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measurably for the exceptionally large percentage of the 

 hatching. ' After the first shipment early "in January, 1883, 

 something happened to the Plymouth establishment which 

 prevented getting' any more spawn from there, and 175,000 

 eggs were then ordered from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and they 

 came, but in very bad order. The loss in hatching these was 

 very great. Later 25,000 eggs were ordered from Caledonia 

 Springs. New York, which came in good order and hatched 

 well. As in the year before, most of the young fry were dis- 

 tributed to various streams throughout the State; only ten 

 or twelve thousand being kept for breeding purposes. 



On Nov, 15, 1883, Mr. Bogart, who has had charge of the 

 hatchery from the beginning, began taking spawn from the 

 fish hatched in January and February, 1882, then about 

 twenty-one months old. He continued taking spawn from 

 time to time, up to Feb. 10, reaching about 500,000 in quantity, 

 which, he says, might have been increased to 1,000,000. Of 

 this spawn 50,000 were sold to a party on Gunnison River, 

 whose hatchery failed to work. He then placed them in a 

 spring brook, and lost them all. The other 450,000 were laid 

 down in the hatchery from time to time, and turned out from 

 eighty to eighty-five' per cent, of fry from the gross product 

 of spawn. They are all hatched now, and the young are in 

 excellent condition. 



The "two-yea,r-olds" are now being marketed, and will all 

 be killed, except a few for experiment and observation. 

 Among them are many of two pounds weight each, and a 

 greater number that will weigh one and a half pounds each. 

 The great majority, however, range between half a pound and 

 one pound in weight. These weights are not guessed at, but 

 proved by the scales, and in the presence of myself and others. 

 The pound and a half and two-pound fish are about twenty- 

 two months old, and are New England brook trout. Mr. 

 Bogart says, however, that he can pick out no less than four 

 varieties of tvpes among them. Next year's spawn will be 

 taken from the fish that are now yearlings. 



Tn the spring of 1S82 there were also obtained 10,000 spawn 

 of the California rainbow trout. They hatched well but have 

 not grown as rapidly as the Eastern variety. The largest 

 specimens, now a little under two years' old, probably do not 

 exceed a pound and a quarter each. They are now spawning, 

 and fighting viciously over then spawning beds in the com- 

 mon preserve, of the "two-year-olds." If present care is 

 maintained in the future, this hatchery and its preserves will 

 furnish much valuable information relative to the growth of 

 trout. Mr. Bogart says it is the most favorable place to 

 hatch, and that the trout grow faster than iu any other -place 

 he has ever known. 



There are some carp at the hatchery in ponds provided for 

 them, ranging up to six pounds weight, but the day being 

 cloudv there was little chanee to see them. 



Half a mile further down the river is the farm of J. M. 

 Broadwell. He has the same kind of water supply (from 

 springs) as the State hatchery, and has entered somewhat 

 into trout culture. He began some years ago with native 

 brook trout, but suffered many disasters and much discour- 

 agement, chief of which was the destruction of his fish by 

 nmskrats. One spring they destroyed over 20,000 fry, and he 

 finally killed one of the animals in the act of entering the 

 hatching box. For some days before the droppings of musk- 

 rats had been found in the troughs along with dead fry and 

 fragments of the same. Three or four hundred muskrats and 

 a few minks have been killed about the State hatcheiy since 

 its establishment, but the persistent use of traps and dogs 

 prevent the pests from doing much harm, The last two years 

 Mr. Broadwell has purchased fry from the hatcheiy. He is 

 now marketing two-year-old trout at seventy-five cents per 

 pound. 



Gordon Land, a fishculturist of long experience, who has in 

 the last few years started a number of private preserves for 

 various parties in this State, some months ago pre-empted a 

 small sheet of water high up on the eastern slope of the Blue 

 River Mountains, in Summit county, this State, known as 

 Cataract Lake. It was naturally well stocked with native 

 trout. On the bank of the lake are springs supplying water 

 very favorable for hatching purposes, and he has arranged 



Sroperly for their use. Last season he took spawn from wdd 

 sh and in a h tter recently received from him he says : ' 'My 

 young S. fonlinalis have done exceedingly well; I will have 

 a trifle over 225,000 to place in the lake 'as soon as it opens. 

 There are quite a number of albinos, or white trout among them. 

 I kept eleven young trout of last year's hatching in one of 

 my vacant troughs where they could get no food except such 

 minute particles as that afforded by a stream passing through 

 a quarter inch augur hole, until they were a year old. Nine 

 of the eleven survived, and were of perfect form; the largest 

 one being 1% inches and the smallest \% inches in length. I 

 had at another place a few of the same age that had been 

 regularly fed at least once each day during the same period, 

 of which the largest weighed *i% and the smallest a trifle over 

 4 ounces, actual weight, hot fisherman's weight. From all of 

 which I infer that an abundance of food has much to do with 

 the size of trout. I can grow all the native trout in the sum- 

 mer that this lake will sustain and thev are good enough. " 



W. N. B. 

 Dbnvmr, Colorado, April 16. 



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FIXTURES. 



BFNCH SHOWS. 



May 6, 7, 8 and 9.— The Westminster Kennel Club' (Eighth Annual 

 Bench Show, Madison Square Garden. Entries close April 21. Chas. 

 Lincoln, Superintendent. R. C. Cornell, Secretary, 54 William street, 

 New York. 



June 10, 11. 13 and 18.— The Second Annual International Bench 

 Show, Chicago, 111. Mr. Charles Lincoln, Superintendent. 



A. K. R. 



rpHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of 

 -*- pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials'), is pub 

 lished every month. Entries close on the 1st. Should be in early. 

 Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. 

 Registration fee (25 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries 

 inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription $1, Address 

 "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 283?, New York. Number 

 of entries already printed 1213. Volume I., bound In cloth, sent 

 postpaid, $1.50. 



NON-SPORTING DOGS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The idea proposed by the Clovernook Kennel of a non- 

 sporting show to be held in New York this fall, meets with 

 my most hearty concurrence, May we not hope that non- 

 sporting fanciers will take the idea up at once and make it a 

 grand success. As things are, our shows are ah crowded in 

 the spring, because the sporting dogs are engaged during 

 other parts of the year, and a more miserable time than a lot 

 of dogs have at a show hi the raw weather of our springs is 

 hard to imagine. Boston and Cleveland were capable of 

 killing both dogs and owners by the weather they furnished 

 at the last shows they had. Besides, with all deference to 

 our setter and pointer friends, we are about tired of furnish- 

 ing the interest that really draws the public to a show, and 

 then have the cream go to them, leaving us the skim milk. 

 How well both dogs and owners will enjoy a show in the 

 bracing weather of October. I have written most of the non- 

 sporting fanciers I know, and all are heartily in favor of the 

 proposal. W. Wade. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. 



AMERICAN ENGLISH BEAGLE CLUB, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I wish to say to the members of our club through your 

 paper that it is 'hoped as many of them Will attend the West- 

 minster bench show as possible, for We w T oUld hke to meet aU 

 interested in our little hound. I would name Wednesday, 

 May 7, for those who will not be able to spare more than one 

 day. It may be possible that the judging will be done then, 

 as it has been formerly (on that day), W. H. Ashbttrner. 



^nzwer$ to <Hsam8pandmt$. 



t3T° No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



C. P. F., New York.— We suggest that you advertise the volumes of 

 Forest and Stream. 



H. P. O., Boston, Mass.— It is not uncommon to see pure white pup- 

 pies. As they grow older they will show other color. 



J. H. M., Wooster, O.— Farrar's Rupert was by Shot (Bruce— La 

 Reine') and out of Rnona (Ruben— Nell). Fan was by Dick and out of 

 Fan. 



Sbnex, Troy, N. Y.— I have a silk fly line which I had laid aside 

 after oiling- and has become stiff. How can I restore it to its former 

 condition for use? Ans. We should soak it again in the same kind of 

 oil, and then wipe it as dry as possible. 



C. H., Sibley, Iowa.— 1 would be. glad if you would inform me 

 whether a pickerel may be correctly called a small pike? 2. Whether 

 a pickerel is a pike? Ans. Yes, take the letter c from pickerel and 

 you will see its derivation. S. Yes, but in places where, the "wall- 

 eve" is called "pickerel," as in Caunda, it is not. Pike is the old name 

 for E»ox luoiua, called pickerel in New York and some other places. 

 We are not sure whether you refer to the true pike or to the "wall- 

 eye," or pike-perch, the names are so mixed in different localities. 



WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT IT. 



THE Philadelphia Times (April 28) says: "The average book on 

 camping out and the rod and gun business is apt to be too enthu- 

 siastic or cranky for sober enjoyment or any real guide to the unin- 

 itiated; but a httle pocket volume called 'Woodcraft,' by 'Nessumk,' 

 issued bv the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, New York, is 

 as full of sense and snap and fresh air as ii is of valuable and practi- 

 cal information. Unexperienced young men contemplating fish- 

 ing or gunning excursions the coming season could not well do 

 better than read 'Woodcraft' till the hreezy spirit of the author 

 and some of his well-told experiences had well fastened themselves 

 in their minds. ' 



The Boston Co wrier (April 27 j recommends it as a book "to teach 

 the traveler how to journey through the wilderness with ease." 



The. New York E veiling Post says: "Those who are looking for- 

 ward to an outing the coming season will find iu 'Woodcraft' full 

 dh'ectkms by a veteran sportsman. It aims to reduce the annoyances 

 of camp-life" for the experienced to a minimum." 



Destitute FAinxiES are sad deningly plentiful; but they would be 

 much fewer if the fathers while living had invested a few dollars in 

 the life and accident policies of the Travelers, of Hartford, Conn.— 

 Adv. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In accordance with a request of the president, I take this 

 means of informing the members of the American English 

 Beagle Club that Mr. L. D. Sloan, who has been elected by 

 this club as judge of the beagle classes at the coming New 

 York bench show, bas not been accepted as judge by the 

 managers of the Westminster Kennel Club show, they already 

 having appointed Mr. Mortimer for judge of these classes. 

 But Mr. Sloan will be permitted to pudge the beagles for the 

 special prizes offered by the American English Beagle Club 

 only. A. C. Krueger. Sec'y and Treas. 



Wrightsville, Pa., April 25, 1884. 



blood of the kennels of Dr. Keener, Messrs. Jenkins, Bidwe'fl, 

 Foulkes, etc., is the source from which they sprung. I do not 

 say that the time has come yet, but come it will as sure as 

 fate, when the curse, of inbreeding will begin to crop out, in 



iwi uuc uirocuu, uiocu suittigiiL: ouc l muse comes, inau in 

 spite of the old saw, handsome is as handsome does, I should 

 like to have my reliable Ripple a little more elegant and high 

 bred in appearance. 



I am looking forward with great interest to seeing Capt. 

 McMurdo's dogs, and think that we ought to feel grateful to 

 him for going to the expense and trouble of bringing them on, 

 especially, as there being no class for them, the only reward 

 he can get wfll be the knowledge of the pleasure he "has given 

 the public in exhibiting them. They are mother and daughter, 

 of the brown, curly-coated breed, and the mother has taken 

 four prizes in England, among them being a second at the 

 Crystal Palace. The daughter was imported in utero, and 

 their breeding is from King Coffee who, I believe, has earned 

 everything before him on the bench. If any field trials tor 

 retrievers can be arranged for next autumn, 1 think the Cap- 

 tain will be there with the young dog* and I only wish I could 

 be there to see. ' Mic Mac. 



Boston, April 2^ 



'WARE THE BEAGLE! 



IN a late issue of Forest and Stream, "Sportsman" kindly 

 referred to me as a champion of the beagle, and so I am, 

 in a modest way, but I do not feel as if 1 ought to step to the 

 fore, as if I were the only one to sound his praise, or to ad- 

 vance his interests. I do wish to see this fearless httle hound 

 take Ins proper place at bench shows and in the estimation of 

 dog lovers, and under the fostering care of the American Eng- 

 lish Beagle Club; I am quite sure he"will, and the better he is 

 known the more will he be appreciated, both as a companion 

 and pet, and for field use. As a member of the club I aui 

 heartily glad that the standard has been made so absolute as 

 to the size of this hound, and I hope judges and breeders will 

 "govern themselves accordingly." My thirteen months old 

 dog Guy of Warwick (whose sire is my friend Elmore's Ring- 

 wood) is just withiu the limit of fifteen inches high, ami is a 

 fine specimen of his type, but my preference and pride is the 

 diminutive "basket" beagle, and my advice to breeders and 

 fanciers is to breed to this type, and to keep the strain pure. 

 We do not want harriers in bur beagle kennels; 



I hope that the English correspondent of Forest and 

 Stream, "Liflibulero, 1 ' who writes so pleasantly of kennel 

 matters in dear bid England, will soon give us oh this side of 

 the wafer some "notes" upon the beagle, where he is native. 

 "and to the manner born." We need a little fresh blood here, 

 so that it is blue enough. I hold the Forest and Stream also 

 to a long-standiug promise to give an article on the beagle, 

 and it is high time that we had some illustration of this breed 

 in its pages. 



I here repeat the suggestion I made last year, that as soon 

 as practicable the A. E. B. C. promote the holding of a bench 

 show limited to hounds, preference being given, of course, to 

 its foster pet, the English beagle. 



It is to be hoped that the. exhibit of beagles at the approach- 

 ing show in New York may be large and indicative of what 

 we may expect in the future. 



With hearty good will, I propose the health of the "coming" 

 dog — the English beagle. O. W. R. 



RETRIEVERS. 



Editor Forest and, Stream: 



Among the many attractions that the Westminster Kennel 

 Club will offer to the public at its coming bench show, bv no 

 means the least will be the presence of a pair of very fine Eng- 

 lish retrievers, entered by Capt. McMurdo. 



The importation of fine specimens of this breed is very op- 

 portune, considering the interest which is now manifested 

 in retrievers, as shown more especially by the demand for 

 Chesapeake Bay dogs, and as a desirable strain to cross with 

 them the brown-coated English retriever seems unequalled. 

 As far as winter duck and goose shooting goes, our Chesapeakes 

 cannot be surpassed, but when it comes to general shooting, a 

 less bulky, lighter and more elegant dog might be more de- 

 sirable. The most enthusiastic admirer of the Chesapeakes 

 (and I am one of them), must acknowledge that they are not 

 handsome, unless we accept the matter of fact definition of 

 beauty, that a thing is beautiful iu proportion to its adapta- 

 bility for performing its function or end. I do not think there 

 is any doubt but what the English retriever and the Chesa- 

 peake are, both of them, the result of breeding for a similar 

 purpose, and that the means taken to accomplish this purpose 

 were about the same in both cases, i. e., a crossing of the 

 setter or spaniel, to get nose, with the Newfoundland or Lab- 

 rador dog. to get the. adaptability to work in the water. 



As might be expected, the Chesapeake gunner cared httle 

 or nothing for the beauty of his dog, breeding simply for work- 

 ing quality, while the English breeders, while uot neglecting 

 useful quality, kept the looks of their dogs in view. The large 

 landed estates that are, iu England, handed down from father 

 to son, make possible the maintenance of kennels bred on 

 certain rides; hence such kennels as the Castle Gordon, 

 the Clumber and Blenheim spaniels, etc. That retrievers will 

 ever come into general use with us, in upland shooting, I very 

 much doubt, but it is not only with quail, woodcock and 

 grouse, that a pleasant and healthy day's recreation and rest 

 may be had, and certainly for duck shooting a good retriever 

 is invaluable. Nobody who has not tried it can know how 

 the monotony of sitting in a blind on a hot day in August, 

 with decoys set out to call the flocks of waders and plover that 

 pass down our seaboard, is alleviated by the companionship 

 of an intelligent retriever, to chase the cripples and bring in 

 the dead. With such an one at heel, even the bagging 

 of a couple of dozen of fat peep and ringnecks 

 along the beach, or on the salt marsh, gives an 

 enjoyment beyond the anticipation of the savory 

 pie into which they are to be consigned. The gray 

 squirrel knocked off the top branches of a chestnut tree 

 with a small-bore rifle, or the rabbit whose hind leg has been 

 crippled, and who manages to scuttle into a thick briery 

 swamp to die a lingering death if not retrieved, will be put into 

 the game bag with all the more satisfaction from having been 

 brought carefully to you by your sure-nosed retriever. Some 

 setters will do this work, 'but thev do it under protest. I 

 never shall forget the first beach bird I sent my old Ned (a 

 cross between a Gordon and a native) to retrieve. He was one 

 of the best retrievers I ever saw, and were it no* for the fact 

 that I saw he would be crippled with rheumatism, I should 

 not have asked for a better duck dog, He went for the dead 

 bird, a yellow leg, I believe, smelt of it, poked it over with 

 his nose," and then turned on his back and rolled on it, just as 

 if it were carrion. After that he would retrieve anything, 

 from a peep to a sicke bill curlew, but he invariably woidd 

 curl up his upper lip as though saying, "how nasty." 



There is one reason why it may be an important matter to 

 pick out the best strain of blood to cross with our Chesa- 

 peakes, aud that is that very few kennels were preserved in 

 their purity through the general upsetting of that part of our 

 country during the late civil war. In looking over the breed- 

 ing of almost every Chesapeake to-day it will be seen that the 



THE NEW YORK DOG SHOW. 



FOLLOWING is a list of the special prizes offered tor the 

 eighth annual bench show of the Westminster Kennel Club, 

 to be held in Madison Square Garden next Week : 



The Eastern Field Trials Club offer a club medal, suitably 

 engraved, for the best pointer dog, pointer bitch. Engli&B set 

 ter dog, English setter bitch, Irish setter dog, Irish setter bitch, 

 and blank and tan setter that have been placed at any of the 

 field trials that have been held in America, 



The Westminster Kennel Club offer a club medal, suitably 

 engraved, for the best kennels of large-sized pointers, sniall- 

 siz'ed pointers, English setters, Irish setters and black and tan 

 setters. Each kennel to consist of not less than five, Als< i to 

 the best black Enghsh setter, best setter or pointer that re- 

 trieves in the most stylish and obedient manner, fastest grey- 

 hound, to be decided by heats, highest leaping greyhound, best 

 Clumber spaniel, best basket beagle under IS inches, best 

 champion bull bitch, best three bulldogs and best trick dogj 

 best collection of five pugs owned by one exhibitor, $10. 



Members of the club offer for the best pointer dog the get of 

 Sensation, $15; for the best bitch, $10; best five St. Bernards, 

 rough or smooth coated, $25. Silver cup, value $100, for best 

 fox-terrier, dog or bitch, in the show. Silver cup, value $100, 

 for best pair of bulldogs. $10 cash or silver medal for bast 

 collie dog, sired by champion Robin Adair or Tweed IT. $10 

 cash for best collie bitch, sired by champion Robin Adair or 

 Tweed II. $25 cash for best-lookiug setter dog or bitch, placed 

 in field trial in England or America, the Westminster Kennel 

 Club to be allowed to compete. $25 cash for best-looking point- 

 er, dog or bitch, placed in field trial in America or England, 

 the Westminster Kennel Club to be allowed to compete. 

 Large framed photograph from Mr. J. M. Tracy's picture, 

 "The Eastern Field Trials," for best pair of pointers. Large 

 framed photograph from Mr. J. M. Tracy's picture of "Dog 

 Talk," for best brace of English setters. Silver medal for best 

 brace of Irish setter puppies of same fitter. For best English 

 setter dog or bitch, over twelve and under eighteen months 

 old, a valuable solid silver flask, suitably engraved, 

 for the best trained setter or pointer, which has been 

 trained by the. methods laid down in "Training vs. Breaking." 

 $10 cash for the best fox-terrier got by the stud dogs or bred 

 in the kennel of the Messrs. Rutherford. $10 cash for the best 

 deerhound dog. $10 cash for the best deerhound bitch, Silver 

 medal for the best pointer puppy, the get of Bang Bang. 

 Silver medal for the best pointer dog under 12 months old, 

 sired by Sensation. Silver medal for the best white poodle. 

 |10, for the best cocker spaniel dog, to be judged 

 by the standard of the American Cocker Spaniel 

 Club, open to members only; $10 for the best cocker 

 spaniel bitch, same conditions. Cup for the best ken- 

 nel of greyhounds, three or more. Cup for the best stud 

 pointer to be shown with one or more of his get, Cup for the 

 second best beagle, owned by a member or the American Eng- 

 lish Beagle Club. Cup for the best pointer the get of Bow or 

 Faust. Five dollars for the fastest grreyhound. Five dollars 

 for the highest leaping greyhound. Cup for the best pointer 

 sired by Beaufort. Collar- for the best Yorkshue terrier under 

 9 months old. Silver medal for the setter or pointer 'puppy 

 best trained to retrieve. Cup for the best imported English 

 setter under 12 months old. 



The Medford Fancy Gcods Company offer a double leash 

 for the best brace of greyhounds, a collar and harness for the 

 best pug dog, and suitable collars for the best pointer dog, 

 pointer "bitch, English setter, Irish setter, greyhound dog, 

 greyhound bitch St. Bernard, mastiff, bulldog and collie. 



The AmericauEnglish Beagle Club offer a silver medal suit- 

 ably engraved, for the best beagle hound, dog, bitch or puppy, 

 and a sUver cup for the best beagle, dog, bitch or puppy, 

 owned by a member of the club. 



sweepstake prizes. 

 There will be a sweepstake for large pointer dogE 



setter dogs and Lisa setter dogs, entry fee §10, all the nibnej 

 in each class to the winner, with a piece of plate added by 

 the club. The winner to he known as the el i a. mpion of Am- 

 erica; the- Westminster Kennel Club to be permitted to Com- 

 pete. Entries close at 12 o'clock noou, on Tuesday. May 6, 



