FOREST AND STREAM 
967 
WOODCOCK ON STATEN ISLAND. 
Prince Bay, N. Y., March 30, 1916. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Two men, neighbors of mine, walking through 
the woods and fields were surprised this week to 
put up so many woodcock. On the 27th while 
passing through some “gum sprouts,” as we call 
them, they put up 24 separate birds. The next 
morning they went in a different locality and 
put up 27 more. Eight woodcock got up singly 
in a spot not more than 100 ft. square. They 
said as they stood there with their eyes on the 
spot where each bird got up they could not dis¬ 
tinguish them. That is not to be wondered at. 
Who can see a woodcock sitting among dried 
grass and weeds many feet away? On the after¬ 
noon of the 28th one of the gentlemen took a 
walk over the same ground and put up six more 
birds but he said there were fresh shells all over 
the ground. Some one had gotten in his ig¬ 
noble work with results probably satisfactory to 
the pot hunter. It is an unusual occurrence to 
see woodcock here so thick. However, I think 
it can be easily explained. March has been a 
cold month with ice and snow covering the 
ground. Then on the 25th and 26th it warmed 
up so quickly that the birds came in swarms, and 
as Staten Island is on the direct “air line route” 
that Mr. Wilmot Townsend used to write about 
so interestingly it is not strange that the birds 
stopped here for refreshments. It is one dam¬ 
nable shame that we have no game protectors 
here on the Island. Our robins are shot at all 
times of the year and our splendid fishing 
grounds are netted to the extent that weakfish 
are taken away by the ton, illegally caught. 
* * * 
CANOEING AT SUGAR ISLAND. 
„ , Syracuse, N. Y., April 14th, 1916. 
rellow Members of the American Canoe Association: 
The regatta program for the thirty-seventh general 
meet of the American Canoe Association at Sugar 
Island, August 4th to 18th, 1916, is well under way. We 
are particularly desirous of arranging a program that 
will in every way meet with the hearty approval of 
the racing men, sailors and paddlers alike. 
It has been suggested that we follow last year’s plan 
of devoting one entire day to the paddling races, it 
seemed to prove satisfactory to the racing men last 
year, and certainly facilitated the handling of these 
important events by the committee. 
The wilderness cruising contest was such a big suc¬ 
cess that it has practically become a fixed feature of 
the regatta program. 
This year a special effort is to be made to further 
promote interest in the racing at our meet. I have 
been advised by Commodore Spaulding that he has ap¬ 
pointed a special championship committee to arrange 
a series of international championship paddling races 
to be held Saturday, August 12th, at Sugar Island. This 
should bring together the very best paddling men of the 
United States and Canada, ft goes without saying that 
the regular regatta committee will co-operate in every 
possible way to help make this feature a success and 
August 12th, 1916, the greatest day in the racing his¬ 
tory pf the association. As chairman of the regatta 
committee I request our racing men to send me, be¬ 
tween now and May 15th, any suggestions that they 
may have regarding the arranging of the regatta pro- 
Hunting and Fishing- 
Preserve 
WESTERN ADIRONDACKS 
1,400 acres-8 miles east from Glenfield Sta¬ 
tion, Black River Division New York Central 
Railroad. Known as “The Little Otter Lake 
Property.” 6 Lakes and Ponds-2 Good Trout 
Streams-excellent carriage road to largest 
lake, on east side of tract. Partly timbered with 
softwoods and hardwoods. Always a favorite 
resort for Deer. 
For further information address 
C. C. MERRIAM, Lyons Falls, N. Y. 
ItfOKM'/iK. 
'Drink more liquids,” say 
the scientists 
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sides Nature’s own pure water is practically all of food or tonic 
val’te—no waste matter, no bacteria, nothing harmful. What 
there is in the average city water besides water is harmful— 
bacteria, ammonia, chlorine, waste matter. 
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Alcohol* 
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"Waste Matter 
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gram, new events, or any other, matters pertaining to 
the regatta in general, also any suggestions regard¬ 
ing the wilderness cruising contest will receive most 
careful attention. We want to make this event a 
really instructive as well as an interesting contest. 
The complete official regatta program of all races at 
Sugar Island next August will appear in the June issue 
of Forest and Stream. 
Canoeably yours, 
A. F. SAUNDERS, A. C. A., 6187. 
Chairman Regatta Committee, A. A. A., 1916. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
Atlantic Division: Joseph S. Peene, 18 Hecker St., 
Yonkers, N. Y., by H. Lansing Quick; O. A. R. 
Schraeder 2465 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y., by 
Henry W. Jahn. 
Central Division: Edward H. Horstkotte, P. O. Box 
810, Schenectady, N. Y., by Edward S. Dawson, Jr. 
Western Division: John B. Lyon, Riverside, Ill., by 
Robert F. Abercrombie. 
Mr. T. Keller, known to the trade and a large 
circle of friends as “Haze,” will on May 1 assume 
the position .of assistant manager of the New York 
Branch of the Peters’ Cartridge Company. 
Mr. Keller was formerly for several years connected 
with this company,, leaving to enter the employ, in 
an important capacity, of a large gun company. His 
return to the ammunition business is no surprise, not 
only because of his familiarity with it and with the 
products of The Peters’ Cartridge Company, but also 
on account of the long and honorable connection of 
his father, the late lamented T. H. Keller, Sr., as 
manager of the New York branch. 
Mr. Keller will be associated with Mr. G. E. Cook, 
manager, at 60-62 Warren street, where he will be 
pleased to greet his many old friends and the new 
ones he is sure to make. He will travel extensively 
throughout the Atlantic Coast States in the interest 
of his company and will endeavor to the fullest 
possible exteat to merit the confidence of users and 
distributors of the Peters’ brand ammunition. 
High general and high professional averages at Chats- 
worth, Ill., March 29, were won by Mr. W. D. Stannard, 
shooting Peters’ “steel where steel belongs” shells, 
score 147 ex 150. 
