\l\v 31 , 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



349 



i.l Ryde 



Bpal Shall pass neat- 

 is diverted by vari- 



which are 

 done by • .ui- nshoul- 

 are kept for :i while 

 re then assorted into 



re has not 



p.-ini\ rortned, and both hope (or increased success. 



"The Natural Si'stary of the Herring," by Q --■■ Sim* will 



interest sci mfcists, and ai a\ with the same title by Wil- 

 liam Wait, will ill-, i ,-i.il< 1 to their interest; \ m isj interesting 

 paper entitled Harbor .\ ••■-■ .mm. ..l.n i.^i. for Fishing Boat on 

 the Basi and North I !oastn ol Scotland,' 1 by Archibald young. 

 Inspector ril' Sal ii urn Fisheries for Scot land In this are depicted 

 the Mrdshtps of the fisherman's lUe in a most pathetic man- 

 ncr. The salmon disease i- treated of bv Andrew Brother- 

 Ht'.ii. and is a ojosl imports™ topic for the latitude of Great. 

 Britain, where it has raged to a great extent. Mr. \V. i). 



i lltambers has two r-«iv- r on the artificial propagation of 



-,-a lis!,. >. and nn- on fresh water Bah. Codfish have .been ex- 

 perimented with, and an app.iraliis for numping sea water for 

 use, bii ih a« wo hope to Bee at the Coid Spring hatchery, was 

 arranged, and the Oral experiments were quite satisfactory, 

 bin thoeggs were not obtained in quantity. The essay on 

 fresh watei Bsbeulture consists ol I what should 



be done. . to note that Englishmen begin to 



realize thai their couiiirx is n, hind nm-i nthersin UshctutuTO, 

 a fact that Ml*. Bucklaud carefully aid fro.u their view, if he 

 knew it, while they looked up to him as the greatesl of 

 authorities on the subject. In another article Mr. Chambers 

 recommends the Introduction oi tnany foreign fishes, but says 

 of our American farot/k trout, "but from boig experience in 

 batch! ngand rearing the hitter dosuription of fish I cannot 

 say much in it- favor, with the exception of its handsome 

 appeal i! .and after a trial extending over several years. 



bays discontinued hatching it," We wish he had been, more 



evpli.it. 



'f'hi) volume is handsomely illustrated, and has many other 

 interesting ai'ticles which our space forbids reviewing, they 

 being mainly connected with th im rcial fisheries. 



national 



• exhibit 

 in all for 



|) bv the 



weak he forwardaa lo 





• Nevada i roul tialriui ■ larl ii 



which catue through £i 



•:n the 



-i in splendid con- 



ditiou. Ainoug the exi 





'o notice the 



the fnruou- lehibyopl 





Club, oi N> w *i ork ; these ;■ r> 



haiid-.uiii Iv printed an 





surround the poem, 



"When the luhthyopha 





Lies," by Mr. Mather, a large 



frame contain- photos 





•tiding Vmeriean li.shciiltnri.-i.s. 



The display of fishing t 



Lckle i> 



verj lin. and our dealers have 



(lone themselves great < 



i edit i 



i making a display. 



pki.a\vai;k bhai 



>.— INii 



adelphia. May 33,— The shod 



flailing oa the Delaware 



rhi< s| 



ri a- has been well nigh a fail- 



me. Chi fish caught u 





ester and Howell's have been 



■ ■ ■ 





Itches has put the price so high, 



ish baskets i 





fawning grounds in the upper 



I an ..p..n violation of the. lislierv 

 . molestation. What is 



.an of the statute by the aulhori- 

 owor is vested, and nnii! tbisis 

 iwn or fry oU the pari of (he com- 

 il. It is becoming a serious ques- 



should bo given to the subject.— 



Sll \1") FOR THB HUDSON. -On Saturday last the t'nin-d 

 State- Fish Commission sent its transport atiou ear No. 1 to 

 ' ad fry, which were deposited in 



bin 



ih. 



Thi 



Moore, end was visiti d in New York b 

 v.-n. tar, E. G, Blackford, two of th 

 -. uul accompanied by Mr. Fred J 

 of the . 'old Spring hatchery. The tish 

 old a more ai '.'.'a-hiugton fro : 

 The frv were dcpo-ilod between Staibl 

 opposite, Troy. Another car for the sa 



llll: We'd. 



:'s aud Green islands. 

 i place is expected 



DEATH OE M GflARBOMTBR.— We learn with regret 

 of the death ot If. Charbonier, the leading tishculturist of 

 I'Yance. Hi-- labors have partaken both of a practical and a 

 soiemiiie character, and his repu world-wide, 



Cnder his direction I he splendid I i ocadeio .-, gnu na w.-,v built 

 for the V.un Exposition, and he was especially active iu im- 

 porting foreign iiahas. His loss will Be nit beyond the limits 

 ol in- aati 



Tlilv l-'lsii.'i":.Ti"i;.\L \S.-i()CiAT10N.— The American 

 FlsbcuUurul AsaociatioiJ will hold its annual meeting at li:< 

 lamer ('mil ro..m iu the Cooper Institute, New York city. 

 on U. In. -siluv and Thursday, June '..iii-l 1, b ,imiiugat 10 A! 

 AI. each day, ' Several interesting papei 



POT LUCK FROM EXCHANCES. 



Jay Gould wants his friends to recommend a name for his 



(vatej 



...in •■ 



'!.-■•;. .mil iuhahi 



. but a mainsourc. 



mineral waters. The spring: 



ai Charles IV„ Kmp-.or o 



The h.eal legand is that hi 



Hinting 



, fell into i 



ol in. 



Carlsbad it hasbi 



I irst upon tl 

 :a with clouds of v.i- 

 The huntsmen, rush- 

 e i.harle-'- Bath, and 

 I. day . - Hiii-jn'i-'a. 



—For some years past two ladies have 

 daily through Ninth street. Brooklvn. io 



a -vid.-nip a ■■'•] but slid iiobln.I.i'okiii-T 



X)u Meinici 



'In i.i mi re pn, n.pi attcntwji communications shtmld beach 



.:,: ■-.<■ -.1 '.. i if Forest mi. i Stream I'lii./iihimi Co., emit n<,i i» 



in.ln-iili'.ilx. ill nlmxr iihxi ),,:■ fii.ni llii- offlCK unifiers of im- 

 pnrlilnrr in:- linhli. In il.lini. 



FIXTURES. 



BF.NCH SIK1WS 



June 19, 13, M an. I 16, 18p3. Chicago Bo 



Entries close- .Tune 1. ehas. Lineoln, Snperi 



V\V\.\i TRIALS. 



No* 



i Hi* 



i 1', 



• (he All Ae..d" Stake. Nnv. 1. W. A. 



Trials at Robin's island. 1. I . for inei 

 Kepi. I. A. T. Phiinni-r. S.-erel.irv. 



Decenilier. nssi. — Naiionin Aineriean ICeim.-l I'lnl., Kifih Aniiunl 

 Trials, at lirand Juiieii.ni. T.-iin. I>. la.i.-..n, Seer.lary. Meinpliis, 

 Teuo. 



NOTES ON THE NEW YORK SHOW. 



l-yiilor h'.iirsl mill Stiviini: 



Patiently have 1 waited to read the various Criticisms ami- 

 able aud caustic pens have made in your journal upon the 

 recent bench show in ,l,i-, iiy. a„.| ,„v amazement lias been 

 int. use. Nearly all youi • ■ .. i .-^.oudents have 



not only awarded great praise to the management of the 

 exhibition, butto the exhibited do.-*: 1 did hope some of i he 



the end ol thai 

 few of them ai 

 even tasted the 



.raise lo the manv laurels ahead, 

 nanagers. The svstem adopted 

 or.. Everv cour'tesv \va< extend. 

 reutlcmeu concer 



omed to Sprat','- 1,,'seiiii -. ha. iug never 

 naturally they decline all food except 

 re habituated Therefore 1 say thev 

 e.-ivh ipe thatthe W.-i minster Kennel 

 sly of the propriety of making their 



n at the feet of the 



lib- 



. . -■ Mr. 1 -in. oln was always eflieient, thorough and polite. 

 Beautj andgrace, and culture and ehiv.ilry, all that woman- 

 hood can Ixiast of or manhood aspire to. all fhe.-e were repre- 

 sented in the throngs which clustered about the benches 

 leihie-- verv Clearly what a tight hold their canine excellen- 

 CiBS had Upon Hie affections of our citizens. And then-, too 

 were found the hard-handed sons of toil and the tired women 

 of the workshops jostling dudedom, each and .vervoneot 

 them having some sharp ■» witty, or appropriate or stupid 

 oriticism to offer, or loving words wherewith do soothe the 

 sorrows of their pets. And I said to myself as 1 wandered 



amid the crowds and witnessed il xceflence of the ai ran -e- 



ineiits. "Oh. if onlv the dogs were half as good as the imm-i , 

 in in is perleei. w'hal . I si eoiihi I,. ,■,;" 



the i 

 together, v 



xlii 

 etooki 



nth 



ad ih 



especially as. regards the pointer and F.nghsh s-tt-r ela<sr< 

 and manv of the non-sporting dogs. I will enumerate. 



1. Take the ma-li.s: In all thirty-t wo were shown, dogs 

 and bitches. With about four exceptions how manv would 

 have boon lit to compete at the Crystal Palace, Alexandra 

 Palace OT Birmingham (England) bench shows.' [ found sub- 

 stance, muscle, size, form, and indeed the general attributes of 



champion class, Nevison, is a dog who never took a lir-i prize 



could. He is defeel 

 His hind quarters a 

 far as his loins he. iv 

 My own dog, Gurt 

 couipetition by real 

 dog as he is, I can c 

 measurement umis 

 a i el coat. He is ab. 



?y and badly knuckled. 



i head, -ho ersand as 



,. His eo.it is splendid. 



upr 



fan accident. Hut grand 

 ize him, too. Immense ii 

 'large, he i.- dcieetiv,. „, | 

 lit leggy. His great statu 

 his. Still he is faulty. The oth, 

 ..•r dream of considering 



j, .>(,.• 

 ml in 

 I tail 



present in this class I w. 

 typical luaslilis. 

 In the open class, my very excellent and genial friend, Mr. 



ii ae.ardin- 



Watsi 



tirst prize to Tiny, and second to Rover. Cato, althoiidi 

 somewhat smaU, would in England, where this breed of dog 

 attains his best form, have been placed Brst beyond a shadow 

 Of adoubt. He comes nearer to the true tvp,. ,.( masliiV (ban 

 any dog competing iu that show, and has j\i-t What We need 

 here, the short square muzzle. Hat head, and lots of muscle 

 and bone for bis size. His vveigln was I .'.'• pounds bv no 

 uieaiisal.ahv. Etover has a wivi. le- I hra.l -le.rp muzzle 

 bad stern, and his breast and forelegs arc covered with white" 



Tiny was deficient in squareness of muzzle, too long fr I he 



stop to tip of nose, and, to mc eves, generally want ill" iu 

 .pia.liiy. The others were not worthy ol mention as tin- 

 mastiffs. Compare these animals with such masters of the 

 noble breed as old Turk. .Mr. Lukey's Governor, as Wallace 

 Countess, Lion, Mr. Beaufoy's Nero" as the present Cardinal' 

 in.- shah. Crown Prince (sire of Cato), Sir Garnet, as Creole 

 in her palmy .lavs, and others almost equttllyas good, but 

 whose names escape my memory, and wi.-re would they 

 stand.' Each would I... as a Satj rto Ih perton! I quote these 



acterized'oursh.e.v oi mas; ill's a- Ihe "ocsi ,-v.a- c'ollei"-te',l''to" 

 gelher:'' And il did -ound -., ludicroii>: We are in our 

 infancy y.l in every breed, and it is only by telling the truth. 



and flattering i ly, we can reach tmprovement 



•J. St. Bernards, as a class, w.-iv poor. I saw Bonivard take 

 liisl priz'in London at the Crystal I'al.iee show in ISSl, and 



Save and Hector. llii muzzle appears to ine rathe 



and he certainly is deflcienl mstrengtii of loins and cuuerai 



style and showines.s. 1., mv humble opinion Mr Ilearn's 



Monk is a better doir, inai. :■■ Dl thi oarria I' 



histail. That cttudol appendage he curls a little loo much. 

 Otherwise he is the. grander do'.- of the tw... I di 



Wretched condition, but ihe most massive, the most ma j.sii... 

 the most pen- i speefmen of adogofanybree 1 I ever beheld, 

 It was worth going many mile- ioto-, land and s.-a lo look at. 

 him. Diguily. grandeur, stele, stature, all .v.m Lined i.. make 

 en animal of the eatiine ii.-rsunsion. iiiHiir.- .— Idoni sets her 

 seal upon. Be was thin when. 1 saw him. but then weighed 

 over 175 pounds. I measured him oyer thin \ live inches high 

 at shoulders, and nearly the same from the loins to -round, 

 and then the hair wa - lii'ied up for the standard, and it 

 pla.-ed hard and iiat up..,, his back I quote from a letter 

 written In .Mr. Graham about him. and which he ive.-iv.-d 

 while her.-; "He is th.- best coated do* in Kngland. and the 

 l.i-L.e-. dogii. theeor'd. as w-ll as the l.ig^.-sl Si.Beinard 

 dog ever seen. He stands thirty Bvo inches, fullmeosure, and 

 is as well on his legs as any terrier, and quite as well put to- 

 gether. Hi- pea,-,..,. i s second to none." I can more than 

 corroborate every-word of this. He has won first ever time. 



on in- old oppon. ni.-. and now. his owner writes, v 



180 pounds, and is by no means fat. I Mention this foi the 



benem ol I..,,-.- . .f t his noble breed, hoping -"Hie gentleman of 

 wealth will in in:, him across the water; I have bis full pedi- 

 gree. He is a grand stock dog. I einnot ail'ord him. or he 

 would have been mine lung ago. We want ju-i -leb a 

 matchless animal to cross with our bitch,-. 



Apropos ,,f st. Bernards, 1 visited the la. -and historical 



old Hospice, in Swil/.erland. in !*>*!. lirand and peculiar it 

 stands, wrapped iro in the gloom of iis own solitude With a 

 friend, I spent two days there. UV »•,-,,. .•harnimglv entev- 



lence nu',1 mercN are tauiiliar (., .,„ admiring world. I -aw 

 theirdogs. so well ir.iincl to the saving ol ir..e,l.-r-' lives 



endangered by the pitiless snows. Xm i,( ih i 



could lie family compared with those 1 saw at the la h 



slew in London, 01*s6 1 have sc-n here. All well -n.. :.ih- 



eoated,aud b\ no means grand instature, the largest standing 

 not o»er twenty-nine and a halt inches a1 shoulders. For 



svas 



find the hi 



breeds, ind the product is the present so-called typical St. 

 Bern nd. Such dogs a« Itecior. and Save, and Bayard, and 

 even Bonivard the monks would embrace with joy. I brought 

 several pictures with me ol (he m...na-ierv s dogs. \\,. .aid 

 adieu to the fathers, as thev are called-in the midst of a 

 blindingsnow-'i.rm. Long will I recall with deli-.!,! my chats 

 at the cosy fireside, listening to. stories of thrilling adventure 

 anfl pleasing incident. May the seltsaorifloin fathi 3, who 

 endure here year alter war tic fierce rigors ol unrelenting 

 while- m order to belp the distressed and succor the perish- 

 ing, live many and long years, and may each be brighter than 

 the last. May the gloomy old monastery long survive all 

 shocks of tempests and .,!! assaults of snow, an unmatched 

 monument to mercy and to Christian charity. And may the 

 noble dogs-well, may (heir breed be largely increased and 

 improved. 

 3. I come now to Newfoundland does in the show. Was 



day with Ma 



ica i'.r-t. the rest nowhere:' And 



if the daily papers of the "grand 



four own journal, Mr. Editor, said 



of Mayor of Bingley, there was 



!. i.r, vii„ unds -Well, the less said of thi 

 better. I place Fri.ie\ Nigh! lir-l. the rest 

 compared with thi.struh good Specimenol i 

 hound. And much to mv amusement and ama 

 in a New York paper savs of this dog. thai "In. 

 for the parlor than the Held, being a stylish, 

 but too delicate, nearly approa.-liinir the sniaht 

 Aud Clio he calls a "muguiuVent typical grey 



Ni-. 



do 



d-o the 



• when 



il critic 

 ir fitted 



lie dog. 

 I i r. .il. 





i.'ome well lo the fi 

 broad, powerful lo 



out. a back 'like a bcun." d. < p ribs, and 

 us. and stifles as good as a hare's. Better 



to find. What , Id have | - ■ ' f : 1 1 , -. 



judge of a coursing greyhound to think such an animal ■•hi-i- 

 ter fitted for parlor than for field" I foil to discover, li is 

 \Mrabti liietul Poor, maimed Clio. C felt sprryfor her. She 

 is not a good specimen. But ihe judge properly declined to 

 award her a prize, owing to her misforl one, 



3. Deerhouuds.-Not.ii typical dog in tile show. 



(i. Pointers.— A poorer, weedier, seedier looking lot it ha.- 

 never been my ill fortune to behold. And in (his view [ am 

 upheld by nearly every man of keen discerning judgroeul who 

 visited the Garden. 



There was notu dog or bitch in the open class (over lift y-free 

 pounds) I would cm <• to own. A- .'or Perth, ihe winner 1 

 might feed him for charity and humanity's sake Bui own 



lum.no; A poor h-ad. too .-era I : ^m^.. long in legs, and 



a tail like a foxhound s. \n.l -o si raighl Ihi ough (In- em ire 

 lot. Deficient in quality, style, sul.siani e and all wagging 

 most eloquently the longest of sickle tails I If any lover and 

 judge ot a pointer will poim out one to me that 

 was .ei exhibition that is urn faulty to a peculiar 

 degree in stern, I will make him a present of any 

 one of mi dogshemaj select. It is as Sir Masdn says, "he 

 s.,s ih,- dog he love- lib. • poinleri d-. .a worth- 



less cur " I saw him laugh when Perth a- lied Hie blue 



ribbon, and yet he on wned him. A „l oj 



an excellent sporl snian. and one of ihe best field shots in Ihe 



sponded. "H..is.iud:iu. Ehe pointers now." "Oh," aid 'h.-. '•'• 1 



frfi • ;■:■ 



1 -■■.: - X rdllr.- I., 



Mug such leaps to the 

 line, foryou say "it was 

 t any New York show." 

 :e . ri. i. .-in !; -re us in re- 



mnsple, in substance and 



in, u- day has 



iroaoh tostylo hi w.,lk, 



fcrred with the dog I'roin the siiip lo the bee!!, e 



capsized. The dog r.-eue.l the danghter. and refurnine 



through the surf, aided thi li('c-suvingcr.jw iii In-;., ingtbe 



hoU-drowned mother aahore Ev..-i .LLtei-wm., 

 was; treated with the utmost affection, and -.. . 

 mourned wboD he diftd ot old age.— .'we V,,rl r 



shown:" Truly. "Where ignorance is blisi, 'tis fotlj tq be wise." 

 In this connection, let me say to lovei-..i>i - 

 grandest dog probibh in tie. world oi this or.-.-d i, one named 

 Kecior iiowowu..d by Mr. Smith of Leeds, Eu Mr. Graham 

 who brought the m'n.-i i:f . uivui-d ovor here] 



ayi-ee- with mo. I saw this splendid fellow in 1881, iu Lon- 

 don. He was then hut two and a hall 



sickle tails. And Jusl here! must confess amazement thai 

 the judge could have hesitated so long in awarding the blue 

 ribbon '•• I'l.mij.geiiei. sid.- bv -.■!.- hi held him with that 

 strange specii'iieu of a setter. Thunder, for tuily twenty min 

 utes or half an hour. '!'., my eyes and those ot countless 

 other-, f.iuiiv iii stern and iu iiiinlquai le, s as is Plantagenefr- 

 and he is defective there— h . -vav from 



Thunder. Emperor Fred 1 esatmned for the first timQ, and 

 cout'ess that I cauuot admire him as some otheis do. 



I lind the same faults with English setteis as a class, that I 

 found last year, and for which • i. , , .,, , golds me. 



