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PENNSYLVANIA NOTES. 
August 13 will see a big canoe carnival at Al¬ 
lentown in the Lehigh River, when the Lehigh. 
Mingo, Olympia and Allentown Canoe Clubs 
will be in charge. There are 100 more canoes 
on the river this year than in 1913 and this means 
that more will compete for prizes and make the 
events much keener. Committees have been ap¬ 
pointed to see that all canoes are decorated. 
Fireworks, music, decorations, prizes and enter¬ 
tainment are five divisions of the work which 
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held in this part of the state. 
J. W. KRAFT. 
ANOTHER WORD FOR THE CHINESE 
PHEASANT. 
South Bend, Ind., August 24. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
As Secretary of the Game Bird Society the 
purpose of which it is to increase the game 
bird population of the United States and 
Canada I am instructed to write you asking 
your co-operation. It is now known that the 
Chinese Pheasant will live in any climate, take 
care of its young and bring them to maturity 
better than any other bird, is the 'best kind of 
shooting, multiplies very rapidly and will stock 
any locality where it is given a chance. 
Pairs of these birds fully matured and weigh¬ 
ing three pounds per bird can be obtained 
through this society from persons raising them 
for $6.00 per pair. Two or three pairs or even 
one pair turned out would stock a neighbor¬ 
hood. Will you suggest that sportsmen who buy 
your magazine also help the cause by spending 
a few dollars for Pheasants and turning them 
loose to multiply? 
I have read with much interest your editorial 
and the article setting forth the experience of 
the Massachusetts Commission with the Chinese 
Ring-neck Pheasant. You call attention to the 
disappearance of the native quail and grouse in 
the same connection. Please make note that 
the native birds have disappeared not as the 
result of the introduction of the Chinese Pheas¬ 
ant, but as the result of senseless legislation. 
The consequence is: 
There were millions of grouse and quail in 
this country and there were no Chinese Pheas¬ 
ants. Legislatures prevented the raising and 
selling and killing domestically of our quail and 
grouse and they are disappearing from the face 
of the earth. Legislatures in their ignorance of 
many things did not know of Chinese Pheas¬ 
ants and as a consequence did not legislate 
against them and as a result they have been 
imported and reared and multiplied and turned 
loose by sportsmen and now people who do not 
understand, attribute the disappearance of quail 
and grouse to the presence of the Chinese 
Pheasant. How foolish. If the closed season 
laws were extended to poultry there would not 
be a chicken left in Indiana in a year from 
to-day. It is private rearing and selling of 
birds that in modern conditions makes their 
multiplication possible. Your closed season as to 
wild birds is all right, but every game law 
should permit the domestic rearing and the 
sale by those who so rear them of every bird 
and animal that is known. When we become 
more informed we should go farther and pro¬ 
vide a premium for every bird or animal reared 
in domesticity that is turned loose to stock the 
wilds of this country. 
In writing this letter I represent the members 
of this society and they are in accord in every 
state in this matter. If the laws in each state 
provide for the domestic rearing of quail, par¬ 
tridges, grouse,.and all wild birds and animals, 
you will soon see an increase in their number 
that will startle the sporting fraternity. 
JOHN W. TALBOT. 
(Continued from page 275.) 
spoonbill cat conditions in White Lake as com¬ 
pared with a few years ago, that they are fast dis¬ 
appearing from this lake and other waters of the 
state. The situation is becoming so grave in 
White Lake that all the fishermen operating there 
have entered into an agreement to return to the 
waters alive and uninjured every fish of this spe¬ 
cies he captures except females containing eggs. 
In addition, the dealers who buy the fish and 
roe have agreed not to purchase a pound of 
either from any fisherman after it is proven that 
he has violated this agreement in this respect. 
Undoubtedly this is an excellent conservation 
measure so far as it goes, and should be prac¬ 
ticed at all times in connection with all spoon¬ 
bill cat fisheries in the state. However, it seems 
imperative that there should be a long close sea¬ 
son provided by law. 
. Mount Kisco Gun Club. 
Fourth Annual Registered Tournament to be held un¬ 
der the auspices of Mount Kisco Gun Club will be held 
at Mount Kisco, N. Y., August 29, 1914. Officers of 
the club are: George E. Sutton, president, Mt. Kisco, 
N. Y.: James A. Benedict, vice-president, Katonah, N. 
Y.; John H. Miller, treasurer, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.; A. 
Betti, secretary, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.; Lester C. Remsen, 
Chas. H. Banks, W. Frank Baily, trustees, Mt. Kisco, 
New York. 
Merchandise prizes valued at $250.00. 
ANNOUNCEMENT. 
The Mount Kisco Gun Club extend greeting to all 
Trap Shooters and" friends, and cordially invites them to 
attend its Fourth Annual Registered Tournament on 
Saturday, Aug. 29th, from 8:30 in the morning until the 
program is finished, rain or shine. 
Our grounds are said to be equal at least to any in 
Westchester County, situated on the top of one of the 
highest peaks of Kisco Mountain, overlooking a beauti¬ 
ful view for many miles. The view from the piazza of 
our Club House is alone worth coming to see. 
“A Trapshooter’s Paradise.” 
PRIZES. 
Look over the list. You know what we have done 
heretofore—we are going to beat it this year. All of 
the prizes- will be on exhibition in the Club House 
for your inspection. Now is the time to show your abil¬ 
ity as a trapshooter, as high guns have first choice. 
TEAM RACE. 
The Team Race is a special feature, a beautiful Lov¬ 
ing Cup donated by Hon. Isaac W. Turner. 
The management" wishes to thank the many friends 
and members who so liberally contributed toward the 
success of this tournament. 
D. A. EDWARDS DEAD. 
Whereas. It has seemed timely and right to 
that almighty Ruler of our destinies; that “Su¬ 
preme Referee” in the great tournament of life 
in which we all have entered, to call to the score 
for the last and greatest Event our beloved 
President, D. A. Edwards, and 
Whereas, We can find no words that can ex¬ 
press the grief and sorrow in our hearts, there¬ 
fore be it 
Resolved, That in his loss the Tennessee State 
Trap Shooters Association has lost its truest 
friend; its strongest fighter; its wisest counsellor 
and its most beloved official. 
Resolved, That we extend to those loved ones 
whom he left behind, to grieve and think of 
him, our heartfelt sympathy and the assurance of 
our belief that the straightforward, honest, 
sportsman-like manner in which he conducted 
himself in this life will enable him to finish up 
with a “clean score.” 
Resolved, That this he spread upon the minutes 
of our Association and a copy sent to each of 
the Sportsmen’s Journals. 
(Signed) P. B. Plummer, 
Irby Bennett, 
H. D. Gibbs, 
F. E. Morancy, 
Committee. 
