150 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Beit. 31, L88& 



Ntow England. 0&pt.aJn AslVhj Brst engaged 



when it u.i- apparent Iv .1 well-established 'illl-' 



it i-. i cii-clt-il tli.it some thirty vessels fr,.m 



. hi tin- hushtess ■ 



grain,!. I."i t..'.' il-- .-.. - • 1 1 ■ - - .- i i .■' >' ■ ■ ■ 1 1 -Hi's I. 



Mr. r..-irli :i-i-fri;iinr.l that little attention w 

 fishermen of Portland, M. -.. to swai'dUali unti 

 three years', This flsherj i- carried "it al 

 mackerel ?_. i 1 1 i e ■ - 1 Ibb-mien. mid '•• cod-ti 



r uwuswww^l t * 



it in 1859, tially record whatever oi merit Or demerit ruay transpire 



hi isr.i cegai-dlei 



of the rosvdt, and triflit 



\u - v.'..r,!li-li. Mackerel -seiners are '„ ■ ..in- 



dnsii jrons, and are often n-i-y successful 



i . .-in, l tor tlvr or -in years n:i-i. perhaps 



1 i.i- > !•■• m very little cbang? in the number 



ing from thirt y i" t . .■ i x i,|,i,i,i.\i- 



purpose "i captnt 



■ earn swt 



in killing tho rish 



At ihr | i,i i 



anion lot 



match- in differs! 

 r.: it, Epos U . Merchant, of Qlfluceste 



miliar Willi i In- lisli.'i ies since i -.•■ 



lish I'V. I | Wltllill 



caught on Georgeui Bank al i the y 



I'm:.!!, who brought it in mid sold it at t 



l.tr-. a ban .:, -ailed. Fishermen had b- 



much afraid oi kkem, but afterwards 



caught. 



■■' large 1, 



;',..,: ! en ., 

 i ('ill)li. .if 



34. siM.iitiMi liavc i. I, taken 'in- seaso 



Ki-IIorcl vessels have made n Kood bhiug ll 



t'.nl.-.l i" l-.ll.', ,i,i,. ,,l !wn .l.n.i t';l|.el 



■ , hoJftnuE „i".' chela 



I'llll'tV >■•<-■ K ■•■•• li; t. rii miles MMl'll iiinl i 



;i..i-.l..'iii,U-»m 

 lends m in -t i" s.|.'. 



KOltfin N"- ■ ' I. ■- li.iin-,.' 



THE INDIANA ci i>[ MISSION. -The Fish Commissioi 



Indiana is one of the ypuugest of e ussions, but iss ma 



progress, Tho Legislature 



(10,134) out ol Nclli.j didUm-Dimple), handled by V 



' 

 Fkwk. David Furgesson, ftlir? niki SV5s - B 



white lii.'k.-.l Kuelish scuer doe. June I.",. P-M .In- ' 'a <■' oni nf 



n, Canton, Ohio, Lemon 

 nil '.', 18S1, by Pratw'fi Joe 



teen tKako-Pr: 



Cot ntess May (I. Luther A 



and win! - :: : i.iti'h.Api 



Don I of Cuuntcs M.;v '[lash 



by Oapfc. 0. K. MoMurdo, Snadwe 



i'., i mi:-s Moluh Join 

 .'in.l inn ticked English 



N.,1.1,- i|n.|:;l, mil,. i . 



i !,,. fast session, to 



■ 







w ill i„- issued it, . 









iiivn dono mi account of In 





,.(,.;■ 





Commissioner, Mr. Fletcher, 



bus in.,-!,- :: ! iniiin 



mni 



the 



good work v. ill i. - 



Tii.. eoW season l.a- 



,,i.,-i 



■,i-i 



against the earn. 



i not done as -well ■<■ li 



the 



year 



■ 



ii favor of fishcnltm>e 



.i gro 



vine 



, v.-Ik !■•• it ha- be 



■ii rat her backward. 







THE OHIO commission. t,,;,.,i„. o., Sept. IS.— The 



i-,niiiiiis-i,.ii i nu'.v \ ,'i\ |.'i)|ini,ir in the inli'i'idi' ill Hi,- Slat,.. 



as ii h is paid ■ special attention tostoeking the rivers. Here- 

 tofore almost the entire effort has been made to stoch the 

 -.,, ,i- this year an appropriation of flo.OOO. The 

 ,,,,nn,ii--!,,i, has i 'in into Lake Brie this year some thirt;) -five 

 inillidi! wliitellsh. and in therrvers some fifteen iniili,,ii jack 

 salninii. hatched at Toledo, andsome ten thousand black bass, 

 and lias received from Troy, N. X\, a. large number.,! silver 

 eels, which s,-,'in to iIh'mv. well in our rivers. The hatcheries 

 w ill open all,. ill Hot. 1 with w Inl.-tish spawn. — X. 



g^hc Mwitel 



THE PRAIRiE CHICKEN TRIALS. 



fpHE liian-Kiinil Trials of the National Aintiriraii Kcnuel 

 I Cluli ,.ii l-'i'.'iii'ip fhifkt.'ii, i'|,iiiii:,i-,',| u-i'diisi.') al, Fairmont, 



UL'lV 



po 



place 111 



,l'iti'-Viit' 

 judges, : 

 attri !-.- 

 and the 

 ments 

 vision, 



sluiuld 



vyasi'eceived with satisfaction by all. 



have liknd t,r> sec 1. In- tins run out and tin- 

 ,,,,-iLs. we OOUld but a.^r,'.,' that- in.l, i 



would 



fipanti 



of tkm'.'i'i:'i':'. • , i -i- ,: . i ■■ n ma ring days whirl, they 

 could possibly span' from Tlr- demands of business had been 

 set apart for a turn at the chickens, for which arrangements 

 had previously bean made, ii mis, therefore,, no small sacn- 

 iice for them to fori i.- mi cipafced pleasures of the Held 

 and devote one more day to the onerous task of following the 

 doas aii,l deciding upon' their merits. They consented to act 



' Pittsburg, Pa., iu 



Tenu. Ad were thoroughly 

 longespnrience rnth lei 



:i i! U'sitjns tv, re endors 



lefts. Then wei-e many gei 



. , i, i ,--,,- i.i • , ,., ■,-. the trials, 

 with much hit- i" -'. ' .!• i . 

 compel in do i " lorthi 



, q | - , I - . , 



,,., i[ ,i -- i i lie 1 .---rormauce i 



the 



, siny-L. 



Lssurod 



could 



will I'm, I and si.iiniililv Point •• bird 

 the advancing 1ms: would lie, but b 

 there wilv ('«/,i''',, has swiftly stole 

 vestageof -lit upon the parched | 



upared with what 



w.-xrcplion 

 1,1 did all ill I 

 three of tin 



H -thin .: to do Willi 

 ,vas a liule cooler 

 it, we found them 



r lidldin-ii- trials 

 is located ne.-uh 

 lial extend for ten 

 akos are the resort. 



i„-i!U- their mi- 



i afford the shooter 

 aiter ohiukerts. h 



nd birds at 

 uiout with 



•ml 



li>: pr 



ho had not a place to lay his head and plenty to 

 eat. and of but few who went dry. 



Our description of the miming, given below, is. for the 

 most part, just as we saw and recorded it at the time. Of 

 irse in some Instances when the dogs wer-s vyide apart it 



iblai 



ml Hit 



coinpaiiied the doy that w, 









i" l! ' I'm'.'rl "■■' ',""i'; ,',!"■ 



lesircd in 







-w obtained lie detail -,■■!' ' 





from parries 



in whom 



we have perfect eonfidi i le, 





oni we are g 



reatly m- 



dabted fir the completeness 









The first event upon the 







pen 1 :> all 



setters and pointers whelp, < 







'--- T . , 1, ii li 



a purse of * lab, of which $9 









third andSSO tot'ourth: ent 







►sefl .i,ii\ 



1. with forty-nve nOminatit 









t -heir entry. This was a v, 





■idpor! ion Ol 



- r.i !■;-■ ■.-. 



giving us a capital lot of yet 



ngstera, t 



lajiv of them 



shou-inp; 



remnrkable llcld quality. 





drawn to i 



un in the 



' ' Hi s T" I-;' 'e ' Hardy, Bpstt 



ii, Mafls.- 



-Black, white 



and tan 



■ .- i l i ,-t ter bit ch ft pril 



13. 1881, 



ly Drake tPn 



nce-Uora) 



■-';,;", c aMcMwd a o $S& 



Iil.-Com 

 -ell, V T a., 



Itess Ada,. le 



ntfled by 



against 



Pbairie Molly. Sportsman's Kennel. Geneva, la. — Lemon 

 and white English setter bitch, April'.', lstil. by Prairie Joe 



. ._■ ; i ,i ]-i 1 1 ■ ii!.-,-;" oar of Prairie Queen (Kake-I'rairie Pearl), 



(Jn-DBROv -. ',' .--I '-li. Chicago, 111.— English setter 

 dog rjov i li^t b\ Druid iPrinee-Dora) out of Princess 

 Drjifco (Ron Roy-Livy) ban, lied by N. Nesbit-t, Milwaukee, 



against 



Josephine. B. F. Wilson and J. J. Snellenburg, Pittsburgh 

 and New Brighton, Pa.— White Eiiglish setter bitch, March 

 l.-i 1881 by Knox's Duke [Bcltoh II. -Sell) out- of Hunter's 

 Cora- (Parson's Sam-Queen), handled by R. B. Morgan, Can- 

 ton, O. 



Scott. A. M. Decker, Chicago, 111.— Red Irish setter dog, 

 I--'--,- i' is-sl. by Rob out of Flash, handled by P.. Johnson, 



,-: taine, o., 



ai/ninst 

 I'i-,-, It IV B. M.-Jloiy, Memphis, Tenn.— Black and white 

 E , ii i, -it--,- ,1,.:,. Ma-v i:i. issi, by Ohidstone iDan-Pel-rel) 

 .,, o i teas Key, handled by H, M. Short, Middletom 



3 &] ttb IV. Dr. 8. Fleet Spier, lirooklvn, N. Y.— Black, 



! ,, , nl i hi Evi-riish setter boa, April l.'O.'lSSl, by St. Elmo 

 (Pride of the Border-Jessie) out of Clio, handled by E. H. 



liar-ill. -Vllalre, M. J., 



w-, Columbia, Temi— Black, 

 OK, April, tStfl, by Liiicoln. 



Pride „f the Border- Ruby), 



white and tt 

 (Dan- tail II. I 



- - i -i, -I I lie work of the individual 



dogs, and comparing it with the performances at previous 



trial.-,, i,r with the every-dav Held Work to which ll 



,,„,- ^ : -,,.|.usl,oiui d, Ih-re a.re many things tp I"' tttl 



soi iid irati ,li H I o ptu tofaii ordju n ■-, daj ■ ■ h,oo1 ng 



In ii,- lirst place the AogS and their doings are- under the 

 -i i .-Mil-able indues, whose duty it is to impar- 



; 'I: .IPmr37 I.-.--1. P.ltsbui„ Pe-Ble-k 



English setter do'" -Tulv iss:, by Count >Noble, 



Afj 134) out i i ■ -i 1 - |Be ton timp'l, uuidled by D. C. San- 



bowling, Mich., 



ygainst 

 Cavat.ibb. James .Stinsou, ChieaW III. Liver and White 

 pointer do° Jidy la, 1SS1. by Little Kultiiin, iFaust-Devon- 

 shire LassVTiut of Plight iPo-w-Marlvel, handled by A. Winter- 

 mute, Chicago, Dl. 



ACME 3 Palmer U'eJeil. Pittsburgh. Pa,— Black mil 

 white lCnglish setter dog;. April 17, l-SSl, by champion -Thun- 

 der iPride ,,f the .Boarder-Fairy II.) out of Bess, handled by 

 P. B, Morgan, Cant-on, 0„ 



f/j/r/insf 

 PKINCK Noble. H. Widdieomb, Craud Rapids, Mich. --black 

 and white English setter dog, July 18S1, by Coimt Noble, 



eld, Martin, Temi.— VVlilte 

 jiich, July, ISM, by Count 

 ;i.i,:'.-Ala.gii.'.'t!, bandied by VV. 



,ters, of Canterbury. Conn,, 

 Hon. B. E. B. Ken- 1 fj -- 

 that ■ ■ ----- in ' ! 



Stakes did not -lose until 8 

 ,-.,-e- ,, ,t mn le until half an 



.le for the first heat. 

 Oging fairly, whilu 

 irmed tip, however, 



lil birds a 

 Bushed, 

 nd Elsa 



,.l. by U'add 

 mil sum ran 

 cd a little ai 



■on i 



'-:r:i 



! he also cut 



liiiL'lon sen: Mollytn 



mark -.1 dc - .end 



ted just as the other 



her- a bird had been 

 the right, and when 

 -cored two or three 

 than all, she elm - ! 

 ton as well as FJsa, 

 ag down au hour and 



Hushes ill M'iiek succession, and, 

 for which she wfl 

 who was declared the v.imiir, a 

 a half. 



were at once put downin the grass, Josephine moved much 

 the liveliest and showed the most style at the start, bt - 



real up to go 



e the hot-el 

 s north oft-: 

 I stubble w! 



ick and vi 



i rod 



n in tiie aft 



cmooii. aud 



to the ex 



treme hen-t 



three o'el 



x*. When 



gswereaga 



a put iii.v- i 





1 t - i, r'i 



tied. Afl 



-r a . 1 -.- . 





--i IE -ii- 





■-,.". leieli 



it 1 ■ -. i 1 



;--r-, think 



enough 



■i- 01 ■- 



i.i.i -, 





i, droppafl 





■d a brace 





i-ubblc. and 



■arne into 



. r.t- .. .-■ I ire 



got too c! 



«se. -oid the 



-. tie drot 



pedtowing 





Josephine 





shed- Roth 





that they 





d upas they 





jv.-n. After 





•■' ,1 .;.-'!!! pUt 





v dill -nine 





th. i roal- 





1 the heat. 



stopped to order ,-f ise by Mmuiitil 

 dogs were steady and that win 

 merited. A little "further on and tl 

 w< r< Pied out, and Pink B. and 9i 

 their heat was Imished ci'P! 



very good Wtjrk on 5 ^ov-y/dropp 

 ing' tiiem out, nicely whip' Jo ■>- 

 self, they were ordered up and Gi 

 Down alltogether one hoar and thi 



were sandwiched into the previous heat. Both of theni showed 

 considerable stvle and speed as they ranged wide on the open 

 prairie. Working around a small lake to a, stubble field a large 

 covey flushed wild, and several mallard, also flew from the 

 stubble, while a large bunch of teal g-ot up from the lake the 

 whole makinu a picture that was worth going a long distance 



to see. Just le'VC a skunk put, in au :.[i;:-"i'a:-:e:.:-- .. he 

 leisurely ambled along Pink spied him, and apparently real- 

 izing that nature had been remiss in not making gi e 

 rodent, he undertook the job on his own account and sailed in 

 resardless. Every one. knows that, "a rose b\ an-, other 



of name — although come to think over. Short did use some 

 other name. Pink came out of lie- a . i . ah a most 



decided change of odor, at least- ir seemed so to UBj DU1 Pink- 

 soon convinced us that his smell was all light by hands itaoly 



pointing- at a longdistance a single bint th; a . I e 



ii-- -i i ,-,'P . Sett refused to back, and n: :' - r . a . : ,;id 



Hushed the bird. This was capital workfor Hn butdl si cons 

 for Scott, as liiey were ordered up and Pink declared the 

 winner. Down dfty-fiye mint ,-.. ,;,..,-■ md Joseplriue now 

 finished their heat" and 



ST. ELMO tV, AND AJU!B1CA.\ 



ivere at once past off. They 

 andrange, iltUough St. El 

 could not compare with Dan 

 dogs at the meeting- Dan I 

 should have pointed. He dr 

 lurther on he made a era. 

 roaded a short, distance very i 

 Utile further, .n Uaight. whe 

 to which P. -.1, -if'.:- e " 



worked up too elosfl and 

 workaUa-ronnd. Soon Of ei 



were order-.- 1 an, 



Tuesday morning "- -"-- 

 o'clock St. P lino and i Dan - 

 about a mile west oi Pa - :-■- 

 covey, and pornt-e,' ; ',. .. ., .; 

 pointed nicely, the iu'j',1- w 



a.t. A tift-le 1 up i aig.hi- tln-hr.-l a brace and lolled one. 



Working on up the swale, St. Elmo challenged and half pointed 



- vi-i- 



equal in | 





i-e aininal. he 





-i- -i i n-i 



1 ' 



ush, whi re lie 





\ little 



lint 



innand 





- .-.and. A 



-,,.----- ,i 



scored a flush, 



veral oilier 



-1-, Is then got 



tlC "a. 



lointed; but he 





This was poor 





if d-'i-rk, they 





h il'.ersix 





i small stubble 



style'; then 



3 ti mud a large 

 aim grass both 





■' re n.it shot 



