; —— 
‘Duo, 4, 1684] 
» i ‘ - : y 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
871 
; — = == ra = 
Tk . ) <i 
the time we were not able to get our flies to where the trout 
were. This experience convinced me that under some cir- 
curmistanees, to reach and catch the fish, that long casta are 
absolutely necessary, and are successful even if several 
throws are required te be made before the desired spot is 
reached, and that asthe old adage says, ‘It is the longest 
pole that gets the persimmon.” C. G. Lzyison. 
Brooxnyn, N. ¥,, Dee. 1, 1884, 
PORPOISES AND BLACKFISH, 
Editor Forest and Streai: 
Happening up at Wellfleet, Cape Cod, on Monday, Noy. 
17, I saw a sight never before witnessed by the oldest fisher- 
man. A great school of the small whales known as ‘‘black- 
fish” and porpoises came in sight, Boats were manned, and 
almost the entire school was driven ashore, amounting to 
1480 blackfish and 117 porpoises. Such a struggling mass 
of life was wonderful, and the town of Wellficet was in high 
glee. The blackfish Jay as thick as the fingers on a man’s 
hand for a distance of over four hundred feet, and the olil- 
est fishermen said that they never saw over 500 together be- 
fore. There were nearly 100 boats of all sizes around the 
school before it was stranded, Each keel boat drew one 
share, and each dory drew half a share. A woman, Mrs. 
Hillyer, claimed a share becanse the school was landed on 
her premises. The catch will net the people here over 
$1,800. The blubber was stripped off and taken to Prov- 
incetown, where it was steamed, One young Dlackfish, 
eighteen inches long, came into the world by the Cesarian 
operation; it was red in color. The catch was a perfect 
windfall for this little place, Poxe-o’-MvonsHine. 
LARGE Buiack Bass.—Sanford, Fla., Noy. 22.—Mr. Al. 
Spear of this place, owner of the celebrated Spear orange 
grove of five acres, which yields annually from $18,000 to 
$22,000, in company with Mr. Grace, took 135 black bass 
between sun up aud sun down on Friday the 20th, onthe St. 
John’s River, five miles above Sanford. The fish were all 
taken with two of Hill’s baits. The said spinners I sold Mr. 
Spear the evening before. I saw the fish in Mr. Spear's 
boat on his return and weighed the largest, which tipped 
‘the scales at 14 pounds 6 ounces, the smallest weighed 14 
pounds, there must hase been 75 that would weigh from 5 to 
8 pounds. Mr. 8, showed me his forefingers which were 
cut to the boue from the line, Bass bave just begun to take 
the spiuner and fly as the river is lowering, thus carrying 
the fish from the plains to the river and creeks. This may 
seem 4 big fish story, but, nevertheless, true, as the most of 
nae town people and visitors will certify to its truth.—C.- A. 
ouD., 
ReEL-PLATES AND SHATSs.—The agitation of the question 
of having the cross bars on allrgels of a standard size, by the 
National Rod and Reel Association, has done much good in 
the way of attracting the attention of mauufacturers to the 
evil of having reels tit only the rods made by the same firm. 
Most of the city makers haye adopted the standard of the 
Association. A new style of recl-seat has been put on the 
market and will be found in our advertising columns. This 
will hold firnily the smallest or largest reel made. We have 
seen it and have been greatly pleased with it. With this 
seat if seems impossible that any sized reel could slip off the 
rod, or eyen become loose, 
Hishculture. 
THE NEW YORE FISH COMMISSION,—Caledonia, N. 
Y., Noy. 26.—Hvery fall a number of experienced employes of 
the State hatchery at Mumford are sent to Lake Huron and 
other upper lakes to gather spawn of the salmon trout from 
the spawning beds in those waters, The fishing for spawn is 
attended with much danger and hardship, owing to the 
violent storms of wind and snow that prevail on the upper 
lakes during the spawning season, Usually the fishermen 
return with 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 eggs, which are hatched at 
the Mumford ponds, and the fry distributed in the spring 
among the waters of the State adapted to salmon trout. This 
season, however, the storms were s0 much more yiolent than 
usual on Lake Huron that the Mumford fishermen have 
returned with only 1,000,000 eggs, Many nets were lost. 
They report that the fishermen sent out by the United States 
Fish Commission and the State of Michizan to pather salmon 
trout spawn fared badly, as they were unable to secure any 
spawn, and duting a storm one of their boats was swamped 
and four vf the fishermen drowned, The superintendent of 
the Mumford hatchery says that with the spawn of the tame 
salmon trout in the State ponds, and the fry the 1,000,000 wild 
eges will yield, the supply of fry for State waters next year 
will be ample. Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y,, Dec. 1 
consequence of the stoppage of out-door work, the Long 
Island papers have stated that all work here has been suspended. 
On the contrary, the hatching seasonhasjust begun. Prepara- 
tions have been made for hatching salmon im ereater quantity 
than last year, when half a million were turned ont. Also 
from one to two millions of whitefish, 100,000 Rangeley trout, 
brook trout, German trout, ete. The salt water departinent 
is prepared for the eggs of codfish and tomcods in such 
quantities as may be obtainable, while any other sea fish 
which may be found spawning will receive attention. 
SUCCESSFUL TROUT CULTURE.—General R. U. Sher- 
tnan, Commissioner of Fisheries of New York, writes of the 
success of the Bisby Club (Adirondacks) ina private letter 
to a friend, from which we are permitted to extract the 
following: ‘‘Ourstccess at Bisby assures me that we shall in 
time be able to get all the spawn we need from the wild trout, 
At Jast accounts from there they had 100,000 brook trout eegs 
on the trays from trout taken within twenty rods of the 
hatchery, and there are many spawning beds yet untouched. 
Remember, this is at a lake where priorto 1877 a brook trout 
had never been known.” 
SALMON CULTURE IN MAINE.—The Belfast Republican 
says: ‘Business is brisk at the Orland Salmon Works, About 
fifty salmon were turned loose in the river, instead of being 
confined at Dead Brook, as usual, hoping they might be taken 
this fall for shipping purposes. Most of them have been 
secured and thé eggs taken. Mr. Chas. G. Atkins is giving us 
ersonal attention to this business this season. r. Harry 
uck, who has superintended these matters for several years, 
has gone to Grand Lake to the salmon works there,” 
IMPORTATION OF FISHES.—Thres cans of paradise fish 
(Macropodus) were recently sent from Berlin to the following 
addresses; Prof, 8, aird, W: ton, D. C.; Mr. A. F, y. 
Braun, 362 Waper street, Brooklyn; Mr. H. Atkelon, 15 North 
Meridan street, Indianapolis, nd. The cans lay on the wharf 
at Hoboken for nearly a week, and finally the agent of 
the steamship line sent them to Mr, E. G Blackford, 
Puiton Market, The fish were all dead except afew in the 
can for Prof. Baird, 
q - ' P 
a 
with that just quoted: ‘ 
BLACK BASS FOR STOCKING WATERS.—There is a 
constant demand for-black bass delivered alivenear New York 
city, which no one seems to be able jo supply, Occasionall 
Mr, Annin or Mr, Stone advertises, tH€se fish but their stools is 
soon exhausted. We have repeated ingniries for them, and 
have put some inquirers on the track of getting a few. Mr. 
KE. G, Blackford, of Fulton Market, tells us that he has many 
inquiries from persons owning private ponds who wish to buy 
them, and that he would engage a thousand fish at once if he 
knew where to get them. It seems as if some one would 
undertake to supply this demand, which is a constant one, 
and would be remunerative, At present we do not know 
who has a single black bass to dispose of. 
CALIFORNIA TROUT IN THE ADIRONDACKS.— 
Meacham Lake, N. Y., Nov. 17.—We hada quiet call from R. 
U, Sherman a few weeks ago, while on his trip of investiga- 
tion as to an Adirondack hatchery. I was very much pleased 
to hear his sensible talk in regard to the matter, and think the 
Commission has acted wisely in putting the matter in his 
hands, He gaye us no idea of what his decision would be in 
regard to location. He was very much interested inmy work 
here, and was very much pleased at sight of the California 
trout, fifteen months old, grown in wild waters, saying it was 
larger than he expected. As my health will not allow me to 
work in the water, I had nothing new to show himin the 
hatching boxes,—A. R. FuLLER, 
Che Zennel, 
FIXTURES. 
BANCH SHOWS. 
Dec. 16,17, 18 and 19,_Third Bench Show of the Southern Massa- 
chusetts Poultry Association, Taunton, Mass, Wm. 0. Davenport, 
Assistant Secretary. 
Dec. 30, 31 and Jan. 1, 2, 188.—Bench Show of the Meriden Poultry 
Association, Meriden, Conn. Joshua Shute, Secretary. 
Feb. 1 to 11, 1885.—New York Fanciers’ Club, Third Annual] Exhibi- 
tion of non-sporting dogs, poultry and pigeons at Madison toed 
Geren Feb, 1 to 11, 1885. Chas. Harker, Secretary, 62 Cortlandt 
sureet. 
Jan, 10 to 14, 1485,—World’s Exposition Bench Show, New Orleans, 
La, Mr. Chas. Lincoln. Superintendent. 
Jan, 27, 28, 29 and 30.—Annual Bench Show of the New Brunswick 
Poultry and Pet Stock Association. Mr. H. W. Wisson, Secretary, 
St. Johns, N.. B. 
March 8, 4, 5 and 6, 1885.—Secona Annual Bench Show of the Cin- 
Nal Sportsman’s Club, Cincinnati, O. Charles Lincoln, Superio- 
tendent. - 
March 18, 19 and 20, 18&5.—Second Annual Show of the New Haven 
Kennel Club. 4H. §. Porter, Secretary. New Haven, Conn. 
April 7 to 10. 1885.—First Annual Bench Show N. E. Kennel Club, 
Musie Ball, Boston. J, A. Nickerson, Secretary, 159A Tremont street, 
Chas, Lincoln, Superintendent, 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Dec. 8 —Sixth annual Trials of the National American Kennel Club 
at Canton, Miss, D, Bryson, Secretary, Memphis, Tenn. 
Dec. 14.—Southern Sportsmen's Association Trials, Canton, Miss, 
Mr, T. K, Renaud, Secretary, New Orleans, La. 
CONCERNING DOGS AND CLUBS. 
Bditor Forest and Stream: 
Tempus fugit. It is more than five months since Mr, John 
W. Munson, in a very polite letter, informed the readers of 
this paper that the pointer bitch Lily was a ‘‘mongrel.” There 
would have been a decided disturbance in the dogs y world 
but for one thing—Mr. Munson signed the letter. Phat was 
where he made the mistake, though it saved such men as the 
Messrs. Orgill, Mr, Steel and others the trouble of replying. 
They had the Bang Bang letters before them, and these were 
voted a sufficient reply to anything Mr. Munson might write 
or say to the public. Mr. T. B. Dorsey, the well-known Mary- 
land enthusiast, took a different view of the question. He 
belongs to the legal profession, and he argues that when a man 
hangs himself the law requires that the remains be properly 
cared for and not left to care for themselyes. He would not 
be discharging his duty faithfully had he not called on Mr. 
Munson to ‘‘explain” or ‘stand convicted of something infin- 
itely worse than falsehood.” 
It now appears that Mr. Munson was, at the outset, fully 
aware that he did not possess one grain of evidence to support 
him in his sweeping charge. Mr. Dereey, appears to have 
known this also, for he kept firing at Mr. Munson until people 
began to wonder whether that worthy really did exist in 
the flesh or not. But notwithstanding Mr. Dorsey’s repeated 
ealls for “evidence” or “apology,” Mr. Munson failed to dis- 
cover within himself the manliness to furnish either one or the 
other. He told usthat Maxim is Maxim, and that Meteor is 
Meteor; all of which is conclusive evidence that they are by 
Garnet out of Jilt, and then he bolted from the scene of battle. 
Baid he ‘Il have had enough,” and such would appear to have 
been the case judging by the time it has taken him to recover 
from the effects of that sad disaster. On the 12th of Septem- 
ber (three months after he represented Lily a mongrel), some- 
thing appears to have aroused Mr. Munson to a temporary 
sense of duty, and he accordingly wrote to Mr. Wheatley, of 
Memphis, Tenn., asking for Lily’s pedigree. Mr. Wheatley 
promptly replied, ané at the same time inclosed the bitch’s 
pedigree. He did not forget to tell Mr, Munson a bit of his 
tnind about such work, and if anything could make Mr. John 
W. Munson feel small, Mr. Wheatley’s letter must have done 
it. Mr. Wheatley wrote: “You have greatly and unthought- 
edly damaged the interests and feelings of honorable brother 
sportsmen in causelessly assailing Guido’s Lily,” Iask the 
numerous readers of FOREST AND STREAM what a gentleman, 
aman ot honor and a sportsman would have done with Mr. 
Wheatley’s letter; would such a man have kept it in his pocket 
more than two months before bringing it under notice of the 
injured and others interested in the bree], or would he have 
made haste to print itin the paper in which the groundless and 
unwarrantable statement appeared? But what did Mr. Mun- 
son do? He coolly pocketed the letter until decency compelled 
him to produee it. aud instead of placing it before the readers 
of Forrst anD STREAM, he preferred to print it in a Western 
paper, the limited circulation of which placed it beyond reach 
of the majority of sportsmen and dog Jovers in general. 
It is true that Mr. Munson has apologized, but why did he 
not apologize for the insult through the paper in which it was 
made? Itis also true that it has taken five months to wring 
an apology out of Mr. Munson, and that when the apology 
did make its appearance, it was accompanied by the usual 
free advertisements of those English (4) pointers. The ads. 
might do a great deal of good for the Hnglish (2 pointers if 
nobody had seen them, Asitis, they come too late. Taken 
altogether, Mr. Munson’s letter of apology is very character- 
istic, and { think he acts wisely in secking a corner in the con- 
sideration of the public. Heé says: ‘I take this occasion” 
(there neyer has been any other occasion during tbe past five 
mnonths) “to apologize to every one interested in Lily’s blood 
for the oifense my reference to her gave. I certainly did not 
taean to giveany. Weought to be able to discuss our dogs 
pleasuntly.” As one interested in the blood of eyery good 
ointer, t beg to Lender Mr, Munson my most sincere thanks 
for his handsome but untimely apology. I heartily agree with 
him that ‘we ought to be able to discuss our dogs pleasantly.” 
But Mr, Munson forgets that there are times when a man en- 
counters obstacles so rugged or so dirty, that he is compelled 
to raise a foot to remove them, instead of stooping to get rid 
of them in #he usual manner. For the life in me 1 cannot see 
how Mr. Munson reconciles. the following part of hig letter 
he gentleman trom Maryland who 
30 promptly took meto task for ¢alling Lily a mongrel had 
little cause for it, to judge from the two animals he exhibited 
at the Philadelphia Kennel Club’s show, if they were his Lily 
representatives, for two more ordinary-looking weeds I never 
saw.” Is this “discussing our dogs pleasantly?” Is it discuss- 
ing our dogs truthfully? Mr. Munson apologizes to “‘eveiy 
one” interested in Lily’s blood, and then, with another stroke 
of his pen, wilfully misrepresents the bitch’s progeny. Where, 
Mr. Munson, is that jewel consistency? Has it léft thy manly 
form, or did it, like the Meteor of last May, only shed its lustre 
there and depart forthwith, to be no more seen of men! 
Mr. Munson either is, or assumes tio be. ignorant of the points 
of the English pointer. I therefore avail myself of the occa- 
sion to assure him that one of the bitches exhibited by Mr, 
Dorsey at the Philadelphia show can beat to death any bitch 
exhibited by Mr, Munson since the new St. Louis Kennel Club 
was formed, There was atime when the St. Louis kennel 
contained pointers proper. Bow, Faust and Keswick were 
dogs such as any man might feel proud of. Three such dogs 
are seldom to beseeninone kennel. Yes, they were ‘‘point- 
ers” that Mr, Munson and his confréres owned. in those days, 
But Ltell Mr. Munson again that he may write and rewrite, 
and that he can never convince any person, who is able to dis- 
tinguish between a pointer dog and a cabbage plant, that the 
animals he had charge of at the New York show are Hnglish 
pointers proper. English breeders cannot be imposed on to 
such an extent, and Mr. Munson is beginning to learn that 
those of his countrymen who have been fortunate enough to see 
suchspecimens as Bow, Faust and Keswick are not going to be 
led by the nose to believe that Meteor, Maxim and Vanity are. 
English pointers. Such dogs as Bow, Faust and Keswick win 
rizes at our shows. Such animals as Meteor, Maxim and 
anity are not noticed. If Mr. Munson really does doubt this 
(I don’t believe that he does), I will, though I am not a betting 
man, wager any reasonable sum that neither of the dogs just 
named can get a card at the Birmingham show. Mr. Munson 
concludes his “letter of apology” by stating he “wants” the 
stud book behind his dogs. The stud book, I have reason to 
believe, is not behind several of Mr. Munson’s dogs. I mean 
the English stud book, and [ know of none other. Let me see, 
though—there is the N, A. K, C, stud book. Perhaps that 
valuable work is “behind” Mr. Munson’s dogs, It is “‘behind” 
a great many other things, and it is likely toremain ‘“‘behind.” 
If it contains the pedigrees of two of Mr. Munson’s dogs, T am 
quite willing to contribute my mite of a subscription to have 
it resuscitated. The subscription must not get into the ‘“print- 
er’s” hands, though, No, thank you. Once bitten, twice shy. 
Pedigrees are very cheap in these days, and ib seems a pity: 
that one should have to pay for them, 
It is a pleasure to feelthat a Kennel Club is formied at last. 
One of its rules is ‘‘Any person who misconducts himself or 
herself, or has misconducted himself or herself in any way in 
connection with dogs, dog shows or field trials, may, in the 
discretion of the managers, be disqualified from exhibition or 
competition at the shows.” How in the face of this rule did Mr. 
Munson become a member of this club? Did Mr. Munson or 
did he not write the Cincinnati report, in which he repre- 
sented Vanity to be the best pointer bitch he had eyer seen? 
Did Mr. Munson or did he not write the Bang Bang letters? 
Did Mr, Munson enter a dog for competition at the New York 
show which was owned in part by the judge, or did he not 
enter such a dog for competition? Has Mr. Munson or has he 
notintentionally entered fcr competition dogs with false pedi- 
grees? Does Mr. Munson or does he not hold prizes which 
morally if not legally belong to others: Without any investi- 
gation whatever of these matters the American Kennel Club 
has folded Mr, Munson in its arms. Henceforth he is to 
be a part of the ruling dog power of this country. He is to 
set about a great work of retorm, Is he a qualified person for 
the task? Is his presence in the new club any guarantee that 
one’s rights are to be réspected. Is Mr. Munson’s name a 
certificate that the trickery which has been encouraged so 
long is to be discontinued? True, some of the names 
connected with the club give confidence ang hope for 
fair play and strict integrity, but will these be swayed by 
others in whom the general body of exhibitors have not 
the slightest particle of confidence? Time will tell, It 
is not my intention to fire a bomb into the camp of the 
new club, I belieye it to be the duty of every good dog 
lover to give it hearty and unqualified support. There are 
members of the club for whom most of us have a high per- 
sonal regard, and there are one or two others for whom a Jarge 
majority of people have a most supreme contempt. This 
ought not, however, to prejudice us against the better elements 
ot the club, and a sense of justice should remind us that 
every undertaking of the kind demands fair play and the 
opportunity to do that which is right. One amd all should 
work with a will to strengthen the hands of the club, until it 
attempts to abuse the confidence which has been placed in it. 
lf at any time it is found that the club was formed in the 
interest of a ring to vote certain parties judges for the remain- 
der of their natural lives, to patch up a crippled kennel club, 
or to encourage the exhibition of inferior specimens when 
owned by certain influential parties couneeted with the club, 
if these and the like objects are in view and are discovered, it 
will become the duty of every honest exhibitor to brand the 
club with arodof iron. Things are not as they were once. 
Dog fanciers are making rapid progress, and from the moment 
aman becomes educated he ceases to be fooled. He won't 
haveit, Atone time he was satisfied to hear the bell ring, 
whereas now he likes to see the hand and also the wire that 
rings it. Iwill havesomething to say about Rule 17 and those 
to whom it applies, or ought to apply, on a future occasion, 
How about the entry of those mastiff puppies at the New 
York show? Somebody entered four puppies in two separate 
classes—two in each class. Somebody else undertook to trans- 
fer all the puppies into one class, At least this is what Mr. 
Smith says, and of course nobody would presume to doubt 
Mr, Smith’s word. It was, as usual, a ‘clerical error,” a big 
one and a queer one. But why did the owner of the puppies 
stand mute until others fixed matters for him? Is it not 
usual for the exhibitor to attend to such business? There is 
something else which I cannot easily digest. It is admitted 
that the craniums of the winning puppies are, in formation, 
snnilar to a bloodhound’s. The owner of them says that inone 
of them the peculiarity is the result of an accident, and that 
aiter the puppy took the first prize the “swelling” disappeared. 
This reminds me that a certain political paper in a campaign 
time once called attention tothe various bumps on one of the 
candidate’s head—the bumps denoting intelligence, ideality 
and ess, it stated, with some pride, were immense. 
An opposition organ replied that the bumps were in reality 
only ‘‘swellings,” raised on his scalp by baseball bats when 
he was a boy, Perhaps cannon balls would have taken 
the place of baseball bats if anybody could have been found 
at all likely to give credit to such a story. Any how, the 
pup had a lot the best of the president, for when the pup took 
the prize, his “swelling” disappeared, whereas the president’s 
bumps remained. I once thought, Mr. Editor, that dogs ought 
to be judged according to their merits at the time they are ex- 
hibited, and not by what they are supposed to be when under 
the maternal roof, or by what they ought to be before they 
are whelped, or even by what they are likely to grow into by 
the time qualified men are appointed to judgethem. Admitted 
“accident” caused the dochedl skulls; would it also explain how 
four purples, aged five months (and which were no bigger 
than healthy pointer puppies are expected to be at the same 
age), came to win first and second prizes in two classes, over 
big, healthy puppies, better in every respect? Now, if the 
judge never exhibited, never bred, and never owned a pure 
bred mastiff in his life, would such a fact, if established, ex- 
plain these ‘‘peculiar” decisions? If it would, why then the 
judge can clear up the whole business. Mr, Munson’s diplo- 
matic taleup might be of some service bere, 
The FOREST AND STREAM has said it intends to “protect 
