FOREST ^AND STREAM. 



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the celebrated "Chief" slock. He was purchased by the com- 

 pany for $250. Two new features of Che 'exhibition are the 

 f.invin- 1 Peg; $500 has been offered during 



the week for the former and refused. She is a native. Eng- 

 lish setter. Pen is an imported setter and a line animal, and 

 took the first prizes at the Springfield and New York Bench 



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The New Yobk Bench Snow.- The official report of the 

 A w.'i ills of the Judges at the late dog show at Giltnore's Gar- 

 den is now printed, and can he had at this office upon receipt 

 of the price, 35 cents. 



-E. S. Wantmaker, of Hohokua-, N. .J., claims the nnmcof 

 Leaf for his red Irish bitch puppy, horn Jan'}- 13, 1ST?, by 

 Dr. Goldsmith's Phmket, out of W. E. Hudson's imported 



—Our friend Dudley, of Poughkeepsie, has sent us anew 

 loader, which is advertised as usual. Tt is not as ornamental 

 and very useful. 



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Yon tnix's Foeqe Ooli.aii. — We have received from the 

 maker one of these necessary implements for dog breaking, of 

 which a correspondent in Rockland. Maine, 



"1 would like [p express fhrongh your paper niTsraiitlrarlon in using 

 ■in' Mr. Von Cntin's spike collars. I saw them advertised in your 

 paper and sent for one. and am very uiueli pleased wiUi the working of 

 it. .My srUti i.iuli. which would Jiot retrieve, now not only retrieves 

 nicely, but seems to enjoy it. Tours respect fully, JAMBS VVicht." 



—Mr. Gjias, F. Bancroft, of Baltimore, writes us that on 

 the 30th ult., he received from the kennel of Mr. John M. 



Niall, Killaloe, Ireland, the red Irish setter bitch Lilly, in 

 ■whelp to the world-renowned champion Irish setter Palmer- 

 stem, the litter being due on the 23d inst. Lilly is 22 months 

 old, thoroughly trained, mid in color she is a deep rich mahog- 

 any. In appearance she fully comes up to my expectation. 

 and exceeds by far Mr. Niall's description of her. She arrived 

 in splendid condition on the steamship Caspian f Allan line i. 

 ULly is by Capl. Leigh's Flash (1st prize Crystal Palace. Lon- 

 don i oui of his Luna : Lima by Marvel, out of Brosna • Mar- 

 vel by Plunket out of Min— all in the E. C. 8. B. 



—Mr. P. H. Morris has purchased the Laverack bitch Mag 

 from Dr. Strachan, He has also purchased from Mr. L. H. 

 Smith two I. eiseester Dart puppies, a dog and bitch, marked 

 like Parts, for which he claims the names of Startle and Poco- 

 hontas. Mag lias been bred to -Air. Cross's champion Lark. 

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More Doe Snow.-.. — And now Cincinnati is to have a dog 

 show. Our correspondent writes us from there that a sliow 

 will be held on the 01st. 22d and 83d of this month, and that 

 Over 80Q entries 1 » -en made. The place in which 



the show is to be held has n ; et I selected. 



.\ ( u allenoe. — I will match my crossbred red Irish setter 

 bitch Irene, six months old, against any imported, native or 

 crossbred Irish setter, dog or bitch, iii the Syracuse Show, 

 under seven months, for fifty dollars ($25 a side), color not 

 to lie taken into consideration. If match is accepted, money 

 to b placed in Forest and Stream before Saturday, 16th 

 inst. To be judged by Judges of Irish class in Show. 



P. H. Mobeb, T2 Duane St. 



No. 2 of '• Canine Therapeutics " in our next issue. 



— Three red lri.<k Gordon setter puppies arc advertised for 

 sale by Mr. Geo. E. Poyneer. 



— Mr. E. J. Bobbins, of Wethersfield, Ct., claims the name 

 of " Mii-ah" for his red Irish setter bitch by imp'tel " Buck" 

 and out of imp'td "Floss." My " Flirt " out of ''Bonnet 

 Carre," and by Salter's " Dash " visited my " Pat " May Co. 



—At Detroit, Mich., J. H. Canniff's blue belton bitch Maud 

 whelped eleven on June %, 5 dogs and 6 gyps. They are by 

 Cariowitz. 



A GOOD SUGGESTION. 



"Mabvsvit.ce, May 31, 18i7. 

 Kditou Fohest and Stream : 



The inimcrons illustrations wliicli have appeared in your valuable 

 pm»-r of spurting (Iors have proved of great interest to me, and, I have 

 no doubt, to allot yoar sabsc.ritiers also who are interested in dogs. 

 But their value won i n grca [j increased if with each plate (both in 

 the paper and the forthcoming •• Kennel Register "i you would give the 

 following " .i'"':i-- ' ■ii." " i"- log O i'resented: 1. Eye to end of nose ; 

 '.'. lengih of head; 3. nose to root of tail; 4. length of tail; a. girth 

 arouiit". ■'!' ' ■ ■ Of ear; 7. height at shoulder ; s. weight. AV'ith- 

 pnt these dlmenatoiis the picture is of comparatively little value. 



Very truly. A. C. Bingham. 



Oin- correspondent has our thanks for his very proper and 

 timely, suggestion. 



Sen and Biver 



FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. 



FUESn WATER. 

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IQng l i -- 1 1 . Mt nticimt6 nebutosus. 

 For list of Trout FSes enseastm forJv,ne x see issue of May 31. 



Fisu ES Mabkkt.— Salmon are now very abundant. E. G. 

 Blackford received from England, last Tuesday, some fine 

 English soles aud tuiiiot, and we noticed also On the slabs of 

 Fulton market, two Scotch salmon. 



Our qotaltons for the week are as follows : 



i . i 'its per pound ; bluefish, 1(1 to ISA- 



cents; salmon, green, 20 cents; mackerel, 10 to 18 cents 

 each: shad, Connecticut River, 00 cents; white perch, IS 

 dents per pound ; Spanish mackerel. 25 cents: green turtle, 15 

 cents: terrapin, SI 2 per dozen; halibut, 16 cents; haddock, 

 cents: king-tish. 20 cents; codfish, 8 cents; bjackfish, BO 

 cents; herrings, 5 cents: flounders, Scents: poigies, tOoents: 

 sea bass, 12 cents; herrings, 5 cents ; eels. IS cents; lobsters, 8 

 cents: sheepshead, lo cents; sofl clams, 30 to 60 cents per 100; 

 pickerel, 15 cents; Long Island trout. Si: Canada do.. 50 

 cents: hard shell oralis. S3 50 per 100; 

 perdozen; weakfish, 12 cents: fr _ igs, j per pound. 



K —Arthur Boyce, of 45 Whitehall street, hall good luck last 

 week off the wreck of Black "Warrior, down the bay. succeed- 

 ing, among other fry, in landing a black fish of the" following 

 dimensions: Length, 24 inches; girth, 2U inches 

 13| pounds two hours after being caught. Mr. B. feels Justly 

 proud of his achievement, having brought to basket this fine 

 fish with a light rod and reel after nearly a quarter of an hour's 

 hard play. J. 



Cahada.— Bromptfln Lake, P. 7?., June 0.— The Waterloo 



Fishing Club report that they have had tine sport at Bromp- 

 tou Lake. Four of their number MUetLsixty "silver lunge" 

 ; lake trout) in one day. Weather hot, and dry. Streams low. 

 Fine salmon are sold here on the market at 15c. per lb. 



Stan-stead. 

 v MHlh'ini, Nmm Brvmwok, June 4, 1ST?.— In May the sal- 

 mon were not as plenty as usual. There were, at least, fifty 

 fishermen, and if they could not kill from one hundred to 

 two hundred each day. why fish were very scan;.'. To satisl j 

 fishermen at the stream, they expect a fish to rise mosl every 

 throw. Now, however, they arc very abundant, every fisher- 

 man having as much sport as they could ask. Salmon more 

 about than for several years. Perhaps our Fish Commis- 

 sioner. Mr. Atkins, should be thanked for our supply this 

 spring. 



I hear the Doliscy Club have a good company, and fish Quite 

 plenty. Geo. A. Boai::-i 



— The Newfoundland seal fishery for the season has resulted 

 in a catch of 413,000 seals. 



k Maine— Mt. Kineo, Moonehead Lake, June 8. — Fishing be- 

 gan earlier here by two weeks than before, in nine years" anil 

 has been better than usual. So much for the game' lav,- tlut 

 has been enforced during the last two years. "Fly fishing is 

 beginning to be good, and whoever comes here any time "be- 

 fore the 10th of July will have their fill of speckled trout, and 

 as many " lakers " as they want. Trout are running large. 



K. 



— The Mt. Kineo House at Moosehead Lake. Me., is now 

 open tor the season, presenting its usual attractions. The 

 former guests of this favorite resort do not need any recom- 

 mendations from us. 



—Messrs. E. M. Bunco and Samuel G. Dunham, of Hart- 

 ford-, Ct,, have just returned from a two weeks trip to Moose- 

 head Lake, Maine. They report the fishing as fine as they 

 have ever had in that region.' Largest number of brook trout 

 taken in one day by one man twenty, which weighed 30^ lbs., 

 the weight of the heaviest being three pounds. Flics used 

 the greater part of the time were the Bed Ibis, black and 

 brown hacked. The weather was clear and very warm, the 

 tormenting black fly more numerous than ever. Fly fishing 

 on the lake was interrupted the last week by a thick scum 

 which arose to the surface, either produced by the working of 

 the water or the buds of elder and other bushes. A number 

 of large lake trout were also captured, but no brook fishing 

 was had on account of the logs. 



'* Massa. ih use i is.— Kern Bedford, June 8, 1877.— The trap 

 and pound fishing in this vicinity this season has proved nearly 

 a failure, but our waters are now filled with bass, bluefish and 

 the usual summer species. Five hundred and thirty two bass 

 were taken at the Vineyard at one sweep of the seine last 

 week. Yesterday " Capt. Lafe Sisson" took a party of Boston 

 merchants down" our bay aud came back loaded with bluefish 

 of extremely large size. Our markets are filled with fish, at low 

 prices. Concha. 



— The fine schooner G. P. Whitman, Captain Jerome Mc- 

 Donald, arrived at Gloucester on Monday from the Banks, 

 with the largest fare of fresh halibut ever landed at that ca- 

 nny other port, weighing off 140,000 pounds. 



Movements of the Fishing Fleet. — The number of fishing 

 arrivals reported at this port, the past week, have been 89, as 

 follows : 9 from the Banks, 51 from Georges, 28 from ruack- 

 ereling trips, and 1 from Magdalen Islands. The receipts for 

 the week have been about 1,122,000 lbs. codfish and 100,000 

 lbs. halibut from Georges, 50,000 lbs. Bank codfish, 500,000 

 lbs. Bank halibut, 4,000 bbls. mackerel and 500 barrels her- 

 ring. — Cape Ann Advertiser, June 8. 



CoHSBoncuT.— -Hartford, June 13.— A number of bluefish, 

 rem five to seven pounds each, were caught in the 

 river, yesterday, between Saybrook and the Lynne bridge. It 

 is something unusual for them to be taken in the river, but it 

 is said that on account of the low water this season, the salt 

 water extends further up the river than usual. 



4 Bluefish arc being caught in abundance off Saybrook, and 

 are especially numerous at Plum Island. 



As salmon, large and small, hover about the mouth of Con- 

 necticut river in schools, the Kennebecker's come, down in 

 their prices, and their tine salmon are retailed here I ir ; v. e rty- 

 five cents a pound. T. S. S. 



—A salmon weighing W\ pounds was taken on the Gth inst. 

 at the Falls at Pautucket, in Bhodc Island. It was a female, 

 and the eggs were about the size of a No, 7 shot. Pautucket 

 is at the extreme head of tide water iu Naraganselt Bay, anil 

 at the falls the Blackstoue River comes in.' The river was 

 first stocked five years since! It was taken in a scoop net, 

 such as are used tor catching shad and herring in the holes 01 

 the rocks. The captor reports he had a very hot time of it 

 for a few minutes. Fisu Commissioned. 



Affirm ' ; '.'ax June.— Mr. Arthur N. Hollister, of Hartford, 

 Ct.. Just back from the Adirondacks, caught, among many 

 other fish there early last week, one lake trout that weighed 

 between seven aud eight pounds. He was standing on Ihe 

 shore of Lake Delia, and caught the fish on a minnow, but 

 with a seven ounce fly rod. 



* New Jeksky — Kinsey's Ashley Home, Bamegat J nhi, June 

 9, — Blueiishimi past weekonly middling. 11- 0. Patterson & 

 Co., 39 ; Samuel Bussed & Co., Phila., 30 ; Middleton & Co., 

 40 hlacktish; I). L. Ketter A Co.. Philadelphia, 14; Captain 

 McWin, 36; Same day other hoats from 10 lo SO. Some 

 Sheepshead were fa&en in the lower bay. We are expecting 

 them every day, B. 



—Blooming Grove Park offers rare attractions for the sea- 

 son of 1S77. It affords good trout aud black lass fishing, 

 duck, ruffed grouse and hare shooting, and fox and deer hunt- 

 ing in their seasons. Trains via Erie Railway leave New 

 York for Lackawaxen 8:45 A. it, 10:15 A, ST., 0:45 P. M. ; re- 

 turning, leave Lackawaxen 0:00 a. h., 4:0-1 r. .xr.; leave Haw- 

 ley 8 a. m., 3:05 p. xt. Excursion tickets at 401 Broadway. 

 For permits to visit the. Park apply to Geo. A. Beed, Scev, 

 37 Park Bow, Boom 83. 



— The most, profitable seining ground on the Delaware is the 

 Mantua Creek fishery, about ten miles below Philadelphia. 

 Several persons have retired on fortunes made at this fishery. 

 The yield there on two days this season was respectively 2,400 

 and 2.000 shail. worth when taken at wholesale rateS nearly 

 $'1,500. 



—On Mom lay last Mr. Wm. f. Boulden, at Locust Point 

 fishery, on the Klk River, Maryland", caught a sturgeon meas- 

 uring twelve feet in length and weighing 390 pounds. It was 

 not the fish usually known as sturgeon in those waters, which 

 are properly "mules," but the Uu'c sturgeon, such asfrequent 

 the Delaware. They rarely enter the Elk 



•ini a.— Ko rfoli; June 4. 1877.— Saw a good, plump 

 Spanish mackerel last week that came from Lynn Haven. 

 1 lave you ever tried a bcuita steak? They are prime. These 

 fish arc now coming in from Back Biver." W. H. S. 



— A fine salmon, weighing about nine pounds, was caught 

 in the Delaware Biver, off Bobbin's Wharf, opposite Bordcu- 

 town. on Saturday. 

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Fi.or.iriA.— Haiifa.: Inlet, May 20.— We have lately been 

 taking two species of fish in the river,. which are not found 

 here in the winter. First, the Vavalli, or Crevalle— the first 

 being the pronounciation of the Minorcan fishermen of this 

 coast — the name signifying iu that language "horse," derived 

 I " 'iililv from the aciive habits of the fish in question. Its 

 generic name in Gill's catalogue is Corrinu>is—Ceira>j.r d- i 

 of Cuvier. It seems to be allied to the dolphins and mackerels : 

 to the former in activity and brilliancy of color, to the latter 

 in solidity and richness of flesh. Size, from one to ten pounds, 

 vary game fish when hooked, very predatory in hab- 

 its, takes all kinds of bait, either on the surface or at the bot- 

 tom. 



Second, the ladyfish, named Alfalfa amarkynchus in Gill's 

 catalogue, which, as I have nor seen described', I will give the 

 following from 8 specimen I S inches long, luken by me. 

 Body slender, somewhat rjundrangulaT in shape: head 1-5 the 

 total length. Color of back, daik blue; sides and belly, sil- 

 very; scales small, head greenish. One dorsal, soft raved, 

 about midway of the back ; tail deeply forked. Eyes very 

 large, black ; fins, silvery yellow. Mouth large, teeth small. 

 Labials long aud large, xvith tine teeth on the edges. All the 

 tins soft rayed. P. (6, V. If!, A. 10, D. 18. 



The ladyfish grows to the length of three feet, takes any 

 bail, either at the bottom or on 1 lie surface. Is very voracious, 

 and as game as a grilse. Like that fish, as soon as hooked, it 

 begins to jump, and is half Ihe time iu the air when beiug 

 played on a rod. The membranes of the jaws being thin, the 

 ladyfish often escapes capture by shaking its head after the 

 manner of the black bass. It is little esteemed for the table 

 being bony and soft of flesh. They would probably in stuu- 

 mer, when they come in shoals to feed on the small fry, take 

 the spoon, perhaps the fly. Those I have killed were taken 

 wi th cut mullet, while fishing for red buss. S. C. C. 



SPLIT BAMBO RODS. 



To our customers and the public :— In reply to the damaging 

 repi rts which have been cireidated respecting the quality of 

 "in- spU1 bamboo rods, by " dealers" who are unable to compete 

 with us at our reduced prices, we liave issued a circular which 

 xve shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the falsity 

 of their assertions. 



CoNP.oy, Bissett & Maixeson, 

 Manufacturers, 05 Fulton Street, X. Y. 



jJiuhting and §wting. 



HIGH WATER FOK THE WEEK. 



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—The weather for the past fortnight, at least for yachting 

 puposes, has-been in strongcontrast with that experienced dur- 

 ing a similar period last year. Then each club had for its 

 annual event all the wind that was required, and in some 

 cases even more; during the .present season the regattas have 

 been but little more than drifting matches. The Corinthian 

 regatla of the Long Island Yacht Club was held on Fridav, 

 ihe 8th. The Jersey C ity Yacht Club'held its regatta on 

 Thursday, the previous day. It was cloudy aud rainy, and 

 the weather was wholly unfavorable. 



— Atlantic Yacht Clvb Beoatta.— On Monday of this 

 week the Atlantic Yacht Club held its twelfth annual regalia. 

 Although not a a success from a yachtsman's point of View, 

 in realityit wass mosl delightful excursion for about 500 friends 

 of members of the club, mostly ladies, for whose transportation 

 the fine steamer Americus had been provided. Indeed, the 

 annual regatta of the Atlantic' Yacht Club has come to be 

 looked upon by the ladies of Brooklyn as the most enjoyable 

 event of the season. As the steamers Wm. Fletcher, carrying 

 the judges and reporters, and the Americus left Jewell's dock 

 the weather seemed anything but propitious, the last end of 

 an easterly storm still bl 'V Log, mdtfle sky bemgi ■'■ '. reast. As 

 the day advanced, however, the wind hauled to the southwest, 

 with not enough of it to enable the schooners and first-class 

 sloops 1 1 round the lightship and make the rare within the 

 prescribed lime. The entries and dimensions of the yacht 

 - follows: 



