The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
CARIBOU IN yEWFoUSDLANn
Reduced License Rates Bring Many Amer
leans, who Have Good sport.

ST JoHN's, ~ T., Nov. l. go The caribou
shooting season In this island is nov In full swing
and excellent sport Is being secured by the hunt
ets ranging the vast interior VI the island. In
the past tho excessive license fee Of slOO required
from allen sportsmen practically prevented any
but the rich from engaging In II; but this season
the license system has been re-atranRed, and one
can secure license for four weeks, permitting the
killing Of two stays and one doe for $40; one for
six weeks, permitting the killing Of three stays
and one doe for $50. and one for two months per
hitting the killing Of Ave stays and two does for
$50. The result has been great influx Of sports
men from England, Canada and the United States.
Among the American visitors was Mrs Car
dcaa, of Germantown. Pa, who came 10 Bay OF
Islands In her own steam yacht the Eleanor. and
spent SIX weeks up country. She had party
Of seven In all and they took home Il baggage car
full OF trophies in the shape oi tho heads antlcrs
aud skins Of the game they had slain Mrs Car
dcza delighted with the scenery OF the region
aud It's sporting facilities that she had hunting
lodge built Oh the upper reaches Of Grand Lake. n
body ot water 56 miles long aud containing AN ISL
and In the centre 90 miles IN length. ON this LAX,
she had the electric launch uf her yacht plying
during her stay, and next year she expects 10
spend the summer there and enjoy the salmon
grilsc and trout fishing
Gov Roosevelt had every thing arranged for q
months visit and had tcleRraphcd hclocal author.
tiles for licenses, guides &c, but.ht the last mo-
meni he found himself unable 10 come HIS
friend Col kuscr and two others who made up
the party, came along, and had splendid sport
killing the full complement II deer permitted
bv their licenses aud getting some line heads.
one measuring SIX feet rig LAT inches from the spread
ot the horns aud showing % points u. D. Munger
Of New York. Is the first American ~ lease a hunt
INK location in the island lie has secured q tract
81 country al Hawks Hay, On the west coast
where lie has n fine dee! park as well ~ several
streams aud lakes we'll filled with fish. lie pro
poses I" stock the streams with some American
varieties Of tout also and as there are no settlers
except on the coast, he expects To convert this
into n great sporting preserve. lie " "a, induced
10 take this step by the finc sport he had with
the deer aud fishing IN the more fTcqurntd por.
tons OF the island hoy al Phelps Carroll came
III his yat ht tu hy st George SIXTY miles south
Of Bay Of Islands, early IN September lie and his
friends siN IN all hshed the streams III that region
with good RESULTS Then they visited the barr.ns
back from the coast and made line bags II suiuc,
willow gfuu~c and black duck \ further CN.
curSion inland brought them To the feeding ground
OF the canbou, and here they stayed three weeks.
\. ID iiill OF AlbanN with q party ut four. is now
deer stalking On the 'luleallS the highest mount
ain range IN the island and noted region Tor can
bUu. and and Dr Kong If brooklyn with his
WIie and two friends, Ii pursuing tie same sport
Burton vi New York city, are IN the Halls Ray
section with good guides and an undisputrd
territory, and propose putting IN two months thcra
Commodore Glilafd and the objects Of the British
naval squadron Newfoundland " alters had SllrL
did sport With the deer In Whit, BAY. a region
restricted ~ them alone because no maboat
touches there and they proceed up into IL head
waters with their cruisers. Lord Elphinstpne,
Of the Twelfth liuSsnrs, came out from England
for the shuuung season. lie proposed To spend
two months here aud took a license for that pc
fiud but within three weeks he has killed all his
deer and lac started for home irI~t al the outbreak
Of war a. volunteer for service III South Africa
The carbon are LHN mhhIue their Way from the
far northern peninsula where they spend the sum
mrr. a. the more wooded southern SlnprS where
they spend The winter months comparatively
sheltered and free from the sub Htcuc severity
81 the northern region The passengers ON the
trains passing across the island are daily treated
~ the spectacle Of herds Oi these beautiful creatures
IN plain sight 81 the car windows. They hfc
usually In herds 81 fifty 10 hundred. and ate
visible as far as The eye can reach. their hut hides
contrasting sharply with the reddish green
hutumndl tint, Of the surrounding foliage. Old
guides and Wrappers declare there ~ No diminuiun
in ihrir numbers, for Thousands Oi them viii pass
within tile eye. ~ AN observer stationed nj given
point every day Willie the migration continues.
Vt Howlcy station. On the railroad line one day
last week, herd ~ Eiiy pnss'd within n frs
yards 81 tlr plrCc aud III" agent from lis cabin
doorway brought down Ia" iotiiIrSt stag IN She
group Vt RuShN Pond y few mites away. a
herd If thirty took & thu lake Ia swim suul. and
siN were killed bS hS many unluOk"rS Who Eur-
sued them ia twuCaHprS
The Colonial Government has framed n series
~ regulations Ia which alien spurtsmcn rs well
will show very apron lmdirly how many caribou
are Killed in a season and hy whom and from
comparison II these returns during the next few
years II will De seen whether stringent enact
mcnt- will be- necessary a. preserve what has
been called the last decent hunting ground IN
North America.