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Philadelphia Goldfish Fanciers 



The regular meeting of the Philadel- 

 phia Goldfish Fanciers' Society was held 

 in Saull's Hall, 802 West Girard avenue, 

 Wednesday evening, January 17th. 



The regular competition for the meet- 

 ing was among single-tailed goldfishes. 



Awards : Scaled Single-tailed Tele- 

 scopes; blue ribbon, Gustav Armbruster; 

 red ribbon, Joseph E. Tyler; yellow rib- 

 bon, Charles Hinkle. Scaleless Single- 

 tailed Telescopes; blue, Mrs. Elizabeth 

 Ahlers; red, Francis X. Garcia; yellow, 

 Charles Hinkle. Scaled Nymphs, blue 

 ribbon, William J. Christy. Scaleless 

 Nymphs, blue, Mrs. Elizabeth Ahlers: 

 red, Charles Hinkle; yellow, William J. 

 Christy. 



A special competition was held for 

 the silver cup presented by Mr. Charles 

 E. Visel for the best calico broadtail tele- 

 scope — the winning fish was entered and 

 bred by Joseph E. Bailsman. 



The judges in both competitions were 

 Messrs. Thomas Ayling, R. L. Harding 

 and James Fleming. 



New members elected : Messrs. Sidney 

 Skillman, Charles H. English, Charles 

 C. Hampel, Robert F. Sheppard and Wil- 

 liam J. Miles, Jr. 



The proposed amendment to the by- 

 laws changing the method of judging 

 fish from the point system to that of 

 comparison was defeated. 



The next regular meeting will be held 

 on Wednesday evening, February 21st. 

 The competition will be for ribbon-tailed 

 telescopes and Japs. Three ribbons will 

 be awarded in each class. — Fred Rich- 

 ardson, Secretary. 



The first public exhibition of the Bos- 

 ton Aquarium Society was held 111 the 

 Mechanics' Building, January 9th to 13th 

 inclusive, in conjunction with the Bos- 

 ton Poultry and Pet Stock Show. The 

 goldfish predominated in the thirty tanks 

 of various sizes, and some very good 

 fringetail and veiltail black and calico 

 telescopes and other breeds were shown 

 by F. S. Blodgett, Dr. A. B. Coffin, 



W. M. Copeland, F. G. Jones, William 

 Leeds, H. L. F. Naber and F. A. Pack- 

 ard. Tropical fishes were shown by 

 Walter H. Chute en an electrically illu- 

 minated table. 



The exhibition was crowded on all 

 days, and the members kept busy explain- 

 ing the principles of the self-sustaining 

 aquarium and the points of interest of 

 the various fishes. As a result of the 

 exhibition the society enrolled fifteen 

 new members, making a total of forty- 

 four to date. 



Inasmuch as the show conflicted with 

 the January meeting of the society, the 

 meeting was held on the 19th, one week 

 later than usual. The use of the main 

 hall of the Museum of Natural History 

 has been secured for future meetings, 

 which will be held on the second Friday 

 of each month. — Walter H. Chute, Sec- 

 retary. 



A dip-tub for the removal of humus or 

 sediment from the bottom of the aqua- 

 rium is an essential tool to the fish fan- 

 cier. It may consist of a straight glass 



COMPOUND DIP-TUBE 

 Courtesy Aquarium Stock Co. 



tube or be a compound "mud-lever," such 

 as is illustrated. Both are used in the 

 same manner. Held between the thumb 

 and second finger, the index finger over 

 the upper end, the lower opening is 

 placed close to the bottom of the aqua- 

 rium over the matter to be removed, then 

 by removing the index finger the sedi- 

 ment is carried into the reservoir by the 

 upward rush of the water. The reser- 

 voir is emptied by inverting the tube into 

 a convenient receptable, and the proced- 

 ure repeated until all the humus has been 

 removed. 



The dip-tube, floating thermometer and 

 handling net are absolutely essential ac- 

 cessories for the care of the aquarium. 



If you don't know the value 

 money, go and borrow some. 



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