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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Attc,i;st IB, 1883. 



Vermont.— Highgate, Aug. 10.— The writer, together 

 with madam Mud son. yesterday returned from a ten days' 

 camping ami fishing trip down 'the river tmd at Lake Cham- 

 plain, and we can report a most enjoyable time among the 

 boss, rtoreand maskinoure. Madam' carried olT the lienors 

 by killing it 4J-po«nd bass with my light, tackle. This vil- 

 lage, Highgate, is very pleasantly situated on the Missisquoi 

 Kiver, at IJijh Falls, some eleven miles from its mouth, and 

 four miles from the famous Highgate Springs. The river, 

 for several hundred yards below the falls, is very rapid, with 

 high and picturesque dills on each side, and the deep pools 

 and eddies among the large rocks in the rapids are the abode 

 of many large bass, uiuskiuongc, and dore (wall-eyed pike), 

 and goodly nuwfters Of these gamy fish are caught there 

 with fly and troll every evening. As I have before mentioned 

 in your columns this river, both above and below the falls, 

 was stocked with California salmon six years ago, and there 

 are many of those fish here now, but they do not icadily take 

 a fly, but are occasionally taken with a "troll.— Staxs'tkad. 



Qiebec — Know] ton, July 20.— The Lake View Hotel is 

 within a few minutes' walk of Brome Lake, a beautiful body 

 of water some five miles long by two miles wide, which con- 

 tains sotne of the largest of the small-mouth species of 

 blade bass. Within a short drive from the hotel are also 

 good trout waters. The proprietor. Mr. F. H. Baker, is 

 himself a whole-souled sportsmen. You may judge the size 

 of the bass caught, here by a sample three that Mr. Baker has 

 just brought in, which weigh twenty and three quarter 

 pounds; one of these big fellows on "a light rod makes a 

 sharp ten minutes' fight before he' is brought, withiu reach of 

 the landing net. and lias even then tight enough left to make 

 you beware of his vicious back fin. — 'otanstbau. 



Tnot;TiK(. IN THE Woods — Keene Valley, Essex County, 

 N. V.. August 0. — In company with Joe Parker of Brook- 

 Ira, 1 wert to Orbed Brook and John's Brook, about, five 

 miles Irom this village, and camped out for two days. These 

 brooks gain their source from the springs at the foot of Mt. 

 Marry, the highest peak in this State and a very romantic 

 country We had good sport (routing, landing about thirty 

 pounds with the fly. The fish are of medium size, but gamy, 

 about a dozen of them weighed a pound a piece. We enjoyed 

 this same trip last year, and caught thirty six pounds in two 

 days' fishing. This is a fine country and well patronized. — 



\v" L. HOWABD. 



CiiANKbL Bass.— Jacksonville, Fla.. Aug. 10.— Westerly 

 winds prevailed for two months and the ocean has been very 

 calm. In consequence channel bass have beet) feeding along 

 shore. On the 8th the wind changed to the northeast and 

 the surf will drive the channel bass and sea trout into the 

 rivers and good fishing will be obtainable— Ai„ Fresco. 



Canada.— Gravenhurst, 

 now.— A. P. C. 



The n.if -if yam cmdjk/i ■ 

 uitest information wx&mible, 



HtrilMtly nr/u,.-,rt/i,i! ,r. inn 



Aug. 10.— Fishing good here 



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FISHING CLUBS OF PITTSBURGH. 



FEW cities have more fishing clubs than Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 Most of them are small elubs composed of only half a 

 dozen or Ijaore members, who (ish during their vacations and 

 who do nor take an active interest in the art at other seasons. 

 Counting these the "Iron City" can boast of about a hundred 

 and tw> ufy-tiv-e organized fishing clubs. Outside of these 

 there are seven which may be considered as clubs tif import- 

 ance, which maintain their interest in fishing at all times and 

 have regular meetings and a goodly number of members. 

 These are: 



TUB SOUTH FORK FISHING AND HUNTING CLUB. 



This club was organized in 18VB, and is the wealthiest in the 

 citv. It is regularly chartered, and owns its grounds on the 

 South Fork of the Cohenraugb River, in Cambria county. The 

 Officers are: President, B. A. Ruff; Vic-President, W. A. 

 Mcintosh; Secretary, J. B. White: Treasurer. John D. Hunt; 

 Directors, Howard Hartley. C. C. Hussey, E. J. linger, M. B. 

 Suydam and Holdship. Its grounds include the old reservoir 

 of the Pennsylvania canal, and it has rebuilt the dam at a cost 

 of 812,000, making a lake two and a half miles long, covering 

 500 acres. A fine club house has been built and also several 

 private cottages. Among the members are Andrew Carnegie, 

 John W. Chalfant, Charles J. Clarke, Dr. W. F. Fundenberg, 

 John A. Harper, John B. Jackson, Frank B. Laughlin, TV. 1. 

 MeClintoek, J. E. Schwartz, Calvin Wells and Joseph R. 

 Woodwell. The initiation fee is =<suo and the membership is 

 limited to sixty. 



THE PITTSBtTSOH KOI) AND GUN CI>UB. 



This is nominally a, new club, but really the main part of 

 the Rudolph Club, which was the oldest fishing club in the 

 citv, and was organized in [869, having been named after Mr. 

 i , ■!■_■■ ■ J. liudolph. who is .-till a member. The officers are: 

 President, J. F. Myler: Vice-President. Samuel Walkinshaw; 

 Secretary, John W. Hague; Treasurer, Win. Colville. The 

 club has "100 members. The club has no grounds but fishes in 

 different- Slates, the selection being made each year. Among 

 its members are: TV ill Scnrimer, Will Martin, Joseph AC 

 Schafer, John Cripp, John Doyle. George Wright, Win. 

 Bavne. Thomas Cliester, Win. Sanit, Mart Hotting, Dan 

 Cable, Syd Ormsby, J. Walter Fields and John Kraelibg. 



THK I HON CITY CLUB. 



This club was organized last year, and numbers many 

 clergymen among its members. It is now encamped on Spar- 

 row Lake, Canada, where it fished last year. The President 

 is the Rev. C. \V. Smith, the Secretary Lee S. Smith, and the 

 Treasurer S. J. Wood. The club has about thirty members, 

 among whom are: The Rev. II. J. Smith, of Butler: the Rev. 

 G. T. Reynolds of the Homewbod avenue Church; the Rev. J. 

 W. Miles, of BlairsvuTe; the Rev. TV. TV. Ramsay, of Detroit, 

 formerly ot Christ. Methodist Church; Prof. TV. H. Slackh, X. 

 S. Williams, C. C. Scaife, S. A. Shepard, A. McDevitt, Murray 

 S. Verner. H. Sampson, T. P. Hershberger andB. D. Wood, o"f 

 l-hiUdelphia. 



THE LOTOS CLUB, 



Tliis club is now in camp at Brown's Run. on the Mononga- 



hela River, a few miles below Geneva. It has forty-five 



members and was organized in 1879, but never attained much 



prominence or importance until it was incorporated in 1833. 



F. H. Gearing is President; s. P. Connor, Secretary; Charles 

 Succup, Tre. mi r; and John Bradley, Chairman of the Board 

 of Directors. 



THE QAKFTELD CLUB. 

 This is an organization of Kuights Templar exclusively, and 

 has twenty-live, members, The officers are: John J. Wylaud, 

 President;" J. B. Keaggv, Vice-President; J. M. Kinney", Sec- 

 retary; John Bourne. Treasurer: Wm. Boun, TV. P. Bennett, 



G. ST. Lacook and C. Cochran, Directors. Among the inein- 

 bare are C. C. Buei, A, H. Rowand, A. C, Kloman, Joseph T. 



Nevtn. J. A. Sholes and S. S. D. Thompson. The club spent 

 two weeks this season at Bala Canada. 



THE TOllKlfiTS' FISHING i I.I 11 



This is an offshoot from the Rudolph, and was organized in 

 January, 188& The offli ■ ■• ■ are W. I", ttcllroy. President: P 

 J. Bauinan, Vice-President; S. C. Corken. Treasurer: J. C. 

 Woods. Commissary. There are thirty members, among 

 them T. (.'. MeCriekarl. Dan Fax. Charles Anglock, P \ 

 Dittler, F. E. Buffman. T. J. Blacknim e and Wm ' Low. I.a-t 

 year the club took a long trip across the lake-, arid this year is 

 divided between Canada and the Monongahehi R he, 



THK ORIOLE CLUB. 



The Oriole also sprang from the old Rudolph, and came 

 into life this year, having fourteen members. It spent two 

 weeks on Sparrow Lake. Canada, in Julv. S. TV town is 

 President; M. C. Andrews. Vice-Presideut': C. W. McDowell. 

 Treasurer, and (I. M. Irwin. Secretary. 



THE SOHO CLUB. 



The Soho is five years old and has twelve members, mainly 

 relatives. It is now at Sparrow Lake, Canada F. G. Sehencfc 

 is President; O. C. Canter, Treasurer, and E. \V. Demmler. 

 Secretary. 



^islfculture. 



FISHCTJLTURE FN TEXAS.— Austin, Aug. 7.— Our State 

 Fish Commissioner. Hon. John B. Lubbock, who was onlv ap- 

 pointed on the 10th of April last, vice Hon. R. R. Robertson 

 resigned, is pushing the distribution o. carp. Our State ponds 

 are in fine condition, and his success in breeding and shipping 

 this summer has been beyond the most sanguine expectations. 

 Carp hatched in May were shipped in June to the number of 

 3,800. Ho will continue bo ship through the whole, season. 

 One hundred were shipped to El Paso yesterday. It is almost 

 incredible to hear the evidence in regard fcp the growth of Bsh 

 batched in the State ponds. If I did not know personally the 

 character of the men I could not believe them. Fish three 

 inches long have more than doubled their growth in thirty 

 days.— X. 



§he genneL 



To insure prompt attention communications should beud- 

 dressedtothe Forest and Stream J^utilishimj Co., and not to 

 individuals, in whose absence from (he ojftoe inalli r.< of im- 

 portance are liable to delay. 



udeni . John Pudilicoinbe, 

 ion Bench Show, Meriuen. 



FIXTURES. 



BKNX'H snows. 



September 4, ft, (I unci 7.— Km England Pair Bench slum-, Manches- 

 ter. X. H. Charles A An, hews. S rial, lutein West liexfe.nl. 31ass. 



Septembers. 7 and 8. —The Dor Fancier-' A iaina, of Montreal, 



Canada. Second Annual Dench show. Entries close Sept. i John 

 F. Campbell. Sacrelary, P. O. Drawer l.l'.Vi Mnnuviii. Canada 



Oct. f,Z, 4 and 5- Loinloa Bench Show t.nneo, .'.:i,,.|,, Vu-:\-< 

 close Sept. 10. Charles Lincoln 

 Secretary ; C. A. Stone. Assista 



Jan. 1. 1. a, I -Menden Poulti 



Conn. Joshua Saute, Secretary 



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November 19. 1888.— Eai 

 at Hi<>h Point, N. C. En 

 Members' Stake, Nov. 17: foi 

 Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, 



November 20, 18B3.-Koblt 

 Trials at Robin's Island. L 

 Sept. 1. A. T. Mummer. Sec 



December 3. 1883.— .Vnliona 

 Trials, at Graad Juiietioii, T 

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 at Gilroy, Oa!.. for doss ownei 

 Nevada. Enlr'es close Dec. ". E. Lraveslcv. Secrciary. fiilrny. ( al 



December 10.— New Orleans (tun Club's Southern" States Field 

 Trials at Canton, Miss. Entries close Dec. II. J. K. Kenan. I. Secre- 

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THE DOCS AT THE NEW YORK SHOW. 

 R. J. F. KIRK, writing in your issues of June 14 and Jul y 



i, undertakes to enlighten us as to the points of the X 



foundland dog, and while airing his views, has thought it 

 necessary to cast a gratuitous insult at an old college Et twid ot 

 mine, Mr. 8. W. Wildman, late owner of the champion New 

 foundland Mayor of Bingley. 



Had Mr. Kirk's letters appeared in an F.nglish sjiorling 

 paper they would have been ignored by any practical fancier, 

 but here, where non-sporting dogs are little understood, even 

 by those professing to judge them, I may not- be considered 

 idle in contributing a few lines. Any attempt at rhetoric it Is 

 not my intention to indulge in, anil fireside anecdotes r-hall be 

 carefully avoided. Enough nonsense altogether irrelevant 60 

 the case has already appeared, so that wc him now come 

 down to a few simple tacts, expressed. I hope, in plain terms. 



I will first prove. Mr. Kirk's remarks to be the effusions of a 

 novice. After doing this I -will endeavor to ascertain where 

 he has got his prof esscd knowledge irom. and then I hope to 

 be able to show that he knows nothing about any breed of 

 dogs, except spaniels, and not much about them. It will be 

 interesting to many to learn how Mr. Kirk ever came to be 

 asked to judge at a bench show, when not possessed of the 

 slightest qualifications for the post. Those who have care- 

 fully followed his absurd decisions wheu in the judging 1 in-. 

 may not be surprised to find that two year- age 

 J, t. Kirk was unknown as a judge even to his best friends, 

 and that his smattering of dog knowledge has been gleaned 

 from various books, arid not from practical exoi rime- . with 

 out which, I Claim, no man can understand 1 fie points Of a 



rith the 

 miry to 

 assisted 



untable 



dog. Enough has already been done in connection 

 non-sporting department* of bench shows in the 

 reduce them to a farce, and incompetent judges h 

 more than anything clso in bringing about this 

 state of affairs. 



Mr. Kirk, finding himself unable to frame an intelligent re- 

 ply to Col. Taylor's sensible letter, sets to work to write t hat 

 gentleman's dogs down, which is certainlj one way oi get! ing 

 rid of a question, and reminds me of a would-be authority on 

 pointers expanding his views in a contemporary, and when I 

 mvited him to a discussion he replied that be was writing to 

 give me advice and to protect the "picture'' oi his dog. ' 



I had purchased Mayor of Ilinglev fiomOI. lay Idr before 

 Mr. Kirk's first letter went to press, and In- musl now di-'.-n-s 

 the Newfoundland question with me (not, however, unless he 

 can show that he has had some experieD 

 instead of with the dog's late owner, ') hi 

 ford him equal pleasure. 



Mr. Kirk writes: "The Mayor has pro 

 most deformed head 1 ever ^.iu On a Nan 

 pretentions to show form. His eyes are re 

 the grand, noble benevolence and dignity 

 nifythe breed, in him are totally want 

 big, strong dog with an excellent coat, bul 

 he will never be looked at. He has haul 

 pure breeding about him." The above iut 

 of Newfoundland knowledge I take irom 

 14, and then on the 5th tilt, he treats us U 

 study" as follows: "A tump about the size 

 apple fills the center of lifs forehead, fn 

 slopes steeply toward the temples, and givt 



no doubt will nf- 



helv Ihe worst, 

 ounilland of any 

 ly repulsive, and 

 hich should dig- 



look, about as unlike as it is possible to imag- 

 ine the broad, noble brow that should dignify the breed. 

 [These elaborate lines arc taken from a work on dogs.l His 

 eyes exhibit quite as much surface at haw as tln-v do 01 

 pupil, and utterly spoil tin • - and kiud'lv look. 



without which a Newfoundland" U onlv n 

 Ige runs up the middle . 



Leo has 



Cha.npioi 

 alongside .,1 ,\|. 

 will inform met 

 had to play seco 

 enlightened, and 

 qualified judges 

 sty prizes he 



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that (snapping his finge 



He (naming a certain exhibit! 



fixed beforehand.' " 



Mayor of fling 



r>r Of Bingle 

 ssist him in praying for more 

 •ell a» America. As to the. 

 won. a gentleman who, I be- 

 reecnth said to me, 'I don't 

 for prizes won in luiudand. 

 never shows unless it is all 



to pro 



Newl'o, 



that he hi 

 goutlem 

 to be a 

 The A 

 foundla 

 upon M: 



land, gc 

 us that 



ires no j, raise from me; extolling hts 

 ould be like painting the lily or gildine flue gold. I 

 d la'.,, asin my opinion, the best dog living of his 

 id until one is forthcoming to beat hiin I must con- 

 recognize him as such. It is but an easy task to mc 

 vely that Mr. Kirk knows nothing about 

 llan.u -who ever said he did I may be asked— and 

 n writing against Col. Taylor because that. 

 n fearlessly and truthfully stated "that he was unlit 



' ol Mr. Kirk ever saw on a Nc 



rcall 



iwl'oundland dog he has 

 id to name a Newf ound- 

 wned or bred. HeteUs 



enable hit 



ish the dill 



>et ween a Newfound- 

 land and an Angora goat. 



"Well mi£!it triumphant genii hear thee hence, 

 Illustrious conqueror or coiiunon sense." 



Now iet us see what Mr. Sutherland, who is one of the best 

 authorities, savs about the Mayor's head. Mr. Sutherland 

 has been reporter for the London Field and fare Stock 

 Journal over since the first dog show was held, and is one of 

 our best judges, so perhaps Mr. Kirk will admit that he knows 

 as much about Newfoundlands as nnv inexperienced beginner. 

 Writing in the f.i'ir.SYoe/.Joioiia/ of August '}7.iy«). Mr. Suther- 

 land says. "We prefer the Mayor of Bingley 's head to that of 

 his late kennel companion Leo." Mr. Kirk may also, "hv 

 study," bring himself down to admitting that Mr. Vero Shaw 

 is equally as well qualified to pass an "opinion about dogs as 

 himself, 'and this is what Mr. Shaw write- about the Mayor's 

 dignity , in his report of the Dundee show of 1680: "New- 

 foundlands contained the Mayor of Ringley among their 

 number, and we were glad to see this majestic dog looking far 

 betterthan he was at Dublin He was a very easy winner." 



Mr. Kirk tells us the Mayor is a unf. big strong dog with 

 an excellent coal. (Who told Mr. Kirk tliisri but that in good 

 company he would never be looked at. Now in, argument 

 is that Mr. Kirk never -aw ,1 cood elass oi Newfoundlands, 

 and cannot, therefore, distinguish between a good class and 

 a bad one. Mr. Kirk never -aw Leo in his life, and yet this 

 dog has his admiration "completely.'' 



Mr. Kirk requests Col. Taylor to mane any occasion on 

 which Mayor of Bingley beat Leo, and then insinuates that if 

 he ever did beat him, the judges were incompetent — a very in- 

 telligent view to take of the matt r. no doubt, and probably 

 tne "result of study." One of the grandest classes of New 

 loundlands ever seen, was that at the Mai gate show, n ben the 

 champions Mayor of Bingley. I,.,. fjjon, Black I 



absolutely the best non-sporting dog m the whole show, beat- 

 ing many of the best dogs ever put on a bench. This is the 

 dog that would never be seen in a good class. The judges on 

 the occasion iual referred to were Mr. Hugh Dalziel and Rev. 

 W. J. MeUo'r. Does Mr. Kirk, of Toronto, question the 

 ability Ot these gentlemen, two of the best judge,,, hat ever 

 went into a ring? These gentlemen have not gained their ex- 

 perience from books: their knowledge is the result of a life's 

 practical experience. Notoriety is not their aim, to be seen in 

 the judging ring is not their object. 



At the Blackpool show of 1*30, Mayor of Bingley again beat 

 Leo and Lion, the judges beiug Messrs. Douglass and Crahaui. 

 The first named is one of the oldest and best judges: he did 

 not. however, get his experience in Canada, but has been con- 

 nected with dog shows since their birth. It was Mr. Douglass 

 who, when at the Duke of Newcastle's heat, moulded the 

 good-looking clumber spaniel into what tie now is Again at 

 Famworth. the same year, did Mayor of Bingley prove . l.i- 

 superiority over Leo. the judges on that occasion being Mr. 

 Skidmore (whose name is familiar to most dog fanciers in this 

 country) and Mr. fjamon of Chester, another old fancier. 

 These gentlemen (I know them both well) never got their dog 

 knowledge from books or pictures: they acquired it by expe 

 rience. True, thev never judge by points, nor ,.-arry a library 

 ii.to tie ring with them, but I fail to see that their not doing 

 so is auv sign of incompetency. 



Mi Mapplebeck, who owned Leo and sold him to Mr. Wild- 

 man for SI. 000. and who had the best kennel of Newfound- 

 lauds for many years, gave Mayor of Bingley first prize at, 

 Birmingham, and when asked his opinion about the dog said, 

 "He is grand. " At 'he Alexandra Falace, Mayor of Bingley 

 was again declared the winner, and it is well known in Eng- 

 land that Mr. Farqiiharson. the most e.xten-iv, breeder ot 

 Newfoundlands at the present time, offered £100 for the dog 

 to breed from, though he "has hardly an evideuce of pure 

 breeding abonl inui. Tn it again. Mr.'Kirk, try it again. 



It. is unnecessary to allude to the scores of prizes won by 

 the Mayor in England, (lermanv, and America, bul I cannot 

 allow Mr Kirks unmanly charge again.-t an old friend TO pass 

 unnoticed. Mr. Wildman resides but six or seven miles from 

 my home in England. We saw each other constantly, and 

 never allowed a week to pass without having a good talk 

 about Newfoundlands. ItVos a kennel Mr. Wildman once 

 owned. There you might see the champions Mayor ot Bins- 

 lev. Leo, Lion (winner at the last Birmingham mow). Black 

 Prince. Brunette, Kypsie and many utbois. They Conned 

 the grandest collection ever seen together, and hours have I 

 spent studying the points and cliaraclei istics of those, black 

 Champions. It was when in Mr Wildman's hands that Mm or 

 of Bingley won most ot liis prizes, and 1 challenge Mr. Kirk to 

 prove that my friend ever bribed a judge, which is what Mr. 

 Kirk insinuates Mr. Wildman is a gentleman, and ueither 

 Mr Kii k nor anybody else is able to name the man who cm 

 connect his nariic with a dishonorable action. When in 

 England Mayor of Bingley was owned by Mr. Kin lock 

 .his breeder). Mr. Wildman and myself. Which of us 

 recently told Mr. Kirk what he uow states? Not one of us. 

 1 will remind Mr Kirk that those «ho have awarded 

 prizes to Mayor of Bingley are in most cases gentlemen 

 -gentlemen by birth geutane.n by position, men with, 

 the habits of genthmen. men who have regard for the 

 feelings of others, men who would nor saerince wealth,' 



I I'-'r'Tiie eood character of a faUow-bemg, The following 



are some m the gentlemen Mr. J. F. Kirk accuses of 

 I i ■ -; -,r ' v .• 1 .:• ::i \iiir.' words, brbod: RsV .1 ( Ma ■■ 

 oona Rev W. .1. Melldr, Raw, Greiiviik- F. Hodgson, Col 

 dnel Cowan, Major Ireland. Dr. Gordon Stubles, Messrs. Vero 

 Shaw, W. Lort, H. Dalziel, H. Mapplebeck. Hedley, Brieiley, 

 I Sidney. Skidmore, Douglass. Sutherland, Eden, Kuby 



