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FOREST AND STREAM 



KING CHARLES AND BLENHEIM 

 SPANIELS. 



London, England, Hay 5, 1919. 



Epitok Foesst AW) Stream: 



'faking uti Interest in all dogs, 

 Blenheim spaniels, and seeing yi 

 ents tliat yon that yon did not k 



nd rspecla'ly In King CUarleB and 

 i answered one of your parrespond- 

 a breeder or these dogs iu America, 



I think it "would Interest your readers to know that an old acquaintance 

 or mine has bred these dogs and lived out or the proceeds for the last 

 llt'rty yeara. His name is Joseph Garwood, of No. 3 Brownlow Mows, 

 Henry street, Gray's Inn Hoad, London ; and to hear Joe speak, of the 

 swells, lords, ladles and gentlemen who come to see ills pets and are 

 bis customers, wonia surprise those who aro not "doggy" in their 

 tastes. But then all And their way into any nook and corner if a good 

 thing is to be found-in old China, paintings, etc. But to return to the 

 spaniels. Joe's rtoor has a board across the front-you would fancy he 

 had a family of young children to protect instead of dogs 1 Ab you en- 

 ter the doorway and parlor you see several wooden boxes like rabbit 

 hatches, and on being Invited to let out the oocouants, out ruse sis or 

 eight or the handsomest stud dogs one ever saw, all frisking and play- 

 inc about you. 



I -in aescrlbe the elite of the society, and Bret take Dandy, a beauty 

 -such ears ! He la a red King ChaTles, tools first prize at. the Alexan- 

 dra Fa'ace— last December, I think— and second at Agricultural Hall 

 about two vears ago. Prince ranks next, a black and tan ; Btst prize 

 Crystal Palace, ISIS, and second at the Alexandra Palace. Next, we 

 must loot at Prince's father, Bertie, a handsome black and tan, but 

 never shown. For those who admire black, white and tan doga, us 

 seen in many old paintings, there is Charlie, a very well bred and 

 handsome fellow. In Blenheims, a red and white dog named Toung 

 Dnke Is a beauty: took second prize at the Agricultural Hall. 



I missed two of my favorites. Tuey have gone the way of all flesh, 

 and as Joe values his stud dogs at good prices, I know they had every 

 care, hut old age will creep on 1 Well, Iky, a splendid black and tan 

 King Charles, the best, I think, that one conld see, and old Duke, 

 father of Young Duke, are no more ! 1 think Joe refused £30 for I*y, 

 but these dogs are a source of Income for stud purposes alone. If any 

 of your readers want pups I do not think they can do be'ter than apply 

 to Joe, or could order through you. Joe has Just sent out Blx spaniels 

 to Madia? and some years ago an American gentleman called on him 

 and bought, so, somewhere or other in America, you no doubt have 

 the deBceudants of his famous breed. 



I hope in what I have written I have not trodden unintentionally on 

 ttto toes of any exhibitors In making wrong statements about the 

 prizes, e'c. ir I have, I must excuse myaell by saylug that I merely 

 lotted down, over a pipe, the conversation I had with old Joe on a 

 recent visit to bis abode. I am fond t f dogs, but am bo dealer or ex- 

 hibitor ; still, for old acquaintance 3ake, I hope this letter will do Joe 

 good, It your readers are intending buyers. 0. W, 



The Little Deaks.— The fair dames who take the little 

 dogs around to shop have found a new thiDg in the spring 

 openings. It is nothing else than a little oblong -wicker dog 

 basket, "cushioned and lined with silk, and covered with half 

 canopies. These sweet little jewel boxes are attached to the 

 traveling-bag, or may be carried in the hand. Aristocratic 

 dogdom is delighted. 



Antidote foe STBTcirarait.— In Australia salad oil is com- 

 monly used as an antidote for strychnine poisoning, and is 

 found to work very satisfactorily. A good dose— half a bottle 

 —if administered even one or two hours after the poison has 

 been swallowed, proves an effectual cure. 



—In man the weight of the brain amounts, on the average, 

 to one-tbirtieth part of the body. In the Newfoundland dog 

 it does not amount to one-sixtieth part ; in the poodle not to 

 one one-hundieth part, and in the bull dog to not one-three 

 hundreth part. #| 



Gladstone and Jo, J*.-Na»miU, Term , May It -We 

 have had uninterruptedly fine weather, wh.ch has paused all 

 the rivers and creeks to decline and become so clear that fish 

 will not Like any kind of bait, and as there is no game m 

 season the sportsmen all are without employment A great 

 deal of interest is manifested in the coming match between 

 Mr. Bryam's Gladstone (Llewellin) and Mr. Dew's Joe Jr. 

 native), announced to take place in the fall. It is encourag- 

 injj to see the number of gentlemen among us who we giving 

 their attention to the breeding of dogs. I have no doubt that 

 the entries for the Field Trials next December will astonish 

 many by the large number of Tennessee dogs that JiU™b. 



Good Pointer Blood— The following letter apropos of 

 late English Field Trials at Chester, appears in the last issue 

 of BdCs Life : 



Bra— Seeing that you do not mention Vrous's pedigree, the 

 dam Of the winner at Chester last week, knowing also that 

 you are a stickler for genealogy, and also that our American 

 Imitators will be pleased to hear of the tact Snapshot having 

 been sold some time ago across the Atlantic, I beg leave to 

 supply H. I bred tier, by Snapshot out of Juno a very excel 

 lent black and white pointer bitch. 1 gave her to Majoi 

 Siarkie, and had a very high opinion of her powers. 

 Nimble Ninepence, the "Rhcebe" of pointers, is dead ; 

 even Mr Hunting, with all his skill, who was specially sum- 

 moned finm town to Wales, having failed to arrest the pro- 

 ireSB of severe internal abscesses. Her stock have been 

 isiMcially Valuable, including, as they do, Sixpence, Yellow 

 Pake, Impressible Drake, Gipsy Drake Dandy Drake, the 

 new aspirant Tick, and several other good ones given away. 

 She was a beller brood bitch than even Be le and nicked 

 CSDeeiallv well to Old Drake. Before her death she. had been 

 ™„ to one of bis best sons, my Beau, his first y essay and an 

 unfortunate one. Yours, etc., B- J- hu Piuom. 



Boodles Club. _-.©,—. 



—John Goodrich's constant companion, in Hartford, was a 

 line setter dog, and Ibe attachment between them was very 

 strcm" They went hunting lor rnnskrats a few weeks ago, 

 and toward night the dog returned alone. He was wet and 

 muddy, and acted in a smmgely excited manner runmug to 

 and fro as though to attract, attention. He led the way to a 

 m ■!; where Goodrich's body was found. The master had 

 Mien into the water in a fit, and the dog, after trying in vain 



to pull him out, had run home for assistance. The dog 

 would eat nothing after the burial of his master, from whose 

 hands alone lie had been accustomed to receive food, and for 

 whom his grief was apparently excessive. He died, finally, 

 of starvation. 



— The first field trial ever held in Germany took place at 

 Hanover on the 19th of April, when several English bred dogs 

 ran. The puppy stakes hud twenty runners, and was won by 

 a pointer, the second being a pure Laverack, called Pearl, be- 

 longing to Mr- Marais, by Tam O'Slianter out of Lerna, by 

 Lori's Jock, and bred by Mr. G. Earl, of Banstead. This 

 puppy, being only eight months old, has created quite a 

 furove in Germany for Leveracks.— Bell's Life. 



—Mr. L. F. Whitman's (Detroit) English setter bitch Mell 

 (Jack-Spot) has been bred to same owner's Rattler (Rob-Eoy- 

 PicklesJ. 



— TSTr. J. H. Kraft's (Now Albany, Ind.) English setter 

 bitch Bessie Lee (Rake-Fannie) has been bred to Mr. Whit- 

 man's Rattler. 



—Mr. J. Hopkins Smith's red Irish setter Meg (imp. Milo- 

 imp. Bridget) has been bred to champion Elcho. 



— The black pointer bitch Princess (Gillespie's Fan-Dil- 

 ling's Ranger), winner of first at Boston and second at New 

 York, the property of G. G. Barker, Esq., of Boston, has 

 whelped nine puppies, sired by Strong's Pete. 



—On May 14 Capt. W. II. Littleton's Pat (n new name for 

 a bitch) whelped (so our Detroit correspondent writes) seven 

 puppies, sired by L, F. Whitman's Rattler. 



■ — Mr. Geo. E. Brown, of Dedham, Mass., claims the name 

 of Glen, Jr., for his Gordon puppy by Dr. Aten's Glen out of 

 Mr. Jos. Fisher's Border Lily. 



— The imported setter bitch Rhoda, owned by Jesse Starr, 

 Jr., of Camden, N. J., whelped, on the 13th iost., eight pup- 

 pies— four dogs and four bitches— sired by Mr. Raymond's 

 Youug Laverack. Four of them will be sold. 



— John E. I. Grainger, of this city, claims the name of Lady 

 Gay for his foxterrier bitch, by Paulo out of Kettle ,- bred by 

 James Lawrence, Esq., of Boston; was whelped about De- 

 cember 4, 1878. 



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— Mr. A. Elmore, of Granby, Conn., claims the name Gay 

 for his liver and white-ticked pointer dog pup, seven months 

 old, from Snapshot and Fanny If. Also the name of Grace 

 for lemon and white bitch pup, same age, from Sensation and 

 imported Juno. 



|{* nnd Jfwif 



FISH IN SEASON IN MAY. 



Trout, Salvia fontlnalis. 

 Salmon, talmo Malar. 

 Grayling, Thymviatais tricolor. 



Salmon 'front, Satmo con/Mi. 



Shad, Atom. 



Land-locked Salmon,,S'(jimo </7onm". 



FLIES IN SEASON IN MAT, 



Black Mat, NO. 10.— Body, black; feet, black; wings, grayish hyaline 



Cow Duna, Nos. 10 and 11.— Body and leet, brownish yellow ; wlngB, 

 yellow gray. 



Great Dun, Nos. 9 and 8.— Bcdy, purple brown; feet, gray brown; 

 wing*, dark gray hyaline ; seise, dark biown, anDulattd with gray. 



Rbd SriNNEK, Kos. 10 and S).— Body, bright claret, ribbed Willi gold 

 tinsel ; feet, brick color ; wiDge, gray hyal ; seta;, paleine brick color 



Yellow May, No. ID.— Body and leet, pale yeilow ; wings, pale yel- 

 low, mottled with brown ; seta;, yellow. 



Coachman.— Body, peacock her];, reel, dnflc red hackle; wings, 

 white. 



Kino of the Wateb.— Same as queen of the water, with scarlet body 

 Instead of orange. 



Gold Spinneb.— Body, orange, ribbed with gold tinsel ; feet, pale 

 red liackle ; wings, bslght gray. 



Cai'tain.— Body, posterior half, peacock nerl, (interior half, gray ; 

 while feet; red hackle; wings gray; actaj, scarlet green and wood- 

 duck feathers mixed. 



Soldiek.— Body, crimson ; feet, red hackle ; wings, gray. 



Kingdom.— Body, white, ringed with green ; feet, peacock herl, and 

 red hackle ; wings, gray, mottled with brown. 



Slack Palmer, Brown Palmer, Hid Palmer and Gray Palmer are 

 made respectively ol the colored hackles that distinguish them. 



Fisrr in JIaeket— Retail Parous.— BasB, 18 cents ; bluefish, 

 12>a ; s&lmop, 70 ; mackerel, 10 ; euad, per pound, 8; weafish, 

 12 ; white petcb, 12 ; Spanish mackerel, 75 ; green turtle, 15 ; 

 haibnt, 18 ; haddock, (5 ; kiDgfish, 10; codfish, C ; blaokfiisu, 10; 

 flounders, 8 ; porgies, 8 ; sea baas, 15 ; oele, 18 ; lobsters, 8 ; 

 Bheepehead, 18; soft clame, 30 to 75 ; wbiteflsh, 15 ; pickerel, 15 ; 

 salmon trout, 15 ; brook trout, Long Island, $1 ; whitebait, per 

 pound, SI : smoised hAtatfi, 10 ; smoked salmon, 15 ; aoft orabs, 

 perdoz., 81.25. 



0/ " Wbakfish."— Now that this delicious gamo fish is once 

 more running, as the season for fishing comes round, the fol- 

 lowing description and instructions from Hallock's Sports- 

 man's Gazetteer will prove opportune : 



This fish is marked by gorgeous spots upon a ground of blue 

 and silver, and by red and yellowfins, which are characteristic 

 of the fresh water trout, and have undoubtedly given to it the 

 name of " trout " in some sections. OrdinarUy it is caught, by 

 baud-lines fished f ruin a boat. These weakfish come in with the 

 tide in immense shoals, following the small fry upon which 

 they and their congeners feed, and are caught by the boat- 

 load at half-liood within a few feet of the surface. Bait with 

 a shrimp oi Bhedder, and keep the line constantly in motion, 

 and half the time you will "jig" the.ni in the belly, tail or 

 Bide, as the finny mass moves over the hook. Down at the 

 "Narrows" of New York Bay, near Fort Richmond is a 

 favorite place. In New Haven harbor, and other harbors of 

 Ibe Sound, and especially in the vicinity of Montauk Point, 

 Long Island, they are taken in great numbers. However, na 

 one but market-fishermen und novices lake- weakfish in this 

 way Anglers prefer to fish wilh rods and .finer tackle in 

 deeper water along the edges of channels and tide-races, 

 where the rock or shifting sands form snelves and ledges to 

 which the small fry gather for safety, and where bits of or- 

 ganic matter are drifted by the tide and deposited. A light 



bluefish squid kept just clear of the bottom is used. Here 

 the weakfish run singly and much larger in size— four tunes 

 the weight of those " schooling"— confine; ni„n<* under the 

 still water of the ledges where their prey is huddled, a;-.tl 

 gulping down large masses at a mouthful. These big fellows 

 me designated as "tide-runners." They weigh about four 

 pounds, and pull well in a five-knot cuirent. 



But there is another mode, still, of taking wealtfish, of 

 which, verily, many an old fisherman wotteth not. Attention, 

 all ! Take a "cat-rigged" boat, a craft with a mainsail only 

 and mast, slepped well forward, one that works quickly, for 

 quick work is required, and go to Fire Island Inlet at half 

 ebb. At half ebb, or when the tide is tunning out like a 

 mill-tail, is the only time to take them. Should you attempt 

 the experiment on the flood, youwculd lose your boat nnd 

 your fife. Let there be a stiff quartering breeze, and now 

 with a steady helm and a good rap full, bear right down on 

 the beach, mounting the crest of the waves that iu ten sec- 

 onds more will break into shivers on the sand. Keep a quit k 

 eye, a steady nerve, and a ready hand. You will take the 

 edge of the swift current where it pours out of the inlet. 

 Fear not the mounting "combers" or the breaking foam, the 

 tide will bear you back and keep you off the shingle. Right 

 here at the mouth of the inlet the action of the tide is con 

 stantly washing out the sand, and as it is borne down on the 

 current, it presently sinks by its own specific gravity, and 

 gradually piles up until it forms a little ledge a foot high or 

 more, just as the driving snow iu winter is borne over the 

 crest of a drift until it forms a counter-scarp, with an apron 

 hanging over the abrupt and perpendicular verge. Right un- 

 der the edge of this led.fe ibe small fry congregate, and the 

 " tide-runners" forage for food. Here throw your "squid." 

 Just now is the critical instant. In two seconds you will 

 either be pounding on the beach or surging down on the 

 impetuous current of the strong ebb tide. The breeze is 

 blowing fresh. Up mounts your boat on the glassy billow, 

 whose crest is foaming just 'two rods in front. A false move 

 now is ruinous. Beady about, hard down your helm! Now! 

 while she shakes, toss in your "squid" into the deep green 

 brine. There, you have him. Keep her away and haul in 

 lively. Hurrah! a four-pounder. Lift him over the rail 

 easy ; belay your sheet there— steady ! Whish ! away we 

 go, with wind and tide fair, and a seven-knot current, and in 

 a jiffy are swept many rods off from the land, and ready to 

 repeat the manoeuvre again. Clear away your line, come 

 about, and charge up to the beach once morel What can lie 

 more exciting ? Here we have all the attractions and excite- 

 ment of yachting and fishing combined, with every sense On 

 the alert, and every nerve tautened to fullest tension. Who 

 will dare turn up his nose in contempt of weakfisbing ? 



The weakfish is also taken with squid in the eurfat Mon 

 tauk, Newport and elsewhere, and affords the most exciting 

 sport — the angler often standing waist deep in the breakers, 

 throwing his squid to incredible distances by practice, and 

 dragging the fish by main strength to Urni/mmi when be has 

 struck. The best season for angling is from the middle of 

 June until the first of September. 



SPRING TIME BY THE BLUE RIDGE 

 TROUT STREAMS. 



APRIL, when Bhe is kind, has many charms for as South- 

 ern trout fishers. We sally forth with new life and 

 full of high hopes for the coining season, and plans, alas! 

 too often not to be realized. The burning suns of June have 

 faded from our recollection, and as we wet our lines in the 

 swirling streams and well-filled pools, we are too apt to for- 

 get the miserable trickle that so many of our favprite spots 

 will be reduced to ere the summer days have ceased to 

 lengthen. 



The large fish, too, are now on the feed, and the audacious 

 minnow has not yet begun to play havoc with our bait (for I 

 am sorry to add that the nobler art is denied one on the brooks 

 in this immediate neighborhood, so small and encumbered 

 with brush are they;. We can now move boldly forward, 

 regardless of the still slumbering " moccasin," and lastly we 

 are not forced to discuss our breakfasts at unchristian hours, 

 and race in the morning sun. 



April, however, this year has net so far been particularly 

 gracious. Dry and cold east winds have swept over the 

 parching lands, and the garish light of many moons has 

 glared over red and thirsty uplands, where the feeble wheat 

 is struggling to make itself seen. The mountains stand out 

 bare aud brown into the hard blue sky, and their rocky ridges 

 shine through the still leafless woods. Rocks and snags raise 

 their unwelcome heads above the surface of the streams that 

 usually do not have the impudence to emerge till June, and 

 the pink blush of the peach orchards alone reminds us anglers 

 of "the April of our loves.'' 



There are some very excellent trout rivers i a parts of the 

 "Blue Ridge," by whose waters I hope shortly to put up the 

 long discarded fly rod. For the past few years I have been 

 restricted to plying my art within the radius of a day's ride 

 from home, and have been, from the nature of the si reams, 

 confined, bitterly against my inclinations, to the use 

 of the wriggling worm. Not by any any means that I 

 wish to decry clear water worm-fishing for trout ; for I say 

 emphatically— not as a partisan, but as an old, experienced 

 and devoted fly fisherman — that the former requires us much 

 experience, more patience and, in some ways, as much skill 

 in the face of such natural obstacles as we have here, as fly- 

 fishing for brook trout does. Pitching a long hue up stream 

 —which I hold to be the only sporting method of worm fish- 

 ing—guiding the bait through the countless sunken obstruc- 

 tions that are waiting for it; detecting the slight waver in 

 the line aud the tremulous pluck of the biting trout, and, 

 above all, knowing the exact moment to strike, are not 

 learned in a day. A practiced fly fisher will soon acquire it, 

 but a tyro will take years where trout are shy and obstacles 

 numerous. 



The obscure streams that leap down the rugged sides of 

 what may fairly be called the grandest portion of the range, 

 are paid the most assiduous attention to by our local genii. 

 The trouting fraternity are, most fortunately, numerically 

 weak; but, on the other hand, they are, without any excep- 

 tion, the most persistently enthusiastic of any class of anglers 

 that iu a somewhat varied experience it has been my lot to 

 meet. About four of them fish every day during the season, 

 taking our three streams, with a trouting length of three 

 miles, alternately, and have done so within the memory of— I 

 was going to quote that inevitable "oldest inhabitant," hut 

 that would be a little too strong perhaps— say twenty-five 

 years ; it would be under the mark. 



