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FOREST AND • STREAM. 



("July 6, 1895. 



Why did this Fish Take the Fly? 



New York, June 27.— Editor Forest and Stream: Per- 

 haps you have thought, as I have, that the discussion of 

 why a trout takes the fly is exhausted. Nevertheless, the 

 following experience is new to me, and I assure you that 

 the incident is circumstantially true: 



A few days ago, at the dock of the Adirondack League 

 club house on Little Moose Lake, a large salmon trout was 

 seen pursuing a 9in. brook trout in the shoal water. The 

 salmon took him in tail foremost, held him nearly envel- 

 oped for a few moments, and then released him. He 

 doubtless released him in order to turn him around and 

 swallow him head foremost, which, I observe, is consid- 

 ered to be the proper caper among swell trout. Fontin- 

 alis was not, however, entirely disabled, and he made 

 another race for his life, turning sharply and whirling 

 back and forth in a few inches of water. John Commer- 

 ford, who was watching the struggle, then dropped a fly 

 in the troubled waters, and fontinalis immediately took it 

 and was promptly landed. He was badly cut and scratched 

 by the salmon's bite. 



Now, dear editor, you know all the precedents and have 

 heard all the fish lies. This is true. You know that a 

 trout takes an artificial fly sometimes for food, sometimes 

 for play, and sometimes from a feeling of hostility, as the 

 bass does while guarding on the shoals; but did you ever 

 before know of his taking a gaudy fly as a harbor of 

 refuge? W. H. B. 



Leaping Bass. 



In his discussion about leaping bass, and his estimate 

 that, with a leap 5ft. high "it would figure up more than 

 a quarter of a second that the bass was in the air," 

 "Kingfisher" recalls some things which I was taught in 

 school about forty years ago. 



As I then learned the "law of falling bodies," a bass 4ft. 

 above the water could not reach the surface of the water 

 by even getting on "a double move" or "a double hustle" 

 in less than one-half of a second. And it would be just 

 as impossible for him to get from the surface of the water 

 to a point of rest 4ft. above the water in less than the 

 same time, one-half a second. 



Now, unless I was wrongly taught the law of falling 

 bodies, or have forgotten what I was taught, or unless the 

 law has been abrogated since, neither a bass nor any other 

 fish could get out of the water, climb 4ft. high in the air 

 and get down to the water again in less than a second. 

 And the figures which I have given leave the resistance 

 of the air out of consideration. Whatever delay might 

 result from this cause would have to be added. 



Now, a man who, in one second of time, at 20 or 30yds. 

 distance, cannot take in with clearness and accuracy the 

 movements of a bass out of water, had better have his 

 eyes taken out and sand-papered, or refitted with new 

 lenses, or else he should confine himself to fishing for 

 bullheads with a hand line. C. 



An Erie County Association. 



The Erie County (N. Y.) Fish and Game Protective As- 

 sociation has organized with these officers: President, 

 Richard H. Hoyt; First Vice-President, C, W. Miller; 

 Second Vice-President, Dr. F. F. Hoyer, Tonawanda; 

 Third Vice-President, Judson Bennett, Angola; Secretary, 

 Thomas Cary Welch. 



New York Fish Commission. 



At the last meeting of the New York Fish, Game and 

 Forest Commission the resignation of Secretary E. P. Doyle 

 was accepted, and Franklin B. Mitchell, of Norwich, was ap- 

 pointed to the place. 



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FIXTURES. 



BENCH SHOWS. 

 Sept. 8 to 6.— Kingston Kennel Club, Kingston, Ont. H. C Bates 

 Sec'y. 



Sept. 9 to 13.— Industrial Exhibition Association's annual bench 

 show, Toronto, Ont. C. A. Stone, Sec'y and Sup't. 



Sept. 17-20.— Orange county Fair Bench Show, Newburgh, N Y 

 Eobert Johnson, Sec'y. 



Sept. 24 to 27.— New England Kennel Club's second annual terrier 

 show, Boston, Mass. D. E. Loveland, Sec'y, 



Oct. 8-11.— Danbury, Conn.— Danbury Agriaultural Society. G L 

 Bundle, Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Sept. 2.— Continental Field' Trials Club's chicken trials at Morris 

 Man. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis. Ind. 



Sept. 10— Morris, Man.— Manitoba F. T. C. John Wootton, Sec'y 

 Manitou. * ' 



Nov. 5.— Chatham, Ont.— International F. T. Club. W B Wei's Sec'v 



Nov. 7.— Newton, N. 0.— U. S. Field Trial Club's Trials A.' W. b' 

 Stafford, Sec'y, Trenton, Tenn. 



Nov. 11.— Hempstead, L. I.— National Beagle Club of America, fifth 

 annual trials. Geo. W. Rogers. Sec'y, New York. 



Nov 18. -Eastern F. T. Club, at Newton, N. C. W. A. Coster 

 Sec'y, Saratoga Springs. N. Y 



„Nov25.-Continental' Field Tr,alB CluVs <l uau trials at Newton. 

 P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Oct. 29.— New England Field Trial Club, at Aasonet, Mass S R 

 Sharp, Sec'y. 



THE RANELAGH SHOW (ENGLAND). 



The formation of the Ladies' Kennel Association in 

 England last winter excited much interest in the United 

 States at that time, and much praise was bestowed on the 

 promoters and organizers of the Association, and the at- 

 tention of the ladies on this side of the water was spe- 

 cially called to this new movement, with encouraging 

 advice to them to do likewise. 



The success of the Ladies' Kennel Association's show, 

 held on June 8, proves that the organization is an active 

 body, quite able to take independent flights of its own, 

 Of course it would not be a live dog show if there was no 

 dissatisfaction, nor would the ladies relinquish their claim 

 to equal capability with man by ignoring the much hon- 

 ored protest. Of the organization of the Association the 

 Stock- Keeper says: 



"Whatever may be the verdict on the success of the 

 Ladies' Kennel Association show as regards having been 

 an improvement on the best kind of dog shows or the re- 

 verse, it is certainly an event in kennel history that an 

 exhibition of such size could have been got together in 

 spite of limiLing it to lady exhibitors. For this reason, if 

 for no other, we think it apropos to say a few words 

 about the origin and growth of the society which accom- 

 plished this extraordinary feat. The first appearance of 



what may now be considered a star of the first magni- 

 tude in the kennel firmament was of a somewhat nebu- 

 lous charactor at a meeting called by Miss Darbyshire at 

 the Inns of Court Hotel. There were present, besides a 

 lady convener, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Mackenzie and Mrs. 

 Stennard-Eobinson. 



' 'The plan which was put forward at this reunion seemed, 

 however, to the majority of those present to be unwork- 

 able. Mrs. Stennard- Robinson then came forward and 

 undertook to call a meeting on behalf of Miss Darbyshire, 

 and at that meeting, which was attended by about fifty 

 ladies, Mrs. Stennard-Eobinson gave an outline of the 

 club which she had in view. Her listeners were so favor- 

 ably impressed with what Mrs. Stennard-Eobinson told 

 them that twenty-five at once agreed to become members 

 on the condition that she undertook the management of 

 the whole thing, and thus Mrs. Stennard-Eobinson be- 

 came hon. sec. of the Ladies' Kennel Association, with 

 all the heavy work, responsibility and honors of the office 

 on her willing shoulders. 



"The result of the energy which Mrs. Stennard-Eobin- 

 son has expended on her self -set task is shown by the fact 

 that the Association numbers now about 300 members. 

 The executive and officers are, however, only elected from 

 among the founders, of whom there are about 200." 



The presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales and 

 Princess Maud was considered a most felicitous feature. 

 Of this the Stock-Keeper remarks: 



"On the arrival of the royal party at the handsome 

 pavilion specially erected for the occasion, Miss Myrtle, 

 Mrs. Stennard-Eobinson's little daughter, tastefully dressed 

 in two shades of blue, which are the Association's colors, 

 presented to the Princess of Wales a bouquet, which was 

 also an arrangement in blue, to harmonize with every- 

 thing concerning the society. 



"We have the pleasure to announce that Her Eoyal 

 Highness the Princess of Wales has expressed to Mrs. 

 Stennard-Eobinson her willingness to become the patron- 

 ess of the Ladies' Kennel Association." 



Of the competition for the "champion of champions" 

 prize the same journal says: 



"The judging of the 'champion of champions' prize was 

 an unniiiigated and undignified farce from start to finish. 

 To begin with, it is impossible that an award for the best 

 dog among a number of varieties could ever be otherwise 

 than nonsense, and it is certain never to give satisfaction. 

 We never saw the ludicrous side of such specials so con- 

 spicuous as at Eanelagh, where so many of these specials 

 were donated. 



"But the 'champion of champions' was the champion 

 Muddle, and promises to end in a very tangled dispute. 

 The schedule announced that five judges would be selected 

 by the L. K. A. committee to dispense this particular 

 honor, but the judges at the show did not themselves 

 appear to know which of them had been so honored with 

 the committee's confidence. 



"At 'Special' time there were several crowds in the 

 grounds. We betook ourselves to one, and learned that 

 the 'champion of champions' had just been found in the 

 fox-terrier Despoiler. That news spread all over the 

 show, and the award, good or bad, became the gossip of 

 a quarter of an hour. Soon after we espied another 

 crowd, and hied ourselves thither, to find a mass of men, 

 women, and dogs, some exhibitors, some judges, and 

 many amused spectators. Three judges wanted to help, 

 but were told that they were not on in this scene, so they 

 gladly retired. 'What is going on?' we asked another 

 judge. 'This is for the champion of champions,' he re- 

 plied. Continuing: 'The Prince of Wales wants the 

 judging done in front of the Pavilion. He wants to see 

 how it is done.' We retorted that the award had already 

 been made, and Despoiler had got it. 'Ah! but that 

 was all wrong,' was the reply, 'because Eedmond helped 

 to judge, and he had no right to.' We do not know 

 what His Eoyal Highness thought of the scene, but we 

 are certain he could not see what was passing in such a 

 mixture of dogs and people. All we could Bee was Mr. 

 Taunton trying to evolve order out of chaos, like a Non- 

 conformist parson marshaling together a lot of un- 

 manageable schoolboys. Que diable allait il faire dans 

 cette galere, we do not know, he was not one of the 

 chosen, but there he was. The judging looked as if it 

 was being done chiefly by Mr. Astley. 



"A cry arose from the crowd, 'The Jap's got it!' and 

 then the blushing Mrs. Addis is led up to royalty to re- 

 ceive at the hands of the fairest princess in Christendom 

 the honor won by her little spaniel Dai Butzu II. The 

 crowd clapped the lady— did the little dog laugh to see 

 such fun, we wonder? Behind the lady followed a beam- 

 ing and proud gentleman, who appeared surprised that he 

 was not allowed to accompany her up the steps. We are 

 told the gentleman was Mr. Addis, and shall be delighted 

 to learn that he and Mr. Stennard-Robinson have received 

 the honor of knighthood. 



"Mrs. Lawrence writes to us saying that she has claimed 

 the champion of champions cup at Ladies' Kennel Associ- 

 ation and Kennel Club. Mr. Eedmond told her, 'The cup 

 is Despoiler's, we gave it him, and under K. C. rules it 

 cannot be taken from him.' This promises to be a very 

 pretty dispute." 



The criticism of "A Lady Journalist" in the Stock-Keeper 

 is reprinted as showing how the ladies wield the pen of 

 criticism in the new departure in canine matters : 



" W batever their other failings may be, and being mortals 

 they must have some, there can be no doubt that the 

 members of the Ladies', Kennel Association possess plenty 

 of courage. It was a bold stroke to attempt to manage a 

 big dog show entirely upon their own responsibility; and 

 though, as might have been expected, they did not appear 

 to have succeeded to perfection, they may be congratulated 

 upon having done much towards proving that women are 

 capable of transacting some kinds of business almost as 

 well as men themselves. Perhaps the omissions were due 

 to inexperience, perhaps to a desire to effect improvements 

 upon the ordinary dog show, but my experience of the 

 latter is only limited to such exhibitions as the Crystal 

 Palace and Aquarium, and therefore it is beyond my 

 power to draw comparisons. It seems to me, however, 

 that, whatever their qualifications as experts upon 

 dog-flesh may be, the members of the Ladies' Kennel 

 Association have yet a good deal to learn before they 

 can claim the honor of being considered qualified 

 to entertain the public and make them comfortable. 

 The difficulty to procure a chair for love or money for 

 many a weary hour was itself an oversight which was 

 not conducive to good temper; while the management in 

 the ladies 1 tents, in which water to wash in was as scarce 



as the precious fluid is stated to be in the Sahara Desert, 

 was absolutely the worst I have ever seen. This is a sad 

 assertion for a woman journalist to have to make when 

 writing of the doings of her sisters, but we members of 

 the weaker sex are perhaps a little spoiled by the consid- 

 eration we receive from the sterner one, who, I will sav 

 with all their horrid failings, are usually solicitous of the 

 'ladies' comfort,' and treat us with an amount of hospit- 

 able attention which we ourselves are apt to overlook 

 when associating with each other. 



"It was a little bit humiliating, too, to notice that not 

 a single lady judge was busy in the rings, and, so far as 

 my investigations bore me, the comparatively easy duties 

 of stewardship were all intrusted to members of the 

 sterner sex. Possibly the last-mentioned arrangement 

 was deliberately designed in order to show man in his 

 proper place— the administrator to female needs and 

 humble henchman of our sex; but the absence of the lady 

 judge was indeed a blow. In other respects the show was 

 certainly a very charming gathering, and few more pretty 

 sights could be seen than the mingling of the gaily colored 

 dresses with the varied coats and figures of the dogs." 



POINTS AND FLUSHES 



Manitoba Field Trial Matters. 

 It is very gratifying to learn that the differences which 

 existed so long between the Northwestern Field Trials 

 Club and the Manitoba Field Trials Club have been 

 buried, and that they will now proceed in friendliness 

 and with a common purpose in promoting the interests 

 of the dog and gun. 



Manitoba is exceptionally favored with a beautiful 

 game supply, the upland shooting being chiefly on 

 pinnated and sharp-tailed grouse, concerning which the 

 province has wisdom enough to protect their birds by laws 

 which are much more stringently enforced than are 

 similar laws on this side of the boundary line. The field 

 trial clubs have grounds and birds in their midst, at its 

 very doors as it were, thus insuring good sport and field 

 trial facilities for an indefinite number of years. This is 

 in sharp contrast to the impoverished game supply of the 

 United States, and the constantly lessening available 

 area for field trial purposes. It would be a very difficult 

 matter to hold a field trial on chickens in the United 

 States, owing to the great destruction of the birds illegally 

 accomplished before the season opens, and the still greater 

 and more uniform destruction which is wrought on the 

 opening day and afterward. Probably no satisfactory 

 trial could be held unless a long trip were taken into the 

 country beyond the range of the average shooter, 



Eeturning to the club matters, the Winnipeg Free Press . 

 of June 25 has the following concerning the recent im- 

 portant club meeting: 



"A very satisfactory meeting of the Manitoba Field 

 Trials Club was held at the Manitoba Hotel last evening, 

 at which a large number of members were present. En- 

 couraging reports of entries in all the stakes for the forth- 

 coming trials in September were given. Mr. Thomas 

 Johnson was unanimously elected a member of the club. 

 It was also agreed to join in the grand challenge stake for 

 the Lonsdale Challenge Cup with the N. W. F. T. C. 

 and the Continental F. T. C. , to be held at Morris at the 

 conclusion of the Manitoba F. T. Club's meeting. 



"To encourage the interests of amateurs, the honorary 

 patron, Mr. C. C. Chipman, has donated a silver cup 

 value $50) to be competed for by the amateur members of 

 the club. Mr. Thomas Johnson has consented to judge 

 this stake. 



"The. prospects are that the forthcoming trials on the 

 10th, 11th and 12th of September will be the most success- 

 ful in the history of the club. 



"The Northwestern Field Trials Club have decided to run 

 a championship stake in conjunction with the Continen- 

 tal and Manitoba Field Trials clubs' trials. The stake will 

 be open to any dog having won a first or second prize 

 in any field trial anywhere, entry fee $10, starters $15 

 more; entries close Aug. 1, except to winners in the 

 Manitoba or Continental tria's; the latter will be eligible 

 up to the time of the draw, which will take place the 

 evening the Manitoba trials are concluded, and the stake 

 will be run near Morris, commencing the following 

 morning. The prizes will be: 



"First— The trophy presented by the club's patron, Mr. 

 A. C. Heywood-Lonsdale, and forty per cent, of the 

 total amount received for starters and entry fees. Sec- 

 ond — thirty per cent. Third — twenty per cent. It is an- 

 ticipated that the stake will have twenty starters, which 

 would give the trophy and $200 to the winner, $150 to the 

 second, and $100 to the third. The club will also donate 

 a handsome engrossed diploma, setting forth that the 

 winner is entitled to the honor of 'Field Trial Cham- 

 pion.' 



"Mr. W. S. Bell, of Pittsburg, Pa., and Mr. W. B. Wells, 

 of Chatham, Ont., the judges of the Manitoba and Conti- 

 nental trials, respectively, have been invited to judge, 

 The rules of the Continental Field Trials Club have been 

 adopted by the Northwestern Club, except heats to be at 

 least one hour each. Entries are to be made to Thomas 

 Johnson, Hon. Secretary, Winnipeg, Manitoba." 



Undoubtedly the coming field trial events of Manitoba 

 will be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, combina- 

 tions ever held in America, and in the variety of the in- 

 terests and the purity of the sport as a sport they stand 

 without a rival. Taking the events of the three clubs, 

 they offer inducements which appeal strongly to the 

 sportsman who loves sport for its own sake, to those who 

 are interested in breeding, and to those who engage in it 

 professionally. 



I am glad to see that that sterling sportsman Mr. Thos. 

 Johnson will act as judge in one of the stakes. It has 

 been a source of some surprise to me that his services have 

 not been engaged sooner. Mr. Johnson has done much to 

 make the dog and gun popular in Manitoba. His energy 

 and interest have made a large part of the history of field 

 trials prior to the last year or two. As a judge, every 

 competitor can have the most implicit confidence that the 

 most rigid observance of fair play will be enforced. Mr. 

 J ohnson is not a good man for those who in competition 

 are looking for short cuts to the money. 



Canadian Customs and Dogs. 



When at the meeting of the U. S. F. T. Club last win- 

 ter I suggested that there might be many unpleasant cus- 

 toms obstructions to overcome in holding a United States 

 trial in Canada. I was alone in the opinion. Every one 

 had a rose- colored view of the matter apparently, and 



