112 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



tSffln*. '?, 1(383 



ng during a calm, v 

 called up at 3 A. M., t 

 fish called thrashers 



ided \ 



irashc 

 treat i 



spr 



nflioted upon him tl 

 tails, the sound of which 

 liicil a1 a distance. The 

 distressed whale, atabl 

 on all sides and 



vnto 



led, 'when tl 

 d him was dyed v 

 tormenting him a 

 •euo doubt they 



she was ( 

 most to i 



(I hole in 



eta, righ 

 been a ti 



3 Helrides, ad hands 



ttte between several 

 and some sword fish 



i:i I heir turn attacked the 

 >ui below, and thus beset 

 ie poor creature appealed. 

 ith blood. In this manner 

 id wouuding him for many 

 in the end completed his 



i Frank Unci; land by Mr. 



erve out the whales. The 

 Ie Once got under our vessel 

 ith.se 1 lira. hers, and when 

 ..■...« .i n.pe nverl .1, al 



half. 



id 



-I 



wi 



.shing of her the sea was just like 

 seen I lev ore thrashers tiv out of the water : 

 mast head and down upon the. whale, while He 

 n-prioking of 'im up from unde.rneatli There 

 of 'em, one up and one under, and I think the ' 



thev had 



I have 



(h as the 



dlh.li was 



a the po 



,vh:, 



i dont leat 



up 



s they 



and the bound the pa 



their penn'orth out oi im 



doe? it. Whether Master Whale has ol 



its hard to tell. If they eats hiin they n 



our of hnn, hut [ don't think they like t 



gagemeutoiT the Staples: it was all twi 



was at it. 1 don't think they leaves him till they kills hi 



F.g.-de puts on record the belief of Danish explorers of the 

 last, century! 



"The xw',>ril!i<h who is die. Whales greatest Enemy; and 

 when he kills one eats nothing but his Tongue, leaving the 

 rest to the Shark, Walrus an. 1 Birds 0* I'rcy."(:il) 



The i.-Lst quotation is especially Important; -.inert it shows 

 how ihe swordlish and the killer-whale, have been confused, 

 it is still held, on good authority, that the killers eat the 

 tongues of their victims. 



At a meeting of the Boston Society of Natural History in 

 isiy, in re.pl v to a question of Dr. .1. fi. S. Jackson about the 

 thrasher or"swingte-tail shark recent iv exhibited in Boston, 

 Captain At wood said that they were abundant at Province- 

 town, i hough not so common as the mackerel-shark. He also 

 observed that he placed uo confidence whatever in the stories 

 current of attacks on the whales by the thrasher, believing 

 i hi., ... be quite harmlessaud unable to hurt a dolphin. The 

 storv very likely arose from some peculiar movements made 

 by the hump-banked whale. Swordlish, he believed, might 

 attack a whale and kill him. from what he had seen of the 

 force of their thrusts into the bottom of vessels, though he 

 has no evidence that they ever do attack them, lie was not 

 aware, either, that the thrasher ever uses his tail for offensive 



pc 

 tout 



"Ma 



Ma 



of the habits oft 



"In their wan 



ithorroqualto ' 



„ res the 

 1's views, speaking 



f the I'aeilic: 



ieted more than 

 and 'finning.' in the 

 in ii :.^ a son tuey are noteu ror tuoir amorous autics. At 

 sneh times their earessiugs are of the most a musing and novel 

 character, and these performances have doubtless given rise 

 t" the fabulous tales of the s.vordlish and thrasher attacking 

 whales. When lying by the side of each other the Megap- 

 terax frequently administer alternate blows with their long 

 fins, which lovepats may, on a still day, be heard at a distance 

 of miles. They also rub each other with these same huge 

 and flexible arms, rolling occasionally from side to side, and 

 indulging iu other gambols which can easier be imagined 

 than described." 



[TO BE CONTINUED.] 



BLACK BASS CULTURE IN OHIO. 



AS you had a report of the building of a half acre pond by 

 the Chagrin Kails Fish and Game Club last fall, for the 

 purpose of propagating small-mouth black bass, your readers 

 may be interested iu knowmg the result. 



iss, weighing from two to three 

 •ere brought eighteen miles in a 

 considerably the worse for wear 

 aeir tails anti fins being badlv 

 much all *ashed off of them. 

 J the effects of that great enemy 

 May our pond became thickly 

 covered with alga, and we feared that our experiment was a 

 total failure, but iu about a mouth the alga all disappeared 

 and our bass could be seen occasionally making a dash for 



n October we placed s 

 pounds, in the pond. They 

 tank in a wagon, and were 

 when deposited in the pond 

 split ana the slime pretty 

 Within a week two died, fn 

 of the fish tribe, fu 



success, and our pond now contains 

 one to two inches long, and as healthy and lively as could be 

 desired. We, yesterday, caught over three hundred of the 

 little fishes with a net around the herders of the pond and 

 placed them in streams not previously stocked, and we shall 

 this week draw down the pond and scoop the young lisn from 

 a low place or "kettle" left lor that purpose, and go on with 

 our stocking operations. Our pond IS on a small brook and is 

 vory uupretentious, but answers all purposes. 



The carp in our pond, which is about the same size as our 

 bass pond, are doing very finely, and wo have specimens a 



attack made by 



tale was of the 

 Ibree times the 

 -li lasted for an 

 c old whale and 

 : to the bottom, 



5 lanced, cm with lioul spades, they took the 

 from their human captors and hauled them u 

 ;ht."— <C. M. Scammon, Marino Mammals, p. 89). 

 I Soc, Nat, Hist. vol. x, 1804-'6U, p. 82, 



year old which will weigh nearly two pounds, and which are 

 fourteen inches Jong. 

 I wish to urge upon the angling fraternity the advantage 



I I A 



.). .1. Stiiaxuian. 



ii the 

 their 



ton. 

 CnAi 



EARLY AMERICAN IT.SUCULTURE.r-A friend sends as 



the following headed ■■( Jrowim: Fish.- from the .Newport lit. 



fair was a lot of brooktrout) artificially bred by Dra Garlic* 



and Aeklev, whose labors in this line we have heretofore 

 ootioed. fhey showed several brooks ,,f tish. in different 

 stages of growth, and have demonstrated that it i- just as easy 

 to grow fish us it is fowls, or any other description oMood." " 



§tte gennel 



FIXTURES. 



January », m, and ll, 1B83.— JHeriiiei 



Show. Meriil.-ii. (.'on" Joshua Hhnte. -.-.re 

 Merideu. Conn 



. 6RTOH SHOWS. 



i I'.iiihrv Soeitilv'K 

 ■i.s I, a the I;, c, I, 

 f.-r March I. 1883. 

 at. nt. I. Ii. bliiy- 



:s Club Field Trials on Quail, IV 



Derby close July I. For the All- 

 her I 1 X. Hall. I', o. Ilux ssi. 



Orleans, La, Kntri 



mid American Kennel Club Fielt 

 ,ii. D. Brvson. Meni],' 

 ■ iirleans t.mi Chili Field Hulls , 

 .,- December 11. J. K. Renaud, 

 s for Ihe Club Cup clo ~ 



.her 



THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN TRIALS. 



The inaugural prairie chicken tri 

 can Kennel Club opened under in 

 ditions, and so far they may be pi 



Fairmont is situated amid me 

 The couutrv is a high rolling pre 

 there with'lnanv beautiful lakes. 



abuudiin, 



The resides 

 for the entei 

 feeling of sat 

 sportsmen. '. 

 well-known 

 many llrst-c 



ii.; 



B. E. 



ie Bast aiud the & 

 lortsincn; and at 

 3 held workers. 



i had made all needed preparations 

 f their guests, and there is a general 

 th tho arrangements among visiting 

 ith are well represented by 

 >ng the competing dogs are 



and 0. C. 



Many ay 



residents i 



of vehicle; 



ing, visitors and 

 n a groat variety 



MONDAY'S I'.UXNl.Vli. 

 iving for the Derby Stakes took plai 

 loruing and resulted as follows: 



at E o'clock 

 st Sportsman's 



W. ii. Mnllory's rink B. CGla* 



Decker:. Seutl .koh Flash). 

 .I..s»p'i II Dew's American Da 



Josejihine i Knox's fluke -limner's 



itone— Countess Key) against A.M. 



ii (Lincoln -Dawy Dean) agaiust Br. 



Elmo-Clio). 



• Ruffian— Flight) against D. McK. 



-N-lliel. 



t X.i hi. --Nellie) against J. Palmer 

 1 1'rau ie Job— Prairie Queen) against. 



Lul 



eMoi 



Elsa beat Pi. . 



i-n.icaro' heat J . . 



Pnjjs Ii. beat Soott. 



The birds were not very plenty, and the running generally 

 was poor. Tuesday opened with good weather and a breeze. 

 Birds still scarce. The result of the running Tuesday is given 

 in the following: 



.S'ui 



.:,!/. 



can Dan boat St. Elmo IV. 

 ieb heat Count Dad. 



rh-.-U Aoir. withdrawn 



ii. Wo.vueh heat Fuank (withdrawn). 



This ended the fir, 

 far as completed Til 



nty-eight entries for the Freo-for-All Slake! 



-Jaunty) against Col. W. 

 :iinst R. T. Vandcwai-d's 

 [Charm I'earl) against 

 'eru Xorai against H. B. 

 -Kovioe) against 'W. Tall- 

 ir .Ciarnet— Jill) against 

 1 against J. ,1. Snellen- 

 ■ruella) ogaiusi .1. s. Me- 



sa Peitrl against R. T. trahnaryouH's 



where otherwise designated. 

 ie to-day (Tuesday). 



FAinsioxT. Minn.. Sept. ft - 1 P. B. 

 ri--s of the Derby was continued to-day. 

 .ere is a large gathering of spectator. 



, foil,, 



. he p.. 



M-ies. Fiul; B. and Prince 



aftorwa 

 He is a < 

 heel" ai 



DO DOCS DREAM? 



i ask this question from a circumstance which 



r my personal ole'icitiou. While out in t e 



dog I u li ie. :l a number 



•ks in a held adjoin!,. ; tie- road, Merely to give 



,,i. i im ■■,,:,.: ' I-, : . |. ,■ m 

 ititifullv. and stood two birds i'ullv thirty feet 

 aseii 



sito 



h 1 lightly h • 



"i frisears. 





. to" Iropto 







■.-. but on this 



occasion he 





■■■serve, and 





tore-inner 



: had bj this 1 



hue U'come 





- ■ 





' 





slowly and 









, id 





d tor mercy. 



•cad; 



.ody 

 ant! 

 nary 



04 had' lie 



at hi 



'idn 



in : so work...; on his 

 and, as -t .nait.-r 



timed he had fo 



,int it. 



on arises: Do dogs .lien. or i can see no 

 ild not. Thev are •: ruinh tic most 



higldy organizeM anirhals of tho bru 

 some of the close observors of dogs 

 point; 



[Most certainly ilo;,-s do dream, We 

 stances as that related by bin oorri | 

 like phenomena have come under the 





i. Will not 



>inion on this 



C. II. A. 





l of u'h'-rs. | 



SOME OBSERVATIONS RESPECTING SETTERS. 



J WISH t I'oralVvv remarks. ;!.:• rouit oi oi v oivu obser- 



I vation and reflection, upon certain 'points' "' - 

 pociaUy English. I'hev n,..\ -,-.-,„ ,,i -h^i.t .mportauce. but I 



hope thev may contribute hi son egree to thi d velopment 



. - v discus- 

 sions, aa it seems to me we have had about enough of the 

 cocker que--:. - and Irish 



setters. The writers on these topies, it appearsto me, dealtoo 

 much iu generalities, v. L.-n they da hot gel UitQ peraonalitiss. 

 ■ f, Hawing On certain details of 

 the make-up cd the leading it ourhench shows. 



l. TottHkad.— An ideals quite pre 

 men that all --r-v, -i ,1 :. 



intelligence, tho tht 

 some very impoita 

 taineil within this 



I hi uk there is 

 whole notion 

 nosed poiutei , 

 black roof to his 



■ ana: 

 nents. 

 Mere 



sibly 



lielu.i"!il of 

 ipment of it 

 Sut I do not. 

 .roo.ihlv the 



> for double- 

 t has not a 



So far as English Setters are concerne 



!. the Ceeogfiizad 



authorities do not give much a 



to the '"gable- 



roofed" head. StDueheugi 



- without 



tho occipital prominence so ol . 



c of tho pointer. 



while the Irish setter has it wei) ■ 



1. My impresaibn 



is he requires the Gordon settarto 



itiallv to 



the l-3n-li.-h rviie in i h:-. re<o'i t. '.ut 1 .-ini v. 



bhoutthe 





hauktttl that this 



high-peaked head (which I never liked, alt 



lough 1 h. 



it on some admin,-- essential 



to the pe 



of >nv fav 



v it should be re- 



quired of the Irish setter, in whom I am Ie 



5ted. AU 



the "points of these dogs should have som 



•r,.lat -a either to 



utilityin the held or to beauty in the eyes 



jfan art. 





head I have been 



considering can eontrJbfil 



■■■■-.. 



Moreover, what reason can 



good head for ono 



kind of setters should not :il-, i„ 



id ■■ Why 





ble to all dogs so 



nearly related? 





-.'. The Coat.— On this a i 



sing obliged to dif- 



fcr from "the authorities. L.N 



the coat of tho 



English setter should be of the torture i 



f "lloss silk." My 



impression is Stonehenge and some othe 



■ ■ . 



stautiallv the same thing. So 1 should nru 



venture ro oppose 



niv opinion to theirs unless 1 c 







■ 



nea^us^beeu r 



red the 



correct thing for a fox-hound to h ,>■ a -. 



: not that 



it i-a bad thin,' in iu.-lt. hut because it u 



a certain 



delicacy of constitution, oppoRSd 1 



which is 



; 



mu"irftt l 'seVterroaybe%aJM™to 



It should be loi 



those who hi 



animals of in 

 to avoid a re 

 blooded set t< 

 quite suggesl 

 in thjs class 



■ 

 r call the. 

 doubtless 



