Forest and Stream 
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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 9 , 1910 . 
VOL. LXXV.-No. 2. 
No. 127 Franklin St. New York- 
A WEEKLY JOURNAL. 
Copyright, 1909, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
George Bird Grinnell, President, 
Charles B. Reynolds, Secretary, 
Louis Dean Speir, Treasurer, 
127 Franklin Street. New York. 
THE OBJECT OF THIS JOURNAL 
will be to studiously promote a healthful in¬ 
terest in outdoor recreation, and to cultivate 
a refined taste for natural objects. 
—Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. 
SPORTSMEN SHOULD SPEAK OUT. 
The suggestions lately made by John H. 
Hendrickson, in his address published June 25, 
deserve more than a passing thought. Mr. Hen¬ 
drickson called attention to the slight considera¬ 
tion of sportsmen’s needs shown by Legislatures 
and State authorities. A gunner himself, he 
spoke chiefly from the gunner’s standpoint, yet 
his remarks have a bearing broad enough to in¬ 
terest all outdoor people. 
Mr. Hendrickson repeated what Forest and 
Stream has often urged, that to accomplish re¬ 
sults with State officials and with Legislatures, 
sportsmen must organize; and must urge their 
views with the demands of a united body, in¬ 
stead of with the timid requests of individuals. 
But organization is not possible without a 
common understanding and united action. One 
or two meetings a year by a few hundred men, 
when a part of the time is given to electing 
officers, a part to contests of skill, and a part 
to enjoying a banquet, do not constitute an ef¬ 
fective method by which the sportsmen of one 
section may learn much about the ‘wishes of 
those in another section. To know each other, 
to understand how their fellows feel on subjects 
of common interest, sportsmen must have some 
means of communication, some vehicle for the 
expression of their views. As things stand at 
present, in many sections the sportsmen of one 
county know very little of those of the next 
county—often do not know whether there are 
any there or not. Gunners and anglers, yachts¬ 
men and woods lovers all over the land, who 
are readers of Forest and Stream, have in it 
a medium through which they can reach their 
fellow sportsmen, can discuss matters of interest 
and eventually decide how the majority of them 
feel on such matters. This opportunity to ex¬ 
press their views ought to be open to all. 
Forest and Stream is published in the interest 
of sportsmen, and all of them are welcome to 
express their views in its columns. It matters 
not whether these views agree with those held 
by Forest and Stream or not. This is a place 
where they may speak their minds. How freely 
they do this is shown every week by the letters 
which we print. 
It would be a good thing for the whole body 
of sportsmen if each reader of Forest and 
Stream would regularly loan his copy to some 
friend who does not see the paper, would talk 
over with him subjects of interest, and induce 
the friend to express his opinions on matters of 
common interest. The discussion now going 
about spring wildfowl shooting shows how ready 
sportsmen are to voice their beliefs when they 
are really interested. The letters on this sub¬ 
ject have come from all parts of the continent 
— from Newfoundland to Florida, across to 
Southern California and up to British Columbia. 
If they are to secure the things they want, 
sportsmen must make their voices heard in some 
public and definite way. Sitting still and grumb¬ 
ling will never accomplish much. 
FREEDOM FROM THE YOKE. 
Since his accession to the throne of Great 
Britain, a great deal of romance has been pub¬ 
lished concerning the fondness of King George 
V. for outdoor sports, and of course many of 
the opinions expressed have been warped by the 
writers’ loyalty. There is no doubt, however, 
that as a shot the King ranks high; indeed, some 
years ago one of the magazines held a voting 
contest as to the best twelve game shots in the 
Kingdom, and the present King’s name was near 
the- top of the list. 
King George has long been regarded as the 
angler of the Royal family, and salmon fishing 
has in past years been a favorite diversion of 
his, perhaps because of his dislike to be a sub¬ 
ject of hero worship or any sentiment akin to 
it, and the opportunities afforded by fishing to 
be alone. 
One of the late Edmund F. L. Jenner’s most 
charming contributions to the literature of ang¬ 
ling concerned a little fishing excursion of 
Princes Albert and George, and was printed in 
these columns several years ago under the title, 
“Jake Henshaw’s Midshipmites.” It was the 
late Prince Albert and the present King who, 
while serving as midshipmen on one o' the 
Queen’s cruisers, then at Halifax, stole away in 
the early morning and, with the old guide, went 
out on a work train to his home. They had a 
good day’s salmon fishing and enjoyed their 
freedom from restraint, for the guide did not 
know them, and it was not until he had driven 
them back to town at night that their identity 
was disclosed to him. All through the day 
small parties had been scouring the country, 
searching for the missing princes, but they did 
not find the two boys who were whipping the 
stream in Henshaw’s company. The young ang¬ 
lers were in high glee over the success of their 
prank, though while they were missing there was 
little peace for the officers on board their ship. 
The incident is only one of many that prove 
how steadfast is the love of outdoor sport in 
all who have had the opportunity now and then 
to taste its joys. Kings, presidents, diplomats, 
the heads of great corporations, college profes¬ 
sors and all sorts of men find their exacting 
duties in crowded places at times too burden¬ 
some, and a little fishing or a day in the open 
is hailed by them with a joy that passes the com¬ 
prehension of those who do not know what free¬ 
dom means. 
It is these days taken from the serious pur¬ 
suits of life that are the red-letter days of men 
who are chained to business. The school boy 
is punished when he breaks away from school 
room restraint and “plays hookey,” but these 
days that he steals, as he is told, will be long 
remembered as the bright spots in his young 
life, and if in after years he masters the desire, 
he merely curbs the flesh but cannot break the 
spirit. It cries continuously for the outdoors 
and freedom from the yoke that grows heavier 
and heavier. It is a yoke that it is not good to 
wear too long, lest something under it give way. 
The railway stations and steamboat piers 
presented a sight last -Friday and Saturday 
which was good to look upon. It was a spec¬ 
tacle familiar enough to travelers, and one 
which is repeated annually on the approach of 
the glorious Fourth, yet there has been a 
steady change which speaks volumes. To be 
sure, there were the usual excursionists, casual 
wanderers bent on swinging around a circle in 
a given time, and philosophical in their con¬ 
templation of a hot, dusty ride in a stuffy train. 
But everywhere appeared bright faces bearing 
expressions of eagerness to reach a destina¬ 
tion. Rationally clad for outdoors, their own¬ 
ers carried canoe paddles, fishing rods, cameras 
and dufflebags, or scurried about the baggage 
cars, attending to the carriage of tents, canoes 
and other bulky parcels. It was a time for a 
short outing, and they were impatient to be 
away and make the most of it. No doubt there 
were fireworks and blank cartridges in the lug¬ 
gage, but if so the quantities were small. To 
get away from the noise and confusion of the 
t’own, but to do something worth while as well, 
seemed to be the object of young and old alike. 
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An important opinion bearing on the pollu¬ 
tion of streams has been handed down by Jus¬ 
tice Kellogg of the Saratoga county (N. Y.) 
Supreme Court. The plaintiff, an owner of 
property traversed by Kayaderosseras Creek, 
was awarded damages for the pollution of its 
waters by a pulp mill, and the mill owners are 
restrained by a permanent injunction from fur¬ 
ther pollution of the stream. It is significant 
that the court, in rendering a decision, based 
it in part on the fact that, while the water may 
not have been rendered unfit for drinking pur¬ 
poses because of the discoloring by quantities 
of waste carrying 2.20 per cent of sulphurous 
acid, nevertheless this discoloring alone was a 
sufficient ground for complaint 
