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and have found them to be filled with water bugs and 

 leeches, 



I tlihik Captain Beardslee has had the salmon trout too 

 promuiejitly in his mind when writing about the trout of 

 Alaslca; on" the contrary the fish which has occupied my 

 thoughts from first to last in my communications to this 

 journal has been the brook and lake trout of the coimtiy 

 — liis davMi, I should judge from the similarity of tlie 

 markhigs, but what I liave thought to be p»rp;(re?i.s'. Mr. 

 Halloclvs fish was of the same species, and was caught in 

 the sti-eani emptying into Ward Cove. T. H. Streets. 

 Made Tsi^anb, Cal., Dec. 5. 



Black Bass in England. — Some conservative English 

 anglers have sti'ongly objected to the introduction of 

 black bass in England. On this subject Mr. T. R. Sachs 

 writes to Land and Water, as follows: "There seems to 

 be an opposition to the intTodiiction of this fish in the 

 Thames. I cannot see the reason why. It is an old 

 woman's story to say they are a. dcsti-uctive fish. So are 

 perch. Do we not fish for them ^vitli a live minnow? and 

 will they not take a small one of their own species or any 

 small whitefish? Why, our Thames fishermen always use 

 small whitefl.sh when they can't procure minnows. They 

 certainly grow to a large size. There is one in the Pisca- 

 torial Society's room, given to me hy the late Frank Buck- 

 land, which'weighed 41bs. , and from report they are very 

 good to eat. I hope some one will introduce the black 

 bass into om* waters. The same outcry was made about 

 the ]3ike-perch. The Duke of Bedford introduced them 

 into his waters some few years siiice, and they must be 

 plentiful there now. They ai'e a river fish, for I have 

 caught them in the Danube' and the Elbe."' Just why any 

 one should fear to inti'oduce black bass in water.s where 

 pike live we fail to see, the bass are not as destructive, 

 for they eat worms, insects and larvffi. as well as fish, 

 while the pike is purely piscivorus. The bass will be a 

 •wonder to men who find sport in taking barbel, bream 

 and dace, and who consider a pike royal game. 



Afldress all conmunicationif to tfte Fofe^ and Stream Pttb. Co 



RESULTS OF CARP CULTURE. 



R. CHARLES W. SMILEY, in charge of the Division of 

 R, ports and Publications of the United States Fish 

 Commission, has compiled from the letters received in an- 

 swer to questions sent out a great deal of valuable informa- 

 tion concerning carp culture in the United States, which 

 comprises some 8S0 pages, and has been printed in the form 

 of an extract from the annual report of the Commissioner of 

 Fish and Fisheries for 1884. 



A report of the distribution of carp made by theU. S. Fi.sh 

 Commission from the young reared in 1879 and 1880 has 

 already appeared in the Commissioner's report for 1883. In 

 order to ascertain what success these persons may have had 

 in rearing them, a circular was prepared and sent out in 1883 

 to cover 2.000 addresses of persons who had i-eceived carp. 

 The circular was accompanied by a blank form containing 

 fifteen questions relating to the subject, and from the replies 

 received and from the correspondence of the Commission 

 1,03(5 statements have been compiled by Mr. Smiley. These 

 answers are compiled geographically, as folloAvs: 



New England States 40 



Middle Stares 176 



Southeastern States 864 



Sauthwestern States 249 



Northwestern States 17.5 



Pacific Slope and Great Plains 33 



Total 1,086 



These statements of persons who have been engaged in 

 carp culture are given under the name and post-office address 

 of the recipient of carp, and the entire testimony both for 

 and against carp cultm'e is given in order that the reader 

 may form an accurate judgment as to the value of carp as an 

 American food fish. The report, of which this is an extract, 

 has not yet been distributed, but we have seen an advance 

 copy of 'the extract, and find a great deal in it which will 

 interest those who wish information upon the subject of 

 which it treats. 



EXCHANGE OF FISHES WITH FOREIGN COUN- 

 TRIES.— For several years there has been a systematic ex- 

 change of fish and fish eggs carried on between this country 

 and Europe, mainly by the U. S. Fish Commission, on our 

 side of the water. Last winter we received brown trout eggs 

 from Germany and sent them whitefish and landlocked sal- 

 mon eggs. During the summer we received soles from Eng- 

 land. This winter we have a promise of brown trout and 

 salbling from Germany, and of Loch Leven trout from Scot- 

 land. On the 22d, the North German Lloyd steamer Werra 

 will take to Herr von dem Borne, Berneuchen, Germany, 

 some brook pike and white perch, and later some rock bass, 

 or redeye, will be sent. These exchanges are all made 

 through the station at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, 

 where eggs are repacked for foreign shipment or for home 

 distribution. She saibling or salbling, for the Germans 

 .spell it both ways, and the Loch Leven trout will, no doubt, 

 prove valuable additions to our stock of fishes. 



NEW YORK FISH EGG DISTRIBUTION.— New York 

 State Fishery Commission. Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 6. — Editor 

 Forest and Stream: In behalf of the New York State Fish 

 Commission I desire to announce that any parties desiring 

 to obtain a supply of fish from the Caledonia State Fish 

 Hatchery for the purpose of stocking any of the public 

 waters in thls^ State can be accommodated by addres.sing 

 the undersigned. The list of fish offered for' distribution 

 includes salmon trout, whitefish, speckled trout, California 

 trout, black, Oswego and rock bass, yellow perch and bull- 

 heads, also a limited number of brown or German trout. 

 Application blanks with printed directions will be furnished 

 when desired. My order book will close March 1, 1887. As 

 we have on some occasions in the past been imposed upon, in 

 order that we maybe convinced of the good intent of the 

 applicants they will be required to have their applications 

 indorsed by a member of the State Legislature.— Seth Gkeen, 

 Superintendent Caledonia Hatchery. 



SALMON IN THE HUDSON.— In a private letter to me, 

 dated Glens Falls, N. Y., Dec. 8, Mr. A. N. Cheney writes the 

 foUomng, which I am allowed to publish: ''A few days ago 

 two of oiu- young salmon were caught in a mill flunie two 

 miles above this place and about three miles below the mouth 

 of Clendon Brook. They were returned to the river and 

 allowed to go on to the sea. The man who took the salmon 

 from the flume said that one was about j^lb. and the other 

 %lb. in weight, We were having a fall freshet iu the Hudson 

 at the time." This letter of Mr. Cheney's gives further 

 promise of our success in stocking the Hudson with salmon. 

 —Fred Mathek. 



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F I XTU RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Dec. 15 to 17.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Western Oonnoc- 

 tiout Poultry Association. Prank D. Hallett, Superintendent, 



Winsted, Cmin, Entries close Dec. L 



•January, 1887.— Bench Show of Poultry and Pet Stock Associ- 

 ation, at ArtamR, Mass. y\'. F. Davis, Secretary. 



Jan. ir to 21,1887.— Ohio State Poultr.y, Pigeon and Pet Stock 

 Association Dog Show, Columbas, 0. W, F. KueU, Superintend- 

 ent, Columbus, O. 



March 29 to April 1, 1887.— Inaugural Bench Show of Bhode 

 Island Kennel Club, Providence, K. I. K. Seabury, Secretary, 

 Box ia33. Providence. 



April 5 to 8, 1887.— Third Annual Show of New England Kennel 

 Club, Boston, F, L. Weston, Secreta.ry, Hotel Boylston, Boston, 

 Mass. 



April 12 to 1.5, 1887.— Thirteenth Annual Dog Show of the Western 

 Pennsylvania Poultry Society, at Pittsburgh, Pa. C. B. Elben, 

 Secretary. 



May 3 to G, 1887.— Eleventh Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, Madison Square Garden, New York. James Morti- 

 mer, Superintendent. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



lyHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration 

 of pedigrees, etc. (witli prize lists of all sho-ws and trials), is 

 publis)ied e\'ej y month. Entries close on the 1st. Should be in 

 early. Eutr>^ blanks seat on receipt of stamped and addressed 

 envelope. Registration fee (50 cents) must accompany each entry. 

 No entries inserted uuless paid in advance. Yearly subscription 

 $1.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2833, New 

 York. Number of entries already printed 43 11. 



THE IRISH SETTER TRIALS. 



[From a Special Cori'espondcnt.] 



SALISBURY, N. C, Dec. 8.— The inaugural field trials 

 of the Irish Setter Club, booked to commence to-day, 

 have been indefinitely postponed on account of the weather. 

 A snow and hail storm came Dec. 5 and 6, covering the 

 ground to the depth of ten inches, and at the present writing 

 it is still on the grounds, and unless there .should come a 

 warm rain the present indications are that the trials could 

 not take place iu a satisfactory manner in som e time. Messrs. 

 Wm. Dunphy, J. T. Walker, W. H. Pierce and R. C. Van 

 Horn, the only members of the club present, held a meeting, 

 and it was resolved that, "ov\ung to the condition of the 

 weather and the utter impossibility of running the trials for 

 an indefinite period, the trials be declared off and the en- 

 trance money be retitrned to the owners; also that the presi- 

 dent be authorized to make all needful arrangements for the 

 trials next year, subject to the approval of the club at its 

 annual meeting." 



The number of entries was twenty-two and twenty filled, 

 being drawn as follows: C. T. Thompson's Nellie against Di-. 

 W. .Jarvis's Lorna. W. H. Child's Leigh Doane II. against 

 Max Wenzel's Cat-Foot. I. H. Roberts's Daisy against .J. T. 

 Walker's Glenclair. I. H. Roberts's Bruce against M. Wen- 

 zel's Tim. I. H. Roberts's Luray III. against M. Wenzel's 

 Jersey Beauty. I. H. Roberts's Creole against M. Wenzel's 

 Ready. -J. Grosvenor's Banker against C. T. Thompson's 

 Mollie Bawu. Dr. W. .larvis's Elcho, Jr. against I. H. 

 Roberts's Jessie. E. W^. Clark, Jr.'s Blarney against R. W. 

 Van Horn's Patsev. W. H. Pierce's Kildare against Parrott 

 Bros.' Gerald. ' Man. 



THE NATIONAL FIELD TRIALS. 



[Special to Forest and Stream.] 



(-^ RAND JUNCTION, Tcnn., Dec. 13.— The National field 

 T trials began to-day with the All-Aged Stake. Twenty- 

 two starters were drawn to run as follows: 



Bex Hill (B. M. Stephenson), black and white dog (Druid 

 —Ruby) 



against 



Beaumont (W. R. Huntington), black, white and tan dog 

 (Prince Royal — Nettie). ■' 



Gladstone's Boy (Dr. Geo. G.Ware), black, white and tan 

 dog (Gladstone— Sue) , 



against 



Lillian (P. H. & D. Brysonl, black, white and tan bitch 

 (Gladstone —Sue). 



Don's Dot (John E. Gill), lemon and white bitch (Vande- 

 vort's Don— Cremorne), 



against 



Dora (J. H. O'Reilly), red bitch (Box— Rowena). 



Daisy F. (R. M. Dudley), orange and [white bitch (Gleam 

 — Dean) , 



aqainst 



Pet Gladstone (P. H. & D. Brysou), black, white and tan 

 bitch (Gladstone— Sue). 



Lady C. (B. M. Stephenson), black, white and tan bitch 

 (Coleman's London— Belle of Hatchie), 

 against 



DAN Gladstone (P. H. & D. Bryson), hlack, white and 

 tan dog (Gladstone— Sue). 



LuFKA (N. B, Nesbitt), hlue belton and tan bitch (Dog 

 Whip — Harrison's Jimo), 



against 



Noble C. (B. M. Stephenson), hlack, white and tan dog 

 (Count Rapier — Belle of Hatchie). 



Sportsman (J. W. Muman), black, white and tan dog 

 (Gl adstone — Sue) , 



against 



Chickasaw (P. H. & D. Brysou), black, white and tan dog 

 (Gladstone— Sue). 



Minnie S. (B. M. Stephenson), hlack, white and tan bitch 

 (Dashing Berwyn — Romp), 



against 



Bridgeport (E. E. Pray), white, black and tan dog (Dash- 

 ing Monarch — Vinetta). 



Richmond (John E, Gill), orange and white dog (Vande- 

 vort's Don— Beulah), 



against 



Jack Cade (E. V. Hale), black, Avhite and tan dog (Lug 

 Dhu— Mollie C). 



Bob Gates (Wyt" Bedford), hlack, white and tan dog 

 (Count Rapier — Belle of Hatchie), 

 against 



NiOBE (T. L, Martin), white, black and tan bitch (Maxwell 

 — Juno II.). 



GAY Gladstone (B. P. Holliday), orange and white bitch 

 ( Gladstone— Florence) , 



against 



Patsy D. (R. C.Van Horn), red dog (Lord Dufferin- Queen 

 Bess). 



The heat between Ben Hill and Beaumont was undecided. 

 I Lillian he&t Cyladstone's Boy in a bjrilliant heat, Don's Dot 



heat Dora. Dssisy F. beat Pet Gladstone in a good heat. 

 Dan Gladstone beat Lady C. Noble C. heat Lufra. 



It was cloudy in the nun-ning with a cold wind, and birds 

 were scarce. There were not many spectators. 



GFvAND Junction, Tenn., Dec ' 14.— The weather to-day 

 has been good. The first heat run yesterday was decided in 

 favor of Ben Hill. In the fir.st heat to-day Sportsman beat 

 Chickasaw. Minnie S. beat Bridgeport. Richmond beat 

 •lack Cade. Bob Gates beat Niohe. Gay Gladstone beat 

 Patsy D. 



In the second series there was a protest against the order 

 of runnmg; the first two brace pas.sed, and Dan Gladstone 

 and Noble C. were run, Dan winning. The next heat, be- 

 tween Sportsman and Minnie S., was not finished. This 

 ended the work for the day. 



Birds were not found plenty, and some of the heats were 

 tiresome. The race between Dan Gladstone and Noble C. 

 was a very good one. much of the work being very fine. 



At a meeting of the club this evening Gen. W. B. Shattuc 

 was re-elected President; J. W. Renfroe and J. S. Wise, Vice- 

 Pre.sidents; Secretary, C. W. Paris; Executive Committee — 

 T. A. Logan, L. A. Harris, E. F. Stoddard, F. J. Stone and 

 B. P. Holliday. 



GYPSIE'S KNOWING WAYS. 



Editor Forest and. Stream : 



The following instance of reasoning power in a dog is so 

 far ahead of any other 1 have either witnessed or read of that 

 I think it worth y a place in your columns. Three years ago 

 while staying on a friend's plantation in Franklin Parish, 

 Louisiana, I passed portions of every day in c[uail shooting, 

 which is there of the very finest. My friend, Mr. Bryan, of 

 Hope Estate, and myself, were one day, as usual, shooting in 

 the cotton fields of the estate. To sa"ve unnecessary walk- 

 ing, as the fields were of great extent; we were moimted, 

 each having a little darky behind to mmd the horses when 

 we dismounted to shoot. " 



Our only dog was my setter bitch Gypsie, an old and thor- 

 oughly trained animal. We had been out several hours 

 with good success, and were about returning to the house, 

 when the bitch established a strong point at some distance 

 from us. Hardly caring for more birds we sat on our horses 

 admiring her, when suddenly she broke her point, and mak- 

 ing a wide circle stopped again at the same place but a little 

 nearer the adjoining timber. We still sat our horses watch- 

 ing her. Again she broke, circled and stopped still nearer 

 the timbei". Four times was this repeated, and each time 

 she half tm-ned her head toward us as if to call us to her as- 

 sistance. 



Finally Bryan said, "By .Jove, Val, that's the queerest 

 thing I ever saw a dog do. She must have a 'rattler' there." 

 We put our horses into a lope and cantered toward her. As 

 we drew near I rose in the saddle and looking down the cot- 

 ton rows saw a bevy of scattered quails running for the tim- 

 ber. When those at each side had passed her Gypsie made 

 the fifth circle and rounded them up, as Avas at once evident 

 she had done four times before. My friend broke out into a 

 volley of adjectives to express his admiration of the act, 

 while 1 — well, I owned the dog. We got between the birds 

 and the timber, flushed and drove them into a ditch bank 

 and made havoc among them. 



Now that's what I call an exerci.se of reasoning power in a 

 dog. She clearly understood that once in the timber they 

 were lost to us, and by successive circlings kept them 

 huddled together until we could arrive on the scene. Can 

 any one of j'our readers giA-e a better illustration of 

 mind in the dog than this? T have owned dogs and dogs, 

 but her equal on all birds I never saw, and, alack, I never 

 expect to. Poor old girl! Ten years have rolled over her 

 faithful head, and her best days ai-e .gone. A Ava.rm berth in 

 the furnace room is noAv her chief desire. While vsTiting 

 may I be permitted to tell and pardoned for telling the best 

 score I ever made at quail shooting, which was only a short 

 time after the above occurrence? 



Just beyond the negTO quarter on the estate was a large 

 cornfield, going through which we had CA^ery day started a 

 fine bevy of birds, which Ave allowed to go unharmed, saving 

 them for a time A\^hen Ave Avould be too lazy to go far afield. 

 That day came when my friend AA'as absent and my Avife had 

 told me she Avanted quail for dinner only an hour before the 

 big bell Avould ring us to the table. Taking my horse and 

 the ineA'itable darky I rode into this cornfield. In less than 

 five minutes Gypsie had found her coA'ey (she kncAv exactly 

 AA^here to look for them), and riding in I flushed and counted 

 them, elcA'en in all, as they flew to a near by bayou, and 

 pitched doAATi on the far side among the grass and bushes. 



Crossing the bayou I turned the horse over to the darky 

 and started in. This bayou ran alongside the quarters and 

 houses were close at hand. Darkies innumerable watched 

 the fun and I Avarned them to dodge the shot. "Hi, ji, Mis- 

 tah Valentine, neber you mind us, AA^e likes to see you shoot," 

 one of them sung out. So I didn't "mind" them. The birds 

 lay like stones, secure in their close hiding. From under a 

 root here and a tussock there Gypsie started them, one after 

 another, and one after another they Avent doAvn before my 

 storm of shot until ten Avei-e gathered to ten straight shots. 

 The eleventh and last flushed across the bayou and Avas out 

 of range before I saw it. My reputation among the darkies 

 Avas made forever. Hoav many of them I might have "gath- 

 ered" I didn't inquire, though I spattered number tens 

 around "right smart." 



We had quail for dinner, and sitting out on the gallery 

 after it, I heard that poor eleventh quail piping mournfully 

 in the cornfield for friends departed. I haA'e always been 

 proud of that score. I couldn't do it again, though. North- 

 ern Louisiana is a sportsman's paradi-se. I am the owner of 

 a plantation adjoining this Hope estate, and though raising 

 cotton isn't a money-making business, one can alAvays raise 

 a lot of good felloAvs to help him raise a deer, and that 

 makes up for the other deficiency to one who don't depend 

 on the cotton for bread. Besides the deer can alAA^ays be 

 raised, and often several of them. As for smaller game 

 the country is alive Avith it. A. M, Valentine. 



ST. JOHN BENCH SHOW.— St, John, N. B., Dec. 10.— 



Editor Forest and, Stream: At a meeting of our cluh held 

 last evening, the foUoAAung resolution Avas offered, and after 

 most of the members present had spoken in very compli- 

 mentary terms of Mr. Mason, was unanimously carried: 

 Whereas, at the fifth annual bench shoAv of dogs held under 

 the ausjjices of the NeAV Brunswick Kennel Cluh, in this city, 

 Oct. 18 to 31, 1886, Mr. Chas. H. Mason, of Brookljm, N. Y., 

 officiated as judge, therefore, Resolved, that we, the members 

 of the above club, desire to express to the said Chas. H. 

 Mason our appreciation of him for the A'ery able, honest, 

 impartial and intelligent manner in which he has discharged 

 the arduous duties as judge; and, Resolved, that the thanks 

 of this cluh are due to the said Chas. H. Mason for the gen- 

 tlemanly and kindly Avay in Avhich he imparted such inf oi-ma- 

 tion as v/as asked of him by exhibitors and others, and also 

 for the very particular pains he has taken to correct the 

 erroneous ideas the exhibitors of certain A^arieties have held 

 in regard to their dogs, and therefore, Resolved, that a copy 

 of these resolutions be sent to the said Chas. H. Mason, as 

 well as to the different sporting papers.— H. W. Wilson, 

 Secretary, 



SPRATTS PATENT.— New York, "Dec. 8— Editor Forest 

 and Stream: Would you kindly notice that the American 

 Institute Fair have awarded us two medals, one for the ex- 

 cellence of our dog foods and the other for our cattle food? — 

 Bpbatts Patent (America) LimTED. 



