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FOREST AND STREAM. 



I Dec. 14. 188$ 



trout streams in America. The scenery is wild, but beauti- 

 ful. ,iml die higher you ascend, the moiv licautif \ilit become?, 



and the better tin lldnee I hi water is clear and cold, and 



luirrl aud solid us the rocky bed upon which they 

 |fc. 'i 'in 'y arc ao abundant that one feels it a duly to "play'' 

 them as long US possible, in order to secure as much sport 'as 

 can he obtained without accuTmjhttillg more fish than von 

 know what to do with. 



Baring had our "rill" of Railing, we returned to Red 

 Kork. where we joined some ('a uadian 1'ricnds whose ai-quai ut- 

 auce il WHS our good fortune lo make. 



Perhaps the remainder nl our doingv on Hie uorth shore 

 can be better told by seire ,, v , , , | ,. ■,• clipping's berewilh 

 bldor ed The one beaded "The North Shore." was written 

 by the Thunder Bay (T, A. Landing) Hn-nld man. The one 

 I're.ismv^ or lie North Shore," was written by me 

 for the S;it/ii,l, Thunder Bay. AVe were not boring very 

 good eolTce al the Queen's, where we were 'stopping. 



Geohok A.. Tjetorbton, 



LARGE BLACK BASS. 



AVrH have reeved photographs of two black bitsa from 



' 1 our eon. spnudent. Mr. A, >,. Cheney, of Glens Falls, 



N \ Mi ■ ■ ,, titesof them as follows: "1 caughl 



these Air?. I, 1877, in it pond Pom 1 miles from lure. One 



i ihs, m o/,s.. the other flj Ijw. Ton tn&y tuWesoen 



-.--] :ni layold fiieiel. "Ilallock, 'one, and ii 



was in lb, i. (lie, ..r Fouksi wo Stream while he was 

 Dr. llcusliall quotes from H letter of mine in hi- 

 buoU Ibal calls Ihcni large-months. I said so nol thinking 

 be -would print the. ICttPr ID Ilia book. Many persons -aid 

 I hey must In huge mouihs, anil 1 (ailed them so for the 

 Doctor to express himself. He did. after the book was 

 printed, and pronounced there small-mouihs. The big one 

 only opened his monfh vertically three inches. You can 

 m'C (he scales on nil 1 covers and cheeks, and although hung 



badly you can see thai the smaller one has more than eigb! 

 rows of scales between the lateral lino and dorsal tin. Their 

 -| " ' a - b o.ebeeu doubled, and 1 presume the weight, although 

 that, pari never caiue to me. When I came off the pond the 

 large fish was weighed on steelyards and weighed Hi lbs.. 

 but when I reached home the n"ws of the catch bad pre- 

 ceded rue and I found quite a delegation in the eltib TOOni 

 1 wa- then preside nl of the "Ilallock Sportsmen's Association 



for the Protection ol Same." Thtt fish were weighed In 



four different stores ami I presume thai more than fifty men 

 saw die weight I it'.- , 14 ,./• I then invited half aVlo/cti 

 gentlemen to see ihem opened, Al\ friend, the editor of the 



Glens Fail- ,, ; ays 1 titty are the only fish Ije knows 



ofthatweii weighed honestly nnd then opened to look for 

 a lead mine, and he has belohgod to the same fishing club 



that 1 did. Mr II 1 1, 'rimiup-.on. ol New York, wiilc-. im- 

 mi, i thai he is nearly convinced that thev are unmll 

 mouihs ' 



ADIRONDACK FISHES. 



A cwu. 



Iird ; tin omplcte. It \ ii due of the di-ti ibu 

 lion oi differenl . pedes oi fishes ivhnbUifig Adirondack 

 walers. I would be] under Obligations to persoflB bavins 

 knowledge Of the subject if they would give me the- benefit 

 of it for my forthcoming paper lo be publish al in the next 

 report of Air. Verplanek t'olviu, Sllpt. of the Adirondack 

 Survey, to the Legislature of New York. In order to 

 facilitate answering 1 have formulated the following 

 questions, which may be referred to by the number alone: 



1. What w alias iii'lbe Adirondack.-," do not contain brook 

 trout? 



2. What lakes do not contain the lake trout, commonly 

 called ".salmon Irotil," or "salmon?" 



3. What waters contain eels? 



■1. Where have you found the fish known by the names 

 of bullhead, catfish or bullpout? 



5. Where do you find black bass? 



6. AYhat waters contain pike or pickerel? 



7. In whal lakes do you find a fish called frostfish, white- 

 fish or shad! 



8. Do you know of any lakes that do not contain the 

 little fish called 3VtirfiBh, pumpkin-seed, etc.? 



9. Where ist lie "miller's thumb" found? 



10. What wafers have been stocked with land-locked 

 salmon.' 



11. Where have the. rainbow or California trout been 

 placed? 



12. Are there any lakes which do not contain suckers of 

 any species; if so, which ones do nol? 



18. Have you found more than out species of sunfish in 

 any waters.-'if so, what are they? 



14. Give any other facts that' may be of interest. 



It. is my intention to illustrate" the. distribution of the 

 fishes by different colored lines on one of Stoddard's maps 

 of the Aoirondaeks and to exhibit it at the London Fishery 

 Exhibition, as showing the ichthyic fauna of the great 

 angling region of the State of New' York, and in order to 

 make it as complete as possible take this method of asking 

 for help. Fr.ED MATKEJl, 



Fishery Editor FflREST AKB SriiEAM. and Ichthyologist 

 Adirondack Survey. 



In connection with the above card we print (he following 

 on this Subject from the New York Herald: 



Mr. Fmi Mather, Assistant bo the United stales Pish 

 Commission, who has been employed by the Adirondack 

 survey in making practical researches In the wilderness of 

 this State, has jusl returned from ibe waters of the North 



with a complete collection Oi » v as of fish obtained in 



the lakes, rivers and pond-, of the Adirondack region. For 

 this purpose Mr. Matnei has made two visits to the North 

 Woods this season. The iirsl, which occupied a, month's 

 lime during the summer, was to the southern section of the 

 wilderness. IL' entered the woods on the east side of Blue 

 Mountain 1'ond, proceeding down the Ratjuetta River inlo 

 the Fulton chain, where he camped. From there he made 

 excursions to liig Aloose Lake and the neighboring ponds 

 The second visit' was to the northward, known as the Sara- 

 nac region, and Maaeham Lake, where Mr. A. B, Fuller 



.i . ... Iiiafish hatching "its made the headquarters of 

 the scientist. Mr. Mather reports that the largest brook trout 

 wciei'ounil iuiMeaehaui Lake and Clear Fond, several Inning 

 been taken I bore, which weighed In e pounds each. This great 

 size has occasioned much .surprise among the few anglers 



s . e heard of the catch, ,i heretofore tourspounders 

 ate were supposed, to be tbe extreme limit. He 

 iiiai. Hie Aiii en i i-etdQu it nol rich in species 



The collection contains five kinds of suckers, two of them, 

 he believes, have never been described before. Some tine 

 SpeeitnenB of brook and lake trout were secured, and a 

 ipecies of whitefish, called "frost fish." whicl 



eh hi 



itb 



• black has 



mIIv 



Of pik. 



! lea 

 surpr 



pound in weight. Mr, Mail 

 the small-mouth variety, wl 

 in several of the lakes" and a | 

 pickerel, which weighed up to t 

 bullheads (catfish) and the oypnnoictii, w 

 minnow-, chub. dace, etc., .Mr. Alalh 

 discovering Die presence of eels in Bixby, Woodhull and 

 .Meaeham lakes, although, gg tar aa could be ascertained. 

 I he Fulton chain are free from this great pest to all waters 

 inhabited l, v the trout. Air. Alalher's report is full of inter 

 esting facts. Il will be included in the report to be made by 

 Mr, Oolvin, superintendent of the Adirondack survey. At 

 present Mr. Mather's collection of specimens are reposing 

 in huge alcoholic tanks. It will, however, be at once prop- 

 erly classified, pnd Professor llaird intends sending it as 

 part of the American exhibit at the great International 

 Fisheries Exhibition at London next year, 



A Si n won Si -iibam.— There is a stream running through 

 the town of Bennington, Vt, that derives its source from 

 two branches which unite not Far from the town. It is said 

 and vouched for bv citizens of the place that the wafer of 



one of these branches is soft and the other is hard and full 

 of limestone. The waters, as they join the main stream, do 

 not intermingle, but each keeps it's own side oj the creek, 

 and any person standing on the town bridge can distinctly 

 observe the dividing line of Ibe waters as the Stream Hows 

 below him. How true this is I will not state. 1 confess 1 

 am skeptical. I am told also that troutnre neverlakcn from 

 the limestone water, but are caught in the soft waler side. 

 Only suckers will be found on the creek where it is said only 

 limestone water runs. I was told this by g resilient of Ben- 

 nington with as much earnestness, and with such desire to 

 have me believe it and write of il. 1 determined to ask the 

 readers of Forest vnh Stream if thev hud ever heard of 



the like. My I 

 wise that people I 

 thought ofusiagthe 

 but always crossed i 

 Tbeiwo branches oi 

 tains. Homo, 



. in support of his story, told me like 

 vinir on the banks of the creek never 

 limestone water for household purposes, 

 ver on the other side |',,r -oft water, 

 the si i cam (low lrom different moun 



I'LNNI 



tfifistiatUure. 



yaXtBVJSB UNTIL l HKY spawn'.— Toledo, 



k of nil 

 hatching houses with whit. dish >pawn ami estimate that wo 



tion of them will hatch, [have at last hit upon a plan bj 

 which the taking oi -paw n becomes a certain and sore thing, 

 mid that is hv putting a pound net crib in a good sheltered 

 place and selecting line spawners, both male and female, and 

 keeping ILcm until thev are read} o. spawn. They can be 

 handled d.oh and spawned and re-spawned without any 

 Injury : .the li.-h. Phis we did this fall ami used about Eve 



would -u-.o-t this "to nil who.-..-' business it ,- t .. take -spawn, 

 especially where they are liable to be interfered with by cold 

 and bad weather. This method make- the securing of spawn 

 sure and comparatively easy.— D. Y. Howta.i,, gupt. Ohio 

 State Hatcheries. 



FISHCUI/rUKE IN .MICHIGAN. -The work is progress- 

 ing and a correspondent tells us that the State commission ex- 

 pects to place fifty million eggs of different species upon the 

 trays this winter. 



IMPORTATION OF CARP.— A few carp for Prof. Baird, 

 U. S, Commissioner of Fisheries, arrived on the Korth Ger- 

 man Lloyd steamship Elbe last week. They are fine speci- 

 mens of three varieties, the scale, mirror and leather carp. 

 There was considerable mortality on the passage, and only 

 half a dozen specimens arrived abve. 



Iht Mmtul 



FIXTURES. 

 BTOCH SHOWS. 



March, 1883.— Dominion of Canada Kennel Club Bench Show, at 

 Ottawa, Canada. Charles Linc'ln. f=uiT-riurendeai. Detroit, Mieh. 



January I), 10. and 11, 1833.— Merkten Poultry Association Bei,en 

 Show. Meriden, Conn. Joshua Shute, Secretary, 103 Hobart. street, 

 Mender. Conn. 



April 3, 4. a and «. 1383. Western Pennsylvania I'oultrv Society's 

 Fifth Annual Bench Show, Pittsburgh, pa. Entries for the tench 

 Show Dcrbv. for English setters whelped en or after March 1,1882. 

 close December 1, 1884. Chas. Lincoln. Superintendent. C. B. Elbin, 

 Secretary Western Pennsylvania Poul'ry Society. Allegheny City, Pa, 



December 14-10, 1883.— First Bench Show oi l„,c>, .Southern Massa- 

 chusetts Poultry Association. New Bedford. Wm. Penn Shepard, 

 Secretary, Fall River, Mass. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



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



..;::■„ [,■ iMiirie.i einss pee '-.,..- i [. ,!. K. H-jiiaud. .Secretary, New 



Orleans, La. Entries for the Club Cup close December 1. 



THE NATIONAL FIELD TRIALS. 



ryHE fourth annual meeting' of the National American 

 1_ Kennel Club, which commenced on Monday, December 4. 

 at Grand Junction, Tenn., was quite successful in bringing out 

 a grand lot of dogs. There were not so many entries as last 

 year, but the average quality of work done was superior to 

 that of any previous trial. The. attendance was not so large 

 a* that of 'last year, although a fair number were present. 

 The weather, excepting the last day, was perhaps as good as 

 we could expect at this season of the year. Birds were plenty, 

 but the rank growth of grass and weeds rendered it difficult 

 at times to find them. It was also difficult to see the dogs, and 

 much of the enjoyment of the spectators was curtailed from 



fills e;oi.-e. The: e e--. r , eejll eel! . -lit I it--=. for Lh£ All-Aeed 



Stakes, and twelve starters in the Derby. Below-will be fouud 

 an account of 



THE DOGS AND THEIR WORK. 

 American Dan and Don were the first brace to run. Dan 

 is a very handsome dog of good size. He displays lots of style 

 and is a very eraceful moving animal, with fair speed and 

 range. We saw him at the chicken trials and were quite fa- 

 vorably impressed with him, although he was then sick and 

 did not show ,n his best. EtoBppearsto BaUrl lit now. and 



well contested heat", ''lb- was'han.'iled'bv his" owner Ar. 

 Jos. H. Dew, of ColnmbUS, Tenn. Don. handjefl bv .Mr. W. T. 

 Mitchell, of L Mich's; Station. Va., is the winner of tie- Mem- 

 bers' Cup at the late meeting of tbe Eastern Field Trials Club. 

 He ran in good form and did some excellent work. They 

 were east off in some woods at half past nine and worked 

 through into a cornfield, which was drawn blauk, until we 



stal 



reached a thick patch of weeds which bordorei I to 



Here a single bird flushed a little wild just abend of Pon. and 



the rest of the bevy then got up and settled in and near a pbmi 



thicket. Swingiug round to get the wind Pon mad 



point to a bane We t hen went round thi thicket 



jmrtly dropped on point, Justus fom . front of 



him. Don then got a good point on a single bird. Dan also 



half pointed tie- same bird, which was flushed ro order. Don 



soon had another point on a running bird whioh I 1 •■ 



very well. The bird was seen running and liew 



Mushed it. to order. The dogs were then swung 



round in some s"d_-e. whore Dan made an elegant poirjt ou a 



running bird, which he roade.l out and I,. 



style. Don backing him nicelv Dev.- .; 



and killed it, and Dan retrieved it vreo, 



back and Don challenged and drew a siiorl distance, but eot 



too close and Hushed the bird, lie then mad 



the lower end of the plum thicket, where he found one which 



he pomted in good style, Dan backing him fairly well 



Mitchell, to. order, killed the bird, which Pon re 



rood form. Working through n stubble held into a strp of 



sedge Don pointed a hare. We then turned down 



railroad into a large stubble ii id. 



game at the lower end, and Don swung round in . 



took the trail close to the handlers, reading it out ■ 



locating them in a workmanlike n 



them up Dan rau into one and Bushed It, and Do 



a little to one side of him. stopped to win • I, 



on. and after going a shon da-inn - he ma f- -, . • 



point, but nothing was found and be was se ,,-,.| ., ■ 



He-soon after ran ilo one. but it w;ts dow n wind . ■ 



not to blame. Dan bad better luck, for horan bv 1 - bird 



and whirled on a beautiful point to a sinele. wind, p,-,, 



flushed to ord.-r. Dan then swung info some weeds and _'..: 



a point on a bird which was running down wild Dew was 



ordered to flush, and. as he walked ahead, Pan roade.l p . hoi I 



distance and the bird flushed. The judges then ■ 



notes and ordered them up, awarding the heal to Ami rioan 



Dan. Down lifty-three minutes. 



King Dash and GLADSOME.— King Dash is a large, rangv 

 dog wiiii fair -peed and a capital nose. He ran here last ycftr, 

 doing some very creditable work. t,iad-om- divided third 

 with Lallu Hookb in tho All-Aged stake ,u Mi,h Point, 

 Although he ran a very good heat, he was sick and entirety 

 limit for work. They were put down where Dan and Don 

 were taken up. and worked back nearly to -■ 

 bevy was found. We then turned back through a cornfield 

 which we beat without, result, except that Dash point.' 1 ,! 

 lark and (iladsome backed him. Hash the,, made ,-, .,.,,,.! 

 point which tllad at one.- honored I • d on and 



roaded out a bevy in tine Btyleand again poin.v-.l 

 they were running .and he drew on toward tbem 

 fully, with Glad baotdng ahn in e.o.1 styli boj they were 

 wild undone flushed ahead of him before i,. had established 

 Ids point, then several more got up and thi resl • 

 followed thrui. Both dogs were steady towing and shot. 

 Hendricks got in a cap, l.d dor, b!,- and at once lb I 

 with u very pivin 3mgle.but as he isa fcrn< Bon oi the old 

 (Junker State, and an ardent support inesoftlie 



' ' elm. il gr.e-.l- pl-.a-.: 



he fathers." but with cumtueudabLe Eorbearntrtx? 

 abstained fi-om the Bh|ddmg of blood. The..,,,., ,,,.,, ,.,, „ 



uorked toward the hinb which had sell l,d oi, -:de ,,, 



the nin. (dad wan tin Crsl. I,, eel a pant, but a- icilm,.- 

 was found we scored it as laU... oltJiqugh il 



dent that tie pointed at the scent lofl '•> a bud 



which bad brushed the top of the eras, bui !■•■ 



should have discovered i.i.is.-lnd moved on. A little fui-tbw 



on .Mitchell fludied on, and . i ,,i ,i I ,, no InuTn was 



done. Pash th.-nma 



of his bird, he moved on a step and iiu-h-.. ft n wasnew 



t ; lads t urn, and he got in a good p ,,d wide!, 



Hushed a^ bis handler went toward hiin. Tho ncxl . li.e i ul 



Dash was either a point or a flush, bats,, near together ere 



they thatwedidnot undertake to decide taiemati g'.ospeoialiy 



as Glad at once followed suit and made it even, but ashen tov, d 



on he scored an unmistakable (lush. Both dogs were now veiv 



cautious and stepped gingerly over the ground, but 



more was found here, and we swung back a slio, : 



where Glad struck a single bird and pointed it. but it ilti-li, <1 as 



Mitchell came up. Glad then went on ami another o 



near him. Wc then swung round to the oti • . 



whore Dash got a good point, on a single bid. 



flushed to order. He then took a few step 



out on a capital point winch he held while Glad was colled up 



to back, but the bird had run. and as Glad came up Da-li 



moved on and both roaded for some time in Cist rote, style, 



but Glad was a little the fastast and got there first, 



the bird very nicely. Mitchell Hushed it to order and killed 



it and Glad was sent to retrieve, but Dash thought that the 



bird belonged to him, and he also went for it and bl 



good form. It was then thrown for Glad to retrieve, whichhe 



did very well. A little further on Glad half pointed a bird 



just as it rose. The judges theu consulted and .iward-d the 



neat to Gladsome. Down forty-live minutes. 



Cavalier and Ress.— Cavalier was the only pointer that 

 run in either stake. He ran at the Chicken Trial's in MiDnctota. 

 where his many fine field qualities caused us to form a very 

 high opinion of him, and we confidently looked tor him to 

 make a good showing here. He has greatly improved in looks 

 since we saw him, and was under better control, but his nose 

 was dry, and he could not smell them. Although ho has 

 always shown himself to be one of the best of dog- 

 he utterly refused to honor the points of his competitor. We 

 attributed this partly to her color, which is a solid black, and 

 partly to the fact that she was not rigid on her first, point, but 

 kept her tail slightly moving until he had passed her. lb was 

 handled by B. Waters, of Canterbuiy, Conn. Rcsi, who was 

 handled by her owner, J. E. Mask, of Hickory Valley. Tenn., 

 is a very woll formed animal of medium size. She is a fast. 

 and very graceful mover and appears to have a good nose. 

 They were put down in sedge grass a 11:1a. Scent wafl very 

 poor, and we worked over considerable ground where 

 birds were known to use, but with the exception Of an 

 occasional challenge from the dogs nothing was don.' 

 until after we crossed the railroad, where, in a cor:, 

 swung ahead anrl half pointed to tho seem from a Ea 

 Cavalier was brought up lo Lack, but be Eefused and would 

 ne.i stop to order, but went ahead of her, when the 

 doubtedly moved a little, as Ress evidently got a better hold 

 of them, and at once became rigid; but I aval; r did not ap- 

 pear to smell them al all well, and kept ou and put i hen up. 



Mask grassed one of the 

 Swinging round to get the wind, a b 

 anil three or four othere then lluahe' 

 a capital point where they got up. 

 two or three moro were flushed 1 

 Wo then turned up a run, where Be 

 which Cavalier relused to honor, but 

 instead. When tho judges came i 

 front of the dogs, autl then a large b 

 cornfield. Following those that fiiE 

 nicely on point to a single bird. Gi 

 back and went ahead and nosed up t 

 ordered up and the 

 went to lunch. Down one Uour and 

 Sob and Baden Badbm 



run tugether, but as h were hand! 



den was substituted for Carrie J. S 

 tie- chicken Trials and was beaten onlv In 

 of first. She has improved since then and ah 

 Calient work She is B tine upstanding auiin 



Lo Kiss, and >■ 

 hall 



a tie J. were •'. iv a bo 



by shon. Baa t :-.. 



