New-York tribune., 1908-12-19
A Sheaf of FoIsmes on Delights m
the Open 4ir-

Richard D. Ware Illustrated svo' PIP XVII z'S
L. c. Page Co
s Rsndci,h Illustrated i2Tno, pp l7S Forest
anG Stream Publishing Company
ca M5,lfsl5 = HoH,s9aT Sc d frustrated svo,
pp. .iizfsn XIX. SIS. Charles scTi6ners Sons,
ANGLING AND Art N sCoILtANIR; IL Ins,TsP1d sG45e
Ry Ernest e Briggs. p, ]. svo, pp. rs Long
mans. Green & Co
TWO DIANAs IN ALAsKA By Agnes 5 s,f HeT6ST5 1Ob5
Lane COMPANY
REMINIscENcEs OF A RANCI5MAHN; By YI3Sis.aG Edgar
Beecher Bronson. l2mo, PIP Sli The Mcclure
COMPANY
II is reasonably safe to predicate at least one
virtue of any sportsrnan-s narrative you may
come across It abounds with enthusiasm
Wei written or Ill written bristiing with scien-
tiTc terrninology or wholly popular in style
there is the same characteristic. untlrlng zes'
IN the telling Of the story. For that matter has
net the telling OF the story been acknowledged
from earliest times legitimate nay an es-
sentiaI feature Of the vocation? What would
,be catching Of the big fish be without the fish
story that is born Of it," asks the author OF
one OF these volumes by way OF self-justihea-
1ior what would the stalking Of the big
stag be without the story the wide spread
ing srtlers tell every time one looks at them
an the -au9' There is he admits, certain
element Of sameness and repetition in tales OF
chase and stream: the theme Of each is only
--the pursuit and capture Of the quarry oy
WAYS and means which have been rehearsed so
many times before"
Fy tbe same token there is certain amount OF
Sai re fascination Of it is never ending So in
less degree II has seemed 10 me as 10 tte { nv
own ducks. the next best thing was to learn no"
the other fellow bagged his
We'll not one Of the half dozen volumes be
--76 af
,-ersitv of these next best things Mr.. Wares
volume, for example, deals with hunting eX-
psriences in Newfoundland and along the At
lsntic Coast from the St Lawrence to Cape Cod
He has hunted caribou and watched their
strange -aierations across the vast Northern
wilderness: and he has set his duck decoys In
1ull view OF the chmneys Of a New England
nufscft1rins city The sports the thing with
him wherever il is 10 - found; and every
novel problem fascinates Especially entertain
ing for its quality Of novelty IS his account OF
the live decoy shooting which has been deVei-
aped in certain localities Of Eastern Massachu-
setts 70 the level Of highly intricate science
The hunters stand well concealed cabin
with coops attached. is built close behind
ssndv fresh water beach of the sort likely TO
attract migrating focks Of wild birds blown in
shore number Of old captive geese are
HtetheredF by the waters edge, and IN the
ceops above ere some score Of goslings hatcheo
and bred in captivity and pampered by syba-
ritic diet Of corn. At the first sight of pass
ing hock of their wild kindred the tethered
geese. or callers" lift up a noisy quack OF
greeting. and the next instant score OF gos-
Iings are flung into the air from the cooPs'
-Tbev circle upward in brief excited fight. then
settle 10 the pond and quietly swim ashore.
To the weary sea birds this pleasant sight is
i--esis-srlv seductive and-unIess there is some
hi:ch in the programme-they break formation
circle and settle That is the end OF their
story.
-Inter-Ocean Hunting Tales is also collec-
zion Of reriniscerces. The scenes of MI Kan
dolph's adventures have been west Of the MIS-
sissippi He has shot elk in the northern
7,clies eats in Colorado. ducks in South
ern Louisiana. Like most hunters he is a Keen
observer. and he combines this faculty with
2 habit o< thoughtful and interesting comment
Seeking TO account for the fact that wild AMI
nal when shot at will frequently run directly
toward the firing he develops the theory that
the animal has been confused by the echo OF
the shot and conceives the sound to have come
from the opposite direction of the two SOUNDS
heard in succession il is the latter which &c
-e-r,ines its course. The author follows with
this suggestive note on The sight Of wild AMI
mails:
bough keen .;34 2t sg' AN annaS "a wiie animals will
SrsoeIftlv continue their course when IL hes IN t-e
Eercentble movement 10 attract their attention
Any kind Of motion is lmmedla1ely h9nTe} pSse use
their faculties IN very necnanica! way ana iI-lS ~
sense
AZ Horradavs new volume takes the reader
into the desert OF Southwestern Arizona and
reIow the Mexican border. Desert" however
is not the word by which TO denominate this
4ruly wonderful country. Cacti Of many hand
some srecies are abundant. as well as con
siderable variety % tough. drouth resisting
shrubs-creosote. ocatills. mesQuiJe-so that
re lar6scape Is never without its characteristic
z-er6ure ADD to this the tracts of tropicallg
l,x7,rjsrt y ereta5icn that hem in the occasional
WISER courses and you 90 not wonder that the
author protests against the evil reputation Of
Western Arizona. The goal OF the expedition
vss the extinc; volcano Pinacate, situated
somewhat south of the American boundary, in
= regicn heretofore all but UneXplored and
totally unmapped. As the party included be
side Mr.. Horraday Cwho manages TO know
great ceai about zoology without being in the
least pedautic) an expert botanist, seographer
sr6 a mighty hunter before the Lord the &C
count Of the enterprise is admirably compre-
bensive Better yet-or at least quite as i'm
fortant-it never fails in interest. Nj Horna-
day succeeds marNe4lously Wen IN Conveying
the scenic inpressiveness Of this strange land,
where the mountains Of granite or lava rise 50
saeerly out Of the plain that you can stand with
one foot on desert sand and the other on noun
tain rock: and his stories OF hunting adventures,
above all Of the pursuit OF the big horn sheep of
Pinacate. are recounted with the gusto Of the
born sportsman
From an English artist comes an informal
narrative Of happy days Off, spent with rod
snd line among the Scotch lakes. Angling and