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[Jan. 21, 1911. 
got one weighing 221 pounds and H. L. Preston, 
at Long Lake West, one that weighed 273 pounds. 
It is also recorded that three carcasses of deer 
were shipped from Millbrook, Dutchess county, 
and this brief record again causes us to express 
a sincere regret that no exact returns of deer 
shipments are had from the Catskill region. 
There is no doubt whatever that the kill in this 
section annually is considerable. 
ALBINO DEER. 
But one albino, deer was reported shot during 
the season that could be definitely traced. This 
was a buck weighing 172 pounds and was killed 
in the Granshue township by a guide named 
Harvey Eastman. It was a pure white specimen 
and was sent to Saranac to be mounted. 
MISCELLANEOUS ANIMALS. 
As usual there were received a variety of re¬ 
ports as to different species of animals killed by 
hunters and guides during the open season. Near 
Natural Bridge on Indian River three otter were 
shot in January by C. E. McCoy, who was hunt¬ 
ing for other game at the time. Several wild¬ 
cats were killed at various times and in various 
sections. A fisher was shot in the Adirondacks 
in February by Alvin Howland, of Manchester, 
and was one of the first killed in many years in 
this section. 
Two silver gray foxes were killed during the 
season, both in good condition. One was secured 
in Wilton, by John W. Burdick, of Saratoga 
Springs, and the other near New Milford, by 
Matthew Gannon, who received $40 for its fur, 
according to the report furnished. 
All the reports from the sections in which 
beaver have been placed by the commission show 
that these animals are multiplying steadily. This 
is true of the Catskill section as well as of the 
Adirondacks. The residents of the sections in 
which the beaver are thriving take much interest 
in the animals and protect them in every way 
possible. It is probable that in a few years there 
will be a large number of beaver wherever the 
present stock is found. 
Brown’s Trad Guides. 
Utica, N. Y., Jan. 13.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Brown’s Tract Guides’ Associa¬ 
tion held its annual meeting and banquet last 
night at The Wood, in Inlet, at the head of 
Fourth Lake, Fulton Chain, the attendance being 
large. Officers were elected as follows: Presi¬ 
dent, A. G. Delmarsh, Inlet; Vice-President, 
Fred Burke, Old Forge; Secretary, A. M. 
Church, Boonville; Executive Committee, George 
Goodell, Old Forge; David Charbonneau, Old 
Forge; Earl Covey, Twitchell Lake; D. R. Ains¬ 
worth, Big Moose Lake; C. D. Kirche, Inlet; 
M. J. Oley, White Lake Corners; J. E. Ball, Old 
Forge. 
Resolutions were adopted to the effect that the 
open seasons for fish and game should not be 
changed, and recommending that the Legisla¬ 
ture enact a law limiting the number of trout 
that may be caught by one individual in one 
day to twenty, this law to apply only to the Adi¬ 
rondack region. 
The annual report of the secretary referred 
to the proceedings of the last annual meeting, 
mentioning among other things that a resolution 
advancing guides’ wages, was adopted. Continu- 
ing, the report said: ‘‘The resolution to advance 
wages from $3 to $4 a day occasioned much dis¬ 
cussion by members present at the annual meet¬ 
ing, and has been a subj ect much discussed by 
active as well as - associate members since. To 
many it was a proceeding to which they had 
given little or no thought, and upon which many 
refrained from voting for that reason. Some 
few of our guides adhered to the $4 a day rate 
and received it, the greater part accepting the 
$3 a day rate as in previous years. One active 
member, not wishing to be bound by such action 
on the part of the association, resigned his mem¬ 
bership. Four associate members, arguing that 
the action by the association was hasty and un¬ 
fair by reason of their not consulting with the 
associate members, withdrew from the mem¬ 
bership. One other active member resigned and 
several associate members withdrew from the 
association for business and other reasons. 
“There was the usual rush of hunters during 
the deer season and game was hunted hard and 
long. Not so many deer were killed as in 1909, 
the reason given for this being the shortening 
of the season and unusual scarcity of deer in 
some localities. Most reports were that deer 
were less plenty than usual. 
“We received from the State about 35,000 
brook trout fingerlings, which were placed in 
streams about Fulton Chain and Big Moose. A 
good supply of lake trout were placed by the 
association in the Fulton Chain and in Big Moose 
and vicinity. About 20,000 rainbow fingerlings 
were distributed in the same section, while sev¬ 
eral millions of whitefish fry, the eggs of which 
were taken in the Third and Fourth Lakes, 
were hatched in the Fulton Chain Hatchery and 
planted in the same waters. We should see to 
it that more of this sort of work is done. It 
should not all be left for the association to do. 
1 here should be more applications for fish from 
individuals. There should be one from every 
cottage and camp on the lakes. If need be the 
association can care for and plant these fish for 
you. Put in your applications and request that 
they may be furnished from the Fulton Chain 
Hatchery, for there are hatched and raised the 
finest trout of any turned out by the State. 
“The winter of 1909-10 was not really severe. 
1 he snow did not come till quite late in the 
winter. There was some suffering among the 
deer and some fata itifes, but nothing general or 
serious. A few days were spent in studying the 
situation, a small amount of feeding being done, 
but an early thaw saved the necessity of further 
expense. 
"There has been the usual amount of game 
law discussion among the clubs and associations 
throughout the State, the usual number of game 
law amendments suggested, and some of them 
are good, but most of them are bad. Some of 
them would lessen the destruction of game, but 
the greater part is a cry for more meat. John 
B. Burnham, deputy game commissioner, sug¬ 
gests a return to the buck killing law of 1909 
when a greater number of deer were killed than 
in any year since 1869. Others suggest a return 
to hounding. Lengthening the season, or mak¬ 
ing it easier to get the game, will not lessen the 
kill. Shorten the season and make it harder to 
get the game if you would protect it. Your 
secretary has stood for some years for a law 
that would allow the killing of bucks only at 
any time with a penalty for its violation so 
severe as to compel the hunter to know what he 
is shooting. It will never be safe to hunt in 
forests inhabited by deer as long as people are 
allowed to shoot at everything that moves or 
jumps. A person buys a gun for the purpose of 
killing something. He would not have it if it 
would not kill. Then why not have a regulation 
that will compel him to know before he shoots 
what it is he is shooting at? It would save 
much game and prevent the killing of some men. 
“We had a balance on hand at the close of 
1909 of $178.51. Our receipts in 1910 were $365 
and our expenses for the year were $369.74, which 
leaves a balance on hand at the present time of 
$t 73 ' 77 - We received in 1910 twenty-eight new 
members. Cards were issued to one hundred 
guides or active members and to 366 associate 
members.” W. E. Wolcott. 
A Great Run. 
Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. 14 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: All Pinehurst is responding to the 
mellow notes of the horn these beautiful Janu¬ 
ary mornings for the enjoyment of fox hunting 
under the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. James T. 
Twitty, of Buffalo, who are here for the sea¬ 
son with their fine pack of English and Ameri¬ 
can hounds. The chances are if a certain group 
in the hotel corridor is not talking golf, it is 
fox hunting, telling again the story of the week’s 
best run, four hours of glorious music in a chase 
which for length, excitement and variety is 
rarely equalled. 
Trailing quickly to the strike the pack had 
reynard on the move soon after luncheon and 
not until sunset did the music end in the death 
struggle. In experience of years, master and 
huntsman declare they have never seen the equal 
of this fox which has baffled pack after pack in 
the territory over which he has roamed for years 
past; hunters coming from various points sea¬ 
son after season, camping and running him for 
a week at a time, always with the result, “almost 
but not quite.” 
Cunning beyond man’s conception he was, but 
doubtless over confident from repeated victories 
and thus the end came. Game to the core, how¬ 
ever, fighting with the pack until the mere force 
of numbers overpowered him. 
During the first three hours of the run every 
moment in full cry, it was from hillside to swamp 
and swamp to hillside the fox seen again and 
again employing every ruse known to this 
craftiest of animals—doubling, circling, log-hop- 
ping, fence walking. Relentless, the hounds pur¬ 
sued, finally balking a clever effort to double, 
cutting down the lead and forcing an open sight 
run of 300 yards which brought the great race 
to a remarkable climax, Roebuck breaking away 
by a magnificent spurt at the close, grappling in 
the death grip at full speed and fox and hound 
rolling over and over before the pack was upon 
them. A moment later Mr. Twitty topped an 
adjoining fence and the chase was over. 
A previous run was an exciting one with the 
kill after two hours of trailing and an equal 
race, the fox being caught in an attempt to cross 
a hill to an adjoining swamp which the leading 
hound balked, driving him back to the pack. 
Herbert L. Jillson. 
All the game laws of the United States and 
Canada, revised to date and now in force, are 
given in the Game Laws in Brief. See adv. 
