The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-11
HUNTING IN GERMAN FOREST.
Americans Experience in Shooting
 Game From a Cane Chair

1 AmerlcanS EXper1ence in Shooting
 Game From Cane Chair.
 Tn Berlin I met Henry P. Ritter,
 and 1t was through him that I attend
 ed the strangest hunt I ever took part
 in,'' said Bert E. Wilson, who had just
 returned from Europe, to a Rochester
 Herald reporter. MT Ritter's broth
 er Frederick, is an architectural de-
 corator doing most of the work on the
 royal palaces of Germany and living in
 Dresden. S
 He prepared hunt for us, the
 party consisting of twenty-four. The
 day before the event I inquired what
 would be an appropriate costume and
 was taken to a costumer' S wher I was
 fitted out with knee brooches of felt. a German hunting coat, which is sort of Norfolk style; leggins and felt Alpine hat. I felt that I was being taken in, but was relieved and sur prised next day to find the others at tired in exactly the same costume.
 "Fhen we reached the railway sta tion our host began the ceremony of introduction, and 1t was a ceremony. Everybody was introduced to every body else, one at time. The forest where we were going to hunt was an hours ride from Dresden, and after leaving the station we walked about mile to the lodge, where wee were met by the forest meister, who is really a man of importance.
 Seven or eight subordinates of the forest melster were then produced and introduced similarly. Then we set off for the forest while the. meister told us that we should not, in accordance with the law, shoot any lawns or does any hen pheasants, but only the bucks; of hares we could shoot any and all Finally we came to shop and were in the forest; that is, they call 1t so. There were rows upon rows of trees about twenty-five feet apart, the lines being as straight as any orchard, and the trees (the tallest wereanot to ex- ceed thirty feet) made me think of an overgrown tree nursey. This forest was cut up into squares containing about four acres, bounded by broad driveways.
 The meister then proceeded to sta- tion the men of the compayn along the sides of this square at intervals of 100 feet As each man was placed the hat lifting began again, each man as he was placed thanking the meister for so a position, the meister wishing each one especial success. Then the men stationed on each side of a person had to be saluted in the same hat Hitting complimentary man ner This was followed by short rest during which you sat down upon a folding cane chair with which each was provided, and smoked a long Ger man pipe. The bush beaters, number ing some thirty men. then made their but, thank heaven, there was no introducing necessary with them. and they went up to one end of the scuare and with a rattle of wood In each hand began driving the game | down before them. I heard a noise bn one side of me, raised my gun, but when I saw that it was little deer lidnt shoot. Two more of the same size rushed by, but l let them go, but [ did bring down a brace or two of and rabbit.
 "When the square had been cleaned | ut there was a pause, while we look nc why did not shoot at the deer account of results. My neighbor asked tnd then l found that what I had mis- aken for lawns were the famous roe puck of Germany, surprisingly smaller han our American animal They eally looked like greyhounds.
 'In this manner square after square hair or standing to shoot, as he pre- erred. It was not sport, simply laughter. It is no sport compared with our method of hunting. The arty during the few hours of the unt shot 49 deer, 15O hares and some hing more than 75O pheasants, and went home satisfied and appy."