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nd branding indiscriminate, insatiable fishermen as wanton 



destroyers. 



Occasionally trout are received from Anson and other 

 toW as in Maine, which find their way to New York, which 

 have been Caught out of season. It would be wise for the 

 Commissioners to correspond with parties in this city, 

 whom we have no doubt would do their best to find out 

 w ho receives the fish here, and who would not hesitate for 

 ft moment in bringing the offenders up with a round turn. 

 ■ Smelt fishing, Messrs. Stilwell and Stanley think, require 

 additional jurisdiction. After March 15th it is lawful to 

 catch smelt with hook and dip net. It is suggested that 

 the net be prohibited after March 1st. The lobster busi- 

 ness (frequently referred to by the Forest and Stream), 

 is waning on the coasts of Maine, and the Commissioners 

 propose restricting the catch as to time, especially in July 

 and August, during which months, exactly, the critical 

 period of lobster spawning takes place. 



In concluding this most interesting report of the Maine 

 Fishery Commissioners, it impresses us as the «*,ork of con- 

 scientious men, who have had their soul in the enterprise. 

 We must express the pleasure its perusal has given us, and 

 the satisfaction we feel, when we can assure our readers 

 that it is to Maine that they may look for the true fish 

 nurseries which must supply, in time, no considerable 

 portion of the whole country, not only with excellent 



sport, but with solid and wholesome food. 



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A TERRIBLE WOLF. 



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NOTHING- delighted Louis XV. so much as the chase. 

 Besides being a huntsman of superior merit, combin- 

 ing the finest theory with absolute practice, Louis XV. gave 

 to this noble art all those finer and more delicate shadings 

 which those pompous times allowed. When not engrossed 

 in the cares of state, or absolutely in the field, the music 

 of the hunt, the study of those melodious sounds brought 

 forth in the hunting horn, occupied his royal attention. 

 Several calls of his composition are extant, and what is 

 called "La Louise Roy ale" and "L'Azur," still sounded at 

 hunting meets, owe their origin to Louis XV. 



But the revolution destroyed all hunting in France. The 

 mad thirst for blood went even so for that not only the no- 

 blest of hunters but their poor dogs were sacrificed. Some 

 anecdotes of this pericd are most interesting. The repub- 

 licans seized on every pack of hounds they could find and 

 pitilessly killed them. In order to save some few of their 

 choicest breeds their unfortunate masters cut the dogs' tails 

 and lopped their ears, thus transmogrifying a stag hound 

 into a watch dog. There was a certain pack of wolf 

 bounds celebrated for their courage and speed during fully 

 three centuries, which Avas almost totally destroyed by the 

 mm culotte. Fortunately, two or three of these ani- 

 mals were saved, after being docked and cropped. On the 

 return of their masters to France, in 1803, these solitary 

 individuals of the canine race who had, during fully ten 

 years, been forced to undergo the most degrading purposes, 

 were discovered, and the race was miraculously preserved. 

 From these dogs the famous pack of hounds belonging to 

 the Count de Cantelau owes its origin. Occasionally an 

 exception was made by the followers of Danton and Robes- 

 pierre, for M. du Hallay barely escaped the guillotine from 

 the fact of his having destroyed a thousand wolves. 



There is a curious story about a terrible wolf, which is 

 recorded among the hunting annals of France, which we 

 see repeated in the columns of our French contemporary. 

 All kinds of diabolical stories are told about wolves, which, 

 strange enough, are repeated in all languages. Our own 

 Indians love to tell stories of a certain terrible medicine 

 wolf, and the Gallic Loup Garru, and the Saxon Wier 

 Wolf, all undoubtedly spring from one and the same 

 origin. 



All Avergne, in France, about one hundred and ten 

 years ago, was ravaged by a wolf, who rejoiced in a partic- 

 ular name of his own, and was called the Terror of Gevau- 

 dan. Such was the havoc he made among shepherds and 

 flocks that the Evgque of Mendl had a solemn service held 

 in the cathedral, with prayers, imploring the Divine Mercy 

 to spare the men and cattle in the country. The wolf was 

 alleged to have killed and devoured no less than ninety- 

 three people, and to have mutilated twice that number of 

 human beings. Louis XV. instituted a grand hunt for this 

 wolf's especial benefit, and twenty thousand wolf hunters 

 are said to have been put upon his track. Huntsmen and 

 hounds from Italy were added to the French contingent, 

 and the princes of the blood Royal, Conde, Orleans, and 

 Penthievre sent all their hunting equipages. They chased 

 and they ran this wonderful wolf for a whole month with- 

 out success. Once he was w r ounded, and swam a river, but 

 this only seemed to make him the more ravenous, for 

 shortly afterwards (so says the chroniclers of the times) he 

 recommenced gobbling up children, women, and sheep in 

 the most wholesale way. At last, on the 20th of Septem- 

 ber, 1765, close to the royal abbe}' of Chazes stood the fa- 

 mous hunter, the Chevalier Antoinc de Beauterne, the 

 king's own rifle bearer, or porte-arquebuse, as that important 

 functionary was then called. Antoine fired his blunder- 

 buss at the wolf (so reads the French account), and down 

 went the wolf, only to spring up again with redoubled fury, 

 intent on making a Red Riding Hood out of the redoubtable 

 Chevalier. As an oyster would he have been swallowed 

 had it not been for a certain M. Reinhard, who came up 

 just in the nick of time and killed the wolf outright with 

 his gun. 



So goes the story. We have before told our readers 

 about the wolves which seem to abound in certain parts of 

 France— perhaps the descendants of this classic wolf — who 



took twenty thousand men to kill. Perhaps a few western 

 hunters, armed with Remingtons or Sharpes or Burtons, 

 might settle the business for the majority of these mutton 

 eaters. We simply suggest this method to our most worthy 

 French contemporary, La Chasse Illustree, 



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THE KENNEL CLUB CODE OF RULES 



IN printing the "code of rules for the guidance of 

 field trials of sporting dogs, adopted by the Kennel Club 

 in England," we do so simply as a guide for the benefit of 

 all sportsmen's clubs throughout the country, and especi- 

 ally for the New York State Sportsmen's Association, and 

 the Prairie Shooting Club of Chicago. These rules and 

 regulations were determined on last fall, and if we are not 

 mistaken the Kennel Club of England hold entire jurisdic- 

 tion as regards making the laws for field trials, as to usage 

 of guns, dogs, and workers of dogs in the field. These laws 

 have nothing whatever to do with the formula that may be 

 agreed upon by both parties in the Anglo-American field 

 trial match. 



We would suggest that, by all means, the sportsmen of 

 America should form in NewYork an organization similar to 

 the Kennel Club of England. The advantages of it are so 

 numerous and so readily understood byall sportsmen that we 

 do not think it necessary to expatiate upon it. We have 

 already been in correspondence with several prominent 

 gentlemen, owner of sportsmen's dogs, as to making the 

 preliminary arrangements, and we have their entire sup- 

 port as to the founding of just such a kennel club in this 

 country. 



To return to the differences in marking the merits of 

 dugs as advised by us, it will be noticed that retrieving is 

 not taken into consideration in a field trial in England (see 

 account of Mr. Price's shooting in Wales) as a distinctive 

 feature, nor are there any points allowed, nor do the English 

 sportsmen as a rule train or expect a dog to fetch his bird. 

 Gamekeepers are frequently employed to hold retrievers in 

 leash, who loose them when a bird is to be fetched. In the 

 United States a setter that will not retrieve a snipe or 

 woodcock, or fetch his bird or bring it in in good style, 

 without mauling, would be considered by us as but half 

 broken, and would deteriorate in price in the estimation of 

 the purchaser fully 50 per cent. Almost the first question 

 that is asked when a gentleman is about purchasing a set- 

 ter in the United States is, "will he retrieve?" The answer 

 generally is, "he retrieves first rate." To conclude our 

 remarks on this important subject, trusting that our sug- 

 gestions may be thought of use to the interests of our 

 sportsmen, without any false braggaclocia on our part, we 

 believe that an American bred setter taken out for a day's 

 hard work has more bottom, and will last longer, and 

 work stauncherat the end of the day, and will be in a better 

 condition for the next day's shooting, than an English 

 bred setter. We are glad to see the New York Herald 

 agrees with us on this point. 



It has been proposed by us to allow ten points for re- 

 trieving in the Anglo American match, reducing the pace 

 and style of Minting from 20 to 15 points, also the styl 

 and steadiness of pointing from 15 to 10 points, for the rea- 

 sons that will be read in our columns elsewhere, to which 

 we would direct attention. 



The gentlemen who have entered their dogs conditionally 

 in the Anglo-American match will please state whether 

 these alterations in the marks of excellence in the setter 

 will suit the different clubs they repre ent. We feel satis- 

 fied that the English party will listen to almost anything in 

 reason in the way of modification of their laws to accom- 

 modate American sportsmen, who will have to travel so 

 far to test the merits of their pointers and setters in com- 

 parison with the English bred clogs. 



CODE OF RULES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF FIELD TRIALS OF 



SPORTING DOGS, ADOPTED BY THE KENNEL CLUB, 1873. 



1.— Election of Judges— The Judge or Judges shall be elected by the 

 Committee of the Meeting, and their names shall be announced simulta- 

 neously with the meeting. When a Judge, from ill health or any other 

 unexpected cause, is prevented attending a meeting, or during a meeting 

 finishing it, the Committee of the Meeting shall have the power of de- 

 ciding what is to be done. 



2.— Description op Entey— Every subscriber to a stake must name 

 his dog at or before the Draw, and must give (if known) the name of the 

 sire and dam of the dog entered. The Secretary shall publish on the 

 card the names of those who are subscribers, but do not comply with 

 these conditions. These nominations shall not be drawn but must be 

 paid for. Any puppy whose pedigree, marks, or color shall be proved 

 not to correspond with the entry given shall be disqualified and the 

 whole of his stakes or wiunings forfeited. 



3._Alteiiation of Name— If any subscriber shall enter a dog by a 

 different i.ame from that in which it shall last have run, or been exhib- 

 ited, without giving notice to the Secretary of the alteration at the time 

 of entry, such dog shall be disqualified. The Secretary shall (if the con- 

 ditions of the rule be complied with) enter on the card the late and pres- 

 ent name of such dog. 



4._Nominations— Any subscriber taking an entry in a stake, and not 

 prefixing the word "names" to a dog which is not his own property, 

 shall forfeit that dog's chance of the stake. He shall likewise be com- 

 pelled to deliver in writing to the Secretary of the meeting the name of 

 the bona fide owner of the dog named by him, and this communication 

 shall be produeed should any dispute arise in the matter. 



5— Defaulters — No person shall be allowed to enter or run a dog, 

 in his own, or any other person's name, who is a defaulter for either en- 

 tries or stakes. 



e.—PowER to Refuse Entries— The Committee or Stewards of any 

 meeting may reserve to themselves the right of refusing any entries that 

 they may think fit to exclude, and no person, who has been proved to 

 the satisfaction of the Committee to have misconducted himself in any 

 way in connection with dogs, dog shows, or dog trials, will be allowed to 

 compete m any trials that may be held under the Kennel Club Rules. 



7 —Objections— An objection to a dog must be made to the Stewards 

 or Committee of the meeting at any time before the stakes are paid 

 over upon the objector lodging a sum of £5 in the hands of the Stew- 

 ards, Committee, or the Secretary, which shall be forfeited if the objec- 

 tion prove fi ivolous. The owner of the dog objected to ehall be com- 

 pelled to deposit equally the sum of £5, and to prove the correctness of 

 his entry, All expenses in consequence of the objection to fall upon the 



party against whom the decision may ultimately bu given. Shou'dan ob- 

 jection be made whieh cannot at. the time be -substantiated or disproved 

 the dog may be allowed to run under protest; but should the objection 

 be afterwards substantiated, and the winnings have been paid over, the 

 owner or nominator of the dog may be disqualified, shall return the 

 money or prize, and shall be declared a defaulter. 

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Pollution of Rivers.— In the report of the Fishery 

 Commmissioners of Maine, it will be found that in certain 

 cases the poisoning of the streams from mill. refuse is ex- 

 citing their attention. In England the River Pollution 

 Commissioners, Prof. Frankland and Mr. J. C. Morton, have 

 just furnished an interesting report, having made many 

 thousand analyses, and having tested the refuse waters 

 coming from chemical dye, print, paper, cotton, and paper 

 mills. In England the pollution of rivers is rather a ques- 

 tion as affecting the sources of drinking water than as to 

 the detriment to fish, though this latter point is by no means 

 overlooked. With the English commission the information 

 sought had for lis object the determining to what an ex- 

 tent purification can be pushed without detriment to the 

 industry of the particular district where such manufactures 

 are carried on. The English commissioners give certain 

 standards as explaining what waters are to be designated 

 as polluted, such data resting in the visible traces left by 

 water, others attainable by chemical tests and analysis. 



Questions of the pollution of rivers, and how to prevent 

 it, are as serious as they are difficult to manage. To us, 

 looking only to the possible destruction of the fish, wc 

 should suppose that establishments using chlorine for 

 bleaching materials, as in cotton or paper mills, or employ- 

 ing dye stuffs, might in some cases during the fish breeding 

 periods, or that of migration, store up their waste matters, 

 and only alio / them to flow into the rivers at time3 

 when such pollution would do no harm to the fish. Then, 

 again, processes might be found by which the waste mat- 

 ters could be dessicated, and in solid bulk be placed in the 

 earth and not in the water. 



We frankly confess that as yet we do not sec our way 

 clearly in regard to this subject of the pollution of our 

 rivers, and think, with Nature, that it is one of those ques- 

 tions of social economy most difficult of solution. 



Enterprise in South America. — We learn from a cor- 

 respondent, who is at this time located high up in the 

 mountains at a place called V ileomayo, 14,538 feet abovo 

 the level of the sea, that "your paper, the Forest and 

 Stream, together with some others, lie cosily upon my 

 tabic. I am rejoiced to greet your paper, and to read from 

 the same your well known articles. I may give you an 

 item by and by upon agriculture in the valleys and tho 

 mountains. Wc have here papers published at Puno, the 

 El Cindadona, and one at Cuzco, the El Ileraldo. Both. of 

 these papers are well executed every way, and it may seem 

 to you like an item of news, indeed, to know that both the 

 news sheets are being published more than 12,000 feet 

 above the level of the sea. These are by no means the 

 highest aspirants for newspaper fame. At a place called 

 Cerro de Pasco, 14,000 feet above the sea, a wide awake, 

 clever gazette, devoted to the science of mining, matters 

 and things in general, and the muses, is regularly issued." 

 Speaking of a place, Vilcomayo by name, the writer says: 

 "Here high up in the Andes is a genuine American hotel, 

 two stories high, with a "piazza," and some forty rooms 

 for the accommodation of tourists and the railroad people 

 who come this way. Here are all the necessary requisites 

 for the railroad, such as machine shop, engine houses, and 

 laborers' cabins for the many hundred men employed upon 

 the same. Just imagine that these are called the 'Yankees 

 of South America.' There are Chilians, Bolivians, Peru- 

 ians, whites, Indians, ladrones, blacks, and once in a while 

 the Chinaman." 



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Index.— The present issue— No. 26— completes the first 

 volume of Forest and Stream, and we are accordingly 

 preparing an index of the same, to be mailed to our sub- 

 scribers with the forthcoming No. 28. The index will be es- 

 pecially arranged with reference to classification of spe- 

 cies, subjects, localities, characteristics, etc., and will con- 

 stitute a key to a work of reference which must be greatly 

 valued not only from the great variety of topics presented 

 but from the comparatively new ground covered, embrac- 

 ing, as it docs, the entire geographical range of the United 

 States and Canada, with other districts more remote. We 

 should advise that the volume be bound immediately upon 

 receipt of the index. 



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The Annual Meetings of the American Fish Culturists' 

 Association will be held at No. 10 Warren street, this 

 city, on the 10th of February instant, as already an- 

 nounced. 



We are requested by Seth Green, Esq., to state, in view 

 of the written desire of a large number of gentlemen to 

 meet-him here, that he will be found at the meeting as 

 above, where all who wish to "talk fish" can not only but- 

 ton-hole him, but other leading pisciculturists, to their 

 hearts' content. 



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—We have the best authority for stating that our most dis- 

 tinguished soldier, General Sherman, has expressed him- 

 self in the most complimentary way in regard to the 

 National Rifle Association, and the management of Creed- 

 moor, and as fully appreciating in a military point of view 

 the advantages of the general rifle practice movement now 

 commencing in the United State?. 



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—Dr. Wm. B. Ball, of Chesterfie'd, Va., late Fish Com- 

 missioner of that State, died last month in the fifty-sixth 

 year of his age. 



