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1875. 
To Correspondents. 
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WILLIAM C. HARRIS. Business Mnuager. 
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM- 
ING WEEK. 
Thursday, June 10th — National Sportsmen’s Convention, Cleveland 
Ohio— Racing, Jerome Park— Trotting, Goshen, N. Y., Hartford, Conn., 
Kingston. N. Y„ Grand Rapids, Mich. --Yachting— Regatta South Boston 
Yacht dub— Base ball, Excelsior vs. Sbibe;J. B. Doerrvs. Expert, 
Phils.; Boston vs. Western, Keokuk; Arlington vs. Keystone, Brooklyn; 
Manhattan vs. Staten Island, SI. 
Fbiday, June 11th.— National Sportsmen’s Convention, Cleveland, 0. 
—Trotting, Goshen, Hartford, Grand Rapids, and Omaha— Base ball, 
Boslon vs. Western, Keoknk; Eagle vs. Expert, Communipaw, N. .T. 
Saturday, June 13th.— National Sportsmen's Convention, Cleveland, 
Ohio— Raciug, Jerome Park— Trolling, Sycamore, 111.— Base Dali, nnr- 
vard vs. Yale, New Haven; Riverton vs. Germantown, Riverton; Boslon 
vs. Western, Keoknk; Hartford vs. New Haven, New Haven; Hoboken 
vs. Alpha, Hoboken. 
Monday, June 14th.— Yachting, Philadelphia Yacht Club regatta; 
Seawanhaka Yacht Club Corinthian regatta; N. Y. Yacht Club conrBe— 
Rifle. Forest and Stream Badge at Conlin’s gallery, 908 Broadway— Base 
ball. Boston vs. Chicago, Chicago; St Louie vs Washington, St. Louis; 
Hoboken vs. Fly Away, Hoboken. 
Tuesdat, June 15th.— Racing, Jerome Park— Trotting, Fleetwood, N. 
Y., Mankato, Minn,; Omaha, Neb.: Providence, R. I. 
Wednesday, Jnnc 16th — Regatta N. Y. Yacht Club; Schuylkill Navy 
regatta, Phila.— Trotting, Fleetwood, N. Y . ; Omaha. Neb ; Providence, 
R. I ; Great Falla, N. H.— Base ball, St Louis vs. Washington, St. 
Louie; Hoboken vs. Amity, Hoboken. 
GROUSE VERSUS GRASSHOPPERS. 
A LETTER from Dclphos, Kansas, bewails the hard 
times and the destitution and distress caused by the 
grasshoppers. This latter scourge followed a severe Win- 
ter, which almost annihilated the game in some sections. 
Our informant says; 
"It will take at least three years before we can have as 
good quail shooting here as we had last Fall. Out of two 
bevies of quail that I have fed all Winter I have only eight 
left. The balance were shot hy people passing or were 
frozen to death." 
Another correspondent, writing from Fort Scott, informs 
us that the Legislature of Kansas has passed a hill making 
it a penalty to kill grouse between March 1st and October 
1st, but leaves any person at liberty to trap them on their 
own premises between October 1st and March 1st, thus dis- 
criminating against the only friend of the grouse— the 
sportsman. Our correspondent writes that shooting will 
soon he very dry work in Kansas, and suggests that the 
only means of relief is legislative enactment making it a 
misdemeanor to ship birds out of the Slate, thereby depriv- 
ing pot-hunters and trappers of their market. Certainly 
some mode of relief is required, and that right soou. One 
would imagine that after the recent visitation of grasshop- 
pers with which Kansas and others of the Western States 
have been afflicted any, measure looking to even an amelio- 
ration of the evil would he readily adopted. Aud yet the 
people do not seem to recognize the fact that their prairie 
chickens can be made the means of escape from a portion 
at least of the trouble. A correspondent of the Fort Scott 
Monitor , who appears to have given the subject much at- 
tention, asserts that each full grown "chicken” will devour 
half a gallon of grasshoppers per week, and a quail half 
the quantity. Further, that during the last Winter the 
Slate of Kansas exported 20,000,000 of grouse nnd quail 
that had been trapped; and we have before called attention 
to the fact that hundreds of barrels were being shipped 
from this port to England even after the commencement of 
the close season. These 20,000,000 birds would have con- 
sumed 60,000,000 gallons of young grasshoppers, besides 
an immense number of eggs, during the time the grass- 
hoppers remain on or near the ground when hatched. 
In 1870 and the succeeding year certain counties in 
Southern California were visited hy grasshoppers in the 
same myriads as more recently have preyed upon portions 
of the West, but with this difference, that in California in- 
stead of being scattered over a wide expanse of country 
they appeared to be moving in a compact body, turning 
neither to the right nor to the left. Half a vineyard, a 
nursery of fruit trees, or a field of grain would he de- 
voured and the other half remain uninjured. Many of the 
viniculturists assembled their full strength of Chinamen, 
Indians, or Mexicans, armed with long poles, nnd working 
upon them from the windward, literally thrashed the grass- 
hoppers from among the vines, nnd hy the aid of large 
brush fires succeeded in turning the column. It was no- 
ticed at the time the avidity with which domestic fowls, 
hut more particularly turkeys, pursued and ate them, and 
the expediency of raising turkeys in large numbers for this 
purpose was seriously discussed. The succeeding year 
some damage was done by the hatching of the eggs depos- 
ited en route, but on the thud they had totally disappeared. 
The natives of the district aver that about once in eighteen 
years they are visited in the same manner. 
We have read of the grasshoppers being so abundant in 
the West during the past year as to stop railroad trains by 
the accumulalion of their greasy bodies on the rails. The 
writer was once ascending the upper Yang Tsze Kiang 
when the steamer was compelled to stop for a hour owing 
to Hie immense cloud of grasshoppers that was crossing 
the river. In inconceivable myriads they filled the air, 
their white wings looking like flakes of snow in the heavi- 
est of storms. Objects a boat’s length ahead were entirely 
obscured, and the decks were so covered with them as to 
make walking almost impossible. Across the fairest por- 
tion of the province of Nganliwui, the province of peace 
and plenty, they took their course, and into Kiangsl, de- 
vouring the young rice fields, and leaving famine and de- 
vastation in their wake. The Chinaman lacks the energy 
to compete with misfortune like this, and attributing all to 
the spirit of evil, hums his fire-crackers and joss-stick and 
chin-chins unlil the mischief is accomplished. 
--As we go to pres3 the National Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion is in convention at Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Charles Hal- 
lock, editor in chief of this paper, is in attendance as 
chairman of the delegation from the State of New York. 
The Sportsmen’s Association of Ohio is also holding its an- 
nual convention at the same place. 
The National Association was convened on Tuesday 
evening at the Brainerd Opera House. The attendance was 
not large, many delegates not haying yet arrived. A. T. 
Brinsmade, President of the association, delivered the 
opening address, welcoming the delegates and consratulat- 
ing the association on its growth and strength. An inter- 
esting paper hy Dr. Garlick, of Cleveland, on "Hybridizing 
iu Fish Culture,” and one by Mr. Hallock, editor of Forest 
and Stream, on "Unclean Creatures," were read. Mr. 
Hallock claimed that nearly all game and fish when out of 
season is unwholesome and unfit to cat, and therefore un- 
clean. 
—Through the courtesy of the "Central New York 
Sportsmen’s Club," of Utica, we were last week made an 
honorary member of that club, at the instance of the Hon. 
Chas. W. Hutchinson, its President, and herewith beg to 
render our acknowledgment of the compliment and our 
earnest desire for the continued prosperity of this very 
useful and influential body. 
—Mr. Walter M. Brackett lias on exhibition at his studio, 
in Boston, for a few days, a new Beries of salmon pictures' 
duplicates of the "Rise, Leap, Struggle and Landed." 
They have been visited by hundreds, and greatly admired. 
The artist has promised to send them to Chicago for the 
forthcoming art exposition, which is to take place in Sep- 
tember, and will arrange with Snedicor, of this city, to 
take them some time in the Fall for view in his Fifth ave- 
nue gallery. 
Mr. E. II. Crane, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the 
embalmer and taxidermist, and not E. H. Cram, as our 
printers spelled his name last week, although he does stuff 
birds! 
—A letter from an officer of the Rhode Islaud State 
sociation for the Protection of Game, dated at Provider 
says: 
"There is not much activity in our association in Rh« 
Island at present. We have open rooms, however wit 
library and the periodicals on file, nnd hold an iiiforr 
meeting every Wednesday evening. There have been t 
or two prosecutions for violation of the game laws a: 
upon the whole, the influence of the association is i 
beneficially. F, H H 
STATE SPORTSMEN’S CONVENTION. 
Hum Times at Watertown— Game and Fisn— P igeons, 
Dogs and Men — The Press and the Crowd. 
T HOSE who attended the Annual Convention of the 
"New York State Association for the Protection of 
Fish and Game” last week, will never regret that the occa- 
sion gave them the opportunity to visit the charming rural 
city of Watertown, with its shaded streets, its winding 
river, elegant residences, and general air of comfort, com- 
petence, and refinement. To metropolitan residents, the 
locality selected for the convention, with all the green and 
freshness of its vernal verdure, was vastly more grateful 
than if it had been a populous city emulous of the capital. 
Besides, it offered advantages for the satisfactory disposi- 
tion of the rifle and pistol ranges, pigeon traps and coops, 
stands for fly-casting, quarters for press reporters, kennels 
for the dogs on exhibition, booths and private tents, stand- 
ing ground for vehicles, and elbow room generally, such 
as are seldom available on occasions and festivals of this 
character. The dogs were kennelled in the horse sheds of 
the River Park Race Track; the pigeon shooters took posi- 
tion within the course; and eleven immense coops of 
pigeons were set quietly apart, down by the river side, 
where the birds might he free from molestation and fright; 
the fly casters had a pier built out iuto the river, expressly 
for their use; the riflemen had a natural sand bank to drop 
their balls into; the shelter of trees, tents, and sheds, from 
sun or rain, was sufficient; refreshments were abundant 
and well chosen, and the committees of arrangements com- 
petent and courteous. The multitude in town was large, 
but well provided for hy the several comfortable hotels, 
at which something like six hundred persons must have 
been quartered, the majority beiug delegates and contribu- 
tors to the Bench Show of Dogs. That so large a number 
of gentlemen of wealth, influence, and social position, as 
many of these were known to be, should gather here, is 
evidence of the rapidly growing interest in field sports and 
in the protection of our game and fish, and an earnest of 
future success in the efforts now being made to secure 
suitable protective laws. 
The whole arrangements were in charge of the Jefferson 
Sportsmen’s Club of Watertown, of which the following 
are the officers; — 
President, Dr. E. L, Sareent; Vice President. Edwin C. White; Secre- 
tary, Charles R, Skinner; Treasurer, E. A Andrews; Board of Managers, 
W. F. Porter, W. D. Wilson, Charles Weiduer, Goorge W. Wiggins, Dr. 
K Hannahs. 
The officers of the State Association, under whose 
auspices the annual convention and its business were con- 
ducted, were: — 
President, G. W. Flower. Watertown; First Vico President, Linus J. 
.Peck, Lockport; Second Vice President. N. W. Nuttni“, Oswego; Re- 
cording Secretary, John B. Sage, Buffalo; Corresponding Secretary, 
Charles R. Skinner, Watertowu; Treasurer, S. M. Spencer, Rochester; 
Standing Committee, Charles BurgesB. Lockport; Hudson C. Tanner, 
Oswego; James Manning, Syracuse; William Bowman, Rochester; W. 
J. Babcock, Rochester. 
The week’s proceedings were opened hy a business meet- 
ing on Monday night, held at Washington Hall, when 
President Flower welcomed the delegates in a neatly turned 
and appropriate address, which we regret we cannot print 
for lack of space. When the roll of delegates was called, 
it was fouud that the following twenty-nine clubs re- 
sponded: — 
Albion Rifle and Sportsmen’s Club, Albion, four delegatee. 
Aud' bon Club, Buffalo, five delegates. 
Central City Sportsmen’s Clnb, Syracuse, twelve delegates. 
Dean Richmond Club, Batavia, five delegates. 
ForeBter Club, Buffalo, eleven delegates. 
Genesse Sportsmen’s Club, Irondcquoit, five delegates, 
Jefferson Sportsmen's ClnK Watertown, five delegates. 
Jordan Sportsman’s Club, Jordan, five delegates. 
Leather Stocking Club, Oswego, live delegates. 
Le Roy Sportsmen’s Club. Le Roy, five delegates. 
Livingston County Clnb, Geneeeo, five delegates. 
Lockport Shooting Club, Lockport, five delegates. 
Madison County Clnb, Morrisville, five delegutes. 
Monroe County Club, Rochester, five delegates. 
Mad River Sportsman’s Club, Camden, live delcgntos. 
New York Central Sportsmen’s Club, Utica, six delegates. 
Niagara Falls Shooting Club, Niagara Fulls, llvo delegates. 
Onondaga Conuty Sportsmen's Club, Syracuse, three delegates. 
Ptamnlx Sportsmen’s Club, Seneca Falls, six delegates. 
Skaneateles Sportsmen’s Club. Skaneateles, five delcgntas, 
Wayne County Sportsmen’s Clnb, Clyde, five delegates, 
Field and Forest Clnb, Watertown, five delegates. 
Riverside Shooting Club, Buffalo, one delegate. 
Salmon River Club of Pnlaski, live delegates. 
State Park Clnb. Watertown, five delegates. 
Tioga Cpnnty Club of Owcgo, one delegate. 
St. Lawrence County Sportsmen’s Association of Ogdeneburgh, three 
delegates. 
Herkimer County Sportsmen's Association of Little Falls, three dele- 
gates. 
Adirondack Club of Adams, eleven delegates. 
Dansvllle Sportsmen’s Association, DansviUe, five delegates. 
The following county delegates were named:— Geo. W. 
Fowler, Westchester; II. V. Perry, Chautauqun; John 
Williamson and Mr. Wilbur, New York; A. II. Fowler, of 
Tompkins. The eight last named are new clubs. 
Mr. 8. M. Spencer, State Treasurer, reported ns money 
on hand at this date, $872.40. Besides this there had been 
received $350, making in all now in the treasury, $1 222 40 
President Flower explained that $50 had been puid to an 
informant who had procured the convict iou of a Big 
Woods pot hunter. 
Dr. Rowe moved that Messrs. Wheeton and Jenkins 
of the State Association for the Protection of Fish and 
Game, of Maryland, be invited to seats in the convention. 
Carried. 
The President announced Messrs. Silsby & Klock as 
Captains of the State Shoot. 
M J- ? a ^° c , k moved that the Association’s offer of a re- 
ward of $50 be continued, but subsequently withdrew his 
motion. 
President Sargent, of the Jefferson Club, invited the 
delegates to the club rooms below, and the convention ad- 
thera 0(1 f ° a boimtlfuI repftSt lh,u 1,11(1 bcen provided for 
The delegates assembled on the grounds this morninj 
tti!L P ll09 ^ n for the Slal ° Trap Shoot, hy 1 
iiiock and H. Silsby, Shooting commenced promptly. 
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