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believed that Congress wished to do the right 
thing in these matters, provided only it knew 
what the right thing was. Therefore, people 
who are experts on matters like those under dis¬ 
cussion ought to furnish information to Con¬ 
gress so that it might act intelligently. 
It seemed the unanimous sense of those pres¬ 
ent that the bill mentioned by Mr. Sheldon would 
obviate many objections that had been urged 
against other bills for game refuges that have 
been introduced in Congress in past years. The 
proposed measure leaves the establishment of 
such refuges for any State, and therefore can in 
authorities of that State, and therefore can in 
no sense offend the susceptibilities of the State’s 
right people. The area proposed to be reserved 
is small. As a practicable proposition it seems 
to amount to offering to each State a State park 
to be taken out of the forest reservations with¬ 
in that State, the care of which shall be assumed 
by the general government. 
The meeting broke up at a late hour, and to 
many of the old members seemed the most suc¬ 
cessful dinner that the club had ever given in 
Washington. 
New Publications. 
Saddle and Camp in the Rockies, by Dillon 
Wallace. Outing Publishing Co., New York. 
$1.75 net. 
This author has spent practically all his life 
in invading new territory for the benefit of the 
reading public. His descriptions are always 
graphic and his details accurate. “Saddle and 
Camp” covers a 2000-mile surve}' of the Rocky 
Mountain region, the greater part of which the 
author traversed on horseback and almost all 
with neither guide or companion. The primary 
object of the trip was to investigate conditions 
in the big game country and the study of Jack¬ 
son’s Hole, the last camping ground of the 
American elk. Mr. Wallace has treated the sub¬ 
ject in the most readable manner and illustrated 
it with excellent photographs. 
The Game-Birds and Water-Fowl of South 
Africa, by Major Boyd Horsbrugh. Wither- 
by & Co., London, Eng. 21s. per part. 
This is a series of color plates beautifully exe¬ 
cuted with a text page descriptive of every known 
bird in South Africa. There are sixteen plates 
full page size, on which are found three varieties 
of snipe somewhat similar to those found in 
North America. The series is issued in four 
parts; the other three still to be published. 
The Hunting Year, by William Scarth Dixon. 
W. J. Ham-Smith. London, Eng. 6s. net. 
This book is a description of the year’s fox 
, hunting. It is written with that swinging style 
1 introduced by David Gray in “Gallops.” It is 
prettily illustrated with pen drawings and is a 
i worth-while volume. 
The Forester’s Manual, by Ernest Thompson 
Seton. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. 
141 pages, $i net. 
j This is No. 2 of the Scout Manual series. It 
tells how to identify trees, the properties and 
uses of the different trees and much other wood¬ 
craft so well known to Mr. Seton. It is illus¬ 
trated with drawings and maps. 
Fishing in the Gulf Stream. 
Port Chester, N. Y., April 23. —Editor Forest 
and Stream: Lansing Zabriskie, the young son 
of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Zabriskie, of Aurora, 
N. Y., added new laurels to his piscatorial 
achievements fishing in the gulf stream. Fresh 
baits were put on two hooks and thrown out. 
Suddenly Lansing felt his line being pulled 
down. He had a strike, and great w-as the sur¬ 
prise of father and son to see a sailfish jump. 
Mr. Zabriskie saw that his kne moved under the 
line of his son and believed he had a hammer¬ 
head shark, but soon discovered that his strike 
was another sailfish which jumped, and the fun 
MASTER ZABRISKIE AND HIS CATCH. 
and sport began. Mr. Zabriskie gave instruc¬ 
tions to the men in the boat to keep the boat 
along with the boy's fish. In twenty minutes 
Mr. Zabriskie had his fish landed, while his 
son kept playing his sailfish until he had it near 
the boat and remarked that he w'as almost done 
with his work, when the fish went out again, and 
after the end of another ten minutes, the prize 
was in the boat. The fish was seven feet and 
one inch in length and weighed forty-eight 
pounds. The fish caught by Mr. Zabriskie w^as 
smaller. Lansing w'as only seven years old, and 
began to handle rod and reel three years ago 
from the ocean pier, and last season was his 
first experience at deep sea fishing, and he has 
most successfully caught kingfish and_ amber- 
jack. A. M. Z. 
Illinois Casting Club. 
Chicago. Ill., April 30. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The opening of our regular season 
will be on the iSth of May. upon wdiich day the 
events wdll be half-ounce accuracy bait, half- 
ounce distance bait, accuracy fly and distance fly. 
To the-member making the highest combined 
averages of the quarter- and half-ounce accuracy 
bait, accuracy fly, and the light tackle dry-fly ac¬ 
curacy will be given the high average fly and 
bait award and token. 
To increase interest among new members and 
those who have not been casting regularly, there 
will be given to the member making the highest 
average for the season, in either of the accuracy 
bait events, or the accuracy fly events, the adept 
high score aw^ard and token. One bait and one 
fly award. Only members w'ho have never be¬ 
fore completed a season’s score will be eligible 
to these aw'ards. Above awards will not be 
given unless competed for by two or more 
members. 
A new and very liberal re-entry rule is in 
effect. Members who are compelled to be absent 
on a regular contest day may take a re-entry for 
that event on any day during the season when 
such an event is scheduled, or upon either re¬ 
entry day at the end of the season. However, 
no more than two scores of any one event may 
be cast on one day. 
Members desiring to cast their scores on the 
day following the regular contest days, must 
give written notice to the secretary prior to the 
first contest day. 
It is very desirable that all members should 
possess and wear a club badge. The secretary 
will take orders and furnish the same at $2.50, 
actual cost. 
The club is provided with a full complement 
of fly-rods for the use of the members who de¬ 
sire to play any, or all, of the various fly games. 
These rods will be found at the park every 
Saturday and Sunday. Keys for the rod locker and 
for the house and boat will be furnished by the 
captain, at cost. 
For our invitation tournament. May 12, the e.x- 
ecutive committee has decided upon the follow¬ 
ing events: The quarter- and half-ounce ac¬ 
curacy bait and assuracy fly. 
A. F. Swisher, Sec'y. 
Revised New Jersey Fish Laws. 
The open season in Delaware River and bay, 
and also their tributaries where the tide ebbs and 
flows, is as follows: 
June 15 to Dec. i, both dates inclusive, for 
black, calico, rock and white bass, crappie, pike 
perch, pickerel, pike, white and yellow perch and 
trout. 
The open season in lakes, ponds and other 
waters is as follows: 
May 30 to Nov. 30, both dates inclusive, for 
black bass, Oswego bass, white bass, calico bass 
and crappie. 
April I to July 15, both dates inclusive, for trout. 
May 20 to Nov. 30, both dates inclusive, and 
month of January, for pike and pickerel. 
May 20 to Nov. 30, Ijoth dates inclusive, for 
pike perch or wall-eyed pike. 
The taking of yellow and white perch with 
hook and line is permitted at all times cf the 
year except in Delaware River and bay. md 
also their tributaries where the tide ebbs and 
flows. 
