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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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trusting one of the darned things when I had a lot of sproats 

 in the same pocket which old Opoldildoc had tied to gimp 

 for me yours ago, and tied them to stay. It does aeetfl that 

 the heads of some dolts must be cleft before au idea ran find 

 lodgment, and "I'm one on 'em." Next morning the Deluge, 

 which hits had a rim here equal to the "Black Crook" at 

 ."Ni bio's, was on, and we came in dripping, but with enough 

 fish for all the neighbors, and determined to go again tflE 

 first favorable day. Just when that will be is considerably 

 mixed, for the night after our return the highest water-mark's 

 were submerged, and while I write, three days later, rain is 

 pouring in sluices. — Kentuckian. 



The Shatj Season. — There is a prospect for an early run 

 of shad on the rivers. In the Potomac it is predicted that 

 eggs will be taken as early as the 10th of April. The U. S. 

 F. C. is preparing for a big season's work on the river. The 

 eggs will lie hatched in the old armory building and at the 

 navy yard, in Washington. The first shad in the Connecticut 

 River" is thus recorded by the Hartford Times: The first 

 Shad taken from the Connecticut River this year, and the 

 earliest probably for ninny years, was taken from the pound 

 of Mr. Pease at the mouth of the Connecticut Monday after- 

 noon, March 20, 1882. It proved to be a fine roe shad, 

 weighing 5£ pounds and was bought by Mr. Van Vlcck, of 

 Blackford & Co., New York, the price' being $1 per pound. 

 The shad was served at breakfast at the Pease House at 

 Saybrook Point, on Tuesday morning. Mr. R. Cornell 

 White, of White's Line to Saybrook, J. J. Dickenson, agent 

 of White's Line, Gilbert Thompson, of Essex, Captain R. 

 R. Miner, of the Columbia, R. Van Vleck, of Blackford & 

 Co., of New York, and Captains George Holton and Wes- 

 ley Pierce, of the steamer Columbia, who were on their way 

 to attend the sales of steamers of the old Hartford line at 

 New London to-day, were at breakfast, and pronounced the 

 shad of fine flavor. They concluded that it betokened an 

 early season. 



Shelling Out. — "There's going to be a big revolution in 

 the fish business," a Pulton Market dealer remarked to a Sun 

 reporter. "Perhaps you have heard of the Nutritive So- 

 ciety? It's a lot of advanced thinkers that believe in only 

 paying for what they use, and propose putting it into prac- 

 tice. One of them dropped in here the other day and wanted 

 to buy a good fresh cod. I picked out for him a good one 

 at twelve cents a pound. 'Now, my friend,' he commenced, 

 'you are making me pay for the head, the backbone, the skin, 

 and two-thirds of the weight of the fish in water at so much 

 a pound, while I only want the nutritive portion.' But I 

 didn't see it in that light, and the old chap went off with the 

 fish, swearing that he had been cheated. One of the men 

 here knew him, and said that he kept a grocery in Third 

 avenue, and the next night I walked in and gave him a call. 

 I ordered a quart of peanuts, and as he was measuring them 

 out, I said, 'Don't put. in any shells; I only pay for the nu- 

 tritive portion.' He recognized me, and saw I had him, but 

 he stuck to it that meat and fish should be sold on a nutri- 

 tion basis, while no allowance should be made for egg or 

 peanut shells." 



Enforcing the Pennsylvania Laws. — Hollidaysburg, 

 Pa. — Just after the breaking of the old canal reservoir near 

 this place, warrants were issued for the arrest of several per- 

 sons charged with the catching of black bass out of season, 

 and as a result two of the offenders were convicted and fined 

 each ten dollars and costs. Shortly afterward another man 

 was arrested for taking eight trout from Blair creek, a, beauti- 

 ful mountain trout stream which joins the Juniata above our 

 town, and being unable, to pay the fine of eighty dollars im- 

 posed, was committed to the county jail for eighty days. A 

 few more examples like this will finish the pot-fishermen 

 around here. The winter here, has been so mild that all kinds 

 of game wintered well. While taking a short walk recently 

 I flushed a bevy of quail and one ruffed grouse, who went 

 off like a rocket. Woodcock have begun to arrive, several 

 having been seen in the country, and one was flushed yester- 

 day evening near the market-house, in the center of the 

 town.— T, D, 



Incredible Tales Told bt Anglers. — A paper quoting 

 from the Detroit Wee, Press, gives numerous fish stories under 

 the above title, among them one of a fisherman in East 

 Florida, who, with half a mullet on a shark hook, caught a 

 bass after an hour's fight which weighed fifty-tlu-ee pounds, 

 and was scaled with a grubbing hoe, the scales being as large 

 as silver dollars. The other stories were like those of our 

 old friend Baron Munchausen ; but this incident may be seen 

 any day almost on the Florida coast, even to the grubbing 

 ho'e part of the story. The grouping of these stories under 

 one title reminds one of the old lady who believed the tales 

 of her sailor son about rivers of rum and mountains of sugar 

 in the West Indies, but refused to credit his statement that 

 he had seen flying fishes. The ignorant newspaper man and 

 the ignorant old lady were alike unable to discriminate be- 

 tween the true and the false. — S. C. C, 



A Giant Squid. — The Sacramento, (Cal.) Bee, says there 

 has been on exhibition for a day or two past, at the stalls of 

 D. DeBernardi & Co., K street, between Third and Fourth, 

 a monster "devil" fish, which was captured in San Francisco 

 Bay. As it lay on a table on the sidewalk in front of the 

 store it attracted much attention, and large crowds collected 

 to view the "critter. " It resembles a mass of jelly, with a 

 head about the size of an ordinary washbowl, and from this 

 protruded nine tentacles with suction openings at intervals of 

 an inch or two. The longest of these arms measured four- 

 teen feet. The fish is considered rare eating and was sold to 

 Marco Maina. 



Good Ground for Bass. -A. capital fishing ground for 

 black bass was discovered last season by Mr. Charles Vogel, 

 of Philadelphia. Knowing bass were plentiful on the tipper 

 Susquehanna, he surmised they might be caught lower down. 

 He made the experiment directly above the bridge at Havre 

 de Grace, with minnow bait, anil took numbers — on one day 

 forty odd pounds, the largest weighing six pounds. — Homo. 



Lost a Bio One.— Mr. A. H. Powers, Fish Commissioner, 

 and party returned yesterday from a week's trip fishing in 

 Canada, "on Magog and Massawhippi Lakes. They had cold 

 weather but report fair success. Their largest fish was a 

 maskelunge of fifteen pounds, but like the boy. they "lost a 

 whopper."— X., Plymouth, N. H., March 23." 



peake Bay, and while no shad were taken, many interesting 

 fishes were found. Among them were fifty dogfish, Squalus 

 Amirirarnis, and many of the } r oung of the spotted codling, 

 Urophyc.is regiux, which were not previously known in the 



bay. 



tgisffcitltare. 



THE DEUTSCHE FISCHERE1 VEREIN. 



THE reports or circulars of the German Fishery Association 

 are issued as often as circumstances require, and usually 

 number from eight to twelve in a year. They are handsomely 

 printed in quarto form and unbound. Circular No. 1, 1882, 

 dated Berlin, February 10, is before us. This circular is ac- 

 companied by fourteen haudsome quarto lithographic plates 

 of the fishways of Great Britain, making it a valuable work 

 for reference op this subject. The text opens as follows: 



"As in the p i.st year grief at the death of President Garfield 

 has eucireled the earth, we. are impelled by our friendship for 

 Professor Baird to say a few words of condolence." Here ref- 

 erence is made to correspondence between Mr. von Behr, the 

 president of the association, and Professor Baird, which is 

 given in full in the appendix devoted to correspondence. 



In order to obtam more current knowledge of English fish- 

 ways, Mr. Brussow, an eminent engineer and member of the 

 association, was sent to that country by favor of the Grand 

 Duke of Mecklenburg-Sckwerin. The" fruits of his journey, 

 with the thanks of the society, are laid before the readers of 

 the circular in his report, and the chart before mentioned. 

 The question of fish lad ers is one of the most important ones 

 for the future consideration of the society. Our friend, Fred. 

 Mather, writes us: "You know that for a long time I was in 

 doubt about the practical value of the McDonald fishway, and 

 that I sought proof of its capacity Now I consider it the best 

 one which has been invented, and it is rapidly growing into 

 favor." We wish Mr. Mather would give us further particu- 

 lars. 



Our thanks are due Professor Baird for presents of eggs of 

 salmonoids. He will shortly send 20,000 eggs of the lake trout, 

 a valuable species of America, which sometimes reaches fifty 

 pounds in weight. Lately there has been some opposition to 

 our importation of fish eggs, by those who are strangers to the 

 subject. The only influence such opposition has, however, is 

 that perhaps we." should be less liberal in distributing such 

 eggs in such multitudes with our willing hands, those which 

 have not been proved to be of value to Germany. 



With our best thanks we acknowledge the receipt of 300,000 

 eggs of the whitefish from Professor "Baird, -which- we will 

 place in the Alpine lakes only in great quantities. These eggs 

 came to Geestemunde in the very finest condition, fine beyond 

 comparison, while among the above mentioned 20,000 lake 

 trout eggs, only 100 were dead.* 



The zander (pike-porch, wall-eyed pike, Stizosthediivm) we 

 recommend to all our esteemed co-workers in fishcultnre. 

 The fishery society of Coblentz reports great numbers of large 

 zanders in the Rhine, as well as in the Bodensee (Lake Con- 

 stance). Perhaps the society in Augsburg will distribute these 

 fish, and it is possible, that we may have the eggs and fry 

 given to us. 



Who wishes from us, before the next spawning time, the im- 

 pregnated eggs of the grayling and the hucho {salmo hucho, 

 the hooked salmon of the "Danube) ? Or who off ere to sell us 

 such eggs? 



Thus far we have quoted the report proper, which is fol- 

 lowed by much correspondence. We have noticed that be- 

 tween Mr. Yon Behr and Prof. Baird concerning the death of 

 President Garfield, and this is followed by- a report of Engineer 

 Brussow, of Schwerin, on his journey to England to inspect 

 fishways. This, as we have said, is illustrated by fourteen 

 plates, and we may in future translate his report, which would 

 he marred by extracts. 



From a report by Prof. Nitsche, Tharand, we learn that on 

 the morning of April 13, Mr. Eckardt, of Lubbinchen, mailed 

 200 eggs of the pike, Eso;s lucius, which arrived by post at 

 Tharand the next morning with only one dead egg. These 

 eggs were impregnated on the 85th of March and the first fish 

 appeared on April 17. The sac was absorbed by the 24th of 

 May, at which time the greatest mortality took place, and 

 ninety-three were turned out. Mr. von dem Borne also sent 

 eggs of the pike, with great success, to the Berlin aquarium 

 and also the young fry, which were received in good order. 



This circular is one of the most interesting ones which this 

 very active and useful society has issued, and it is pleasing to 

 see that the fishculturists of" Germany are not content with 

 being the foremost society of the kind in Europe, but are con- 

 tinually showing evidences of progression. Those who wish 

 to follow their progress further are commended to their 

 cirulars. We have extracted only those points which might 

 be of interest here. 



*The eggs mentioned were brook, not lake trout; the latter were 

 too far advanced to send and were only a small lot at that, They 

 were hatched the next day after arriving in New York and placed in 

 a New Jersey lake, as mentioned in another place. 



THE AMERICAN FISHCULTURAL ASSOCIATION.— The 

 annual meeting of the. association will be held at the rooms 

 of the Fulton Market Fishmonger's Association, in the Fulton 

 wholesale fish market, on Monday and Tuesday, April 3 and 

 4. This building stands next, the" ferry house and is between 

 South street and the river. The meeting is usually opened 

 about 10 A. M. each day. The only way in which the valuable 

 reports of this association can be obtained is by joining it. It 

 was at one time proposed to offer them for sale, out afterward 

 it was decided not to do so. The membership costs three dol- 

 lars per year, and those wishing to join it can consult the treas- 

 urer, Mr. E. G. Blackford, Fulton market. 



Ihe Hmnel 



April 18, 19, 80 and 31 

 Westminster Kennel 

 Superintendent. 



May 9. in. n and 12— 

 ehusetts Kennel Club 

 Secretary Exhibition 

 close April 23. 



September — N at Jon a 

 Chickens. Jos. H. De 



December— National 

 Grand Junction, Tenth 



FIXTURES. 



BENCH SHOWS. 



.— New York, Sixth Annual Bench Show of the 

 Club. Entries close April 3. Chas. Lincoln, 



Boston, Mass. Third Bench Show of the Massa- 



Chas. Lincoln. Superintendent; E. E. Hardv, 



:!oramittee, P. O. Box 1703, Boston. Entries 



FIELD TRIALS, 

 American Kennel Club Field Trials on Prairie 

 ..-, Columbia, Tenn., Secretary. 

 American Kennel Club Field Trials on Quail, 

 1). Bryson, Memphis, Tenn., Secretary. 



New Fibhes in Chesapeake Bay,— The U. S. Pish Com- 

 missioner's steamer Fish Hawk, recently went down Chesa- 



BOSTON DOG SHOW. 



THIS show will be held at Music Hall, Boston, Mass.. on 

 May 9, 10, 11 and 12. 



The judges will give the followin g awards; First, second, 

 third, -very highly commended, (orvhe.) highly commended, 

 (or he.) commended, (or c). For which the certificate of the 

 club, handsomely engraved, and duly signed, will be given. 

 No other prizes" or awards will be given. In the champion 

 classes only one award will be made; 



Following are the classes: 1. Champion English setter dogs. 

 2. Champion English setter bitches. :;, Imported English 

 setter dogs. 4. Imported English setter bitches. 5. Imported 

 English setter dog puppies. 0. Imported English setter bitch 

 puppies. 7. Native English setter dogs. S. Native English 



setter bitches. 9. Native English setter dog puppies. 10. 

 Native English setter bitch puppies. 11. Champion Irish. 

 Better dogs. 12. Champion Irish setter bitches. 13. Irish 

 setter dogs, 14. Irish setter bitches. 15. Irish setter dog 

 puppies. 10. Irish setter bitch puppies. 17. Champion Gor- 

 don setter dogs. 18. Champion Gordon setter bitches. 19. 

 Gordon setter dogs. 20. Gordon setter bitches. 21. Gordon 

 setter dog puppies. 22. Gordon setter bitch puppies. 23. 

 Champion pointer dogs, over 5&Tbs. weight, 84. Champion 

 pointer bitches, over 501bs. weight. 25. Champion pointer 

 dogs, under 551bs. weight. 36. "Champion pointer bitches, 

 under 501bs. weight. 27. Pointer dogs, over 551bs. weight! 

 2S. Pointer bitches, over 501bs. weight. 29. Pointer dogs, 

 under S51bs. weight. 30. Pointer bitches, under nOlbs. weight. 

 81. Pointer dog puppies. 33. Pointer bitch puppies. " 83; 

 Chesapeake. Bay dogs. 34. Irish water spaniels. 85. Spaniels, 

 over 2Slbs., other than black. 8(1. Cocker spaniels, under 

 2Slbs., other than black. 37. Black spaniels, over 2Slbs. 

 weight. 88. Black spaniels, under liSlbs. weight. 39. Spaniel 

 puppies, anv color. 40. Foxhounds. 41. Beagles. 42. Baebs- 

 hunde. 43. Champion fox-terrier dogs. 4-1. Champion fox- 

 terrier bitches. 45. Fox-terrier dogs. 46. Fox-terrier bitches. 

 47. Fox-terrier puppies. 48. Greyhounds. 19. Scotch deer- 

 hounds. 50. Champion mastiff docs 51, Champion mastiff 

 bitches. 52. Mastiff dogs. 58. Mastiff bitches. 51. Mastiff 

 puppies. 55. Champion rough-coated St, Bernard dogs. 56. 

 Campion rough-coated St. Bernard bitches. 57. Rough-coated 

 St. Bernard dogs. 58. Rough-coated St, Bernard bitches. 59. 

 Champion smooth-coated St. Bernard dogs. 60. Champion 

 smooth-coated St. Bernard bitches. 61. Smooth-coated St. 

 Bernard do.gs. 62. Smooth-coated St. Bernard bitches. 63. 

 St. Bernard puppies. 6-1. Berghunds. dogs. 65. Berghunds, 

 bitches. 66. Newfoundlands. 67. Dalmatians. 68. Cham 

 pion collie dogs. 69. Champion collie bitches. TO. Collie dogs. 

 71. Collie bitches. 72. Collie puppies. 73. Champion bulls. 

 74 Bulls. 75. Champion bull-terriers, over L'elbs. weight. 

 76. Champion bull-terriers, under "51bs. weight, 77. Bull- 

 terrier dogs. 78. Bull-tern er bitches, 79. Champion pugs. 

 SO. Pug dogs. 81. Pug bitches. 82. Pug puppies. 83, Black 

 and tan terriers, over nibs, weight. S4. Champion Skve- 

 terriers. 85. Skve-terrie.rs. 86. Rough haired terriers, (ex- 

 cept Skyes, Dandie Dinmonts, and Yorkshires), 87 D&rtdie 

 Dinmont terriers. 88. Champion Yorkshire-terriers. 89. 

 Yorkshire-terriers, over 51bs. weight. 90 Yorkshire-terriers, 

 under 51bs. weight. 91. Rough or smooth-coated toy-terriers, 

 (except Yorkshires, not exceeding 51bs weight). "92. King 

 Charles spaniels. 93. Japanese spaniels. 94. Italian grey- 

 hounds. 95. Poodles. 96. Trick dogs. 07. Yard-broken dogs. 

 Entries close April 22. 



BENCH SHOW AT CLEVELAND, O. 

 We have received a letter from Mr. L. G. Hanna, of Cleve- 

 land, O., stating that there will be a bench show in that city 

 in June, and that in addition to the .$500 subscription at the 

 meeting the full amount of the guarantee f tmd has been raised 

 and that liberal prizes will be offered. A Cleveland correspond- 

 ent says:— "A number of gentlemen, including Messrs. L. G. 

 Hanna, Thomas Axworthy, J. T. Wamelink, GeorgeW. Short, 

 J. T. Dawley, C. M. Munhall, Charles Gablens, A.E. Sterling 

 J. H. Dalliba, James Wood. G. W. Baker, J. C. Mvers, Frank 

 Robinson, John A. Teal, L. O. Rawson, S. H. Wilson, II. k. 

 Hill, John J. Wightman, and Henrv Zimmerman, met at the 

 Weddell parlors, March 22nd, and formed an association, to be 

 known as the Cleveland Bench Show Association, with the 

 following officers: President, L. G. Hanna; Secretary, C. M. 

 Munhall; Treasurer, A. E. Sterling. A soliciting committee 

 consisting of the following gentlemen was also appointed: J. 

 T. Wamelink, J. T. Dawley, Charles Gablenz, J. H. Dalliba, 

 James Wood, G. W. Baker, J. C. Myers, and Frank Robinson. 

 The above committee gave evideuce'of the fitness for the work 

 assigned them by raising a gaurantee fund of gollOonthe spot. 

 A desire to be represented with other cities in this particular 

 interest has prevailed with a number of the above-named 

 gentlemen for some time, and the great success of the recent 

 bench show at Pittsburg acted as a strong inducement for the 

 action taken last evening. The hearty manner in which the. 

 call was responded to, and the generous subscriptions to the 

 cause place the success of this new departure beyond the 

 question of a doubt, and it is safe to say that the above associa- 

 tion will become one of the features of the future. A bench 

 show wiU be given in this city some time in June, though at 

 present the dates have not been decided upon, Mr. Charles 

 Lincoln will be here and render what assistance he can to- 

 ward the success of the affair. " 



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A FRIEND and I went up the. river duck hunting the other 

 day. We had along an Irish setter bitch pup. Last sum- 

 mer she was taught to retrieve sticks from land and water, 

 which was about the only experience she had received. Arriv- 

 ing at our destination, we built blinds and had the good fortune 

 to "drop a number of ducks which Nan retrieved nicely. But the 

 water was very cold and, getting chilled through," she went 

 more reluctantly and finally refused to go into the water at 

 all. Coaxing availed not, whipping only made a bad matter 

 worse. What was to be done.' A question of authority had 

 arisen between the dog and her master, the decision of 

 which would probably be the ruin or the making of the pup. 

 Nan crouched shivering and whimpering at my feet, await- 

 ing my next move, knowing what was wanted of her 

 but determined not to go into that cold river again. I hastily 

 revolved all the patent methods 

 had read in the Forest and SlB 

 ease. Suddenly a bright idea ei 

 pup by the nape of the neck, a,r 

 bevond her depth. As I expect, 

 swam for shore. I shook the W 



phatically "go fetch." She paddled around a few moments, 

 ^ust beyond reach of the whip, and then suddenly wheel- 

 mg about started for that duck, which she retrieved in fine 

 style. A happier dog, when she got to land, yon never saw. 

 She wanted to carry that duck all over the plantation. I had 

 the. humanity not to send her in again that evening. Of 

 course it is cruel to send a chilled dog into the "water but when 

 one, whose success as a sport sman is not great, drops a fine 

 mallard, he wants that duck and wants it bad, and if he is 

 not able to afford a boat or a Chesapeake Bay dog, why, lie 

 must retrieve it with the means he has at hand. 1 would like 

 some ut my brother sportsmen to try the above plan, in a 

 similar emergency, and see if it will not work. 



I once taught an old and very stubborn dog to retrieve, after 

 other methods failed, by tying him up without food several 

 days, then letting him see me wrap a piece of meat in a paper 

 and attaching it to a float, which thrown into the water. 

 Telling the dog to ••fetch," lie immediately swam out and 

 brought the float with meat attached to the shore, when the 

 meat was given to him. 



I should like to inquire of the dog trainers why a dog should 

 be taught to "drop to shot," I have not, learned my bitch to 

 drop, and, when a covey is flushed she will watch until the 

 birds go down; then when the .lead birds, if any, are re- 

 trieved, she will immediately set off in the direction they have 

 flown, and rarely fails to mark them down more :a 



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For this country my preference is the red Irish setter, The 



