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In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. 
HE next season Blue was a real 
covey dog, then because Sam 
Creighton didn’t show up one morning 
with “Buff” the Chesapeake retriever 
we took “Blue” along when we went for 
ducks and “Blue” eventually became a 
good duck retriever. 
As the years rolled by he became 
“Old Blue,” one of the dependable shoot- 
ing dogs, a pal one enjoyed being out 
with and the last time I said good bye 
to “Old Blue” he watched me drive 
away from Mansfield plantation and 
he looked after me as you see him 
looking in the picture which goes with 
this tale of the old south and real hos- 
pitality such as one alway finds at this 
dreamy old plantation on the South 
Carolina coast. 
Answering an Attack on the 
Trapper 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
N reading the National Humane 
Review this month I noticed an 
article by R. H. Murray knocking the 
trapper and his game. 
Mr. Murray says, “I have yet to see 
a trapper who was not as heartless as 
a hyena and as destructive as the 
plague.” 
That was a bad break, as the trap- 
per of today is the sportsman and con- 
servationist of our country. In the 
first place the wise trapper doesn’t 
make the mistake of trapping a sec- 
tion entirely out but will leave some 
of the animals for seed. Also he makes 
his sets so that death is instantaneous 
and the animal wil! not suffer for hours 
in the steel grip. As to being destruc- 
tive, a trapper who knows fur will 
certainly not make the mistake of trap- 
ping out of season if that is what Mr. 
Murray was hitting at. 
Mr. Murray also says that he cannot 
see how anyone with a heart or even a 
grain of pity for harmless creatures 
capable of suffering can do it. Of 
course there is such a man as a poach- 
er and such a thing as cruelty in trap- 
ping. Why? Because of some of the 
lazy birds who make their sets any 
old way, do not give a whoop and go 
over their line whenever they feel like 
it. This man is not a trapper he is a 
loafer looking for the easy spots in life 
but he will soon learn that he isn’t 
going to get something for nothing at 
the trapping game. The real trapper 
works for all he gets and is a man 
and will give you the shirt off his 
back in a pinch. I haven’t had the 
opportunity of meeting very many 
trappers but I have met some. One 
especially, I stayed with for a few days 
and he was a real dyed in the wool 
trapper, a good hearted fellow and as 
good a friend as I have ever met. 
I think that those who are always 
trying to knock the joy out of life 
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are the ones who started that littl 
ballad entitled, “Anti Pistol Legisla- 
tion.” 
Some men don’t care for hunting or 
fishing and never have had a pistol in 
their hands for fear of getting hurt 
but put a good pistol in the hand of a 
man who can handle one and no thug 
is going to tell him to stick them u 
if he has half a chance. A man or a 
few men started this pistol law and 
there were several others who couldn’ 
use their own judgement so they fol- 
lowed in like a bunch of sheep. Just 
a bunch of weaklings is what I think 
they are. If we all followed one man’s 
example this wouldn’t be much of a 
world. So do not go knocking the 
sportsmen of this country as you’re 
sure to show yourself up. 
DAN VERCELLINI 
Leod, South Dakota 
Adventures with Rod and Har 
poon Along the Florida Keys 
By WENDELL ENDICOTT 
A most interesting and valuable con- 
tribution to the field of Florida litera- 
ture. There are many interesting chap- 
ters on angling and some concise in- 
formation on the art of harpooning, a 
sport on which but little has been writ- 
ten. The volume is profusely illus- 
strated, containing something like 80 il- 
lustrations by the author. 
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Co., 
New York City. Price, $4.00. 
Tales of Southern Rivers 
By ZANE GREY 
Practically everyone is acquainted 
with Zane Grey’s novels but not so 
many perhaps know that Mr. Grey is 
an ardent angler and writes fascinat- 
ingly about the sport. Interest never 
lags throughout this work and there are 
many thrilling tales about the capture 
of Southern big game fish. The book 
is well illustrated by photographs, 
among which are some unusual ones of 
leaping tarpon. 
Published by Harper & Brothers, New 
York City, Price $4.00. 
The Book of Winter Sports 
By W. DusTIN WHITE 
We know of no book treating on this 
subject that is quite so complete as this. 
volume. Practically all the phases of 
winter sports in the North are covered 
—fox hunting, ice fishing, snow-shoe-— 
ing, skiing, skating, tobogganing and 
even a chapter on cold weather camp- 
ing. Weare sure that no one who takes 
delight in the wintry outdoors can af-— 
ford to be without a copy. 
Published by Houghton Mifflin Com- 
pany, Boston, Mass. Price, $2.75. 
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