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liy either troll ini'; or with rod and lino, baiting with worms. 
Salmon trout fishing is also good. I am sorry to say that 
some of the boys are catching bass which are now out of 
season. George Ross, oT Magnetewan, informs me that he 
is prepared to guide fishing parlies to the best trout grounds 
on the Magnetewan River. 
SHOTTED CASTING LINES FOR FLY¬ 
FISHING. 
Editor Forest and Stream.— 
I sue yonr neighbor of Liu? Rotl and (i //?;, published a letter last, week 
-from our friend Uenio U. Scot,t, which rather asloftishes me. Iam'n 
confirmed fly fisherman, and while I do not wish to renew the old fight of 
“Worms vs. Flies,” 1 must say, the advice ho gives, to just split shot on 
hla fly cast, is new to mo. “Live and Learn, 11 J suppose I must, j 
should like to see oar friend “Genio” trying to fish from the tangled 
bank of the Tobybanna or Lycoming River, with split shot on his flies. 
1 am thinking he would soon tnm to “worms 1 ’ for bait. H. 
From a perusal of the article referred to, we do not un¬ 
derstand the writer to recommend the use of shotted 
casting lines except in especial case.s where wo agree with 
him they could be employed with advantage. He says:— 
‘‘Sometimes trout take the fly under the surface, and it 
may he necessary to settle the cast by a split shot of the 
smallest size.” 
PICKEREL OR BASS. 
/ West Meriden, Ct., June 7th, 187G. 
> Editor Forest and Stream: — 
Judging from your paper of the 1st, my article on pickerel and bass 
aroused one of the good anglers of the West, and thanks (probably to 
the types) was the cause of the worthy reply. It was not my intention 
to say, as printed “In different parts of the country, 11 but different parts 
of the county, i. e. New Haven. This, by way of explanation to your 
correspondent, Geo. A. Shufeldt, Jr. I certainly do uot find fault with 
the bass fishiDg in the West, or in oLher parts of the country, but I speak 
only of how we find R in this part of Connecticut. I for one congratu¬ 
late your correspondent on the fine bass fishing he enjoys at Lake La 
Belle. I wish we enjoyed the same here, hut oar ponds are not generally 
adapted for bass, because their bottoms are often covered with many 
feet of mad; bat our pickerel do well, and have furnished us with good 
sport until the ponds were stocked with bass, and it is the opinion of 
many of our oldest fishermen that the bass have made away with the 
pickerel. 
Not far from Meriden is a pond well known for the last twenty-five 
years or more for its fine pickerel. Year after year, the yield was good, 
until about five years ago when the pond was stocked with black bass 
and tt law passed prohibiting fishing there for three yearB. Weil, when 
the lime expired there was a grand rush of iltherrnen to the pond, all 
eager to capture some of the famous bass. I need not say how disap¬ 
pointed they were. Very few bass were caught, and as for the pickerel 
they have ever since been scarce. I see very plainly, friend Shufeldt is 
uot a very ardent admirer of the pickerel, but let him come East, and see 
Our pickerel, and I feel assured that he will admit there is a vast differ¬ 
ence between the clean dainty pickerel of the East, and their coarser kin 
of the West, both for sport and tho table. In conclusion I wish to be un. 
Heretood that T do not oppose the Introduction Of black bass mto pondB 
or strufimg adapted for them, but, that I am not in favor of introduc* 
ing them into poucls lu which they do not thrive well, and which are 
already well slocked with good fish to tUo manor born. Yon G. 
THE ADIRONDACKS— FISHING AT P1SE- 
CO LAKE. 
I’lSEcti Lake, June. 
Editor Forest and Stream : — 
Tin just in clover now; that is, IT trout, flics, tar, and sweet oil, 
Bermuda onions, pork and fried potatoes, to say nothing of a nice joint 
of vual—but 1 forget it’s June; the lees said about the veal the better. 
But if worst comes to worst, 1 didn’t kill that calf, or even hold him by 
the tail while a friend did it. This calf caine into a field where some 
men were sowing outs, and bit one of the men, and he got mud and 
killed it, so they tell me, and I lioist it in and ask no questions, (by it 
you may understand that both veal and you are hoisted in.) 
I don’t believe, with all your wauderings after the “speckled beauties,' 1 
that you ever struck this delightful place. Here wc are, far enough back 
from the banks of a beautiful mountain lake to fool the flies who stay 
down around the “landing 11 aud wait for us; with a bracing mountain 
air that calls for fire in the stove when we gather around and compare 
notes, and brag, and I’m sorry to say, lie about what we have not ex¬ 
actly done, but have come pretty near doiug during the day. “I got him 
pretty near up aud he j'ist gin one slap with his tail aud he went—and 
he was jest the biggest laker I’ve seen this ten years.” Par parenthesis 
(confound these “big” fish, they always get off.) 
We are comfortably lodged at Ban Rnde's. Our post-office address is 
Ssgcville, and Ban is supposed to live there, but I’nyiuite confident 
that if Sageville and Bau were both lost more people could know where 
the former was by explaining that it was the place where the latter lived 
and “accommodated,” than in case of Vice teraa* 
Dan’s wife cooks trout, potatoes, pork, and coffee, to say nothing of 
pie, in the most exemplary manner, aud never looks cross however un¬ 
reasonable may be the hour in which you inform her that you are hungry, 
and cooks yon a meal without a protest. How she can be so good 
natural with those pesky black flics and punkics pegging away at her Tor 
1 won’t say how many years, I can’t comprehend. Rude’s Hotel U 
delightfully Bituated in the midst of a clearing, aud has good accommo¬ 
dation and is kept clean; and, as I have said, Mrs. Rude’s cuisine is one 
to suit a hungry man. The house was originally the headquarters of the 
Walton Club, and owned by them; they transferred. It to its present 
owners, aud a race of burly guides and boatmeu have grown up. 
The Jake can be reached via the New York Central Railroad to Fondu, 
thence by rail 27 miles to Northville, aud from there either by stage on 
Wednesdays and Saturdays, or by water conveyance on other days, 31 
wiles to Lake Pleasant, where at Sturgis 1 House good rooms, boats, aud 
table can be obtained; good road right up to the door. This place is 
easily enough reached, and pleasuut enough when reached, to make it 
pleasant to carry in ladies. From Lake Pleasant, or Sa&eville, to Sieve 
Andicw’s, at the head of the lake, is four miles, and from there to to Rude's 
is nine imleB, all arc good roads where a buggy wagon and one horse could 
take two people and traps. The fishing is good ordinarily, but the brook 
trout are a little backward as vet; the ice went out of the lake on the 
19th May, and the water has not warmed enough yet. Lakers have taken 
Me spoon freely, and 1 underscore that the on purpose, for there is ouly 
one spoon that will catch either them or the brooi; tront here, and that is 
a plain, medium-sized brass spoon, either oval or heart-shaped, well bung* 
and properly halauced with the hooka. I’ve got a box full of ‘•butter- 
tiles 11 and “minnows,” aud wfiat not, 1> ’t LLioy aru not worth putting out 
here; they look pretty in the stores, but tho trout don’t see them m the 
sunlight. Hiram Nicliols.-my boatman, ttian whom there is no be*ter, 
has made from a sheet of biaes spoons for me, ope of which U 
worth tho lot of gaudy l;rnp& I have bought. 
In your issue of Juno 1st the letter on “Weight of Fish by Measure¬ 
ment” attracted considerable attention, and teVemt gent>uien present 
volunteered, or rather promised lo comply with my request to weigh 
and measure, that wc might prove or disprove tin' rule. In the follow¬ 
ing table, No. 1, which -was caught by Mr, UHUur, of Ballsion 8pa, 
trailing, excited no little comment* as with v li emend iujjis bond he 
shaded off like n tadpole, and instead of weighing, as every body said 
lie ought to, twenty-five ponnd3, he could barely trim sixteen. A big 
healed wound in his jaw showed that at some previoos time he had been 
badly booked, arid stunted. Taking No. 10 as a standard* whose length 
was 10 Inches and weight 6 ounces, or any oilier you choose, for they 
were all weighed and measured carefully, any of your readers fond of 
mathematics can work out the “Iriplieutu ratio of their homologous 
sides” to suit themselves. Pm not here lo “do sums,” but to get clear 
of them. 
24 
Brook 
Lake. 
Dimensions. 
Weight. 
Length. 
Depth. 
1 
Undra’ilj Dressed, j 
inches. 
inelitiB. 1 
[llm, ox. 
lb8. ox i 
Laker. 
37 
16 
.... Ij 
Luker. 
331 
61 i 
1L 12 
.... & 
Laker. 
251 
1 5 04 
4 io r 
Lnker. 
25 
6 
5 F 
Laker. 
21* 
4 
2 14 ij: 
Laker. 
15 
3 
1 00 F 
Laker. 
1JS 
H 
0 14 |S 
Luker. 
Hi 
3} 
! i 02 
i oo l\ 
Laker. 
isn 
2} 
0 09 S 
Laker. 
131 
2 
o '12 
te 
Laker 
10 
0 06 
!!!! ;s 
Brook. 
18 
41 
2 n 
1 13 |t 
Brook. 
ill 
1 12 it 
Brook. 
let 
1 06 P 
Brook. 
Ml 
1 III F 
Brook. 
IS} 
0 11 11 
Brook. 
12 
0 10 I 
Brook. 
13} 
21 
6* it 
0 12 
Brook. 
13} 
3} 
0 13 
Brook. 
!<! 
0 06 
Brook, 
10} 
21 
0 OS 
Brook. 
13 
2J 
o n 
0* IU 
Brook. 
S 
1} 
0 04 
Brook. 
1} 
0 31 
6" 03 
Brook. 
6} 
0 02 
o !i 1 
L. Green spoon, 
icco & Co. 
dob and anchor. 
W. Don’s still fish¬ 
ing for trout. 
We are bothered in oar fishing by the “Mohawk chubs,” which Lake 
the fly or spoon with as much avidity as the trout, and behave bo like a 
speckled trout when hooked that they give us rare heartaches when we 
have reeled 200 feet of line, and brought our big one to the lauding net 
or gaff. Some fifteen years ago a lot of these fish which had been 
brought up to use for bait, fishing through the ice, were thrown in; 
they have increased and multiplied, and arc now found from one-quarter 
pound up to three pounffe. 
That I have had some fun in spite of them the enclosed list, the 
greater partion of which were taken by myself, will show you. My 
“partner” goes out in an hour, and I send this aud fish by him. I shall 
not leave this rearing place for some time yet. Pisjscjo. 
fennel. 
—We had the pleasure of examining on Tuesday, a pair 
of yery fine Scotch deer hounds, Glnefton and Dutchess, 
Uta property of L. Thorne, Esq., of Tliorndale. These dogs 
are from the stock of Gen. Custer and the late Hon K. C. 
Earker. Mr. Oakleigh Thorne, of Millbroolc, Duchess Co., 
N. Y., advertised some dogs of the same stock for sale at 
very low prices. 
—Mr. E. Van Denverkcn's fine orange aud white setter 
bitch, Fan, lias visited Mr. Thos. Cumming’s orauge and 
while setter, Rolla, at Stamfort, Conu. Iiolla is from the 
kennel of our Field anil Kennel Editor, and is of the 
Bruce and Fly strain, orange and white dogs with black 
points. 
—A poultry club has beeu formed at West Meriden, 
Conn., which proposes to hold a show of fancy poultry, 
pigeons, etc., soon. A bench show of dogs is talked of to 
take place at the same lime. 
—Mr. Jacob Glahn’s black and tan setter, Maggie, is visit¬ 
ing Mr. Jarvis’ Dick. 
Rob Roy.— Mr. Arnold Burges, of Hillsdale, Michigan, 
writes us that he has imported Mr. Stattcr's Field Trial 
dog, Rob Roy, by Laverack’s Fred II. out of Stutter's 
Rhaebc, known as the founder of the Field Trial breed. 
Rob is black, white and tan, and stands 23J inches high. 
He won the champion slakes at Shrewsbury iu 1872, 
together with four other field trials, and Mr. Llewellin 
pronounces him to he a getter of grand stock. 
Doos vs. Alligators.— Dogs are popularly supposed 
to he the preferred diet of the alligator, and many an un¬ 
suspecting canine passing along the river bunk is snapped 
up without warning by the reptiles whose jaws are set 
like traps along the margin. It seems, however, that dogs 
are sometimes found to attack the alligator, and compel 
him to turn tail and take to his native element. A late 
issue of the Sanford Journal, published at Lake Monroe, 
Florida, says:— 
“A few evenings since, while a number of young tnen, 
including tbe junior editor, were out in the shoal water of 
the lake, seining for tninuows, a large alligator made his 
appearance close by. Discovering them, he immediately 
struck out for deep water, making a great splashing. Our 
dog, Prince, being along, the young men hissed him after 
the’’gator, and he went with a will. He jumped on the 
hack of the monster, and quite a skirmish ensued, the dog 
being under water part of the time. Finally the runniug 
fight carried them out in deep water, out of sight in the 
darkness, aud the dog was gone fully ten minutes before 
he returned. The first instance on record of a dog whip¬ 
ping a big ’gator in his own element." 
THE INTERNATIONAL BENCH SHOW. 
We have received the following communication from 
tho Committee of the Philadelphia Sportsmen’s Club:— 
Tlie programme aud classification, following is in substance that con¬ 
templated by the Chief'of tbe Bureau of Agricnltnre or the Centennial 
Commission, under whose aiiraiuislraliou will be conducted I be Bunch 
Show of Spurring and Non-Sporting Dogs, to bo held in the grounds of 
the Centennial Commission September is! lo Sill 
Bogs of all breeds will be divided I ato the following loiulpcp classes, 
under nine,seta of judges, Viz.— 
Class 1—Hounds.—Fox hounds, harriers, otter hounds, bcagie?, and I 
dachshunds. 
Class;!— Greyhounds. — English ercyhonnds, Persian greyhounds, ■ 
Scottish deerhounds, aud Tuilinu greyhounds. 
Classes Nos. 1 end J to be examined hr the sunie board of judges. I 
Class 3Gordon setters. 
Class 1.-Irish setters. 
Class 5.— English aetters. 
Kit.-Mnn setters and other vmiutics to be Judged with clues 5. 
Class ».—Pointers. 
Class ?—Retrievers.— English retrievers, Chesapeake Bay duck dogs. I 
Class <i and 7 to be examined by the same board of judges. 
Class 8— Spaniels. -Clumbers, cockers, springers, Irish water spmmd, I 
King Charles, and Blenheims. 
Class 9—Terriers —Dandle Dinmont, Scotch, skyc, broken.Haired,M 
Bedlingtou, black and tan. 
Class 10.—Bull does and Ball Terriers. 
Class IX.—Mastiffs, Newfoundlands, St. Bernard, Siberian or tJlm-fl 
dog. 
Clasu 10 and 11 to be examined by the same board of judges. 
Class 1 J—Sheep dogs.—English nml Scotch. 
Class 19—Miscellaneous.— Dalmatian or coach dog, Pornurancim or 1 
spite, pngs, poodles. 
Class 14--Toy Dogs.—Cuban lap dogs, Maltese, lion dogs, .Inpunesafl 
hairless, dwarf black and tan. 
Classes 13, 13 and 14 to he examined by the same board of judges. 
Three graded awards will be made for 1st, 3d, and 3d best dogs over | 
two years old in each breed, and same for 1st, 3d, and 3d best bitches, I 
and tho next in quality commended. 
Throo graded awards will be made for 1st, 3d, aud 3d best dogs over J 
one and under two years old in each breed, and sumo for 1st, Vd, and id 1 
best bitches, and the next in quality to be commended. 
Three graded awards will be made for 1st, 2d, and 3d male poppies in 
each breed, and same for 1st, 2d, and 3d female puppies, and the next ins 
quality to be commended. 
A sweepstake award will bo mado for tho best foreign bred dog of any! 
breed, one yearold and over, displayed by any exhibitor; also for the Air I 
and 3d best, the next in qnality to be commended. 
A sweepstake award will be made for the best foreign bred bitch of 1 
any breed, one year old and over, displayed by any exhibitor; also fun 
tbe 2d or 3d best, the next in quality to he commended. 
A sweepstake award will be made for the best homo bred dog of any ' 
breed one year old or over, displayed by any exhibitor; also for the lit I 
and 3d best, the next In quality to bo commended. 
A sweepstake award will be made for the best home bred hitch of .my J 
breed, one year old or over, displayed by any exhibitor; also for 2d aud | 
3d best, the next in qnality to be commended. 
The authenticated pedigree of siroaudilum is all that is required iu I 
entering dogs. 
No charge will be made either for spaco or as ontry fee; those proposJ 
ing to exhibit will apply for tho official forms, which, when relumed, 1 
will be registered, and in good time the exhibitors will receive pcrunJ 
for space aud labels, to be attached to the animals, a necessary requisite*! 
to gain admission to the grounds. 
All dogs entered for competition will be judged by the standard of UxJ 
Cellencc adopted by the London Kennel Club. 
Independent of tbe awards that will be mado by tbe Commission, ilia! 
following is n liBt of individual prises offered, which no dotlbl. will bal 
greatly increased In number before the bench show taken place:— 
Tile Chicago Field.— A Bilver cup for the best seller (dog or! 
bitch) of any breed, one year old or over. 
Forest and Stream.—A valuable prize. 
Tho Philadelphia Sportsmen's Club donate $300 for tbe purchase oM 
two prizes, one for the best setter dog of any breed, one year old omI 
over, and one for the best pointer dog of any weight, oue year old as| 
Mr. C. S. Weatcott offers a suitable prize, value $50, for the 2d bes« 
setter lloa of nay breed sno year old or over. 
Mr. Frank Roan offers a silvercup fertile bust imported setter dog 
between one and two years old; and a silver collar for the best ilhiiki- J 
sbund dog of any age. 
Mr. Charles B. Tucker offers a silver cup for the best cocker spaniel ■ 1 
John Krider offers a stiver mounted dog whip for the best American' I 
bred setter, one year old or over. 
Capt. A. H. Clay offers a silver whistle for the 3d boBt American bred 1 
setter, one year old or over. 
Tin: Detroit Gun Club, us appeared in the Chicago Field, will offer 9 
very handsome prize for sporting dogs. 
D. C. DESarrqcK, 1 
Crab. S. Wisstcott, '-Com. of T’bila. Sport’s Clitb..l 
Bk.n,i. W. Richards, j 
It will be observed that the above communication is non 
an official document from the Bureau of Agriculture, un-1 
der whose jurisdiction the Bench Show will he held. The 1 
publication of it, however, is authorized, the objecL beiugjl 
to provoke criticism, and obtain such suggestions l'nrn-1 
qualified gentlemen as will enable those having the matter! 
in hand to make the exhibition a success in every pariicu-1 
lar. We shall be glad to print criticisms or suggestions 
from intending exhibitors or others, or communications I 
can be sent direct to Burnet Landreth, Esq., at the Bureau 1 
of Agriculture, Centeiiuial Buildings, Philadelphia. We! 
have uot space this week to make the comments we desire | 
to, but Wc would call attention to one clause that we think! 
should decidedly he omitted. That is, one which makes afl 
pedigree of any extent obligatory. There arc many rea- j 
sons why this clause should he omitted. In the first place,, | 
dog breeding as a flue art is too new in this country. Many j 
sportsmen have contented themselves with buyiug guoit^ 
dogs without troubling themselves as to their ancestry,, 
beyond, perhaps, ascertaining that the breed was pure. 
Again, if we understand the object andihtentof a beuch.1 
show, it is that a standard of excellence may bo formed 1 
and judged upon by the appearance and points of the ani-l 
trial exhibited, not upon the qualities of his ancestors; or 1 
if the latter is the case, and descent from a cclebriLy is Mil 
ho the standard or excellence, why not send the pedigree 
as a proxy and keep the dog tit home? It has uot been lliea 
custom heretofore to demand pedigrees of dogs; but iml 
case of tie on points to give the award to the dog with the l 
pedigree. 'The introduction of sueh a clause will not only I 
be detrimental to the present show, hut to all future ones, j 
Dogs from India.— The Daily News, in describing tlio I 
animals brought home by the Friuce of Wales, lias tliel 
following:—"There are eight ludian dogs. Four of ihetsu! 
are tailess dogs—jackal-looking animals with sharp noses, 1 
cock ears, and not enough of tail to swear by, much less! 
to wag; and four are “hill” dogs, varying somewhat iu < 
breed. One pair are not unlike rough and rather under- . 
bred collies, with the black and tan well developed ou the 
face, hut they are more muscular, especially in the liinlis, I 
and iu some points they resemble tbe oiler hound, ’lliti « 
other pair, which are a present fnun Sir A. Knui-ry, arcJ 
much larger mitt heavier dug*, beitiing a rescmblauee ill! 
some points to the mnstiil, in oiliem in the St. Bernard, j 
One i.i an especially noble looking dog, allllinmh his i.p- 
pciuanap Jins been teuijroftu'il,y-spoiled by Imh being clip,a n 
