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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 30, 1911. 
Caribou. 
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 21. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The train hands and travelers on the 
railway line have been reporting during the last 
two weeks that caribou are very plentiful at the 
Topsails and Howley. They can be seen in large 
herds crossing the track or feeding in the 
marshes from the train. 
Many American hunters are on the grounds 
and they have experienced no difficulty in get¬ 
ting their legal number of heads. Captain Power 
of the Log Cabin Spruce Brook is reported to 
have shot a beauty, the head displaying forty- 
six excellent points. 
Partridges are also reported very plentiful this 
year. Last season they were seen in larger num¬ 
bers than for many years, but it is expected that 
after the 20th there will be more and better 
sport than ever. Certainly the increase in the 
coveys on various grounds has been marvelous. 
At the Topsails, Tickle Harbor Barrens and on 
the Cape Shore they have been reported as being 
more numerous than ever. 
The papers report lately that Dr. Grenfell’s 
reindeer have increased to thousands, and that 
he has shipped away a large number to the north¬ 
west of Canada for use there in the mail service. 
Dr. Grenfell applied lately for a small strip of 
territory in the extreme north of the great 
northern peninsula in Newfoundland. The game 
commission referred the request to the Govern¬ 
ment with the recommendation that it be granted. 
A motion will be made, the coming season, to 
have the peninsula of Avalon set aside as a deer 
preserve. This is in the extreme southeast of 
the island near the principal towns, and so situ¬ 
ated that it would be very easy to protect the 
game within its boundaries. Many years ago 
the peninsula was well stocked with deer, but 
as it was so easily accessible, they were nearly 
cleaned out. 
Of late they have been increasing again, and 
it has been suggested that a few more be cap¬ 
tured and placed there, so that in a few years 
there may be enough on the peninsula for shoot¬ 
ing, stocking and other purposes. 
There already exists a large preserve near 
Howley, but it is very difficult to protect it from 
wandering sportsmen who stray unwittingly with¬ 
in its boundaries as well as from poachers and 
pot-hunters who are out for “easy” meat and 
heads. 
The Game Commission that has already done 
such good work toward the protection of the 
salmon will probably devote its serious attention 
to the preservation of our noble caribou during 
the coming winter. W. J. Carroll. 
Samples of Connecticut Justice. 
Milford, Conn., Sept. 23.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Yesterday Constable H. C. Hammond 
with David Kennedy arrested an Italian—one of 
three who were apparently loafing in the sun¬ 
shine in a fence corner near a piece of wood. 
The officer had been attracted by the sound of 
shooting, but the men seemed to have no game 
and no guns, and were allowed to go away. 
After they had gone a search revealed a number 
of twelve-gauge cartridges and six gray squir¬ 
rels, a robin and a crow, all freshly killed. The 
cartridges and the game were carefully hidden 
under dead leaves or boards. 
When this discovery was made the Italians 
were followed, and one of them was captured, 
taken to Milford and put in the lockup. To¬ 
day he was tried before Judge Baldwin and 
fined $10 and costs. 
The sportsmen of the town are hotly indig¬ 
nant at this inadequate penalty. The shooting 
season does not open until after Oct. 1. Gray 
squirrels are protected until that time, and robins 
at all times. A hunting license is required, 
which this Italian did not have. An alien’s 
license costs $15.25. 
According to our figuring, this Italian might 
have been fined $25 for breaking the statute with 
regard to gray squirrel shooting and $10 for each 
of six squirrels, a total of $85. For violating 
the statute with regard to song birds he might 
have been fined $50 and $10 for the robin. For 
the failure to possess a license the law provides 
a fine of not less than $7 nor more than $50. 
When Judge Baldwin fined the offender $10 the 
direct fine was less than what the man’s license 
would have cost him if he had taken one out. 
We feel that such light penalties for infrac¬ 
tions of the game laws are likely to attract to 
us here law breakers from all over the State. 
The Milford Gun Club will have to bestir itseif 
or else all its past work will go for nothing. 
In Stratford in the adjoining county of Fair- 
field, Judge Peck not long ago is reported to 
have dealt out to another Italian medicine of a 
very different kind from the weak decoction that 
Judge Baldwin carries in his little bottle. The 
prisoner brought before Judge Peck was proved 
to have had a meadow lark in possession. He 
said he had found the bird. It is understood 
that the fine and costs imposed by Judge Peck 
amounted to $85. 
These are two different brands of Connecticut 
justice. A. B. C. 
Genesee County Kennel Club. 
Batavia, N. Y., Sept. 23. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Our seventh annual show closed to¬ 
day. We had 143 dogs catalogued and only ten 
absentees. The feature display was great danes, 
Guardian Kennels, Batavia, N. Y., having ten 
dogs benched, so large an exhibit in this breed 
not being usual even in the large shows. Ilill- 
cote Kennels, Pittsford, N. Y., had nine collies 
benched, several champions among them ex¬ 
hibited for specials only and attracted much in¬ 
terest. Ch. Imna special won best collie, best 
non-sporting and best any breed in the show. 
1 hor of Grafran (dane) won the President’s 
cup for best any breed in Genesee county. Tick 
Merrylegs (pointer) won best sporting dog 
special. The cut glass prizes in the several 
breeds and general specials made very pleasant 
and also useful remembrances of the show. Ob¬ 
jections to awards were conspicuous by their 
absence and everybody seemed to have a good 
thne. Chas. W. Gardiner. 
Wireless Inspection. 
The Danish line steamship United States, 
which arrived recently from Copenhagen, re¬ 
ports that recently while east of Nantucket, a 
large fish-hawk came on board and perched on 
the wireless apparatus near the foremast. All 
efforts proved fruitless to get the bird to come 
nearer the deck. It remained there all night 
and at 7 o’clock in the morning it took its de¬ 
parture, heading for the Long Island shore.— 
Evening Sun. 
California Convention. 
Capitola, Cal., Sept. 18. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The eleventh annual convention of the 
California Game and Fish Protective Associa¬ 
tion was held here on the 15th and 16th, and 
yesterday the Santa Cruz County Fish, Game 
and Forest Protective Association entertained the 
visitors at Glen Beulah Park with a barbecue and 
fish breakfast. 
The business meetings were presided over by 
Vice-President II. A. Greene. Henry Hall, of 
the executive committee reported on the game 
protective legislation that had been secured and 
the friendly attitude of the lawmakers toward 
the association and its work. 
W. W. Richards spoke at length on the non¬ 
sale and bag limit, laws now in force. A long 
step had been made in reducing the bag limit 
on ducks to fifty per week, which offset the 
effects of the sale of ducks, which it was de¬ 
sired to stop. Luider the old law a man could 
kill 275 ducks a week. Quail should have a limit 
of fifteen a day instead of twenty, as at present, 
and snipe must have better protection. The 
sportsman, he said, is the best game protector. 
He advocated the division of the State into dis¬ 
tricts, each with delegates, these to confer with 
the game commissioners, all to agree on matters 
to be brought before the Legislature. 
Other speakers were Dr. Barker, of San Jose; 
Frank V. Bell, of San Francisco, and Warden 
Koppel, of San Jose. 
In the election of officers the following mem¬ 
bers were chosen : President, A. N. Barker, of 
San Jose; Vice-Presidents, H. A. Green, of Mon¬ 
terey; Henry Hall, of Costa Madera; Frank V. 
Bell and W. W. Richards, of San Francisco, and 
W. S. Forester, of Hanford; Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer, E. A. Mocker, of Capitola. 
On Sunday about twelve hundred people at¬ 
tended the barbecue and fish breakfast and all 
were very enthusiastic and loud in their praise for 
the manner in which that affair was conducted. 
It required two fat beeves, six lambs, ten sacks 
of mussels, ten sacks of corn, two hundred 
loaves of bread, eight dozen crabs, five dozen 
watermelons, five gallons of cabbage and celery 
salad, five gallons of Spanish salsa sauce, fifty 
gallons of coffee, fifty gallons of lemonade, be¬ 
sides boxes of fruit, rolls of butter, dozens of 
heads of celery and gallons of pickles and olives 
to make up the bill of fare. 
The spirit of good fellowship and game and 
fish protection seemed to prevail throughout the 
crowd, and not one single incident occurred to 
mar the pleasure of any one individual who 
attended. 
As this is a non-legislative year in California, 
the business transacted by State association and 
delegates from county associations was confined 
mostly to outlining the association’s work for 
the ensuing year. 
A committee composed of the vice-presidents 
of the State association was appointed to con¬ 
fer with the State fish and game commissioners 
in hopes that a plan may be determined upon 
whereby county fish and game protective asso¬ 
ciations may be organized in every county in 
the State. ' 
This committee will confer with the commis¬ 
sioners in the very near future, and after that 
conference a special meeting of the State asso¬ 
ciation will be held. Member. 
