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FOREST AND STREAM. 



309 



this year's string 

 utes took six fro 

 three t • ■ 

 very lar;e pike sc 

 him with a pistol 

 J. W. McHist, 

 tional Bant: presides 

 convert to the reliuii 

 a score in points of n 

 the profes9< ibs litoj 

 Legislature acted li 

 Inda rt viyed Bsh 1: 



are iu wait for u i : i 1 1- 1 



the c ■ 



A couple of slatherei's in a few 



a one pool, with 



weight. 

 iured a hhixty-six in 



tall after lie threw i 



Stanford, Ky., 

 in the United 

 g persuasion of 



itnbers and wee 



-ay rearward fo 



rith tht 



tit, 



nd aft. 



ate 



one; 



•rally 



he 



• the 

 Fish 



jest Nu- 

 a recent 

 LB made 

 thrusts 

 in. Our 



id i 



Bpu 

 Relations proi 



Con 



at hot times 



season for some of 



cklessly rebellious 



hose indulgence in seining and other 



■- In,, and profit to Messrs. Grab, Snatch 



&: Keepeni, of the legal profession. 



A " hauling over the coals " of one or two 

 parties will satisfactorily demonstrate the beauties of the 

 statute, and quickly' awaken a reverence of the 

 "majesty of the taw. The sooner the better, say we, and 

 we warn " Hil'sey " and others that our tender-hearted 

 Governor has even thus early exhausted his enormous 

 Stock of pardons. KKNTtJCKUN. 



Mt. Sterling, Ky., May Villi. — Fishing has been better 

 than for many rears, coving, I think, to much high water 

 thai prevailed all winter. Bass fishing all'ords fine snort. 

 "New lights" abundant, with an occasional California 

 salmon, the result of the plant of 1878. Ba£B are now on 

 their beds hatching. Prospects good for fine partridge 

 shootine' [0. itirginidnus) next fall, as tl 



brooders' about the co 

 years, but our loathe 

 hill making close sea; 

 Clark, Fleming and M 

 Why tins (Montgomery 

 out it is to give the ne 

 the exclusion of a. few 



r than I hs 



led Legist 



ve pa 



law abiding sportsmen. 



seda 



cott, 



ad, with- 



Bway, to 



Van. 



^ Trout in Tennessee— Nashville, May 12th,— Genuine 

 brook trout have been taken in the headwaters of Har- 

 pe.th River, a tributary of the Cumberland. Col. John 

 B. MoEweu, of Williamson County, is the authority. 

 He took one there last week weighing three-quarters of a 

 pound, and says that he has heard of others being taken, 

 and that he believes they are quite abundant higher up 

 the stream, but owing to the dense undergrowth, snakes 

 and the wild state of the country, no one has ventured 

 there to fish for them. They are not indigenous to our 

 Waters, but are the result' of a lot of fry procured 

 from Seth Green iu the month of February, 1859, and 

 placed in the streams. Col. McEwin believes that these 

 Streams — Lick Creek, Turuhull and South Harpeth — take 

 their source from a subterranean lake in Williamson 

 County, the waters of which are exceedingly cold, and 

 where" these timid, delicious fish have taken 'refuge and 

 propagated. 



Another interesting statement from the same authority 

 is that this summer there has appealed in countless num- 

 bers a fish hitherto unknown to hint. He has called 

 them forked mouth suckers, in contradistinction to the 

 common white sucker, and on account of the peculiarly 

 shaped mouth, which is like a cross. In color they are 

 similar to our bass, and average iu weight from two and 

 a halt to four pounds. They are a very quick-actioned 

 fish, and took the hook voraciously, one man whom he 

 knew taking between forty and fifty pounds in about 

 one hour. This last statement, and the one 

 the subterranean lake, deserve scientific, ii 

 As authority, Col. John B. McEwin stands p: 



this country. 



rowA— Keokuk, May 10th.— It i 



your readers to know that shad ha- 

 the m nth ol D a M ines, this sprh 

 to one and three-fourth pounds. 



tay iut 



J. D. H. 



;st some of 

 l seined here, at 

 ghing from one 

 F. W. 



He is Right.— Broekville, Out., Canada, May 4lh.— 

 Mr. Van Stelens observations, in No. 13, of trout strik- 

 ing at, flies, out of water, with their tails, remind me of 

 my own conclusions on the same subject . The first time 

 1 fiave seen trout jump or strike at ray flies was in June. 

 1872, at or below the great falls of the Grand Metis River, 

 P. Q. I had occasion to hook one particular old fellow, 

 who had been striking two or three times at; my fly, not 

 only when it struck the surface of the rather" foaming 

 water, but also when the fly was quietly moving. I at 

 last hooked and lauded him in this « ay : he struck again 

 with his tail at the fly, which effort drove him a foot or 

 two behind his prey, and then turned, like a Hash, and 

 hooked. He weighed over two pounds, and I believe he 

 exerted his maneuvers for the purpose of drowning or 

 drenching the fly, so as to make sure of his succeeding 

 bite. I have seen the same action of trout on Lake Su- 

 perior waters, and that always when the fly was thrown 

 below little rapids on calm surface, but "never when I 

 moved it with the current down. In that case the fish 

 hooked directly. 1 had concluded thai the fish attempted 

 first to drown the winged victim, because they returned 

 at once to bite, arter making a violent splurge at the 

 fly on the surface. Leaving the fly quietly where it then 

 was, the trout invariably returned and took it. 



Are my conclusions correct ? "V. 



« Cape Cod as a Eesoht for Sfortsmkx.— Probably no 

 section of country on the whole Atlantic Coast can fur- 

 nish so many varieties of game and ho many enjoyments 

 to the sportsman as good old Cape Cod. Speaking of 

 Cape Cod— 1 mean the uncivilized part of it. if I may be 

 allowed louse that term, meaning the character of the 

 country and not the condition of the people, 



Take it from Middleboro down the Cape, and any per- 

 son, no matter where he has traveled, will find "many 

 things that will interest hiin. la the first place, he is 

 heartily welcomed by the good old honest Capers, some 

 of whom have not seen a city for twenty years, and are 

 never so pleased as when listening to the" traveler retail- 

 ing out his budget of city news. 



To the traveler visit vng the Cape for the first time the 

 people may seem to b© too avaricious, but after he has 

 made one or two visi'ts, and sees oil what the people de- 

 pend for their daily b read, he feels happy that he is able 

 to help increase the little pile that is put away for the 

 dark days that some dines come during the winter. In 

 fact, he is happy to be among a people so honest and 

 simple, and he wond ers if thov would remain the same 

 were the associatiot 



re just what I 

 Teater part of 



Lake the peop 



gard Ufa in s 

 s do. Thej I 



what most of 

 .■mother. 



Thi-' towns on the Cape resemble each other very much, 

 A hotel, which is generally pretty coin I'ort.able, but not 

 as good as a private hoarding house; a livery stable, 

 which is the most profitable investment in the town ; a 

 public library, a town hall, and anywhere from four to 

 six churches' form the public buildings of a town on the 

 1 then there is the post office, but it is hardly a 

 Ming on account of its size, The majority ol* 



of tht 



public I, 

 the buil 



things as thev are. T feel - ifidei 

 the Cap.' fo pie;,, ore v.- [d bavi 

 Asrepards prosperity, the Cape 

 each year. The fisheries have o 

 poor investment, both to the fish 

 and the young people, becoming 

 are not to be made at home, stall; 

 and with the exception of anocci 

 their native land. Tl 



account all these .he 

 is making little progr 



prosperity ia made in 

 sportsmen, I have hj 



, faih; 



But taking- 



one who visits 

 « change,!. 

 behind a little 

 irs been but a 



1 the owners ; 

 that fortunes 

 the large cities, 

 donal visit, soon forget 

 u the Cape, with some 

 e, so that, taking into 

 no wonder the country 

 hat the Cap,; lacks in 



atislied 



tura 



of l 



iii:i,L 





ye 



afie 



hat tii 



had a dull seasons sport duri 



cry on the coast is wild BJid . 



good, and considering all in all, the 



ground, is first class, as good, if not better than Prii 



Edward Island. L. M. H, 



rig tl 



nd I ha 



ne. Tin 



sque ; the fial 



3 Cape, as a sport 



Cap. 



Jfislf §ulturq. 



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 Publishing Company, New York." 



' Forest and Stream 



The New Augusta Fishway.— The new fish way in 

 the Kennebec River, at Augusta, Me., has just been 

 completed, and the river, it is hoped, will again be re- 

 stocked with the Salmon once so plenty there. 



The fishway has been budt under the personal super- 

 vision of Everett Smith, Civil Engineer, of Portland. 

 Me., and several important changes and improvements 

 made in the original plan, whereby a great; saving in cost 

 has been effected, as well as rendering the fishw&j more 

 efficient. Mr. Smith regards one improvement especially 

 as an innovation in regards lo lishways that is of great 

 value, and one applicable to any form of fishway or 

 any dam. The fall at the Augusta dam is about 18 feet, 

 and as this is the first or lower dam it forms the key 

 to the Kennebec river, as regards the ascent of fish. 

 From the West end Of the dam a massive crib pier ex- 

 tends down stream, and the space between this pier and 

 the canal wall is tilled by the fishway, which is about 

 the shape of a diamond in" its general exterior form. The 

 head of this protecting pier has an elevation of 12 feet 

 above the dam, to insure safely to the fishway, from 

 i : : ... ii -o durirg the great freshets to which the. Kennebi 

 river is subject. T 



the river 

 of this pier. 

 there is a wi 

 along is the fl 

 rectly to the i 



ater for the fishway flows from 

 the dam by a passage through the head 

 This passage may be closed by a drop-gate; 

 list-way across the pier, and still farther 

 mm from which the water is delivered di- 

 ay by means of 



Thes, 



merge. 

 Thus t 





ised a i 



alway 



• he 



v;<\ 



.nged, tl 

 id the ne 

 s be del 

 is three 

 is of chu 

 rm desc. 



'Pi 



any 



interior divided tut 



the water flows in. 



entire circuit of the structure, 

 the outlet. In making a des, 

 water flows an extreme distanc 

 measured by the center of ih 

 considerably less. The floors art 

 serves to load the structure, to rei 

 water flowing over it, and to presi 

 resembling the natural bed of a stn am. 



At the lower end of the flume there is a waste-way, and 

 ::i;l tie water flowing from it unites with that flowing 

 through the fishway at its outlet. The volume of water 

 is thus increased at the outlet in order to attract fish to 

 enter the fishway. The fish, after entering the fish- 

 way at its outlet, will ascend the current that flows 

 therein, until the flume is reached, whence they pass to 

 the river above. 



;ates. 



at when one is sub- 

 vert! gently without 



stories high, and the 

 tubers through which 

 ■nt, twice making the 

 chit finally leaves at. 



of eighteen feet the 

 594 feet, although, as 

 treat, the distance is 

 ed with stone, which 

 id the current ot the 

 t to the fish a bottom 



gemwi 



lateness of the season, and the unfortunate postpone- 

 ment, having something to do with their not appearing 

 in first-class trim. Conspicuous among the absentees 

 were the dogB of the St. Louis Kennel Club, whose collec- 

 tion of pointers is acknowledged to be the finest in Amer 

 ica. It was found, early in April, that this kennel would 

 be unable to put in an appearance, and as several of 

 the dogs in the first placo had been entered condi- 

 tionally their withdrawal was in no way connected with 

 the change of dates. Faust had engagements that pre- 

 vented his coming, Jaunty was due to whelp on May 

 5th, June ten days later, and Clytie the latter part of 

 this month, Jessamine gave signs of coming in season, 

 and she was to be bred to Bow. This enly left Lassie and 

 Zeal, which it was deemed not worth while to send. 

 J. H. Whitman, of Chicago, was also not represented, 

 and several other noted kennels were uot in condition to 

 show. 



The building is well adapted on many accounts, as the 

 high roof gives plenty of ventilation, so necessary for the 

 comfort of visitors and the welfare of the animals; and 

 as clear weather prevailed, the skylights remained open, 

 somewhat abating the stifling heat of the first day. As we 

 have already said, the arrangements for benching were 

 good, nor did the judges suffer from the usual delay 

 caused by an insufficiency of keepers to lead out the dogs 

 during the judging. But before going further, we may 

 remark that in our opinion it should be an imperative 

 rule that all dogs should be led into the ring by keepers, 

 and by keepers only. A dog will show to much better 

 advantage in the hands of his master, and a well known 

 owner commands more attention than a uniformed at- 

 tendant. Therefore the dog that is led by an uninterest- 

 ed stranger is at a great disadvantage, and the frequent 

 passing by of splendid animals can generally be traced 

 to this cause. It is the more necessary, too, that this 

 reform should be adopted, that the exhibitors can hold 

 the. proper authorities to an account, and oblige them to 

 rectify such mistakes as occurred in the judging of class 



39, native English setter bitches, when Mr. Well's Dido 

 was taken from the ring without even a simple mention, 

 and the rejudging of the whole class had to be gone over 

 again. As it was, the fault was placed on one of the em- 

 ployes of the Committee, and the error at once properly 

 re tided, the bitch then receiving the third prize. But 

 if the owner had been exhibiting the dog in question, 

 and he also had mistaken the directions of the judges, he 

 would have had no redress, for it appears that the keeper, 

 in the din of the barking and howling, did not hear 

 thai he was to move the dog to the further side of the in- 

 clo-tire, but carelessly withdrew her from the ring. 



This was not- the only class that had to be rejudged, 

 as a protest was entered by several of the largest ex- 

 hibitors to the awards given "in Classes 19. 20,28, 32,33, 

 31 and 40. After talking the matter over, the Board of 

 Appeals entertained only the 



40, in which Mr. John Davids.) 

 dog, had received the first prtz 

 • logs were ordered back into tht 



ot rejudging a very bad one. an 



by those who do not desil 



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THE HEW YORK DOG SHOW 



SINCE the institution of dog shows at Newcastle, 

 England, in 1858, up to the present time, there has 

 never passed in review such a splendid lot of sporting 

 dogs as that exhibited during the three days of the bench 

 show of last week. This fact was universally acknowl- 

 edged by all the American critics present, and heartily 

 indorsed by both of the visiting English judges, who said 

 that even iu their own countiy no such sight had ever 

 been witnessed. The non-sporting classes were also above 

 the usual average of similar exhibits, and with two or 

 three exceptions showed plainly the advance made since 

 the initial shows in 1877. Almost all the old leading 

 breeding kennels, that are scattered over the length and 

 breath of the land, had entered their typical representa- 

 tives, and iu many cases their owners accompanied their 

 favorites to insure their being shown to the fees 



aee before the eyes of the judges, Many or the crack 

 u. i,u.cj nuuiu remain tue samu a s e UBlu J , . J , , , ,.,. ,.•,,_ 



hanged, P,uG these associations I dogs however, were not m bench show condition, tne 



protest applying to Class 

 n's Byron, a red and white 

 nd the red Irish setter 

 g. Admitting the er- 

 we consider the precedent 

 and it should be discouraged 

 see our shows turned into 

 rdens. just because Mr. Jones or Mr. Robinson 

 thinks that he is aggrieved. Believing this to be a very 

 important matter of consideration for managers of future 

 shows, and wishing to place before our readers in as simple 

 a manner as possible the rulings on which the two above 

 named classes were rejudged, we cannot point out the 

 difference in a clearer way than by first introducing Rule 

 10 of the show, which is supposed to govern both cases : 

 •■The decision of the judges will be final in all cases, ex- 

 cept where mistake, fraud, misrepresentation or collusion 

 can be. shown ; in any such case the committee of appeal 

 nmsi decide all questions, except those of merit, and 

 the dog may be rejudged." 



It will thus be seen that there was just ground for re- 

 judging Class 29, because one of the dogs had been taken 

 from the ring by a mistake of an attendant ; but we 

 utterly fail to see upon what sufficient grounds Class 40 

 was rejudged, as Rule 10 plainly states that the decision 

 of the judges shall be final, and they alone to decied 

 upon the. merits of each entry. That they did decide and 

 award Mr. Davidson's dog the first prize is on record, and 

 they should have adhered to it. Therefore, the rejudging 

 of this class was a very weak performance, and the 

 creating of an extra first prize for Mr, Davidson's entry 

 inconsistent. 



As we have already stated, the general arrangements 

 were excellent, but the blot on the show was the admis- 

 sion of many mangy animals, and the neglect to have a 

 proper veterinary inspection of each animal as it was 

 presented for admission. We believe with Stonehenge 

 that as large sums of money are annually spent in rear- 

 ing and feeding dogs with the express purpose of exhibit- 

 ing them, it may be admitted with argument that it 

 is desirable to conduct these shows in a way most likely 

 to give satisfaction to their supporters. This is not done 

 if careful and competent owners are to have their stock 

 exposed to a disease that is contagious. We know of 

 several of the most noted breeders in the countiy who re- 

 fuse to make their entries solely on this account. 



That much dissatisfaction was expressed at the judging 

 has now been heralded through the land. But we can 

 only reiterate what we have already written on the sub- 

 ject. 



It is to be presumed that every one that places his ani- 

 mal in a bench show, or runs him in a field trial, is aware 

 that the dog is intended for competition, and that there 

 are to be judges to pass on his merits and failings. That 

 the exhibitor should know the names of the judges is of 

 paramount importance. Once knowing their names, he 

 can determine for himself whether they are fitted for the 

 position or not, and whether they will be perfectly un- 

 biassed iu their decisions. If he resolves that they are 



