Jak. 17, 1884.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



801 



to fishcultural purposes. The standard for seines and giU nets 

 shall be by the fathom. Trap and pound nets should be 

 the heart or crib, and by the fathom of lead above 

 twenty-five rods. It was recommended that each State ap- 

 point Bah wardens, aud that stringent laws against bhedestrue- 

 tiorj of fish by explosives be passed. Statist 

 different States are required, and the propagation 

 and trout be continued The throwing: of. offal and other de- 

 leterious matter upon the spawning [rounds should be pro- 

 hibited, Thecomnii- ■.,... ■ - ■ -■-,.-- a. -.adoring ontbelakes 

 should communicate with tin- fishermen and consult with 

 them regarding the matters discussed at this nv 

 that the views of the fishermen be ascertained as to the ad- 

 visa liilii.v of holding a meeting at some central point for con- 

 sultation of themselves and tin nimissioners. It was rrmm- 



mendedthnt the different Stale commissioners urge on their 

 representatives in Congress the necessity of securing action to 

 induce the sending of a steamer of the V. B, F. C, with a 

 corps of scientific men, to ••.■ ■_ v he habits of the lake 

 fishes and the methods oi n - sted that the 



afferent States pass laws regulating the size of all fish that 

 shall be taken in the great lakes. Afterward the members 

 visited the new whitensh hatchery at Detroit. 



RAISING FROGS.— Fairfax, Col, Jan. 4.— Are there any of 

 your subscribers who raise frogs! I am now producing them 

 on my farm, but do not know what to feed them. They are 

 kept in a hot house, and are lively young fellows. I also want 

 to get the large green fellows from ' some Eastern or Southern 

 dealer. Just as soon as I am able and finish my building will 

 report progress.— P. D, ff, 



Vhe MmneL 



FIXTURES. 



bench snows. 



Jan. IK, 17. IS and 111.— St. John, Sew Hiuivsiviflc. II. W. Wilson 

 St. John. N. B. 



April — , ltw-l. — The Cleveland Bench Show Association's Second 

 Bench Show. Charles Lincoln. Superintendent. C, M. Munhall, Sec- 

 retary, Cleveland, Ohio. 



A CONNECTICUT 'COON HUNT. 



FRIDAY evening. Doc. 11. being warm and moonlight. I 

 concluded to accept the invitation of my friend H. . who 

 resides in Bast Gran by Ian hour's drive), to take ovormv dogs 

 and try the 'coons. 



The dogs were Watch, a black and bundle dog, evidently 

 part hound and other unrecognizable blood not found in the 



Amerieaa Kriooa .' '■ , i ,:, notwithstanding!] 



origin, he had a great reputation as being "death on 'coons," 

 It took months to persuade his former owner (a colored Vir- 

 ginia gentleman) to part with him. He refused all cash oilers; 

 so thinking that perhaps the offer o1 agOOd breech-loader 



tryii 



5 to pi 



• dog (' 



loader, which lie did: but the old darl 

 marking: '-What do I want oh dat gu 

 load?" and to my surprise refused the 

 eluded to accept a second-hand muzisle- 

 cles thrown in, and Lhe trade was i 

 shipped on to me, and as 

 one." He has an endless amount of c 

 where to take hold to avoid getting 

 quashes his hold until the 'eoonis dead, 

 'coon as soon as he touches the ground 

 to recover from the fall and prepare, ft 

 is a steady and loud bark-,-, i id will 

 found sooner, and he never barks until 

 a tree when there is no 'coon up it. 



The second dog. Jack, is a recent pui 

 of the same blood as U'alHi. from win 

 color, he being a red and tan, and. like VV 

 until the 'coon is treed, and stays well at 

 d| uouragi . bu< doesnol know the bi - be 

 ing no choice, so he frequently gets bit* 

 pluck he will kill his game and aei Ifil 

 came from the same place as W'arel,. r,- 

 purchased him for me gis. i . -in a 



The next dreg was an eight-ruouths-oi 

 hound and half bulldog ;.a cross that ireqi 

 'coon and squirrel dogs) named Cooney. 1 

 rjose to train for 'coons. lie had never b, 

 was caught, so had uo record. 



At 7:30 we started, taking a single bai 

 large lantern, using large burner with ter 

 of burner, so that it will throw light up 

 too high. We also took a tew Roi 

 send balls of flre into top.- " . 

 light up. We also carried a pair of 

 five foot line, the latter to be taken 

 and let down to draw up the lantc 

 'coon or gun to shoot him. Thus i 

 road a short distance toward Ne 



ad. 



ich 



the 



.glee 



__js, as they will 

 iat the lantern will not 

 ■limbers and a seventy- 

 ntV. a tree tv the climber 

 ■u if necessary to see the 

 quipped, we followed the 

 e prison, then went into 



vail sprouts on the side of the mountain, and had only 

 gone a few rods when we heard Watch ami Jack give one or 

 two sharp barks, and soon it. was evident that there was a 

 fight going on. HuiTVing to the spot, we found Watch had a 

 large 'coon by the head and Jack had a rear hold. As the 

 'coon was nearly dead, we took the dogs off, and my friend 

 said ho would carry him back to the house and leave' hirn, as 

 we did not want to carry him all the evening. So my friend 

 went back, I promising" to wait with the dogs until he re- 

 turned. Soon I heard Jack bark about ten rods up the moun- 

 tain, and on going to hirn found him barking up a small chest- 

 nut sprout, on which, not over twenty-five feet from the 

 ground, was a 'coon. Wishing to have my friend in at 

 the death, I concluded to wait, until he came back. 

 and wlide waiting happened to look into another 

 tree a few feet distant and saw another 'coon, and. 

 thinking the 'coon crt.p had not all been gathered. I looked on 

 a tree south of where Jack and Watch were lurking, and there 

 sat another one, and over my head the fourth, none being over 

 twenty-five feel if .an the ground The 'coons evidently did 

 not enjoy the situation, and soon one jumped, but the dogs 

 made him tree within ten feet of where he struck, aud fear- 

 ing the others might jump, and there being so many that the 

 dogs could un take care of all if they should come down, I 

 thought I had better open fire, and did so, using by mistake a 

 shell loaded with No. hi, but the distance was so short that the 

 'coon came dowu wounded, and after a short fight the rlogs 

 killed him, and then by mutual consent went in for it free 

 fight in which Cooney joined, and. allot" my efforts to part 

 the trio Were unavailing, Cor as soon as 1 got the two separate 

 and holding them apart the third dog took advantage of the 

 Situation and selected his favorite hold, compelling me to re- 

 linquish i he two 1 held apart; so down the side of the moan- 

 tain they fought like 1 fgera, aud I could sec the lights move 

 about, in distant farm hen- ■■ to the door 



to listen to the light, no doubt thinking thai a pack of wolves 

 had suddenly invaded the usualh quiet old mountain, De- 

 spairing of ever separating unaided tie three dogs, I called 

 for my companion, but he' did Dot hear, Bnd at last I recol- 

 lected thatihad aehaininjig pocket, and taking it out, I 

 fastened it to- ... , i Watch and 



Jack. the. farmer being bitten through his foreleg, did the 

 rest of his hunting , most of the time. 



About this time 11. appeared, aud on looking for the game, 

 which I had hurriedly laid down in my effort* to separate the 



dogs. I ,-n 

 searching 

 the dogs 1 

 But the 

 found the 



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gut , 



it. 



the- 



We ' 



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'"'"u'uictreVhe 



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 ne- -,-, 



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on is tre»d, or at 

 and apparently 



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 beeoi 

 that i 



here I left them, evidently having be 

 to come down, as the dogs made such & fearful noise, so, one 

 by one, we. brought them clown, taking the dogs by the col- 

 lar as soon as they had killed the 'coon, for they were generally 

 only Wounded when they fell. 



Back again my friend went to the house to deposit the four 

 'coons, and soon returned, and we went over on the other side 

 of the mountain. Working north about eighty rods, we 

 missed Jack, and after waiting for him to come in aud failing 

 to hear him, we called, but he 'fid not come, so we followed 

 the mountain north for some wav, Doping to find Jack. 

 Finally, not bearing him, we turned and went down the 

 mountain to get out of the wind that was now blowing 

 strong, thinking we could hear better, but after going a long 

 distance south struck for the top of the mountain and went 

 north until we passed the noted Newgate prison, md 

 the wind blew fearfully as we ascended the peat and 

 roared through the pines" so we. could hardly hear ourselves 

 speak, when suddenly Jack rushed up and bounded away. 

 Following in the direction he. took, we soon heard him barking 

 and found him at the foot of a very tall hemlock, tin thick 

 boughs of which prevented n> seeing the 'coon with the lan- 

 tern, so we tried the Roman candles and they lit up all the 

 tree except ten feet of the too. which 1 did not aim high 

 enough to have the balls reach; and having used all we had, 

 there was uo other way but to climb the tree. So H. went up 

 and almost in the top of the tree discovered a large 'coon, and 

 then he came down and tried to tell me where to shoot. I 

 followed his instructions until I had only two cartridges left, 

 and having failed to bring down the 'coon thought I would as 

 a last r. sent get as near the body of the tree as possible and 

 shoot close to the line of the trunk, as he said the 'coon was 

 Close to the body, so making a line shot 1 had t he satisfaction 

 of dropping my sixth 'coon. As the wind was blowing very 

 hard and we had all the 'coons we wanted for oiu-selves and 

 friends, we went back to the house, which we reached at about 

 1 o'clock, when Mrs. H. set before us some very acceptable 

 refreshments, which We were hungry enough to enjoy to the 

 fullest extent, for the long walk and bracing air had given us 

 a keen appetite. 



This ended my last and most successful 'coon hunt of the 

 season, of which I have given a truthful and not exaggerated 

 account. N. Elmore. 



GitANHV, Conn. 



A MASSACHUSETTS BLUE LAW. 



\T T HILE yet there is time to be up and doing' the attention 

 VV of the dog owners of Massachusetts is called to the 

 action of some of the Sin to legislators now in session at Bos- 



receiwi ie, i : :,. '., ,■,',:-" Wi a e glad togtvethe 



action of every dogowner is got lei 6r Writing to 



nil: - ■■ ' '. 'e -: ■ . i. a, personal and pera&tent inter- 

 viewing of the representativea until the lawgivers tolly un- 

 derstand the barbarous iniquity of the proposed order. 



The first letter is that of ifr. George T. Angell. which has 

 already appeared in the Boston Ti-amscript, and which proved 

 to be the bugle note which has aroused our correspondents: 

 Editor Forest uiul SI mini: 

 Will you kindly permit me to say through your columns, to 



li oei and friends of dogs in Massachusetts, that a most 

 Formidable attack noon dogs has been organized and already 



ldv 



I beg. 



„ of the session, 

 Committee on Agriculture (one of them 

 .•mber of that committee). The first re- 

 vner or keeper of a dog shall, for even" 

 5500 with good sureties. As large number.-, 



1st 



■ kill 



-uld 



their dogs i 

 3. This means that they shall be 

 iel outdoors on the owner's pren 

 heir habits that death in many 



1 wish to say to lhe doe owners of the Commonwealth, that 

 if they mean to protect their dogs, there is no time to be lost: 

 and f wish to express the hope that every man and woman in 

 Massachusetts whose life has been made happier by these dumb 

 companions and friends will, without delay, use his or her 

 whole, influence, with members of our Legislature to prevent 

 the enactment of such laws. Geo. T. Angell. 



Editor Forest mid Stream: 



The. letter of Mr. Geo. T. Angell in the Boston Transcript of 

 Jan. 11, incites a lover of the dog, first to don his "cussing 

 cap" and then to take arms and "seek out g, p ■ , j 



sueban inhuman enactment and put them under bonds that 

 doomsday only can release! If the Legislature of Massachu- 

 setts makes suchalawasthe above noted "orders" propose 

 it should be the last ever toassemble underthe "gildeadome." 

 Mr. Angell has timely and nobly sounded the note of warn- 

 ing, andl hope all "dog owners" will come 'to the forB J 'to 

 protest against such barbaric treatment of their faithful 

 friends. Civilization Beams to be a failure where such a law 

 can even be suggested, and the constituents of the author, or 

 authors, of such "orders," should take him, or them, to task. 

 If such laws can be enacted in Massachusetts in this year of 

 grace, all future governors had better leave off the prayer, 

 •"'God save the Commonwealth" from their pi oelamuti'ons. 

 Such a State is not worthy of salvation! 



It is not probable, however, that the people will suffer such 

 enactments to be made, but it is the duty of every one, as Mr. 

 Angell suggests, to be ready to fight such unjust aud cruel 

 movements on the part of those who should use their 

 ephemeral influence for other purposes. 



Modern legislators are a peculiar class of beings, and they 

 need watching with untiring vigilance and the most wily 

 wisdom. We arc never safe while they are in session. Most 

 of their time and the State's money is spent in scheming and 

 doing foolish thing!,, and in this case much more than foolish. 



To some people a dog seems to be the yery personification of 

 evil, but to all who believe that ' 'the best," part of man is the 

 dog that is in him," I say he ready to befriend and defend 

 your ever faithful and' unselfish" friend, the dog! "Noble 

 Creature I the favorite of the rich: consolation of the poor. 

 inseparable companion of the unfortunate.'' O. W, R. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Will you kindly permit me to call the attention of all lovers 

 of dogs to tin fact that a formidable attack upon their favor- 

 ites has been fully organized aud already begun at the State 

 l-l.a, ;,, i.„ t i, u [,, Uiis effect; Ivvo orders have been referred 

 to the Committee on Agriculture, the first requiring that 

 every owner or keeperof a dog snail foreveiy dog give a bond 

 of SoOO, with good sureties, and the second, that owners shah 

 keep their dogs under the same restraint as other domestic 

 animals. In other words, all who cannot prod a • ■_ . « 

 sureties" must kill them dogs. Those who do provide satis- 

 factory bonds must constantly confine fheii doc- in building3, 

 or keep them ou chain on then owners' premises. This being 

 contrary to all physical laws, death would lie f u r preferable". 

 Sir. Georgi T Angell, a true friend to animals, is doing' all he 



ttte ttoa to this most unjust legislatio 

 sires the co-operation of those interested. Something must be 

 done, and at once. There is no time to be lost. Would it not 

 be well for those who can influence in any degree the members 



it repeals/ 

 dumb con: 



ompaniousbve 

 Boston, Jim, IS, 1864, 



iu behalf of oil- dogs; It will be 

 ■cut its becoming a law than to get 

 ime, if wo do not wish to see our 

 offer by unnatural confinement. 

 Edwaud 8. .Paybox. 



THE PUGS AT NEW ORLEANS.— Chicago, Jan. B. 1884.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: I note what you say about my 

 dogs iu your report of the Saw Orleans show, and venture to 

 give you a little friendly advice, viz. : when you send a re- 

 porter to a bench show again, send one that knows something 

 Of the dogs you wish him to criticise, or instruct him to make 

 no comments. I do not object to any competent critic's re- 

 marks about my dogs, but when a representative of a paper 

 like the Forest and Strkah mistakes quality for faults, and 

 publicly declares himself, as your reporter has done, I am dis- 

 posed to "kick." Had your reporter called attention to the 

 faults iu my dogs I would say nothing ; but all those competent 

 to judge- know that m\ dogs "are particularly good where your 

 rcporter calls them faulty. I hope that this; letter will receive 

 your early attention.— Harry L BoODMAtf. [Our reporter 

 did not find fault with the awards Mr. Goodman's dogs re- 

 ceived, but merely criticised them in a friendly spirit, pointing 

 out their defects. Mr. Theodore Marples, one of the best 

 authorities on the pug in England, says: "I adopt the stand- 

 ard of 12 pounds, and contend if they are much over that 

 it is a fault. Shortness of muzzle, also, is a very important 

 point. With regard to color, the muzzle, eyebrows, ears and 

 center of head only should be black, with the requisite moles 

 on cheek, and distinct trace down center of back. Ears 

 should be small and black, toe nails black, and tail closely 

 curled." If Mr. Goodman's pugs have these requisite proper- 

 ties the criticisms are entirely out of place and uncalled for, 

 but we have faith in our reporter that he "knows of what he 

 writes," aud although we thank Mr. Goodman vervniuch for 

 his courteous advice, we shall, for the benefit of" exhibitors 

 and the public, still be obliged to instruct him to point out in 

 his reports the. good and bad qualities of clogs exhibited, and 

 we venture to say that Mr. Goodman himself may pickup a 

 wrinkle or two worth knowing if he will only carefully and 

 impartially peruse the same]. 



THE GERMAN DOGGK.— Editor Forest and Stream: I see 

 em looking through one of your old issues I July 13 ) that Mr. 

 Hodges, as well as other American sportsmen, are mistaken as 

 to the Clmer or Great Danes as faras Germany is concerned. 

 There are many mistakes in the short letter of the said genfie- 

 mau, geographical as well as canine ones; for instance. Aix- 



le < i r M elk- is rather a small lowm in the kingdom of Prussia 

 and with the whole kingdom is part of the German Empire. 

 We do not call the rimer or Great Dano the "German dog." 

 but "German dogge ;" dog is every breed of the canine family 

 —in. German hund. in English dog— but "dogge" in German 

 means a certain breed and i- not hanslalable, as there, is no 

 English equivalent. The German dog especially is the so-called 

 German pointer, being at the same time o setter, a, pointer and 

 a retriever, performing all of their duties,— Oscar Stein, late 

 Lieutenant Royal Prussian Army. 



A KOX TERRIER. -White Rock, R. I.. Jan. 8.— A friend 

 asks what is a fox-terrier, and for a reply I read to him from 

 the "Bogs of Great Britain and America" the article on that 

 breed, and showed him the illustration. Still he does not seem to 

 know what a fox-terrier is. Will you please let me know through 

 Forest antj Stream what cross first produced the breed, oris 

 it a distinct breed.' Is he a keen-scented dog.' Were they ever 

 used for going in aud driving out the fox?— Fox-Terkier. 

 [The origin of the fox-terrier as a distinct breed is, we think, 

 unknown. 1\ e recommend for your perusal that, portion of 

 Vero Shaw's "Book of the Dog" which treats of this strain. 

 The work is published by Cassell. Fetter & Galpin, of New 

 York, and the parts you require are V.i and 111. They cost 40 

 cents, each. The fox-terrier is keen-scented for a terrier, and 

 was originally used exclusively for bolting foxesj. 



CHAMPION BELLISSIMA.— It was our good fortune to 

 see the champion bull bitch Bellissima, imported by John E. 

 Thaver. Esq.. Boston, Mass. She arrived on Friday last per 

 S. S. State of Indiana, and was looking little the worse for her 

 salt water trip. She is a most excellent colored brinclle with 

 good skull, chop and lay back, short legs and plenty of hone. 

 She is in whelp to old champion Slenderman, and 'will prove 

 a very valuable addition to Mr. Thayer's magnificent kennel of 

 bulldogs. ' 



NEW ORLEANS DOG SHOW.— The catalogue, of the New 

 Orleans dog show contains many stupid blunders and careless 

 errors. The name of Mr. E. H. Small, of Bain bridge, Ga., 

 owner of the setter Ponce de Leon, is erroneously given E. 

 H. Smart, aud so appeared in our report. The same applies 

 to Greek, the winning fox-terrier, the owner of which is Frank 

 C. Wheeler, London, Out., and not J. Wymer. 



KNICKERBOCKER KENNEL C'LUB.-A new club under 

 this title, whose object is the improvement of the pointer, 

 was organized in Jersey City Jan. 11. The officers elected were: 

 President, R. T. Green; Vice-President, G. W. Waite; Treas- 

 urer, Mortimer Mills; Corresponding Secretary, G. L. Wilms; 

 Recording Secretary, L. F. Brigham, Manager, J. H. Phelan. 



PHILADELPHIA DOG SHOW.-We have it from reliable 

 authority that there will be no dog show at Philadelphia this 

 year. The object for which the Philadelphia Kennel Club 

 was instituted is thereby shrouded in mystery. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of charge. To iusure 

 publication of notes, correspondents MUST GCVE the following par- 

 ticulars of each animal: 



1. Color. 6. Name and residence of owner, 



a. Breed. buj'er or seller. 



3. Sex. 7. Sire, with las sire aud darn. 



4. Age, or 8. Owner of sire. 



5. Pate of bi th, of breeding or 9. Dara, with her sire and dam. 



of death. 10. Owner of dara. 



All names must he iitniiilij written. Co mm unication on one side of 

 f aper only, and signed with writer's name. 

 NAMEs; QLAIMED, 



13f Set ea.f ucticme atl i oi thi i olti 5»l 



Othello, by Mr. C. S. Wixoia. Iihaca. \. v.. for black preyhound 

 dog. nhelpedSepl.17. 18s". ivlaiel- el A.K.K. eJoau of Dorotbce 

 (AXE. ffl. 



Lule. hy Mr, .1. 8. Hodges, Bceville, Tex., for white, black and 

 "in i.e.icle bitch, whelped Sept. .',. 18SS, by time .Hauler -True' out 

 of cellette i Chamer— Beauty). 



Zoe. By Mr. E. M. Crouch, for black arid v,-l,i(e pointer bitch, whelped 



1888, iiv Si John (Snapshot-Belle) out of Folly (Rock— 



&rockenhumt&tn. by 3b-. J, H. W. Peploe. Gernianiown. Md.. 



f.a- black and white ff.y-temei ilog, wbeloeU Jul-e.ls.--3, lay Broken 

 hurst Joe out of Hulherl'ulU's S war .-■!..« ti Saraee'u— Swanl. 



CzarJL By )Ir. .1. E. Vanderbil Cii v. N. Y.. for black and 



tan painter dog, u helped Nov. 18, . -' ■ ■ - I tear out of Nell 



URF.i 



a .truetions at head of this volurnn. 



Jene—l>on. Mr. f. If. Rockwell's (Clarendon, Pa. i poiiuei- hrteh 

 Jeue iKovHl Hanger— Royal Earn to Varalevort's Pun lA.K.R. 1(15) 

 bee. «S. 



Bliss— Dun. Mr. J. E. Harris's [New Orleans, LB.) pointer. bitch 

 Bliss (Faust i to Viindevort'sUon (A.K.K. 186/, Jan. U. 



