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bitches to him, and in ihe course of another season hope to 
be able te report favorably of his offspring. 
We are waiting with considerable anxiety to see and 
know how the produce of the late importations of blue 
blood will torn out. If they are superior in any respect, 
or even equal to our favorite Gildersleeve strain of those 
bred from Mr. David Brooks' famous dog Bismarck; Mr, 
Forman Taylor’s cne eyed Sancho; or Mr. Tlieo. Morford’s 
famous strain of orange and white setters, which has an in¬ 
fusion of the Gildersleeve, we will be among the first to 
proclaim it. 
As this is a time when many bitches are coming in season 
let us suggest that the owners can save themselves much 
rouble and annoyance by placing them in an elevated place, 
such as the loft of a barn. 
The Chicago Bench Show.— We have received from 
the Nat ional Poultry Association a printed slip containing the 
complete list of premiums. The corrections and additions 
to be made to the list published last week ate as follows:— 
IMPORTED BRACK AND TAN GORDON SETTERS OR THEIR PBOGENT. 
Dogs— 1st, Dexter, Henry Picket. 796Michigan avenue. Chicago; 2d. 
-, Thomas L. Jerome. Locust Valley, L. I.; 3d, Mike, Daniel T. Els¬ 
ton. North Brancti, Cuicago. 
Bitches— 1st. Nora, A. F. Copeland, Boston, Mass.; 2d, Nell, Michael 
Matl Uiey, No. 2, Henry street, Chicago; 86, Belle, Dr, Jae. A. Coyne, 
b79 W. Indiana street, *’hlcago. 
NAT1VB ENGLISH SETTERS. 
Dogs— 1st, Sport, H. J. Edwards, 312 W. Lake street, Chicago; 2d, 
Don, Frank G. Sheldon, Hudson, Mich.; 3d, Spot, II. J. Edwards, 312 
West Lake street, Chicago. 
BUches—in, Fiora, John Davidson, Monroe, Mich.; 2d, Belle, J. B. 
Widen, Hudson, Mich,; 3d, Gypsoy, H. J. Edwards, 812 West Lake 
sirenc, Chicago. 
NATIVE BLACK AND TAN SETTERS. 
Dogs— lit, Dash, Jolra Davidson, Monroe, Mich.; 2d, Black, A. G, 
Mack, Chicago; 3d, Max, Geo. B. Dongan, Richmond, ind. 
NATIVE RED OR RED AND WHITE SETTERS, CALLED IRISH SETTERS. 
Dogs— 1st, Poo to, Bichard Valentine, Juncsville, Wis.; 2d, Patsey, 
Wm. I'. J birr ho n, Geneva, Ill.; 3d, Lion, IVm, H. Way & F. 0. Ward, 
Rochelle, 111. 
D'ldie.-,— 1st, Gypscy, .T. H. Whitman. 93 Lake street, Chicago: 2d, 
Fannie, Alexander White, C81 W. Madison street, Chicago; 3d, Trent, 
A. W . Miller, New Bn Halo, Mich. 
POINTERS OVER FIFTY POUNDS WEIGHT. 
Dogs— 1st, Runeer, Stephen B . Dillev. Lake City. Minn.; 2d, Dash, 
E. O. Greenwood, Cincinnati, Ohio; 3d, Duke, C. Jeff’ Clark. St. Louis, 
Mo. 
Jiiterm— lst< Belle, E. M. Gillespie, Columbus, Ohio; 2d. Dundy, 
Robert Buri,.Braidwood, HI.; ‘jd, Queeii, Stephen B. Duley, Lake Oily, 
POINTERS UNDER FIFTY FOUNDS WEIUHT. 
Dogs— 1st, Cawar, Richard B. Morgan, Richmond, Ind.; 2d, Frank, 
John Zimmer, Aurora, III,; 3d, Rock, Thomas Stage, Chicago. 
Bitch'*- 1st., Fan, M. Gillespie, Columbus, 0.; 2d, Juno, W. F. Mil¬ 
ligan, Chicago; 3d, Lilly. Will. Arthur Wheatley, Memphis, Tenn. 
Fox Hounds.— 1st, Ben, Samuel H. Turrill, Chicago; 2d, Rover, 
Laurens H. Ilascall, Grand Rapids, Mich.; 3d, Plato, Samuel H. Terrill, 
Chicago. 
Native English Setter Pups.— 1st, Dick,!,. F. McLean, Beloit, 
Wia.; 2d, Joe, Frank G. Sheldon, Hudson. Alien.; 3d, Daisey, F. Dona¬ 
hue, La Salle, ill. 
English Setter Purs prom Imported Stock.— 1st. Qneen Bess, Ar- 
noldBurgen Maysville, Ky.; 2d, Rose, Luther Adams, Boston, Alass.; 
3d. Regent. Lmher Adams. Hostuu, Mass. 
ImfohteivEnglish Setter Doo. for Stock Purposes _Premium 
to Rock, Luther Adams, Boston, Mass. 
Native English Setter Dog, for Stock PdRposes.— Premium to 
Grouse, J II Whitman; hi Lake street, Chicauo. 
Brace of Imported English Setters, Known as "Field Trial 
Breed. ’—Premium to L. U. Smith, Strdthroy, Out. 
The Springfield Poultry Show. —When the Rod and 
Guu Club of Springfield, Mass., takes hold of any enter¬ 
prise, whether in the shape of a bench show or poultry ex¬ 
hibition, it is pretty certain to succeed, as witness Ihe mag¬ 
nificent Bench show of last year, which was probably, up 
to that time, the finest ever held in this country, not with¬ 
standing the inexperience of the members of theclub in 
conducting such affairs. Their co operation, therefore, 
with ihe Connecticut State Poultry Society and the New 
England Poultry Club, in the management of the consoli¬ 
dated exhibition of poultry, pigeons, and pet stock to be 
held at Springfield on llie 15th inst., is a sufficient guaran¬ 
tee of success. A few weeks later the Rod and Gun Club 
hold a bench show, to widen we desire to call the attention 
of sportsmen of all sections of the country. The premium 
lists are now in course of preparation, and will be noticed 
as soon as received. 
Mr. Burges’Book. — The long-expected book on Ihe Dog, 
by Mr. Arnold Burges, of Ken lucky, is now almost ready 
for issue, and will probably be given to the public wiiliin 
a week or ten days, by Messrs. J. B. Ford & Co., the pub¬ 
lishers. Not having Seen the advance pages, we cannot as 
yet speak of the merits of the book; but from Mr. Burges' 
long experience as a breeder and facility.as a writer, these 
cannot but be of a high order. The illustrations arc engra¬ 
vings of celebrated dogs, the majority having appeared 
originally in these eolumus. 
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Arrival of Kathleen.— Mr, Wm, Jarvis, of Claremont, 
N. H., has at length received his line and long-expected 
red Irish setter bitch Kathleen. She comes direct from the 
kennel o^ John M. Niall, Esq., Killaloe, Ireland, and will 
prove a fitting mate for handsome Dick. We have Kath¬ 
leen’s pedigree, and will publish it when we can give the 
necessary space. 
— Mr. J. B. Alexander's (of Henderson, Ivy..) fine Irish 
puppy, Kaiser, out of Kitty, by Plunket, is growing finely, 
and promises to make his mark at .Memphis next Pall lie 
will also be shown at the pieeting of the'Kentucky State 
Association, to be held in May of this year. 
Correction.— In our description, of Mr. Saltus’ Dash 
and Bess last week, we should have said, in enumerating 
the progeny of Bess, now in the hands (if several gentle¬ 
man, that Mr. Jarvis, of New Hampshire, had them, in¬ 
stead of Mr. James, as printed, 
Mr. 0. II. Raymond donates a puppy by Pride of the 
Border, out of Dimity, as a special premium to the Spring- 
Held Bench Show next, month. 
' —Geo. M. Whitman, of N- Uxbridge, Mass., claims the 
name of "Duke” for a pointer puppy, (white with black 
spots), sired by Old Phil out of Fanny, whelped October 
20th, 1875, at tile Kennel of A. C. Waddell, Newtown, 
New Jersey. 
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A Large Litter. —According to the Wilmington Morn- 
inn StdT, a gentleman in that city owns a bitch that on 
Sunday evening last was safely delivered of nineteen pups. 
IRISH SETTERS. 
Savannah, Gil, January 24th, 1876. 
Editor Forest And Stream 
Is thu Rad and Gun of the 15th inst., .In answers to correspondents, t 
see the Field Editor of that paper m answer to qncstions to two parlies 
relative to the color of the Irish setter, replies to one Hint the pnre ltisli 
setter is of two colors, red and a lute, and red, one strain equally us 
pure and good as the other, although the rod ia the favorite; to the other 
he gives a similar answer, hut adds, “the person who stales that Irish 
setters are pure of all colors is either a knave or a fool.” 
I would like to know if this anthoniy on all dog matters, as one of 
the questioners above alluded to calls him, has ever been in Ireland, or 
visited nny.of the larger kennels there, or if he has ever seen nuy Irish 
setter save some of those which bare of late years been imported into 
this country? Or what does he know about this particular breed of 
dogs that lie makes such a statement as the last One quoted ? Why does 
he not give some o'her and better authority lliun his own personal 
opinion—for such it must be—in this matter. 
The Rod and Gun has always looked upon “Frank ForeBler" ns an 
nndisputed authority on the dog, and yet, accoidin.i, to Ihe statement of 
its Field Editor, that genial and accomplished gentleman, and thorough 
sportsman must have been a knave or a fool. He, (‘‘Frank ForeBter"), 
gives the color of the Irish setter ns red, red and white, and yellow, and 
in on article from his pen entitled The Yorkshire Moors, in speaking of 
his father's kennel, he refers to a brace of pure Irish setters oranpe and 
Whits in color. "Old Calabar,” that talented contributor to Ihe London 
Field, and thorough sportsman, has repeatedly advertised in its columns 
pare Irish sellers of a chestnut color for sale. Was he. a knave or a 
fool? That Nestor of American sportsmen, yonr venerable Field Editor, 
Whose great experience in breeding setters Is only equalled by that of 
one living man, Air. Lavcrack, says that pnre Irish setters are no doubt 
of all colors. The man who would directly or indirectly apply such 
epithets to him wonld only be judging him by himselr. 
There are many other authorities 1 could quote to prove that Ihe trish 
setter is or more colors than red, nnd red and while, bnt I will not take 
tip the spare ,ln your columns to do so. as that has already been done in 
the very able article on Color in Setters, by Capt. J. P. White, of this 
city, and which was published in your paper sometime ago. 
The Field Editor of the Rod and Gan In making the statement I have 
quoted has laid himself open to severe criticism from sportsmen, not 
only in this country, but m England nnd Ireland. While I will admit 
Ihst Ihe deep, rich red Irish setter is the handsomest dog a sportsman 
can have, 1 emphatically deny that he has to be either red, or red and 
white iu color to be of pnro blood. Georgia. 
A HOSPITAL, FOR DOGS. 
Elizabeth, N. J., Febrnnry let, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream: - 
As far as my observation goes, seven-tenths of the whole number 
of blooded dogs ibat have distemper yield np theghost—which nine-tenths 
of ihe mongr. Is, cross-breeds, nnd curs recover from it. I have bred 
quite a number of good dogs, and have found them cursed w irh two ene¬ 
mies -worms and distemper. The first will crawl and sneak away from 
the dog upon beiug treated with injections of quassia tea, or Internal 
doses of ai eca nut, but the latter goes hand in hand with death for the 
victory. Upon reckoning np, 1 find that I have lost nine valuable dogs 
between the ages of one and two and a half years, all of whom died from 
distemper. Some of them were treated with all remedies known gen¬ 
erally, and with the best of care and attention; others were allowed to 
“gang their own gall.;” the result was the same in either case. 
Is the blood of the true blues too aristocractic, or are their constitu¬ 
tions too enfeebled to wilheiand the same pnnishmeut visited upon their 
race? Be that answered as It may, the majority of true lovers of the 
dog believe with me, that lu this conntry at least, theic is no known 
certain euro for distemper in dogs. Wc have Ai. D.'s for ourselves aud 
Ai. D.'s for our Horses and cutlle—but fotonr most fail Mill friends, we 
have here and there n — Quack. 
Why can't we have a hospital for sick and wounded dogs, whore they 
may.nceive attendance from an educated physician aud be propel ly 
treated? Ij certainly would not take long for a practical doctor to mas¬ 
ter the anatomy of the dog, and to discover.the diseases most common 
to them together with the best mode of treatment, lie could have medi¬ 
cines put up for shipment, by express, to any potut desired, so that 
those, who by reason of distance could not send ihe dog, might be able 
to get advice and help by pay tug for it in advance. To .the subscriber 
who pays a certain sum, say $5, lie shall become a member of the Asso¬ 
ciation having it in charge, and upon receiving Ins dog ut the hospital, 
he shall pay bin a nominal sum for board and attendance. The suo- 
scriptioo to be yearly. Dogs treated for oihets'lhan members, shall bo 
charged for accordingly. There arc, I believe many men who will pay 
huudsoraely for the support aud maluiainance of such an inslirutiou, 
and you, Air. Editor, are best qualtiied to agitate the question. I know 
“Squire's" sympathies tend toward helping tbe poor brutes, and be 
perhaps knows more of and'about them, than any mau in the United 
States. E. S. Wanmakeu. 
Such an institution as that suggested by our correspond¬ 
ent would, in time, be practicable and beneficial. At the 
present lime wo believe the trouble could be belter met by 
the establishment of suitable kennels by parties of five or 
six gentlemen, who could engage one able man to oversee 
it, particularly during the non shooting season. We be¬ 
lieve tjie New York Kennel Club, who, by the way, we 
bear are to remove tlieii' headquarters to Jerome Park, 
have scarcely ever lost a dog from distemper. 
Kennel Produce.—T he line Gildersleeve bitch Flora, obtained from 
the kennel of Huruce Smith,Esq., our Keiuit I E iitor, has ncmtly given 
bin n_ 10 nine pirns, six dogs aud three gyps, Uy Mr. Forman Taylor's 
famous one ey'eu Saucho. 
The Alaska Seal Herds, —Assistant Treasury-Agent 
Falconer reported last fall that the number of rookeries at 
the seal islands has increased at least one-third over that of 
any year since 1870. The young souls, from one year oid 
and up to four, have increased over one-half. lie is of ihe 
opinion that, should this continue, 5,000 additional seals 
Outild be Liken annually without detriment to the rook¬ 
eries. As regards the old hulls, there seems to be a slight 
falling (iff, winch cau be accounted for in a measure owing 
to ihe j early increase of femule seals. 
— Belle Angevine pears, from Antwerp, are selling in 
Covent Garden Market, London, for $150 per dozen, butne 
of these fine specimens weigh four and a half pounds each. 
§nliniiBe 
CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN FISH 
CULTURISTS ASSOCIATION. 
r PHE fifth annual convention of the Association was 
JL held on Tuesday, the 8th inst., ut the office of Mr. 
Geo. Shepard Page, the Vice-President. The following 
gentlemen were present: Hon. R. B. Roosevelt, President, 
in the clinir; Messrs. Thos. S. Shepard, N. Y.; Morgan, TV. 
Ayres, of Brooklyn; B. B. Porter, Oakland, N. J.; John 
0. Roe, Paterson, N. J.; Jno. W. Green, N. Y.; Eugene G. 
Blackford, N. Y-; John J. Muir, Brooklyn; John J. Van 
Wyck, N. Y.t II. H. Hooper, Charleston, N. H.; J. P. 
Trirobdll, N. Y T .; Philip Neidlinger, N. Y-; Geo.E. Ward, 
N. Y.; Charles B. Evarts, Windsor, Vt.; N. W. Hunt, 
Brooklyn; S. IT. Furman, N. Y.-; Wm. M.Tileston, N. 
Y.; Fred Mather, Uoneoye Palls, B. Phillips, Brooklyn; 
James Dederick,, N. Y.; George S. Page, A. B. Malcom- 
son, T. C. Banks nnd others. 
Mr. Roosevelt, the President, opened the meeting with 
his usual able address, summarizing the operations of the 
various Fish Commissioners, and those of this State in par¬ 
ticular during the past year. In previous years the New 
York Commissioners had not paid so much attention to the 
propagation of trout as they had to other fish; shad, for 
instance, but during the past season theyhad purchased 
from Mr. A. S. Collins liis hatching establishment at Cale¬ 
donia, which, from its proximity to the State hatching 
house, was admirably adapted to the purpose. This 
culture of trout, however, was not being conducted at 
public expense for the personal benefit of the Commission¬ 
ers, but for llie purpose of restocking public streams and 
waters under private control, and the Commissioners bad 
advertised widely the fact that trout fry could be had free 
of cost on application to Mr. Seth Green, at Rochester 
The supply ot trout eggs procured this year, would reach 
to the extent of 20,000,000. Applications were being re¬ 
ceived in large numbers, anil there was no reason why our 
trout streams, so largely depleted of late years, should not 
now be fully restocked. The absence of Mr. Belli Green 
was owing to the fact that his whole time was occupied 
witli llie preparations necessary to disposing of thisimmense 
quantity of eggs. The sturgeon is a fish which, of late 
years, lias been much neglecte'd, and very unjustly. In 
Europe, where they are not so abundant as with us, the 
sturgeon is regarded as the king of fish. Only a few years 
since, they were so abundant on the Hudson as to sell for 
oue cent per pound; now, if steps are not taken to protect 
or increase tuein by artificial propagation, they will soon 
be almost extinct. Tbe sturgeon is emphatically a fish lor 
llie public, aud bis meat the most substantial of all fish. 
When they become scarce, people will look upon them as 
a delicacy. A few years ago the pofgie was looked upon 
wiih scorn; now, that luive become somewhat scarcr, 
people have discovered that they arc one of our best pan 
lish. And so wi111 the herring; because they are plentiful 
and cheap, we ignore them, nud yet we buy and cook fish 
everyday that cannot compare with the herring fur the 
table, Sturgeon will come lo be as dear as iroul, viz-. $1 
per pound, it we do not protect and increase them. Toe 
attempt to propagate them artificially was first made year 
before lost, but tor some reason, with but little success; 
last year tbe Commissioners were more successtul. There 
are parties on Ihe upper Hudson who make a business of 
taking llie sturgeon lor the sake of the roe, from which 
they make caviare. The roe is taken before it is perfectly 
ripe, and when in llie condition at which it is most de¬ 
sirable for propagation. Taking advantage of this fact 
tbe Comniissioneis. weie enabled lo impregnate several 
hundred thousand eggs, butuol so many as they will hatch 
another year. 
Mr. A. B. Collins, the regular Secretary of the Associa¬ 
tion beiug absent, it was moved and carried that Mr. M. 
O. Edmunds of Vermont be ri quested to act as Secretary 
pratem. A letter was read from Mr. B. F. Bowles Treas¬ 
urer; of the Association, advising his departure for Europe 
and cnclusiug a check for the balance of tbe funds of the 
Association lemaiuiug in his bauds. Also one 1'ioni Mr. 
Sprout of Muncy, Ly coming Co., Penn., describing bis 
operations in Uout culture. He has now six ponds] well 
shaded and extending over half a mile in length, with a 
depth of water ranging troiu three inches to five feet. Al¬ 
so one from Prof. Bail'd, regretting bis inability to be pre¬ 
sent, the severe labors iu connection with bis preparations 
for llie Ceiiteuniul rendering it impossible. 
A voluminus comm union lion was received from the 
veteran fish oullurist Belli Green, detailing iu iiis own 
quaint aud inimitable style bin operations during thu 
past year. As we shall print this document in full M a 
later date, we shall passit now, mentioning as probably 
tbe most important fact contained iu it, ihat Mr. Green has 
succeeded iu obtaining a hybrid or cross between ttic Cal¬ 
ifornia Saluiou and our brook trout, which he lliiuks may 
be very valuable lpr some watets; the eggs are now far ad¬ 
vanced towards maturity. He cites the iact that llie suc¬ 
cessful transportation of fish from oue place to another 
has assumed Hie importance of a irade. A communication 
was received from Mr. E. T. Sieiling, giving an account 
of thu operations of the Fish Commissioners of Ohio dur¬ 
ing the past year. As w.e shall print an abstiact of their 
report, we will only give here Mr. bieiTmg’s summary, 
which is as follows;—"The result of our experience has 
taught us, 1st, that w e cannot liutih frozen w hite-fish eggs. 
2d, that a fislies egg, like the human head, cun be pounded 
out of shape, rcluin lo its natural form and comaiu its 
vitality. 3, that very muddy waier does not at all inter¬ 
fere with the perfect development of the white-fish eggs, 
from the first stage of pregnancy io Ihe birth of the young 
stranger, when he comes forth with sac well victualed, 
and finally, that we believe the eggs on the spawning beds 
of the lake will lunch out several weeks before (be first of 
April this season iu ease llie water continues ns ill present, 
viz-. 88", and Unit nature will have ihe natural lotm lor the 
young fish li-ndy." 
Mr. Fred Mailter was then called on to relate his experi¬ 
ence iu fish cultnre for the past year, which was as fol¬ 
lows: "In May he was sent by Prof. Baird to the Pa- 
munkey River, Virginia to hatch sligd eggs, but with poor 
