Ahthl 20, 1883, j 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



251 



TlMi'MM: us bofNG Im. ami — The rcpor's indicate .1 good 

 Season for, iront on tlic Maud. At (freed Hivr. the [he 



M-rr,. ,„• Jtesars: Wilbur and Imbrio, :-oin.' firic fish iia-.-.-i p 



•■'•.:. : i-i ,\..i-; Mi. Wilbur, and Mr, Cbartodari tcfqK 

 ■Woide, !i trSiii thai tyclfihed thirteen pounds, and Mr. 



Jin'u-i" has 1 1 1 r -. . 7 ■ • ., :'oo,l .- the Season The 



shad Il\ . r kind of gray enat, Beam's (be i':n.iriV il N stfrne- 

 nmea,,dreHsed villi" while wings. Mr. EpdfoQtl lias beei 

 i lu- guest ..I' Mr. l-Y.-i.s. on tin- north shore, and has had 



good fport, A: I In- South Side Club (ho members have had 

 poo 1 fishing, anil some large HHh have Ueti taken. 



I'm. Ib.MK P.ass. — I am informed liy l-'ish Warden I'llas 

 Sindlc, of Greenwood Lake, that a i\(-;n\ big-inoulh bass 

 W(W found floating ia the lake early in this month, which 

 musl have been lljc patj'lftvch of the Nev Jetfej bin-mouths. 



He w, i.'h.-.l when taken J'lom Ihe water i i-li't pounds, and 



inches frnni end to end. Mr. Sindlc 

 rtighl a pickerel in the lake about two 

 ig six and a half pounds. Tln.'«c Were 

 -tideiiiv of ty larVea black bass being 

 waters of (his l(i('alilyr--J. V\ (i. 



ttieaAtifcd i weutyv 



tilso stated that he 



Weeks agbj Weigh 



big Ball, (s there ni, 

 found before in ihe wfrl 



1 Col T I'- Till. .\T'l;;oM).\..KS. -Bbtetiam; SI. Lawrence 



County. X. Y.. April i(). -We are li:.-in- cHrfs! delightful 

 weather lure juSI now, and as a nulural sec(t".-!iee, the local 

 Willtonsarc bilking ti>h and fishing, The lirsl catches Of 

 trout, up Ihe Raqiteile, of ihe season, were made la<l week. 

 Good luck is reported, A week ago we had hit' snow banks 

 and winter weather; to-day the ice and snow nave entirely 



disappeared, and ihe iikicHiv is "looking over" 110. — W. 



H i; 



jfirftciiihtH. 



KISHCui-TL/fiP »N NEW ZEALAND. 



OWING to the irregularity or totsi absence of Die records 

 Of the proceedings of most, of the New Zealand acclima- 

 tization societies during tl>e earlier years of their existence, it 

 It. Dot an easy tn^k to collate anything approximating a com- 

 plete account of the iv,,rk don, hv them, Enough, however, 

 ic op re"oni to show that, far a young colony whose popula- 

 T ii .ii BalmOsi entirely cti-ro'.^e.i in she bard, practical battle 



oi life, a very creditable amount of e.ll'ort alld a VWj liberal 

 expenditure of money have t.een made with a view to -up;,!.- 

 menting, bv the impoi tation and propagation ol foreign game 

 birds', ftniniala (iml Mali, the spars" snpph of animal hie with 

 which nature has endowed the country. 



The tj,..| acclimatization society 111 N'ew Zealand was estab- 

 li.si„.,i in i-iii in ti,e provnieeof in...;... j„ the Southern 

 Island, and rani rburv and Auckland •cam to have followed 

 with eo.-nat-- instifaiH8n| m 1-'W. '1'lie -onthlaiid Society was 

 but a vcar.tr two behind, and since lliai lime >nei,-ties have 

 been fdrincd iu Wellington, Hawkos Bay. Wanganvi. R8IsOn, 



rations ami distributions of the 

 hi.'li these societies have turned 

 y as could be ascertained, the fol- 



U.M.'N I.V. lyl./atilin. 



a Bliipmerit Of Ova wits received 



ut as to the .'cull, and 



aA4> lbs., were caught, 



inthorities there (some 

 rith tbe appearance of 

 >. California salmon. 11 



Ma 



fowingi 



e t.'.-.n 



I to 



i Coi 



■ .i'Ver or'oi'r'tVc' eoasi 

 •e mports of large ilsh, 

 on. having been occa- 



at ova have also been 



ml rivers, but there is 



purposes ol comparison, but tile write 

 this was dime. ( If the same shipment 



ka'n vi 'stream three months after the 

 of that acclimatization society for 1* 

 of the existence, of the adult I1sh in tl 

 had been arrived at, though there w. 

 answering the description of the salt 

 sionally caught there in tishcrmen's n 



& considerable number of S. guini 

 lialelicd and tinned oil tin the Southl 

 no information as to the results. 



In the. North Island districts of Auckland, llawkes Bay. and 

 Wanganvi, and in Nelson and Malborough, in the northern 

 port of theKouth Island. lacL-e numbers of this lish have been 

 turned out , but there is littde or no evidence of 



their existence in any of I hose places, and it is conjectured 

 that th. a.er.ieeiempenit'u-" of the si reams and coastal water* 

 is too high for their successful propagation. 

 BBIUBB Salmon (5. sa/(ir). 



Attempts to acclimatize this national Ilsh have, according 

 to the records, been confined to OUtgo, Southland and Canter- 

 bury, iu the South Island, and have met with but doubtful 

 success. (.)f '.'''n. null ova imported in isos to Otago hut 1,500 

 were hatched and turned out: and in L8T6a furt tier instalment 

 of about 8;OO0 young Bah was hatched in Otago and liberated 

 in the a n-iriiiia Live,- in Southland. At this latter date, too. 

 loo voti'i" lish were hatched and turned out in Canterbury; 

 but the e'vi ristenceof this fish in. the rivers or 



on the coast. N of the same uncertain and fragmentary char- 

 acter as in the case of S. ^nitnutf. Devotees of the rod, how- 

 ever, still live in hope, of enjoying many a fight with speci- 

 mens of both these magnificent game fish in our Southern 



wate 



SALMON 



The importation of this t 

 and Southland, the ova ha 

 Tasmania in 1870. Alto-' 



nttn). 



been confined to Otago 

 iginally obtained from 

 1,300 young fish have 



'..,lisi,":eis;'andagood 

 • 1 Ota; 



harbor bv fishermen in their nets. This tish is still closely 

 preserved by law. and the opportunities for ascertaining their 



ever little doubt that ihev are well established in our South- 

 ern waters, and may fairly be expected t« form at no very 

 distant day a staple portion of our marine commodities. 

 BROWN" TH00T I.S'. /ocl'lii. 



This favorite fish, the original supplies of winch came from 

 Tasmania, has succeeded most remarkably in many parts of 



Ota 



been able nqt only to stock all its own suitable 

 „ ^at also to send large supplies to other parts of the 

 colony. Between lw;S and lSSO that society has distributed 

 more than 110,000 trout ova and about 150,000 young trout 

 throughout ,hp colony, in most instances with marked success 

 The first importation of the Canterbury Society ol «J0 of 

 these ova from Tasmania in ISO? was a failure. Subsequent 

 attempts, however, met with better success, and breeding has 

 been carried on there for many years. The soelel ies of Kelson, 

 Marlborough, Hawkes Bay, Wanganvi, Wellington, Auckland 



and Gfeyaaata have been indebted for their supi • 

 mainly f.tt OirtgS ahfl CttMerbwy. '" but few of th 

 districts, however, let's ii,i- Bsli attained the siie and number* 



.viiiel, it i-el. -. m ih.— ...If'-, -it-1 in some of the former its 

 prforSsSj if SnV, is but slow. 



■io'iif Bshing has. in its seAs/iti. rejoiced the 



he.aitand re. r-abd d,' i'»'i. ofil,,.-,., 1,-,-s of ( •iu.l<-rburv 



and < Ha o- a.i i. tiioii:. ii no n e of »s in v- enn hoas6 or *uoh 



: umbers and weight as those' r<»0*ded KE mad- f'V 



• nisin-. slid we believe we fial» ShtrW bU-gBr 



specimcie > I can airy oth'ei part oi ■ 



A good nianv of the-. ■„-•■ <"\\c been taken up to sixfr?li 



pounds weiglit. in the Southern ii-.' .'• afard SOtne of this si*! 



ft n 



i'i<h ol li'v ■■'!■ 'ix potmds art 

 ely common, while the average weigift ; ' i^ldora 

 iketsof twenty to tiiinv pounds to a 

 din- are not mtie'-in'-iit.. Ardiitu. devotees of the gentle art 

 have more than oni iroai estimated at twenty 



I ii 1- a- seen iii some of the S''i(fh'-Tn riven; hut, as none of 



these have boon on the seal ' '. -alinot be vouched 



for, There con, however, be Utile doubt, that '1reT«nrfl bigger 

 lish vet. iii our w.'iter- than ovei came out of th-iii". , ^ 



pubhshedin the proceedings of .the C8M?- 

 nial ln«titut«» bere'tibows the total number of trout bred atfa 



itization 



then 



i be 



—j admirably 



suited to '.!(•• iv.'i'.'cs and climate., but hiwaUo inton thoroughly 

 Well establisluo ' 



AMKRtcA.v bkcWk ini-i'T teLfdniHjwitil, 



A consignment of q.OOO ova of tliis fii''rf -v/is received by the 



Auckland Society in 1ST;, of which only MB ffcffvWea and 



were distributed, but it atfei apt appear DC be omfiileh' 



known what has become of them N,, ,.; [„.,■ ,,,. icty seems id 

 have attempted its acclimatization, owlfef no do'ubt, to the 

 comparative facility with which the brown bv<n& can be ob- 

 tained. 



The til-si ininor'almii of iiii« lish to Auckland in 18T7 was a 

 trrtSl fttilrfre A .■inler ^liiiuueiil of ova in IS/-, „f which 

 en. 1 1 m w, !e.-en J '.''.iii.'. -I., ii > fuel 60,000 I" Otago, met with 



short time. In January, 1880, howev*r *h [hiportfttion of 



.'iiin.Oui) ova from Sau Franeisco was n :v- .i 0j H 



(ioverimieni and distributed between the Canterbury Snd 

 ( itago sb'ei't I-- 01 I ; '" -uocesaful earlier career of the 300,000 

 transmitted to i am, iborv an account appeared in Forest 

 and Stream of Mfij-en il- 1880, The greater part of these 

 ova were iu excellent condition arid bai.-ii.d rapidly; but 



ouontnieli lempeiat'ure of the water. UiohaafldS "f Hie young 

 ash perished daily. Within a month i " ' 



gSjOOOof the survive 



of water, about 80 n 

 Alps and fed bv sire 

 successfully ac'eompl 

 lake under condition 

 they will establish tl 



Of the same shipment of 



OtagO Society, and uei'e at I 



boxes ut Queenstown, located 

 Luke U'akatijtv. n piece of 

 character to Lube Coleridge. 

 tirstrate condition, and hatch. 

 of the. Canterbury contingent. 



s uda-td in the middle, of the Southern 

 _i„.i..rs. The journey was 

 led, and the vou'iig (Jsh lil>eriited in the 

 .vhich fully justify thec'\jK"*(i.tion that 

 wive, there. 



were delivered to tile 



veyed to its hatching 



II stream running into 



milar in situation and 



Ige. The majority proved to be in 



tched out freelv: but. as iu the case 



.ent. the young ti>h .-urvivedonly a 



■ also wasattri' mted to the compara- 



t the water, which averaged fifty 



>ing five degrees. As a last resourco, 



tr 1,000, were liberated in the lake, 



>rOus, it is hoped they found their 



,b* of its central waters; Nothing 



n heard of these fish in either of the 



-fill result. A few of this 



e alsnsent to the Nelson Society, but, 



m the still hu her temperature of the 



cat: isu {PimetaiUx ealuii). 

 Auckland SBoftu to be t hu only pl-i'.'e which has attempted 

 loiiitrod,.,, this ':-'i. \ -'.upmcnl was procured ill 1877 from 

 America, but only I4U appear to have survived and been lib- 

 erated, and tier. i> no lecord of their having heeu hoard of 



Besides the sea, hike and river lish enumerated above, the 

 perch and tench have been successfully acclimatized by some 

 of the societies, notably that of Otago. which has distributed 

 nearly I, Out) of these fish among settlers who have ponds suit- 

 able- lor them. 



■w-Ki.ia.Miro.v. N. Y.. February, 1883. 



lak.s, 

 slnjei 



THE NKV V) \ COMMISSION.— The report of the Com- 

 missioner of Fisheries of Nevada, for ISSJ-Si. is at hand. It 

 lawi relating to tish and the duties of the Com- 

 uns-ioner. a paper entitled "Rivers and Fishes of Nevada," 

 which wa- lead before the California State Sportsman's 

 a by H. ii Parker, fish Commissioner of Nevada. 

 Tin.- paper gives a good account of the character of the 

 streams and their inhabitants. The great salt, nitre, and 

 b,,r,iv .i.-p.— its found east and north of the Forty Mile Desert 

 are within the territory receiving the waters of the. Carson 

 and Humboldt rivers. Here the absorption and evaporation 

 issogreai thai durin.- the fall mouths but little of the large. 

 volume of water carried down these rivcrscan beseen. There 

 is CBOUgh, and its saline character has impressed the Com- 

 missioner that they were suitable for salmon, and he has 

 stocked them with that tish. In the Maggie, Mary, and Pine 

 creeks, the principal tributaries of the Humboldt in Nevada, 

 are found the best quality or tinest flavored trout. The same 

 may be said of the trout .of the Humboldt. These fish, from 

 one-half to six pounds in weight, in color and shape are said 

 to "resemble more the trout, of .Northern Pennsylvania, or 

 .msilowiiu into Ihe Suscpiehanmi. than anv of the 

 s.v.ral -p-oies west of the Rocky Mountains." We think that 

 ilisihe I., .oiti'ul ' l'ollv \arden" trout that is referred to; 

 tie- r.-porl further says: "A more warlike biter cannot 

 be found, and the beautiful valleys and wild mountain 

 gorge! through which these streams course make, a day's 

 angling most enjoyable. A more choice repast cannot he 



served thai, fr these d dieious. white-flaked, tlrm trout, 



sure lobe iea.lv for the pan' when the evening camp-tire is 

 Ugbtett.." Land-locked salmon, raiBDOW and Eastern brook 

 trout, catfish and perch, or white bass, have been planted, 

 and in most cases evidences of success have, been found. 



THE KENTUCKY COMMISSION. -Mr. Griffith has stocked 

 the Asylum Ponds, at Anchorage, Ky., with carp spawners. so 

 thorn will be .i bountiful supply m due time. One pond, 

 f. Baird's carp two years, has a large quail- 

 ing, One caught a few days ago weighed six 

 :.-ir •!. was pronounced tine eating by a good 

 lung house is running.— Van. 



stocked wii 



tit v. ten in, 

 and a half 

 judge. Thi 



THE LO 

 that a birg. 

 Exhibition 

 fact that se 



FISH COM MISS ION. -The report 

 he goods sent to the London Fisheries 

 a M sea is uiit i lie. It arose from the 

 ioh were store, l on the .leek of the 

 in it storm. They were, mainly dories 

 They can easily lie replaced. 



THE PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION. -Philadelphia.— 

 It is reported the water at Marietta, Pa, is not suited to tish 

 hatching, and the Fish Commissioner is looking about, for a 

 new site for the State fish hatchery.— Homo. 



\ht Qennel 



FIXTURES. 

 BF.NCO SHOWS. 

 May 8. 9, 10 and 11. 1883.— Westminster Kennel Huh. Seventt, 

 Annual Unroll Show. Madison Square Garden, N'ew York City 

 Entries close April »3. Chas. Lincoln. Sup't, 

 WIELD TRIALS. 

 November ifl. 1888.— Eastern li<-Ul Trials Ohib, lifth Annual Trials, 

 a! llli'li Voli:-. S i- bellies for the Derby close July 1; for the 

 ■; r the All Aged Stake. Nov. 1. TV.' A. 

 '.iisii, bong Island. X. Y. 

 ti.ee-.. ■: American Kennel Club, Fifth Annual 

 Trial- at ( i rand .function. Tcnii. I), l'rysou. Secretary, Memphis, 

 



'I'n insior pfwtpl attention aommwnitations should Br. ail- 

 dressed to the ForM and Stream Publishing Co., and not to 

 iiuiiiiihuih, in whose almeaee from the. office matter* of Ha- 

 porianez are liable to delay. 



••AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER." 

 Entries for the May number of the American Kennel Regis- 

 ter should be sent iu at once. No entries for that number 

 will be received after next Tuesday, May 1 . 



: ike. 



NEW YORK BENCH SHOW. 



Editor Forest and atraun: 



In addition to the classes announced to be judged by Mi 

 .'lo-Hies Watson,- be will also judge greyhounds, deerhounds 

 . lm t ft, .el,;},,, ndo. Mr. J. F. Kirk, of Toronto, will .judge the 

 new das* dt e.-.mobe poodles, and Major J. ,M. Taylor will! 



The ciiib hope to SSfl S I 'tv a-scmbiace of sportsmen Uere„ 

 a- 'h.- l-'ast-a-n Field Trial- Club will hold an important meet- 

 in '. ami t new chin will pr.ibublv Itc formed among the 

 various grevilotmd fanciers of the country, so that these dogs? 

 mav :.■- hroinrht iif.>re proniinently before tlw public. 



Below you will find » list of the additional ^««ial prizes 

 which have bee,, donated since you published ihe lirst list. 

 Special MB. which you pul.li-l.vd last week, short 

 toe b-t brace of greyhounds, dog flod bitch," ant 

 b. si . 1 1, gl« greyhound. 



.*<>niTioxAb srECiJit, rniZ£», 



W, H. Ashburiier. i;W;.,'.>f Philadelphia, ollefr* year's sub- 

 scription to FoitKsT A n t) 3TiSB*M for the best beagle* dog. bitchi 

 or puppy, Donor does not compter. 



A member of the W. K. C. offers spwial medal for tb<? best 

 d'tg or bitch, the get of the bulldog Ben. 



A fri-iKl of the W. K. C. offers a solid silver Tup, value ?5ff„ 

 for the best dog or bitch of pure Laverack pedigree, exclusive, 

 of winners in champion classes at any show in America. 



A friend of the W. K, O, offer a piece of solid silver plate,. 

 value *- r )0, to the best Eughsb setter dog under three year* of 

 age. 



A friend of the \V. K. C. offers a gold medal for the ' >e-t 

 brace Ol Irish setters, dog or bitch, sired by champion Ruf us. 



Ma i. ( '. K l -irich offers a solid silver salad bowl for the best 

 collection of collie latches of not less than three, to tie owned 

 by one exhibitor. 



A member of the W. K. C. offers a club medal suitably en- 

 graved for the best bull-terrier, dog or bitch, to be judged 

 without regard to color. 



A member of the W. K. C-. offers £-t> lor the best English 

 setter brood bitcn, to be shown with two of her progeny of 

 the same litter, quality of the progeny to be considered to- 

 gether with the dam in' judging. 



The W. K. C. offers a club medal, suitably engraved, for the: 

 best kennel of collies, to consist of not less' than five, owned 

 by exhibitor. 



"Alfred Boote, Esq., offers a gold mednl for the best flvei 

 collie pups .under 12 months, owned by one exhibitor. 



Messrs. 8. W. & g, S. Ehrich, New York, offer a handsome - 

 brou/.e (antique) clock iu placquc for the best- greyhound dog 

 in the show that has never before taken a first prize. 



The following prizes, made by the Medford Fancy Goods 

 Company, are offered bv the "New York Sportsman" for 

 dogs in the open elasses.'not champion classes: 



Red Irish Setter. —To be given to the best dog or bitch., 

 silver linked chain collar, lined with plush. Value ?:.0. 



Pointer.— To be given to the be.it dog or bitch, a fine grain 

 leather collar, silver bar mountings. Value $96. 



Rough-coated St. Bernard.-- A fancy hand-engraved leather 

 collar, nickol mountings. Value $15. 



Bull-Terrier.— To be given to the best dog or bitch, a fancy 

 hand-stretched leather collar, with fancy nickel mountings. 

 •$'-'tl. 



Bulldog,— To be given to the best dog or bitch, a tine hand- 

 engraved leather collar, with fancy nickel mountings. Value - 



' Collie.— To be given to the best dog or bitch, a fine hand- - 

 engraved leather collar, with fancy mountings. Value $.10, 



Pug.— To be given to the best dog or bitch, a fancy leather 

 dog harness, with finely plated gold trimmings. Arable 325. 



Many other special prizes have been promised. 



Chas. Lincoln, Supt. 



ftRETHOtMD Medal.— It will be remembered that Mr. Lotz ' 

 of Chicago, at the time of the Cleveland Show, offered a gold 

 medal for competition between his greyhound, Double-mot, 

 and Mr. C. E. Dawson's greyhound. Spring. The dogs were, 

 to have met in London. Out., soon after the Cleveland Show; 

 but Doubleshot being out of condition. Mr. Dawson won the 

 medal by default. He has placed it in our hands, to be given 

 at the Westminster Show, and we have decided to offt'4'it for 

 the best greyhound dog or bitch in the- show. 



.New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company. 

 Office of the General Passenger Agent.— New York. 

 April 12 iss;i.— Chas, Lincoln. Esq.: Replying to vour 

 favor of the. 10th iust., we will transport free, over out- 

 line in both directions, all dogs intended for exhibition at 

 the Westminster Kennel Club Bench Show, to be held iu New 

 York, May * to 11, ls'ss, when accompanied by their owners 

 or care-takers, but those who desire to avail themselves of 

 this privilege must make application for the passes for the 

 dogs at tins office, 21 Cort-hindt street, New York, either 

 tally or by letter, and it must aJso be understood thai ir. 

 is agreed that only one dog will be carried for each person in 

 charge of same presenting a ticket. If. however, one person 

 should desir- to take more, than one dog. his application for 



rses for same, will be considered. Very respectfully, Jno. 

 Abbott, General Passenger Agent. 



A QUEER COPARTNERSHIP— During a. visit to my 

 farm yesterday afternoon I noticed one of my Cordon setter 

 bitches, whiehhas been allowed to run wild. standing a , B m ra 

 hole, and about twenty feet back stood one of my Skye ter- 

 riers backing her. Hi's muscles wen: as iix.-d as a piece of 

 statuary, hi which position he remained until tne bitch moved 

 oil when be made for the hole ami went to work to scratch 

 with all t-he energy of a true Skye terrier. The bitch is ovb 

 ,1,-rH-- ir rl-e habit ol" Undine the holes for the. little terrier, 

 foj t! seemed thoroughly understood by them both. I sup- 

 pose tiv- setter's scenting powers to be much mare acute than 

 that of the terrier, which enables him to discover the holes 

 v.irL ir iter ease.— Samuel G. Dixon (Philadelphia, Pa., 

 April 30). 



