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FOREST AND STREAM. 



|'t)EC. 21, L8S3 



<gfis1fcnlfurc. 



THE OHIO COMMISSION. 



THEChatrrin Palls, 0,, Exponent says: "The question of 

 fisbeulture is growing in interest year after year. The 

 importance of stocking the depleted waters— wilt and fresh, 

 river, pond, lake and ocean— is acknowledged on every hand. 

 But for the work of the National and State associations, fish 

 to-day would be a luxury which could be afforded only by 

 the well-to-do, and still, in the face of these well established 

 foots, our Ohio Legislature has in the port shown :i wonderful 

 degree of stirgiiiess, to be accounted for only on the hypothesis 

 that its members have not faniiliar'zed themselves With the 

 subject and with the wants of their constituents. Piof. 

 Baird, Fred Mather, and other weil-podo 1 gnnti.-m -u in this 

 field, claim that an acre of water, properly stocked with Qsb, 

 will produce more food than an acre of fertile land, well- 

 t.illed. Granting this, and remeiHbe in ; the many thousan Is 

 pi u ea "L lakes, pon is and rivers in Ohio which are now pro- 

 ducing virtually nirthhie, was il not parsimonious in our Legis- 

 lature last winter to make. -in appro] .rial mn of but Ay.UtKi. when 

 OBJ 17,000 wa.s asked tor by the State Fish Commission; 

 Many times the amount icqii'red was expended in printing 



public documents which are in maio itvc of caseathe G 



stSCk Of the people, w'u'cli are never real, ami which uiav be 

 found most abundant in paper mills Appropriations tor 

 many other things are marl? with a lavish baud, but w.ieu it 

 coaieB to this matter of lish prOpagatioJ and slocking, the 

 most rigid "economv" is observe I. The Legislature this win- 

 ter should make, an appropriation of at least $SO,0O0 With 

 this sum the commisioners could stock all the inland waters 

 of the State, and make them tejm with desirable I nod lishes, 

 and add to the riches of the commonwealth tenfold the coat, 



The work of the commission is admirably conducted, and 

 the money is expended with the greatest care, a report bain s 

 p lbb'sh-d l>y it each year, show n » where every dollar of it is 

 expended, and also Showing that this department is free from 

 jobbery. 



The legislators representing the counties in this section need 

 make but httle inquiry to learn that their constituents are 

 much interested in tishculture and stocking, and that they 

 will fully approve of a generous appropriation this wintfir for 

 furthering their interests in tins direct! n, and w.uit is true 

 here holds good, we believe, all over the. Stale. 



FISHOTJLTTJBE IN KENTUCKY.-Louisville, Dee, 12.- 



The annual meeting of the Kentucky State Fish Com mission 

 was held at the Louisville Hotel to-night. Delegates wee 

 present from seven districts. The offer ol grounds at anchor- 

 age about ten miies east of bore for hatching purposes was 

 received and the commission will go there for inspection to- 

 morrow. The most tavora hie results over the State are re- 

 ported from Gei man carp and sou applications for this fish 

 have been received during the part, two months. As the 

 number that can b^ obtained from the United states Cooi- 

 iuiss.on is extremely small, the star- Commission propose to 

 build hatching pond- exclusively for the propagation of the 

 Ssh. The president of the comiursion reported that he had 

 sent a man to Michigan to procure supplies of Mackinaw trout, 

 and will distribute 3iW,U0u the coming season. 



Ihe Mmtwl 



FIXTURES. 



BF.NCH SHOWS. 



March S6. 87 and 23, 1883.- Doniinlo,. of Canada Kenuel club Bench 

 Show, at Ottawa, C«n..da Charles Lincoln, .sup. riuteu.leut, Detroit 

 Mich. 



January 9, 10, and 11, 1833.— 3I?ri]en Poultry Association Bei.cn 

 Show, tier! lea, Couu. Insulin Shuts. Seu-etary, 193 iiouart street. 

 Men, ten Cunn. 



April .1. 1. 5 and ... lsv.-j. Western lVim-ylvatii:. Poultry Society'. 



i th LiuiusJ Bench Shu .v, Pittsburgh, I*. Kntrtee tor the oriel 



Show Derby, for EngUiti setters K-heJped tmoi after March 1,.18B8, 



- Deceiaoer til locoln, Snperfiitendenl C. ti. Klbin, 



'^M^'lHSS -Wi :■.'['.,,'. K : i 1 :'f 1 ';•'"'. -ill "Vimcl 'ji-.M 

 Show. New York City, l.olji. Curinll, 64 Will oui St.. j\.:,w York city. 



THE DOG SHOW AT HIGH POINT, 



in on.- of in - former communications, I announced my pur- 

 pose rto w.tue-s the held trials, whm.i. it waa published, were 

 to take place at High lomi, n railroad town in Guilford 

 county, in this Sea.-, nbo.it fifteen miles southwest of 

 (1 eens ore. I looked forward to th : ti lie w. Mi high expec- 

 tations Oi seeing the performance of dogs carefully trained 

 forspo ting purposes m th • CeLl and forast. and b09Stin| of 

 the gentleBl, LilooJ which (lows ineaoiue. ve n . Gavin.' heard 

 Of the extrordinary value p apod upon man,' of them by their 

 owners— a value which f regarded as far beyond a lything 

 which a dog ought to command— itwas but natural that'll man 

 who had never shot over anything but t.ie basest of t 1 1 ran • 

 should have his auticip atiou's highly ra sed as rn the su jerior- 

 itv Of the performances of the Lawiacks, blue be. puis. K 

 In.!! LI it tlr- I fureell Llewilyu* (what a name for oae whose 

 conduct a-id pretensions entitle him rath. rto the addition of 

 B. F.). red Irish, and othorfa nous breads. 



Well, 1 saw the exhibit of the first day— the second being 

 rather inclement for a "xasce looker oil"— and tho.iglt the 

 canines showed careful hauiliii ; a. id rein irk lulo ohadaeneo, 

 I must con.ess that I was diaap Minted, i had hopei to see 

 more sp lit and "go " oeli wing that a lo; w'th a good Ulse 

 should have hunted far more ground in the time given tha i 

 was done by anyone of those who were put iu the Add. 

 Possibly mv education in this line may be defective, an 1 pos- 

 sibly I may have: looked for far more than any do ; can do; 

 but I did thin; that a .o.d do; stujld be able to keep will 

 ahead of Iris master, and thus save much pa ,'sical st nin .or 

 the sportsman. My own idea, is based, do ibtlose, upon econ- 

 omy of QOQ notion, that if there, are rift/ a-i i ' e.o i ,. 

 man slionld not be required to t,-a up overmofi i - .:■ ELteath 

 of the s.iace, and th.> do; sioild be re piired to hunt the 

 whole area. If the grouad is ope , th' spo.tsman can eccthe 



. at twohund el yards]. , . ,/ | ._ , ■ , : Li jj ia 



fmi tune to shoot a| the covey risee. [i asm then, in a day'- 



hunt, save hirns tr'hilf th: w.li: i -.- . ■ , <\ i. nj h.-haiits 

 as a.siduously aulc.o^dy as the d... .- .. • lurte-s-. the- dogs 



business of the held. The most, of if. m l.v. ;cd "t i be rather 

 thin in flesh tor hard labor, aud s^iue of th on seemed ti I w vk 

 rather asa matter i:e dd,' t: Kin hi -a i-i iii.yio.-ct to doit. 

 I saws. ime of the dogs of "national reputation"— those ac- 

 Bttstomed "the applause of wo id ain ; inllioa : r. j comoixu I," 

 aud, like bipeds of whan I hal beard much, they fell far 

 short of what I axpact.-d to see. 'i'luy all had lour legs and a 

 tail, cud, as to. loons, were very like all the other dogs f had 

 eversc u. My party ha:l live ''scrubs'' with us, and. upon hiy 

 honor, our Don was quite a- lovely as taoir Doj oar alack 

 equal, except in one essential phvsicaj .,..!... r,;> the fa- 

 mous Croxtetli in fi|i]iearauce Our Uon e" hot very obedient, 

 loi he has loose noiions ol discipline, but be v.l.l' Hud more 

 birds in u day than their Uon, ana oar Mack wiU equal Crox- 

 teth in looks, and find as in my cjveys bjaidee. Still, I admit 

 that the "blooJed" dogs are far better trained. Uon cost tus 



sporting frate.rnit ,-, an I 



a rrc.-abde to them as they made 



owner HO and Maokjlo. Our Branoh and Ai'go cost SifS 

 each, besides express charges. Perhaps, a tier this season, they 



may get the "wiry edge ,f worn oil', and be neatly ready to 

 co-npete in the nest Add trials with (he "staUed and ridered" 

 variety. "What do you say to that. Brother Hammond? 



Now, I must not be understood as undervaluing the .log., 

 which appeared at the trials on the 17th of November. Many 

 of them were well fomed, handsomely marked, and, doubt- 

 i - , ■■• ip'b ■■ "i h rr.i and satis. actory 'work; and the neees- 

 sa ry cost of rearing and training will amount to a considerable 

 sum. I coufess I should like very much to own several 1 saw, 

 and think 1 should be abb to try their qualities before tills 

 season has passed. But when it, comes to paving several hun- 

 dred dollars for a dog, which, at best, can be used two or 

 th no months a year for live or six years, 1 am unable to see 

 the financial wisdom of the transaction. Men of large means, 

 who have no other use for money, may be excused for indulg- 

 ing in the amusciuitit; but, ordinary mortals will act wisely 

 if they invest then- spare cash in a different way. 



We— that is. fecvel. Mud, Ji n. L. (i., Flea and Wells— had 

 the pleasure of making the acquaintance- of several of the 

 »de ourselves as 

 __ to us. Without 

 being Invidious, 1 mist express my great, satisfaction in the 

 iiKercuse I had with S. T. Hanrucm I of the B"0KB8T Arm 

 Stream, Dr. Williams of Mass., Smith of New York, 

 Pitts! urgh, and his brothe . the genial disciple of Blackstone 

 icidCo'.re. who lives at Hudson. * all knew George Leach 

 Ion; before. With all these gentlemtn we spent some pleas- 

 ant hou a, aud would be giad in leeit to be with them in the 

 field and around the camp fire for many a consecutive day 

 and night. We had hoped that the Messrs. O'Neill would 

 have joined us on our return tip home, and shared with us 

 the pleasures of the hunt an I tie social joys of our tent. 

 They iutended to do so, but, as we suppose', were prevented 

 by cans; s which the.' did not foresee. Certainly we should 

 have done our best to make them comfortable and introduce 

 them to a section ot country of which they could know but 

 little, and iu which they might have found 'some quiet sport, 



reinob Eromraflroad i\heiv i i future, they might have 



.1 pleasant day iu their favorite pastime, with 

 then- Wetlcy Richards "hamm9iie*t" gains an 1 their well- 

 Inn UeddosvMld J bis nights under humble but respecta- 

 ble roofs, honorable in the po-sessionof those virtues j n which 

 we are told "the cottage leaves the palace far belund.'' We 

 all indulge the hope that we may meet these gentlemen again, 

 and engage in a friendly contest to see whether we can 

 handle our Tolleys. Scotts and hammered Wesffley Richards 

 as well as they can those beautiful specimens of handicraft 

 which came from 170 Bond street. London. Whatever may be. 

 the result of such a struggle, if .t shall ever take place, we' are 

 sure the victor would not disgrace his triumph by unseemly 

 boasting, and the vanquished would feel that, though de- 

 feat -d, it was done by one who earned his honors by the ex- 

 hibition of no moan skill in the use of his weap n. 



I must be pardoned for savin:: fiat i he O'Xeid of Pittsburgh 

 is bett r versed i i guu-ology— I inoko this word— than anyone 

 With whom I ever conversed, and his general style convinced 

 rne that he was always s n^eroin his statements in regard to 

 ' -of manufactures in this line, it is but just, to say 

 that 1 found all the gentlemen who were actively engaged in 

 I could ask and ready to give 



also 



! lit. 



Oar purpose in visit ng High Point was uot only to Wltuess 

 the working of the dogs, but to enjoy ourselves by active 

 sport in the field, both going aud co'n'ing. Accordingly we 

 procured a two-horse wa eon, iu which we. placed our Wit, 

 cooking utensils— that is to Bay, two frying pans, two kettles 

 and a oo ace pot— bedding u.ud provisions, aud transported 

 ourselves and guns and dogs in three buggies. Jo Carter 



i ','i Leal ft gentleman or color, whol in ante-beJlum 



la 



Xtc 



camp at night we found that co'd 1; 

 butter and f i id quail, with the additi 

 (Mud, our delicate man always wanle 

 wel.ani our dig stion I'cmg gooi w 



without to 



When we reached 

 lit, hot ash cake. 

 of a cup of coffee 

 wol, always tasted 

 lent soundly until 

 « 1'forgot 

 ipose 



■ th 



Ou 



isic. 



. iriug was done ure ularlv. and only as we found a 

 Bold on the road which looked invitingly, lii such cases, after 

 obtaining permisson from the owner, "when that was prac- 

 ticable, we stopped the bugirics and got whatever we could 

 end. Buds were scarce everywhere, thou b lie. .pie told us 

 otherwise. Doubtless they were correct, but the birds wl-iu 

 net in the fields, but gathering her. ies in the woods. Il is 

 probable that iu the course of a few weeks bhey may come 

 to the Helds for feeding, and il so, good spur! can be had any- 

 where in the central part of this State, wh re not interf red 

 with by ths local sportsmen, or those uumiluated nu sauces, 

 nets, which dert oy mo e birds than all other causes com- 

 bined. To show thi 'lest nei iyeu. .--. of this engine of bar- 

 barity. I wUl state, that f was informed by a gentleman who 

 gave, us permission, somewhat lelhctah'tlv, to hunt in hi.- 

 flcds, that he and another pari y had caught in one season 

 o.er seven bun Ired, and nearly destroyed the breed. We 

 su igested that if he would let us kill about tlltv, the uetters 

 would fail to be able to alive the birds. But hi- could not see 

 it In that way, aud so we had to lcav? one of the most 

 inviting farms which we saw during our trip, utter having 



kii.ed Lire birds from one co, ey. If we con r d have ittei 



the "blind side' 1 of the ].,oprietor, X. think we could have 

 nl.ed our pockets and then leit a large, supply tor breeding 

 purposes. 



it would be too much of a tax upon your columns and the 

 patience of your reader to give, in detail, the ineidentsof 

 each day's tutuf to tell how Mud "wiped my , ve. ' and how. 

 immediately thereaftur, I wined his. how L. G.'sdogDon, 

 with uiiii igging aeal, sooared the fields, how gracefully and 

 gallantly the pointer, Mack— who. whatever his pride of au- 

 eest y, has lost all none of posterity— swept- through the stub- 

 ble, how my dug Branch vi;o.'ou-ly pointed, staunchly set 

 an I elegantly retrieved the birds which Mud and I killed", and 

 how little Argo, with a caudal appendage several joints too 



'i ' ■ "i I ' -L. , '-•■'' !'■■.:.' <- , -,, I 



to be, c.asse.,1 as "gentlemen ani.-cholur.-," and all in I 



is, of restraint, yet the.' have nose, staunchness 



tad 



rip 



birds, had, 



a pleasant cm-, and returned to our home's, happy to find 

 that aunng OUf abe doe our families had been well and were 

 glut td see us again "in the enjoyment of the same 

 If it should chance that your correspondent again tries the 

 ti Id, whether "tented' or not, at any tune daring the hunting 

 season, he will end avor to find time and inclination to .give 

 you some ilea of his exp ri&nce and observation. He has a 

 stundmf iu.-itati.ei rf... ,, his friend Bishop Crickett to visit, 

 his hospitable home at Saints' Best m the county of Anson, 

 whenever it may .nil his convenience, end try his skill any- 

 where u >on his extensive do main, as well as tile estates of bis 

 Ui ighli us, where, usually, fair hunting can be had. That in- 

 vitation it is my purpose to accept at an early dm , and I 

 doubt not I shall* be ahle to make, my WesDley Richards give 



u g;ood account of itself before il: - i ,.n of the time 



which I shall d wot., to th-- sport, My friend is 

 trie possession of an excelletit wiJe, who knows how to pro- 

 vide a coml'orta hie repast for her ^ , and who shows her 



hospitality by making all of them feel that they have pleased 

 leg- bjst wh -a thay have made themselves perfectly "at 



ll .rue' 1 whilf- iiielu.. l.ai- ^nAf tlTr.,*, ^ 



home" while under Iter roof. 



1 ' ■',>.«, N. C, t\UV., lKg!. 



Wells. 



& 



THE NATIONAL FIELD TRIALS DERBY. 



T the conclusion of the All-Aged Stake on Wednesday at 

 in o'clock, the first brace in the Derby were called, but 



. McKinney. who handled Kate B., was'uot ou the ground, 



his competitor, Mr, Avant, courteously agreed to wait until 

 the arrival of the train by wdiich he was expected, and the 

 next brace was put down. At the close of their heat, (he 

 Doctor having arrived, 



EateB. axd Nelly Blv were at, once ordered down. On 

 Tuesday night Major Taylor was called home by sickness in 

 his family, and Capt. Pat Hemy was unanimously chosen by 

 the handlers to act as judge in his stead. Kate B. is a very 

 handsome, stylish an imtd of good- size aud exceedingly well 

 formed. She has not had much experience, but bids fair to 

 turn out a capital one when her education is complete. She 

 was haudled by her owner, Dr. A. F. MeKiunev. Nelly Bly 

 la rather small but very pretty, and one of the busiest workers 

 at the meeting. She lias not so much style as Kate but was 

 heriiuperior in speed. We, greatly admired the gamy manner in 

 which she performed her work.' ani believe her to be an ex- 

 cellent animal. Sue wa; handled by her owner, Mr. .1. M. 

 Avant. They were put down in some sedge am on ; sea tte red 

 birds. Nelly had rather a had send off as she ran "into a bird 

 and flushed it. aud as she sw.mgbag-lc she put no another one. 

 She then dropped on point in a very gamy manner, and Kt to 

 backed her m fine style. They were then sent into a corn- 

 field, where Nolly flushed one toipg down wind, and 

 Kate who got, below them, made a very stylish point 

 wmch Nelly honored in first class style. " Bess A., who 

 had no opportunity to back in the previous heat,, was 

 ordered up, but although she backed nicely, the judges 

 were not satisfied that she did so of her own accord, and she 

 was held for another opportunity. Flushing the birds we 

 swung back and Kate flushed oje downwind. Nelly th n 

 made a very gamy point to a single bird close to th: odje of 

 a gully, aud Kate" backed her iu grand style, Bess A." was 

 again sent f jrward, an 3 she also backo 1 ve ' y nie dy. Avant 

 flushed the bird and kill-id it ani Nlly retrieve:) in the bjst 

 of style. Then boating the sedge to th: railroad, Nelly made, 

 a point to a single bird, and was handsomely backed by 

 Kite, We then crossed the railroad and swung up the hill 

 toward the cotton gin, where our lunch was cxpeUed tun- 

 as it was not in sight we turned south aud worked out a corn- 

 field in the valley, and then beat up the bill to -o ne woods, 

 where both dogs pointed, but soon moved on and ronded out. 

 the birds very well. Kate, located them first and pointed them 

 in gra no style. The Doctor flushed two before her aui then 

 the rest of the bevy got up. Following them up, Nelly got a 

 capital point on a single bird, which Avant Hushed to order 

 and killed, and Notlv retrieved it in good form. Meantime 

 Kate was pointins; in grand style a single bird which was 

 flushed to order. The birds had gotenough of this, and m we 

 moved ou the. v corn aienerl gettiur up all around us. We 

 then turned toward lunch nud the dogs were ordered up. 

 The judges compared notes and awarded the heat to Kate B. 

 Down one hour. 



Asreniei:.' l.fw ,\nij BESS A.— As we have alreadv .- cited, 

 this was the first brace to ni i. It was a l.'-miiful mo niii •, 

 with a very light breeze from the u irtheast, LB 

 day's work was done The do ;s wore cast oil at HbC. Dan 

 ran in the All-Aged Stake, and .we have aires ly 

 him. Bess is rather under medium sfog She is snow white, 

 with lemon markings, and has a wonderful turn of speed. 

 She also ranges wide and is a marry worker. She has a first- 

 class nose, and is endowed with considerable hunting' sens?. 

 She has not much style, except when on game. She did re- 

 markably well for a fifteen mouths' puppy, and it nothing 

 befals her she will be. heard from again. They were put 

 down near where the All-Aged Stake was finished. Both 

 started off at their best speed: Bess, however, bad the best of 

 it in this respect, aud a-s she sailed over the Held we were 

 strongly reminded of a bunch of cotton dying beiioiea gibe 

 of wind. Beating a large cornfield without a find, v., i, .j 

 t. , a run where a bevy had been seen running across The. path. 

 Upon arriving there Bess at, once challenged, but as she weut 

 the op; i islr . w iv fro n wh ire thj bird- had been seen to run, 

 she was called back. She knew better, Imw -vcr, and stuck 

 to the trail, which she roaded up the rim out of sight. Dan 



id bee 



sent, 1 



■ctioi 



10th v 



I or- 



al up . and the handler Ol Bess went afUr her. She re- 

 fused to come and made a cast up the run and found them, 

 but they Hushed before we -ot Cere. Follc-vvliig three of 

 them which fetti-d in some s .-d e to t'lcsoutllof us. wi swung 

 round to get the wind and cast o.l" the dogs, who ran into one 

 and flushed it between them. IV -s then dropped to a hare, 

 but soon moved on an 1 again dropped very prettily to a sin le 

 bird, which flushed close to Dan as he came down wind to- 

 ward her. They were then wonted up the gully in the tall 

 grass, where one flushed close to Bess, aud soon after oae got 

 up near each dog. Dan then made an elegant point to a hare. 

 We then turned back across the railroad to.vard some of the 

 birds that had been marked down in the. sedge, but they run id 

 not be found and we tu ned north, where Bess scored .1 tin h 

 Meantime some of the spectators had Bushed a large bev v. 

 which we followed. Dan was the ii st to find, and he ,, 

 just a second before a bird rose in front of him. and two more 

 flushed to the noise of this one. Bess then made a cast up to 

 a fence and sat down very gracefully to a portion of the bevy, 

 wdiich she held while Dan was called no to back, hut lie 

 refused and went ahead and stole the point. The birds weie 



ttuBhed to order and both handlers Hlled very neatly. Dan 



was just a trifle unsteady, but at once dropped to order. 



Hess wa- ordered lo retrieve, which she didinthfl 



stile. They were now ordered up mid the decision was re 



served until Bess should have an opportune y to 



she did iu the next heat, and th- gio..- ...w.ird-d her the 



heat. Down forty-five minutes. The lir-t brace 



run as already described, and after lunch v r, - ■< i. i i, 



road and 



BiCHAllt) III. ANI) Oath— were cast off at 1 dfi in a cornfield. 

 Dick is of good size aud moves very well indeed,. He is quite 

 fast, and ranges well, but appeared to lack experience. He 

 was handled by Short. Gath is of medium size and cpiite 

 handsome. He" is also fast and a graceful mover, and makes 

 a very -f , lish poiut. He was handled by Wallace. We beat 

 out the ro-nfictd to some woods and then tinned along the 

 edge and. crossed through a fann yard and a magni'ecut oak 

 *rove to a cornfield, which was drawn blank. Wett swung 

 round a gully and worked into some sprouts wh I B*Ui 

 .■audit a little scent oudcaalleo -. oni " ,| ttl iCe 



making a cast along the edge, he Struck them and made a 

 beautiful point, but as we came up he moved on a l.ttle and 

 one or two of them flashed and soon the rest got up aud flew 

 back into the sp outs and brio is. Follow ng them up one 

 flushed close by Short, and Diet, aud soon after one got up 

 close to Gath, who at once pointed and would not come to 

 call, but finally reluctantly left it at the conmiaud of his 

 handler, and shortly after the spectators flushed a bird where 

 he had oointed: several more were then Hushed by the speo- 

 , th then made a grand point where a bird bad been 

 flushed aud Dick followed suit. We (hen swung back aud 

 Dick pointed and Catli luickcd him at, the place whe B Gath 

 first challenged. A littio further on both pointed, and then 

 roaded some distance, bui nothing was f...nn I. We then lett 

 the sprouts and crossed a cotton Held toward a Strip of 

 woods where, having bean down an hour ani a half in the, 

 heat of rhc day they wen- nearly blown and were, ordered 

 up to go flown again, and the next hi I ere run w hen they 



i 1 1 ■ , . ; . i - 1 ■ -,', Bath at once flushed a bird that he 



should have pointed, and soon after We went from the woof's 

 into a cornfield, where he put up another one. He then 

 swung round to the lelt and was lost for u few minutes, and 

 when found, was on a beautiful point, which proved to be to 



