The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-17
ESSEN GAME.
Calves. Cats. Chickens. Cockcrcls. Cows
and HoIsemaids.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir, The
wonders OF wild nature in this part OF
Essex county are not intell!gently apprc-
clated by our hunters NV observation
OF the several hundred who have invaded
our grounds shows that not more than 40
per cent shot NJ the chickens. and so far
as know. not one tried for duck Now,
,he duck is much more truly fcr@ nature
than any chicken, except, perhaps. Indian
games" IL presents "A fairer mark, es-
pecially large White Peklns like ours. and
Is worth more a pound when captured.
Yet we have not lost a single duck. This
indicates lameutaOle lack of enterprise.
Furthermore, the Young man who Shot
two OF our best cockerels made an error
In Judgment. IIs should have trapped
them. for they We're worth about 500
alive. being pedigreed Bun OrpiuEtous.
whereas they probably brought him no
more as ro3sters than a common garden
mongrel such LACK OF discrimination Is
painful.
As to larger game. have heard OF but
one calf shot In this neIghborhoOd re-
Gently. Il is true. however, that an en-
erEetic sportsman very nearly potted our
iaundrcss, vino was engaged in the haz-
Rrdous occupation OF hanging out the
wash about a hundred feet back OF the
house. His shot punctured a sheet about
two feet from her. But this was probably
a mistake FOR he seems TO have aimed
AZ the cat, which was foolish. as he had
no CnhuCt NJ All III IuOUd@s II wise, tNNe-
rIenced animal. for Thomas saw him first
ard departed NJ once In some haste. The
lauudrpss also departed sad she
wouldn't stand for It." We really
couldn; blame her. but I. was pity.
because good laund~ess Is "A rar" h.r!
she wasn't TEMPEST 10 stay even by our be
neTccrt employers liability law, whereby
u she had been pepperud I should have
been obliged 20 maintain her in comfortable
af'luerce for the rest OF her natural lie.
! presume this Natty Bumppo mistook
Thomas for q d,cr-Thomas !s a large
cat Of somewhat feroc!ous aspect-but
maybe he really tried for Lizzie
w have about twelve acres ~ wood
land, but the sportsnen do not iUtrude
thor" very often II does not tempt them.
They don seem 70 care for mice or
chance skunk Their hunting ground Is
preferably near the chicken yards or IN
the iron. lawn. once one came 20 the
Va chen steps ana shot our tame one
sEri crow quite successful score, be-
cause the crow was pet greatly valued
by my children
GrAH'pop Van Blc'h.rs. an aged ma
tive boasts th1, abou, forty years ago
he shot a woodcook. "'hout twenty milo
north oye- 20 Hook Mountain" hut
think Ne les. ANYHOW. no other such bird
has been seen hero since Perhaps the
mighty hunter who hacEei our pet crow
thought u was a wooicNck, but 7 doubt u
Nore lik'ly he considered BllIv wild
swan or platypus Bl,y was ;he crows
name No. the game IN TINS region IS
l'W Tod pretty closely 20 chickens. cats,
COWS and an occasional! houstmaid. There
f'ro 7 maintain that when they pas, by
our ducks they show lack of Intelligence
IL U.s. unfortunate that the only real game
h,rd native - northern Jersey IN not now
10. season I rofcr. o. course 20 the mos
quito. But these hunters couldn't hit him
anyhow, his movements are too rapid tn
make a target for them, despite his bulk.
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CALDWELL. y j, November "a