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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 22, 1880. 



BLUEFISHING AT LONG BRANCH. 



Editor Forest and Stream :— 



You like to hear of your subscribers having a day of 

 n:il genuine sport, bo it occurred to nip your readers 

 would like as well to know where they can find just 

 such a place and have just such a time as I have men- 

 tioned, within fifty mileB of New York. 



On last Friday 1 received a note from my old friend, 

 Arthur L. S., stating : " Buy a bass rod, reel and line, and 

 come with me to Long Branch. I can give you the best 

 sport you ever had." Knowing so well that Arthur 

 knew what sport was, I proceeded to Abbey & Imbrie's, 

 on Maiden Lane, procured what he had written me, and 

 at 3:30 p.m. I was on the train bound for Long Branch 

 with Arthur. Thence we drove to Seabright, engaged 

 Jack, "the best fisherman on the water," bought a. 

 bushel of moss bunkers of doubtful odor, and. with the 

 thermometer at 90 degs., we went over to the beach. 

 Our boat was safely launched through the breakers, sail 

 was raised, and a light breeze carried us out fire miles 

 from shore. Our anchor was out, and then the work 

 commenced. Jack began to chop our odoriferous moss 

 bunkers and to throw the pieces overboard, first on one 

 side of the boat and then on the other, a process which 

 is called "charming." We sat under the boiling sun for 

 live minutes, with twenty yards of line floating away 

 with the tide, and, at the end of the line, to which was 

 attached a foot or so of wire, a large hook baited with a 

 piece of moss bunker. I saw Arthur's rod bend almost 

 to the water, Turning to me he said, " John, I believe 

 I have got -a whale." The fi8h ran straight away, reached 

 the end of the line up in the air, and jumped and shook 

 his head, but his efforts failed ; and as he was being 

 dragged to the side of the boat with the reel he strug- 

 gled in almost every conceivable way. I had forgotten 

 all about my hook, but just then my rod commenced to 

 leave me as though I had thrown the line looped over 

 the smokestack of an engine. Having braced the end of 

 my rod under my seat, I tugged away, when Arthur 

 said, "Give him line or he will break your rod." He 

 took the line and away they went, until at last be was 

 checked, and, as he was being pulled up slowly to the 

 side of the boat, I could see him swimming around and 

 around in the water. After he was landed, I realized 

 how very tired I was. The fellow weighed ten pounds. 



When we had caught about twenty-five, all over six 

 pounds, Jack said : "You will catch no more to-day; 

 the blue sharks are around us." Sure enough, those big 

 fellows, eight to ten feet long, were swimming about 

 our boat, and occasionally they would make a dive for 

 one of our large pieces of moss bunkers. It was not a 

 pleasant sight, and because I stated that no man-eaters 

 came in these waters, my companions attacked me with 

 great ferocity and suggested that I jump overboard and 

 try it ; not, how T ever, caring to prove mv statement, I 

 v drained. Still the fish did bite, and we landed forty- 

 tvo, or, as Jack said, "about three hundred weight." 

 Arthur caught an eight pound bonito, and at last hooked 

 a shark. The struggle waB terrible to me. Again it 

 seemed as though his rod must go. Perspiration and 

 blank dismay commingled were on his face, and after 

 twenty minutes the fish was dragged to the side of the 

 boat, his head was chopped half off, and he disap- 

 peared beneath the waves. This was not the large va- 

 riety shark, but was a huge one of the dog fish order. 

 To make it worse, I had [a large fish on at the time, 

 and our lines were in great danger of being mixed up 

 and broken, but both were landed. It was just half past 

 twelve then, and abeing thoroughly broken down,we con- 

 cluded to stop for the day, and pulled for the shore. 

 On our way Jack asked leave to sell our surplus fish, 

 which we granted. We sold thirty to the picnickers on 

 the "Fletcher," who. no doubt took them home and 

 talked long about the great sport, they had bad. 



Arriving on shcre we jumped into our wagon, gave 

 some of our large ones to Mr. Hugh Hastings, of the 

 Commercial, and to Mr. John McKesson, and then 

 wended our way home with the balance, having had the 

 best day's sport for a long time with the mutual deter- 

 mination to go soon again. 



The fish were blueiish. J, L. L. 



Hew York, July 10th. 



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Blukfishing at Martha's Vineyard.— Reports from 

 the famous fishing grounds of Martha's Vineyard give 

 glowing accounts of the sport to be had there "with the 

 blueflsh and other varieties. See the advertisement 

 elsewhere of the Norton House. 



TROuiwG.—Hovnellsville, July 11th.— As Mr. Van 

 Dyke suggests a "Blood Snuffers' " corner, the following 

 will be an appropriate item for it :— 



A party of four gentlemen of this place lately returned 

 from fine Creek, Pa„ with 1.000 brook trout; the lot 

 weighed less than forty pounds. A little calculation will 

 show that the fish weighed less than three-cpjarters of an 

 ounce apiece. Do you not think an eight inch law or a 

 lunatic asylum would be good for such "Blood Snuff- 



er* ?" 



John, 



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New Jersey— Riverside Home, Forked River July 

 1 fill,— Large quantities of blueiish now in the bay running 

 from one lb two pounds. Weak fishing also 'continues 

 good, thirty-hve to seventy-five being the average catch 

 per boat. Were it not for the net-fishing, which is openly 

 carried on regardless of all law. we would have fine 

 sheepshead fishing, as it is not unusual for the net men 

 to take fifty or more at a haul, and what they do not 

 Caleb are frightened olf. 



Late arrivals at the Riverside House include Mr and 

 Mrs. D. W, Lee. Mr, and Mrs. A. U. Maver. South 

 Orange, N.J. Mr. and Mrs. 13. D, Acker. Jr.. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Henry Thompson and familv. Messrs. R. II. Spear 

 Jas. M. Edgar, Jr., N. L. Tunis." Chas. S. Farley, Chae! 

 C, Jaclard, all of New York, who spend most "of their 

 time on the bay fishing, etc., the ladies en joying the 

 sport ami catching as many iit-b !ts (|, H gentlemen 



^ A. U. 



Wisconsin Black nkm^-Janesville, Wis., July vth 

 -I have been reading the articles from .1, A. Henshall on 



black bass and 1 must, say he knows what he is writing 

 about. 1 think the black baas baB got mure game in him 

 than any other fish that swims in Western waters 1 don't 

 know anything about the East. 



Rock River has her shareiof black bass, also wall-eyed 

 pike and pickerel. On July 10th, a small boy fourteen 

 years old caught with a fly a black bass weighing four 

 pounds ; he had a hard fight as the water was very rapid 

 and the bank very steep, but the little fellow was game 

 like the lish, and "finally landed him. 



Last week, Wednesday, a party of nine gentlemen went 

 up the river about ten miles in the little steamer Bower 

 City Bell and caught a large washtub full of black bass, 

 pike and pickerel. They had a splendid time. C, C. 



Better Than Doctor's Bills.— New York, Jala \Wi 

 — I have made a clear cash profit this summer of $113, 

 and I don't mind imparting the secret to your readers. 

 Last July (1870) I was taken sick, probably from over- 

 work, with this result : — 



Twelve visits from doctor 8 24 .IX) 



Medicines „ S.S0 



Three weeks abod— lost, time 150.00 



Total... S183.50 



Result : Felt weak and nervous for a month afterward. 

 This year I "grabbed" time by the forelock, and in 



•June went fishing to the Rangeley Lakes (Uinbagog) at 



this expense : — 



Railroad nnd buggy fare— both ways $20 . 00 



Two weeks' expenses in thelwoods 49.50 



Total $4J9.50 



Figuring thus : — 



Sick man's expenses - - $182.60 



Healthy man's expenses 69.50 



Netproflt 8113.00 



Result : Lots of fun, immense appetite, splendid 

 health, and ready for oceans of business. 



Moral : Get your medicines at the fountain head. 



K. C. 



St. CLAIR Flats Bass Fishino.— Detroit, Mich., July 

 12th.— My firet visit this year to St. Glair Flata was made 

 last week, Thursday and Friday. Found fishing just 

 fairly started. A friend from Ohio, Mr. E. J. Fairfield, 

 and myself took seventeen bass running from one pound 

 to five and a quarter pounds in weight, some six or eight 

 pike, from two and a half to nine pounds, a half a dozen 

 pickerel, or "wall-eyed pike" as they call them here, 

 and five or six perch, the hitter as large as I ever saw, 

 certainly not less than a pound each. In all we got 

 about seventy pounds. Friday's sport was cut short by 

 a fearful storm, which drove us in before 4 o'clock. .Some 

 very fine maskalonge have been taken in Baltimore Bay, 

 in the flats, this year, but we were not lucky enough to 

 strike any. The best time for bass will now soon be 

 here, say from the middle or latter part of August to the 

 close of the season, and there is room for a thousand 

 rods. Mr. T. P. Wallace, one. of your old subscribers by 

 the way, of Marion, Ohio, paid the fiats a first visit and 

 expressed himself satisfied with his success. Next time 

 I am able to go out, I hope to send 3-011 an account of 

 such fishing as shall make, you wish you were " thar." 



UNO. 



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Rioe Laeh, — Port Hope, out.. JidyMh.— Maskalonge 



and bass fishing, which ordinarily commences on May 

 16th, did not begin at Rice Lake until May 24th. Troll- 

 ing for maskalonge was good up to a couple of weeks 

 ago, since when very few" have been caught. Although 

 a great many yellow or mud bass were caught in the 

 early part of the season, the black bass did not begin to 

 bite well until about June 20th, There has been good 

 fishing since. Although very few ever try fly-fishing for 

 black bass upon this lake, still when attempted it is 

 generally successful. One gentleman caught twenty- 

 eight one afternoon, using abright red fly; another caught 

 fourteen, gouvg the short distance of three miles, four 

 weighing over four pounds each. There is a good hotel 

 at Gore's Landing, three miles from Harwood. kept by T. 

 Harris, board §1, boats 60 cents per day. It is the best 

 place on the lake for families, being well kept, clean and 

 quiet. There is a good hotel at Harwood, kept by W, 

 Garnet ; terms reasonable, I believe. Route, Norseman. 

 from Charlotte to Cobourg, train to Harwood. F. G. G. 



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— Address all communications to " Forest and Stream 

 Publishing Company, Netu York." 



—Dr. H. B. Wygant informs us that the pointer bitch 

 advertised by him last week was taken suddenly with 

 distemper and died last Saturday night, He wishes in 

 this way to reply to the numerous letters received by him 

 in response to his advertisement. 



Pointers in the Field. — Photographs of Mr. Tracy's 

 paintings of the St. Louis Kennel Club's pointers, Faust 

 and Bow, and Keswick and Jessamine, can be had at 

 the sportsmen's warehouse of Messrs. Schuyler & Duane, 

 189 Broadway, _ 



Death op Dido. — We are extremely sorry to announce 

 the death of Lido, the setter bitch owned by Mr. J. O. 

 Bonner, of this city, and recently purchased by him 

 from Mx. W. B. Weils, Jr., of Chatham, Ont. Dido was 

 sick only one week, and died July I'.ltli. 

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Canadian Kennel Cli u.— A meeting will be held in 

 the Rossdn House, at 8 o'clock on the evening of Wed- 

 nesday. Sept. 8th, with a view of establishing a ■■Cana- 

 dian Kennel Club " to act in harmony with the V 



American Kennel Club, and with the same objects in 



Ticks on Doas— Annapolis. Aid., July 12th.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream:— In your issue of June 24th I no- 

 ticed an article on "Conditioning fl gg f or s i mi! , 

 cock shooting, - ' in which you state" that the spot from 

 which a tick has been taken should be dressed "with 

 some mercurial preparation." 1 have had my dogs out 

 for exercise daily, and for the last two months have 

 every day taken ticks from them. I have used no 

 dressing of any kind on the spots from which they have 

 been taken, and no dressing has been needed. " Ticks 

 should be removed gently by twisting them around. 

 What is the object of the mercurial ointment? If the 

 tick is removed the same day on which it fastens to the 

 dog I do not believe, it can deposit any eggs. I have seen 

 neglected hounds with sores containing ticks or grubs of 

 some kind, but they were not well cared for animals. 



R. W. H. 



The object of the mercurial ointment is to effectually 

 destroy any ova that may have been deposited. Your 

 negative experience does not destroy the positive exper- 

 ience of others ; of course, the more immediate tho re- 

 moval the less danger and the less need of any application 

 as an antidote. We have simply given you a good anti- 

 dote when required. _ 



Irish Setters.— Neio York, July 20th.— Editor Forest 

 and Stream: — I suppose there never was a dog show — in 

 this country, at least — where some of the exhibitors were 

 not disappointed. The fact is, there are a great many 

 who, having read "Stonehenge," think they are not only 

 able to judge, but that they own the best dog. If the 

 judge's opinion don't coincide with theirs, the judge 

 must be at fault. We have had the best of English 

 judges here, gentlemen who know as much, if not more, 

 about dogs (especially setters and pointers) than "Stone- 

 henge." With this "class of judges he is not an "au- 

 thority." 



According to Mr. Dalziel's letter to the Livestock Jour- 

 nal, the protest in class 40 was made simply because Mr. 

 Davidson's dog had white on. I venture to say that no 

 Irish judge would have considered that a bar to his win- 

 ning. I have a letter from an Irish gentleman, who was 

 a judge at several Irish shows last year, and who is a 

 large breeder of Irish dogs himself, in which he says : 

 "White is not considered a fault in Ireland, whatever it 

 handsomest, best and purest 



white on toes." Champion 



red, with white on face, which 



type of the Irish setter." 



Bauble.— LonvjnsUte, Ky., July is/7i.— Editor Forest 

 nnd stream: -1 thank you for notice of the hounds, which 

 was incorrect in one particular, through a neglect of 

 mine, to inform you that Bauble will not: be shi] 

 she is bred. Abigail was the bitch you saw, and not 

 mentioned. She is by The Grove Reveller ex The Grove 

 Arrogant, running back on sire's side to Mr, Mcvnell's 

 Gamestress. 17*11. an ,l through dam to Mr. MeynelFs 

 1780. The present importation is for" "Tho 

 Crystal Spring l'ack." Waverly, Teun., Mr. A. M, \\ ad- 

 dell, master. Harry Bishop. 



may be in America. Tl: 

 Irish dogs I ever saw had 

 on face, spot on chest,, 



Ealmerston is a rich ehenrj 

 his owner says is "the t 



Why, sir, at the show I had one man tell me that my 

 dog had English blood in him because he had white on 

 his chest ; there was DO doubt about it. When I assured 

 him that the dog was as pure Irish as any in the world, 

 he looked as if he pitied my ignorance. This is the idea 

 that some people get from the "protest"— that a dog to 

 be pure Irish must be all red. Any candid man will ad- 

 mit that Irish breeders ought to know something of Irish 

 dogs. The Irish classes here are always large. At the 

 next show let us have an Irish judge, unhampered by 

 rules laid down by one who perhaps never bred an Irish 

 setter iti his life. _ LO. 



Toronto Doa Snow. — This bench show will be held 

 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept, 8th, 9th and 

 10th, during the annual exhibition of the Industrial Ex- 

 hibition Association of Toronto, at the new Exhibition 

 Park, Toronto, Canada, and judging from the prominent 

 and well-known names connected with the management, 

 promises to be a well conducted affair, The following is 

 the list of officers : President. F. W. Jarvis Esq,. Sheriff, 

 County of York ; Vice-Presidents, His Worship, the 

 Mayor of Toronto, and Christopher Robinson, Esq.: Q. C. 

 Committee : Messrs. A. R. Boswell, C. A. Brough, W. 

 LI. Doei. F. 0. Draper (Chief of Police), Geo. Oooderham, 

 J i\ Hi Hmuth, Stephen Seward, J. Maughan, Jr., John 

 Masse}-, R, Tinning, Jr., James Watson and Lieut, Col. 

 Otter". Honorary Secretary, A. D. Stewart, Esq. Offi- 

 cers Industrial Exhibition Association: President, J. J. 

 Withrow, Esq.; First Vice-President, \V. F. MoMajater, 

 Esq.; Second Vice-President, Win, Rennie : Treasurer, 

 James McGee. Esq.: Secretary, H. J. Hill, Esq. 



Premium List of Thirty-two Classes. — Classes 1 to 4, 

 mastiffs, St, Bernards, Newfoundlands and greyhounds, 

 for best dog or bitch, $10. For second best dog or bitch, 

 $3, each class. Classes 6 and G, pointers, dogs and 

 bitohes ; for best dog and best bitch, $10 ; for second 

 best, $5. Class 7, pointer puppies ; for best dog or bitch, 

 $7 ; for second best, 81. Classes 8, 9 and 10, Irish set- 

 ters, same as pointers. Classes 11,13 and 1 H, black and tun 

 setters, same as pointers. Classes 14, 15 and 16, English 

 setters, same as pointers. Glasses 17 to 111, Clumber and 

 Sussex spaniels, water spaniels, spaniels (other breeds), 

 retrievers, foxhounds, fox terrier dogs, fox terrier 

 bitches, colleys, bulldogs, bull terriers, sky.;, Bedlmgton 

 and Dandie LUmnont terriers, rough coated terriers, other 

 than Yorkshire ; pugs, black and tan terriers, toys (any 

 breed, five pounds and under) ; for best dog or bitch, .87 ; 

 tat second best, §4. Glass 32. miscellaneous ; for best 

 dog or bitch, $7 ; for second best, $5 ; tor third class, $8. 

 Special prizes : For best dog or bitch (sporting < I ■ 

 show, silver medal, value 8211; same lor non-sporting 

 class. 



The Great Western, Grand Trunk, Northern, Credit 

 Valley, Midland, Canada Southern, Erie, New York 

 Central and other railways will carry dogs tree, if ac- 

 companied by a , -a re-taker. 



Entries close on Aug. 21st, 1880. Forms sent on appli- 

 cation to II. J. Hill, Esq., Toronto, Canada. 



A Wholesale Litter.— Joseph Meyer's livery stable 



at 02 George street, Cincinnati, Obi., was the scene a 



o of 3 canine phenomenon, unequaled in the 



annals of doggy matters. Here is what tho Cincinnati 



Eiiijiu'rer man has to say about it : — 



Arriving at Mr. Meyer's.a crowd of curious, gaping meu 

 an, I boys was found surroundinga handsome brown-and- 



., ', i pointer which lay upon a pile of sawdust 



and shavings in the b Clambering all 



,i ce a squirming lot of little pups, 



ely anxious to get the first chance at supper, 



for there were entirely twiiuiriy of tliein for all to get in 



at the first table. There were pups as black as I 



spades ; pupa with whiie-tippeu ears ; spotted pupfl and 



