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FOREST JAND? STREAM.^ 



field trials, and chosen by the Bishops to cross with the Laver- 

 ocks, their chosen sire being Jock, by old Blue [Dash, and k> 

 him Judith produced two puppies— Brackley and Belfast., both 

 extraordinarily good ones in the field; the latter getting second 

 in the field trial Derby. This season. J. Bishop brought out 

 two beautiful puppies, l)y Brackley in Bonny Gal, a Brave 

 i ml as soon as Mr. Barclay Field saw the performance in 

 the setter puppy stake al Shrewsbury, he gave i'100 for them 

 specially for his own shooting in Scotland, so they must, lie 

 i nettling out of the common. Mr. LleweU'm's'N'onia is a 

 beautiful bitch, bigger than her Laverock dam Nellie, but 

 witli l he same quality and style of going. Danger is a small 

 hitch of no great pretentions to look at. and she strains to the 

 Ranger sort, being a grand daughter of the champions out of 

 a bitch by Major.' It is curious how Sir Richard Garth's Major 

 is ninuecled with most of the best setters. He wasbyBishop's 

 Major, son of Lord Barriugton's Major. A black and white dog 

 was Major, and he was a Held performer, as he ran at Staf- 

 ford, and he was also the champion dog of his day on the 

 lieucli. He was the sire of Madge, the dam of Quince II., the 

 site of Ranger, American sportsmen were vorv ;'r.r mate lu'."-i- 

 ting Pride of the Border, as nothing in England is better than 

 his Clesceildatits, through Blue Prince, as shown by these 

 Spring Eield trials. Amongst the best breeders in England at 

 the present time, are Mr. George Brewis. with his Dash 11. 

 oid I hat gentleman will not breed from bitches unless 

 they have won at field trials. Mr. T. B. Bowers is another 

 breeder of good ones. Mr. Daintry Hollins has the best stud 



i i ...-cracks in England. The Kt-v. J. C. Macdonu with his 

 Bangor and Laverack bitches, Mr. T. Pilkingtou. the breeder 

 ol Joels arid Bock, and the Bishops and the Armstrongs, as 



i to v., staled. There are others, also, such as Mr. Llewelliu, 

 Major Piatt, Mr. Statler and Mr. Cunnington, who go in for 

 field trial form entirely, so that in future there should be no 

 scarcity of good dogs, only there is such a demand for them 

 on the eve of every shooting season. Turning to the 

 pointers, the season litis not been quite so productive of good 

 ones as previous years, for some of the best kennels appear to 

 have been unfortunate in rearing puppies last season. Mr. 

 Wbitehouse had only three, and'thev were too backward to 

 Weak-; and Mr. Lloyd Price, with' all his stock of young 

 Drakes, could not bring one to the scratch, but was obliged to 

 rely upon a purchased one from Mr. S. Price's kennel, by the 

 champion Bang. This Bang sort is the hardest pointer strain 

 in England, bar none. They are a bit harsher in their coals, 

 are all of them noted for their tremendous bone, and they are 

 all hardy constituted dogs, capable of standing any amount of 

 w.nt. Someof the pointer families, such as Lor*d Seftc-n'fl 

 and Lord Derby's, have been so jealously bred lor the last fifty 

 years that, they' have been got a little too fine, though they are 

 kill full of pointer character, and out crossed now with the 



noii- sort fwrdch is really Edge of Slrclly's sort, through 



Broektoa'8 Bounce) we shall get the moat perfect pointers. 



Mr. Ediie, of Sfrcllv, had his breed of pointers for lift y years. 



They wore big, powerful dogs, ati liver and while ticked— the 



liver ticks were a characteristic of his breed, arid they were 

 -very much esteemed. Mr. Edge was one of the most noted 

 sportsmen of his dav in England, and the hardest rider over 

 Leicestershire. A. famous hunter belonging lo him ..nee at 

 traetedthc attention of a well-known dealer, who. commenc- 

 ing at 41 m sovs., kept endeavoring to tempt Mr. Edge, until he 

 reached 1,000. "It most be for a tremendous swell," said 

 Edge. "Yes.it is." was the reply ; "it is for a crowned 

 head. "Sell them." was the rejoinder : --you can tell his Roy- 

 al Highness that I can afford to keep a good horse as well as 

 he can." 



a.1 oi i Hi. mosl likely pointer kennel for the future will be 

 Mr. George Pilkingtons. < if Soncleigh. Lancashire. He has 

 been for the last two years carefully buying up all the Sefton 

 bitches that he could find in the inan;et., some of them at 

 tremendous prices, and he is now going to cross several of 

 them, as I have mentioned above, withMr. S. Price's Chan 

 pion Bang. By doing this, lie will beat such a kennel as Mr. 

 Stutter's, for instance, as they want new blood, though t.be kil- 

 ter gentleman has some very pure Scftous. 



The best puppy, in my opinion, that has been brought out 

 amongst the pointers was Mr- Pilkingtons Garnet, by Lord 

 Sefton's Marquis, son of Mr. Statter's Major. Garnet was 

 dead amiss at Shrewsbury, or he would have beaten Bow 

 Bells. 



I have no doubt that English sportsmen will take a deal of 

 interest, in your field trials to be held nest autumn in Iowa, 

 and provided stakes are thrown open to them, it will not 

 surprise me if several will take the trip over, and take their 

 dogs. The English do not believe for a moment that, you 

 have had (lie best, of their representatives at your trials yet, 

 and they would like to see some of the setters that were seen 

 at Shrewsbury mid Horseheath take their chance over your 

 line prairie grounds. The great London dog show this year 

 under the auspices of the Kennel Club, will be held at' the 

 Agricultural Hall, where Weston has been of late performing. 

 It: is expected that nearly 2,000 dogs will be exhibited, or 

 the largest number ever known. The dates are the 3d, 4th, 

 i i nth of July. 



1*7* and §iuer <gi<;hwg. 



"FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. 



For lint of Trout Flic* in season for Ju? 



,<!<< u rUB mliulofiVSI. 



i, see mm of May 31. 



Eisii ra Market.— The first salmon of the season were 

 brought into Fulton Market last Monday. The run was twenty 

 days earlier than usual this season, and the price demaudnl 

 is very low. The fish were taken in the Resfigouche Rivtr, 

 near Oamhellton, by Mr. Blackford's agents, and reached the 

 market within forty-eight hours after their capture. These 

 arc known as green salmon, and are intendeil for immediate 

 use, The demand lor salmon is very large Outside of the city 

 this season, the Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga having coc- 



tracfed for about 20,000 during the season. Our quotations 

 for the week are as follows -. 



| Striped bass, 15 to 20 cents per pound; blueflsh, 12 to 15 

 cents ; salmon, green, 50 cents ; mackerel, 12 to IS cents each ; 

 .shad, Connecticut River, 50 cents; white perch, 15 cents per 

 pound; Spanish maekerel, 50 cents ; green turtle, 15 cents ; ter- 

 rapin, fta per dozeU5 halibut, 15 cents; haddock, 8 cents; 

 kiugfish, 20 cents ; codfish, S cents ; blackfish, 15 cents ; her- 

 rings, 6 cents; flounders, 8 cents ; porgies, 10 cents; sea bass, 

 15 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 8 cents; shcepshead, 15 

 cents; soft clams, 30 lo 60 cents per 100; pickerel, 15 cents; 

 Long Island trout, 50 cents: Canada do., $1 ; hard shell 

 crabs, $3 50 per 100; soft crabs, 75 cents per dozen; weak- 

 fish, 10 cents; Restigouche salmon, 25 cents. 



— Weakfish of large size are being caught now at Lower 

 Quarantine. 



—The Alexander' House at. Goose Isle, I'ourlcen miles from 

 Detroit, can be reached by rail or steamboat several times a 

 day. The house has every modern convenience, and is much 

 resorted to bj sportsmen and tourists. The fishing for bass, 

 perch, pike and pickerel is excellent. There is also good 

 shooting for woodcock, snipe, quail and ducks of all kinds in 

 season, 



Svi.mon FisniNG.— A geDtlcnian having the lease of a salmon river 

 in Canada wishes a uompu.nioii fm- the month of Jutf. Would prefer 

 aii old trout fisherman, wUo loves camp life, iiud wishes lo make Ills 

 first attempt .at salmon ashing. For fall particulars anurous 1)., care 



FOKEST AMU STREAM FllblMllDg Co.- I .!(/(.. 



— Mr. Erank II. Swett, of JlancrofCs Messciif/er, San Fran- 

 cisco, has his. taken Greener choke-bore, his Remington title- and 

 fishing rod, and gone East for the summer. He is a good 

 sportsman, as well as bookseller. 



--The cod fishing on the northern shore, of Newfoundland 

 , reported prosperous. Oil' Eogu 111 e prospects are better 

 than for twenty years. 



' 'RaNOElkv Lakes. —A lettei from Upper Darn ('amp. dated 

 pune 1, says; 



The trout have commenced rising finely to a My, and about 

 fifty fish have been taken in that manner in the last twenty- 

 lour hours. Part of these were taken at the mouth of the 

 river below the Upper ham, arid part at the head of the upper 



Richardson Lake. Quite, a party of sportsmen returned to 

 Boston to-day via Andovcr. They carried out three hundred 

 trout. The fishing at the Upper Dam, and in fact all through 

 this region, has been splendid for the past ten days, and will 

 he still better in the next three weeks, as part of the sluice was 

 cut away to-day, and the water has commenced running 

 through the dam. Han'Geu. 



—The billowing parties are at the liaiigelcy Lakes: 

 Messrs. Hood and I Jcv Holds at a private camp on the eastern 

 shore of L'pper Richardson, 'above I lie mouth of the river.- 

 Messrs. Broker and Haines, Col. Henry Smith and T. P. 

 Jordan, Esq.., oil Boston j J. p. Whitney and party are at Whit- 

 ney's Camp, Upper Richardson Lake, at Mosquito Brook. 

 Camp Keunebago at Indian Lock, and the Mountain View 

 House at Baugeley Outlet, have- all been well filled for the 

 past ten days." The steamers on all the Lakes are now mak- 

 ing their regular trips. 



HKAmjiAtriEXis OQUOS300 Anolino Assoc. ) w 



:>. Oamc Kexneisago, RahgeleX, Me., May 20, 1877. |. 



Hlilioi: FoiiEST AND SXBEAM: 



Your enlarged, irnlilnl and unrivalled weekly is a welcome 

 Visitor at Indian Bock. The season opens finely. The old 

 time " ijoi'lt. philosopher and friend," Mr. C. T. Richardson, 

 still presides as boat at damp Keunebago, giving to every new 

 comer, be he member, guest or stranger, a cordial reception. 

 Among the visitors are' Messrs. Hull, of Boston, and H. B. 

 Harrison and nephew, of -New Haven. The former had an 

 exciting experience with a monster brook trout vciijldng over 

 seven pounds, which he safely landed. .Several have been 

 taken weighing over live pounds— indeed an unusually large 

 number forso early in the season. But the largest capture 

 yet recorded in these waters, famous as the home of giant 

 Siilmn j'uiilinoUx. was that of a two yea/r old mouse to-day, 

 while .swimming across Cupsaptue Lake. 



lb- also was "safely landed," ami then libernlrd near Camp 

 •J. Proctor Knott (you forget voursi-lf Knott), the romantic 

 woodland home of ilon. Win. P. Five, of Leuisfon, Me. 



The latter gentleman is now here* enjoying Bie rest be so 

 nobly earned during the recent long and' exciting session of 

 Congress. 



Hon. H. O. Stanley, commissioner of fisheries, arrived yes- 

 terday wilh 10,000 lively young landlocked salmon. Cue half 

 were placed in Raugeley Lake, the balance in Keunebago 

 Stream, near the camp. This consignment mokes the number 

 deposited in these waters within four years nearly 50,000. 

 Several have been taken weighing from one to four pounds. 

 A large proportion of the young were from the eggs of the 

 Sebago Lake landlocked salmon, that attain a weight of tirmly 

 pounds. Visitors lo Camp lsennebngo two or three years 

 hence can anticipate as royal sport as is afforded upon the 

 famous salmon rivers of Canada. 



After June 20th the hospitable regulations of the Oquossoc 

 Angling Association permit the reception of gentlemen nnd 

 ladies without the necessity of a letter of introduction from iiu 

 oilieer or member. The "latch string always hangs out" for 

 you. Mr. Editor, and the members of your stall'. 



Ranoei.ev. 



10 WabMSS Street, New York, May 25. 

 Knnon Foiikst ami Si ukam ami Bod Afro GtJN: 



A eoi respondent in join- issue of the 24th, "L.R. M.,"of 

 Bethlehem, Pe»n., inquires ''If any of your leaders have 

 visited the Umigelcy Lakes to escape 'bay fever':"" In reply, 

 permit me to say 'that "Camp Keunebago," Indian Kock, 

 the headquarters of the Oquossoc Angling Association, is 

 visited annually by gentlemen afflicted with that distress- 

 i iomplr.mt, mil il\v;ys with benefit It gives tr- pls&s 



are to t'3 I the hospitalities Of "Camp Kenuelmgo" to "L. 



It. M..'oranv other poor mortals who desire to exchange 

 "hay fever" for a genuine clr/lit-poiiod brook, trout fever, at 

 any time between June 20 and September 10. By communi- 

 cating with me by let.tei or in person 1 will give- them a let!,, r 



of introduction to our Superintendent, Mr. C. T. Bich.u-dson, 



which wiU assure to them the same attention and accomnio- 

 ' , .umbers, at a charge for board of 



fS per day. I will add, by way of conclusion, that gentle- 

 men desiring to sojourn at "Camp Keunebago'' must not 

 necessarily lie possessed of a "hay rever." 



Geo. SnitrAjiD 'Pitts, 



Connecticut— A fine trout was taken by Mr. Geo. E. Mer 

 rimau, in the Bantam river, Litchfield Co., Ct., a few days 

 ago. The trout measured 17| inches in length, 10 inches In 

 girth, and weighed 2 pounds and ounces. 



Several salmon have been taken in the Connecticut river 

 during the past two weeks. Besides the 12 pounder men- 

 tioned in Eokest A*n Stream, three more have been cSujrhl 

 in the shad nets off Lynn, and their weight was 8, 12, and 112 

 pounds, respectively. Of course many are taken that are 

 never reported. 



•MASSACHUSETTS.— Aon Bedford, May. — The past week our 

 trout fishermen have been very successful. Dr. Sweet hooking 

 the largest, of 1;; pounds weight. Blnensh have arrived in 

 quantities, and the clubs on the Pasque and Cuttyhuuk are 

 preparing for the bass season. -en .v. 



Movements of the PiBHING Fleet.— Sixty fishing arrivals 

 have been reported at this port the past week. 5 from the 

 Banks. 45 from Georges, «.) from ■.«,; i'.i.ii. . .,-p. n ' - , ; , ,... 

 from Magdalen Islands with herring. The receipts have liecn 

 000.000 pounds Georges codfish, OO.oiio pounds Geo,,, ,, 

 halibut, 430,000 pounds Bank halibut, 1.550 ban-els mackerel 

 and 500 barrels herring. About 05 vessels are engaged in fish- 

 ing on Georges Bank and the neighboring shoals, and ttboill 

 25 on Cashe's, Jeffry's and others.— Caps Ann 

 June t. 



V Canton, N. Y.— We have had some very fine t n .ul-li.s|,;,,,. 

 on the head waters of the Grasse and Oswegatehie rive. , , i N , _ 

 iug the past two weeks. . J. ];, pp. 



\ Kingston, May 23.— Truman Preston had at his stand in 

 the Ulster Market this morning, a bass that, weighed 88 

 pounds. It was caught in a seine in the river abreast of Pell's 

 dock, Esopus. 



L. Gr. Dimmick brought down from Dry Brook, town of 

 Uardenburgli, the other day, a fine mess of brook trout. The 

 largest one measured eighteen inches in length, and weighed 

 one pound ten ounces. "Plenty of just such'specklcd beautii 8 

 coming from Dry Brook now. 



Two Ellenvillemen have caught during the past week about 

 a dozen copperheads, a hissing adder and several black and 

 green snakes, all alive. Oub Haii.-y. 



Trout fishing has been very lair near llornellsville. g, 

 O. Jilson has just returned from a Four-day trip lo rim'. 

 Creek, Potter Co., Pa., and brought back about a bushel 

 from { to 1.J lbs weight. (Stsoben, ' 



—Commander L. A. Beardslee returned last week from 

 Piseco Lake, where he had fine sport fishing. In his two 

 weeks' catch were a ten-pound ami a six-pound salmon, and 

 several magnificent " brookers," weighing from two and a 

 half to three pounds. 



— Messrs William G. Stimson and S. J. Barry recently hid 

 some fine trout fishing at " Powley's." Air. Stimson eaueht 

 in Ferris Lake a handsome "brookcr" that weighed thiee 

 pounds eight and a half ounces. 



C. J. Palmer and Frank Burgor had fine luck last wet k 

 fishing at " Powley's." 



NjswJbbsst.— XedBaMh,tf8jf2<>.~ HeMjrag . , l 



fairly opened. The hhielish are on the beach. Small mes ... 

 of bass (striped) have been caught trolling. Him 



Several share* In Black Hawk Clab Lake, Koshkoaong, are adver- 

 tiaed for sale in another column. The club has a Hue house- located on 

 the ilueBt eauvas-tiack iluck shooting grouurts In the West. I , 

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PISECO'S BIG TROUT. 



^ Little Falls, N. Y., May 38, is;;.' 



Editoj! Forest and Stkkam: 



I told you that I had captured a fontinalis this year 

 which was nearly up to our Adirondack standard of perfec- 

 tion, weighing when dressed, two pounds three ounces. 1 

 want to tell you haw I caught him, and in doing so. gratuitous 

 ly advertise a little of the virtues of the prettiest canbinalion 

 of ash and lance wood 1 ever saw or handled— my Orvis No T I 

 promised when you sent it that y. >u should hear or its first wo'rh 

 and that for your rod you should have a line, and fortune So 

 favored me that I can keep my promise, and not indict upon 

 your readers the ordinary and twice thousand told tale of 

 how he dived and darted, and how I gave him but etc All 

 those things happened and more, and it is about 'the more 

 which I will tell you. 



Hiram had lifted the gates, and Piseco Lake was emptvine 

 itself in a perfect torrent over the daui's foundations, and the 

 south part, of the big pool was boiling and foaming with ihe 

 amber-hued masses of solid and snowy summits of broken 

 water. 



At the north side there was an eddy perhaps fifteen feet in 

 diameter, where the water, set back by a bend below, whirled 

 and tumbled like a witch's caldron, and great spruce and hem- 

 lock logs that had passed through the 'sluice and failed to 

 strike the channel were circling and plunging about in a way 

 that seemed without method; but there was u method in their 

 madness, and well for my success it was that I found it. m, 

 lar could they come and no fat then here they could sLool 

 end first with speed, then roll over and over, preparatory to o, 

 fresh dart in the other direction. 



I had walked three miles that morning to fish that pool, .mil 

 as I heard the roaring Of the flood I put away my hopes' lor 

 their foundation was, 1 thought, gone. 



As f stood on the bridge, full sixteen feet above the pool 

 and watched the great giants come plsnging through, f gave 

 up trouting, nnd whit I led. 



"Yer might try if, Cap.; 'twon'tcost much if you don't get 

 one," said Hiram— and 1 thought 1 would. I sA Up my rod 

 and sent a couple of flies skipping over the troubled poof with 

 no response; but it Was capital practice, and I kept on till II. 

 rain disappeared to attend to some oilier business 



Left by myself, I tired of tiy-fishiug, and, rtJtrcrt . , 



Hies, put on a small kinsey and a pair of split si 



dropping my worm-ed hook into the eddv, audleltie, i| .,, 

 I got into business almost instantly. All of the ui 

 romances were gone through with, and in addition I shouted 

 frantically for Hiram. His wife at last heard my shouts. 



rotn my actions what was wanted, and s earni 



running to the rescue. Fortunately for me the trout sulked 

 and, keeping just a little spring on him, I let him lie nuietlv 

 while waiting. Assoonas possible Hino. 



