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WHITEFISH BAY, LAKE TEMAGAMI, CANADA. 
Photo by A. St. J. Newberry. 
The Arkansas Law Unpopular. 
Hot Springs, Ark., Oct. 18. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The fishing season is about over now. 
We were in camp two days last "week and had 
poor luck, although the fish that were taken were 
large. The water is now too cold to wade in. 
We expected to shoot a few ducks last week, 
hut were disappointed, as ducks were very scarce. 
Not many non-residents enjoy field sports in 
Arkansas now because of the law which forbids 
them to hunt or fish in this - state save on their 
own lands. To the best of my knowledge, how¬ 
ever, this law was a piece of spite work against 
a Memphis (Tenn.) sportsman’s club. It seems 
that the Memphis club owns a preserve in the 
St. Francis bottoms, and it prohibited some 
Arkansans from hunting and fishing on the same. 
The Arkansans waxed wroth about this and 
pushed through the legislature an act absolutely 
prohibiting a non-resident from hunting or fish¬ 
ing in the state. That section of the act for¬ 
bidding a non-resident to hunt or fish even on 
his own land has lately been declared uncon¬ 
stitutional by the supreme court. 
I believe non-residents should be licensed to 
hunt and fish as in other states. As it is now, 
I think the non-resident law is disregarded in 
most sections of the state, the people realizing 
that visiting sportsmen leave more or less money 
in the state and that they are desirable visitors., 
Frank Connelly. 
California Game Notes. 
The San Francisco earthquake and fire did not 
injure the sportsmen of that city to such an ex¬ 
tent as to prevent them from being active par¬ 
ticipants in the duck shooting on the vast marshes 
lying near by. The preserve clubs are apparently 
as active as ever, and additional lands have been 
obtained by lease or purchase wherever arrange¬ 
ments could be made. Among these W. W. 
Richards has purchased a large tract in the 
Suisuri marshes. Achille Roos has also purchased 
225 acres in these marshes, his property being at 
present held under lease by the Teal Gun Club. 
The Empire Gun Club has added to its holdings 
by leasing 3.500 acres of land on the Salinas river 
where quail shooting is always good. Members 
of the Field and Tide Club were heavily hit by 
the disaster last April, but are active on their- 
preserve near Cordelia. Along the Truckee river 
near Reno, Nev., nearly all of the best ducking 
grounds have been leased by preserve clubs, and 
the independent shooters are complaining bitterly. 
Western Massachusetts Fox Club. 
The annual meeting of the Western Mass¬ 
achusetts Fox Club will' be held in Westfield the 
night of Oct. 30, the club’s fox hunt taking place 
that day, and on the 31st, while the annual dinner 
will be held at the Park Square hotel, at the 
close of the second day’s hunt. G. E. Austin, 
of Westfield, is president of the club. At the 
dinner Harold P. Moseley will be the toastmaster, 
and among the other speakers will be John R. 
Thayer, of Worcester; Charles M. Gardner and 
possibly Dr. O'Reilly, of Holyoke and Herbert 
Parker. 
Rabbit Shot in Self-Defense. 
John Janke shot a rabbit in self-denfense. He 
was arrested immediately. After a careful review 
of the facts, and taking into consideration the 
youth of the defendant. Judge Neelan imposed a 
nominal fine of $1 and costs. The young man 
promised never to repeat the act. 
It seems that Janke is the sole support of his 
widow mother, and to earn money for her he 
hired out as a farm hand in Wauwatosa. He was 
given sleeping room in the barn of his employer. 
For the first few nights everything went well. 
On Thursday, however, Janke awoke, terrified. 
He was not sure what was wrong, but his hair 
was on end and the perspiration was beaded on 
bis* face, and falling with a steady drip, drip to 
the floor. He listened nervously, and finally felt 
an uncanny form creep past his head. Then with 
a horrible crunching sound, the mysterious object 
grabbed at the boy’s hair. There was a ripping 
noise, a patter of feet, and Janke was alone, 
minus the several wisps of hair. 
The next night the proceeding was repeated. 
Early Saturday night he again sought rest on the 
cot. Again came the shadowy form, and again 
Janke felt the attack begin. Driven to despera¬ 
tion, he sprang from the cot and clinched with 
his opponent. lie beat the - rabbit insensible. 
Then he went to the house for a gun. When 
he came back the rabbit had recovered its senses 
and reopened the battle. The gun was brought 
into play, and soon the rabbit was a corpse. 
A game warden discovered the body and ar¬ 
rested Janke for shooting without a license. The 
young man confessed, but his story was so 
straightforward that no one could doubt it. He 
went back to work this morning. This is the 
first battle with a rabbit reported in Wisconsin.— 
Evening Wisconsin. 
An Elephant Ranch in Texas. 
With the buffalo and the wild pigeon gone, it 
would seem a curious state of affairs if. in the 
years to come, old world mammals, through care¬ 
ful propagation, ever become sufficiently abund¬ 
ant in this country to be hunted as game. In 
Florida and elsewhere ostriches are bred, and it 
is proposed to try the experiment of breeding- 
elephants on a Texas ranch. -At any rate J. F. 
Adams has purchased several elephants and 
shipped them to his ranch near Valentine, Texas, 
and others are to- be sent there from time to time 
for breeding purposes. As a commercial propo¬ 
sition the plan, if successful, should result in 
materially lowering the cost of elephants for show 
purposes. 
Connecticut Quail Scarce. 
Milford, ' Conn., Oct. 21 .— -Editor Forest and 
Stream: I notice the increase of game in dif¬ 
ferent states. Connecticut is in line with 
the rest. Partridges and squirrels are more plenti¬ 
ful than in past years; very few coveys of quail. 
Shooters in general will not kill any this fall, and 
with a mild winter will have good shooting next 
fall. 
I was shooting on Oct. 1 and flushed twenty- 
one partridges, but the leaves were so thick 1 
bagged but two. Will give them another trial as 
soon as the leaves are gone. The game laws are 
not closely observed here, nor enforced by the 
authorities. F. S. Downs. 
Long Island Game Abundant. 
Bayport, L. I., Oct. 22.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The outlook for gunning this fall is 
very good. There are more ducks in the bay 
than • have been seen so early in the season for 
some years. The open winter of last year and 
the absence of forest fires last spring benefited 
the^quail and rabbits. Consequently they are 
both quite numerous in this neighborhood. I was 
out with my dog one day last week and put 
up six large bevies of quail in about two hours. 
Henry Stokes. 
Bryon Stedman, E.- G. Sander and Theodore 
Cook, of Dayton, Ohio, are on their way to St. 
John, Newfoundland, on a big game hunting trip, 
while Dr. Paul D. Hale of that town has just 
returned from a successful hunting trip in Wyo¬ 
ming. 
