Sept. 38, 1882.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



169 



FINNY REPRESENTATIVES TO THE 

 COURT OF HAWKINS. 



SINCE the remarkable letter of ft'ecept&ncftto the &<ft 

 ernor of Tennessee by the newly-appointed fish com 

 missioncr for this portion of Hie State, the latter gentle'tiiae 

 has been the subject of much comment ami the cause of 

 mam amusing stories being told; anions i In m the following 

 Btrucli me as pr.iiy good, though perhaps a slight shade too 



saiva-li.--. related by a gentleman oecupviii'j. it hidi I'.-i'i-e: 

 in the legal world:' 



"I have rend and heard much df animal sagucih. bill 1 

 never considered lish as remarkable for intelligence, and 

 eeriainly noi for gratitude; yel what 1 am about ko relate 

 ratlier inclines me to the opinion thai these aquatic creatures 

 have been grosSh slandered, and that they are entitled to 

 both of the Qualities I though! them not possessed with. 

 Mv informant is n worthy man, though poor, and be swears 

 thai ou a recent trip in canoe from lliiutsvillv to Nashville 

 he was astounded at the appearance of myriads of fish in 

 the Cumberland. There were, said he, cats, buffelos, shad, 

 jack, bass (black and white), perch, suckers, redborse, and 



even the din: 



nurht their cavorting and playful icss 

 that he could scarcely sleep; bis i 

 last fatigue overcame him, ana a dee] 

 but even then his mind was hoi pe 

 Dreams tormented him, until at last t 

 ITe rose to a sitting posture, and, 

 BSys that the entire mystery 

 fish, one of I he game variety kn 



.and another, 

 arrayed themsolves befon 

 fiighesl earthly tribunal, : 

 prince.' Was it a delnsic 

 and finding it the latter 



yfisr. 

 eated so much noise 

 d wandered, and at 

 eavv sleep followed, 

 Itted to have repose, 

 climax wax reached, 

 i eyes wide open, he 

 plained. Two enormous 

 to him as the salmon, 



could, am 



" -What will J 

 ble salmon, feeli 

 plied, 'We have i 

 Bighnt - 

 in your barge of 

 saiy eilhcr from 

 hearted sncoesa« 

 Akers. As it is 

 that we ovi 



id 



i, but of the shiuv cat Bpeoies, 

 him. as though he represented the 

 nd addressed him .-.< Mosl potent 

 n or a reality.' he asked himself, 

 he worked up all the courage he 



ivith me monsters of Ihe deep'/' The nn- 

 lg assured from my dignified manner, re- 

 loticed for the last two days and nightsyour 

 ee, floating calmy down our placid stream, 

 state, and surmised that vou were an emis- 

 (JUT most aoble executive, or bis tender- 

 to that terror of terrors, Col. George F. 

 n-e are -willing to confide in you. inasmuch, 

 .1 from one of the potfisher pest! 



gion, that the gallant colonel had been deposed, and that 

 henceforward, not only would his excellently worded laws. 

 passed for our protection, beforeibly administered, but thai 

 ''his successor, though an angler himself, only used such 

 light tackle, as would give all of my family a 'fair chance, 

 and that he had forced the noble executive to repudiate the 

 Charge of taking by foul and unsportsmanlike manner, 

 brethren of mine hitherto considered of passable pedi -trees, 

 and had furthermore disqualified bimfrom troubling even the 

 dainty members of the royalty bred varieties found in the 

 mountain streams of our land, by presenting him with a 

 bare, and consequently harmless ro I; that, ill consideration 

 of all these aels of kindness and carefully conceived regu- 

 lations for our future Vvell-heing, I, Jack, alias wall-eyed 

 Pike, alias Salmon, issued a ukase from my favorite dwell- 

 ing place, Caney Fork, to my immediate subjects, to rally at 

 a given day to £0 in person to th 

 thanks to the noble executive; at 

 the seal of mv dominions and tre 

 fence and offence, existing bet 

 realm and those of the shiny, sho 

 natives, to join in acknowledging oiirl 

 llis recent acts. As you see they 



upi 



1, there to return 



; time, and uuder 



already made, for de- 



the denizens of my 



lied, or shell-covered 



artfelt gratitude for 



md my shiny friend 



conceived a most admirable idea, by which to prevent any 

 conflict of races on our expedition] which was for them to 

 wear bright, yellow badges, upon which were printed A. H., 

 and for us of the sky-blue blood, similar insignia of azure 

 tint, upon which should be the letters 6. F. A. Nbw, most 

 potent priucc, we have told the truth, the whole truth and 



nothing but the truth, 



"At this juncl 

 naturalness of 

 and as Andrew 

 even down to th 



Nashville, Sept 



t bid yo 

 proceed™.: 

 •et I was a 

 :l. 'by the ( 

 and the A 



fond ai 



r, I realized tt 

 ,-ake, 1 saw tin 

 ernal.' I'll swej 

 H., andG. F. A 

 J. B. H. 



to i 



Fishing near New Yokk.. — I have been a, reader of 

 Forest and Btheaji for some time, yet bo far have failed 

 to see any account of fishing in the immediate n tighhorhobd 

 of this city, and this is a subject that must be ol in sr it to 

 a number of your readers who have not the time or means 

 for a trip of a few r days to more favored localities. Will 

 you be. so good as to let me (and perhaps many other readers) 

 have some particulars and details, so I may know where and 

 when to go to enjov this sport? 1 notice in your paper of July 

 20 that it is illegal to kill striped bass of less than half pound. 

 yet 1 have seen many such taken in Coney Island Creek, and 

 have no doubt the same happens elsewhere. Again, why is it 

 that, some works on angling say nothing of tliedafayeUe? I 

 have caught many of these, and although they do not show 

 much fight, they afford sport when nothing 'else will bite, 

 unless it is the crabs. By the way, can you toy me how to 

 avoid this nuisance when fishing" in such plaWs?— Brook- 

 lynite. [Our correspondent, must have overlooked our 

 frequent reports of correspondents, as well as our own, on 

 the salt water fishing about the coast, including Long Inland 

 and the New Jersey shores. There is really nothing much 

 to say of it except to chronicle the, numbers catieht a- an 

 index to the fishing. One can find fair fishing at the lower 

 end of Staten Island, and eyery morning train takes down 

 dozens of anglers. Or he may go down to Bheapebead Bay. 

 In regard to small striped bass the law is disobeyed by many 

 anglers; they are liable to fine, however. The" main rcsull 

 of ihe law is" that, the fish cannot be sold in market, and so 

 it, is useless for the fishermen to haul seines tor them and 

 take them inrpianiilv. Works on angling do mention the 

 lafayette, at least Norris and Scott do, and this week a cor- 

 respondent speaks of the same lish at Cape Aim as the 

 "eoo.ly." Coast fishes have so many names thai only one 

 familiar with them all Know whit is meant by dr.- 'local 

 names. The crab must be endured when one is flaking near 

 the bottom. 



Missouri.— Kingston, Mo.. Sept 20.— Henry Botthoff 

 captured a cattish iu Shoal Creek, north of town', last Tues- 

 day, which tipped the beam at seswn pound-., and was two 

 feet and four inches in length. This is considered a larJw 

 fish for these waters, as we are thirty mjles from Where 

 Shoal Creek empties into Grand River, and large. fish sel 

 dom aseend the stream so high. It was taken with a troll- 

 ing spoon. — TaluiQi ah. 



ii v-Fimijno fok SuNFisn.— Philadelphia, September 25. 

 —Perch fishing in our river is very good. At Bettcrton it is 

 al Hs highest and the fish now large. Your correspondent 

 and friend amused themselves a few days since with light 

 rods fly-fishing in tne Schuylkill, above 'Shawmont, for large 

 Bunflsh from a row boat.. When one has noting else to do 

 it is excellent sport and keeps one in practice for bass fishing. 

 Of course Ihe smallest of flies are used, and when a light 

 lead? r is attached to a delicate line and casts are made jusl 

 outside the grass and docks which line the shore where 'the 

 fi>h are numerous, the fun is great, whan no other tly fishing 

 can be had. At all events it is a most pleasant way' to pas? 

 :in hour or two near to home.— HOMO. 



Tin: Wi'.M.-i'tsii Have Gone.— The Tom's River, N. J.. 

 Cmn-i'i- Bays: "The late severe easterly storms and high 

 tides have about put an end to wcaktishing in l?arnegal 

 Hay for this season, and most of Ihe guest.-, have taken their 

 departure, hut with the appearance fli the bluetish the hotels 

 will again till up with sportsmen. Several good strings 

 of blncfish have already been taken, one party of two 

 bringing in fifty one day and thirty the day following, run- 

 ning in size from two to nine pounds each. 



A Bats Fish ton Nets. — E, P. Andrcu, of St. Augustine, 

 FlO., on Thursday, in fishing with his net fortuities. caugM 

 a fourteen-foot sawfish, with a saw three feel ten inches 

 long. The monster weighed between ^\i:n and eight 

 hundred pounds, and drove his teeth many times int« the 

 sides of the boat.— Pul&lka (./■''"■) Sun, 



g^isljcttUttre. 



AN AEFA1 INC MACHINE. 



IN your issue dated Julv II, 1SS2, I noticed an article imdcr 

 ''Fisli. ult.ure,'' by Mr. George Shepard .Page, speaking of 

 the transportation of live fish and the method used to properly 

 aerate the water. He says: 'This was effected in the sim- 

 plest an 1 bffit way known at present, viz,, by dipping out. of 



lam not prepared to dispute Mr. Page's statement, still it 



No one who has had access to our huge rivers or to any of 

 the many waters where ply the sidewheel steamers, has failed 

 to note the while streak of ioamv water left behind them as 

 they steamed along their course. It seemed to me that this 

 water bad become aerated to a certainty, and if so, then the 

 principle might with success be applied to cans for transport- 

 ing fish. My inclosed sketch explains readily the idea ap- 

 plied. 



A is the main reservoir which is to contain the fish. The 

 square box B is separated from the large apartment by the 

 wire netting,' C. whose meshes should be of such size as to 

 allow a free passage of" the water into box B, and 3'et small 

 enough to pm vent the passage or entanglement of small fish. 

 In the box B is hung the paddle-wheel, which is intended to 

 be revolved at a proper rate by an ordinary crank handle. 

 The blades are here represented as being flat and square. 

 Perhaps on Trial some other form woidd be found necessary, 

 a concave shape for instance. A more positive circulation of 

 the water might be found necessary, and a different arrange- 

 ment of the compartments and bottom be made. This plan 

 may have previously been presented and condemned; if so, I 

 have been unfortunate in not seeing it, and shall but add 

 another one to the list of failures. Rhodt. 



Providence. R. I. 



THE McCLOUD RIVER SALMON STATION. 



MoCloud River, California, as it stands since its restoration 

 after being destroyed by the great floods of February, 1881 : 



We have now on the Fishery Reservation a mess house, 

 hatching hou-e and stable. We have also built a bridge lf>0 

 feet, long across the river, and have added to it, as usual, a 

 (irmly built fence or rack that allowed the water to pass 

 'evented the salmon from going up the river. 



Tin 



It is well supplied ivi 

 hill behind the. hole 

 fresh cold water In t 

 floor to be used to Has 



lilt, substantial two story building. 

 t, with accommodations 'for four h 

 idious store rooms and a loft. On t 



■ is always a lull tank of 

 !ber tank on the second 

 bird on the porch ...a r, 

 yof cold wider in this 

 nee, not to sav luxury. 

 e|l up above high water 

 SfiO' " 



hatching troughs, each s 

 seven hatching baskets, 

 dred hatching baskets in 



large, handsome, painted building 

 I, feet wide. It stands well above 

 rafter, imd is provided with forty 

 teen feet long, and lurnhihed with 

 ich two feet long, making two hun- 

 JJ. These baskets will carry thirty- 



five thousand salmon eggs each, giving a total hatching 

 capacity to the house in round numbers of ten million salmon 

 eggs. The hatching house is provided with nine windows on 

 each side, one window in each gable end, and live skylights 

 on the roof, all of which combined furnish a irood supply of 

 light oven on the dark rainy days in the fall, when the salmon 

 are being hatched for the restocking Of the tributaries of the 

 Sacramento. On the east end of the house is a. lai 

 built for the purpose of furnishing room and shelter for pack- 

 ing the eggs intended for distribution. 



The water supply for hutching the eggs is lifted to the house 

 by a current wheel in the river. This wheel is a fine piece of 

 workmansliip and a credit to the builders. It is thirty -two 

 feet, in diameter, is furnished with thirty- two arms and thirty- 

 two paddles, and revolves on a sliatVeighteen inches in di- 

 auieter. It rests on two very substantially built, boats, each 

 thirty-six feet long and eight feet wide. On these boats, sus- 

 tained on suitable supports, the current wdieel rests. The 

 boats and wheel are. placed at a point in the river where the 

 current has the greatest velocity, which uives the wheel a 

 lifting capacity of twent\ -four thousand gallons an hour. 



In addition to the stiuotuies already mentined, there is • la- 

 post office building, which was washed oil' its original founda- 

 tion and somewhat injured by the high water, but which has 

 been replaced, raised higher and somewhat enlarged. This is 

 now used as a dwelling house. A small storehouse which sur- 

 vived the flood, and the spawning house, for taking the eggs 

 in, complete the list of buildings at the. MeCloud River Salmon 

 Fishery, as it is now restored, Livingston Stone. 



SHAD ON THE PACIFIC COAST. -On Monday last R. Look 

 caught in Ids weirs on the east side of the bavtwo shad, one 

 two-thirds grown and the other full grown. "These are the 

 first of these fish caught north of the Columbia River, and 

 the lirst full grown one we. have ever heard of on the coast. 

 Five years ago the eggs were seut from the Atlantic by the 

 United States Fish Commission and put in the Sacramento 

 River, and young ones have occasionally been caught in Mon- 

 ler. v, San Francisco and Humboldt "bavs since that time. 

 Two years ago oue or two were caught in "the Columbia, and 

 quite a number last year. Now they have reached Fuget 

 Sound, but probably in small numbers. — Olympia {W. T.) 

 Transcript. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



Ihe Mmnet 



FIXTURES. 



PLNCH SHOWS. 



January 9. 10, and 11. 1882.— Meriden Poultry Association Beueli 

 Show, Meriden. Conn. Joshua Shute. Secretary, i«3 Ilohart street. 

 Menden, Conn. 



April 4. 4, 5 and 0. 1S82. Western Pennsylvania Poultry Society's 

 Fifth Annual Heneh Snow. T'itlstmrgh. Pa. Entries for 'the Bench 

 Show Derhv. for Knglish se'ters « -helped en ..r after -March 1.1882. 

 close December 1, ISfe. Chas. Lincoln. Superintendent. I. R. Stay- 

 ton, Secretary, Allegheny City. l'a. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



November IT Knstern Fieid 'trials Club Field Trials on Quail, near 

 High Point. N. C. Entries for the Derby close .lab- 1 for the All 

 Aged and Members' Stake. November 1. F. N. Hall, P. D. Bos KS1. 

 .New York, Secretary. 



December 4— National American Kennel Club Field Trials on Quail, 

 Grand Junction, Tnuu. D. Urvson. Memphis, Tenn,, -Secretary. 



December 11 -New Orleans ilun Club Field Trials on Quail, Opelou- 

 sas, La. Entries close December 11. J. K. Remand, Secretary, New 

 Orleans, La. Knlries for the Club Cut) close December 1. 



THE CHICKEN TRIALS 



"VTrE give this week a full report of the mnniu°; of the All- 

 YY Aged Stake at the chicken trials at Fairmont. 

 The heats are given in the order in which they were drawn 

 to run. although with two and part of the time three, sets of 

 judges, a portion of them were run simultaneously, audsome. 

 were run out of their regular order or perhaps Were sand- 

 wiched in with others. This of course, could make no differ- 

 ence in the result, as each heat is a complete race in itself. 



While the last, heats in the Derby were being finished the 

 running of the. All- Aged was commenced. Tins stake was for 

 a purse of -*500, open to all setters and pointers, with $230 to 

 first, -S12.5 to second. ST5 to third and bob to fourth. Entrance, 

 .s:j!i. Entries closed September iai 8 o'clock A. M. with twenty- 

 eight in. There were twenty-three setters and five pointers, 



; hi :, i.irrj;: . a. ail '" uro In inv ■ 1 1- lie lnosl ■-,, -, t V ifo : , 01 .-[i,. 



country. Thirteen of tham had before run in public, and no 

 less than eight of them were Field Trial winners. There were 

 also several "dark horses" whose wonderful performances 

 were mentioned with bated breath, whose owners confidently 

 expected to sweep all before them. All tins presaged a good 

 race, and we were not disappointed, although the. extreme 

 beat rendered it impossible for a large portion of the time for 

 the dogs to show at their best. The entries and order of run- 

 ning were as follows: 



Sub. F. H. & D. Bryson, Memphis, Tenn.— Black, white and 

 tan English Setter bitch, 3 years (Druid-Rubv) handled byH. M 

 Short, Middle.ton, Tenn., 



against 



Countess Druid. W. II. C'olcovd, St. Joseph, Mo.— Blue 

 bolton, with black cars, English setter bitch. May IS80 

 (Druid-Princess Draco), handled by K. Ncsbitt. Milwaukee, 

 Wis. 



Fbauk H. James Hunter, Alleghany, Pa.— Black, white 

 and tan English setter dog, 2 years (Don-Cora), handled by H. 

 M. Short. Middleton, Tenn,, 



against 



Broker. O. C. Calkins, Chicago, HI.— Red and white setter 

 dog, 2 year;. (Druid-CEo), handled by W. B. Staffbrd, Mankato, 

 Minn 



Kinniiokkiok. Geo. Knowles, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis.— 

 Black, white and tan English settsr dog, 2)4 years (Reed's 

 Druid-Bessie Lee), also handled by Stafford, 

 mill in si 



Bessie. Luther Adams. Boston. Mass.— Black and white 

 Fngli-h setter bitch. :.":.-, years (Dash Ill-Countess II). hand] Pf ) 

 bvl'aptam ('. F. .McM.irdo. Sliadwdl. Vn. 



Bodini:. E. F. Stoddard, Dayton, ().— Liver and white 

 pointer dog, 2 l ... vears iBow— Jaunty), handled by J.E.Zim- 

 merman, Dayton, O.. 



aqainst 



Maxim. Col, W. I-:. Hughes, St. Louis, Mo.- Liver and 

 white pointer dog, :.'.'-., veins (Urn-net— Jilt), handled by B. 

 Waters, Canterbury, Conn. 



Jess. Dr. W. H. Daly, Pittsburgh. Pit.- Orange and white 

 English setter bitch. (1 years. (Wilson's Dan— Le Moyne'a Flash . 

 handled by owner. 



against 



OiniSTMAs Hti.i,. R. T. Vandevort. Pittsburgh, Pa.— 

 Lemon and white pointer dog, 2' 4 years (Luck of Eden Hall — 

 Ready Money), handled by owner." 



IVuiiiK Hanger. 

 with lemon ears i: 

 handled by Geo. Wa 



Shabow. I 

 tan English i 

 handled! by Ci 



mill's Eennel, Geneva, la.— White 

 etterdog, ii years iCharin— Pearl), 



■II. lieueva. I.'i.^ 



igailist 



. Boston, Mass.— Black, white, and 

 /'• Vears (Lincoln— Daisy Dean). 

 kiiu-do, Shadwell. Va. 



