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The sun., 1903-12-06
ONTARIO'S MO GAME SEASON,
4.73S Deer. 1.3OO Moose and ~ Human
Beings Killed in Q Month";

TORONTO, Nov. 2s.-The deer and moose
season closed last week in Ontario with
the record kill in years. Official reports
show that 8 s,235 deer. third more than last
year; 800 moose, an increase of 20 per
cent; and forty caribou were shot Doubt
less many more were killed in remote dis
tricts and not reported.
The biggest moose was shot by DR.. Cham
berlain. inspector Of Ontario prisons. 1t
weighed 400 pounds. measured feet o
inches from tip to tail. was over feet high
at the witliers and the anters spread SO
inches.
The human death list so far as known, in
Ontario for the fifteen days Of deer shoot
ing and the previous fifteen days of moose
shooting, was twenty-seven, with twice as
many wounded. In several instances two
persons we're killed while walking together,
being mistaken for 1eer and shot at long
distances and in rapid succession with
high power magazine guns.
The great number of human lives lost
has resulted in general demand for stricter
prov sions covering the use Of firearms
There is suggestion that it be ma de
unlawful to fire at anything but moving
game in the woods. The woods men wear
red on their hats and around their shoulders
during the hunting season, but this does not
protect them from reckless hunters.
This season the license record shows that
New York and Pennsylvania have furnished
the largest quota Of hunters. The number
from these two States has been much in
excess OF previous years. There were sew
eral special trains Of hunters from New
York city. Pttsburg, Philadelphia and
Buffalo.
John F. Scholes brought in a moose that
he had trailed for four days. 1t was one of
the greatest feats ever accomplished in the
Ontario woods.
Scholes is one Of the best known sports
head for a friend. He was looking for
marks Of big antler. and found them in
the scraped trees where a big bull had
worked his way. The bull moose has a
round toe, while the COW has sharp one
That is another way Scholes knew he was
after the right animal.
The first day he walked forty miles but
mostly in a circle. There was no snow,
and he had to follow the trail frequently
on hard ground.
Only once in the four days did he catch
sight of the big fellow, in spite Of the long
chase Then he pumped eight bullets into
dead almost in his tracks. The, moose
weighed 300 pounds.
The next day Scholes brought the head
down by boat through White Lake. In
landing he capsized in thirty feet OF icy
water. To show the nervc Of the old deer
hunter, it may be said that he stripped and
dived again and again until he recovered
his gun and other heavy articles, which were
sunk. He also brought the head up.
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to date. and she has obtained the reputation
OF being the most daring and accomplished
horsewomln that ever held a whip over the
thor ongnbred saddle horses OF Sam Lazarus's
ulcl. The hounds are clamOrous and the
horses are nervous when Lady Mackenzie
appears on the vcranda. and they are ready
lor the chase as soon as she mounts, and
all are of NJ full gallop ut the SOUND of tho
horn. II takes the best horSernen to keep
the pace that Lady Mackenzie sets.
To-day the whole party went on a wolf
hunt and are not expected 10 return TO the
ranch house until some time tomorrow, and
then they expect to go for the hare. deer and
-, Lady Constance Mackenzie arrived in
the United States on Oct. II Last II was
said that her trip here was for the purpose
of hunting big game in the West
She is a great swimmer, having carried
of the ladies' challenge shield at London
swiming-b bath contests, Her favorite swim
ming costume is bright green, with tartan
trimmings, in honor OF her Scottish connec-
tions,
In last March she caused n sensation in
Cairo by appearing at a masked ball In the
Ge2irah Palace as an Egyptian syrce. Tho
costume was more beautiful, than yoluminous.
Lady Constance, who is blessed with eI-
qulsite feet, had no scruples in eIhibiting
them. with legs bare from the knees down
u
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WILL USE BTGGER RIFLES.
Lesson Of the Deer Season in Minnesota
The Loss Of Human Lives.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 5.-Eighteen thou
and brought o,a of woods Of northern
Minnesota during tho twenty days open
season which ended on Monday. This
is a greater record than had been made
for dozen years, and il is due to the
favorable condlt ions which prevailed since
Nov. TO-
Snow fell and continued on the ground
from the first day OF the season, and the
tracking of deer and moose was easy work.
Because OF the snow, fewer wounded ami
mails were left to die in the woods than
Usual.
The season has resulted in the overthrow
Of the theory that the small ,calibre rife
is the thing. OF late years sportsmen
have driftcd toward the small calibre
high power gun. Next season will find
the hunters using nothing smaller than
the 3s calibre.
A man from Boston SAYS he believes
he shot no fewer than fifteen deer with
"But,. said he, Al shall come again next
year and will bring with me a As gun. My
bullets went iiight through the big game.
and unless vital SPOT was struck possh never
time the wound healed or the deer
dropped exhausted and died beyond my
reach. The medium large calibre which
found old hunters using generally
brou ght the game down on the spot.
Il hate to say it, but / believe we killed
two deer for every one we bagged because
we followed the idea that the smnll-bore
gun is the best, said another hunter. I'VE
all have agreed that we will shoot with
the As calibre gun next fall.
A we'll known hunter of the Northern
woods says: For twenty years l have
shot with As calibre gun, During that
tim, | do not think have failed to bring
down my g,mo Instantly or within half a
mile Of trailing
During the twenty days open season in
northern Minnes ota and Wisconsin twenty
persons were kille d and seven were severely
injured by rife shots. or those killed
two were women. One OF the latter was
shot dead by q stray bullet while she was
standing In her house.
OF the twenty killed ten were shot by
others, the maj jority being mistaken for
deer. The other ten fatalities were the
result of oarelossness in handling firearms.
Four of the injured were ehot by others
and three were victims of their own care
lessness.
Five hunters who went into the woods at
the beginning of the season are missing,
and it is believed they also were victims,
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WANT MORE DEER PROTECTION.
Central New Workers to Ask Legislators
to Shorten the Open Season.

Utica, N. Y, Dec. 3.-Sportsmen familiar
with the conditions In the Adirondack
forest estimate that 1000 deer were killed
there in the season just closed. Since
the figures Of the Forest. Fish and Game
Commission put the number OF carcasses
carried out Of the woods at more than 1,00C
this estimate is probably more conserve
tive than otherwise.
Much Of the increased slaughter. at q
time when decrease was looked for. is
attributed to the light snow that covered
the ground In the Adirondacks during the
latter part of October, making tracking
easy and the deers chance of escape cor
respondingly less. Whatever reason may
be assigned the great number Of deer killed
has aroused the sportsmen Of this section
to demanding a shorter open season. In
fact 1t has resulted in an increased interest
in all legislation relating to the Adirondack
forest and its animals.
Legislation OF this character Is usually
referred by the State organization Of sports
men to the Black River Forest, Fish and
Game Association. because the sportsme n
of this locality are naturally better ac-
quainted with conditions in the North
Woods. To Senator Townsend of Oneida
county, therefore, will probably fall the
work Of presenting the game preservation
bills. At any rate he will represent the
sportsmen Of central New York n the fight
they intend to make.
The law makers will be asked to sho rten
the deer season two weeks and to repass the
black bear protection bill, which died at
the last session because few amendments
suggested by the Assembly could not be
ay,nrpya1 hv tho Sapnta hafora tho
sions end had arrived. The bear bill will
probably fx a close season for the sum-
mer months. June to Sept. 30 at which
time tourists take delight in killing bears
for the glory Of having the story to tell
although the pelt is worthless in summer
and the meat is never eaten until late in
the fall.
A penalty OF $50 will be provided. The
bill is to be sc conservative. because it is
feared that II the open season were limited
might kill the bill. Cubs are also to be
protected.
A determined effort is also to be made
to provide for additions Of forest land to
the State preserve in the Adtrondacks.
Gov. Odell has pledged himself to aid in
disposal OF the commission, so that 1t may
bid in desirable woodland offered for sale
The Governor vetoed such bill two years
ago, on the plea of economy. but having
maze MS grand Htand play, no iuTtner oppo-
sition is expected from him.
1t is estimated that there are about
3,OOO,OOO acres Of forest land in the Adiron-
! dacks, of which the State owns one-third
! and can purchase another third at any time
! from the private owners at the rate of 81
or 50 an acre. Much Of this land has been
numbered over, denuded Of evergreen
timber, but in the greater part none Of tho
hardwood and small evergreen trees have
been touched. Ten years from now this
will not be true as the cooperage and wood
alcohol companies are making great in
roads on the hardwood forests.
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ICE HOLE SHOOTING NOV.
A Profitable Sport to South nay Hunters
Unattractive to City Sportsmen.

MoRIcHES, l.. l., Dec. 5-This is the
slaughter season for wild fowl in the South
Bay Hundreds o. ducks are being shot
by native sportsmen from the edge of ice
holes, where the birds. deprived of their
usual feeding grounds, congregate in
masses. While these waters have veritably
teemed with all varieties Of ducks since
the opening Of the season on Nov. 1, they
have till now lived far out from shore and
successfully evaded the point shooter.
Now, however. as they are compelled to
feed in the few airholes that have remained
open the veriest tyro in hunting can
kill all the birds he can carry home.
The open holes are visited in scooters--
small row boats carrying a sail and supplied
with steel runners to permit them to glide
easily over the ice. Sometimes the air
holes are miles from shore and the inter-
vening distance is filled with thin or "por-
ridge" ice. Then the utmost skill and
strength is required to reach the hunting
point. Sometimes, before tho hunter is
ready o start home, binding snowstorm
sets in and the direction of the wind is the
only means by which tho hunter is able to
lay his course to the mainland. The cold
materially increases the hardship and
danger attending the trip, These diff
regretted, because the more severe the
weather the botter the chances Of a good
flight and absence of other hunters.
When tho ice, hole hunter reaches the
shooting point he will find many ducks
which have settled on the water in the night.
Reluctant to abandon the only feeding
ground accessible, they will permit him
to approach within few rods of them he
fore seeking fight, These he purposely
refrains from shooting because the report
of the gun may cause the rest to abandon
tho locality altogether.
The wisdom OF this is established later
when the ducks begin to return In a veri-
table stream and the gun becomes 30 heated
in shooting that the barrels must be dipped
in the icy waters Of the bay to cool them.
Within few minutes after the return of
the birds begins, the open water becomes
literally crowded with the dead and wounded.
These latter the hunter does not attempt
to retrieve. knowing that they carnot es-
cape and preferring to continue shooting
the" e"incoming birds. The. sport continues.
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SOME BIG MOOSE.
Tho Antlers OF . veteran-A Giant Cow
That Protected Her Mate.

ST. JOHN, N. B., Dec. 6.-Patriok Lynch
got magnificent moose head lately. The
horns measured feet inches from tip to
tip, and had fifty-two points, all In perfect
condition.
There was a good deal Of gray about the
fur Of the animal, the teeth were long. and
worn. and the hair upon the name was
st IN as porcupiHe qui,ls. From these signs
experienced men JUDGE that this was an
exceptionally old spec irccn.
Thomas Bodson of Massachusetts,, who
has Just returned from successful hunting 6
expedition in the same locality reports that
in three weeks outing he saw twenty-six
moose. the majority Of them COWS.
The head he brought back with him was Of
fifty-one points and Of forty-eight inches
spread.
A curious feature of this head Is the
length Of the pendent bell under the throat.
This was twenty We inches in length, and
was greatly extended at the tip.
When first seen this moose was acco M
panied by COW of prodigious size. Ac-
cording to the hunters statement the COW
companion lowered above tho bull moose
as a camel would above pony, and must
have been I feet high at the shoulder.
OF course this giant among moose was
she appeared to be fully aware of the fact.
and desirous Of extending protection to her
mate. Again and again the hunters found
themselves foied by the vigilance Of the
big COW.
Whenever they were alarmed the bull
always went first. if the noise came from
behind If from either side, the COW al
ways ran along on the dangerous quarter.
and it was discovered that when resting
they always lay with the female on the wind
ward side.
1t was by careful stalking that at last
the pair were found drinking at the edge
Of a lake, and the fatal shot struck Mt the
shoulder just as the COW was doing her best
to get between the sportsmen and the fine
animal they had followed for the greater
part Of three days.
peculiar pair Of antlers was brought
out from the woods by this party. There
were really three horns instead Of pair.
At tho left side, the horny subst ance
started out from The head as twin growth,
and when perfectly developed there were
two horns Of about equal size and weight
one behind the other.
The owner was found lying dead In a
swamp. mis- fore foot caught in beaver
trap. He had died Of starvation,
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Of Sl5 upon nonresident hunters. Moro
moose have been killed than In 1902, while
the number of deer brought to Bangor up to
Dec. was 1 Ol4 this year and 4 545 in 1902.
The number OF nonresident hunters has
been surprisingly large. as is shown by the
fact that $2e,e5O has thus far been paid In
license fees, which, at SIS each, indicates
that 1,71e non-residents have come into
Maine to hunt this year. This is very
nearly as many, according to the best esti-
mates, as came here last year.
Chairman Leroy T. Carleton Of the Fish
and Game Commission is greatly pleased
with the working Of the license law He
says: l ,,. -. >, \. ,,o..d .. ..v,no ,,ost oro
phatically that this license law has, In the
first year Of it's peration, proved decided
cism 1t has received. It has been said
that there has been q great falling OIL In the
number Of non-residents who have come
here to hunt, due entirely to this law. This
is not 80. am prepared to prove that Of
legitimate. desirable, sportsmen there have
been about the usual number in the woods
this season.
"We have received and paid oyer to the
State Treasurer this year. to Nov. 80, the
sum Of $2e. ESQ in license fees. This is to be
and game birds, whereas formerly we have
had only about 5000 for the purpose.
"More moose have been killed than in
1902, and Of deer passing through Bangor
there has been falling of OF but few
the unfavorable weather, the smallpox
scare and unfounded reports, sent out by
enemies Of the law. that most Of the deer
perished in the forest fires last spring"
Commissioner Carleton repeats his warn
ing that without further protection the
Maine moose is in danger Of extinction. He
saws:
with many OF the best informed guides
and others advocating long close time on
moose, in order to save that game from ex-
hunters the moose could stand.
Il repeat that the commissioners are
greatly pleased with the results of the first
trial OF the license law. Our woods have
been safer on account Of 1t, for we have had
a better class OF hunters. Last year there
were nine fatal accidental shootings, this
year but one"
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KILLING CROWHEAD DUCKS.
Ono Popularity Makes Them Easy Prey
to the Market Hunter.

LAcHINE. Canada, Dec. 5.-The last Of
the game birds to arrive, the crow-headed
duck, is on hand just now.
Every year when the first real snow
storm is on, up from the Atlantic, 800 miles
away, come the battalions Of these curious
birds. Properly speaking they are not
ducks at ALL but are of the species known
to ornthologists as Xen,a ridibundus. and
to the fishermen OF Labrador and the Gulf
as laughing gulls.
They are now being shot in considerable
numbers about the Lachine Rapids and
wherever the water is swift enough to
create foam. The crowheads appear to
spend most of their time upon the wing
and alight only where dead fish and other
debris Of the water are gathered. When
feeding they are careful to post sentinels,
and are hard to approach.
To the knowing ones, however, they
afford good sport and large bags, during
their flight. They invariably travel in
a single line, in extended order, the leader
some twenty yards in advance OF his COM
pany Of from twenty-five to seventy-flve.
SO perfectly do they maintain their align
ment that at times a good, quick marks
man, aiming at one nearest to him, will
find that he has covered the whole rank,
and will bring down several Of them at
once. One experienced rifeman killed
five with one ball last year.
The men who know most about 1t, namely,
those who supply the mar kets, try no fancy
shooting Of that kind. Their aim is di-
rected at the solitary leader
Directly he falls, the two fanks Of the
advancing line close in, circling toward
the fallen captain. and the flock settle
down in close bunch about him. There
they will remain, floating down stream
with his body, while the gunners pour
their shot into them. A young fellow who
went out to try the sport with a lO-bore
and cartridges loaded with No. 4 shot,
came in wttlin five minutes of sighting
his first flock with echteen specimens
all he cared for, killed by four shots.
The crowleads are exceedingly hand
some birds, jet black, with snowy breasts.
gray duck. In their flight they resemble
the duck, rather than the gull family.
When properly prepared they are by
no means unsavory. and are said to be
bought up in quantities by the hotels,
where they are doubtless served out to
guests as black ducks.
just why these salt water birds should
travel so far inland at this season Of the
year is not easily explained. One theory
has 1t that the course of their migration is
from east to west, and that bv way of the
st. Lawrence and the Great Lakes, they
are on their journey from the Atlantic to
the Pacific coast.
The long trip is by no means impossible
to birds OF their strong flight. though 30
far as Ia known their return by the same
route in the spring has escaped observa-
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Quail Shooting in North Carolina.

PINEHURsT, n. c., Dec. Slowing to
an exceptionally favorable summer the
best quail shooting of recent years is prom
ised in this part Of North Carolina. The
new law which imposes a tax Of $40 upon
non-residents is not considered deterrent,
since it permits sportsman to take twenty
Ave birds from the State
Excellent bags have been made during
the first month of the open season. K
few woodcock, pigeons and ducks have also
been secured.
Among the first of the visitors were Mr..
and Mrs. C. r. Sword of New York, who
spent ten days here with good success,
making average bags of from twenty to
thirty quail daily
H. H. Brown and A. M. Williams Of Bos-
ton have gone, after a most satisfactory
ten days stay here, q bag OF thirty-two
quail and two woodcock being their best
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until the last bird OF the fight II killed or
darkness compels the hunter to start for
home. @ p. ~
Large numbers Of redheads have been
among the ducks killed In the last few
in the market, at which price the demand
can be only partly supplied. A few can-
vasbacks are sometimes shot, though they
are rather rare In this section
While shooting at Ice holes Is generally
believed to be injurious to the sportsnian's 8
interest, as 1t deprives the ducks Of their
only feeding ground and thereby drives
them from the locality altogether, the large
profits possible to those who follow II re:
suits In its being considerably practtsed
by the natives. City sportsmen. on account
Of the hardship and danger entailed by
ice-hole shooting do not as rule care to
tackle IT,
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NAMES CANE Law PRAISED.
The Tax on Non.Rcsldcnt Hunters Said
TO Have Worked Well.

BANGOR. Me, Dec. 5,--The moose hunting
season in Maine ended last Monday night.
The records show that the hunters have
had greater success than in 1902, the re-
ceipts of moose at Bangor up to Monday
having been 1875, compared with 1872 re-
ceived last year.
A few moose have been killed in other
parts Of the State, and those killed in the
last day or two of the season in the far north
have yet to come out, so that the total will
probably be about ESQ Snow has fallen
in northern Maine within the past few
days, and great many deer will be killed
before the season closes on Dec. Is.
The results OF the seasons hunting ara
held to disprove all that has been said In
opposition to the new lsw imposing tax
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british DIANA HERE.
Lady Constance MackenAe's Mighty Hunt.
inE in Texas

From the ST Louie Republic.
Lady Constance Mackenzie OF Scotland
Whitney Warren Of New York. Mr.. and Mrs
sam Lazarus and Miss Lazarus Of st. Louis
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sterrlt OF Abilene
hunting party at the sam Lazarus ranch.
sixteen miles northeast Of Abilene, Tcx., as
semhled In honor OF Lad y Mackenzie.
full hunters Rarb. divided skirts with re-
peating life. mounts tile most fiery ranch
over hill and plain to the lakes and the pas
and quail. =.
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delivery desired.
WEST 21ST & WEST 22D STS,
NEAR SIXTH AVE.

noon, at the new Lyceum Theatre In West Forty
NTH street The extent OF the subject is such that
the matter will be treated In two parts. Mr. Dam
rosch will explain the work. and will, at the plano
play and describe the themes and give clear
musical synopsis Of the subject.
Francis Rogers will give song recital at Men
delssohn Hall on Tuesday al 8P. N.
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