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FOREST AND STREAM 
Nov. 23, 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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THANKSGIVING. 
Doubtless many a sportsman has bethought 
him that his Thanksgiving turkey will have a 
finer flavor if the feast is prefaced by a few 
hours in the woods with dog and gun. Meaner 
fare than this day of bounty furnishes, is made 
delicious by such an appetizer, and the Thanks¬ 
giving feast will be none the worse for it. 
What can be more delicious than the whole¬ 
some fragrance of the fallen leaves? What 
more invigorating than the breath of the two 
seasons that we catch—here, in the northward 
shade of a wooded hill the nipping air of winter; 
there where the southern slope meets the sun, 
the genial warmth of an October day. Here 
one's footsteps crunch sharply the frozen her¬ 
bage and the ice-sharded border of a spring’s 
overflow; there splash in thawed pools and rus¬ 
tle softly among the dead leaves. 
The flowers are gone, but they were not 
brighter than the winter berries and bittersweet 
that glow about. The deciduous leaves are fallen 
and withered, but they were not more beautiful 
than the delicate tracery of their forsaken 
branches, and the steadfast foliage of the ever¬ 
greens was never brighter. The song birds are 
singing in southern woods, but chickadee, nut¬ 
hatch and woodpecker are chatty and companion¬ 
able and keep the woods in heart with a stir of life. 
Then from overhead or underfoot a ruffed 
grouse whirrs away into the gray haze of 
branches, and one hears the boom and crash of 
his headlong flight long after he is lost to sight, 
perchance long after the echo of a futile shot 
has died away. Far off one hears the intermit¬ 
tent discharge of rifles where the shooters are 
burning powder for their Thanksgiving turkey, 
and faintly from far away comes the melancholy 
music of a hound. Then nearer and clearer a 
rustle of velvet-clad feet, and reynard himself, 
the wildest spirit of'the woods, materializes out 
of the russet indistinctness and flashes past with 
every sense alert. Then the hound goes by, and 
footstep, voice and echo sink into silence. For 
silence it is, though the silver tinkle of the brook 
is in it, and the stir of the last leaf shivering 
forsaken on its bough. 
In such quietude one may hold heartfelt 
thanksgiving, feasting full upon a crust and a 
draught from the icy rivulet, and leave rich 
viands and costly wines for the thankless sur¬ 
feiting of poorer men. 
ANTI-REVOLVER LEGISLATION. 
The wounding of ex-President Roosevelt by 
a maniac with a revolver brought to their senses 
some of the newspapers that have been unable 
to see the importance of the principle of the 
Sullivan law, relative to carrying of firearms 
small enough for concealment. Almost every 
important newspaper in the country published 
editorial comment on allowing carrying of con¬ 
cealed weapons, while some editors were erudite 
enough to touch the root of the revolver evil by 
demanding certain restrictions in the manufac¬ 
ture of small firearms. The New York World, one 
THE NATIONAL MENACE. 
From Ne\y York World. 
of the most editorially keen newspapers, printed 
in its editorial columns a picture entitled, “The 
National Menace,” by Macauley. This we re¬ 
produce herewith. We predict—and signs point to 
the realization of our prediction—that the United 
States Government will, sooner or later, pro¬ 
hibit the manufacture of firearms small enough 
for concealment; that military, target and police 
revolvers will be made with longer barrels and 
that no one, except those duly authorized so to 
do, will be allowed to carry revolvers or pistols 
of any sort. What a sad case was that, a few 
days ago, of the young woman who shot her 
mother on a Pullman car. It was an accident, 
unavoidable under the circumstances, but what 
a blessing for that girl had she been unable to 
secure a revolver. This case is only an instance 
of what goes on every day in different cities. 
Innocent persons are killed through accident or 
design by firearms in the hands of inexperienced 
or criminal individuals. As we have said before, 
the Sullivan law is by no means perfect, but 
rigidly enforced it would go far as a hold-over 
until a Federal measure be enacted absolutely 
prohibiting the manufacture of firearms of size 
small enough for concealment on one’s person. 
Indications point toward early enactment of such 
a law, and the better class of public sentiment is 
heartily in favor of it. 
ARCHERY IN CITY PARKS. 
Few are those who know how delightful a 
pastime is archery. What enjoyment and health 
ladies and gentlemen derive from this recreation ! 
How many persons play away their spare time 
in the good old sport of our forebears? It is 
coming back into its own in cities throughout 
the country. In almost every large city in the 
United States ranges have been laid out in city 
parks. Notably there is one exception among 
cities that have anticipated the demands of arch¬ 
ery—by setting aside a part of the park's play¬ 
ground for the accommodation. That exception 
is New York city. In the Borough of Brooklyn 
a request has been made of Park Commissioner 
Kennedy for space. Thus far he has not seen 
fit to give his permission. He has not, however, 
refused to grant permission. He is pondering 
on the subject. Knowing Mr. Kennedy to be a 
man of fairness, we hardly see how he can do 
other than grant the request of Brooklyn archers, 
of whom there are several hundred. At any rate 
we hope archers across the bridge may receive 
co-operation from Commissioner Kennedy—and 
we think they will. 
STOVER VS.* STADIUM. 
Park Commissioner Stover, of Manhattan 
Borough, has made some mistakes in his ad¬ 
ministration in so far as it refers to Central 
Park, but we congratulate him on refusing to 
sanction the colossal grab framed by James E. 
Sullivan for his hobby, the Amateur Athletic 
Union. Central Park belongs to the people— 
all classes. It is the big public playground for 
a big working city, a place where the wealthy 
drive and motor, the poor walk and rest, and 
where both may play and recreate to their heart’s 
content. There is no room in Central Park for 
a stadium for the A. A. U., a considerable por¬ 
tion of whose membership is non-resident. 
KING CARIBOU. 
One of the finest caribou heads it ever has 
been our pleasure to see (though we had oppor¬ 
tunity to see it only in photograph) inadvertently 
appeared in the Oct. 26 Forest and Stream as 
the opening illustration in an article by George 
B. Clark, entitled, “Caribou Hunting, Newfound¬ 
land vs. New Brunswick.” The head in the illus¬ 
tration was not shot by Mr. Clark, but by an¬ 
other of our subscribers, a well-known big-game 
hunter, who will have a very comprehensive 
Newfoundland caribou story in an early issue 
under pseudonym, “The Judge.” You will im¬ 
mensely enjoy reading this story. 
THE OCTOBER RECORD. 
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