The fur seal

Forest and _Stream.

A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun,

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NEW ^YORK, MAY 28, 1891.

^{« VOL.XXXVI.-No.19.}

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CONTENTS.

Editorial.

Fflth'rsandSons.

Thp FurSeals.

Jack-HuntingDeer.

SnapShots.

SportsmanTotteist.

OntheNorth Shore.—v.

NATtTRAL History.

Hintto Collectors.

Thp Pn'cupme.

Game Bag

^andGun.

A

Phan'om ^Gobtiler.

A

^{SpringtimeHunt.}

Cnitagoandthe West.

Eph.Brownandthe Bear.

Six YearsUnderMaine

Game

Laws.—vu.

GampNotes.

Seaanl River Fishing.

WashingtonCity Notes.

AnglinginCanada.

Plea^^antLake.

TonsofFish DriedUp.

AnglingNote'.

A

DayonthePotomac.

New

HampshireTroiitSeason.

Chicago andthe West.

TheKennel.

A.K.C.Meeting.

Eastern Field Trials Derby Entries.

Beagle Training.

NotesandNotions.

"The American Book ofthe Dog."

DogChat.

KennelNotes.

Kennel Management.

RiELEAND TrapShootinq.

Range andGaller^

EnglishRevolverMatches.

TheTrap.

WashingtonTnter-State.

IowaSlateAnnual.

New

YorkState Shoot.

Yachting.

MaidofHonor.

In theDelawareTides.

Bt-ndingWood.

New

YorkY. R. A.

Canoeing.

Canoe YawlF.

NorthernDivisioriMeet.

AnswerstoCorrespondents

FATHERS AND SONS.

WITHIN

^{a few vfeekspastan unusual}

^number

^of

deaths have been reported from accidents to persons engaged in outdoor recreation. Several cases haveoccurredof

young men

being shotby companions,

who

took

them

for -wildanimals,v^hiledeathsby drown- ingvphileoutsailinghavefurnishedtexts

more

thanonce fornewspapersermons. Ifciswellunderstood thatacci- dentssuchasthesedo not

commonly

happen to persons ofintelligence andexperience; but,on the otherhand, no one canbeginhiscareeras a sportsman

knowing

all, or indeed any considerable part of,

what

he ought to know. It is by hard knocks and by himself seeing things done,and done well,thatthe heedless, ignorant boy becomes the intelligent and competent sportsman.

The

lesson which such accidents asthese teachis not that the use^ofguns andboatsshould beabandoned,but that the

young

should learn

how

touse

them

under com- petentinstruction.

The

boy^isanimitativeanimal andlookswithrespect

upon

his elders,

who

are familiar with matters about

which

he

knows

little ornothing. If hegoesintothe

jfieli withathorough sportsman, the boy will uncon- sciously imitate

him

andwill act ashe acts.

He

will soonbyintuitiontake care nottopoint his

gun

atdogs ormen,nottoshoottowardhiscompanionin thick cover, nottofireatabii-dthat belongstoanother. His

manners

andhabits inthe field willbe formed on those ofthe elderfriend,whoseskillhe admiresand whose knowledge herespects.

On

the otherhand,if he goes outalone orwith

some

one whoseonlythought isto getall the birds possible;

who

is carelesswith his

weapon

;iswilling to risk his companion'seyes,orperhapshislife,byshooting towai'd him;

who

racestowardthefallenbird in ordertogetto itbeforehis ill-traineddoghas eatenitup, orat least re- ducedittoamassofpulp,theboy

may

verylikely

become

a^{careless,noisyfield}rowdy.

What

istrueofthe

gun

isalsotrueofthe boat

and

the

canoe.

No power

onearthcan keeptheboy fromloving andindulgingin outdoor recreation.

He

willsailand paddleifhissurroundings admit of thisformof sport, andto

make

itsafe forhim,see toitthathisfirst excur- sionsaretakenunderthecharge of

some

older friend or relative,

who

iscompetentand careful.

Good

habits,insport as inother things, areeasily in- stilledintotheyouthfulmind,and once adoptedarenot easilyforgotten orabandoned.

The

boywill shoot, will sail,will ride. It isthedutyofparentsto seethathe is sotaughttodothesethings thathe shalldo

them

well.

Hispleasurewillbe vastly increased,and the uneasiness andanxietysooftenfeltbytheanxiousparentwillbeno longer experienced.

THE FUR SEALS.

TDEESONS who

are interested in the preservation of thefursealsfromextinctionseemto feelverylittle

hope that anythingwill bedonebythe

Government

in timetobeofbenefit this year.

The

season for killingis

about to open, a large

number

of Canadian vessels

—

forty-nine

—

^{have left British} Columbiaportsto engage inpelagicsealing,andstillthe

Government

officials are silentand no replyis given to England's propositionto

make

aclosetimeuntila

more

definiteknowledge shall behadoftheconditionswhichprevailontheseal islands.

Theexcuseisgiven,bythose

who

wishtoget theskins, that before a close seasoncanbe ordered a report

must

behad fromthe agents recently appointedto look after theinterestsof theGovernment. This is a flimsypre- textand

means

nothing. These

newly

appointed agents

know

nothingabout the fur seal, nor can they acquire

any

knowledge of the animal orits habits until they have devoteda seasonortwotostudying it. Ifthekill- ingisallowedtocontinuewhilethey are carryingonthis courseof study,their observations willhave a certain historical interest,butwillnotaffectthe preservation of thisinterestinganduseful

mammal,

forbythetimetheir reports have been printed the

work

of extermination willbepracticallycomplete.

As

things stand at this writing, theNorth

American

Commercial

Company

has the right toslaughter60,000

young

malesealsonthePribylovIslands;inother words, to destroy the whole stock of male seals on

which

the cropfor ten yearsto

come

depends. It is difficult to understand

how

intelligent

men

can contemplate such actionasthis. Itmightbesupposed thateventhe

Com-

mercial

Company

would realize that this action will destroytheirfuturebusiness, willwipeout

any

profitsin the years to come. This is onthe hypothesis that the

management

of this

company

have taken the lease of the sealislands as amatterof legitimate business. Of com"se,if it is a

mere

piece of stock jobbing, if these managers are nothing

more

than"promoters,"if they wishtodeclare a large dividendoneyear,hoping onthe strengthofthat dividendtopeddle outtheirstockinthe

company

ata great pricetoa gullible public,thentheir action is natural enough. But, if this is the case, it

seems a thousand pities thattheUnitedStatesGovern-

ment

should lenditsaidtoany such scheme.

JACK-HUNTING DEER.

COLUMNS

^{and columns of discussion have been}

printed for and against the practice of hunting deer in the Adirondacks byfloating for

them

atnight witha jack-light. Opponents of this

mode

ofhunting haverepeatedlyurged the Legislatureto forbid it;but the existing lawpermits jacking.

The

Adirondack League Club ^is an association

which

has controlofalargeterritoryinthe Jock's

Lake

district, andinadditiontotheState

game

lawsthere arerules of theclub regulating the taking ^of

game and

fishbyits

members. These forbid the taking by

any member

of

more

thanfifteenpoundsofspeckled troutortenin

num-

berof lake troutinone day,

and

the

same

limitationis put on fish carried from the preserve. Anotherrule reads: "Jackingorfloating for deeris absolutelypro- hibited." This regulation

was

adopted,

we

are told, because the

members

were convinced thatjack-hunting resultedinthe

wounding

and

maiming

of

more

deerthan werekiUed, andinthe lingering deathsof

more

deerthan were "reducedto possession."

Theadoptionofsucha rulebytheAdirondack League Associationissignificant and worthyof note, because the attitudeofthe Statetowardits

game

atlai-geshould be in no respect different from that of such aprivate prganizatjontowardthe

game

^{initspreserves,}

SNAP SHOTS.

"pvR.

JAMES

A.

HENSHALL, who

has inchargethe preparation of the angling exhibitoftheWorld's Fair, hasbeen visiting

some

ofthe tackle makers,

and

reportsa growing interestinthesubject.

With

theco- operation of dealers and anglers,it is hoped that the Chicago displaywill far surpass anythingever done in this line. The scheme is comprehensive and isgradu- allybeing elaborated in detail.

The

exhibition will in- cludeallformsof tackleand angling appliances,and an extensive aqtiarium of living specimens. This willbe under thecharge of Mr.

Wm.

P.Seal, ofthe Fish

Com-

mission,and well

known

toourreadersastheauthorof valuable studiesof water life.

The

exhibition willad- join the

Government

exhibit,andwillbe containedina building of spacious dimensions. Dr. Henshall will gladly receive suggestions fromall

who

areinterested.

We

^hopetogiveadetailed planofthe exhibitinanearly issue.

The Cranberry

Lake

waters oftheAdirondacks have yielded another large trout. Sir.

Frank

Paddock, of Watertown,scoredafishintheinlettheotherday weigh- ing 4ilb3. It

was

here that Mr.A.

Ames

Hewlett, of Syracuse,inJulyof 1888,capturedthe troutof Slbs. 14oz.

whosebirch-bark outline still adorns theoffice of the Forest

and

Stream. Thefish

was mounted

and is

now

in the

museum

ofSyracuseUniversity. Mr.Howlett's fish

was

onlysecondto an Adirondack trout taken

by

Mr.Walter Aiken,^of<FranklinFalls,N, H.;

who

in 1884 caught a trout of 61bs. 2oz. This

was

at Spring Pond, near theSecond

Pond

oftheChainof Ponds.

The

best of this incident

was

that the big^fish

was

oneofa

num-

ber which

when

smaller had been transferred by Mr.

Aiken from other waters

and

planted hereto

grow

big enoughto

make

a recordon.

We

havereceivedfortheHelenKellerFund,sincelast Thursday,the following:

Dr.J.FrankPerry,Boston $5.00

"BigReel," Morristown, N.J. 2.00

A

Friend (throughMr.

W.

Wade) 1.00

$8.00

AmountsenttoHelenKeller 118.25

Totaltodate $126.25

The Winans

^{Revolver Trophy is}

now

onexhibition in the

window

of Messrs. Hartley

& Graham,

No.315 Broadway, where ^{it is} exciting

much

admiration.

The handsome

base, received by us subsequently to Mr.

Lacy's drawing published lastweek, addsdecidedly to the effect ofthe piece.

The

trophyisanartistic bitof realism,whosetruthfulnessisatoncerecognized.

John Morton,

who

died in this city lastweek,

was

in hisoldage fond oftelKng

how

he used to stand inthe doorwayof hishouse on Canalstreet

and

shoot quailon the opposite^{side of}thecanal. The spotiswithin a

Bob

White's whistleoftheForest

and Stream

office.

Heard

INBoston: "Hello!

Been

fishing?" "No.

Had

the grippe; in thehouse

two

weeks; losttwenty pounds, and

my

springfishing." "Well,

my young

friend, you'll get back your twenty pounds ^{all right,}but not your springfishing."

Flash-lightphotographyenables the angler, returning

home

^{late at night, to photographhis fishbeforethey} haveshrunk.

We

haveseen

some

excellentexamplesof such work. It leavesno allowance ^forshrinkage over night.

The

New York

Times announces indisplayheadlines Fish puzzle the anglers.

They

arefullof unaccount- able freaks thisyear." Didthe fish

man

of the Times ever

know

ayear

when

fishwere notfulloffreaks?

Salmon

are reported ingoodsupply in thePenobscotat Bangor.

Hudson

salmonare occasionallytakenin nets.

Two

werecaptured at

Hudson

lastweek,and released.

Thelargest

was

estimatedat 181bs.

A

^{St. Augustine} correspondent writes that Florida promisestohave anefficient

game

law ifthe bill

now

underconsiderationshallpassinitspresent shape.

An

Idaho

law

prohibits the killing of moosefor six

^ears,