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FOREST AND STREAM 
April 13, iyi2 
Published Weekly by the 
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S. J. Gibson, Treasurer. 
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—Forest and Stream, -Aug. 14, 1873. 
KENTUCKY STEPS INTO LINE. 
As a result of the popular demand for better 
regulation of game and fish matters, Kentucky 
now has a new fish and game law, with a com¬ 
mission to administer it. The game and fish pro¬ 
tective associations of Kentucky are largely re¬ 
sponsible for the change from old conditions 
which has been brought about by legislative en¬ 
actment. 
The new commissioners will serve without pay, 
but the executive agent will receive a salary, and 
v.'ardens are to be appointed, their compensation 
to be fixed by the commission. Residents will 
pay $i and non-residents $15 for shooting licenses 
good for the year in which they are issued. 
Kentucky has long neglected her fish and 
game. Hers is a region of great natural beauty, 
and one' which at one time teemed with game 
and fish. These have not received much atten¬ 
tion in recent years, but if the new plan is prop¬ 
erly carried out, great improvement will be the 
result, and that in a comparatively brief time, 
since the conditions are unusually favorable. 
The hilly country, even that which was cut over 
years ago, furnishes abundant protection for 
small game and even deer, while the numerous 
clear, cold streams are ideal game fish waters. 
A little protection and propagation will go a 
long way in Kentucky, and men who are past 
middle age, who recall the good shooting and 
fishing they had when they were young, may yet 
see a return to something like the old-time con¬ 
ditions. 
WHEN WILL THE SEASON OPEN? 
The game and fish laws of New York contain 
one important change which is now keeping the 
anglers on the anxious seat. If the law is 
signed before next Tuesday, the trout season 
will not open until j\lay i. If it is signed on 
or after April 16, then there will be confusion 
in the lower tier of counties, in which April 16. 
is now opening day, while the up-State counties 
will not be affected either way. It is possible 
the Governor may delay action on the bill, in 
order to avoid upsetting the plans of so many 
persons who have looked forward patiently to 
the approach of the i6th. The excellent pro¬ 
posal to make the legal length of trout to be 
retained seven inches, instead of six, as at pres¬ 
ent, was omitted. 
An Albany correspondent writes that, among 
other items in the supply bill, now before the 
Governor, one provides $7,500 for three motor¬ 
cars for the Conservation Commission — there 
are three commissioners—and another appropri¬ 
ates $15,000 for the three codifiers of the new 
game law, which is also before the Governor. 
The appropriation for printing the new law, to 
a copy of which every sportsman at least is en¬ 
titled, is $3,000. Economizing! 
THE SULLIVAN LAW. 
When two foreigners armed with swords and re¬ 
volvers were arraigned before a local magistrate, 
charged with carrying dangerous weapons, the 
judge released them, on the ground that the un¬ 
loaded revolvers they carried were not concealed, 
and that they, therefore, had not violated the 
Sullivan law. This is still another of the many 
views held by justices concerning a law that 
contains numerous loopholes for escape. 
Last week in the Supreme Court, Justice 
Gerard handed down a decision in which he 
held (i) that the Sullivan law, insofar as it 
may be applied to the carrying of revolvers, 
may only be enforced against those who are 
found to be carrying revolvers concealed on 
their persons; (2) that it does not apply to 
firms exhibiting revolvers for sale; and (3) that 
it “regards weapons used for criminal purposes, 
such as slungshots and sandbags, and not ordi¬ 
nary weapons employed for legitimate reasons 
and contemplated by the constitution and the bill 
of rights.” 
These decisions extract the few “teeth” re¬ 
maining in the law. Public opinion has already 
condemned it as an un-American slap at reputable 
citizens and a cloak for increased activity on the 
part of criminals. 
NATHANIEL S. SMITH. 
. Nathaniel Stevens Smith died at his home 
in West End avenue, New York city, on March 
23. By profession he was a lawyer, and for a 
number of years he had been a referee in New 
York County Supreme Court cases. 
Mr. Smith was a charter member of the Ang¬ 
lers’ Club of New York, its president in 1910, 
and a director at the time of his death. He was 
also a charter member of the old Pennsylvania 
preserve club, now known as the Blooming Grove 
Park Club, and one of its most active workers. 
He was its secretary for a number of years, 
then its president, and more recently its treas¬ 
urer. He was a graduate of Harvard University 
in the class of 1869, and member of the Harvard 
Club of this city. He was very fond of fishing 
and was one of the regular contestants in all of 
the fly-casting tournaments held in recent years. 
It is said that Germany intends to impose a 
tax on cats. The fund accruing will be poured 
into that bottomless pit, the army and navy up¬ 
keep. If a tax on cats were to be levied here, 
and the fund devoted to game, fish and forest 
protection, there would be fewer cats, more birds 
and less cause for complaint over the increasing 
activity of insects. Sentiment is, and probably 
will always be, divided on the subject of cats 
and dogs, but the present plan of taxing dogs 
has been found to work fairly well, and there 
seems to be no valid reason why it would not 
work out equally well with cats. Those who are 
fond of dogs pay the tax and keep their dogs. 
That is to say, they are supposed to pay the 
tax; at any rate, the dogs are in evidence, though 
the total figures in a dog census and those of 
receipts for dog licenses never balance. Cats 
subsist partly on birds, the extent of their depre¬ 
dations depending on opportunity, hence it would 
be only fair that their owners bear a portion 
of the burden of caring for the birds which are 
of such great benefit to all of the people. 
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John H. Wallace, Jr., State game and fish 
commissioner of Alabama, is the only game com¬ 
missioner in the United States who is elected by 
the people. Four years ago Mr. Wallace was 
elected, and he was re-elected in the Democratic 
primary on April i last, we are advised, by an 
overwhelming majority. He was opposed by 
Captain J. C. Cheney, of the Department of 
Agriculture, and Hon. Thomas O. Goodbrad, a 
prominent and popular sportsman of Mobile. 
Both opponents made an active campaign, but 
despite this fact, Mr. Wallace swept the State 
and received several thousand more votes than 
both of his opponents combined. 
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An International Sporting and Industrial Ex¬ 
hibition is to be held at Warsaw, under 
the auspices of the Warsaw Society of Sports, 
in May and June next, opening on May 7. Ex¬ 
hibits will be admitted into Russia free of duty 
and carried on the Russian railways at reduced 
rates. 
The Duke of Connaught will open the Winni¬ 
peg Industrial Exposition on July 10. Two feat¬ 
ures of the big fair will be the exhibits of motor 
boats and of hunting dogs. The latter will at¬ 
tract large numbers of bird dog owners, for the 
region about Winnipeg is famous for its good 
shooting, and good dogs are always in demand. 
The Ministry of Agriculture of Argentina 
has been authorized to spend about $750 United 
States currency for the construction of incuba¬ 
tors for hatching trout. They will be placed in 
the San Miguel River in the Province of Cor¬ 
doba. 
The British firm that supplied the London 
police with .32 caliber automatic pistols is now 
at work on an order for more powerful auto¬ 
matic pistols for the navj' of that nation. 
