t)EO. 3, 1885.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



369 



LAWLESSNESS IN THE ADIRONDACKS. 



THE Fish Commissioners of Xew York having estab- 

 lished a hatchery at the outlet of Little Clear Pond, 

 and the pond having been placed wholly in theu- control by 

 the State, they naturally desire to prohibit fishing in their 

 ■waters in order to stock'up with trout, to obtain great quan- 

 tities of eggs in future years with which they can stock the 

 whole region. Operations have begun there, and a compe- 

 tent man, a graduate of the hatchery at Cold Spring Harbor, 

 placed in charge. JMi-. Walters, the Superintendent, has 

 already been annoyed by a worthless gang who live in the 

 woods and who have pulled up his nets set to trap the fish in 

 order to get their eggs. He has been in the habit of visiting 

 t.liese nets twice during the night— at 10 P. M. and 3 A. M. — 

 and again at 6 in the morning. On Friday, the 13th inst., 

 he found his nets cut up between the hours of 3 and 6, and 

 suspecting who did it because he knew who had previously 

 raised them, he went over and talked very sharply to them 

 abont it. These men afterward told a guide that they had 

 always flslied in Little Clear and its outlet, and that if the 

 Commissioners wished the hatchery to stand they had better 

 not try to stop them. 



Tt is evident that au example must be made of these poach- 

 CrSi whom a round flue and imprisonment would teach 

 What rights the State has in this matter, and if fiec fishing is 

 to be allowed in the grounds reserved for keeping stock fish 

 then all the work done and moUey expended is lost. We 

 have no doubt the Comraissionefs will sustain Mf. Walters 

 in any proceedings he may take, within the laws, against 

 the vagabonds who are annoying him. 



CASTING FROM THE REEL. 



''pHERE is some confusion in the minds of English 

 L anglers regarding the manner in which Americans cast 

 from the muUiplyiug Vee], both for black bass and for heavy 

 striped bass. Mr. R. W. Hobden writes to the Fishmg 

 G'lseUe as follows: 



"Referring to your notes in last week's OaseiU, wherein 

 you call atteniioTi to the records of the American casting, I 

 do not think we anglers need fear that our American 

 cousins would take away our laurels, if brought into com- 

 petition with us on equal grounds, to any greater extent 

 than they do from the fly-fishers in the fly-casting competi- 

 tions, which appear to me to be arranged in America the 

 same as were in London. Not so, however, the bait-casting. 

 I contond that the American bass-casting is not to be com- 

 pared with our bait-casting. They use the shortest possible 

 rod (?), throwing with one hand; and they use multiplying 

 reels, which cannot overrun liiie our Nottingham winches. 

 These reels, I should imagine, require to start them for a 

 long east such power as can only be obtained by a short, 

 single-handed rod, used with considerable force from over the 

 phouldcr; a style calling to my mind the manner in which, 

 as a youngster, I used to cast little bits of clay from the end 

 of a short, lissome stick, and it was wonderful the distance 

 the pellets would travel, and the accuracy with which the 

 neighboring windows used to be peppered. I may be wrong 

 In the manner I assume this short rod (?) is used ; but I gather 

 it is used thus, and that the bait or sinker is wound up very 

 near the top of the rod. Put one of these American multi- 

 plying reels on one of our l^r-foot Nottingham rods, and, with 

 IJ ounce iait find trace, see if it could be thrown anywhere 

 near our best record (52^ yards). 1 observe that Mr. Dresel 

 cast 43 jards with jounce sinker; but then he used a short, 

 single-handed rod, and there can be no doubt but that a short 

 and light rod has the advantage in casting, both for distance 

 and accuracy. I am not seeking to defend the reputation 

 which my cast, made at last year s tournament, had of being 

 the best on record, because I have seen longer casts made in 

 the Thames style; but I do contend that it is not to be com- 

 pared with Mr. W. H. Wood's cast at the last American 

 competition, because the attendant circumstances are so 

 entirely different. While on the subject of casting 1 should 

 like to mention that I have attended all our tournaments, 

 and have conversed with most of the experts who competed, 

 and from what I hear and what I know I venture to give an 

 opinion that 83 yards never has been and never will be 

 thrown off the reel in our Nottingham style, and I doubt 

 very much if it ever will be in the Thames style, with ordi- 

 nary and usable tackle; neither do I see any useful result 

 from such long casts. There is more skill and more practical 

 use in being able to cast a live bait in an uninjured condition 

 and with accuracy to, say, 40 yards distance, than in launch- 

 ing it 30 yards further and wide of its mark. In conclusion, 

 Mr. Editor, your five-guinea prize is a handsome offer, but 

 it is hoped the conditions will not be fur heavy bass casting 

 in the American style. Fancy playing a good fish with a 

 five-feet rod! I trust these remarks will be take u in good 

 part by all who may be interested in the question of bait- 

 casting, and that they may be the means of obtaining fur- 

 ther information of the American reel, and the manner of 

 using it, and also of authentic easts which have been made 

 by our own anglers, in both Thames and Nottingham styles, 

 and which have been measured with a proper rule or tape, 

 and not calculated by 'stepping it.' " 



To this the editor remarks: "Mr. Hobden says, 'Fancy 

 playing a good fish with a 5-foot rod !.' He seems to forget 

 that Mr. W. H. Wood on this rod has killed the tarpon, 

 or silver king, of over 130 pounds" weight, as described in 

 our cohmms some little time back. Mr. H. will find that 

 the American reel overruns, and you have to wear a thumb- 

 stall to control the delivery of the line. But do not let us 

 condemn this American style without knowing a little more 

 a,bout it. " 



We would state for the benefit of all concerned that in the 

 "minnow casting for black bass" with a half-oimce sinker, 

 the rods were required to be not less than 8 feet nor more 

 than 10 feet. Any multiplying reel was allowed, but no 

 clicks, drags, nor any device to control the line was per- 

 mitted, the thumb only being used. Mr. Dresel's rod was 

 within the limits of length, and all the contestants cast 

 underhand, the elbow being held near the body until the cast 

 was begun. 



In the "heavy bass" casting two hands are used and a 

 . larger reel. The rod is from 6 to 8 feet, and is such as is 

 tised on our sea coasts for bass that weigh up to 60 pounds. 

 We do not remember the exact length of rod used by Mr. 

 , Wood, and it is not on record. Tlie rules forbid rods of 

 over 9 feet. The remarks of the editor of the Fishing Gazette 

 are correct; it requires much skill to keep the reels from 

 over-running. We do not think the English tom'naments have 

 any contests similar to our "miaDOw" casting; i. e., from 



the reel with a single-handed rod. Their "Nottingham" 

 style is similar to our heavy bass contests, but they use longer 

 rods, and we think that Mr. Hobden will find that our reels 

 will work equally well on them, even with "IJ-ounce bait and 

 trace. " We have no trials to correspond with their ' 'Thames" 

 style, which, if we are rightly informed, is cast with a 

 quantity of line coiled on tlie ground or in the hand and 

 thrown with a stick, because there is no one who tishes in 

 that manner here. Mr. Hobden speaks of measuring dis- 

 tances with a proper rule or tape, and not by "stepping" 

 them. In this country all casting is so measured by the 

 judaes, followed by any persons who may wish to see what 

 IS recorded on their books. 



It is the verdict of all American anglers who have visited 

 England that their reels do not compare with ours, the finest 

 of each we mean, for the cheap reels arc not considered in 

 this connection. A first class striped bass reel will cost from 

 $30 to $35, and one for black bass from $13 to $18, or more. 

 We advise Mr. Hobden to send to any of the tackle dealers 

 who advertise in our columns and get a reel, or better yet, 

 get several, one from each house, and test them. 



We note that an international tournament will be held in 

 England next jear to be managed by the Richmond Pisca- 

 torial Society. The competitions will take place on or near 

 the Thames. We hope that some of our experts will attend 

 it. ' 



Samton in the Hudson. — Several prominent gentlemen 

 of Albany have taken steps to form an organization to pro- 

 tect the salmon fry recently planted in the Hudson River by 

 the United States "Fish Commission, and have issued a cu-cu- 

 lar in which they say : ''Eight hundred and thirty thousand 

 salmon fry have been planted in the waters of the upper 

 Hudson. The possibihty of seeing the river teeming with 

 these noble fish has aroused anglers to the necessity of hav- 

 ing the laws properly enforced, and the necessity of concerted 

 action to obtain such additional lefrislalion as may be found 

 necessary to that purpose." Last Friday a preUminary meet- 

 ing was called to discuss the project, and among those present 

 were W. W. Byington, Ira Wood, Judge F. M. Danaher, 

 Abram Lansing, William Stoiy, Louis D. Pillsbury, Gen. 

 Robert Lennox Banks, Erastus Corning, John H. Quinby 

 and Amasa J. Parker, Jr., all of Albany, and Mr. A. N. 

 Cheney, of Glens Falls. It was decided that an organization 

 should be efi[ected at an early day, and the high character of 

 the gentlemen interested is guarantee that it will succeed and 

 be a power for good._^ 



Philadelphia, Nov. 37.— Good sheepshead fishing can 

 be had at the drawbridge crossing from the mainland to 

 Holly Beach. Many barnacles have grown on the timbers 

 of this bridge, and last summer the sheepshead were attracted 

 by them and made it their feeding ground. Sea bass can 

 always be caught there in season; this place is easily 

 reached. — Homo. 



BLACK BASS IN GERMANY.— We have before recorded 

 that the American black bass have bred in Germany, but the 

 following note fi-om that enthusiastic fishculturist, Herr von 

 dem Borne, whose estabtishment at Berneuchen is known all 

 over the world, will be read with interest. He says: "It will 

 interest you to know that I can breed the black bass with the 

 same certainty as we do the carp, and that I liave many 

 thousands of yoTing fish from a few spavvners. I have only 

 three small-mouthed and ten large-mouthed spavraers. The 

 fry of last season, barely six months old. are now growing 

 finely." _________________ ^ 



FUR QUOTATIONS. 



THE following- prices, for prime skins only, according to size, color 

 and quality, as realized by the New York commission mer- 

 chants, have been furnished by Messrs. Wm. Macnaughtan's Sons, 

 commissior merchants Ivo. 3 Howard street, New York: 



Antelope — North America, raw, |? lb $ 25@ 35 



Dressed, as to quality, # lb 1 00® 1 10 



Deer— Florida, raw, f lb SOtg* 30 



■Rocky Mountain, raw, ^ B) 20@ 30 



Pacific Coast, raw, |! S) 20® 30 



Elk-Pacific Coast hides, ^9 ft 20@ 25 



Western skins, lb . . ; ." 35® 35 



Dre«sed, as to quaUty, il? tt> . . . - 50® 70 



Mountain Deer— Western, f< lb 15® 20 



Reindeer- American, raw, ^ tt> 20® 25 



Dressed, as to quality 60® 80 



Beaver— Labrador, large.... 5 00® 7 00 



Lake Superior and Canada, large 4 00® 6 00 



Upper Missouri, large 5 00® 7 00 



Southern, large 3 00® 5 00 



Badger— American, large and full fiu-red, each 1 00® 1 50 



Bear— Hudson's Bav, black, large, each 20 00@25 00 



United States, brown, large, each b 00@12 00 



Southern U. S., black, large, each 6 00@10 00 



Cubs from Uto^oi the above. 



Buffalo robes, in bulk 12 00®15 00 



Buckskm— Western, ^ ft 50® CO 



Pacific Coast, f Hi 60® 1 00 



Cat— W'ild, each 40® 80 



House, each- 10® 30 



Ermme and white weasel 5® 10 



Fisher— Dark cased 10 00@11 00 



Brown.. . 8 00® 9 00 



Pale - 6 00® 7 00 



Fox— Red, United States, each 1 30® 1 .00 



Red, Territories 1 50® 1 70 



Cross, ordinary ..4 00® 7 00 



Gray, United States 1 00® 1 35 



Kitt. North America 50® 60 



Silver, North America 5 00® 6 00 



Lynx-Canada 5 00® 6 00 



Minnesota 2 00® 5 00 



Marten -Dark 1 00® 2 00 



Pale 36® 40 



Mink- Pale, Southern U. S 40® 50 



Pale, Western United States 70® 80 



Dark, Minnesota 80® 90 



Dark. New Engiand 90® 1 00 



Dark, Quebec and Halifax 1 25® 1 75 



Musquash— Spring, Canada and Eastern •.i...- , 18® 30 



Spring, Western United States 12® 14 



Spring, Southern United States 10® 13 



Fall, Canada and Eastern 10@ 12 



Fall, Western United States 8:^8 10 



Fall, Southern United States 8® 10 



Opossum— Cased, Ohio 20v® 30 



Southern United States aad common 8® 10 



Otter— Labrador, cased 9 00®11 00 



Northern United States 7 00® 9 00 



Western United States b 00® 7 00 



Southern United States 2 00® 5 00 



Raccoon— Michigan 90® 1 00 



W^estern United States . 70® 80 



Southern United States 40® 60 



Rabbit— Raw, America. . .-. S@ 3 



Skunk— Black cased, America.. 1 20® 1 30 



Short stripe, America 70® 80 



Long stripe, America 30® 40 



White, America 10® 20 



Territory, long stripe ^ 80® 40 



Wolf— Large, each 8 00® 5 00 



Timber 1 50® 2 00 



Prairie 75® 1 35 



Wolverine— North America 4 00® 6 00 



Address ail communications to the Forest and 8tream Publish- 

 ing Co, 



FIXTURES. 



BF.NCH SHOWS. 



Dec. 15, 10, 17 and 18.— First Annual Dog Show of the Westera Con- 

 necticut Poultry. Pigeon and Pet Stock Association. Frank D. Hal- 

 lett, Superintendent, Wiusled, Conu. Entries close Dec. 5. 



March 16. 17, 18 and 19, ISHB.— Westet-n Pennsylvania Poultry Soci- 

 ety's Dog Sbow, at Pittsburgh. Pa. C. B. Elben, Secretary, 



Mai-ch m. '31 and 25, 1880. -First Aimiuil Dog Show of the New Jer- 

 sey Kennel and Field Trials Club, Newark, N. .1. A. P. Vredenburign, 

 Secretary. Bergen Point. N. J. 



March '30 to Aprils, 1880.— Third Annual Dog Show of the New 

 Haven Keniio] Club. E S. Porter, Secretary, New Haven, Conn. 



ApiU (), 7, 8 aad 9, 1880.— Second Annual Dog Show ol' the New Eng- 

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



FIELD TRIALS. 



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. 



THE 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 blauka sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. 

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

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

 "American Kennel Register," P. O.Boa 2833, NeiyYork. Number 

 of entries already printed 2908. 



THE EASTERN FIELD TRIALS. 



THE ALL-AGED STAKE. 



\Contimied from- page 351.) 

 BEAUFOKT AND LUCIA. 



Both of these dogs are well known. Beaufort is a bench 

 show winner, and tnere was considerable cirriositv manifested 

 as to how he would acquit himself in the field. He was han- 

 dled by Talhnan. He was unfortunate in coming down in 

 the middle of a hot day in his fu'st two heats, and his per- 

 formance in these two heats was not what had been expected 

 by his admu-ers. In his third heat ho was put down with 

 Graphic just at night, and it was contidently expected that he 

 woind show to better advantage, but after a run of a tew 

 minutes they were taken up, to be put down again the next 

 morning. Graphic was then withdrawn, leaving Beaufort 

 and Mainspring the only dogs in to contest for first pilze. In 

 this heat Beaufort ran a good dog, and did some very credit- 

 able work, and although he lost the he.at his competitor had 

 but a little the best of it. He is very styhsh when mov- 

 ing, and goes at a fau* rate of speed; he has a long stride 

 and a very easy way of going for a large dog. He carries his 

 nead rather low and is not always quite so styhsh when on 

 game as we like to see, although at times he did bis work in a 

 very stylish manner. When we take into consideration the 

 fact that he is six years old and has had but a few weeks on 

 game, and that for three years he has had little or no work, 

 we must allow that he has passed through the ordeal with 

 honor to himself and crecht to his handler. Lucia was in 

 better form than when she ran in tb e Members' Stake, and 

 worked for her handler, Haight, better than she did for her 

 ovs-ner. They were put down just after lunch on a steep hill- 

 side and worked up to the top. Lucia then swung down into 

 the valley and made a pretty point to a bevy that Haight to 

 order fliished, and they settled in some woods. Following 

 them up, Lncia ran past two or three that flushed as she went 

 by them. Beaufort theu pointed a singlethat Talhnan put up. 

 Lucia soon after piimed one that was flushed by her handler, 

 and, as two or three more got up, he fired at one and missed. 

 A little further on Lucia again pointed, but nothing was 

 found. Beaufort then made a nice point to a bird that flushed 

 as Tallman came up. We then went into some pines where 

 Beaufort got scent and half pointed and Lucia backed. As 

 Talhnan came up Beaufort drew on, btit the bird flushed be- 

 fore he had located it. We then worked down to a creek 

 where Beaufort half pointed, but soon went on. A long tramp 

 was then taken through the woods, with the dogs at heel, 

 untn we came to open fields, when they were again put down. 

 Both ranged wade and at a good rate of speed. Nothing was 

 done, however, and we crossed a road to a good looking 

 stubble field, where Beaufort ran up a single bu'd and altered 

 his course after it, but at once stopped to order. Following 

 up the bu'd it again flushed near Beaufort, but the next time 

 he made a nice pomt, drew on and located it in fine style. 

 TaUman, to order, flushed the bird and misled, Beaufort re- 

 maining steady to wing and shot. Then on over a knoll Lucia 

 made a point and Beaufort came round, not seeing her, and 

 also pointed ; both drew a short distance and each pointed at 

 about the same time. Haight flushed the beyj- and Idlled one 

 and both dogs were steady. Lucia then retrieved the bird in 

 good form. FoUowing the birds down to a thicket along a 

 branch both challenged at the edge ; Lucia was ahead and she 

 turned to the left while Beaufort went a step or two to the 

 right and drew to a nice point and Lucia backed . him ; the 

 bird flushed as Tallman came up. Lucia then went down the 

 rtm and Beaufort took a step or two and again pomted and 

 then drew on into the thicket. Tallman tried to work his 

 way through the briers and the bird got up. Meantime Lncia 

 pointed a bird in the thicket and Haight flushed it. The judges 

 did not see this as they were consultmg, and the dogs were 

 then ordered up and" the heat was awarded to Beaufort. 

 Down one hour and thirty -seven minutes. 



DUKE OF BERGEN AND PLASH R. 



Dulie of Bergen is a good-looking dog with a very nice way 

 of going and quite a turn of speed. He had a swelling on his 

 jaw, the effect of a bite, and was probably a httle off in con- 

 sequence. He was handled by John LeAvis. Flash R. ap- 

 peared to much better advantage than in the Members' 

 Stake and did some very good work. She is fast and was 

 under good control. She was handled by Haight. They were 

 put down at twenty minutes past three in a stubble field. 

 IBoth started at a clipping gait, with Flash a little the fastest. 

 Working down to a branch we crossed over and turned up 

 into some pines, where the spectators had marked a bevy 

 down. The birds were running, and as Flash struck the ti-ail 

 she pointed, and a second later Duke also pointed a little dis- 

 tance from her. Both then alternately roaded and pointed 

 and drew on, and then both made a cast and came on the 

 birds, both locating them almost at the same instant, with Diike 

 a little in advance. 'I he birds flushed as the handlers came 

 up, and each scored a kill and both do^^s retrieved in good 

 form. This was a vei-y pretty piece of work. A little further 

 on both pointed, evidently at old scent, and soon went on and 

 Duke again pointed and Flash backed, but they went on and 

 could make nothing of it Flash then got in a good point to a 

 single that Haight to order fltished. Flash then moved on a 

 few steps and two or three more got up. She then went on 

 a short distance and pointed, but soon drew on in a thicket 

 and again pointed, and as her handler went to her several 

 more flu-^hed. We then went into some pines, whei*e Flash 

 made a beautiful point that Duke at once honored. Haight 

 went ahead to flush and Flash drew on behind him very care- 

 fully until the bh-d was flushed by her handler. Flash soon 

 had another one fast and Duke backed her, and the bird 

 flushed as the judges came up. Flash soon pinned another 



