FOREST AND STREAM 
one man in a thousand may then divine the dog’s 
and indulge him accordingly. 
Under these adverse circumstances, while the 
reporting dog may be fairly numerous as a mat¬ 
ter of fact, he may apparently be scarce, owing 
or stupidity of his master. There 
is a general belief that, while the dog has keen 
powers of scent, he has no powers of mind. 
Then why has he brains? 
To discuss the subject in its proper breadth 
it may be advantageous to touch on the general 
methods of all dogs, among themselves, when 
left to their own devices as hunters. Whether 
they are wild or domestic, their methods are 
much alike. In all cases they display a high 
degree of intelligence, either in the role of pur- 
as H inch ought certainly to be The reporter dog is one which, having found 
enough for the small-bore—rela- one or more birds beyond the view or knowl- purpose 
ich thicker in proportion to its edge of the shooter when afield, returns to the 
has been my experience that noth- latter, and by ceitain distinctive peculiarity of 
by crowding the shot charge, and expression endeavors to communicate that he 
irter-inch black-edge wads are as has found game and wishes to lead his mastei to the apathy 
e, except to cushion violent loads, to it. He seldom succeeds. 
that in a twenty, a 2# inch shell The reporter dog is not a novelty, although 
all the powder and shot the gun for certain reasons more fully touched upon 
■ to advantage. hereinafter, he has not been noticeably numer- 
lty-gauge guns weigh from 6]4 to ous among setters and pointers. There would 
which gives relatively a stronger be many more of them if the average shooter 
ound and a half more in a twelve. were not so habitually inobservant, so prone 
reech is necessary, as breech pres- to dominate the dog s actions all the time and 
avier in proportion as the bore de- at every turn, and so insensible to the meaning 
imeter of the dog’s methods of communicating his ideas 
le most notable thing about these and purposes. 
s the way they hold the shot to- In his work, “Dog Breaking,” published in 
longer ranges. At forty yards they England about the middle of the last century, 
r inferior to a twelve, but at sixty Col. H. W. Hutchinson, who was a recognized 
surprisingly. Another thing is the authority on the subject, treated of the report- 
lave shot a twenty at ducks, but to ing dog as follows: 
in ballistics under the excitement “Amidst coppices, osiers or broom—indeed, 
m one’s own sport is hard; to watch sometimes on a rough moor—you will occasion- necock Bay, was 
oo yards gives a much better idea ally lose sight of a dog, and yet be unwilling 
ect and merits placing more re- to call him, feeling assured that he is somewhere 
conclusions thus drawn. steadily pointing; and being vexatiously certain 
the twenty-bore duck gun is noth- that, when he hears you w'histle, he will either 
’exas and would be glad to hear the leave his point, not subsequently to resume it, 
of some of the Lone Star State or—which is far more probable—amuse himself 
this regard, as indeed would others, by raising the game before he joins you. There shooting and shooting 
n the °number of inquiries I have are moments you would give guineas if he would ma de its fowl very diff 
ST and Stream. retreat from his point, come to you on your tice of netting ducks h 
of last Wednesday is worthy of whistling, lead you toward the bird, and there Bay for many years, 
r w ays. It would be hard to imagine resume his point. for a while, but as so< 
han were in evidence after the gale “This accomplishment—and in many places its stops it is relaxed, th 
height. The shooting was almost a value is almost inappreciable—can be taught him nets again. We belie 
performance and somebody was if he is under great command, by your occas- been a conviction of 
duck every minute. ionally bringing him in to your heel from a have been a number 
limit is thirty-five, and that is all point when he is within sight and near you, and think of their nets wh 
The Shinnecock Game Club, having tor its od- 
ject the protection of all kinds of game in Shin- 
recently organized. The officers 
are: President, Lindsay Russell, No. 165 Broad¬ 
way; Vice-Presidents, W. M. K. Olcott and 
Beverly W. Robinson; Secretary and Treasurer, 
Ottomar H. Van Norden, No. 786 Fifth avenue. 
The Weinstock Case. 
The full text of the decision handed down 
by the Court of Appeals of the State of New 
York in the case of the People vs. Leon C. Wein¬ 
stock is printed below. The opinion was written 
by Justice Haight, who said: 
This action was brought to recover penalties 
imposed by the Forest, Fish and Game Law of 
the State of New York for violations of its pro¬ 
visions. It appears from the facts agreed upon 
that the defendant sold in the Borough of Man¬ 
hattan during the open season, on the 16th day 
of November, 1905, six grouse, and that on the 
24th day of November he also sold six grouse. 
It was further agreed that the grouse so sold 
were not taken within the State of New York 
nor within twenty-five miles of the State line, 
and that the defendant had not given the bond 
specified under Section 27, of the Forest, Fish 
and Game Law at the time of such sale. There¬ 
upon, the trial court found as conclusions of 
law that the defendant was liable for two penal¬ 
ties ; one for each sale, and to an additional 
penalty for each bird sold, amounting to $420, 
(Continued on page 1036.) 
