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FOREST AND STREAM 
Things You May Want to Know 
Questions, Answers and Suggestions Department 
By Department Editors. 
Yorkshire Terrier. —Where to get a good 
Yorkshire Terrier is somewhat of a problem. 
Many breeders advertise them, but most breed¬ 
ers belong to the Annanias Society. However, 
we believe that in dealing with Douro Kennels, 
126 Winthrop street, Medford, Mass., you will be 
assured good treatment, and I know the stock 
to be of the best. The Sen Sen Kennels, deal¬ 
ers in all kinds of dogs, have had great success 
as breeders of Yorkshires. Their address is 
Sixth Avenue and Twenty-Sixth Street, New 
York City. 
Good Point Shooting. —There is no such thing 
as “good point shooting’’ within 24 hours of 
New York City. Fairly good point shooting may 
be had at Centre Moriches or Blue Point, Long 
Island. Write to Captain Bill Graham at the 
latter or William Hulse at the former place and 
they will 'find you the best there is. 
Clay Pigeon Traps. —There are at present, only 
two clay pigeon traps worth considering, Cham¬ 
berlain Cartridge and Target Co., of Cleveland. 
O., and Western Cartridge and Target Co., of 
Alton, Ill. However, there is being perfected a 
new target and trap by the Champion Target 
Company, that offers a pretty nifty article. The 
latter is not yet ready for market but probably 
will be within a short time. Write us later and 
we will tell you about it. 
Muscallonge Tishing.— The best muscallonge 
fishing, of which we know, in Wisconsin is to 
be found at Woodruff. Write the Manitowish 
Inn for full particulars. There also will be 
found excellent bass fishing there. 
Chaleur Bay Section.- —Good bunting and fish¬ 
ing may be found in the Chaleur Bay District. 
Along the Charlo River, brook trout are 
abundant, though they are not of much account 
after the middle of October. Moose, caribou, deer 
.and loup-cervier are to be found in fair num¬ 
bers. The Intercolonial Railroad reaches this 
section. 
Sixteen Gauge for Ducks. —Ducks can be killed 
with a sixteen gauge gun, provided you hold on 
’em, but the man who goes cluck shooting on 
Great South Bay will have a much better chance, 
and be just as much of a sportsman, if he uses 
a twelve gauge, which is a much better duck 
gun than its smaller sister. In Great South Bay 
and other local New York waters ducks are 
pretty shy fowl and take a pretty wide and well 
shotted pattern to bring them to bag. The 
proper trap gauge is twelve. 
Paying for a Dog in Advance. —No Sir! Do not 
send any money to a dog dealer in advance. If 
he has the pointer he claims to have (and few 
have), arrange to deposit your money with a 
bank or reliable magazine, and take the dog on a 
ten-day trial. It will take a few days to get 
acquainted with the dog, and he is entitled to 
have at least a howdy association with you. Give 
the dog a fair show and if he does not hunt send 
him back, but give him every" chance to “show 
you.” The Griffon-Korthal is a fine bird dog. This 
breed originally was imported from France by 
Theodore Thebaud, of Morristown, N. T. The G. 
Dan Morgan Kennels of Denton, North Carolina, 
is the authorized agent 'for this breed. 
Trolling for Striped Bass.- —Striped bass fish¬ 
ing—by trolling—will be good during the month 
of October. Night trolling not only is permis¬ 
sible but most enjoyable. The full moon offers 
the best prospect- Bait with a common or gar¬ 
den spinner—the fancy spinner, such as the 
Wilson is a poor second to the little fluted 
variety. On a 4-0 hook, hung three inches below 
the spinner, put a large, lusty, wriggling sand 
worm, let out a hundred feet of line and troll 
slowly along the sedge. When you get a strike, 
pull out into deep water to avoid an argument 
with rocks and other annoying impediments. 
When you have caught the fish—well, ask us how 
to cook him. He’s a great eating finner. 
Stiff Leather Boots.- —To soften stiff boots, 
soak in water and rub well with castor oil. To 
prevent stiffness, rub with castor oil before the 
leather is dry. 
Waterproof For Boots. —Boots may be water¬ 
proofed with a preparation composed of 6 ounces 
mutton suet, 6 ounces beeswax and 4 ounces resin 
melted together, to which is added one pint lin¬ 
seed oil. However, you will save much trouble 
by using any one of several preparations for sale 
at sporting goods dealers, and put up for the 
purpose of waterproofing. 
To Make a Fish Duck Palatable—The follow¬ 
ing “prescription” came from a duck shooter of 
many years standing, whose shooting grounds are 
on Long Island Sound, where practically all the 
ducks are somewhat off taste. We have tried the 
“remover” of fishiness and know it to be abso¬ 
lute. Soak the skinned fowl for twenty minutes 
in cold water, pour off and repeat the soaking a 
half hour more. Soak over night in cold water 
and in the'morning soak twenty minutes more and 
pour off the water. Then cook the fowl any old 
way you like it. The fishiness will have g’one 
without taking the real duck flavor, as is the 
case in parboiling. 
Making Coffee. —Any book on camping will tell 
you how to make good coffee, but more than 
likely they will not compel you to get good coffee 
as the result of their instruction. Good coffee de¬ 
pends first of all, on the coffee you put into the 
pot. After that, good luck and the possibility 
that you have struck the proper amount of the 
base will do the rest. The surest way to make 
good coffee is to try it once or twice and see 
what your partner says about it. If -his remarks 
are printable you will know you are progressing 
—if you cannot listen with a peaceful soul to 
what he says, don’t make it the same way next 
morning. A few trials will produce good coffee. 
It seldom is that the first coffee in camp will 
serve as a recipe for the entire trip. 
Deer Shooting Near New York. —The best deer 
shooting near the metropolis, will be found at 
Cranberry Lake, in the Adirondadks. Take New 
York Central to Wanakena and write Jim Balder- 
son of Bear Mountain Camp to send down for 
you in his “put put” boat. He has real guides, 
regular deer and a mighty well kept and com¬ 
fortable camp. 
Conflicting Open Seasons. —Where the state and 
Federal laws conflict as to the open season the 
wise plan is to follow the dictates of the Fed¬ 
eral suggestion. You may not be jailed for shoot¬ 
ing under an early state law, but that is simply 
because you did not get caught, and, if not, you 
were fortunate. By living up to the Federal law 
you will make it much easier for sportsmen in 
each state to get laws that fit individual states 
and at the same time, in the long run, save your¬ 
self a few dollars. 
Game Laws in Brief. —This comprehensive 
manual will be ready for delivery about the mid¬ 
dle of this month. So many states have not yet 
fixed their laws for this year that it has been 
necessary to hold the book back in order that it 
might go out complete, in fact it will be the only 
up-to-date book of game laws put out this year. 
If you order is in, just wait a few days for your 
■copy. If your order is not in, now is the time to 
get in for the first edition. This year’s book will 
contain many new features toward increased 
value of the work. 
Feeding Trout. —When the food gets scarce in 
artificial lakes trout may be fed on chopped liver 
or chopped “butchers left overs.” The old In¬ 
dian scheme was to hang calves heads over the 
pond, and when the sun had held sufficient com¬ 
munion with the heads the worms would drop off 
and feed the fishes. This would, however, be 
agreeable only where it was far enough from 
human habitation to be not disagreeable. 
Size and Weight of Black Bass.—We cannot 
give you the weight of your fish but the follow¬ 
ing table will enable you to do your own calculat¬ 
ing. Approximately, weights are as follows: 
Length Girth Weight. 
12 
inch. 
8 inch. 
I 
pound 
6 ounces 
14 
it 
11 
2 
it 
6 
IS 
it 
11% “ 
2 
it 
14 
20 
a 
13 “ 
4 
it 
- a 
3 
20 
(i 
14% “ 
5 
it 
21% 
a 
16% “ 
6 
it 
8 
Bringing Fish Home in Hot Weather. —Unless 
you go south this contingency won’t arise again 
this year, but if you should, think back to what 
Punch said about getting married—DON’T. 
Holding Ahead of a Duck. —We cannot tell 
you how far to hold in front of a duck. We have 
considerable trouble ourselves doing the same 
thing and we have burned up a lot of powder to 
find out what we do not yet know. Practice 
is the only advice that will tell you where to 
hold. However, the greatest work on this sub¬ 
ject, and the one that will give more help than 
any other one book on the duck shooting prop¬ 
osition is American Duck Shooting by George 
Bird Grinnell, of whom it is said, a gun was 
the next implement he used after he had solved 
the proper use of the knife and fork. Mr. Grin¬ 
nell spent many a dollar and more sad hours 
before he made up his table on the speed of 
ducks and the distance they should be led to 
slaughter and, even now, we doubt not that this 
