Sftt. 14. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



133 



ii'i-i::- At this point is fastened a square 

 v. ide .1- the bowsprit. In the middle of tlii 

 . two inches square and cxten led three or i 

 into the wood, Eonnfing a socket £6r an up* 

 1 1 1 ■ i ■ ■ ■ - square rad I lirae i high At the 



the w'usl'o't .!,'' har'p.."i'.'.. lb,- .'oVoVVo'c 

 l'iii.'.] i.v ., ,|i-t'i ■ -.-.., ,; ,-: I 



bow-Jron are hole* throuKh .vhioh aw pas! 

 t,ln- dart when ii. .i in .i-.-. Through tin 



wuin'i iiii> — . ; i :■■■:• ■-. V, w'n; ■ 



li- ii.-.>... ;i,',- harp... .n-r when not 



not i] the .i in la lashed in i borteonti 



top "i i be ''r< -i ' Th- i.n is nsually allot 



tKe |lbstay, to whirl, i. ,-..-.-, u-.-.l h\ oissj,, 



ofropi irranged f..r il..-„urposo. i , ih 



sprit .at the base of the r, .-/. is a pl.-utorin .. 

 feel square, large enough to afford b ttrm 

 harp i i! i line is coiled upoi 



vessel, the buoj Qsualh resting upaa the 1: 

 at hand \ sec m>l ha.'-p 

 Becond harpoon, is coiled upon the 



tructure above described is usually 



iiv.1' ....I irifre iitlvti.e-pulpit''. Cap! 



1 was ana 

 him any derivation at ti.;s remarkable wo 



mi- thai, lir ll;i'l always Used this n.-iiuc l,i>c;ni 



oiasif i: on ■ ■■ : I.v that n 



hud never hoi linn • ■-. -i- Mil it so c.xci 

 own crew, who iia.l learned tbsword Ere 

 curious illustration oftlie arbitrary manner 

 arc accustomed to coin names for new arti. 

 ■■".•ialtcrmi 



valr 



plate 

 plate 



l i 



e been unable to learn when nnuhv whom thispeculiar 

 f. appratus was devised. 



NLH OF CAPTL-BK. 



Tli.- swordnah nev 



»r comes to the su 



ale. smooth weathe 





pi-.K'.-, ,1- i ■ 



; ground and crm 



wherever 6h i 



ui,-.- of small lis 



ought to be found. 



\ eg , Qs which ar 



asked whether am s 



\ ii'-d'isli have 1 



a iv thus obtained tli. 



-l.-l- .- e iuise i- at 



cality -where thevwc 



■ • is i noticed. 



Boned at the maftthai 



(!. wIiim-ii, with tb 



tice has given ).i i.. 



In- can easily des 



tins at ... distance oi 1 



WO or three mile-. 



been sighted the wart 



:li "sing- out," ant 



directly towards it. 



The skipper tai 



'|..il|.ii. holding the 



pole in both ha 



and directing the u 



an at il,.. wheal 



h.o, :•: -; ': 1 ■ 1 



• ii in. difficult} 



li-li will, e 





marked. . ! 





th.an. Th 





pinugil.. ,,. 





tears Nl • 





iheie wouldbenodit 



i. ..It., in hriuo-inj; 



spin directli ... ei bh 



ij-li. a skiUful Ii 



for this Wimuthel 





i-.--.-i it i 



10 lia'i'.. .■ i- .. 



bejng too ! 



I . . th.- 



face except iii moOer- 



;es hither and thither 

 i in.ii.-,ii..s thai they 

 ?. met are hailed and 

 t seen, and if tidings 

 once laid for the lo- 

 A. man is always star 



keen eye which prac- 

 rv thctell-tulo dor-al 



When atish has once 



3 then killed with 



can see nothing directtj n 

 peculiar local ion of the ey 

 n.-n in ; been approached' 

 managed dory. 



nd killed by 



a the deck by a 

 in the. shroud's.. 

 bat the sword tish 

 i account of the 

 stances of their 

 a in a skillfully 



!•: ROMANCE OF SWOUDFISHDfG. 



'ordfish is much more exciting than 

 ieuibles the banting of large animals 

 COS more of the nature of the chase, 

 ill baiting and patient waiting, and no 

 ■ the accidental capture of worthless 

 ne is seen and followed, and out- 

 nd killed bv strength of arm and 



upon the land, and parta 

 There is no slow and care 

 disappointment caused b 

 "hnit.-stcnler.,." The ga 

 willed liv wary tactics, 

 skill. TheswoVdrishi-a, 

 sends his pursuers' vessel into harbor leaking, and almost 

 inking, from injuries which he has inflicted. 1 have known 

 a vessel to be struck bv wounded swordfish as many as twenty 

 times in one season. There is even the spice of personal dan- 

 ger to give, savor to the chase, for the men are occasionally 

 injured by the infuriated fish, On j of Captain Ashby's crew 

 was severely wounded by a swordfish which thrust his beak 

 through the oak floor of a boat on which he was standing, and 

 penetrated about two inches in his naked heel. The strange 

 fascination draws men to this pursuit when they have, onue 

 learned its charm. An old sword lishennan, who has followed 

 the pursuit for twenty years, told me that when he was on the 

 cruising ground he fished all night, in his dreams, and that 

 many a time be has bruised his hands and rubbed the skin oil' 

 his k"nuokles bv striking thutn against the ceiling of his bunk 

 when he raised his arms to thrust the harpoon 'into visionary 

 monster swordflshes. 



A LANDSMAN'S description of swordfishinck 

 Mr, C. F. Holder, of Xew York, published in Fokest and 

 Stream, February 1 7, Hio(i, the, following description of a trip 

 aft i i- swordtish iii Work Island Sound 



ghl . 



"Lyb 

 ample time to prepar. 



farseU togethoi . hi eu 



a staucliion with a cur 

 on tin- extreme e^d c 

 ' "were out of sight of t li 

 informed that! could 

 the better I usud it On 

 few attempts to climb 

 sell aloft, with a lii'io 

 weather-e- 



of Wood's Holl, we 

 nd at three o'clock ii 

 ad, and. gathc 



id. 



'I'll.- 



=s"el . 



nl.; ii.-.-'nliii'.ii,- .'-'ii 

 1 theharpoonei-.'riLjL-.M-l 

 line o'clock we 



1 settlin-, I was 



reather-i 



Th 



of i 



Aft< 

 ast f foi 



id i 



the lookout, for 

 I was taking in 

 at the 



th.-T,'.. 



'id, whi 



tween a cluck ant. _ 

 '.that something had been sighted. The oJ 

 away, and 1 thou saw two dark forms wi 

 He . i ■ : watei m i Lon| 



captain signaled at once for me to com 

 ■ : I ne in., commence I, Th 

 "We were almost upon them, and as one o 

 if in idle curiosity, to see what the great 

 hurled a spear, and the next moment the hu 

 the -water and with a furious twist tried 

 ii-.. a. - . Sort thai it fell i 



israsb an 1 □ urn ut was si ill but it « 



pncU the line jumped into activity and r 

 Could not loll. .v.- ii, n.,w swa\ in- i.. and fn 

 water tlv like raju. About. 50 £ est ol hue li 

 |ls of ns managed t... get. a. fair hold o 



n, and as 1 

 waited until 

 a ttu-ned, as 

 v meant, he 



tempted to try our strensth. 

 jerked around in a more vivi 

 most sympathies. .Now the 



in is, when the fish perceptibly weal 

 to the right and left grew feebler a. 

 turedto haul in. At last we h ,.l tin 

 was rigged from the peak ana tt 



"We cruised all day in the vicinity, and su. 

 ring three more, varvin.- in li-rnrt.li from lit 

 e returned to Wood's Holl 1 felt that 1 had I 



O^ 



DESTROYING OLD FAVORITES. 



if the cares which ahorse or dog owner must at times 

 aanuamted with is to know wii.o to do with the old 



s. Tiny have ;;aiiicd upon our alb .1 i..ii- ,,,,. ,,..,.., 



n in the (in ,.,- hi,. •,., ,. have l,.ok,d upon tliem wit h 



■ . ;ii w, ,i|li, wit out estit.ialin..- (iieir value 



ra continued use ot their sen Lei s. 



ealo„.-i„d ovden-ecs we tiud their worn, detfreci- 



id wo :■ come reminded that , 



i to • 



■l.i 



[TO HE CONTtNtiKD.; 



TnE Dkittsuiik FiscnEREi Vkukin has be 

 vase, as a prize of honor bv the Kingof iSaxo 

 on the pollutioii of waters and 1 hen proven 



Pu» MetmeL 



FIXTURES. 



January !*, HI, ni 

 Show, .Meri.ten. ('•» 

 iM.-ri.ien. Conn. 



November IV Gastet 

 High Point. N. t '. Km 

 Aged an, I Members- s 



December*- Vaii..'... 



Deecmber 11— NewC 



bp:nch shows. 



& Western Pennsylvania Poultry Snei.-ty'. 

 oc rittshundi. 1'a. Kntries lor the |:.-.:.|; 

 li sellers wlielpe,! on or after March I. is-.-; 

 (•has. Lincoln. .Superintendent. 1 It st,.v- 



ember 11. .1. K. 



Drleans. l^i. Kntrirs lor die Chili I'np close tieeembei I, 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



A lai'ge number of communications remain unanswered 

 the absence of the editor of this department. Fending his re- 

 tain from die prairie chicken trials, we beg the indulgence of 

 numerous correspondents, 



THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN TRIALS. 



Iser.ci.u.s i.i roursT ami sthk.\m.| 



FuilMciNT, Minn., Sept . 8, I s -:. 

 Following is -uniuuiii ul the conclusion of the Derby run- 

 ning: 



roi'.W/i .V,.,a.s. 

 t'lincc Noble beat Fink 15.. and won first prize, Chevalier 

 being withdraw a. I'iuk B. won second prize. 

 l-'ifih .Series-. 

 American Dan beat Scott; Gilderm a bye, 



Sijlli .s, ,„ s. 

 American Dan beat Gildcroy and won third prize. 



Seventh Seriea, 

 Gilderoy, St. Elmo IV. and Scott divided fourth prize. 

 This ends the Derby. 



ALL-AGED STAKES. 



First Series. 



Sue beat Countess Draid. 



Frank H. beat Broker. 



Adams' Bessie beat Kirmikimek. 



Maxim boat Bodine (withdrawn). 



Jess and Christmas Bell were ordered up to 

 they have a chance to win. 



Prairie Range beat Shadow. 



Count Noble beat London. 



Dashing Novice beat Foreman. 



Meteor beat Pride. 



Gertrude beat May Laverack (withdrawn). 



Biz beat Clemantine D. 



Rock beat Maida. 



Donner's Bessie beat Dash. 



Don beat Punch (withdrawn). 



Fairmont, 



The continuation of the running in the All- Aged Stakes re 

 suited as follows : 



Second Series. 



Sue beat Adams' Bessie. 



Frank H. beat Maxim (who. with Meteor, was with 

 drawnl. 



Count Noble beat Prairie Ranger. 



Gertrude beat Biz, 



Rock beat Donuers Bessie. 



Don beat Dashing Novice. 



Third Series, 



Sue beat. Count Noble. 



Don beat Rook. 



Gertrude and Frank H not decided. 



There are. seventeeu more heats to run. The finish will be 

 about Thursday. Mr. B. F. Wilson, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has 

 been elected judge in place of Mr. E. C. [Sterling, resigned. 

 Weather pleasant but hot. Fair attendance. 



no stag? bhe ..wi,,-. p 

 about him to find a 

 i ii, re is ;i ,.,., r .;,, ,„.,,. i 

 in-ill V a detei niiuatioi 

 late lo entertain such 

 perhaps half bv choir, 

 his days in his'old lion 

 not think of parting 

 the Queen sets this as; 

 is allowed to be. sold a 

 altv for four vears. 



tii.aftie being separa 



of most people* 

 matter how nm 

 may possess, he 



ililll-ell that 1- i 



have known a 



of decrepitude is very 1 

 itkga mercantile mind will look 

 ioss s.s,,j. torthe favorite, though 

 eouscience even p, .1.. i i,i--. and 

 I is procrastinated until it i- too 

 in at nil. and uie favorite i- DbTI — 

 tali i. ... ,,,,,. iaiiccs— to nnish 

 ■■ ;.■•• people who would 

 : cant : and her Ma jl stj 







the re. 



minder 







Hid thoi 



ghtless 



isl I 



•sS I'.llMl.il 



feel Un- 



le. [.CM. 



.1.11 



«S how can 



it be st 



pposed 



lings have 

 •aimed at. 

 to as that 

 years pi- 

 rn self and 

 bo killed.'' 

 iss. "Well, 





make his mistress look V( 



s on Quail, 



:■ hOur the bell w, 



ur.i,„.|...i. 

 nn-. Nc« 



Fos was not to be killed 



housekeeper conli.i,.! hei 





tion.irv was V ory fond oJ 





old friend tor ton or a do 





the orders to the day lab 









death will, a spade 



ii -. am and be bad to 



lorher cartridge. 11 u .- 

 course: but the sport si 

 lent, and declared he 1 





be acknowledged tl 





bounds on the heat 





people say it must 





thinks,,: - 



down again if 



that Hie animal mi 





Toritsdesi: i. .; . 





Gillard's idea of wi 





sofchloro 





an everlasting sleep 









he. jiiil iiii.. a inn//.. 





directly the animal 





sell round just as i 





foranap, ii e w! 



nn., Sept. o 



nrirclvsii 





do'as not like to see 



Fa 



st. Mimic, Sept, li. 



lsure death, and 

 nt of the action 



in lo the hound. Almost 

 sepy, aud curling him- 

 when he feels inclined 



the way, as the death 

 ng about the surround- 

 .'e to shock the feelings of 

 :ss sorrowing for the loss 



THE ( 

 12;— mi 



trovcr.s\ 

 can beat 

 used to I 

 unless hi 

 just the 

 then ape 

 what in- 



).— Hornellsville, K Y., Sept. 

 • I do not wish to have any con- 





and Adams's Bess equal third. 



euual fourth, 



as divided between Gertrude and 



fifth. 



Gertrude, Count Nobl 



Biz and Prairie Kan- 



The Fairmont prize 

 Rock. 



Best Pennsylvania entry in Derby, Count Dad. 



Pointer prize, Don. 



Best Pennsylvania entry in All-Aged Stake, Don. 



The trials have been successful tinaneially. 



lirst ami special at 

 nd. and that we have 

 tad when tho standard 



"You dog of a printer," cried the enraged poet, "you have not 

 punctuated my poem at all." "Yes, bin, you see, sir. 1 am not a 

 pointer— I'm a setter," replied the. printer.— E. . 



Bob III ■■ |, . .,,, 

 nelfiub. Black Prince <>l A t . 

 MacdougalL Ottawa, Ont.. Tops 

 and laaliioii, ol L !l. Mooro. 

 Sewell, Madge of C. Davis, b.-o.. 

 bred in Canada, ami now to shoe 

 buying I will say that all have u 

 way 1 look at it is this, if v 



•EO iT.-Cliu 

 slop my n. 

 jiippiesaie 



.n. M^a.ss.. Sept. u.— k. 



