June 21, 1913 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Portland Gun Club. 
Portland, Me., June 10. — The twilight shoot on the 
grounds of the Portland Gun Club this afternoon was a 
very pleasant affair. Pat Osborne was high, breaking 49 
out of 50 targets, making 47 straight. Seven shooters 
made 90 per cent. The scores: 
C Randall . 48 
C Blanchard . 45 
‘Billy Hill . 43 
Weymouth . 47 
‘Osborne . 49 
Hinds . 45 
‘Professionals. 
Dimick . 
. 45 
H Blanchard . 
. 25 
E Randall . 
. 48 
Gray . 
. 39 
Dr Hayden . 
. 47 
Dr Gilman . 
The shoot was finished at 6:30 P. M., and then 
Johnny Whitney served one of his famous clam chow¬ 
ders, and every man present ate all that his stomach 
could contain. After supper, the next event was the 
annual meeting. 
The Portland Gun Club was organized in 1888 and 
has a very successful history. As we have arrived to the 
dignity of owning property, we decided to make the 
Gun Club an incorporate body, and act of incorporation 
was unanimously accepted. The following named of¬ 
ficers were elected: .President, Orrin P. Weymouth; 
Vice-President, Dr. F. A. Hayden; Secretary-Treasurer, 
Stephen W. Dimick; Shoot Manager, George Blanch¬ 
ard; Directors, Dr. C. W. Bray, Silas B. Adams and 
William N. Taylor. 
The retiring president, E. E. Thurston, has been 
president six years, and much of the success of the club 
is due to his able management. Steve Dimick has been 
secretary-treasurer of the old club, re-elected to tbe 
same position in the new incorporated gun club, is the 
right man for the place, a more genial, tactful man 
could not be found. The new officers of the club are 
prominent business men, and, as we have a large active 
membership, the future success of the Portland Gun Club 
is assured. Down Easter. 
Columbus Q. C. 
Columbus, O., June 14. —A lively few hours’ shoot 
for G. A. H. Practice to-day was participated m by 
Rudy and Dr. Van Houghten, of Sunbury, O., and 
Charlie Ward, of Circleville, the program was mostly 
shot from handicap. Will Fishinger, from Hilliard, also 
dropped in. Will is one of the old-timers,_ and has en¬ 
tered for the Grand American, and says it is his first 
shooting for many a day. ... . 
Within about thirty days from this date a Wrtle 
shoot will be on for one day at the Columbus Gun CliA, 
at which time considerable rivalry will be on as Jo who 
can get away with the most turtle. This shoot will^ be a 
one-day program, and a few novelties will be intro¬ 
duced as' a little surprise to the boys. Tbe program 
will consist of ten 15-target events, and for a good old- 
fashioned social time, this shoot will run about 97 per 
cent. Program to be mailed about July 1. 
Dr. Van Houten, of Sunbury, says they have a fine 
new grounds there, with a Leggett automatic trap and 
all the comforts of home, and will issue a call for a 
fine little shoot on July 4. 
Targets: 10 10 10 15 15 15 20 25 25 25 25 
Alkire . 9 
Webster . 9 
Shilling .10 
Harris . 6 
Snook . 9 
Fishin,ger . 8 
Selbach . 9 
Shattuck .10 
Ward . 9 
Rudy . 
Van Houten . 
7 14 9 
.. 13 12 
.. 15 11 
9 13 14 .. 
.. 12 12 .. 
.. 11 14 .. 
7 11 12 .. 
.. 15 12 12 
.. 11 10 .. 
13 17 19 22 
.. .. 22 24 23 24 
9 14 22 .. 
.. 14 .. .. 
22 24 
20 .. 
23 21 
21 .. 
20 23 19 
22 17 24 
Little Chief Hare. 
Vernon B.-mley writes in the Canadian Al¬ 
pine Journal of the pika, cony, or little chief 
hare; “The ochotonas live among the rocks, 
high up in the mountains, mainly near timber- 
line. from New Mexico and California to 
Alaska, and while often abundant, are compara¬ 
tively little known. They are approximately of 
the size and form of the guinea-pig, with 
rounded ears, short legs, and no visible tail. 
Their alarm note is a nasal squeak somewhat 
resembling the bleat of a very young lamb. 
During late summer and the short autumn 
these little animals are busy gathering their 
winter store of hay, including plants of many 
species that they cut and stack in dry places 
under the shelter of broken rocks that lie in 
masses on the steep mountain slopes. Often a. 
bushel or more of well-cured vegetation is 
gathered into one of these sheltered deposits 
and a dozen or more stacks are sometimes 
found within the area of a not very extensive 
rock slide. Almost every plant within reach is 
gathered, with apparently little specific discrim¬ 
ination. In one place on the side of Pecos 
Baldy in New Mexico thirty-four species were 
recognized in the hay. * * * 
“Nothing is known of the habits of these 
animals in winter when they and their hay¬ 
stacks are buried deep under the snow, except 
that in the spring the haystacks are found re¬ 
duced to a few dry sticks and stems and the 
ochotonas seem to have survived the arctic 
winter in good condition.” 
The greatest enemy of the cony is the 
weasel, and this carnivore is frequently found 
living in close proximity to their slides, where 
he doubtless finds an easy and comfortable 
existence. 
Six specimens of pikas were preserved on 
our trip, one from Moose Pass, British Colum¬ 
bia, and five from the head of the Moose Pass 
branch of the Smoky River, Alberta. 
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Hungarian Partridges, Quail, Ring-neck Pheasants, Wild 
Turkeys, Capercailzie, Black Game, Wild Ducks, Decoys, 
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a D. TILLEY, Naturalist 
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Fresh caviar, or sturgeon roe, is of a light 
color, and is contained in a membrane. The 
caviar is cut out and placed on an iron sieve, 
through which it is rubbed carefully without 
breaking the grain, in order that it may be rid 
of any refuse. It falls into a preparation of 
brine, and after remaining therein for three or 
four hours is emptied into a sack, when the 
brine gradually drains off, leaving the caviar 
ready for consumption. For local consumption, 
or when it can be kept continually on ice for 
a few days, the slight salting is omitted. 
Salted caviar, according to Harper’s Week¬ 
ly, is prepared in the same way as fresh, ex¬ 
cept that the brine is stronger and the caviar 
remains one day in the sack to drain, after 
which it is pressed to get rid of the brine. For 
the production of good caviar the brine must 
be boiled and cooled. 
Red caviar is produced from the taran fish. 
The roe is cut out and thrown into a prepara¬ 
tion of brine made of nine pounds of salt and 
twelve drams of saltpeter. It is then carefully 
mixed and all the refuse is cleaned off, when it 
is ready for packing. 
For about a month this caviar is soft, but 
it gradually becomes solid. For good results 
cold weather is required and the roe must be 
taken out of the fish the day it is caught. This 
caviar is more perishable than the black. 
Whole roe red caviar is prepared from the fish 
soudak. It is strongly salted and carefully 
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Rocky Mountain Caribou. 
IVants and Exchanges. 
One of the most surprising results of the 
summer’s trip in the Mount Robson region 
was the discovery of an tmdescribed species pi 
caribou, says the Alpine Journal. The material 
collected shows the animal of this region to be 
distinct from the two species previously known 
from the mountains of Western Canada, 
Rangifer montanus nf the Selkirk and Gold 
ranges, and Rangifer osborni of the Cassiar 
Mountain country of Northern British Colum¬ 
bia. The limits of distribution and exact re¬ 
lationships of these three forms of the caribou 
from the Western mountains are, of course, 
imperfectly known, but the great difference ex¬ 
hibited by the new species on comparison with 
the others, make it seem very doubtful if there 
is inter-gradation between them. Tbe new 
species is apparently the largest caribou of 
North America, and probably the largest known 
species, old world or new. Aside from its great 
bulk and dark colors, the species is differenti¬ 
ated from all other forms by the great size of 
the teeth and other cranial and dental char¬ 
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Sense of Smell in Fishes. 
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