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point. He was extremely fond of water and would plunge 
into i: in the coldest days of winter. His breed was much 
sought after, and there "are now more than 200 of his pups. 
To the owners of them this article will be of interest; the 
writer has none whatever in his pedigree, and cares as lit¬ 
tle about it as the historian does of the genealogy of Shak- 
spcare or Napoleon. He is a land mark in the history of 
American setters. I never sold une of his pups, or had in 
any way the least pecuniary interest in his breed. He ex¬ 
cited the jealousy of those who sold dogs or their breed, 
and occasionally I received challenges from them for field 
tTials, and although I never bet a cent in my life those per¬ 
sons always found me at home for any amount they chose 
to name. 
In 1874 there was some talk about an international field 
trial of setters and pointers. Mr. Shipman gave out an in¬ 
vitation in a letter published in the Forest and Stream: 
dated July 10th, 1874, from which I extract the following; 
“The setter Bismarck frequently referred.to in your journal 
was raised and trained by the undersigned in this country. 
We will make a wager'of $2,500, that he will beat any set¬ 
ter or pointer tliat can be produced to hunt, pinnated grouse 
(prairie chickens), the match to take place during the time 
(5th to 15th of September) in Marshall, Story, or any of the 
adjoining counties of Iowa. If Mr. Prise01‘ Mr. Macdonna 
will enter his favorite bitch Belle against Bismark in this 
trial, we will allow him $500 towards expenses of a trip 
from England here and return, and. promise him an oppor¬ 
tunity of as fine sport of the kind as the world can pro¬ 
duce.” 
Of Biz's untimely death on November lltli, 1875, an ac¬ 
count bus already been published in Forest and Stream. 
The wood cut ot Biz was made from a photograph taken 
in this city, His color was white, save two xed spets on 
his back, which show dark in this picture. 
David Brooks. 
Iowa State Poultry Association. —The Iowa State 
Poultry Association will hold their fourth annual exhibi¬ 
tion of poultry, pet stock and dogs, at Cedar Kapids, Iowa, 
oil January 23d, 24th, 25th, and 26th, 1877. The officers 
of the association are: Z. C. Luse, President, Iowa City; 
D. H. Richards, Secretary, Cedar Rapids; A, C. Taylor, 
Superintendent and Manager of Dog Department, CedaT 
Rapids, Iowa. 
Shott. —The owner of this dog writes from Greenville, 
Pa., as follows;— 
“In answer to “N. C.,” inquiring in your issue of July 
20th, that C. Hobaugh’s Shott is an Irish setter and not a 
Gordon, as was represented a few weeks ago; he was sired 
by Staunch, a red Irish setter, imported in 1872, and 
owned by G. W. Frazier of Pittsburgh. As to "N. O.” 
having pnrebased a pup iu Erie sired by Shott, it is un¬ 
doubtedly a mistake, as there are but two dog pups sired 
by him—one is owned by George Wheeler of Erie, Pa., 
and the other is still in my possession. 
, _J. O. Hobaugh." 
Dr. Webb, of the Westminster Breeding Kennel, regis¬ 
ters the following dogs in our Kennel Book, all out of his 
celebrated prize bitch Whisky, by Pete, the champion dog 
at Springfield. Wash Coster has already become the prop¬ 
erty of Major George McKee, TJ. S. A,, Jim of Mr. Fred 
Schuchardt, and Snipe of Mr. G. A. StroDg:— 
Fannie, black-and-white slut; May, do.; Raven, black 
dog; Snipe, do.; Jim, do.; Wash Coster, black-aud-white 
dog; Erie, do.; Joe, do.; Van, do. 
These last three dogs are for sale, and any one wanting 
a fine bred pointer will find none better in the country. 
—Mr. George O. Colburn’s lemon-and-white pointer 
bitch, Belle, imported from the kennel of Mr. Lang, has 
Visited Mr. W. F. Steel’s Flake, brother to Dr. Webb’s 
Whisky. _ _ _ 
—Mr. A. Bransbaw, of Fon du Lac, Wis claims the 
name of Norah for his gyp, by Plunkett out of Kathleen, 
the only one of her six in the litter, 
—M. D. M. Sharpuack, of Petroleum, West Virginia, 
claims the name of Dom for his liver and white Cocker 
spaniel l>yM. P. McKoon’s Captain, out of Caper. 
—The Laveraek bitch, Petrel, in the Strathroy kennels, 
•whelped eight puppies, five bitched and three dogs, on the 
23d inst. They are by LleweHin’s Dan. 
THE INTERNATIONAL DOG SHOW. 
Philadelphia, July 31, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
The interest in this great show is on the increase, as the 
entries already received testify. The classes for setters 
will be one of IhB finest ever seen in this country, as they 
include nearly all of the most noted breeds from all parts. 
The competition for the beautiful prize offered by the 
Philadelphia Sportsman’s Club for the best setter in the 
show, wili he very close, probably over 150 will compete 
for it. 
Tlie pointers will not be so numerous, but in quality will 
be excellent, including no less than five previous first prize 
winners which will here meet to test their merits, and 
the winner will be justly entitled to be called the Cham¬ 
pion of America. 
The classes for hounds are not as yet well represented, 
but as there are so many packs around this district, it is 
expected that they will send a full supply. 
Beagles and the curious little dachshunds will )be well 
represented, Dr, Twaddell sending sever of the latter. 
The terrier classes are small, but being numerous iu New 
York mid vicinity, they will surely fill up. 
All dogs will be required to be on tho grounds by eight 
o’clock on September 4th. 
The Express Company will deliver all dogs (that have been 
prepaid) tree of expense on the Show Ground; the Super¬ 
intendent will see that they are properly cared for, and put 
in their proper classes, They will be reshipped to the ex¬ 
hibitor after the show is over. 
Exhibitors must be careful to send properly addressed 
return labels with the dogs. 
Iu addition to the special prizes already offered, the 
Turf, Field, and Farm will give'a handsome prize, particu¬ 
lars of which will be announced next week. 
Entries close August 10th, and intending exhibitors 
should not. delay in making their entries. All forms and 
classification lists can be obtained of -_ 
Burnet Landhbth. 
Chief of Bureau of Agriculture. 
AMERICAN SETTERS. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Wishing to enter some dogs at the Centennial Bench Show to be held 
at Philadelphia, September 4th to 8l.h, l ask your advice as to the class 
in which they should be entered. I would mention particularly a bitch 
now seventeen months old, from the kennel owned by my brother and 
mysell, as the typo ot a strain obtained by careful breeding and selec¬ 
tion, and possessing a combination of good qualities that is hardly a 
snbject for auy further improvement. This bitch, a seller, is neither 
Gordon, not Irish, nor yet an English setter, for both Its parents were 
born in this country. Though the ancestors of the highest civilised por¬ 
tion of the inhabitants of North America were foreign to the land, yet 
are wc no less Americans; and I name my hitch an American setter, 
believing her to be a credit to tho country of her birth, and an honor to 
tier noble ancestry, which credit and honor I hope may be forever pc-r- 
peluated. in size and color she much resembles Chaa, II. Turner's 
Loo II., being of but forty-live pounds weight, and mahogany red; but 
instead of the harsh short hair of the Irish setter her hair is fine and 
soft, her '■flag" seven and a half inches long on centre of tail, tapering 
to each end, and the "feather" on forelegs four Inches long. Nose and 
lips black; eyes brown; form rather slight and very symmetrical, and 
time tar wherever seen she has received only flattering criticisms, with 
the single exception of one sportsman saying that her flue lines might 
perhaps indicate some lack of endnrance. On the 26th of June I took 
her with me on a three days' drive of nearly one hundred miles, allow, 
ing her to run, whtch she did; and notwithstanding the heat aad the 
rocky roads she showed not the least sign of lack of energy nor of 
footsoreness cither during or after the journey. I have named her 
Cora in the hope that she will take the place in my affections held by 
her namesake, "old Cora,” now nearly fourteen years old. The father 
of Cora 11 has a remarkably fine head that so pleased an artist who 
happened to see tho dog while with my brother on a visit that he solicited 
the privilege of painting s portrait of it. My Bole motive for entering 
dogs at a bench show would be the pleasure or hearing encomiums from 
those best competent to judge the merits or hunting dogs, fori have 
never sold a dog, nor do 1 intend or expect to sell one. And nu dogs of 
mine shall appear at the Centennial Bench Show nnlcss I can take them 
there myself, for I would not risk the lack of good care era route to aud 
from a place so distant, and I doubt if C. Jeff Clark, of St Louis, 
would trust bis fine pointer, or Chas. H. Turner his Irish setter, Elcho, 
to the hands of "baggage-smashers” again. 
And now, Mr. Editor, with this short sketch of Cora, an American 
setter, can yon advise me in what class to outer her at the Centennial 
Bench Show. Should this meet tho eye of “Guido" I would Say that 
I hope Cora will accompany iue on my next visit to Memphis and prove 
herself as superb a Held dog as Dr. B.’s Don, whose photograph adorns 
the library at my house. Rqakek. 
[We should say that our correspondent could enter his 
bitch in Class 10, Division B, or Class 12, Division C, and 
also for the Special prizes offered by John Krider, the De¬ 
troit Gun Club, The Philadelphia Sportsmen’s Club, and 
Forest and Stream. We regret that the absurd custom 
of calling an American bred setter a “native English’’ has 
been adopted. It not only misleads many persons, but 
is an outcome of the snobbish pretentiousness of a few 
who believe that nothing good in the dog line can emanate 
from anywhere out of England.—E d.] 
Lemuel Produce.—M r. F. B. t arusworth, Parts, Canada inform* ns 
tfont his lately Imported blue belton hitch, Hose, oji the 19th of Ji uc 
gave birth to six beautiful wbeips, one dog and five gype, murked as 
follows’ Dot. blue belton, resembling dam; one gyp liver, white anil 
tan, marked like Hulas, the sire, (in England); three others orange and 
White. 
jfca and H&iver 
FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 
ERESH WATER. SALT WATER. 
1'ront. Salmo ftmtinalie. Sea Bass, Sciienops ocellalus. 
Salmon, Salmo ta/ur. Sbeepehead, Archosargus probaio- 
Salmou Trout, Salmo confinis. cephalus. 
Land-locked Salmon, Salmo Gloverl. Striped Bass, P.occus Hnealus. 
Grayling, Thymallus tricolor. White Vetch, Motone americana. 
Black Buss, kicropleras sulmolcles; Weukilsli. CynoscUmregalis. 
M. nigricans. Blnefisb, Pomatomus saltatrix. 
Mascalonge, Esm nobilior. Spanish Mackerel, Cybium macula- 
Pike or Pickerel, Esox lucius. turn. 
Yellow Perch, Perea jtuvescem. Cero. Cybium regale. 
Bonito, Sarda pelamys, 
Kingflsh, Menllcirfus nebulosus. 
For list of seasonablejtrout flies for Anguat see our issue of July 27th. 
Fish in Market. —Fish continue to be unusually abund¬ 
ant and prices rule low. We quote: Striped bass 18 to 
20 cents per pound; bluefish, 18 to 20 cents; salmon, both 
fresh and frozen, 50 cents; mackerel, from 10 to 20 cents 
each, according to size; weak-fish, 12 cents per pound; 
white perch, 15 cents; Spanish mackerel, 35 cents; green 
turtle, 12 cents; terrapin, $12 per dozen; halibut, 18 cents 
per pound; haddock, 8 cents; cod-fish, 10 cents; black- 
fish, 15 cents; flounders, 10 cents; porgies, 12 cents; sea- 
bass, 18cents; eels, 18cents; lobsters, 10 cents; sbeepshead, 
20 cents; brook trout, $1; pompano, 25 cents; soft clams, 
30 to 60 cents per hundred; hard shell crabs, $4.50 per 100; 
soft Crabs, $1.50 per dozen. 
Salt Water Fishing. —Our prophecy that this season 
would be unusually prolific of sport with rod and reel, as 
well as trolling line seems likely to he fulfilled, The long 
continued drought and hot weather did drive the fish iuto 
deep and colder water, but with the change they return 
again, and for the last week fishing has been remarkably 
good. Last week bluefish of large size, such as are gen¬ 
erally known as fallflsh, appeared off Fire Island, and were 
taken in immense numbers, the fish weighing as high as 
nine pounds. But the finest sport was on Saturday last 
when large wealtfish, bluefish, Spanish mackerel and 
bonitas, were all taking the squid. For some reason 
chumming, either inside or outside the inlet, has not been 
good, but it is rather early in the season, and, besides, 
bunkers have been very scarce. There has been no diffi¬ 
culty in taking a good catch of sea bass and flounders at 
any time for those knowing the spot. We hear that some 
fine bass have been taken in Coney Island creek, and that 
the great abundance of crabs and shrimps is likely to make 
fishing for this game fish unusually good. 
—One fish buyer in Gloucester, paid out $90,000 for fish 
purchased by him during tho month of Juno. 
* New York. —Our correspondent, Piseco, writes under 
date of July 3d that (he fishing has been very good at 
Henderson Harbor, nis letter, written from Little Falls, 
sayB:— , 
“I came home from Henderson to spend Sunday, Fish¬ 
ing continues good here. The northeast gale riled up the 
water, and so stirred np the bottom that the fish were full 
fed, and were lazy, still we took what would be considered 
fair lots elsewhere; and made up for bass in pickerel. I 
had the pleasure of reeling in 250 feet of line with a ten- 
pounder on the end of it, and for one day wore the belt, 
tint the next my '‘partner’’ in the same boat, Mr. Munger, 
of Herkimer, went out with Mr. Aiden Case, the proprie¬ 
tor of the late Van Deyn House, and brought home five 
fish weighing 52 pounds. Our biggest one yet is a 
twelve-pounder. It is a quiet, lovely little place, and I go 
back to morrow for another fortnight." 
'V New Jersey — Barnegat Inlet, July 30 th —There has been 
a decided improvement in fishiDg of all kinds during the 
week. Bluefish are plenty but small, running from one 
to two pounds. Sheepsbead plenty; not in as fine condi¬ 
tion a9 some two weeks back. Weakfish commenced 
biting, and large catches made. The following are the 
quotations for past week:—July 23d. Cale Parker, ten 
sbeepshead. July24lli. Mr. Reeves, and gentleman from 
Railway, N. J., seventy one bluefish. Three other yachts 
from forty to sixty each. July 25th. Alexander Purvis, 
Philadelphia, six sbeepshead. Capt. Charles Cox and 
party, forty-six bluefish. Capt. Kelley and party, fifty 
bluefish. July 26th. Col. S. H, Carpenter, U. S. A., and 
brother, seveu bluefish, forty-five sea bass and blackfish. 
A. Purvis, Philadelphia, fifteen sheepshead. L. Mathieus 
and company, eight sheepshead, fourteen bluefish. July 
27th. Jas. Hanford, W. C. Conroy, E. L. Barber, Brook¬ 
lyn, fifty-three bluefish. Col. Carpenter, twenty-seven 
sea bass; from forty to seventy-five weakfish per boat are 
reported. July 28th. R. D. Lorser, P. Quillmau, Chas. 
Hillman, Philadelphia, twenty-one bluefish. Thomas 
Taylor, twelve bluefish. Abm. Force, fifteen bluefish. 
Reports from the sheepshead ground just come in that they 
arc catching from twelve to fifteen per boat. B. 
Connecticut— Higganum, July 24 th. —Black bass fishing 
in Lake Pocotsopogue, East Hampton, ten miles east of 
Middleton, on Air Line Railroad, is excellent. We took 
53 black bass in two half day’s fishing, besides many 
peroh which were returned to the lake. This lake is a 
beautiful sheet of water, aDd being high up on the hills 
there is always a delightful breeze, and Buell’s is a good 
place to stop at. Glov. Buell is an old hunter and dead 
shot, and his record of full game bags will show it. He 
lias stocked the lake with about 15,000land locked salmon, 
which, we hope to try in a few years, 
f Massachusetts — Few Bedford, July 21th. —Our market 
|is well supplied with swordfish, bluefish, tautog, mackerel, 
bonita, etc. Bat few bass have been caught the last week 
—about a dozen big fellows by the Cuttyhunk Club, and 
yesterday Messrs. O. M. Gofford and O. A. Sisson returned 
from No Man’s Laud with only two, weighing respectively 
27 and 45 pounds. A porpoise, striped with black and 
white longitudinal stripes, was brought in here yesterday, 
captured in the bay, of a species seldom seen north of the 
equator. Concha. 
Vermont — Montpelier July 28 th, —A party of us have 
taken sixty pounds of trout, some averaging over a half 
pound each, at Peacham’s Pond, twenty miles from here, 
the past week. They are considered the finest trout in the 
State. W. A. B. 
i|' Canada— Riser Restigouche, New Brunswick July 22<i.— 
Reached here last night via Matapedia Lake and River, 
passing two camping parties of the lessee, Mr. Stevens, of 
Montreal. Fishing is slack now, the river not being in 
condition, and the first two runs of salmon over. Grilse 
are running up, and only a few fish are taken, both salmon 
and grilse. Trout in the lower Restigouche are not abund¬ 
ant, aud the river is crowded with rods, the lessees, 
Messrs. Brydges aDd Sanford Fleming, being very generous 
in giving privileges to friends. The latter has imposed a 
condition of $5 per rod and three cents per pound on all 
salmon caught, to constitute a subsistence fund for (he In¬ 
dians residing on the river. The railroad buildings and 
other improvements has impaired the romantic beauty of 
the river in this exact locality, though above the scenery is 
much as nature designed it. The following gentlemen are 
now here.— 
Mr. Brydges and party, including ladies, of Montreal; 
Sir Hugh Allan and son, Montreal; A. R. Makinlay, J. N. 
Ritchie, John Gotham, Lieut. Clatterbuck, J. Smith, J. 
Kenney, Lieut. Walpole, JEL Crosskiil, T. Murphy, H. F. 
Rowe and friend, all of Halifax; J. I. Fellows and two 
ladies, St. John; H. J. Leonard aud wife, Bangor; O. Hal- 
locK and wife, S. R. Gifford, the artist, and Engineer Cra¬ 
ven, all of New York. Several others who have been here 
are not named. There were eleven rods on the river to¬ 
day, and not an average of a fish to a rod. On Monday I 
go up the river with Mr. Mowatt, the overseer, and shall 
examine the Government Hatching Establishment. Weath¬ 
er to-day chilly up to 10 o'clock A. M. and cloudy. 
Hal. 
A New Wat to Catch Eels.— Mr. Wakeman Hol- 
berton writes us that he noticed over in Jersey, the other 
day,, a new way of catching eels. The drouth had dried 
up a small pond near the village of Carlstadt, and the boys 
had discovered that the eels had buried themselves in the 
mud, and they were digging them up like potatoes, by the 
busheh 
FisniNG Movements. —There have been 122 arrivals the 
past week, as follows: 27 from the Banks, 51 from Georges, 
1 from Newfoundland, and 43 from off shore mackereling. 
The receipts have been 828,000 pounds Georges codfish, 
3,620,000 pounds of Bank codfish, 150,000 pounds of hali¬ 
but, and 12,400 bbls. of mackerel.— Cape Ann Advertiser, 
July 22 d. 
THE INFALLIBLE FISH BAIT. 
Galveston, Texas, July 11th. 
Editor Forest and Stream.— 
As a constant and greatly interested reader ot ynnr paper, Ieoulil not 
fail to notice the advertisement of the “Infallible fish bait," with which 
