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THE COLLIE OR SHEEP-DOG. 



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NOTES.—" Wallace'' is mistaken when he says that few 

 clergymen indulge in field sports. There may t>e few 

 Wiiet) we compare ministerial gunners and anglers with 

 tUa whole clerical body, but our experience goes to show 

 iivn.t a large proportion of ministers follow the brout 

 streams and mark down the bevies, and as a class tho 

 clergy are AS favorably inclined to field sports as are the 

 is of any other profession. We took our first 

 [bbboe in trouting, one Monday morning, years and years 

 ago, lip in a mountain brook, from a man to whose ser- 

 mon we had listened the previous day. Our correspond- 

 ence bring? va '"'- pleasant relations with many clergy- 

 men, who read tho Foxiest and Stream and write for its 

 Columns; indeed, some of the best known pseudonym* 

 which appeal' in this journal belong to ministers. There 

 13 no conflict here, Good health, cheerfulness, manly 

 i] : oil strength are as desirable in ministers as in lay- 

 men, Their acquisition and preservation are not only 

 right from a worldly standpoint, but; — unless we very 

 blhcl) mrristake the spirit of the Gospel— are Biblical as 

 well. He is< an unwise clergyman who withholds his 

 sympathy and influence from properly conducted field 

 Libs organized lor participating in them. No 

 1 orifice- his dignity nor influence by join- 

 gun Or fishing club. 



The use of popular misnomers in natural history is by 



. ., limited to America. A writer in the Asian 

 B . ;,,i ..mm ; ,i Lisl oi eighty-five names .popularly and 



: ' to as many mammals, birds, reptiles 



and fishes, and this he claims is only a partial list at 



' paints a glowing picture of the attractions of 

 Arkansas. The paper will do to file away for next fall 

 and whiter. The mention of Guyon is particularly ap- 

 propriate, coining with a letter from that person, which 

 .o publish. Willi Reel Foot Lake duck shooting to be 

 had. the Memphis sportsmen might well defy the restric- 

 of yellow fever quarantines. 



This has been a remarkably open winter, and that may 

 account for the presence at this season of the sett serpent 

 i w Jersey coast. Mem.— Sixty feet long; dorsal 

 ,o Vol. high ; color, black and white. A little fel- 

 low, nineteen feet in length, alongside. Observed by 

 I Maloney, of toe schooner Frank AHoooeL 



AS announced in our issue of Feb. lath, the West- 

 minster Kennel Club contemplate" inaugurating at 

 Central Park, a sheep-dog trial on the 80th of April, the 

 day following the closing of the Bench Show at Madison 

 Square Garden. This practical illustration of the usefnl- 



3 Of the collie will undoubtedly be the most interest- 

 feature of this year's programme ; and if properly 



tied out, as we are assured it will be, will give the in- 

 habitants of our cities an opportunity of witnessing the 

 vonderful intelligence of an animal which belongs 

 frictly to the rural districts. All field trials of this kind 

 that tend to display the usefulness of dogs, and the won- 

 derful sagacity of each individual class, do more than 

 amuse and interest for the time being : they teach a les- 

 son and preach a sermon of instruction. This is a step 

 in tho right direction, and we trust the time ii, not Eat 

 distant when water trials for Newfoundland do ! - ' 

 follow this initial movement. We are thoroughly con- 

 vinced that the intelligence and capabilities of the vari- 

 ious breeds of dogs outside the sporting classes is not suf- 

 ficiently utilized, and it should be man's ambition to 

 strike at something higher than making him beg or give 

 his paw. It is the fortunate lot of the sportsman to have 

 proved to him daily the wonderful intelligence of his 

 four-legged companion, and the absolute necessity Cor 

 him. To one, however, who never leaves his city home, 

 the dog does not command the same respect. If he is 

 small he is constantly being associated with circus trick 

 dogs that affect a pipe, or should he be large, with the 

 unfortunate mongrel that is harnesssd to the prowling 

 rag-man's jingling carl. For one reason alone should 

 bench shows then be patronized, for they tend to elevate 

 the dog in tho scale of the animal kingdom. 



Unquestionably the Newfoundland is one of the greatest 

 favorites outside the setter and the pointer. From early 

 youth his excellent and steady qualities are impressed 

 upon our mind. No child's book or early primer is with- 

 out his picture, and the variety of occupations in which 

 he figures is incalculable. On one page we see him en- 

 forcing a strictly moral lesson by dragging the pilfering 

 school-boy from off the apple tree, while over the leaf his 

 courage is displayed in rescuing a young miss from a 

 duck-pond grave. We grow up to recognize in him all 

 the amiable, generous and domestic characteristics of a 

 fine disposition, combined with a courage and fearless- 

 ness that is sure to win man's heart. Therefore, we take 

 it, that a race of powerful dog's of this breed could be 

 very profitably employed at our life-saving stations, and 

 that at times their sagacity, watchfulness and fearless- 

 ness would prove of great advantage. How- often it is 

 that a ship-wrecked crew almost gam the shore and are 

 drowned in the very face of a shelving beach. These 

 dogs could be trained to patrol the beach and give a 

 warning, after the manner that the St. Bernards are 

 trained for the service of the Hospice ; while the tutor- 

 ing to save a drowning person could be easily effected by- 

 means of lay -figures similar to those used some time 

 since at the water trials in England, Thus in a short 

 time the honest Newfoundland would have gained for 

 himself quite as romantic and weird a history as his 

 stately brother way up upon the Alps, 



But to return to our mutton. The sheep-dog trials 

 were first inaugurated at Bala, North Wales, by Mr. B, 

 J. Lloyd Price, and later on this gentleman gave 1 .otidoti- 

 ers a treat by bringing a flock of one hundred wild Welsh 

 sheep up to the Alexandra Palace in 1876, the followin; 

 interesting account of which we extract from the 

 " Illustrated Book of the Dog," by Vero Shaw :— 



Here three sheep were picked out of a flock (which 

 was folded in a remote corner of the park), and were car- 

 ried to the field of operations on the side of the hill. 

 They were then liberated, and the dog whose turn it was 

 to work them was required to pen them in a small fold 

 situated in the middle of the green bounded by the race- 

 course. The only assistance the dog received was from 

 Ms master, who was, however, forbidden to touch the 

 sheep under penalty of disqualification. Those acquainted 

 With sheep willfully appreciate the difficulties of fhetask 

 thus set the shepherd a nd his dog, for wild Welsh sheep are 

 very unlike the civilized ones met with nearer towns.'' 



To quote further from the account published at the 

 time in the I.tve-Sloek Journal .'—••Some of the dogs were 

 so well trained that many spectators expressed the utmost 

 astonishment at the intelligence they displayed. Some 

 of them lie down before the sheep so as to let them re- 

 cover their equanimity ; then they get up quietly, move 

 a step forward and lie down again ; this they repeat over 

 and over again, producing a corresponding step of the 

 sheep toward the entrance of the pen and finally they 

 fairly drive them in, almost unconsciously to them- 

 selves." 



From the above description it will be seen that the col- 

 lie field trials at Central Park will be properly recognized 

 as an additional feature in this year's show. 



—He is sailing under false, colors. Wehear of him every 

 season: now in the woods of Michigan, laugh* tin 

 deer out of season and then leaving the carcass where it 

 fell, because he dared not go to pick it up : again, under 

 cover of official position, yanking out thegravid 8sh, 

 Now comes the .-.lory of his exploits in Maine, shooting 

 the mother swallows over their nests. He is sailing under 

 false Colors because he calls himself a sportsman and 

 vhen opportunity offers talks feelingly of game laws 

 i.ud the need of more efficient protection for our game. 

 There is a well recognized punishment for the i I I 



ship on the high seas who flies the wrong flag at his 

 top. Sportsmen owe it to themselves to disown and I 

 nounce these fellows who rig out under (also pretenses. 



— A woodcock infull plumage was found clinging mono 

 of the windows in the Grand Central Depot, this city, 

 last Saturday, and recovered by Mr. T. B. Moody, who 

 will have him prepared for one of Die decorations of the 

 Superintendent's office. 



— Mr. E, W, TUessingor, of Boston, has returned from a 

 very pleasant fortnight's quail shooting b North Caro- 



tin. 



Mi 

 lage, rigl 

 with a fe 

 route is t 

 ton. thence 

 good hotel 

 people are 



Messinger stopped at Tarboro, a thriving vil- 

 iti the midst of a magnificent quail country, 

 woodcock and plenty of wild turkeys. The 

 Rocky Mount, between Weldon and Wduu'ng- 

 ■ ighteeu miles on a branch road. Tarboro has 

 modations at moderate rates ; and the 

 ; the most hospitable in the la nil, 



in likee 



—March came in like a Iamb ; Whether or not the old 

 adage will prove true remains to be seen. Spring notes 

 have already begun to reach us from observers ill differ- 

 ent sections of the country, shewing that at least the 

 birds have made up their minds to warm weather. 



—The Onondaga County Fishing Club has made itself a 

 power in the land by vigorously carrying out the work 

 for which it was organieed, namely, seeing that the laws 

 already on the statute books are enforced. This is alto- 

 gether a diil'erent undertaking In an thai ul oring tin- 

 enactment of new laws. Let us have other sor-i 

 tablished on such a working basis. 



THE SALMON OF ALASKA. 



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writers, ore respectfully referred to the notice at the 



head of this page. 



,y . :i \, Christmas, 1870. 



THE mail steamer arrived on the 31st inst. and left 

 on the 33d inst., and this is the 35th. 



You people who live in the world can hardly realize 

 how much is covered in the above pn agraph, We here 

 in Sitka, outside of a circle With Imt a mile's radius, 

 have existed si:; weeks with as little communication with 

 the rest of our planet, as had the inhabitants of Neptune 

 or Uranus till the arrival of said steamer, with her weekly 

 mail, fraught with good and evil tidings, long looked for, 

 hoped for and dreaded, transformed our lives from lelli- 

 i... lonfusion and excitement, And. when the dip of 

 her colors as she turned ahead full speed indicated to us 



that again we were left to our own resouri - : o i 



, another month of our lives y Id ■ •■ awayas 

 quickly as possible, a reaction came, and our happiness* 

 at the sight of her bowwas equaled by thai of her stewij 

 For during her short stay we could neither read, eat nor 

 sleep comfortably, for while so doing we might be wast- 

 ing precious moments, during which we might be gath- 

 ering in from the careless utterances Of those favored 

 mortals who had just come from the world, ami would 

 soon return to it, some bits of news which they might 

 drop. But though we could do nothing else we had to 

 write, for failure to answer during that brief period of 

 Confusion, letters just received and hardly understood 

 and ii. - -led, made a full mouth's difference in the time 

 of their receipt— a consummation most evidently to be 

 struggled against 



For a full day after her departure I forswore the penj 

 and gazed with awe at the immense pile of papers and 

 periodicals I must attack and wade through before I 

 could be even. 1 filed them all by dates, though, and 

 have before me the task of reading up complete files from 

 Oct. loth to Nov. 'Nth. Audit is a task in a country 

 where one's reading has to be done by artificial light. 



I began, of course, on my FOEEST AND STREAMS, and 

 I have spent my Christmas up to this hour (3 r.M. > in fll at 

 skimming, and then, for reasons which presented them- 

 selves, carefully re-reading your issues from Oct. 88cl W 

 Nov. 27th inclusive, that of Oct. Kith not having been 

 received. While so engaged, J have made a few notes in 

 regard to points on which to write you ; for 1 I 

 I cannot employ my time to better advantage than by 

 saving you. and through you the lovers of natural his- 

 tory, a few COD '■' ig Links between sets of Cacts B - 

 sented through your columns by various contributors at 

 different times, and in one case add a little mori ' 

 mony already given upon the solution of ft problem 

 which yousay "has been thesubject of earnest inquiry 

 and investigation by leading naturalists for the last seven 

 years,'' viz., as to the identity of the redlish of Idaho. 

 While skimming I was struck by the engravings in your 

 issue of Nov 13th of the redrish of Idaho, and ejaculated, 

 " Redfish: Dog salmon!" And sumiuoninu some piscato. 



