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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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therefore have qo proof that they have Uvecl. From one mil- 

 lion eggs we distributed 990,000 fry as foUows: 600,000 in Great 

 Poud iiear Riverhead (where success was reported) ; 340.000 in 

 Lalie Ronkonkoma, and f50,000 in Sb. John's Lake, Cold Spring 

 HLarbor. 



H. Smelt.— The result of experiments with bhese refractoiT 

 eggs will be found in another paper read before the Society 

 yesterday, and there is nothing new to add. 



SALT-WATEE DEPARTMENT. 



A. Codfish.— Owing to bad weather and perhaps other 

 causes, no good eggs of the cod were taken. There has been 

 no decided success in the hatching of this flsh, although a few 

 have been hatched bv Capt. H. C. Chester and Prof. J. H. 

 Rider, both of the U. S. Fish Commission. This faU we hope 

 to have a smack come in to the station with live cod and try 

 to obtain good eggs. 



B. Tom-Cob.— With these eggs we have good results. We 

 took ;JS0, 000 aud turned loose 31:1,00" Ash. The eggs are not 

 adhesive like the smelt's, uor buoyant like the cod's. These 

 hatched in about twenty-five days. 



This record shows that between two and thi-ee milhon eggs 

 were placed in the troughs at this station, and besides this 

 there were over 3,000 more handled and repacked for foreign 

 shipment, or received from foreign countries for hatcheiies in 

 America, all the foreign receipts and shipments passing 

 through my hands for inspection or repacking, in which great 

 successes have been scored. We propose to begin the artificial 

 culture or oysters this summer. 



Address all communicaMong to the Forest and titre-ain Publish- 

 ing Co. 



FIXTURES. 



BF.NCH SHOWS. 

 April 6, 7, 8aad 9, 1886.— Second Annual Dog Show of the New Eng- 

 land Kennel Club. Jean Grosvenor, Secretary, Boston, Mass. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov 9 - Second Annual Field Trials of the Fisher's I.sland Club, for 

 members only, Bl;)x SVpnzel, Secretai-y, Hoboken, N. J. 



Nov. 0.— l i'rst Annual Ti-iais of tbe Western Field Trials As.socia- 

 tion, at Abilene, Kan. Entries close Oct. 16. A. A. Whipple, Secre- 

 tary, Kansas City, Mo. 



Kov. 13 — New .Jersey Kennel and Field Trials Club. Field trials for 

 meuibers only at Fisher's I-iland. A, P, Vredenburgh, Secretai-y, 

 Bergen Point, N. J. 



Mov. 16, 1886.— Seventh Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field 

 Trials Club, High Point, N. 0. Entries for All Ased Stakes close 

 Nov. I. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flatbtish, L. I. 



NovRmber. — i onrtli Annual Trials of the Robins Island Club, Robins 

 Island, L. I., for members only. Wm. H. Force, Secretary. 



Dec. ".—Seventh Annual Field Trials of the National Field Trials 

 Clnb, Grand Junction, Tcnn. Entries for Derby close April 1. B. M. 

 Stephenson, La Grange, Tenu., Seerecary. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



npHE 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 (50 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries 

 inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription gl.oO. Address 

 "American Kennel Register," P. O, Box 2833, New York. Number 

 of entries already printed 2T04. 



THE PHILADELPHIA DOG SHOW. 



THE a.utumn dog show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club in 

 coniimction witli the Pennsylvania State Agriculural 

 Society wa:S held'at|Germantown Junction,, near Philadelphia, 

 last week. On Thursday, the opening day, it rained steadily 

 all da.j, on Wednessday the weather was raw and cloudy and 

 on Thursday there was a light rain which lasted through the 

 day. Friday was the only really pleasant day of the four, 

 the attendance, however, was very good and the department 

 devoted to the dogs was one of the cliief attractions of the 

 fan-. The management of tlie show was the worst we re- 

 member to have seen; the dogs were benched in the open 

 cattle sheds. This would have been aU right, so far as the 

 comfort of the animals was concerned, had the weather been 

 good, but in the rain and cold it was "cruelty to animals" to 

 keep some of the more delicate specimens shivering in the 

 draught that came through the open sheds. If there are not 

 many resulting cases of sickness we shall be greatly sm-prised. 

 The arrangement of the benches was such as to exclude the 

 light from the dogs, and even when the sun was shining it 

 was impo-ssible to obtain a decent view of a lai-ge portion of 

 the exhibits; this was especially the case with the small dogs. 

 We tinderstand that the Fan- Association has decided to erect 

 a suitable building for the show next year, and that the space 

 and accommodations will be ample and coinplete. 



There was no superintendent, and, as is always the case 

 when there is no responsible head to direct the management, 

 there was much confusion and delay. A few members of the 

 Kennel Club worked like beavers and accomplished a gi-eat 

 deal, taut many things that should have been seen to were left 

 undone until some one could be found to attend to them. Not 

 enough attendants were employed and the judging dragged 

 in consequence. The dogs appeared to be well cared for and 

 had plenty of good food and water. The judging rings were 

 on the ground under open sheds, and were cold and muddy. 

 Sti-aw was strewn on the ground, but this made it impossible 

 to judge of the movements of the dogs. A large portion of 

 the judging was done on the first day, and it could have easily 

 been finished had the classes been properly handled. There 

 were 467 entries, which is about one hundred less than last 

 year. More than one-half of the falling ofi' was in the fox- 

 hound classes. The pointers had two more and the setters 

 twenty- eight less. There were some changes in the numbei s 

 of other classes. Taken as a whole, the show of dogs was a 

 good one, but the quahty in many of the classes was not 

 equal to that of last fall, although there were many excellent 

 animals present. The condition of the dogs was not so good 

 as is generally seen al the spring shows, although some of 

 them were in capital form. Many of the kennel displays 

 were excellent and added not a little to the attractiveness of 

 theshuw. There was a serious fault in the management in 

 allowing exhibitors to bench together entries in sevei'al dif 

 ferent classes. Much confusion resulted from this, and it was. 

 no small task to unravel the mj'stery and get the classes to- 

 gether when wanted in the ring. This arrangement came 

 especially hard upon the reportei's, who were obliged to put in 

 a vast amount of extra labor in hunting up the animals 

 wahted. Although we do not agree with all of the decisions 

 of the judges, we believe them to have been made in an honest 

 and impartial manner, and have no fault to find in this re- 

 spect. Had the judge an equal chance with the reporter as to 

 time to examine and compare the different animals we are 

 confident that the conclusions reached would be much more 

 harmonious than is often the case. Following are our com- 

 ments upon the dogs : 



MASTIFFS— (MB. DXTDLfiY). 



The Winlawn Kennels exhibits saved these classes from 

 mediocrity. Homer and Prussian Priiicess represented the 

 champions, and although each was shown much too light in 

 ilesh they were entitled to championship honors. In the open 

 dog class Dread, who has improved considerably &ince we last 

 saw him, had no easy task in beating Jim, whose good body 

 ft.xjd size are weighed up in the scales by bis rather boiwdly 



head and heavy ears. Terror will never be a terror to oppo- 

 nents on the show bench, but his wolfish head would scare 

 away the most daring of burglars. Although Rosalind was 

 shown too thin her numerous mastiff qualities put her far 

 ahead of everything else in the class. Liberty, Hebe, and 

 Dido II. have all been fully criticised in these columns; the 

 latter, having the best head of the three, took second. There 

 was not a good puppy in the show, not one that will distinguish 

 itself at future shows. Mr. Col well's David has not improved, 

 and the same may be said of Brother. If Terror was worth 

 third prize in the' open dog class, he certalnlj^ was worth more 

 than a c. card in the dog puppy class; 6ut we think Mr. 

 Dudley overestimated his worth in one class and upon a second 

 examination pegged him back to liis right place. Penelope, 

 just a fair specimen, is faulty in muzzle, ears and eyes. Dora 

 is too long in face, and has" heavy ears and bad feet. Mr. 

 Harvey's exhibits show no signs of good bi-eeding. Miss 

 Hildebert has a good body, but is faulty m head, ears, pasterns 

 and tail. These classes wei-e well judged. 



ST. BERNARDS — (MR. DUDLEY). 



There were no entries in the champion classes for rough- 

 coated dogs and bitches. In the open dog class, First Choice 

 not looking quite so well as we expected to find him, scored a 

 creditable first, followed by Hero, a new comer. He is fairly 

 good in head, legs and feet^ and is above the average in size. 

 Julien has not improved very much upon his Boston fortn. 

 St. Maiirice, catalogued a brindle and white, is a black and 

 white dog, and would stand a fair good chance of taking 

 I honors in a class of Landseer Newfoimdlands. The judge 

 erred in giving him a commended card. He is good in head 

 and body, but is not a St. Bei-nard. Stell.a, not looking at all 

 well, won in the bitch class. We did not see Bertha off the 

 bench, so must pass her. Norah, a well-bred one but scarcely 

 up to show form either in head, tail, sti-ength of limbs or size, 

 came next. Beryl is out of coat. Sheila, with a healthy-looking 

 lot of puppies, was in fair condition. Rough-coated puppies were 

 a poor lot. Julien, who took third in the open class, was about 

 the best of the lot. He has plenty of bone, and is faulty in 

 head ; his woi-st faults are behind the fifth rib. Lys, the second 

 prize winner, requires care; his pasterns and feet are growing 

 the wrong way. Victoria, vhc. , has a passable head and a 

 good body, but her straight pasterns, markings and awkward 

 gait will prevent her from rising high in the St. Bernard world. 

 Verone, a much improved (by nature) dog, won the champion- 

 ship for smooth-coated dogs, but the corresponchng class for 

 bitches did not flh, and in the open dog class Ernst had mat- 

 ters all to himself. He has good forelegs and feet, and is 

 abovG the average in body; his head is plain. We made 

 several calls upon the winning bitch Bess, but could never get 

 a glimpse of her. Snowball, placed second, is faulty in head, 

 bone, feet and size. Abra was too fat by half, but we liked 

 her better than Snowball. Belline II., vhc, is good in body 

 but is faulty in liead, size and in bone. None of the puppies 

 will ever be heard of in good company. Prince was well- 

 placed first. He has a fairly good head and a good body, but 

 IS straight behind, moves badly and is not marked in the style 

 required by the cognoscenti. Belline II., mentioned above, 

 and Lionel were badly shown, and wiU never be seen to worse 

 advantage than they" were upon this occasion. Then- heads 

 are not typical. If Nellie would carry her ears better, she 

 might earn two more letters. Taken altogether, these classes 

 were well handled. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS— (MR. DUDLEY). 



Sam — who doesn't know Sam ? — took another champion prize 

 to Boston. We thought him looking well. Bruno took first 

 in the open class, and we are glad to see that Mr. Dudley has 

 at last recognized his many good qualities. He was away 

 ahead of any in the class, and being a much better specimen 

 than Sam, shotdd have taken i^he special prize. The judge 

 must have been severely taxed to find a second prize winner, 

 and Carlo was the lucky one; but he is not a show dog, being 

 faulty in head, ears and coat. Pido too is a poor specimen, 

 curly in coat and faulty in head. Hero is leggj'', short of coat 

 and light in bone. Rover did not dcseiwe a card. He has a 

 ring tail and bad head and poor coat. JNell took first at a 

 previous show under the same judge, btit as we stated at the 

 time, did not deserve it. Now she takes a c. card, which is 

 just one letter too much. Our comments upon her when last 

 shown are correct. 



COLLIES— (MR. APGAB). 



Ben Nevis and Rex were the only champions entered. Ben 

 is not half the dog he was. He is growing coarse in head and 

 is out of coat. Rex looked fairly well. Royboy, who made 

 his bow to the public, has many good points. His head is 

 much above the average, he has a good frill and is fahly well 

 built all through. His ears are well placed, but they don't 

 sit quite right. We would hke him better had he more coat, 

 especiallv in the place where it is most needed. Robin Adair 

 II. is good in fi ill, but his hea^^ skull, hght eyes and scanty 

 coat will keep him from the coveted position. Joe Nettles, 

 who took third, has not improved upon his puppy form either 

 in coat or in skuU. In the bitch class Mavis, who took first, 

 is not a good one; her worst faults are in ears, feet and pas- 

 terns. Wanda, who lacks in top coat, undercoat, frill and in 

 skull, came next, with Meg, faulty in head and ears, third. 

 Gem was in shocking condition and was very properly dis- 

 carded, .leannie Netties, faulty in head and ears and wooUy 

 in coat, was given c. Dot, short of coat, heavy in ears, faulty 

 in shoulders, was given he. This was a very poor class and 

 the puppies were even worse. Dot, just described, took the 

 blue ribbon from Mr. Lindsay's Portland. We do not remem- 

 ber having seen this dog win a first at New Haven, as claimed 

 in the catalogue ; but if he did, time has done much in the way 

 of making him worse, not only in head and ears but in coat 

 and symmetry as well. Daisy, faulty in head, ears, coat and 

 in stifles, took third prize. We hope never again to see such 

 a lot of puppies at any show. The classes were carefully and 

 well judged. The special prize for the best collie shown by a 

 member went to Ben Nevis. That he can beat Royboy when 

 in condition we do not doubt; but he could not have done 

 so upon this occasion had they came together. The collie 

 trials were a failtire and no prizes were awarded. 



DEERHOUNDS— (MR. PIERSON). 



Mac, looking well, beat Heather for the champion prize. The 

 latter was in wretched condition. There was only one speci- 

 men in the open class and it was given second prize, but for 

 what reason we do not know, as it is a very poor specimen. 



GREYHOUND.S — (MJt. PIER.SON) . 



Old Memnon, whose grand form we never tire of looking 

 upon, was alone in the champion dog class. Grrey hound men 

 .should take a long look at this game and almost perfect piece 

 of dog flesh ere he retires from the bench. In the correspond- 

 ing class for bitches Mother Demdike fairly smothered Fan, 

 who never could have taken her numerous prizes had there 

 been any "greyhounds" to meet her. The open dog class was a 

 poor one; Ben, who took first, .should be retired for reasons 

 previously given. Wertheim, placed second, is not a show 

 dog. The open bitch class inti'oduced us to Mr. Smith's 

 recently imported Stealing Away ; she is a good greyhound, 

 although not first-class, but is, of course, much better than 

 such dogs as Friday Night, Fan, etc. ; her head is too coarse, 

 and she is not "filled up" below the eyes; back and quarters 

 above the average; chest, legs and feet good; shoulders heavy. 

 Second prize should have been given to Saturday Night, fullv 

 criticised in our report of the Philadelphia Kennel Club's May 

 show. Ladj"^ Halifax, the fortunate recipient of second pi'ize, 

 has bad ears and a poor, expressionless head; she is leggy, 

 shallow and faulty behind; not a show dog at all. There was 

 only one entry in the puppy class, and it must have f oimd its 

 way there by accident, why such a specimen— faulty aU over 

 —should be awarded premier honors at a dog show we know 

 not; the dog or animal, we cannot call it a greyhound, has a, 



wretched head and ears, hindquarters such as we have never 

 seen on a prize winner before, bad legs and feet, poor loin, and 

 does not show the least bit of greyhound character; if this and 

 the like awards are passed by unnoticed, much harm may be 

 done to those who have no opportunity of seeing the dogs. 

 Here is a dog which cannot be called a greyhound by any 

 greyhound breeder, and yet he may be advertised in the pubhc 

 stud as a first prize winner. What would be the result? 



POINTERS— (mi. SEITNER), 



The pointers as a whole were not quite up to those showB 

 there last fall. We could by no means agree with the judge 

 in all of his decisions. We have had some exijcrience with! 

 pointers within the past forty years, and long ago determinedi 

 that weak chests, ba,d shoulders, slack backs, faulty legs andi 

 feet, hght loins and feeble muscles were not the re'quisites of 

 the pointer; that many animals possessing some of these char- 

 acteristics are very taking to the eye is not to be denied; that 

 they can go and stay wo have yet to see demonstrated, and 

 until nJl such are religiously excluded from tlie front seats of 

 the show bench, the improvement of this grand breed of dogs 

 will remain in abeyance. Our comments upon many of the 

 dogs have already been xjublished in reports of previoiis shows, 

 and it is not necessary to repeat them here. There were no 

 entries in the champion largo classes. In the open dog class 

 Donald IL was rightly placed first. He is preparing for the 

 field trials, and was not quite up to the form he showed last 

 spring, although he was looking well. There was not much 

 to choose between Jimmie, second, and Bangor, third. Dan, 

 unnoticed, was entitled to second place. He is a big lemon 

 and white, with good head, back, loin, legs and feet, and 

 moves nicely ; he is rather coarse, but has a capital coat and 

 shows quality. On the other hand he is too wide in front 

 and is tnroaty, and was shown too fat. The other two en- 

 tries, Rock and Rye, evidently have Irish setter blood in their 

 veins, and were properly unnoticed. In the bitch class first 

 was withheld and Beulali was awarded second. She won first 

 at the same show last fall in a better class, and was clearly 

 entitled to the same place here. She was shown too fat. NeUy, 

 third, and Polly Varden, unnoticed, were fair .specimens only. 

 PoUy we thought a ti-ifle the better of the two. Her worst 

 fault is a wide and shallow chest. In the champion small 

 class Mr: A. H. Moore's Donald was alone. He was looking 

 fau'ly well, and was for exhibition only. In the correspond- 

 ing bitch class Daisy Bravo had a walkover. She has im- 

 proved since we saw her last, but was not in first-class 

 condition. In the open dog class Shot was entitled to his 

 first; he has greatly improved since last spring, and Avas 

 shown in capital condition. There was not much to choose 

 between Castor, second, and Adonis, thu'd. Castor has im- 

 proved since we saw him last. He has the best of it in head, 

 tsut Adonis beats him in legs and feet. Prince of Orange, 

 vhc, has improved, was well shown, and deserved his card. 

 Dash, he, has a setter look about him that we do not hke. 

 The bitches were a better class and nearly all of them were in 

 exceUent condition. Those belonging to the Westminster 

 Kennel Club were brought into the ring in better form than 

 we have ever seen them. Lucky Stone, winner of first, was 

 In elegant condition, but still retains her faults. Lady Belle, 

 second, is a fau- bitch only, not yet mature; her ears set too 

 high and she is light in bone. Bellegarde, third, Is also just a 

 fair specimen; her ears hang badly and she lacks substance. 

 Lady Maud, vhc. reserve, is a very good bitch, with a fan* 

 head and chest, and capital loin, quarters, tail, legs and feet. 

 All of the others we have frequently commented upon. The 

 awards in this class were all wrong. Lady Dulferin, he, 

 should have been first. She is a typical small pointer, with 

 fewer faults than any in the cla,ss. JSlext to her we would put 

 Lady Maud, with not much to choose between Rosa, 

 vhc, and Virginia, c, for third place. The dog puppies 

 were a very ordinary lot, and we saw nothing to lead us to 

 beheve that either of them would make a future winner. The 

 bitches were much better. Leda, the Avinuer, is rather an 

 ordinary bitch, with bad color and is a bit shallow iu 

 chest, and lacks chai-acter. Genesta, second, is a fair bitch, 

 except that she is weak in head and has a coarse tail. Dorcas 

 n., vhc, we hked and thought that she had an easy win. 

 She has not a very good head and her tail is a bit long, but 

 otherwise she is very good and well deserved fh'st. Puritan, 

 unnoticed, was the youngest and smallest of the lot. She has 

 few good points. 



ENGLISH SETTERS— (MR. WESTCOTT). 



The English setters were not up to those of last fall, either 

 in numbers or average quahty. In the champion dog .class 

 Rockingham was alone. He is preparing for the field trials 

 and was not at his best in coat and feather. He was looking, 

 however, better than we have ever seen him. His field work 

 has hardened him and given him a Avide-awako appearance 

 that he did not possess before. In the bitch class Petrel II. 

 was also alone. She was very short in coat and feather, but 

 otherwise in fair condition. In the open dog class fu'st went 

 to Gflen Rock. He was in the best show condition of any in 

 the class. He is a very taking looking dog with beautiful 

 color and markings. Tug, the Avinner of second, was not in 

 the best of condition, although he is looking well. He is not 

 quite so good in stifle as the winner, but beats him in head and 

 quarters and is his equal at other points, had their positions 

 been reversed it Avould have been about right. Don .Juan was 

 third. We have never seen this dog in first-class form but 

 once; he Avas then a very hard dog to beat, but when out of 

 condition he appears to great disadvantage. Storm Petrel, 

 vhc. , has improved and is very near the Avinners. He is not 

 yet mature and must bide his time. Dashing Monarch received 

 his usual he. He Avas looking well. In the bitch class first 

 AA'-ent to Modesta. She was weU shown and fairly entitled to 

 the place. Blitz, second, should not have been in the money. 

 She is a taking looking bitch with a good head and neck and 

 fair shoulders. She is very weak in second thigh and pasterns 

 and has very bad feet; there were a dozen better ones in the class. 

 Third went to Fairy III. She Avas out of coat and feather, 

 but should have been .second with Dame Petrel, vhc, next. 

 Dame has improved greatly and is one of the most symmetrical 

 bitches in the class. If nothing bef als her she Avill go higher 

 up next year. Countess Warwick, also vhc, is arai'e good one; 

 she stands a bit hjgh and is just a trifle short in body. She 

 also carries her tail much too high. Petrel III,, also vhc, was 

 shown too fat. She was also out of coat, as were nearly all 

 her kennel companions. Coomassie was very lucky to receive 

 the three letters; one would have been plenty iu this company. 

 She should at least have exchanged places with Blue iielle. 

 he Pebble, imnoticed, is a very well-formed animal and 

 deserved the three letters. The "dog puppies were a sorry 

 lot. Tag, Jr., winner of first, should not haA^e been noticed; 

 he is big, lathy and leggy, and has a shallow chest, to say 

 nothing of his deformed breast bone, which should disqualify 

 him. Soudan, second, was rightly placed, his ears set too 

 high and he is too long coupled. Fii'st should have been with- 

 held: there was nothing promising in the class. Bella, first in 

 the bitch class, was not entitled to the place; she has a coarse 

 head, carries her ears badl}^, is throaty, too wide in chest, and 

 has a bad tail; she is good in back, loin, quarters, legs and 

 feet; vhc. would be about her mark. Glen Ada, the winner 

 of second, was rightly placed; she is rather coarse, with no 

 stop, and her ears set too high, she is also throaty and long in. 

 loin. Princess Kate, vhc, AA^as the best in the class, she is a 

 capital little bitch and will do to show again ; she is weak in 

 muzzle and her ears might hang better, her hindlegs also 

 might be improved; she has a fau" head, good body, chest and 

 forelegs, and carries a good tail. IdylAvoof, he, promises 

 well, and was vA^orth her card. Nellie, unnoticed, we also 

 thought worth mention. 



IRISH SETTERS— (MR. WESTCOTT). 



The Ii-ish setters were a good lot. Chief, looking well, was 

 alone in the champion class. Berkley Avas entered but not for 



