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FOREST AND • STREAM. 



FAug. 10, 1895. 



HINTS ON ANGLING IN CANADA. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Striped bass, or, as they call them in this country, 

 "bar," are rather plentiful at present in the St. Lawrence, 

 where they run up as far as the Isle of Orleans. The 

 French Canadians fish for them in rough weather and 

 heavy water with heavy hand lines, and consider it good 

 sport. At Isle Madame, some thirty miles below Quebec, 

 a party of four took 187 fish in this manner in a single 

 tide one day last week. 



From Lake St. John I learn that the ouananiche fishing 

 in the Grande Decharge continues good, the fish being 

 naturally somewhat smaller than those taken in Juue, 

 but still affording admirable sport. It is evident that 

 there is much yet to learn about the movements of these 

 fish. In the end of August last they surprised the guides 

 and old habitues of Lake St. John by rising at the fly in 

 the lake itself, especially in the vicinity of the Island 

 House, and at a time when the rising fish were supposed 

 to be well up the river. This year the end of July has 

 seen a large number of them taken both with fly and 

 spoon near the Island House, and several days ago a catch 

 of five was made with the fly in front of the village of 

 Roberval. For the next three weeks, however, I Counsel 

 anglers who desire the best form of the sport to take canoes 

 and guides from Roberval and ascend to such localities 

 of the northern tributaries as they may advise. During 

 the last ten days of August and the first half of Septem- 

 ber no better place can be found for ouananiche than the 

 vicinity of the lower falls of the Metabetchouan. It is 

 during that season that the woods and waters of northern 

 Canada are probably seen to their best advantage. The 

 midsummer plague of flies has then become a thing of 

 the past, and while the weather is usually soft and balmy 

 right up to the end of September and exceedingly pleas- 

 ant for camping out, nothing can surpass the loveliness of 

 the forests in their autumnal tints. This is, too, the sea- 

 son of all others for trout fishing in Canada, when the 

 largest and reddest of the trout of the fountain rise freely 

 to the angler's lures. 



The last of the salmon fishermen will soon have re- 

 turned from the northern rivers, but some went down 

 even upon the last trip of the steamship Otter. Excellent 

 reports have been received from all the north shore 

 streams, especially from the Natashquan, the Moisie and 

 the Trinity. The run of sea trout has been very large 

 this season and so was the size of the fish. Some of the 

 largest I have ever seen, 8 and 91bs. in weight, were sent 

 me early last month from the Trinity by Messrs. Edson 

 Fitch and J. D. Gilmour, of this city. 



E. T. D. Chambers. 



Quebec, Aug. 2. 



NOTES FROM FISHING WATERS. 



Correspondents are invited to send us notes of fish, fishermen, fish- 

 ing conditions and fishing facts, so that they may reach this office 

 on a Monday. 



Mount Ktneo House, Moosehead Lake, Kineo, Me., 

 July 30.— We enclose you under separate covers photo- 

 graph of eleven trout taken about fifteen miles west of 

 Moosehead Lake by S. H. Watts and G. A. Worth, weigh- 

 ing 36|lbs. They are all brook trout and ranged in weight 

 from 2^ to 4ilbs., all being caught in about six hours' fish- 

 ing. Does not this catch average higher than any taken 

 in the Rangeley Lake district? Moosehead. 



* Trout Lake, Wis., July 31. — Having seen your notice 

 at Camp Franklin Hotel, that fishers were requested to 

 report their luck to your paper, I take the liberty to 

 write to you this letter: I came here July 30. Have 

 been fishing, more or less, every day, and with pretty 

 good success. I have been catching daily from eight to 

 fifteen fish, consisting of salmon trout, pike and bass, 

 weighing from 2 to ISlbs. July 30 I caught a monster 

 salmon trout, weighing 181bs.; it is 3 ft. long and very 

 well formed and proportioned; it is 'the largest trout 

 caught this year. July 29 I caught a 7-pound mus- 

 calunge. All these fish were caught on hook or spoon 

 and line. D. G. 



Asbury Park, N. J., Aug. 2.— Ocean fishing at this 

 point is not up to June in interest to the angler. Other 

 than an occasional bass and a few kingfish the sport is 

 rather tame. Dr. H. P. DeVoursney, of New York city, 

 15Jlbs.; George W. Savage 19 and 201bs. respectively, 

 James O'Brien lOilbs., are all the records given us in two 

 weeks past that are worthy of note. In consideration of 

 this fact attention is turned to the rivers and bays, where 

 good catches are being made daily. 



In company with Dr.. DeVoursney and two friends I 

 visited Barnegat last Thursday evening; fishing the tides 

 we took in 80 weakfish. Night fishing for these trout of 

 the salt water is most enjoyable sport when properly con- 

 ducted. Fish with neither float nor sinker; allow the 

 bait to pass out with the tide until a distance of 

 50ft. or a little more is obtained there; block the 

 reel with the thumb; the force of current will 

 raise the leader and bait to the surface. When 

 the rise is made it is done in the same manner as his com- 

 peer of the brook and lake practices, "all in a rush," and 

 with comparatively light tackle the sport is A 1. It is 

 only in the night, when quiet is the order of things, that 

 this system can be successfully practiced, as during the 

 day they feed more at the bottom. Then a float and 

 lightly-leaded line is the proper combination. 



Leonard Hulit. 



Newport, Vt., July 29.— Mr. Geo. Schaefer, who is 

 staying at Owl's Head Hotel, Lake Memphremagog, suc- 

 ceeded in landing on July 27 the largest lake trout of the 

 season, weighing 221bs. This same gentleman also landed 

 two smaller fish, weighing 12lbs. each. The former fish 

 Mr. Schaefer will ship to Holyoke, Mass., for his brother 

 fishermen to admire. 12, noon— He has just returned 

 from a three-hours' fish with six lake trout wehrhinsr 



finlho ° 



A Big Muscalonge on a Light Rod. 



During the latter part of last month Messrs. Von Len- 

 gerke & Detmold received the following letter from Mr. 

 Benjamin R. Gould, of this city, dated Gananoque, On- 

 tario, Canada, July 19: "I inclose in this letter a bass 

 hook and single gut leader, bought at your store, with 



which I yesterday landed a muscalonge on the St. Law- 

 rence River, about eight miles from here. The fish was 

 caught on an 8oz. lancewood rod bought from you by 

 Mr. F. P. Delafield last Saturday. It weighed 411bs. 9oz. 

 four hours after being taken from the water. I played it 

 for an hour and a quarter, during which time it nearly 

 bit through the ganging on the hook, as you can see. 

 There has never been any such fish caught here on a light 

 rod before, and it speaks well for your tackle. We have 

 had him photographed and will send you one of his por- 

 traits when we get them." To land a 411bs. 9oz. musca- 

 longe on an 8oz. rod and single gut leader is of course a 

 record for the tackle used, but there must also have been 

 the right man in the right place — at the butt of the rod. 



The White Bass. 



Chicago, 111.— In Forest and Stream of July 27 

 "Hackle" speaks of the white bass and quoting his 

 informant says "they resemble the black bass in every 

 respect but color." The White bass is very common in the 

 streams of the Mississippi valley, but resembles the black 

 bass but very little. The body is much more oval and the 

 mouth much smaller. The color in clear water is a silvery 

 white, marked on the sides with a number (seven I think) 

 of dark horizontal lines, the lower two or three of which 

 are interrupted or incomplete. On the Illinois River at 

 certain seasons of the year they are taken in large num- 

 bers, generally with a small spoon. The best places to 

 fish for them is at the Government dams at Campsville, 

 Meredosia or just below Pekin. They are not gamy, but 

 if you want to catch fish, and go at the right time, you 

 can get a surfeit of white bass at the places mentioned. 



Rex Piscator. 



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FIXTURES. 



BENCH SHOWS. 



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

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



Sept. 17 to 20.— Rhode Island State Fair Association's third annual 

 bench show, Narragansett Park, Providence, R. I. 



Sept. 17 to 30.— Orange county Fair Bench Show, Newburgh, N. T. 

 Robert Johnson, Sec'y. 



Sept. 17 to 20.— Montreal Kennel Association's show, Montreal, Can. 

 Geo. K. Lanigan, Hon. Sec'y-Treas. 



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

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



Oct. 8 to 11.— Danbury, Conn.— Danbury Agricultural Society. G. L. 

 Rundle, Sec'y. 



1896. 



Feb. 19 to 22.— Westminster Kennel Club's twentieth annual dog 

 show, Madison Square Garden, New Vork. James Mortimer, Supt. 



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. 



Oct. 29.— Assonet Neck, Mass.— New England Field Trial Club's 

 fourth annual trials. Arthur R. 8harp, Sec'y, Taunton, Mass. 



— . Morris, Man.— Northwestern Field Trials Club's Champion Stake. 

 Thos. Johnson, Sec'y, Winnipeg. 



Nov. 5.— Chatham, Ont.— International F. T. Club. W. B.Wells, Sec'y 



Nov. 7.— Newton, N. C— 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, 250 West Twenty-second street, 

 New York. 



Nov. 18.— Eastern F. T. Club, at Newton, N. O. W. A. Coster, 

 Sec'y, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



Nov. 25.— Continental Field Trials Club's quail trials at Newton. 

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



Dec. 2 to 4.— High Point, N. C— Irish Setter Club's trials. Geo. H. 

 Thompson, Sec'y. 



THE DOG'S IMMORTALITY. 



Albany, N. Y. — Editor Forest and Stream: Among 

 the many good things so pleasingly presented each week 

 in the columns of Forest and Stream, the review of the 

 Rev. Charles Josiah Adams's book on the immortality of 

 the dog excited iu particular my interest. The title of 

 his book, "Is Man Alone Immortal?" gives the key to the 

 matter treated of in the text. The Rev. Mr. Adams's 

 plea for the dog and the dog's immortality present a 

 depth of human feeling and liberality of ideas of which 

 there are none too much in the world of to-day. 



In your issue of last week there were quoted some say- 

 ings which were intended to be thoughts of wisdom 

 briefly stated, and which were attributed to a clergyman. 

 Your comment on them was that his sentiments, so ex- 

 pressed, were different from those expressed in the work 

 first mentioned, that is, "Is Man Alone Immortal?" 



When two good men differ so positively on the same sub- 

 ject, one on which they are thoroughly conversant and 

 therefore qualified to teach others, how is the ordinary 

 reader to form an opinion? He is either mystified or at 

 a halt, or gives up the matter as being beyond his compre- 

 hension even if he have the time to struggle with the 

 intricacies and contradictions presented by opposing argu- 

 ments. When on the same matter there is yes and no, one 

 must be wrong. 



Nevertheless the whole matter is most interesting, even 

 if vague and unconvincing. The Rev. Mr. Adams, as I 

 understand his evidence — for by introducing certain 

 matters to substantiate his views they are evidence — 

 attempts to prove that because the dog has certain traits 

 and powers in common with man, such as joy, sorrow, 

 anger, fear, sympathy, affection, memory, reflection, etc.,' 

 that therefore the dog is immortal. This conclusion 

 seems to me to be arbitrary in a manner, as the premises 

 he lays down do not warrant his conclusion, since all his 

 premises are of mortality alone, while his conclusion is im- 

 mortality. 



To the just, the observing and the intelligent man it is 

 easily apparent that men and dogs and many other ani- 

 mals have many things in common. In the life of all ani- 

 mals there is much which is homologous. Their manner 

 of living or dying is much the same, while they manifest 

 many psychical similarities. The evidence introduced is 

 to establish a truth, and as it is introduced as evidence, it 

 is proper to analyze it, so that its soundness can be estab- 

 lished or its weakness demonstrated. 



As^IJunderstand the Rev. Mr. Adams's contention, he 

 attempts to prove that the dog has the same organic life 

 as man, and that his mentality, as proved by intelligent 

 action, is much the same as is that of man. Granting 

 the similarity of physical life and manifestation, I think 

 there is such a wide difference in the mentality of man 

 and dogs and man and all the lower animals as to destroy 

 all analogy from which to draw so broad a conclusion. 



The circumstances which match each other are too few 

 and too unimportant for the conclusion, and there are 

 many circumstances in man's mentality which have no 

 counterpart in that of the dog. For instance, the power 

 of speech is absent in the dog; the imagination, whose 

 grasp is but little short of infinity in man, is absent in 

 the dog. The latter so far as we know has neither con- 

 ception nor longing for a future state. All the beliefs of 

 savage or civilized man, running so far back in the past 

 that they are beyond history or tradition, show that there 

 was an innate feeling or concept of immortality prior to 

 teaching or evidence; and that there has always been a 

 wide gulf between the mentality of man and the mental- 

 ity of the lower animals. The dog being deficient in the 

 powers of imagination and being of an inferior intelli- 

 gence, which precludes his understanding the glories of a 

 future life, and being qualified by his instincts to lead 

 solely an animal existence — for the qualities he possesses 

 have all a direct use in his animal existence with no ref- 

 erence to a future life— he, from the absence of the quali- 

 ties of imagination, of abstract reasoning and innate 

 inspiration, may be cut off from the immortality which 

 man claims as his exclusive and distinguishing superiority 

 over all animals. 



The imagination of man, which soars through the 

 boundless realms of the universe, is of no material benefit 

 to him in this world; therefore, as nothing is made in 

 vain, it must be taken as an ethereal bond which unites 

 him with immortality. As the dog is devoid of imagin- 

 ation, and as his qualities are all useful in his efforts to 

 exist and therefore have a direct use to him in this world, 

 no sound conclusion can be drawn from them as to a life 

 hereafter. They are all material qualities, and from such 

 it is not sound deduction to argue infinity. 



It is possible that my remarks concerning the innate and 

 spiritual belief of man, existing in all lands and all ages, 

 may have been too exclusive, since the dog entered into 

 the religious belief of the Indian's hereafter, in that he 

 was a companion in the ghostly land where phantom deer 

 ran in the shadows and light of phantom woods and fields, 

 the spirit land which he called the "happy hunting 

 grounds." The hieroglyphics on the old Egyptian mon- 

 uments prove that the dog was considered as being an 

 animal of more than passing importance, and his place 

 was not inconsiderable in the heathen mytholog. 



Taken from any point of view, the subject is one of 

 much more than common interest, and is well worthy of 

 more earnest investigation and discussion. 

 i iMy own aim in writing this is not to show that the Rev. 

 Mr. Adams's argument is wrong, but rather to show that 

 there is a great hiatus between his premises and his con- 

 clusion. I trust that he may write more fully on this 

 subject, for I think he is recognized as the ablest and 

 most fearless of its champions. Ego. 



Irish Setter Trials. 



Philadelphia.— Editor Forest and Stream: The secre- 

 tary of the Irish Setter Club, Mr. Geo. H. Thomson, has 

 already claimed dates for the club's fourth annual trials. 

 In order for those interested to know what it is proposed 

 to do, I would submit the following programme, and if 

 any charges are desired I trust the views of those in- 

 terested will be made known at once: 



The plan under consideration is as follows: To hold 

 field trials for Irish setters only, at High Point, N. C. , on 

 Dec. 2, 3 and 4, immediately following the Continental 

 trials at Newton. Two stakes to be run— an All-Age 

 and a Derby. The prizes to be sweepstakes, in addition to 

 such others as we may be able to secure. The entrance 

 fees to be $10 to enter and $5 to fill in each stake (not $5 

 to enter and $10 to fill). Derby entries to close say Oct. 1, 

 All-Age Stake to close say Nov. 15. There to be one judge, 

 and the trials to be run under practically the same rules 

 as those of the Continental field trials. It will take per- 

 haps a couple of weeks to decide these questions; but 

 thereabouts, or soon after, the trials will be properly 

 advertised and entry blanks issued. In the meantime, 

 Irish setter owners will know what to prepare for. 

 They have ample time to prepare both their Derby and 

 All- Age entries, and they can send their dogs at once to 

 the trainers. 



The time of holding the trials was purposely fixed soon 

 after the Continental trials so as to allow the handlers 

 who are coming to Newton to go a few miles further and 

 run a dog in our trials. There are many trainers who, if 

 they only would, could readily add one or two Irish set- 

 ters to their strings and run them at the Irish setter trials 

 at High Point. I have a sort of an idea that there are a 

 good many handlers that know of say one good Irish 

 setter, not, of course, good enough to run against the 

 English setters, but sufficiently good to put all other Irish 

 setters into the shade, and I do hope they will bring him 

 along. We will do our best to give him a fair show, and 

 will not begrudge his winning. Our prizes of course will 

 not be as good as we would like, but they will be as good 

 as we can possibly make them. We want the aid of every 

 one to make these trials a success and ask all to help. 



G. G. Davis. 



Important To Collie Breeders. 



Hempstead, L. I. — Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. J. 

 Pierpont Morgan, Esq., offers the following special prizes 

 for competition at the Bench Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club in 1896: A Silver Cup to cost $50, for the 

 best American-bred collie, born in 1895, exhibited by a 

 member of the Collie Club. A free service, by either 

 Sefton Hero or Rufford Ormonde, to the best bitch in the 

 open class owned by a member of the Collie Club, and 

 the same in the novice and puppy classes. A bitch win- 

 ning in one of these classes cannot compete in either of 

 the others, the service going to the next best bitch. 



A. D. Lewis, Secretary of the Collie Club. 



Continental Field Trials Club. 



Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 3.— All of the entries in 

 the Continental Field Trials Club Chicken Derby have 

 been carried through second forfeit except C. G. Stod- 

 dard's English setter Chloe S. and H. R. Edward's Eng- 

 lish setter, Harwick. I made a mistake in entering Dr. 

 O. Totten's pointer Sappho in this Derby, as the dog 

 was not intended to be entered. This leaves 48 still in the 

 stake. P. T. Madison, Sec'y-Treas. 



