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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Ootobik 87, 1881' 



S. Y., at. bis own expense. Mr. Fnllcr has a hotel near Meacham 

 lake, and otbers besides his guests reap where he sowa. Mr. 

 Fuller's enterprise deserves a hearty recognition. 



Hcrr tod Dehr, President of the Deutsche Fischoroi Verein, 

 telegrai Iib Professor Baird that the eggs of California salmon, 

 shipped on tho 8th iuat. by Mr. Mather, arrived in good condition. 



HOW DID THE FISH GET THERE V 



Washington, D. O., Oct. 16. 



"VroiJR correspondent lit Crockett, Texas, is still unable to ac- 

 -* count for the appearance of small fishes in his poud, which 

 for woeeks has been drv. Mv explanation may not be satis- 

 factory ; he can toll if it fills the bill. 



Some vears ago I went fishing for sovoral seasons among some 

 beautiful lakes in Northern Indiana, and more than once I was 

 much bothered in getting minnows for bait. Ono fall, as I 

 .alighted at the railroad station near ono of the lakes, a gentleman 

 came up to welcome mo, and stated that he had lots of bait, and 

 went on to Bay that ho had caught a tubful of minnows in a p<md 

 near Ins house which had beou dry the entire Bdmmer before. 

 Like "R, C. 8.," he didn't know how to account for it, but I en- 

 dravorod to explain, and the explanation was accepted as entirely 

 satisfactory. Heavy winter and spring rains loft the pond full of 

 water, and the water remained throughout the Beason, although 

 the season before it was dry and the bottom baked bard by the 

 hot sun. Ducks and snipes and many other birds came from the 

 waters where fish were plenty and alighted in the pond, leaving 

 small quantities of tho spawn of fishes that happened to adhere 

 to their bodies. I don't believe in the " raining down " theory 

 in aoeounting for the appearance of frogs, toads and fishes in un- 

 usual places. J. 0. B. 



EGGS OF CALIFORNIA SALMON. 



THE following is the list of shipments of the eggs of the quin- 

 uat salmon, by Mr. Livingston Stone, in charge . f the De- 

 partment of the Pacific Coast, tj. S. Fish Commission : 



Georgia, 100.000 C. J. Husko. Walhalla, S. C. 



Maryland, 500,000 T. B. Ferguson, Druid Hill, Baltimore. 



Minnesota, 200 000 K. O. Sweeny, St. Pan], Minn. 



Nebraska, 500,000 R. R. Livingston, Omaha, Neb. 



Nevada, 50,000 H. G. Parker, Carson City. 



NewHampshir , 50,000 A. H. Powers, Plymouth, N. H. 



Pennsylvania, 100,000 Beth Weeks, Corn-, Pa. 



South Carolina, 200,000 C. J- Huske, Walhalla, S C. 



Went Virginia, 100,000 C. D. White, Roniney, W. V. 



Canaia, 500,000 S. Wilinut. New Castle, Ont. 



Percy C. Ohl, Plaiiifield, N. J 50,000 



Curtis Johnston. St. Petersburg, Pa 50,000 



A. Colombo, 17 Kuo Chateau d'uu, Paris 1 00, 000 



F. Bnsse, Geoslcniundo, Germany 50.000 



Von Bohr, Grief Bwald, Germany, 260, 1 IflO 



Unassigued 100,900 



CA.UE HIED MATflUB, NEWARK. 



New South Wales, 50,000 N S. Wales Acclimatization Society. 



California, 2,000,000 To be hatched and returned to tie 



MoOlcud River, Cal. 



California, 500,000 Lenni Fish Propagating Co., Sonoma, Cal. 



California, 200,000 B. B. Redding, 8m Francisco, Cal. 



— ^-^-^, 



GERMAN FISHCULTURAL BOOK. 



WE have received a email pamphlet oalled, "A Short Guide to 

 Trouteulture,'"' by Fredrick Beuk. 

 A few general dii actions are given and then follow the impregna- 

 tion of eggs and their handliug \ breeding apparatus, with their 

 prices ; hatching in the open atream ; care of eggs and the 

 planting of young fish. The work is an elementary one and con- 

 tains no new theories or experiments. 



-Kurzc-r LelMaden | fur | Kunstllche Forellenzucht- | — | von J 

 Fnederlch Benk, | 1. Vnrstand des uDierirnnkts.e' en Kn Israelii rel 

 vereuis, I F.hrenuiltglled des buverlBcben Flfieherel Verelns I — | *- 

 Aufflaiie. | — | V\ urzourg. | Druck der Theln'schen Qruckere. 

 (Sturtz.) | lssl. | Nacbdruck veiboten. | 10 mo. pp. 31. 



Sh e M enn£ L 



FIXTURES. 



BENCH SHOWS. 



December 14, 15 and 16. at Lowell, Mass Ixiwell Dog Show. Entries 

 close December 6. (;has. A. Andrew, Weal Boxford, Mass., Superin- 

 tendent. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Ooto'jer '«, till, 21 and 58 at Masontown, Fayette Co., Pa., via boat 

 from PltlKDiirgli. Pennsylvania Field Trials, First Annual Derby. 

 Entries ..-lose at Pittsburgh, Pa., Otvotvr is. I. It. Stayton, eerelaiy. 



Novciuoer ;. at GUroy, CaL Held TrliiLi or the Qtlroy Rod and Gun 

 Club Kill ri'-s clow November i. K. Leversley, secretary. 



Novemboi as. Louisiana Slate field I rials. En Irlcs, close November 

 1. Krtwi rd Udell, secretary. New Orleans, La, 



November — , Thanksgiving Day. Eastern Field Trials Club; third 

 annual men Ins; ai luiliUi'-, Island, lVeonlc r.av. Long Island Enlrles 

 closed Out. t. Jacob Pentz, .Secretary, p. O. Box SJ74, New York city. 



liecemoei r>, ai. Grand Junction, Tcnn., National .\morlcaii Kennel 

 Club'a Field Trials. Jos. H. Dow, secretary, Columbia, Tenn. 



.In, 



FIELD TRIALS AND BENCH SHOWS. 



f r HAT the standard of excellence for the pointer and setter 

 ■*■ been greatly elevated within the past few years no one i 

 is a close observer wiU deny. It is also patent that there are 

 hundreds of dogs scattered throughout the country whoso beauti- 

 ful farms and capital performances afield show conclusively 

 that the spirit of generous rivalry and emulation born of our Bench 

 Shows and Field Trials has wrought the wonderful improvement. 

 But a few short years ago many true sportsmen could be found 

 who honestly believed that Bench Shows were a delusion, and 

 Field Trials a snare, and that they were but an artful means of 

 advertising animals which could not bo sold on their merits. All 

 this is now changed, and with the exception of an occasional 

 croaker whose disease is chronic or the wail of the disappointed, we 

 hear but words of c-mmendation for these twin institutions that 

 hand in hand have persoveringly labored for — and in so large a 

 measure acromplished— the perfection oi form and excellence in 

 the field of the companions of our sport. 



That still grea er improvements and a still higher excellence 

 will be attained in the near future wedo not doubt, and to achieve 

 thiB most desirable result let us all with willing hands do whatever 

 lies in our power to promote the good cauBe. Wo are well assured 

 that the coining trials on Robin's Island and at Grand Junction 

 will be— both in tho number present and the qnality of tho aui- 

 r to anything that the world has ever seen, 

 a all who can do so to attend one or both of 

 s the proof of the ,ast improvement that 

 they have aceomphahed, not only in tho beauty of form and fit Id 

 quality of our pets, but the manner in which they are taught to 

 do their work ; for in nothing pertaining to Field Trials has tho 

 improvement been more manifest than in the training displayed 



by the animals run. This in itself— were nothing else gained— 

 should stamp the trials as a success, for uothing is more condu- 

 cive to the sportsman's pleasure than to witi osb the pleasing per- 

 formances of a well-trained, easily controlled animal, as he cheer- 

 fully and artistically performs his pleaBurable task. Many able 

 writora, some of them true sportsmen, have found a great deal of 

 fault with the rules that govern the trials, claiming that owing to 

 their imperfections great injustice is often done. We will uot dis- 

 asB this matter here, bnt would eurueBtly entreat all who feel that 

 change for the better could be made to attend the meetings, and 

 lend then- influence to tho speedy reform of so vital an element of 

 success. 



mala seen— far superi 

 and we earnestly advi 

 the meetings, and witni 



SAGACITY OF THE COLLEY. 



N those countries where close folding prevails and sheep are 

 continually penned, there is little opportunity for tho high 

 training of the colley. In other districts the case is different, and 

 Hogg, the Ettrick shepherd, haa well said : " Without the shep- 

 herd's dog the mountainous land of England and Scotland would 

 not be worth sixpence. It would require more hands to manage a 

 flook of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses 

 and fields, and drive them to market, than the prolits of the 

 whole are capable of maintaining." As the " back is suited to the 

 burden," so the power of overcoming difficulties is developed by 

 circumstances, shepherds in the elose:folding districts tram then- 

 dogs to i he performance of a few simple duties, and that is all. 

 The shepherds on the Cumberland hills, on the contrary, have 

 been compelled by necessity to train then - dogs with much more 

 elaborate care, and wonderful animals they have made of them — 

 admirably are their shaggy backs suited to tho burdens laid upon 

 them. 



In tho course of walks with Cumberland shepherdB I have seen 

 what the services are whioh the dogs are oalled upon to reuder. 

 Judgiug from results, there are few better dog breakers than John 

 8cott, shepherd at Lamplugh Hall, the Carlisle first-prize pastoral 

 farm, occupied by Mr. William Le&thes. Herdwicks are kept on 

 this farm to the number of more than 500 ewes. Our task waB I 

 say "our task," though the dogs did all the work— to colleot the 

 sheep aud cause them to move before us to the very tops of the 

 fells, for the sake of feeding all the land and changing the pas- 

 turage of the flock. The shepherd worked his dogs, two to the 

 right hand, one to the left, working them frequently by signs 

 only, and sometimes by a few words spoken to a distant auditory, 

 when the dogs were perhaps nearly half a mile distant, but still in 

 full view, bringing up the sheep from some neighboring fell-Bide. 

 It is the habit of the herdwicks to spread themselves far and wide 

 over the ground that is open to them. The 500 ewes were strewn 

 like white stones in the distance, over a thousand acres of laud. 

 "Get out, now !" cried the shepherd to ono of his clever helps, 

 making a signal toward the sheep at the same time, and off went 

 the dog at lull speed. Tho Herdwicks dislike being driven hard. 

 If they ore pushed, they will bolt in all directions. Tho dogs 

 know thiB, and they keep their distance, never running straight 

 at the sheep, but keeping well outside of them, and some diatanco 

 in the rear. The shepherd mokes another signal. His dog is iu a 

 hollow, from which he cauuot survey the fell-side far ahead. He 

 watches his master, therefore, and expects to bo informed whether 

 he is required to heat the ground further or not. The signal 

 comes, aud off he bounds, but not quite iu the right direction ; he 

 is running too much iu a straight lino. "Got out, now !" comes 

 shrill to his attentive ears, and further out he gets ; or if he is 

 not quite sure as to the import of the message. Le stops aud looks 

 round for the signal. 



The youngest dog, only a twelve-month old, waR the best in tho 

 field— a wonderful dog for his years. He was told to "get out" 

 aud scour a conical hill that lay a little off our course, so as lo 

 fetch any sheep that might bo feeding there out of our sight. He 

 went off at full speed, runuiug to the right against the sun so as 

 to bring the sheep round to the left, and through a gale ahead of 

 us, into the " outfield" beyond. He remained out of sight several 

 miuutea, and then there were signs of his approach. Some crows 

 took flight at the edge of the hill " He is not far off now," said 

 the shepherd, and in a moment after the sheep appeared, aud 

 then the dog. His name is " Sweep," so called frjui nig blaok 

 color. The shepherd called the young dog, and gave him a bit of 

 bisouit, which he took most carefully from his masters hand. He 

 accepted a oaress, but did not oourt furtner uotico, being rather a 

 sad young dog, caring less for the joys of life than his duties. In 

 the performance of these he is most devoted. I fear he is wearing 

 himself out, as willing workers will sometimes. Too much fell- 

 running shortens the liveB of these iuyaluable dogs j they axe old 

 at live or six years, aud rarely five beyond eight or nine. 



The sheep dog possesses much the same form and character in 

 every oountry. The muzzle is sharp, the ears short and erect, the 

 body covered with shaggy hair, particularly about the neck. 

 These are the characteristics of Sweep. His" long tail, too, like 

 that of bis kind, is slightly turned upward, and is as bushy as that 

 of a fox. He has none of those pretty tan-colored markings which 

 add to the beauty of some breeds of collies— the spotted cheeks, 

 and the rings round the eyes. He is all block, with rather course 

 hair, aud a tall, spare figure. I have often seen handsomer collies, 

 but never belter. There was a young shoep dog of his sort that 

 accompanied his master with some mountain sheep from West- 

 moreland to London, and in repeating the journey the following 

 year he was found to possess Buch a knowledge" of the road aH 

 enabled him to turn the sheep, when they attempted to run down 

 the lanes and by-roads which had given so much trouble the year 

 before. 



An occasional accomplishment of Cumberland sheepdogs is that 

 of finding sheep buried in the snow. John Scott has poBsesued 

 dogs which, by their peculiar instinct, have been the means of res- 

 cuing hundreds of buried sheep. The snowdrift sometimes covers 

 the sheep beyond reach of the shepherd's snow polos : still, tho 

 dog detects their whereabouts. A dog has never been known to 

 acquire the valuable gift which renders him a sheep finder, except 

 when young. Mr Dickinson gives a caae in his " Fanning of Cum- 

 berland," where about 400 sheep were released, under the detect- 

 ing nose of a young dog — almost a puppy— who acquired the art 

 upon the spot, whUe the older dogs stood listlessly by, leaving the 

 honor of poiuting ont the Sheep entirely tohim. In the Martinmas 

 snowfall of 1807, being the heaviest of the present century, a flook 

 of 400 herdwicks was buried, which Mr. Dickinson hunself assisted 

 in recovering. Th'ey had been turned upon the common ''out- 

 field" late in the evening, and overtaken by the sudden snowstorm 

 far from the sheltered portions of their run. Darkness came on, 

 and, the snow falling heavily, theflock was taken at a disadvantage, 

 and alirost all of them were covered up beneath walls or in hollows 

 where they had endeavored to find shelter. After a night of tem- 

 pest day broke, and the family the ilock belonged to ceased their 

 forebodings and came out to find their sheep. Not one could be 

 found. All hands were set to work to probe the drifts with poles, 

 with slight success, till the young dog joined in the proceedings. 

 Desisting from his gambols, he took a serious interest iu what was 

 going on, smelling the ends of the probing poles aud sniffing at 

 the holes made in the buow. He was yeryproperly left alone, so 

 that his attention might uot be diverted, and the filial result of his 

 patient puzzling as to the object of the operations was that tho 

 light broke suddenly upon him, and he commenced scratching 

 eagerly in the snow. 



He had all at once become a sheep finder : and while the older 

 dogs stood indolently by, this young animal continued to point 

 out the spots beneath which the sheep were buried, barking and 

 howhug with delight at every release of the endangered Herd- 

 wicks. The Bfieep lay generally in clusters, five or six together, 

 and at each fresh discovery of a buried heap of tin m the dog 

 would scratch! 1 eagerly iu the endeavor to get at them; but he 

 soon found 'he fruitlessness of suon efforts, and, after brief ex- 

 perience, he was content with merely indicating to the searchere 

 the neighborhood of the buried sheep, leaving them to dig them 

 out At the end of the first day's labor, closed from the sheer 



exhaustion of the persons engaged, two hundred sheep had been 

 extricated alive. On the follow iug day, with the aid of the young 

 dog, otbers wero extricated— some living, many dead. At length 

 all were extricated, but iho last sheep did not come to light until 

 New Year's Day. It had remained since November 18 in a hoUW 

 beneath a furze bush, or whin, as the plant is called in Cumber- 

 land, supporting life on the scanty herbage of this shrub. 



The losses in Cumberland on the occasion of that dreadful storm' 

 were terrible, though they w< re very much mitigated in the case, 

 of I hose farmers who possessed a dog endowed with the gift of 

 " marking," The same sheep finder showf d bis intelligence in 

 markiug time as well aB Bheep. His master went constantly to 

 the parish church, which was about a mile distant, and as con- 

 stantly the dog, talcing note of Sunday, met bis master at a par- 

 ticular spot, one-third part of the distance home. 



Another Cumberland sheepdog acquired the power of rescuing 

 his master's sheep from the rising tide. Hestbolm Marsh, near 

 MuncaBter Castle, is usually covered twice a day by the tide, and 

 tho stupid sheeii depastured on it, with higher ground to retire to 

 if they had only possessed a grain of sense, were sometimes sur- 

 prised and confounded by the tide. The dog's services were then, 

 required for the rescue, aud thus he learned to avoid the expendi- 

 ture of time and trouble by clearing the marsh of his own accord 

 at tho rising of the tide. Mr. Walker, of Gill, near Egremont,. 

 possessed a dog and a bull, the last-named creature being so un- 

 ruly that he could not be ventured out to water without the strict 

 guardianship or the dog In the absence of the colley the bull was 

 never taken out ; and such was the dog's complete, ascendancy, aud 

 so thoroughly was he aware of it. that he allowed no wandering on 

 the road. The bull was constrained to travel in a straight line, not 

 rving in the least. At the drinking place the thirsty animal 

 would plunge his uo*e in the water, and the dog would 6itona 

 stone near the trough, not more than a yard from the bull's head. 

 The latter had to satisfy his thirst at a single draught, for the- 



loment he lifted hia head home he must go, whether he had done 



: not. 



Herdwicks show much cunning in baffling an ill-trained dog. All 

 goes well no long as the ground is easy for driving, but at the first 

 opportunity some of the sheep, on one side or the other, will break 

 away. The dog endeavors to head them, and immediately others . 

 steal away iu other directions, till the flock entirely breaks loose: 

 and disperses. Let a clever dog come on the scene, and the- 

 presence of tho master spirit is soon discovered j the sheep are 

 ipeodily subdued and brought to order. All difficulties in driving 

 ranish in his presence. The wildest sheep, placed under his 

 sbarge, know by instinct immediately that they must succumb, he 

 they ever so numerous and tho ground ever bo" rugged. 



It is not surprising that the shepherds of Cumberland value their 

 dogs. "He who strikes my dog strikes me," said one of them. 

 The landlady of an mn told me that she found a sheepdog in her 

 larder eating a leg of mutton. She drove him out with a certain 

 amount of demonstration, not to be wondared at ; but the shep- 

 herd was so offended that he never again entered her house, 

 Cumbrian shepherds have sometimes refused largo offers for valu- 

 able dogs. — London Field. 



ATTENTION I FOWLER'S VICTIMS. 



Editor Forest, and Stream : 



Notioing numerous articles in the Fobkst and Stream in rela- 

 tion to the celebrated Connecticut dog dealer, Fowler, alias Choa— ■ 

 ter, alias Gleason, etc., etc., I report as one of tho deluded. Prior ; 

 to his trip South, I bargained an 1 paid him for a No. 1 pointer, I 

 and recieved a bulldog, and an iuferior one at that. Healing that <i 

 he had returned aud commenced business at. the old stand of J 

 Fowler & Co., I proceeded to the laud of wooden nutmegs, hadl 

 the young man arrested, examined and bound over to appear at j 

 the next term of the Supreme Court. 



Now, I wish that you would, through the columns of your 1 

 paper, inform the sporting fraternity of this, aud urge all who d 

 have been swindled by this knave to make affidavit of their trans- 

 actions and send the same to me. I will attend to the yonng man 

 after that. I want all the evidence that can be had to bring \ 

 against him at the trial. Nov. 12, 1881. 



By a little effort the fellow can be put to some use by the State '• 

 in the manufacture of Bhoes, etc. Waiter Rutherford, 



No. 20! Madison ave., Albany, N. Y. 



[We urge all victims of Fowler's rascality to respond to Mr. 

 Rutherford's request, and to furnish him all possible assistance ii 

 giving tho young man his dnes.] 



THE MILEY-WOODSON TROUBLE— Lancaster, Pa , Oct. 14. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : I notice in your paper of the 13th inst. 

 a letter about me, written by A. E. Woodson. I will give you our .. 

 full deoliugs from beginning to end. In the fall of 1880 I re— J 

 oeived a letter from Mr. A. E. Woodson, Fort Laramie, Wy. Ter., J 

 in regard to a bitch called Belle. I wrote to him and gave hiui \ 

 full particulars aud price. His answer came he would take her if 

 I would send her on trial, and at the time giving me reference J 

 aud saying that I should uot be alarmed about him as to hia re- 

 sponsibility, as his position in the army should prove him to be a i 

 gentleman. I wrote to him, refusing to send the dog on his | 

 terms, but offered to send the dog C. O. D., provided he deposited, i 

 the amount of express charges with the express agent. This ha 

 refused to do, and our correspondence ended. In the spring of ] 

 1881 I received a letter from him in regard to a dog I had advejf I 

 tised for #50. I wrote to him about the dog. The following day 

 I received a letter from him about my bitch Gipsy Queen. I an- ] 

 swered that aud the following day I again received a letter from ' 

 him about Robin Hood. I answered that in a few days. I re- 

 ceived a telegraph dispatch from bim telling me to ship on Hoyal, 

 the first dog written about, as he wanted him for a friend, and to , 

 be particular to ship him at once, and that he had already sent me i 

 tho money by mail. I preferred to see the money first Afterward 

 I received a dispatch from him offering me $150 for Gipsy Quuen ' 

 and Robin Hood. Gipsy I had advertised at $125 and Robin at 

 850. Gipsy I woidd not have sold to any one for one cent less, as i 

 she was iu whelp. However, I made up my mind to let him have ! 

 them, putting Gipsy in at her price and billing Robin Hood in at 

 $25. I telegiaphed back that he could have them; he telegraphed 

 that ho had sent the money to my banker. I waited on it, and . 

 finally it came, $150, but as yet no money for the first dog, Royal. 

 I at once had a large, light' crate made, anil shipped both Gipsy 

 and Robin to him, directed them, as he requested me to do, to nis J 

 friend in Cheyenne, Wy. Ter. When the dogs left here they were 

 in good condition \ and I also sent along about thirty pounds of«- 

 prepared food. I now was waiting for the money for RoyaJ. 

 Finally, fifteen days after the di-patoh, his letter reached me, 

 and contained an order on a New York banking honse to pay 450 

 to my order thirty days after date. I was not satisfied with this, 

 aud at once sent the. check back. In a few days I received a letter . 

 from him stating that the dogs had arrived at Cheyenne iu a hor- 

 rible condition, nearly starved to death, and tied together with a 

 Btring, and that Robiii had his front leg nearly out off by Ihis string. 

 I at once wrote to him to ship both dogs back at once, aud I 

 would pay one-half expenses to get them back. He wrote he " 

 would keep them until they got over their journey, and ho could 

 tell better, but did not think Robin will suit him as his front leg 

 was a little crooked. He then wrote, saying he was pleased with 

 Gipsy Queen, aud that he would keep her, as he eould do well with 

 her puppies, but Robin Hood he would send back, and he demanded 

 $50 of me, .vhich I refnaed to give, but told him to ship both of 

 them back, aud I would give him the S15o back and pay one-half 

 oxpensea, or I would send him the $25, which is all he paid me for 

 Robin, however. Robin came back, and I paid one-half expenses 

 for the express charges. I then received a letter from him, 

 Btating I should not send any money until I heard further. Not 

 hearing from Woodson for abme time, I wrote to him, telling him 

 to draw on me at once and on sight for the amount I owed him. 

 Some days after I received notice from my banker of draft being 

 there to the amount of 842,60, 1 refused it, and drew oue up 

 myself for 823, and sent it to him. I never received a left r from 

 bim whether he received it or uot. Some few weeks ago I received 



