ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
The Seahorse has proved 
a valuable acquisition and 
the Aquarium would have 
had better exhibits, secured 
with less effort, if the craft 
had been built a dozen years 
The Seahorse could 
have made many more cruises 
if a crew had been available 
at all times, but the day’s 
work at the Aquarium nec- 
essarily comes first and col- 
lecting trips are therefore 
arranged only when men can 
be spared. 
ago. 
All expenses connected 
with the operating of the 
boat are paid by the Zoo- 
logical Society. 
EXHIBIT OF FANCY GOLDFISHES 
An exhibition of fancy goldfishes, held at the 
New York Aquarium by The Aquarium Society 
on October 10, 11 and 12, proved of great in- 
terest to the public. 
were 
The varieties exhibited 
Calico Telescopes, 
Japs, Comets and Lionheads, and included some 
remarkable prize winners. 
principally Moors, 
The jetty blackness 
of the Moors, the red-white-and-blue patterns 
of the Japs, the black-red-and-blue tapestry of 
some of the Calicoes, the strange anatomy of 
the Lionheads, and the graceful bodies of the 
Japs and Comets, drew exclamations of admira- 
tion and wonderment from many of the 25,716 
persons who viewed this exhibit. 
No addition to the present exhibits of the 
Aquarium could be more enthusiastically wel- 
comed than a permanent display of these curious 
SEINING AT SANDY HOOK 
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BEACHING THE SEINE 
Bred for 
centuries by the Chinese and Japanese from 
“sports” and oddities, in much the same manner 
and interesting varieties of goldfish. 
that pigeons have been bred by the English, for 
the mere human love of creating, they are de- 
lightful to the eye of the lover of beauty and 
form, and interesting to the student of heredity 
The Aquarium, though long desirous of show- 
ing a large and varied collection of these beauti- 
ful animals, is not properly equipped to maintain 
Not adapted to our 
Catskill running water that reaches a tempera- 
them in health and comfort. 
ture of 39 degrees in the winter, nor yet to the 
heated water in which tropical fishes thrive, they 
require balanced aquaria, well stocked with 
The 
Aquarium has no appropriate place for such an 
exhibit—I. M. M. 
plants on which a strong light can fall. 
WELL-BOAT SEAHORSE—DRYING SAIL 
