Forest and Stream 
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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 , 1908 . 
VOL. LXXI.—No. 9 . 
No. 127 Franklin St., New York# 
A WEEKLY JOURNAL. 
Copyright, 1908, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
George Bird Grinnell, President, 
Charles B. Reynolds, Secretary. 
Louis Dean Speir, Treasurer. 
127 Franklin Street, New York. 
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THE OBJECT OF THIS JOURNAL 
will be to studiously promote a healthful interest 
in outdoor recreation, and to cultivate a refined 
taste for natural objects. 
—Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. 
GENERAL D. H. BRUCE. 
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General D. H. Bruce, whose name has long 
been familiar to readers of Forest and Stream, 
died at his home in Syracuse, August 19. He 
was seventy-four years old. , 
Dwight Hall Bruce was born in Lenox, Madi¬ 
son county, New York, in 1834. He was by pro¬ 
fession a journalist, wrote a memorial history 
of Syracuse for Onondaga county’s centennial, 
and “The Empire State in Three Centuries.” He 
was a liberal contributor to the magazines, writ¬ 
ing on historical subjects and on sport. Gen. 
Bruce was postmaster of Syracuse from 1872 to 
1877, was appointed again in September, 1897, 
and held the office when he died. In 1880 he was 
Brigadier-General of the Tenth Brigade of the 
National Guard. He was one of the organizers 
and supervisors of the Union League of 
America, which was formed to aid the Union 
Army during the Civil War. 
Gen. Bruce was a devoted sportsman, and was 
a frequent writer for Forest and Stream, sign¬ 
ing his contributions by his full name or by his 
initials. He was especially an angler, but was 
also an earnest worker in behalf of game, fish 
and forest protection. He was a prime mover 
in the reorganization of the New York Fish, 
: Game and Forest League at the time when 
1 action was taken in Syracuse to restore the asso ■ 
ciation to the exercise of its original functions 
I of protection. 
Gen. Bruce was one of the first to appreciate 
1 the importance of Adirondack forest preserva- 
: tion, pleading for the establishment of a State 
park. He was ahead of his time in recognizing 
■ the value of State ownership and control of the 
North Woods. 
, Possessed of an ardent love for outdoor life, 
he saw the mountains with breadth of vision and 
comprehensiveness of insight, and wrote of them 
charmingly in their several aspects, as play¬ 
ground, sanitarium and forest preserve. He con- 
j tributed to Forest and Stream a number of ar¬ 
ticles of very comprehensive character in which 
he discussed their physical features, soils, 
forests, mines, botany, historic associations. 
He was a close student of nature and recorded 
many interesting observations. Well read and 
well informed and possessing great personal 
1 charm, he was an interesting man to talk with. 
BARON STERN BURG. 
Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg, who 
died in Heidelberg on Aug. 24, was a sports¬ 
man who enjoyed some of the best big-game 
hunting to be found in the world. 
The Baron was born in Leeds, England, in 
1852, his father then being in business there; 
but he was educated in Germany and served 
with the German Army until 1885, when he be¬ 
came military attache to the German Legation 
at Washington. In 1890 he was appointed secre¬ 
tary of legation at Peking, and while there 
spent many weeks hunting in parts of China 
seldom visited by white men. Later he repre¬ 
sented Germany in Servia, then returned to 
Washington as first secretary of the German 
Embassy. He was one of the Samoan Commis¬ 
sioners, and in 1898 became Germany’s Consul- 
General in British India and Ceylon, returning 
to Washington in 1903 as his country’s ambas¬ 
sador, which position he held at the time of his 
death. 
Of his travels and adventures he wrote en¬ 
tertainingly, and it was a pleasure to listen to 
his stories of big-game hunting in the far East 
and in America. It was while in India that he 
met with an accident which developed into the 
disease that sapped his strength and made him 
an easy victim to inflammation of the lungs, the 
immediate cause of his death. 
Baron Sternburg was one of the most popular 
men in our National Capital, and he numbered 
among his warm personal friends scores of 
sportsmen, including President Roosevelt and 
Emperor William of Germany. To the Baron’s 
untiring efforts are largely due the friendly re¬ 
lations now existing between Germany and the 
United States. 
DEER FARMING. 
One of the chief difficulties which the owner 
of the private preserve in America is obliged 
to face is the fact that the game laws of few of 
the States make any provision for the private 
ownership of living wild game. A number of 
States have begun to recognize this difficulty 
and have striven to encourage private persons 
to rear game by the enactment of special pro¬ 
visions in regard to domesticated game. A 
number of States have already established game 
refuges and preserves, which are and will be 
rigidly protected, but legislation of this sort is 
in its infancy. 
Legislation with special relation to the breed¬ 
ing of deer in captivity exists in a few States. 
New York permits the sale during the open 
season of deer, moose, elk and caribou from 
private parks, and permits common carriers to 
transport animals into the State for breeding 
purposes, but not to transport venison unless 
it is accompanied by the owner. In the case 
of a private preserve in Dutchess county, an 
owner killed some superfluous bucks, intended 
to be shipped to New York city for sale. The 
express company refused to receive the ship¬ 
ment, and the owner, Mr. Dieterich, applied for 
a temporary injunction, claiming that the law 
which prohibits the transportation of deer from 
one county to another ind requires the express 
companies to refuse to accept such deer, did 
not apply to domesticated deer. The courts, 
however, decided on appeal that the law in 
question applied to domesticated as well as to 
wild deer. 
Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, 
Minnesota, Missouri and New Hampshire per¬ 
mit the selling and shipping of deer under cer¬ 
tain limitations. In Illinois, however, any 
person who raises deer for market may kill and 
sell them at any time, just as other domestic 
animals may be killed. 
In the United States there is much waste 
land which might well be employed in the rais¬ 
ing of deer, to the profit of the owner, and to 
the advantage of the land. That this will be 
done to a greater extent as time goes on can¬ 
not be doubted. 
To those of our readers who “have a sweet 
tooth” Mr. Lyon’s bee-trailing article will appeal 
strongly. To others the simplicity of his plan 
to locate bee trees will come as a surprise, for 
it is likely they have never tried it out, be they 
ever so fond of the woods near home. There 
are men who would rather trail bees and locate 
their homes than to hunt moose or deer; many 
of them become enthusiasts as well as adepts. 
They claim it is equal to coon hunting for ex¬ 
citement and the results of a successful hunt 
for honey are gratifying, as one is enabled to 
share his spoils with friends. Only the other 
day in New York city a whole neighborhood 
shared in a find of this sort, which goes to show 
that it is not always necessary to go far afield 
in pursuit of bees. 
When the National Federation of Anglers 
met recently at Sheffield, England, delegates rep¬ 
resenting nearly 70,000 anglers were present to 
discuss and pass upon questions of importance 
to all of the anglers of the British Isles. Dur¬ 
ing the past year the membership has increased 
by 5.700, and it is likely the authorities will give 
heed to a petition requesting amendments to the 
fishery laws “in accordance with present-day re¬ 
quirements.” 
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The reports from the game fields are in the 
main encouraging. Although it is as yet too 
early to draw definite conclusions as to the 
supply of ruffed grouse, it seems probable that 
there will be more of these royal birds in our 
covers this fall than last. Sportsmen, however, 
should prepare to preach and practice modera¬ 
tion this year and next in their shooting. 
