34 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



(Tew. 9. 1883. 



successfully hatched and retained at the hatchery for breed- 

 ing purposes." 



We regret the decision of the Commissioners to "await 

 further developments" before attempt fug to hatch the gray- 

 ling. This fish may disappear beftjre tli".\ begin, and i1 Is boo 

 grand a game fish to hi' allowed l ■• he .■>. I ••imimi k 'il. I' e not 

 settled by European fiBheuIturista whether their grayling will 

 Spawn when confined in pom Is or not. American experiments 

 Have aol been followed closely enough to determine this. 

 although we incline to the opinion dial Mr. Frank N. ( lark, of 



.. obtained a few eggs from fish which were 

 apoii>'l.hui v.-,' an- ii"l certain that he did so, not having the 



band. We hope the Commissioners will reconsider 

 this and devote a little time and money to experiment. We, 

 believe Ln expei urtenting and not in following a beaten track 

 for fear of losing n lit r i ■ - time Or tjaoney, an I the grayling 

 is worth it. Ou-' grayling angling will ever remain one of the 

 brightest of memories, ami our enthusiasm over this fish is as 



it, which only 



lded by 



adent, makes a report of his work 

 i which he says that he has at the 

 brook aurl rainbow trouts, about. 

 [red lake trout, thirty California 

 Tables showing the distribution 

 The appendix contains extracts 

 i local papers, laws, ana a correct 



a permanent business 

 Mr. Bailev, the Ku] 

 since ho assumed chi 

 hatchery, bxadattioii 

 one hundred oarp, tv 

 salmon and a few _i : 

 of thedidere; 

 onfishculture from il 

 list of fish commissiot 



CAIU' IN LOUISIANA.— Mr. S. V. Martin writes to the 

 New Orleans Times-Democrat as follows: On the 15th of De- 

 cember, r- s i). I threw an embankment across a coulee or 

 natural dram falling in the Teche. and by that embankment 

 secured a natural pond covering about an acre, and from 5 to 

 15 feet deep. I had received at date 20 German carp from the 

 United States Fish Commissioner, which I put in my pond. 

 The carp measured on December 15, 1880, about four or live 

 inches hi length. The. dry spell we had last summer caused 

 my pond to dry and proved to be a benefit to me. I will ex- 

 plain how. The carp I had in my pond in September, 1881, 

 nine mouths after, I measured one of them, which was 22 

 inches in length. My pond being ahnost dry 1 put some of the 

 carp in the" Teche river and ate one of them to judge .of 

 the quality, which proved to be better than any fish we have 

 here, or at least as good as any. 



On the first of the month I received 30 more German carp, 

 measuring from two to three, inches in length. I paid only 25 

 cents to the Express Company for the SO carp. 



I am confident that the raising of fish will be an advantage 

 to any person who can have a pond. Out of mine, which eosl 

 me about S'-'o. I am sure to raise enough fish in one year for 

 my own family use, besides selling enough in St. Martinsville 

 to pay five times the. cost of my pond. 



Besides my carp I had in my pond when it drid up, about 200 

 perch and other small fish. I could not believe that a tish uine 

 months old "would grow so large in so short a time without any 

 care or expense but the original cost o£ the pond. . 



1 hope that our citizens will try this new industry, and if 

 they do, in a few years our rivers and lakes will be full of good 

 fish. 



EASTERN TROUT FOR CALIFORNIA.— The Fish Com- 

 mission of California are introducing the eastern brook trout, 

 ScilreiiiiHsfontinalis. in their waters, and the people of that 

 Stale consider them superior to their native species. So it 

 goes, We are getting their rainbow trout, Satmo iridea, and 

 are enthusiastic over their good qualities. It often happens 

 that transplanted animals do best in their new home, and if 

 this is the ease with both these trouts then the exchange is a 

 good one. Fish Commissioner Redding has jl lot of fotoMnalis 

 for distribution. He also says that the Commissioners are at 

 present having half of the one hundred thousand whitefish 

 eggs, received a few weeks ago, distributed in Donner Lake 

 and Lake Tahoe. 



MR. WATKINS ON THE CARP, -Mr. S. S. Watkins, of 

 Red Wing. Minn, .the State Superintendent of Fisheries, has just 

 returned from his Eastern trip. We had a pleasant call from 

 him while in New York, and found him alive to fishcultural 

 interests. He took from Washington L69 carp, both scale and 

 leather varieties. The fish were two years old and weighed 

 from three-quarters of a pound to one pound and a half each. 

 He was greatly astonished at the size of the national carp 

 ponds and pronounces their arrangement and conduct admir- 

 able. He saw carp there that were six years old and which 

 would weigh twenty pounds. 



WHAT ARE WHITE TROUT?'— The Sacramento Bee says: 

 " Clear Lake Indians last week caught several loads of white 

 trout, from twelve to eighteen inches in length. It seems a 

 reasonable conclusion that they are the fish put in the lake in 

 1872 by Livingston Stone." 



<$lnswer£ to f^orrespondmte. 



O. A. Ti., Cleveland, O.— Send for the book t.o N. C. Squires, Cort- 

 land street, New York. Price. 30 cents. 



J. B. S„ Dayton, O.. wants the pedigree of the pointer dog l'hmlcot: 

 also his color, age and where owned. Can any of our readers give 

 the information? 



Solomon Isaacs, San Francisco, Cal.— I send von to-day some in- 

 sects captured on a West cm homed owl inuncdiatelv after death. 1 

 have often found them on smaller birds. Can you tell mc what the; 

 are) Ans. The insects sent, are Diptem, ami oolong to the Bippti- 

 ;,<>-:.■/'/"■. a group which includes also the woll-knjown partridge fly 

 {()//<rs,\i). These specimpns apparently belong to the genus Drni- 



tllml,l/in. 



W. H. V., Buffalo, N. Y.— t. What are the pedigrees of 



iels Sni 



(id .In 



irly 



J. Bestor: 



What 



w. u . E., Washing! 

 the skin, especially t) 



tips of the cars, which h-rit; 

 •y much. The dog was sick when 

 iiih I thought resulted from worms 



ip was living at last accounts, and 

 vinonl. N. 11. Juliette has been 

 on 1st tit Springfield, Mass.. 1870, 

 me show. % We have no record 



[tor /-vires/ and Stream; I hav«a 

 excrescence on 

 cs it and causes 



and give a remedy ! The dog Ls finch 

 ins. Puppies are offcon subject to sl.i 

 with age. Apph an ointment of sulphu 

 feed nothing hut plain food. 



id i.o.i. equal parts, ami 



PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 



THE WATER COLOR EXHIBITION. 



The fifteenth annus 

 can Water Color Soc: 

 Design, in this city, Oi 

 open until Feb. 86. H< 

 i.er of etchings are ea 

 We have taken notes 

 would particularly i 

 Stream, and our co 

 found below. As a 

 ings shown was rath 

 particular t ■■ •■ 

 except that tl: 



■ In 



1 exhibition of paintings, by the Ameri- 

 >ty. began at the National Academy trf 

 Monday, January BOtfh, and will remain 



sides the 648 water colors shown, a unin- 

 hibited by the New York Etching Club. 



iteresl t lie readers of the Foi'.c.st .\\n 

 amenta on a portion of them will be 

 i-hole. I lie general qualify of the paint- 

 r superior to that of former years, No 

 f the aesthetic . craze are visible b 



SSi'll 



and fio\ 

 P arativ, 

 Chas. O. 

 three ly 

 post, wo 

 an aim/ 



'illy 

 by 



v, hazy landscapes, generally c ] £ 

 re more" fashionable than hereto 

 ! light, ethereal, vet tine.lv-wrought. bird, butt. 

 ar pieces of Miss Bridges and her school are 

 y out of favor. No. '-'. " Ready for the Hunt, 

 De Penue, represents six foxhounds, two standing, 

 ig down, and one sifting, near an old stone g&te* 

 Ling patiently for the day's sport bo begin. There is 

 t clear sky, and a pleasing background of bright 

 d shrubbery. The hounds are represented with 

 somewhat too much' lumber for fast field work. Although 

 not linelv executed, the general effect of the painting is fairly 

 good. No. 7, " Rolling in; Narrngansett ," by Arthur Quartley, 

 shows us a cove with rockv shore and light breakers coming 

 in. On the left ia a cliff with sheep at pasture on the. sum nut, 

 and in the distance is a passiug schooner. No. 13, "A Fair 

 Wind," by F. S. Cozzens, is a view in New York Harbor, 

 with Statea Island on the right and Fort Lafayette on the 

 left. A large ship, with most of her sails hoisted, and a tug 

 are coming in, while a schooner and a fishing sloop are going 

 out. The sky and vessels are well painteo\but the water is 

 bad in color", and has a hard, tumioving look. No. 18. "On 

 the Harlem," by Wm. C. Filler, might be recognized by 

 i o.i nv of our rowing friends. The scene is near King's Bridge, 

 and the picture is cheerful and well executed. No. 2(1, 

 "Menhaden Fishing"— a sketch, by Arthur Quartlev, repre- 

 sents a fishing sloop on the right, and in the middle fore- 

 ground two of its boars at its -tern in i a i-al her rough sea. 

 There are two men in one boat, three in the other, hauling in 

 the net full of "bunkers, ''which may be seen, with their 

 glistening sides, in the water encircled by the net. The men 

 are not well drawn, being stiff aud wooden, and not showing 

 the animation natural to their occupation. No. 81, "Remin- 

 iscence; Saddle River, N. J.,'' by R. W. van Boskerck, is a 

 fine, well-colored little country scene, with a pond on the 

 left, light, verdure on the right, and a clear sky and low woods 

 in the background. No. M, "Low Tide; Scituate," by A. T. 

 Bricher. represents a little bay at. low water, with fisher- 

 men's huts iu the background, water on the right, and a 

 fishing sloop in the middle foreground. The vessel is keeled 

 over on the port side, the sails are furled, a net hangs out of 

 the bold, and on the inclined deck a lady leans or sits gazing 

 at the sand. This is a well painted picture, the. hazy atmos- 

 phere aud shadow effects being well conveyed. No. 4S, 

 "Surf; Coast of New Jersev," by F. K. M. Rehn, is a 

 meritorious work. No. 63, "fishing Hut; Northport, L. I." 

 by Arthur Quartley, also worthy of attention, is a cheerful 

 morning scene, with fog rising.' No. 73, "Summer Morning; 

 Quogue, L. I.," by Wm. H. Hyde, is a small but pretty laud- 

 scape, with bright grass and daisies in the foreground. No. 

 81, "Lake George, looking South from Harbor Island," bv 

 James D. Smillie, is a small landscape of much merit. From 

 rocks in the foreground we look across the water to the dis- 

 tant hills. No. 83 is a companion picture, by the same artist, 

 "Looking North from Harbor Islands." On the right i8 a 

 rocky shore with trees, from which the view extends across 

 the lake. No. 89, "Bolton, Lake George; Study from Nature." 

 by Geo. D. Smillie, is a good landscape, with trees on the left 

 and the lake visible through the centre background. No. 104, 

 "Lake Placid, Adirondack*; a Sketch from Nature," by 

 Samuel Colman, is very fine. There is a blue haze in the 

 air, rolling clouds in the sky, aud rain over the mountains in 

 the distance. These difficult atmospheric effects are here 

 well produced. From a hill iu the foreground we see a 

 green, wooded island in the middle half distance, hills on 

 each side of the lake and the mountains beyond. No. 109 is 

 "Morning After a Stormy Night; Southampton,'' by A. T. 

 Bricher. This is a fine marine view, heavy breakers rolliug 

 in against the shore, a gray sky, schooners passing in the 

 distance, and gulls flying over' t tie surf. No. 118, "Port 

 Jefferson," by J. Alden Weir, is anther blind scene on the 

 harbor at that place; somewhat of the "impression" order. 

 We seem to be in of neftr one of the shipyards, The water 

 is particularly badly paiuted, and might be milk or flour; 

 but with this exception the general effect of the picture is 

 lather pleasiug if it is viewed from a respectful distance. No. 

 128, "A Forest Scene," by R. M. Shurtleif, isa-shady wood- 

 land view with a red fox in the foreground, and a deer on the 

 right, further back. No. 123, "High Tide; Atlantic Coast," 

 by F. K. M. Rehn. is much tlie same in character and merit 

 as No. 109, already mentioned. No. °4, "Gone hath the 

 Spring with all its glowers, aud gone the .Summer's pomp aud 

 show," by Henry Farrer, is an excelleut work. L is a chill, 

 dark dav in autumn and the trees are bare; around a pool 

 in the foreground are the withered weeds which grew so 

 luxuriantly in summer, and over all is the cold, gray, leaden 

 sky. The impression of desolation conveyed by the til lc is 

 equally well conveyed by the picture itself, winch is of line 

 perspective aud well colored. No. 133, "Meadows nt-ar the 

 Sea." by Miss Fidelia LSrirlgeB, is an excellent little landscape, 

 in her well known style, There are a green meadow, wild 

 tl butterflies, till handled with exquisite skill. No. 

 View on Long Lake, AdirondacKS," by James D. 

 th shore and trees on the left and islands in the 

 No. 186 represents fishing boats "Becalmed," and 

 ited bv Arthur Quartley. No. 13" is a view 



flowers 

 134 is i 

 Smillie. 

 distauc 

 is well _._ 



from the right bank of the "Great Fall of the Nepigon, 

 British America," by R. Swain Gilford, and is a line picture. 

 No. TIT, "At Long Branch," by Francis A. Silva, is a view 

 from the beach wii h wreckage on the sands and fishing boats 

 in the oiling. No. 1 18 ol great merit, is ".WawayandaLafce," 

 by G. F. t.'ropsey. There are autumn trees, and cattle pas- 

 turing in the foreground, and beyond the lake, hills in th 



tbe Race, 1SS1, New Loudo 



s a bright 



>n the -la 



atos," by Alfred Eappes, repre- 

 king toward 

 ending a net) 



listauce. No. l.V.f.' " Bef 



Coun.," by Arthur <>artlc\ 



The sloop.-, steamboats and 



bunting, while crowds v.ai 



yacht race. No. 151, "Help 



sents an old fisherman m his t&rpauJ 



hi- but, (near the door of which his 



with a basket under one arm and! 



lish held by the gills. Near the hut 



Lis vocation. No. 17&, '■('alio .Mono' 



1881, Ne 



n,d pleasing pic 

 re eavlv decked 



the 



othf 



Portia 



S evidences of 

 .1 lUrboi,' by 



ves els i id a rocky shore on the rig 11 ■':. "Hundred 



Islands, Lake 1-ieorV,'' bv James D. Saiiliie. gives a View of 

 the lake on the right and the rooky Biiore On lie left with 

 trees, it is a fine work, No. 802 is an "Adirondack Scene," 

 by II W. Rohbins. The view is on a hill, with a hemlock 

 grove .'mil cattle near by and another bill in the distance. 

 No. 204 is "BoyS Fishing,' 1 by Thco. Robinson. Two bovs fish 

 from tin- shore of a pond with boles, while a third In ' 



Asv oxe iu warn of a good Flohen parlor rifle shcnild read the ad- 

 vertisement in this issue of E. U. Hoenig, 676 Broad street, Newark, 

 V J. 



No. 807, "Npon; 

 Thomas Moran, is an 

 peaks wii!i snow in th 

 and below, on the ri; 

 Chas. Melville Dewej 

 the right and a little g 

 piece and cheap at th 



Sketcb 



i Coito 



, Ut 



idC 

 work. There are rocky 

 ; 'iwering up to tbe blue sky 

 a lake. No, 819. "A Sketch," by 

 1 ■ - nts a sloop high on shore on 

 standing near. It is a pleasant little 

 -_ jatalogue. price, twenty dollars. No. 

 331, "A Squally Day ; Boulogne," by Theo. Weber, is a very 

 fine work. There are fishing boats in a rough sea, but the sky 



is only lightly clouded. It is well painted throughout. No. 

 227 is a good semi -tropical sunset "View on the St. Johns," 

 by Granville Perkins. No. 838 is a view "A1 Pigeon Cove," by 

 Geo. H. Smillie. We look out upon the water from a shore 

 of verdure, low trees and rocks. No . ultn day "On 



tbe Sound}" by ETenrj Fairer. The water is smooth 

 are- several Bloopsnear with sari Is scarcely moving. This is 

 a worthy work. No. 384 is "A Bkel h: Fast iiampb.n." by 

 Bruce Crane, and represents a road with bright, win! verdure 

 on each side. It is an attractive lltOn pioture, and cheap at 

 thirty dollars, the price asked. No. :.'".:i is a semi-tropical 

 "Scene on the Oeklawaha," by Granville Perkins. No. 243, a 

 "Spanish Gipsy Feeding F'igeons," by Gerqme Ferris, repre- 

 sents a man in Spanish costume 91 indiog in a -ireetwith 

 pigeons perched oh his arms and circling around him, while 

 :n his right band be holds food for them, Which some are 

 picking from t lie pavement i- he drops ic. This is a brightly 

 colored aud pleasing work, but its appearance is sorrii what 



marred be thn ilif**rinT* leenp nrtr»n it. "NTn 'Ale to • '1 '.,, ..elic- 



it. No. 245 is "Beeches 

 •. showing a quiet little 

 nine through the beech 

 upon the brook, is very 



by the Brook." by Wm. Bliss 

 rocky stream faintly lit by the 

 tree leaves. The perspective, lot 

 fine. 



This finishes our comments on the pictures shown in the 

 north and east galleries of the Academy. Those Ui the south 

 gallery and the corridor will be described iu our next issue. 



Zhe iicmiel 



FIXTURES. 

 BffikdH SHOWS. 

 March 7, 8, 9 and 10-Piltshnrgh. IM.. Bench Show. ('has. Lincoln, 

 Superintendent. Kntries close Keli ;.>.-> 



April 18, 19, 30 and &.— New York, Sixth Annual Bench Show of the 

 Westminster Kennel club. Chas. LinutSm, Superintendent, 



May !), 10, 11 and 13— Boston, Mass. Thin I bene], snow ,,t (he Massa- 

 chusetts Kennel Club, Edward .1. Forster. Secretarv; ( lias. Lincoln, 

 Superintendent. 



FIELD TBJAXS. 

 September— National American Kennel Club Field Trials on Prairie 

 Chickens. Jos. H. Dew, Columbia, Term., Secretarj . 



December— National American Kennel Club Held Trials on Quail, 

 Grand Junction, Tenn. D. Bryson, MeiuphK T< nn.. Secretary. 



QUARTERING, STYLE AND SPEED. 



IN a late ntunber " Old Fogy " says that quartering is one of 

 the most essential points in a flop's training, but is carried to 

 extremes in a great many cases. Quartering, st y le aud speed 

 are points that very few thorough sportsmen v i 

 willing to dispense with. He doe3 not seem to think that 

 any but wide, rangers and stylish and speedv dogs will pass 

 birds without liuding them. But I think that slow dogs are 

 more apt to pass birds than fast ones are. In held work, the 

 faster a dog with a good nose goes, the more he will use his 

 scenting powers Your correspondent also says that in the 

 rules given by Stonehenge. the angles an? too great. 1 con- 

 tend that a thoroughly broken dog will make his own angles. 

 Idont suppose there are very many dogs broken altogether 

 to the rules laid down by Stonehenge. Your correspondent 

 says they would do better for down wind work. I oai 

 the logic in sending the dog from you, if those rules art I lei ter 

 for down wind work. Your correspondent says send the dog 

 from you and let him quarter the ground on his return. I 

 would say, enter the field and let him have the benefit of 

 the wind,'»ud you will not have your dog do double work, for 

 it is surely tiresome to have to wait for a" slow quartering dog 

 to perform this kind of work. J have done it with very fast 

 quartering dogs, and found it so much like waiting an hour 

 ior breakfast, with everything reauj for a good day's sport. 

 In regard to that 200-acre field, he says that he did take his 

 slow quartering dogs in the same field and bagged twenty-live 

 birds, and the handler of the pointers only bagged sixteen. 

 Now I do not take this as proof for which brace of dogs did 

 the best work, for, as a genera! thing, most of sportsmen 

 bag more birds than profo.-sional handlers of dogs, for they 

 should only kill to points, and most of jportataen that like 

 slow hunting dogs shoot at every bird that flies, if the dog is 

 one hundred yards away from where the birds rise. To 

 satisfy sportsmen, he should have kept account of the number 

 of points of each brace, to tell which did the best work, for a 

 field of two hundred acres is a pretty large field, and there 

 might have been some one else come into that same field an 

 hour after he bagged twenty-five with a fast quartering brace 

 of dogs and bagged twenty-sis birds right ever the same' 

 ground, and not killed every tune he shot either. I have 

 known such to be done in as large fields as two hundred 

 acres. " Old Fogy" must learn that some of the mosi stylish, 

 speedy and fast dog3 are the most careful dogs in cover. 

 When they are thoroughly broken they know that they must 

 hunt carefully when they get in bad cover. I have had them 

 as fast as greyhounds, and as sUvrthv as cats in cover, would 

 walk if they saw the birds Were wihl and you take thetn to 

 the field and tell them to go they would go to work as if they 

 meant to find you something to shoot at in a short, tine-, and 

 you would not have to walk from one side of the field . i the 

 other in order to get your dogs to a certain point yon wanted 

 to hunt, as you would with your slow quartering dogs, 

 Pace and style has never yet provoked me. iu long grass, 

 weeds or brush to a very ureal extent, but '>n the other hand, 

 I have had slow dogs in such cover when I thought blood- 

 hounds, or at least foxhounds, would have been of more use 

 to me m regard to getting shots, tor the birds would run 

 faster than my slow dogs would road them through such 

 cover. Fast dogs always depend on body scent . and very sel- 

 dom put their nose to the ground to catch the fool scent, that 

 belongs to a slow do-. I he, i 



dogs and walk up the buds m\ self, they being too slow to get 

 up to them in long ^rass. as lie-, w...ul bul road 



all the while. A fast dog would oast for body seem, and get 

 so close on them that they, uine times out of ten. will hide as 

 the dog makes his point, and once to cover, they will pretty 

 nearly always stay until flushed by the handler o'f the dog. 



Now. when the dog? were crawling that oue hundred yards 

 or more before cst;ibli>lun. t h -n point o:i running birds in 

 open cover, had he been at. a. field trial tic. ia-t quartering dog 

 would have established his point long before that, and proba- 

 bly it would decide the heat .and tusstealthy dog would be left 

 out in the cold until another field trial would take place. It 

 will do for a doe Bodusuch work whenhis - the same 



kind of a dog. but not with tine style, pace an. I quartering 

 .. y always gol the pou dogs, and the 



owners of such dogs canuot see how they get them, but the 

 judges do, and th it has to he final. 



As regards chix&en footing-, "Old 1? o;s' can have his own 

 iras ins pen is concerned, for I have never 3hot 

 chickens. But 1 should think it would be hard to gei 

 too fast for chicken shooting, ns about r ■ fastesl dog in the 

 national field trials was claimed there to be one of the best of 

 chicken dogs; ami I am glad "Old Fogy" e. i 1 1 have the oppor- 

 c'iovc which isthe best and most practical dogwork 

 on chickens, the fast or slow dog, if he will t.ii: •■ part in the 

 grand chicken trials ihat are to beheld under theauspic 

 N. A. K". 0. next September. Asageneral thing, the sports- 

 men that own those fast quarto] 



do not follow them at race-horse -;>c,-'i if they are thoroughly 

 broken you do not ha veto follow Ehem as much as vou do 

 dogs thai them in the blace oi'liaving to 



take the slow dogs to certainpointsin the field, you wish to have 

 them hunt out for you. It ia much pleasure to know when you 

 go into a field yon have not to walk all over that field to see if 



