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FOREST AND STREAM 
Sept. 14, 1912 
Published Weekly by the 
Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 
Charles Otis, President. 
W. G. Beecroft, Secretary. S. J. Gibson, Treasurer. 
127 Franklin Street, New York. 
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THE OBJECT OF THIS JOURNAL 
will be to studiously promote a healthful in¬ 
terest in outdoor recreation, and to cultivate 
a refined taste for natural objects. 
—Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. 
OUR LETTERS. 
To err is human, to forgive—well, we have 
forgiven, but-—one of our office boys has erred 
with the result that many letters sent us and 
sent by us have been destroyed or otherwise de¬ 
prived of the purpose for which they were in¬ 
tended. If you have written us or have ex¬ 
pected to hear from us via Uncle Sam’s route 
and have not had satisfaction, please write us 
again. 
HERRESHOFF—CRANE. 
This country has developed only one sail 
yacht designer whose product may be depended 
upon to return the win almost invariably. Gardiner 
was tried on Michicago and was badly beaten by 
Patricia from Canada. We have also produced 
only one designer of power boats upon whom 
Clinton H. Crane, designer of the Dixies, which 
we might be moderately dependent. That man is 
invariably have “brought back the bacon.” The 
recent races at Huntington showed that the Ryan 
boats may not be depended upon. They lack 
stability, seaworthiness and consistent speed. A 
rough sea puts them out of the running, while 
on the turns great care must be taken to prevent 
their turtling. To be sure, the Ankle Deep was 
a Crane boat, but she was a tiny model and not 
built for the international races. She was not 
a Dixie by any means and was not constructed 
along cup defender lines. Had Crane been given 
an order for a cup defender, it is pretty certain 
we still would have had the trophy in this coun¬ 
try. Maple Leaf was a remarkably dependable 
boat. She won her first race in a heavy sea and 
her second in the kind of weather prayed for by 
those behind the Reliances. She had no engine 
trouble and won with a broken rudder. Her 
owner showed real sportsmanship, refusing to 
take advantage of the Labor Day storm, when 
he could have planed home an easy winner. 
Crane has an order for a challenger for next 
year, which makes the return of the cup to this 
country probable. So we reiterate: There are 
only two real race yacht designers in this coun¬ 
try—Herreshoff and Crane. 
RECOMMENDATIONS OF GAME AND 
FISH COMMISSIONERS. 
In the report of the National Game and Fish 
Commissioners, appearing exclusively in Forest 
and Stream this week, are many suggestions 
worthy the attention and consideration of all 
sportsmen. The suggestion that laws be few, 
simple and enforced is admirable. That the term 
of commissioners be in all States four years in¬ 
stead of two, as at present in twelve States; 
that politics and game Wardens be kept beyond 
reaching distance; that spring shooting north 
of latitude 37 degrees be absolutely prohibited; 
that a close season be provided for ducks and 
geese in Arkansas and Texas, where at present 
there is no protected time on waterfowl; that 
sale of game in all States be regulated; that the 
daily bag be limited to twenty-five birds in 
Arkansas, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Virginia 
where at present no limit is placed on number 
of birds that may be killed; that Audubon recom¬ 
mendations be adopted ; that aigrette and heron 
laws regulating traffic in plumage be enacted in 
certain States—all are remarkably sensible sug¬ 
gestions and deserve your support. In closing 
the most successful meeting of its kind thus far 
held, suggestion was made that all sportsmen 
and bird lovers join in support of the Weeks 
bill (H. R. 36), McLean bill (S. 647), Catron 
bill (S. 6942), Kent bill (H. R.) and the Perkins 
bill (S. 6109). In the last suggestion in particu¬ 
lar and all others in general we heartily concur. 
ANTI-REVOLVER LAW. 
It begins to look as though Massachusetts 
would frame a law along lines of the Sullivan 
law for presentation to the Legislature this win¬ 
ter. In his annual report, Secretary William C. 
Adams, of the Massachusetts Gunners’ Associa¬ 
tion, starts the idea in incubation through his 
hope that a law be passed prohibiting all un¬ 
naturalized persons carrying firearms in the 
Commonwealth. It is hoped each of these un¬ 
organized movements may be brought into unison 
toward the formation of a Federal bill, embody¬ 
ing many good points to be found in the Sullivan 
law, the Sisson bill and the law at present in 
force in Pennsylvania. We then will have a 
firearms law that will work the greatest benefit 
to the greatest number. 
THE POWER OF SUGGESTION. 
In another column appear scores made at 
the September meet of the National Archery As¬ 
sociation. Indications, though due only to the 
power of suggestion, seem to say, archery is 
“coming back.” Burton Payne Gray, President 
of the National Archery Association, sends us 
the following evidence: 
“Ellis Spear, Jr., the new secretary advised 
me that he received a letter from a gun club in 
Missouri asking information regarding archery 
and what books to read on the subject, stating 
that they had seen an account of the tournament 
in a recent copy of your magazine. Two or 
three have written me on similar lines referr¬ 
ing to your paper.” 
AMMUNITION BY PARCELS POST. 
In Germany, where everything that could 
possibly harm anyone is not allowed, both 
loaded cartridges and powder may be sent by 
parcels post like anything else, except that the 
wooden boxes they are packed in are somewhat 
stouter and have a green label stating that the 
contents are loaded cartridges. Powder is packed 
in a cloth bag in a tin can and embedded in wood 
straw. Only the old-fashioned pin-fire cartridges 
are held to be too dangerous to send by parcels 
post. 
It is quite certain that this has not proved 
to be dangerous in Germany, and it would be a 
convenience to almost everyone who has to do 
with ammunition in America to be allowed to 
send it by parcels post, and so we suggest that the 
readers of Forest and Stream write to this ef¬ 
fect to their senator, or to Senator Bourne, who 
is in charge of the committee now making the 
rules for the coming parcels post in America. 
OVER THE BAG LIMIT. 
The following news item appeared in the 
Portland Oregonian on Aug. 29: 
“Dr. Francis E. Ferrill, accompanied by Mrs. 
Ferrill, returned yesterday to Portland after a 
seven days’ hunting and fishing trip in the Ne- 
halem country. 
“Dr. Ferrill killed seven deer and Mrs. Fer¬ 
rill killed two.” 
This would seem to be a case upon which 
the game warden should sit. The Oregon game 
law allows only five deer to one person in a 
Season. 
WARNING. 
The early season shooter should look up 
the law in his State before going out this year. 
There are important changes in many States, 
especially New York State, wherein the deer 
season opens and closes fifteen days later than 
last season. It now is Oct. 1 to Nov. 15. The 
grouse or partridge season in New York State 
is Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, while cottontail rabbits may 
be shot from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, though snow- 
shoe hares, or varying hares, may be taken from 
Nov. 1 to Jan. 31. It will be worth your while 
to paste these dates in your gun cabinet. 
The Angler’s Appeal. 
BY WARD W. ADAIR. 
Wiliest salmon of the school, 
Lordly, gamy, silvery, cool, 
Hear my plea down in the pool 
Where you lie. 
Over you my cast I fling— 
Hackle, gnat and grizzly king. 
Rise, and with a mighty spring. 
Swat the fly! 
Watchful trout, beneath the shade, 
Just ahead of where I wade, 
Let me start you on a raid, 
Leaping high. 
Over your devoted head 
Now my dainty cast is spread, 
Willow, hackle, ibis red— 
Swat the fly! 
Silent bass ’neath rushes green, 
I will visit you, I ween, 
And I hope to find you keen 
For a try. 
With my cast of silken down, 
Henshall, dun and fairy brown, 
Up. thou warrior of renown, 
Swat the fly! 
