i ArniL 2, 1885. 



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Caketo fob Lake Memnetonka. — Editor Forest and 

 tit-ream: The good people of Minneapolis have at last 

 awakened to the fact that if they wish to continue to hive 

 good fishing in Lake Minuetonka, it is time to enforce the 

 laws, and prevent the wholesale slaughter of black bass and 

 other fish, and take measures to stock the lake with valuable. 

 food fishes at present not natives of its waters. A meeting 

 was held yesterday noon at the office of Mr. A. B. Taylor, 

 in this city, at which a number of gentlemen interested in 

 this question were present. Steps were taken to prevent the 

 wholesale catching of fish from these waters, and to stock 

 them with game fish. The following gentlemen were present: 

 Charles F. Wheeler. 0. W. Tracy, A. B. Taylor. 0. W, 

 Cyphers, W. W. Parker, E. P. Peahody, L. J. Skinner and 

 Messrs. Potter and Findley. Mr. Taylor was chosen chair- 

 man and Mr. Skinner secretary. Nearly all the gentlemen 

 present spoke earnestly in favor of faking active steps to 

 properly regulate fishing in the lake. W. L. Burwell, Chas. 

 F, Wheeler and L. ,1. Skinner were selected to draft a con- 

 stitution and by-laws. The following gentlemen were ap- 

 pointed a committee to solicit membership and report at, the 

 next, meeting: G. H. Christian, S. C. Gale, Fred. 0. Pills- 

 bury. C. W. Tracy, E. P. Peabody, Charles Cyphers and A. 

 S. Dimond. It was proposed to hold another meeting at the 

 West Hotel on Tuesday evening, at which a large attendance 

 is expected. I predict the complete success of this society, 

 as the gentlemen interested are the kind who do nothing by 

 halves. I am sure all lovers of the sport, including FOREST 

 asd Stueam, will wish the sociely God speed in its good 

 work.— Judge. (Minneapolis, Miun., March 27). 



Anhling ,8easox. — During the coming season there will 

 be many opportunities to test the different questions of 

 flies and rods which have heen so freely discussed in our col- 

 umns of late, and also to add new experiences to write up in 

 future. That perennial query as to which is the most kill- 

 ing fly can be proved to the angler's satisfaction one day 

 and the evidence overthrown ou the uext. Still, if not 

 settled, the question will be broadened into which are the 

 most killing flics. This can readily he settled for one local- 

 ity, at least, but the list will need to be enlarged as the ter- 

 ritory of the individual angler widens. This is the busy 

 season of the tackle dealers, and many new devices are 

 offered that add to the comfort or convenience of the ang- 

 ler, or increase his chances of capture. Those busy men 

 who have not looked over their tackle all winter will find 

 time to survey it now. Rods need new whipping and var- 

 nishing, rings are gone, ferrules are loose, gut is frayed, 

 and reels need oiling These things are often neglected hy 

 overworked meu until the approach of the season for using 

 them, while the man of more leisure looks his tools over 

 several times during the winter and enjoys repairiug his 

 tackle himself. 



Daniel Webster aso Trout Laws.— It seems that trout 

 protection in Massachusetts originated with no less a person- 

 age than Daniel Webster. The Boston Journal says; "It is 

 not generally known that Daniel Wehster was once a mem- 

 ber of the. Legislature of Massachusetts. The fact is not 

 mentioned by many of his biographers. He was chosen by 

 the people of Boston, and was one of theframers of the first 

 city charter of Boston. In one of his speeches, delivered in 

 New York, Mr. Webster said: 'It has so happened that all 

 the public services which I have rendered in the world in 

 my day and generation have beeu connected with the Gen- 

 eral Government. I think I ought to make an exception. 

 1 was ten days a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, 

 and 1 turned' my thoughts to the search of some good object 

 in which I coidd be useful in that position, and, after much 

 reflection, I introduced a bill which, with the general con- 

 sent of both houses of the Massachusets Legislature, passed 

 into a law, and is now a law of the State, which enacts that 

 no man in the State shall catch trout in any other manner 

 than with the ordinary hook and line.' " 



No Trout Fishing Through Ice.— Glens Falls, K Y. — 

 A few persons residing along the shores of Lake George 

 have tried to have the laws amended so that fishing for trout 

 through the ice during February, March and April, may be 

 permitted. Fortunate^ the legislative committee on game 

 laws refused to listen to this proposition, which is in direct 

 conflict with the provisions of a bill now before them to pro- 

 hibit fishing through the ice in any waters in the State. The 

 existing law permits trout fishing throughout the Slate 

 April 1, except in Lake George, where the open season 

 begins one month later, or May 1. This amendment was 

 added a few years ago at the request of people residing at 

 Bolton and elsewhere on the lake, because, during the month 

 of April, many trout were taken through the ice, and nearly 

 all of them were small fish, from one-half to one pound and 

 a half each, and they were evidently of the plant made by 

 the Fish Commission. Few fish of this size, comparatively, 

 are taken after the ice disappears. — A. N. C. 



How I Caught a Black Bass.— I was rowing a canoe 

 one summer day along the shore of T. Island, in the Slate 

 of New York, at a place where the water was quite shallow 

 near the shore, but suddenly deepened a little way out. and 

 was surprised to hear a flapping in the boat behind me, when 

 turning to see the cause of it, behold, I had captured a fine 

 bass, unaware. If he had come from the clouds I should not 

 have been more astonished, but my theory was soon arrived 

 at, that he had tried to pass the boat whichintervened between 

 him and the deep water, and in his spasm of fright had made 

 the "leap for life," which unlike so many reputed ones, did 

 not succeed. The canoe was a little wider and higher than 

 ordinary canoes that he may before have tried his gymnastic 

 abilities on; but, like the renowned Mr. S. Patch, it was his 

 final and fatal effort.— F. (Detroit, Mich.). 



Fish and Sewage. — In Memphis, Teun., a cry has been 

 raised against the fish caught near the city because they are 

 claimed to be tainted by the sewage. Dr. Thornton is of the 

 opinion that a law should be passed prohibiting the catching 

 of fish in front of the city and for a mile below, because they 

 are tainted by the sewage and unfit for food. Unless the 

 sewage of Memphis is viler than that of other cities, we 

 doubt the tainting of the fish to any appreciable extent. 



KANSAS.=-President David S. Jordan, of the Indiana Uni- 

 versity, has recently presented a collection of fishes to the 

 museum of the Kansas Stale Agricultural College, Manhat- 

 tan, "Kansas, 



Troutiiso in Washington Territory.— Tacoma, Wash- 

 ington Territory, March 15.— Editor Fond and Stream: This 

 is a kingdom of joy for those fond of the trout rod. All 

 our fresh waters abound in trout, ranging from eight ounces 

 up to four pounds, and averaging, say, one pound. I have 

 cast the fly here for two seasons and cannot complain of. 

 ever having returned from a trouting trip disappointed. We 

 are awaiting the opening of the season to try the trout again 

 with a new assortment of flies.— L. S. W. 



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FISHCULTU RE IN KANSAS. -We have the fourth bien- 

 nial report of the Fish Commissioner of Kansas for 1888-4. 

 With an exceedingly limited appropriation the Commissioner 

 has done very much work in distributing fishes obtained from 

 the U. S. Fish Commission and other sources. He recommends 

 prohibiting the use of fykes, weirs, pounds, " stake-nets," 

 " fall-traps," " slide-traps," spears, gigs, pitchforks, harpoons, 

 " or any other murderous device " except hook and fine.. Also 

 that the close season for fishing with nets and seines of any 

 description be extended so as to include the months of July 

 and August, and that strong penalties lie provided for viola- 

 tion of the law. An examination of the streams of the State 

 has been made to see where tishways are needed, and we are 

 surprised to learn that the old plan of hshwa.y is recommended 

 after being abandoned in most of the Eastern streams after 

 years of trial. It was found that the waters of Kansas are to o 

 warm for the SalinouiiUe, and no attempt at their culture will 

 be made. The native fishes of the Mississippi River will re- 

 ceive the most attention. Many adult pike, black bass, wall- 

 eyed pike, striped bass, yellow perch, cattish and white perch 

 were captured and removed to suitable waters. From the 

 U. 8. F. C. there was received many thousand shad and carp, 

 which were turned into the streams. 



FISH CULTURE IN COLORADO. -The Denver nines says: 

 "Sheriff Becker has a ranch at the head of Tennessee Park 

 that promises to be one of the most profitable of its kind in the 

 mountains. It is a fish ranch. He purchased it a Hew years 

 ago when it contained nothing but a few lakes, which were 

 almost entirely destitute of fish. He procured several thousand 

 spawn of brook trout the tb-st season from the State fish 

 hatchery, and has each j ear added to that number various 

 varieties of the speckled beauties, until at the present time he 

 likely has fully 75,000 trout that will average seven ounces 

 each. He keeps a man at the place continually whose busi 

 ness it is to break the ice and feed the fish. The food generally 

 used is liver, and it is surprising what a small amount is re- 

 quired." A correspondent from Denver, under date of March 

 20, says that while "in Leadville last week I saw about one 

 hundred pounds of trout at a market, brought in from these 

 lakes. They would weigh from oue-thn-d to one-half pound 

 each." It strikes us as being early for trout, but as the Sheriff 

 has planted the crop it may be proper for him to reap it any 

 time. We do not know how this agrees with Colorado laws. 



A STEP BACKWARD.— The Springfield, Mass., Repub- 

 lican, commenting on the action of the State Legislature 

 in depriving the Fish Commission of its power to lease ponds, 

 says: "Both branches have now parsed a bill repealing the 

 statutory provisions which allow the Inland Fish Commission 

 to lease ponds for the purpose of cultivating useful fishes. 

 They have voted to do away with a system of fishculttvre 

 which confessedly has been not only harmless, but in many 

 places productive of good results, and this, apparently, with- 

 out a, thought toward providing any substitute. Their action 

 seems to have been the result of hostility toward the Commis- 

 sion, backed by a popular prejudice based on misinformation." 



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SiT" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



C. B. IS., Knoxville, Tenn.— We. are promised a plan and descrip- 

 tion of a breeding- kennel soon, which we shall publish.; 



V. H. P.. Providence, R. I.— 1. Has the shooter a right to challenge 

 a bird if hoth judges declare the bird lost? 2. Can the referee reverse 

 the decision of the judges in any case where they may agree? Ans. 

 1. Yes. 3. No. 



W. K. P., Athens, Pa.— Are there any printed rules for rifle shoot- 

 ing and rules for Organizing a rifle team? If so, could you furnish 

 thern f Ans. Wiugate's or Blunt's manuals of rifle shooting will give 

 the desired information. 



Fonttnalis. New York.— Can you inform ine if it is possible to keep 

 brook trout in the aquarium? they would be kept in Croton water 

 kept constantly running. Ans. They can be kept in Croton water 

 from the middle of November to May 1, and possibly later in some 

 seasons. They die at 70 dag. Fahr. 



F. H. D. V., Ottawa.— Please tell me if Mr. Herbert's (Frank For- 

 ester's) books, such as "Warwick Woodland," etc.. are published in 

 cheap form. Where can they bo had? Aus. We do not know that 

 they are published in cheap form. Two vols., $4, is the edition we 

 are familiar with. We can send them. 



O. E. C, Philadelphia.— Being about to purchase a .22-eal. Reming- 

 ton rifle, I would like to ask you a few questions, f. Would having 

 it chambered for est -a longs hurt it for shooting shorts and caps, 

 or make them "spit fire" at the breech ? 2. Will it injure the barrel 

 to shoot shot cartridges? Ans. 1. Yes. 2. Yes. 



W. E. S., Harrisburgh. Pa.— What is the caliber of an eighteen-foot 

 split bamboo salmon rod? Ans. The calibers of the ferrules and 

 diameters of the butt and tip of one just measured are: Butt cap, 

 ljgin., above handpiece,^: hutt ferrule, %; Md ferrule, %; end of 

 tip, 3-16. These figures vary a trifle with different makers. 



E. T. J., Beverly, W. V.— 1. Can paper cartridges or shells he ob 

 taiued for our ordinary spotting rifles? I have never seen such, nor 

 have I seeu them advertised, but" 1 have heard some of our residing 

 sportsmen speak of them. 2. Other things being equal, is a straight 

 or cylindrical shell better for a rifle than those that are either "bot- 

 tle-shaped" or "taper?" Ans. 1. The old style rifle cartridges were 

 of paper. They have been discarded. 2. The straight shell is pre- 

 ferred. The object of the bottleneck shell was to increase the 

 capacity of the cartridge without increasing its length. 



E. N. B., Scott. Wis.— What time of the year can we catch nickerel 

 and bass with the hook, and what kind of hooks, lines, notes, et 

 cetera, do we need? Also about trolling, when, and what land of 

 hooks and spoons are necessary for a good outfit? There are lots of 

 fish here, but I am a greenhorn in the fishing line. Ans. You can fish 

 for pickerel at any time. The black bass season opens in your State 

 on May 1. You need a volume ou general angling, such as Norris, or 

 Scott, for the information you require would cover many pages. 

 Write to some of our advertising tackle dealers for suitable tackle. 



LIST OF PATENTS 



Bearing Pate March 25, 1885. Reported expressly for this paper by 



Louis Bagger & Co.. Mechanical Experts and Solicitors 



of Patents, Washington, T>, C. 



»Vi,220. Ball Trap- P. Marqua, Cinoinuati, O. 



818.120. Flying Target.— C. F. Stock, Peoria, 111, 



313,119. Apparatus for the manufacture of Flying Targets.- C. F. 



Stock, Peoria, 111. 

 313,804. Ball Trap.— J, E. Bloom, Cincinnati, O. - 

 318.695. Fishing Reel.-E. P. Trent, Jersey City, N. J 

 813,652. Feathering Paddle-wheel.— W. C. Burne, New York, N, Y 

 318,664. Sailboat,— Israel Garrard, Frontenae, Minn , 



FIXTURES. 



BENCH SHOWS. 



April 7 to 10, 1885.— First Annual Dog Show N. E. Kennel Club. 

 Music Hall, Boston. J. A. Nickerson. Seeretai-y. 159A Tremont street. 



April 21, 22 and 23.— Annual Dog Show of the St. Louis Gun Club 

 W. A. Albright. Secretary, St. Louis, Mo. 



April 28. 29, 30 and May 1. -Ninth Annual Dog Snow of the West- 

 minster Kennel Club at Madison Square Garden. Entries close April 

 11. James Mortimer. Superintendent, IS Broad street, New York. 



May 5, 6. 7 and 8. 1885.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Cincin- 

 nati Sportsman's Club, Cincinnati, O. W. A. Coster, Superintendent. 



May 13, 14 and 15. — Third Annual Dog Show of the Toronto Dog 

 Show Association. W. S. Jackson, Secretary, Toronto, Out. 



May 19, 20. 21 and 22.— Show of (he Philadelphia Kennel Club. F.A. 

 Diffenderfer, Superintendent, Philadelphia, Pa. 



June 2, 3, 4 and 5.— First Annual Dos Show of theHlinois Kennel 



Club. John H. Naylor, Secretary, 3.182 Archer avenue, Chicago, 111. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



November. — Seventh Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field 

 Trials Club, High Point, N. C. Entries for Derby close Mav 1. W. 

 A. Coster, Secretary. Flatbusb, L I. 



Dec. 7.-Seventh Annual Field Trials of the National Field Trials 

 Club, Grand Junction, Tenn. Entries for Derby close April 1. B. M. 

 Stephenson, La Grange, Tenn., Secretary. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



qpHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of 

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

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

 Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. 

 Registration fee (50 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries 

 inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription $1.50. Address 

 "American Kennel Register,"?, O. Box 2882, New York. Number 

 of entries already printed 2200. 



MODERN JOURNALISM. 

 Editor Forest and Stream; 



Your critical and able report of the Mew Haven show is 

 worth reading twice over. New Haven was a great show, the 

 quality throughout being far in advance of anything that has 

 been seen in this country. Mastiffs, greyhounds and spaniels 

 were fifty per cent, better than they have ever been at the 

 New York shows. Your critique on the spaniels was very re- 

 liable, but you might have devoted more space to thern. as 

 they were an exceptionally good lot. By your courtesy I will 

 write something about these classes next week. The Chicago 

 editor who contributed so freely to the success of the show, 

 seemed determined that nothing should be left undone that 

 was calculated to make the exhibition a very imposing one, 

 and he paid the New Haven Club a great compliment by rig- 

 ging his reporter in a new suit, a brand newsukhafc, new kids, 

 cane, etc. The reporter, in taking off his old clothes, unfor- 

 tunately relieved himself of his manners (if he ever had any) 

 at the same time. Some people said he left them at home to 

 take care, of his field trial record. 



Yes, sir, it was a great show. Everybody was there, The 

 ladies turned out en <iHtts.se, and there were senators, judges, 

 professors, doctors (uot quacks), etc., by the score. The 

 Poolseller was there and the Wegener was there. The keen, 

 dark, restless eyes of the former were cruel in their search for 

 charges of fraud against honorable gentlemen, and were as re- 

 luctant to look honest people in the face as they were quick in 

 their cowardly work. The Welcher seemed intoxicated with 

 the idea that somebody might mistake him for a gentleman. 

 His sensitive feelings must have undergone a severe strain, as 

 there was never the slightest indication that one would fall 

 into such a blunder. "How are you, Porter!" "Is it to me 

 you speak?' and then a little later on. '"Wive me a catalogue,'' 

 "One of my men will attend to you," etc. The Welcher had 

 few friends, aud he knew it. "I'll show them what we can 

 do," said he, and then he retired. 



The third volume of "We Will Kill Mason, Davidsou and 

 Watson" is just out. It is probably the last volume and is a 

 sort of parody on the New Haven Show and the judges A 

 very laughable production well worth reading: beats Puck and. 

 Jingo to death. I seldom spend money on trash, but the thu-d 

 volume is well worth the ten cents asked for it. Unlike its 

 kennel companion, the N.A.K.C. Stud Book, it does not show 

 signs of having been "in the prioter's hands" for any great 

 length of time, but it is a masterly work for all that, and as 

 the independent (?) journal is reported on its death bed this 

 last effort will no doubt be freely read. I don't propose to 

 dissect the entire volume, that would occuoy too much space; 

 neither do I propose to show that the writer is the embodi- 

 ment of all that is low, mean and corrupt. The question I 

 propose to put before the impartial jury is— Sane or insane? 

 That is the question and the only question that can be fairly 

 asked. 



On page 64 of the New Haven catalogue there is this entry: 

 "417. Dan O'Shea, London, Ont., Aaron, 2 years, red (Rock- 

 champion Norah). Not for sale." To this entry I awarded 

 the first prize. The "sportsman's independent journal, New 

 York (?) aud Chicago," March 28. 1885, in its latest attempt to 

 "kill Mason," said: "One long-legged, weak Irish terrier-, 

 Aaron, was shown aild received first prize." I gave the first 

 prize to a long-legged, weak Irish terrier named Aaron. Get 

 thee back to Chicago, crazy fellow ! The long-legged, weak 

 Irish terrier was champion Erin. A printer's error, that's all; 

 and the Chicago reporter who never owned or bred a non- 

 sporting dog in his life, and who cannot distinguish between 

 an Irish terrier and a wire-haired fox-terrier, didn't know the 

 dog, although he has criticised him a score of times. In his 

 hurry to "kill Mason" he has exposed the whole business and 

 his own ignorance at the same time. Let us now see what 

 the reporter with the savory (?) field trial record had pre- 

 viously written of Aaron, the long-legged, good-for-nothing 

 weed." "Sportsman's independent journal, June '28, 18SS- 

 "He f Erin] is a splendid puppy." March 15, 1884: "There is 

 little to choose between them [Erin and champion Norah], 

 Both are good." April 5, 1884: "Norah and Erin are both 

 veiy good." Perhaps the dog has grown larger on the legs, 

 lighter in body, and has less bone than he had last year. Dogs 

 do grow that way sometimes. 



Now it's Mr. Watson's turn. We will "kill Watson." The 

 gentleman who gave the Western reporter notes on the spaniel • 

 classes played a splendid joke on him. Read this carefully: 

 "In the open class, which was for dogs or bitches of any color, 

 over twenty -eight pounds, there were some good ones shown. 

 First went to a good all-round liver and tan dog." First did 

 not go to a good all-round fiver and tan dog, it went to a bitch 

 that has a Roman nose, is throaty, and too short in the back. 

 That is not the way to "kill Watson" any more than this is: 



Sportsman's Independent ( ? ) Sportsman's Independent Jour- 

 Journal, March 15, 1884.— "As pre- nat, March 28, iS85.=-"Mr. Vv r atson 

 viously announced, the judges for got along very well with his little 

 the show were Major J. M. Taylor terriers. He could not have gone 

 and Mr. James Watson * * * very far astray in any of those 

 Asthese judges are so well known classes, but some of his special 

 and so popular as authorities in awards were so ridiculous as to 

 tne classes which they have been provoke mirth. It is to be hoped 

 so often called upon to judge, it is that no one will again see such 

 only necessary to add that their judging as was done at New 

 decisions were accepted with the Haven, a few such shows and 

 usual good grace." the breeders and exhibitors of 



good dogs would give up showing 

 in disgust. It is a very serious 

 matter for dogs which have cost a 

 great deal of time and money, to 

 be bowled over by inferior dogs, 

 just to please an association that 

 will not get good judges." 

 Let us now "kill Mason" again, Sportsman's independent 



