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FOREST AND STREAM. 



lifting, by Reuben, was fust enough for anyone, though not 

 Showing much nose, while Young Kent displayed f;ur P flCl ' 

 and Box was far above the average in this respect. On the 

 whole it may ho said that the verdict has gone against the 

 breed in England, and as far as I know, no breeder of ex- 

 perience in the south adheres to if. with the exception of Mr. 

 ,T. H. Salter; nor is it much more approved of on the moors 

 by the general public. 



>p <'.■,' of the black-tan setter are very nearly the same 

 as those of the English dog, the only deviations being as 

 follows: 



1, Tho rf-«tfis usually a little heavier than that of the English setter, 

 but in other n-r-peci-, u resembles it. 



2. The nose, also, la like the English setter; but it is usually a trifle 

 wider. 



9. The Hag is nsiiallv a trifle shorter than that of the English setter, 

 which it otherwise resembles in -hapc. , „ „ ,_ 



11. Theme I ger re barrier and coarser than that or the English or 

 Irish setter, occasionally with a strong disposition to curl, ai in the 

 celebrated champions. Kcnbcn an J Regent. 



12, Toe eolOT is ranch Insisted on. The black should bo rich, without 

 mixiure with the tan, and the latter should bo a deep mahogany red 

 with. in any tendency to fawn. It is adiniitud that the original Gordons 

 were often black, tan, aud white; but, as in all our shows the classes are 

 limited lo black-tan, the long arguments which have been adduced on 

 that score are now absolete. A little white on the cheat and a white 

 toe nr two are not objected to; butarieciried frill is considered by most 

 judges to bo a blemish. The red tan should he shown on tips, cheeks, 

 throat, spot over the eyes, fore legs nearly to the elbows, hiud legs up to 

 stifles, and on the under side of the flag, but not tunning iuto its long 

 hair. 



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PEDIGREE OF COLBURN'S DASH. 



ElJITllR FOREST AKB STREAM. 



I notice in your issue of March 1st tho fine portrait of Colbnrn's 

 "Dash." la looking over his pedigree I And a great error— where it 

 reads "Mead's Dash," by Dash, out of "Kent bitch, reddish red." 

 Now, sir, there has be«n , dnring the last few years, quite a controversy 

 in tho sporting papers in regard to the pedigree of Paul Mead's "Dash," 

 Bireof Rodman's Dash. 1 supposed, at the lime, that theae articles wonld 

 attract the attention of Mr. Johnston, the breeder of Mr. Mead's Dash, 

 and induce tiiiu to come out. with a statement, in order to correct the dif- 

 ferent views of several writers, and give the sporting public the true in- 

 wardness of the pedigree of this flue broed of dogs. Their progeny are 

 now scattered all over the conntry, whose owners would be greatly 

 gratified to see this mysterious veil lifted, and bring, to light, not alone 

 the full pedigree of the sire of Mr. Mead's "Dash." but also the dam 

 of the last-mentioned dog. Mr. Johnston certainly owes to the sport- 

 ing world the full history of this strain. Mauy erroneous rnmors have 

 been sent afloat in regard to Paul Mead's Dash; but I sav, without any 

 hesitation, that all these rumors are without any foundation whatever. 

 AI the time that Mr. Johnston was in possession of his imported Irish 

 bitch, "Jenny," I often met him on the snipe patches and stobblea of 

 Long Island. I became thoroughly acquainted with Mr. J , and fonnd 

 him to be a genial, jovial, and unpretentious sportsman of the old 

 school, hospitable and chailtable to a fault, who was ever ready lo ac- 

 knowledge everybody's dogs to be better than his own. At this time I 

 saw in Ins kennel the young Irish setter pup, afterward the well-known 

 Paul Mead's "Da^k," and his full sister, "Kate." Jenny, the, dam of 

 the above dogs, I believe, was never broken in the field. Mr. J. In- 

 formed mo that he only imported her for breeding purposes, her slrain 

 being well known to him in Ireland, being of true blue-blooded Irish 

 stock. Jenny was a low, long, straigbt-haired, deep mahogany red, 

 with a fine, clean cut head, pendulous ears, set rattier low for aa Irish 

 dog. Her hair was very coarse, but very glossy. She was well ribbed 

 np, full in barrel, and deep in chest. Her great fault was her neck, 

 which was rather short and thick. Her type is well stamped on many 

 of her progeny. Afier breeding several litters of pups from her, Mr. 

 J. sold, or presented, her to a Mr. Frank Dialler, who was owner of 

 her until her death. "Kate," the ful.1 sister to Mead's "Dash," was 

 broken by Mr. Benjamin Kent, one of the best dog breakers in those 

 da.va, She « as very email in size, but well put together, a merry worker. 

 and very stanch on all game. Mr. Kent finally sold her to a bird fan- 

 oler-a Mr. Valentine Knnkle, now residing on Riviugt.ou Street, near 

 Pitt Street, New York City. All the connection Mr. Kent bad in re- 

 gard to Jenny was. that he took her to Albany to have her lined by a 

 fine imported Irish dog of rare quality. This last-named dog was the 

 sire of Mr. Paul Mead^s "Dash." 



Shouid this letter meet the eyes of my old friend. "Andy," who has 

 retired from all business to devote his lust days to tho gun and rod, we 

 beg him to come forth, and give us the full pedigree of the finest breed 

 of Irish setters that was ever bred in this country. G. 



Cm.-sumj'tiox C'tiEED.— An old physician retired from active practice, 

 baring had placed in his hands by an East Indian missionary the for- 

 mula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure 

 for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and 

 Lung affectionB, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility 

 and all nervous complaints, after having thoroughly tested its won- 

 dcrful curative powers in thousands of cases, feels it his duty to make it 

 known to bis suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive, and acouscien- 

 tious desire to relieve human suffering, lie will send, free of charge, to 

 all who desire It, this recipe, with full directions for preparing and suc- 

 cessfully using. Sent by return mail by addressing with stamp, nam. 

 ingthis paper, Dr. J. C. Stoxe, 32 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia, 

 I'a.-^ltfv. 



Jus md §ivtr 4$i shit t8 



For Irout flies in April, s 



,r issue of March ;!9th. 



Fish rs Market. — Fish of all varieties continue scarce, 



with but moderate change in prices. Ouv quotations for the 



, i we as follows: "Striped bass. 20 1625 cents per pound; 



UnteltS 15 to 20 cents; salmon (frozen), 25 cents; California, 



25 cents; shad (Southern), 50 cents each; native, do. S1.50; 



teh, 15 cents; Spanish mackerel, 50 cents: green 



turtle, 20 cents; terrapin, $15 per dozen; frostfish, 8 cents 

 per pound; halibut, 15 cents: haddock, 8 cents; codfish, 14 

 cents: blaeknah, 15 cents; herrings, G cents; flounders, 10 

 cents; sea bass, 20 cents; eels 18 cents; lobsters, 12 cents; 

 Bheepshead, 20 cents; turbott, 20 cents; scollops, S2 per 

 gallon; whitefish, 15 cents per pound; pickerel, 15 cents; 

 brooi-tront, 25 cents; Long Island trout, $1; trout, 

 50 cents; pike, 10 cents; ciscoes, 10 cents; hard shell crab, 

 S4.no per 100; red snappers, 18 cents. 



—The Germantown Telegraph says : 



" Some fishermen, who are not troubled with a conscience, 

 go to work, after making their hauls, to stuff the throats and 



i ■ - in'-' - ! ' with small, iiiitni.viy i ibl it i to 



order to ni. 



Bhad are sold in the- ni r by weight, i i I co kna] treate 



thO e am iver! Iter. Detdei i iy that the Bsh thus 



unnaturally extended do not keep fresh for us long a tune as 

 when undisturbed," 



What naughty men ! 



The lirst shad of the Beason were taken in the North 

 River, New York, last week, which is unusually early forthe^e 

 waters. Of late years they have rarely been caught before 

 the middle of April, though lust season a single fish was taken 

 on the 5th of that month. 



— Nineteen vessels. 12 being steamers, have left St. John, 

 N. F., for the fishery. Harbor Grace also sends 19 vessels. 

 Cod-fishing on the' -western coast of Newfoundland is re- 

 ported good. 



Fishing Notes. — The dull weather the past week has left 

 its impress upon the fishery, and a b'ght catch has been the 

 result. This, together with the fact of there being no op- 

 portunity to get fish in marketable condition, has operated 

 unfavorably in that direction, and it may emphatically be 

 termed a dull week for the fishing interest. Orders have 

 been light, and most of the new stock in merchantable order 

 is on the market waiting for a demand. The stock is not 

 heavy for the season, and holders are anticipating that re- 

 vival' of business which shall give an impetus to the fish trade 

 i! iniii.n with other branches. 



The number of fishing arrivals reported at this port the 

 past weel; has been 89 — IfroratheBanksandSn from Georges. 

 The fish receipts have been about a million pounds of codfish 

 and 350,000 lbs. halibut.— Cape Ann A, irrrlivr, Mfrch 30th. 



BLACK BASS. 



Boston, March 26, 1877. 

 Editob Fobest and Steeam. 



As numerous interesting articles have periodically ap- 

 peared in your valuable sheet, tending to establish the fact 

 of the affinity betwt 



have been te 

 artificial allurei 

 that they will n 

 formed by angl 

 sport to certain 

 monstrated ' 



black bass and the artificial fly, I 

 1 to enter the list as an advocate of the 

 it when angling for the same. Thetheory 

 take the fly was, in my opinion, honestly 

 who have confined the indulgence of the 

 ters only. It has been satisfactorily de- 

 jwn case that in certain ponds and lakes 

 known to abound in bass in the State of Massachusetts 

 they cannot be tempted with the gaudy bait, while minnows, 

 grasshoppers, and especially crickets, are eagerly taken. Too 

 much cannot be said in praise of the last-named bait. They 

 Bhould be as large as possible, in which case one will answer 

 for a bait. If small, two or -more can be used. Having tried 

 minnows, grasshoppers, worms, small toads, and other 

 natural baits for the past three years, I concede the palm to 

 the cricket as the insect best calculated to lure the bass to 

 the creel of the hungry angler. 



But, Mr. Editor, I am wandering from tho subject of fly- 

 fishing, which was my object in addressing you. One of 

 out finest hikes, which lias been stocked with black bass for 

 the. past eight, years, has been the scene of many unsuccess- 

 ful attempts on my part to take them with the 'fly. While I 

 have seen hundreds taken with natural bait, I have never 

 seen or heard of one being taken with the artificial-fly. I 

 am unable to account for this, or learn any satisfactory 

 theory for this delicate discrimination on the part of the 

 black bass. I mention the above circumstance in support of 

 my theory, that those who have not succeeded in taking them 

 with a fly may have confined their experience to limited 

 waters only, and formed their opinion from the unsuccessful 

 results. 



Upon a stocked pond, in Lincoln, Mass., in August last, I 

 experienced one of the most successful fly-fishing excursions 

 which I ever took part in. The day was very bright and 

 warm, and we first proceeded to the shady portion of the 

 pond on the easterly side, where we spent the 

 bait-fishing with good success, the result, at n 

 ten bass, ranging from one and three-quarter pou 

 and a half pounds. This did not include all that l 

 as, by request of the proprietors, all weighing 

 or less were returned to their native element. After spend- 

 ing a liberal amount of time at noon for lunch and diges- 

 tion, we again entered our boat and pulled across the pond, 

 where I rigged my eight-ounce Leonard rod, much to the 

 amusement of my skeptical companion, who desired to know 

 "if I came out, for exercise or fish." Not being certain of suc- 

 cess I bore the insinuations with that patience which is in- 

 dispensable in an aspirant for game in angling. Carefully I 

 attached my six-foot leader, using for a stretcher (fly) a good 

 sized red ibis, and for droppers a red ibis of smaller size 

 and the Jenny Lind fly, which I purchased of friend Prouty, 

 at Bradford & Anthony's. My fourth cast was successful m 

 fastening upon a two-pounder of exceedingly lively traits of 

 character. This was my hour of triumph; could I but safely 

 land him, I would willingly forgive my crest-fallen compan- 

 ion for the aforesaid "mild insinuations." Suffice it to say 

 that the feat was accomplished within the space of five 

 minutes, and a revolution had taken place in the contempla- 

 tive mind of my genial friend. Others were taken also, of 

 good weight, and pluck, but the summit of my bliss was 

 reached at about 6 o'clock, when my stretcher fly was taken 

 by a gamey fellow of one and three-quarter pounds weight. 

 After his first leap he ran off about twenty feet of line, when 

 I felt something which led me to believe a commotion was 

 taking place beyond my range of vision. How my blood 

 began to take new life when I saw my first acquaintance 

 again leap, but this time with a companion upon one of 



e taken, 

 pound 



droppe 

 three-quar 

 them both 

 and the 

 these fish ■ 

 most satist 

 have reached 





ed to weigh two and 



lapsed ere I had 

 iwii satisfaction, 

 theory of taking 

 y of sport, and a 

 mnt taken must 

 iturned 



total 

 ■ly fifty pounds, and 

 to the pond. During the same month I took several with a 

 fly from MassapOBg Lake, in Sharon, ranging from one-half 

 pound to four pounds. 



I do not desire, to further encroach upon your space, and 

 will close with the hope that others will give their experience 

 to eradicate any doubt upon the subject of successful fly- 

 fishing for the' black bass, and to encourage this mode of 

 taking them. In mv opinion, there is no fish of the same 

 weight which furnishes more genuine, enthusiastic, and as- 

 oiting sport than that great promoter of health— the black 

 t, a88 , A New Sdbscbibeb. 



AQuADAiun Ponds, Wenonah, N. J., Maroh 26th. 



BEST AND StKBAM. 



t last 



E Ho 



till late i 



breed! tig 



. ole oi'yoiii- 

 nnd not find one 

 ^respondent says 



nhnued 



l named, I take it 

 bass, whose active 

 *y, June, July, and 



August, some old fish spawning earlier, while yearlings 

 spawn as late as September. As the black buss remains 

 constantly on its spawning-bed till the young are large 

 enough to take enre of themselves, and subsists "upon such 

 food as comes to it, they can readily be taken with flydr 

 bait — more, easily with the latter — during this, their es- 

 sentially hungry 'period. From the depth" of water end lo- 

 cation mentioned by your correspondent, there is no doubt 

 about nearly if not, quite all the bass taken by him being 

 taken from their spawning-beds, thereby destroying hun- 

 dreds of thousands of embryo buss. Mil-ton P." Peeboe. 



THAT ARTIFICIAL "WUM." 



i 



Ottawa, Canada, March 19, 1377. 

 Editob Forest and STlUU.lt. 



In your last issue I saw a notico of en " artificial angle worm," and 

 you atatc that it litis been patented ; that it can also be used us chewing- 

 gum. Now, Mr. Editor, my motive in writing this is to warn my broth.- 

 ers of the angle, that no matter how toothsome the said worms are to 

 the fishermen, they are not to the fish. I have tried them, or ratlier 1 

 have tried to iuduc-e fish to, but never succeeded. They are by no 

 means a new thing. They have commonly been sold by EmUl-li flshiug- 

 tackle makers for many years. I bought some more than twenty-five 

 years ago, and never caught a flail with one, and I know my experience 

 of tbem has been that of others; they aie a delusion and a snaie, and, 

 like Paddy's razor3, that were made to sell, not to shave; they are made 

 to catah dollars, uot fish . Wlien a fish takes a worm, he dots it quite 

 as leisurely as an old woman does a cup or tea; for he (the ftsh) knows 

 when a worm falls Into water he is snre of hjm— thai is. to fay, if no 

 other large or more nimble fish than himself are close by; therefore, 

 more senses are brought into play than that of sight, and tho close ob- 

 servation of a motionless object, aided by touch, smell, and taste, pre- 

 cludes any possibility or the fl-h being deceived. Ironlyih. i 

 eight had to be overcome, and the worm could be used when in more or 

 less rapid motion, in the same manner as artificial flies, minnows, or 

 flsh, that are pursued by sight; only, and secured by a rapid rush, so that 

 no other faculty was allowed the fish, it might be a success: but as a 

 still bait, never— not even when allowed to drop down to the bottom of a 

 rapid stream. As an imitation of a worm they aro perfect, not only in 



color and sort pliability, but they have the cortognteJ 



marked, as in the natural worm, and look to the eye all that a worm 

 should look; but they have no more taste or smell than u wooden nut- 

 meg or bass-wood ham. L. Bitswi. 



[Our correspondent will accept our thanks for his article. 

 It will be seen, by reference to what we wrote, that we did 

 not recommend the bait. It does not follow that we indorse 

 all that we print, though wo generally prefer to give our 

 opinion. — Ed. F. amb S.] 



' «■» 



^ WrernoK, March 14, 1877. 



Editor Fobebt and Stream. 



Fenron, of No. Four, in a letter dated March 11th, says : "Snow two 

 feet deep; have had line weather since tbo middle of January. Hun- 

 dreds of deer have been slaughtered in the deep snow, but none in my 

 immediate vicinity. February 14th deposited 20,lK)O salmon-trout and 

 15.000 whitefltb spawn ui Beaver Lake; hope to be able to put in more 

 next year. Wardwell rocs back again to his house at Stillwater In 

 April, which will please all who go into the wilderness by this routa. 

 Carl Hough and Luke Hammond killed a huge bear, which they found 

 in his den. Hough has wintered at South Branch alone, doing some 

 considerable trapping." 



The young salmon that were, put into the B'armingtnn RlVBl at 

 Windsor are being killed by the hundreds by tho paper mills at Kain- 

 bow and Proquonock. They are some sis inches in length, and were 

 doingrinely. Itaeemsapity that something can't nc done 6 1 at I ifi 

 mills from draining their filth iuto the river. What fun wo might have 

 in a few years with the fly, and so near, too. F. Bolltss, Jn. 



§f»chHnfl and pasting. 



HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEE. 



))Ott. 



Boston. 



.\vw Tort., 



ChcrUitor, 





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Atlantic Yacht Club.— At the last meeting of the Atlantic 

 Yacht Club, held on Match 12th, which was the annual meet- 

 ing, an unusual ly large number of members were present. The 

 . ,.:i men wi b i leob 1 bo i i mbership: Richard 

 Arnold (yncht M.ib), Thomas P. FU , . s, Austin 



H. Eaton, and George A. Price. The annual election resulted 

 as follows: Coiuinodore, George A. Th.iver: Yico-Comnio- 

 rjore Wm Cooper; Rear-Commodore, fm. IliUltotli Field; 

 Recording Secretary, John B. Morgan; Treasurer, Wm. H. 

 H Beebe- Measurer, C. T. r. rresncnidi »8eorataryj 



J Lawrence Marcelltts; Trustees, G. A. Thaver. Wm. If. II. 

 Beebe, ,r. E. Maxwell, L. A. Fish, John H. Rhodes, W. W. 

 £-.:n,v Committee on Membership, A. H. I .:.' .■;":.. '.'. . W. 

 Richards, E. L. Maxwell. The fob... ..en were 



elected as the Regatta Committee: C. T. Lippitt, F. T. Peet, 

 H. S. Manniug, Date of regatta, Monday, June 11th. Course 

 for each class the same as last year. 



A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. S. W. Knowlos, the 

 retiring treasurer, for the very able and efficient manner in 

 which "he had managed the finances of the club. 



Mt W. fl H. Beebe, on behalf of Cfl.pt. J. R. Bush, pre- 

 sented to the club a, beautiful fr.imed photograph of the 

 yacht Madcap, and the following, resolution was thereupon 



Meso'ved That the thanks of the club are eminently due, 

 and are herel teno . ; to Capt. J.V.. Bush tor his kindly 

 remeuibro;. in presenting them with a beauti- 



ful picture of the :i race hetn een the yachts Madcap, - 



Active, and Windward. 



Mr L. A. Fish itave notice of hie intention to offer at tho 



" uent to Chapter I 



1, of By Lai 



rd.-; 



... urer " after the 



word '-Chaplain'' in the lust paragraph of 



making the Measurer as well as Chapl das exempt lrotn the 



payment of du< 



The affairs ol the. elub in ■ ... 



than at auv previous otm &l ro I "' 



and kindly feeling were dm • 



—The •■. : i -.-- 1 ■ L Pe OB 'nel, Mr. 



Roger Jiiu.. 



ting expedition to the Thimble Islam: 

 Sound 



