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FOREST AND STREAM 
Published Weekly by the 
Forest and Stream Publishing Company 
Chas. A. Hazen, President Charles L. Wise, Treasurer 
W. G. Beecroft, Secretary 
22 Thames Street, New York. 
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MUZZLING THE DOG IN N. Y. CITY. 
Indignation has the flag out for Health Com¬ 
missioner Mr. Gold water, of the big city in the 
Empire state, because of his ruling that all dogs 
must be muzzled and leashed. The commission¬ 
er’s intentions, beyond question, are above re¬ 
proach, but whether his judgment was not that 
known as snap, is another question. He aims at 
the gutter dog and hits the class variety. Either 
restriction imposed would be sufficient to guard 
the* man owning a real dog. In other words, muz¬ 
zling is too much, while the leash is plenty, and 
warranted. No dog should run loose in any city, 
no dog should be allowed in New York City, ex¬ 
cepting on its way through to somewhere else. 
We have noticed since Dr. Goldwater’s 
ruling went into effect that the gutter dog still 
roams at large and is as prevalent as of yore, 
while the owner of a good dog leashes and muz¬ 
zles his charge in strict accordance with the law. 
This beyond any question makes ridiculous the 
intent of the ordinance. Let’s get at the cur and 
mongrel, and when this feature has been taken 
care of, put the ban on unleashed good dogs. How 
the man’s dog must 'hate the man who will in¬ 
sist on keeping him within the confines of smoke 
and tall buildings. We hope the commissioner’s 
ruling will give the dog his freedom, a life in the 
country, where he belongs. 
ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK MUSEUM. 
Every traveler over the Rocky Mountains by 
way of the Canadian Pacific Railroad knows 
about the Banff National Park of Canada. Its 
name is firmly fixed in the public mind, but the 
name of the Rocky Mountains Park—which in¬ 
cludes the Park at Banff—is less well known. In 
the Park is maintained the Rocky Mountains 
Park Museum, which is devoted to collections of 
natural history from the Rocky Mountains of 
Alberta and British Columbia—a region of 
great zoological interest. 
Harlan I. Smith, for many years in charge of 
the Department of Archaeology at the American 
Museum of Natural History, prepared this year 
a Handbook of the Rocky Mountains Park 
Museum, which is, in fact, a popular account of 
the mammals, birds, lower vertebrates and a few 
invertebrates, plants and Indians of the region. 
It is a volume of 126 pages, divided into seven¬ 
teen sections. 
After a brief introduction, describing the geo¬ 
graphy of the Rocky Mountains Park, the Zoo 
and its inhabitants, mammals are taken up. 
These are defined and given in a general list, 
and then specifically, beginning with the wild 
sheep, passing on through the white goat, buffalo, 
antelope, etc., to the end of the chapter. In the 
case of the larger mammals—and the very small¬ 
est ones are not referred to—full notes are 
printed with each species, giving, in fact, a con¬ 
densed life history of each; thus, the story of 
the black bear runs to more than a page; that of 
the buffalo to nearly two pages, and of the 
beaver to more than a page. The matter is put 
very concisely, but also very interestingly. 
In the case of the birds, which are so much 
more numerous, the notes are necessarily much 
more brief, but there is always first the English 
name, then the A. O. U. check list number, and 
the technical name. 
The fishes, reptiles, amphibians and inverte¬ 
brates and plants are briefly treated, but there is 
a good list of the trees. More space is devoted 
to the antiquities and to the Indians of the 
Rocky Mountains Park, and a considerable 
Indian collection is on exhibition. Several pages 
are devoted to the literature of the region. The 
frontispiece shows the museum building. 
On the whole, the Handbook is made up with 
extraordinary judgment, and shows not only 
great knowledge but painstaking labor. It is 
brought together in the precise way to appeal 
most strongly to those people into whose hands 
it will fall, and is a most useful contribution to 
the popular knowledge of the Northern Rocky 
Mountains. Mr. Smith is to be congratulated 
on a splendid piece of work. 
VIOLATION OF GAME LAWS IN NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
The local county law for the open quail season 
came into effect December 1st, but very few birds 
have been reported. The fact that the game laws 
are not upheld is not an unusual occurrence, and 
unless the laws are more rigidly enforced the 
Bob Whites in .this section will be a thing of the 
past. The limit of fifteen birds is probably not 
even known to many gunners who make big 
kills. The following incident is an example of 
one of the many reasons that cause a decrease 
in this popular and valuable game bird. A local 
sportsman discussing the conditions made the fol¬ 
lowing statement: “One thousand birds—quail 
on toast. This sounds big. It is reported that 
one pot hunter has been offered 30 cents apiece 
for 1,000 quail! This sounds as if it is time for 
some legislature to put a stop on the sale of 
birds. It is said that one thousand birds will be 
furnished as a result of the demand. These 
t.ooo birds must be killed in twenty days before 
the season closes. This is the rate of fifty birds 
a day. The law only allows fifteen; also that no 
one is allowed to hunt on another person’s land 
without written permission. How then can these 
birds be procured without the violation of both 
laws?” 
The above is an example of what is going on 
in many parts of the whole country. We seldom 
think of what it means both to the sportsman 
and the farmer when banquets are given with 
quail on toast as the main feature, with as many 
as one thousand at a time. Why not squabs; 
they are cheaper and almost as good? If our 
laws are not enforced there will soon be such a 
scarcity that the favorite of all sport here—that 
of quail shooting will be a thing of the past. 
J. N. CARSON. 
Davidson, N. C., Dec. 5. 
WEATHER AND THE BIRDS. 
It remains to be seen what effect the sudden 
changes in temperature of the present winter may 
have on the game birds of the Atlantic Coast 
states. While there has been little snow, mild 
and rainy days have been followed by bitter cold 
ones, and frequently the temperature has ranged 
through twenty or thirty degrees in as many 
hours. Friends of the quail should not neglect 
to ascertain how these birds are faring, and if it 
seems necessary, place food where they can find it. 
GOOD LAWS IGNORED. 
It is difficult enough for the warden to enforce 
the game and fish laws when the average citizen 
is friendly, but it is discouraging work when he 
learns that a certain law is unpopular with the 
citizens of a few towns, and that they regard it 
as a dead letter. Too often good friends of the 
cause sanction this, and although the law was 
made for the benefit of all of the citizens of the 
state, and by them is respected, because a few 
people in a certain section oppose the law, the 
cry goes up that it cannot be enforced. Re¬ 
spectable in all other ways, these people combine 
to set at naught a law favored by the state at 
large. If the warden is easy-going, the matter is 
dropped; if aggressive, his life is made miserable. 
TO A PIPE, I. 
Parent of Fancy and its lovely dream! 
Brother of Solace and close-clinging Hope; 
You shall be near me when I vainly grope, 
Earthward along Faith’s full unblemished stream; 
Thrice blessed Pipe—you will forever teem 
With such delights—there is no slope, 
So green, could ease me—when you ope 
Lo, wide the door on Life’s most sunny beam! 
Call me an hour for redeeming thought; 
(Some musing hour, some undisturbed hour) 
And do not wake me—let me quiet be, 
With all the world of friendship in my power. 
Then in the wavering smoke shall sorrows flee, 
And many a face shall rise where I have sought. 
TO A PIPE, II. 
Then I’ll recline among enraptured scenes! 
A brook—a meadow—and blue skies :— 
And all those things of shadowy emprise: 
Such as the twilight on far-fading greens; 
Some shape of summer that forever gleans, 
Stillness and joy—such as entice 
Us to dear Nature’s breast. To rise 
Fai—far above to deeper—deathless, means. 
Then I’ll depart—and in my heart no fear; 
Wreathed all around I will be Memory’s King— 
Some wandering nomad, ever at his quest, 
Or risen high, on an engoldened wing: 
So shall I pierce beyond our Heaven’s Rest, 
Or melt to rain in the blue atmosphere! 
LIVE NOTES FROM THE FIELD. 
The fine drawing from which decoration at top 
of Live Notes from the Field page was made 
we are able to present through courtesy of Ithaca 
Gun Company. 
