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Short Lobsters.— Deputy Fish Commissioner P. K. 

 Shattuck has just been makhig a very remarkable seizure 

 of short lobsters. Yesterday lie harl nme Bost<:)n dealers 

 and boatmen before the municipal court, and they were 

 bound over in the sum of $800 eafh for fiu-tlier examma- 

 tion. The nam es of the parties mid er anu^Ht are appended, 

 and they were found in jiossessioii of tlie n amber of lob- 

 sters less than lOJin. in length set against tlieii- names: 

 J, A, Young, No. 7y Commercial wharf, 13; F. J. O'Hara 

 &Co,, 113 and J.16 Atlantic avenue. 95: Andrew Ferry, 

 boatman, 128; John Green, boatmau, 2;>0: William James, 

 boatman. 74: W. A. Barber. Wl): Daniel 3IcDonald, 174; 

 A. B. Cleverly, 144; A. F. Pope, 100. The total seizure in- 

 cluded 1,151 short lobsters, and the statute makes the flue 

 $5 for every such lobster had in possession. Hence the 

 sum of over .|o,700 is involved in fines alone. The arrests 

 were made under tlie assistance of Harbor Master Gktiild 

 and the liai'ljor ]:»olice, and it ^^•as a. great surprise, to the 

 boatmeu especiall3% Commissioner Bhattuck measnred a 

 great number of hibsters liimself. He says tliat he is 

 determined to seesthe law enforced. The ti-ade is greatlv 

 alarmed. There was a good deal of excitement at the 

 lobster wharves yesterday. — Boston Herald . Sept. Id. 

 Mr, Shattuck writes to the Boston Traveler: ''Allow me 

 to say that althoiigh the Fish and Game Protective Asso- 

 ciation paid from its treasury last year $.C'55 for defective 

 and court expenses, they ve'ceu-ed nothing in return to 

 recoup same, invariably aUowiug the ofHcers to pocket 

 the fees. We are not by any means a ricli association, 

 and can ill afford to pay for the enforcement of the fish 

 and game laws of tii<^ Commonwealth. We propose in 

 future, however, to do as all other associations of kindred 

 nature. Xew York city, for instance, uses the finesfor the 

 further enforcement of tlie laws. Personally I have never 

 received a cent, but haA-e given my time, efforts and 

 money fi-eely to enforce the lobster law. This crustacean 

 does not spawn imtil after lOiin. in length, save in rare 

 instances, and is then, so far as our best naturalists are 

 informed, five years of ar;e. Anv thinking person can 

 readily see ho^v long it vrili take to add its name to that 

 of the dodo if the law as already nn our statutes is not 

 enforced. Either tlie law must Ije enforced as it stands 

 or a close time of several years" duration enacted if we 

 wish this almost ini:lispensal:>le crustacean an article of 

 food— the poor man's readv cooked supper, the rich man's 

 luxury, as salads, etc. f lvno%\- it wouLl not be caught 

 and brought to mai-ket did it not find dealers ready to 

 take the chanc'cs oi Ijeing caught in the handling. There 

 would bo no thieves were lljere no -fences' ready to pur- 

 chase their ill-gotten ijroiterty. The dealers in short lob- 

 sters stand in the same fiofit as thieves' fences. The police 

 capttu-e both when they can. We propose to do the same 

 with the handlers and fishermen. Yours truly. F. R. 

 8HATTUCK (Deputy Fish Commissioner. Massachusetts; 

 chaii-man for enforcing fish laws, Massachusetts Fish and 

 Game Protective Association, Boston, Sept. 17, 1886)."' 



'■Spanish Mackerel off Morehead."— In question- 

 ing my calling the 151bs. fish caught by me off Morehead 

 City, N. C. "Spanish mackerel," your Cincinnati corres- 

 pondent ' •Calumef is right, but he is wrong in calling 

 them the bonito. It was my fir-st experience with that 

 kindof fisli. and 1 followed the popular language of the 

 gitests. The fisli dealers lioth at iMorehead and Beaufort 

 called them, as does the editor of the Forest and Stream, 

 the ccro: and I am ao-.\' -atisfied we captured on our 

 various .sailings of the wide ocean, bluetish. Spanish 

 mackerel, and the csi'o. The contoimding (jf tlie mackerel 

 with the cero was by the guests of the "resort" and notbv 

 the native 'Oarolinians.— G. C. Connor (Chattanoooa, 

 Sept. 20), - ^' 



The Eangeeev Bi:> Tkottt Score.— A letter from Ujiper 

 Dam, Me., Sept. 17. advises us that Rev. Jas. E. O'Brien, 

 pastor of St. Peter's Church, Caml^ridgeport. Mass.'. 

 landed ^on that day. witli an 802. Nichols rod, a brook 

 trout (genuine Sabnn foiitnwlfs) weighing 71bs. Fly used, 

 Hambhn. It was t he largest fish caught with a fly in the 

 Rangeley region tlfis fall. Mr. O'Brien's companion. Mr. 

 C. J. Bateinan, formerly City Architect of Boston, landed 

 two trout the same week weigMng respectivelv 6 and 

 ejlbs. 



The Bli-efish Haa-e Come.— Sayville, L. I.. Sept. 20.— 

 Editor Forest and Strearii: A boat from this place went 

 out last Saturday morning and found that bhtefish had 

 struck in. Tiae ]:>arty in the boat consisted of three 

 anglers, and they took up a ]3osition in the west channel 

 of Great South Bay. The fish came to the "chum" freely 

 and they took 1.56 which weighed from li to 8+lbs. eacli. 



— VlGIE, 



Bass at Hatre de Grace.— Red Bank, N. J., Sept. 30. 

 -T-Returning from Havi'e de Grace flats, Sept. 10, three of 

 -us took 175 rock bass, 21bs. to 8ilbs. each: fished three 

 days. Small perch bothered us and made us use 1 6doz. 

 sheddars. — Geo. Wild. 



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A VISIT TO WOOD'S HOLL. 



''piir Slimmer stitiou of tht rniiitl '^t U(^risL fojunus 

 1 -u n It \N o )d s Itoll 1-^ puh li 11 o 1 i i\ 01 U)ic !)onil 



on th( VlIiuiu. cr ^-^t ill crih rTnj„ 1 tinun it 1 innT- lit« 

 situ itt \ i ir IS tn thf: e ti n t soi l ic u |ioiti )ii 01 ( ipe 

 Cod. w hei-e. I lie northern currents hvir.o- iumiiv Vrctic st )eeies 

 into Buzzard s Bay, while the flow from the south do^s the 

 .same tor our suathern .species, it is at once the soutiiern limit 

 tor the Arctic marine launa and the northern boundary- of 

 our more soui hern coast .snecies, a sort of a middle sromid 

 asitveif cnwhnhtwc ^eM dih( lem sers dt mini^l meet 

 After several years of cuilectinji at different points on the 

 coast trom Maine to Xorth GaroiinM. tbi.'; ^j.ot was selected 

 as the one whicU woula si\e the sreate^t numtjer of speci- 

 mens ot marine lite to tne nets and i be divda,es Here the 

 Govemiii it h i iilnn wlU niui^jt-l ioi bn.lo.^ic d 

 lesLUj ( iL 1 tonone m P L vorld substmti il hud(hn_b 

 have 1 ecu tit ted 101 iitindir lUueuT md ill fil^ modein 

 mackmesand ippliiK t-- 1 n J ^ ti s 1 1 <iih(] n u 

 ot the well uci dku 1 1 \ i , ^ I 1, 



ft ni (s or 1 th(.i a* 1 s ( n 1 1 h en i oi 



itider, who owns a large vaca.nt lot cioso by wiiich he [irn- 

 po.ses to oiler to .some halt a. dozen colleges, on wliich tliey 

 1! i\ npci doimitoiie"? toi -mh )i tht- 11 sindtnts i-,-\M>,iitn 



ursue natural history with the li-ving or dead specimens 

 ef ore them instead of from the usual text book plates of 

 the animals. 



At pi'esent-tlie buildings occupied by the Fish Commission 

 are the "residence," as it is called, a substantial brick build- 

 ing with offices, sleeping and dining-rooms, laundry, etc. 

 Profe.ssor Baird's office is a cozy little room, filled with books 

 and maps, Avhere after breakfast he is invisible to callers 

 until 11 o'clock, devoting the intervening hours to reacling 

 his coirespoudence and dictating to his stenographer. The 

 door is then thrown open and he is at liberty to give or re- 

 ceive information, or to he bored according to tlie disposition 

 of his -sdsitors. The caller finds a large blonde gentleman 

 Avith ratlier a weaiied look that indicates an overworked 

 man, and if he is seeking information he finds one filled witli 

 it, ready to turn on any particular .stream of it at tlie slight- 

 est indication of the particular brand ref[uired, and he is 

 surprised not only at the amount of information upon this 

 one .subject, Init at the wonderful nicTnory which supplies 

 names and dates without reference to t)ie well-filled liook 

 shelves afiout him. and v\ ithout the slightest appearance on 

 the part of the Professor of Imving stated a fact not knovvHi 

 to every school boy. if the case should be reversed, and the 

 visitor 'be the t>nc with the stock of information on any sub- 

 ject regarding the li I'e history of any liird, fish or mammal, 

 he finds an attentive listncr, and one who, by an occasional 

 C|uestion. helps him out to give some fact forgotten in detail, 

 or one whicli he may ha ve considered unimportant. A Fish 

 Cornmis.sioner from an inland State may :~tvp in and an- 

 nounce his i.iresence. and is a t once surprised to Ijnow that 

 the results of his work are well know n, and many details <if 

 the same wliich he did not sn]!i)Ose 1iad traveled beyond the 

 boundaries of his State, are a great deal more familiar to 

 Prof. Baird th;in they are tomany citizi'us of his own county. 



A further acquaintance witli the head of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and the Fish Commission .surprises one with the 

 lack of friction in the different deiiartnients and with the 

 ease with which such inharmonious elements as a group of 

 naturalists, each working in his own particular province 

 and having an alihorrence of v\diat is popularly kiiOAVii as 

 "red tape,'' and a nuinber of naval oliicers, thoroughly im- 

 Imed with rontine and naval discipline, are kept in daily con- 

 tact on the vessels working for the (jOininis.sion without the 

 sliglitest jar. 



The vessels now owned or employed by the Government in 

 the explorations and other Avork are 'the following: The 

 Albatross, a hrigantine-rigged steamer, with twin screAVS, 

 2;34ft. long over all, is u.sed in the exiilorations for marine 

 life and deep-sea soundings, etc. The Fish HaAA-k, another 

 twin-sc^e^v .steamer, has a flat bottom, enabling it to go up 

 rivers, and is used mainly in fislicultural work, hatching 

 shad, etc. Both these A^essels were liuilt especially for their 

 present service. The Lookout, built originally as a steam 

 yacht and elegantly fitted and appointed, is tlie private prop- 

 erty of Maj. T. B. Ferguson, the Assistant Commissioner, 

 but is loaned by him to the GoA'crnment. All these A'essels 

 are officered and manned by the Navy Department. The 

 Lookout is at present engaged in visiting the dift'ereut light- 

 houses and life-saving stations of the coast and teaching the 

 men in saA'ing and prescTving aquatic .specimens cast ashore, 

 and instructing them to tele.graph to VCashington or "Wood's 

 Boll the sti-a,nding of any Avhales or other large marine ani- 

 mals. A sail vessii'l has recently been added to the fleet, the 

 Grampus, designed bA" Capt. .J. C. Collins, of the Fi.sh Com- 

 mis.sion, a practical Gloucester fisherman. She is supposed 

 to combine the elements of speetl and safety to a greater de- 

 gree than any other fishing A'essel yet built, and is rigged 

 with all the appliances for collecting autl fishing. This 

 vessel is manned by Ncav England fishermen, and not by the 

 NaA^y. 



The building. Avhich is devoted to the laboratory, fishcul- 

 ture and aquaria, is of the most interest to the visitor. In 

 the loAA'er portion there is at present a series of hatcliing ap- 

 paratus dcAused by the late Capt. H. C. Chester. Av^hich is 

 considered bj- fishcnlturists to be the most complete appar- 

 atus for the hatching of the eggs of the cod, lobster "and 

 other marine fishes, the action being a tidal one, Avith ten 

 minutes between high and low tide. On the other side of 

 the room there are fifteen acpiarium tanks of .slate and glass, 

 from 18in. to 4ft. in length, which contain many inhabit- 

 ants of Buzzard's Bay, such as pollock, ling. mackereJ, etc. 

 Perhaps the most interesting specimens Avere the species of 

 squid, Lolieiu i>ealli. vdth a bird-like motion of theu' cartila- 

 ginous fins, and their quick backward darting w^hen alarmed. 

 This department Avill lie greatly extended, and room aauU be 

 made for obserA'ing the groAA'th of the lobster from the egg 

 to the adult foi'm, cod and other marine specuneiis for prac- 

 tical biological study. The Avater from the harbor ha.^ been 

 muddy at times from tlieAA^ork of the dredging machines, and 

 .several large tanks of 20,000 gallons each may be erected, and 

 the s;mie .system which obtains in public ac[uaria of using 

 the same Avater 0A"er and oA^er again may be introduced. To 

 this end hard rubber pumps and tuliing may be used, and by 

 this method perfectly clear Avater can be obtained at all 

 times. In the stone basins which run out from the Avharf, 

 there are now seA^eral specimens of codfish of last Avinter's 

 hatching Avhich are six to eight inches in length, and which 

 are living evidences that the codfish can be increased and 

 multiplied b-y artificial propagation, asthe tresh-Avater fi:shes 

 have been, and if it can Ire denion.strated that by judicious 

 planting in localities now bari-en of this, the most valuable 

 fish in the Avaters on this earth, then the adage which calls 

 the man lilessed who made two blades of grass grOw where 

 but one grew liefore, may be changed in a foot note which 

 Avill say: "for blades of grass read codfish." 



Wood's HoU as a zoological station is one thing; as a 

 place to accommodate a wayfarer or a seeker after informa- 

 tion as to the methods of the Fish Commission it is another. 

 There may be a hotel some where, and there is a minor that 

 there is one a. mile and a half a.Avay from the Fish Commis- 

 sion, and the writer had lieeii advised to go to Wood's HoU 

 from New York by Fall River line, reaching the station by 

 rail from Fall Biiver or by lioat from Neir Bedford, and 

 thence by boat to a fashionable resort on Yineyard Sonntl 

 called Cottage City; but this cfid not meet svith approval 

 from the home counsel, and upon consultation with a friend 

 at headquarters rooms were sectu'ed at the Dexter House, 

 which we found to be a quiet boarding lioiise, where many 

 of the married attaches of the Commission had their fami- 

 lies, and where a good table could be found if the proprietor 

 could be induced to lodge the visitor among the town's 

 people. 



Among the scientists there this .season are Prot. .T. A. Ry- 

 der, m charke of the aquaria and embrvological department. 

 ATiio has been studvmg the meiamorpfio.=Jis ot ihe lobster, 

 the deA'clopinent 01 the mackerel and some other species, 

 bamuel I . ( lark, ot 'W illiams College, who is tryma' to pry 

 into clie lam dv secrets ol tlie iiatracnians. Frot. 1^. 1'.. 'vA il- 

 fon. ot Bryn Mawr. Pa., is searching amoiitr the sjiider cratis 

 tor aiw maications ot marital LrificLebty upon which diA'orce 

 proceedings might be inamtained: lie is suspected ot lieing m 

 theemploA' 01 Piukerton. Proi. rjimoii. of ^\ ashiimton and 

 Jefferson (.oilege, is looking up the tape worms. Prof. A. 

 L. \ erriU is trving to pry into the structure 01 all the in ver- 

 tebrates, vs liile bidne\' tannth and Sanderson Smith coirtem 

 themsePves A^nt.a the scandais AA-Uich mav be deA^eloped m 

 certain families of iiivertebi-ates. As a SLriKing contrast to 

 all this inA'estjgatioii oi tamily secrets it may be mentioned 

 that Mr. Kicnard Ratliiiun rises tar above all this tattle, and 

 up hm I uu 11 in n_ii lesults ot tcniptiiruit. 

 observations oliiaineu on t he (hltereiit. voyages or exploration 

 and m recordmg the curves or tnermometrical variations 

 upon a chart. 



PeAv visitors were at the station last mouth, but I had the 



pleasure of meeting Col. B. B. Hodge, of the New Hamp- 

 shire Fish Commission, there, and of talking over the mys- 

 terious Suna pee trout with him. The Colonel is .still of the 

 opinion that this fish is an old resident, and lived and loA-ed 

 before a fish commission Avas in existence. Fred Mather. 



THE OHIO FISH COMMISSIOlSr.— Cleveland, Sept. 17.— 



Editor Forest and Strcnni: The new commissioners are get- 

 ting into sliape for actiA-e Avork and are .starting in for a 

 Aigorons fig lit Avifii the gill and pound-net fishermen at and 

 about Cleveland. These netters have persisted in violating, 

 the laAA^s, and are surprised to find that action has been taken 

 against them. Several stuts are now pending for violation 

 of the fish laAvs.— W. 



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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 3r to Oct. 3.— Dog Show of ladiana State Fair Association. 

 J. M. Freeman, Secretary, Bicknell, Ind. 



Oct. 5 to 9.— Annual Dog Show of the Danhury Agricalttiral So- 

 ciety. B. C. Lyncs, Secretary, Danbury, Conn. 



Oct. 13 and 11.— Third Annual Pus Show of the Stafford Kenne 

 Olnb. R. S. Hicks, Secretary. S^aliord Sprina'ti, Conn. 



Oct, lU to ;l'i,— ^'itth Annual Dog Show of the New Brimswick 

 Kennel Club. H. AY. vyilson, Secretary, St. Jolms. N. B. 



Dec. 1 to 8.— .First Dog Show of the Inter-State .Poultry and Pet 

 Stock Association, Cairo. Hi A. A. Cowdcry, Secretarv, Cobdon, 

 lU. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 jSTov. 8.— Second Annnal^Field Trials of the Western Field Trials 

 Association, at Abilene, Han. R. 0. Van Horn, Secretarvy Kan.sas 

 City, Mo. 



Nov. 8.— Third Annual Field Trials of the Fisher'S Island Club, at 

 Fisher's Island, N. Y. Max Wenzel, .Secretary, Hoboken. N . J. 



No . .Ei.a-lith Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field Trial.s 

 Olnb, at High Point, N. C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flat bush, 

 Kings county, N. i. 



Dec. 6.— Eightb Annual Field Trials of the National Field Trials 

 Clut), at (irand .! unction, Tenn. 



Dec. It.— Inaugural Field Trials of the Tex&s Field Trials Chib. 

 For members only. .John F. Shari), Secretary, Mar.oliall, Tex. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



npHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration 

 of pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials,', is 

 published every month. Entries close on the 1st. Slionld be in 

 early. Entry blanks sent on receipt of staniped and addressed 

 euA^elope. Registration fee (50 cents.) must accompany each entry. 

 No entries inserted unless paid in ad^-auce. Yearbt subscription. 

 .ifl.oO. Address "American Kennel Register,'- P. O. Box 2833, New 

 York. Number of entries already printed 4126. 



THE WAVERLY DOG SHOW. 



''r^HE dog show held at Waverly, N. J. , last week by the 

 i New Jersey Kennel Club \A^as very well managed" and 

 brought out a fine collection of animals. The show was 

 held in conjunction Avith the New .lersey State Agricultural 

 Society, who erected a spacious and AveU-appointecI building 

 for the purpose. The hall is SI by 'SOOft., and one of the best 

 ventilated rooms Ave have seen. There is ample space for 

 benching oA-er 500 dogs. The building is Avell arranged with 

 convenient committee and v'aiting rooms, and greatly adds 

 to the appearance of the fair grounds. There were 4'27 en- 

 tries, of which OA^er 30 Avere ahsent. There Avere, hoAveA^er. 

 quite a number of puppies entered as litters, bringing the 

 total up to nearly 4.50. The quality in many classes was 

 aboA-e the average, and in some of them it has never been 

 equaled at any of our shoAvs. 



The judging was nearly completed on Tuesday, and might 

 have lieen easily finished on that day vrith a little more 

 romptiiess in getting the dogs into the' ring. ;vliich of this 

 elay Avas caused by the irregular manner in wluch the dog? 

 AA-ere benched. Animals owned by one erthihitor AA'ere 

 allo^A'ed to be benched together irrespective of class, making 

 no end of tronble to the attendants and causing much pei- 

 plexity to the seeker of knoAvdedge to be learned hj compai- 

 ing the yfiiiuers and non-AAUimers in their respective classes. 

 The floor of the building is i^are ground; this was covered 

 with refuse tanner's liark, which proved to l^e an excellent 

 article for the purpose and too much cannotjie said in praise 

 of it. The dogs were fed by the Challenge Food Co., under 

 the supervision of Air. W, Tallman, to the entire satisfac- 

 tion of the exhibitors. 



The management spared no labor or pains to make the shoAy 

 a model one, and exhibitors and visitors united in praise of 

 the arrangements made for their comfort and coiwenience. 

 Three or fotu- protests Avere made but none of them were 

 .sustained. One exhibitor protested a pug, owned by Mr. 

 W. D. Peck, upon the ground that it had been faked by 

 coloring Avhen it was plain to the most ca.sual observer that 

 the color upon it came from the mat upon Avhich it had lain, 

 to say nothing of the absurdity of painting velloAv a mask 

 that is and ought to be black. Ben ch shoAT cominittees should 

 adopt the Englfsh custom of demancfing a deposit with a 

 protest, the same to lie forfeited if the objection is proved to 

 be frivolous. By adopting this i-nle they would save both 

 themselves and lionest exhibitors much annoyance. 



The judges and the classes assigned to tnem AA^ere: Mr. 

 Charles H. Mason, Brooklyn, N. Y., mastifls, Newfound- 

 lands, Great Danes, gTcyhounds, deerhounds, collies, dachs- 

 hunde, pugs, bull-terriers, fox-terriers, miscellaneous and 

 selling classes; Mr. -James Alortimer, Babylon, L. I., St. Ber- 

 nards, foxhounds, bulldogs, black and tan, Dandie Dinmont, 

 Bedlington, Skye and toy terriers and toy .spaniels; Mr. John 

 Davidson, Monroe, Mich., xiointers and setters; Mr. A. C. 

 Wilmerding, NeAV York, spaniels; Mr. N. Elmore_, Granby, 

 Conn., beagles; Mr. H. C. Glover, New York, acted as veter- 

 inary. 



MASTIFFS— (MR. MASON). 



TheicwcK tWLiUN ii\ utC in Ck ntstdl cl isses, with 

 <A\o lb-It ntec^ 1 il 11 1 \ h d rnc t tub t Avas liiout tie 



best we have seen. Nearly all m the aged classes are well- 

 known ]n-ize AV'inners. and mucn interest was mauitest «.« to 

 The re.sult. In the chammon dog class. Tlfoi-ri Cromwell 

 looking tairlv well, was alone. This Avas his first win in the 

 champion class, and he proved .ais claim to the honm-bvalso 

 winning the lO-gumea prize orlereu bv the t)ld English Ma'- 

 tifl; C Ittb tor the best mastifi: in tae snow. Re -svas sohF with 

 his kennel eomnanions. Delionair. Bal LTal and fjorna Dooue 

 to Mr. A. Gerald Hull, ot Saratoga bprings. N. Y. In. tht 

 champion bitch class were tour aood ones. Bal GaT Lorna 

 Doone. Eosaliiid and Prussian Pruicess. All A\'ere looking 

 well except the latter, s-he was thm and somewhat tucked 

 up. The contest lay between her and Lorna Doone. vv ho was 

 in elegant conchtion. tone is not so gooci m mozale as 

 Pim s hut n urh betci beh iiu 1 1 nt th t ihis 



Avonld land her a winner; hat air, etttl pvamina- 



tion the ribbon was aAvarueil to f : :-■„•. Tlii^onen 



c f tl \ IX ti 1 p t th it V Di Pciry 



Ijrouaht out .a new comer, Debouair. a rwo-year-oid son of 

 tlie taniotis Ci'own Prince, and landed Lam a wiimer He 

 us a very good dog, well tormed. with jin c-.-coptumal .good 



