Mat 17, 1888.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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The Trout Season.— In northern New York and Penn- 

 sylvania the season has been backward and few places 

 have afforded good fishing, so far. The Rangeley lakes 

 and the Adirondacks are still surrounded by snow, al- 

 though the ice has gone from many of the lakes in north- 

 ern New York. The season at Blooming Grove Park, in 

 Pike county, Pa., lias opened and some of the club have 

 made fair Catches. No doubt the warm rains during the 

 early part of this week will improve the fishing wher- 

 ever they have prevailed. On Long Island the trout have 

 not, as a rule, risen well, and in most places the strings 

 have been small. Some good fish have been taken in 

 Minerva Brook, Warren county, N. Y., last week. This 

 is a tributary of the Schroon River and is easy to reach 

 by the Adirondack Railroad. Many sportsmen are now 

 going into the Adirondacks. 



Hon. Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.— The President 

 has appointed the Hon. R. B. Roosevelt, well known to 

 our readers as an angler, author and Fish Commissioner 

 of the State of New York, to be the United States Minis- 

 ter to the Netherlands. Mr. Roosevelt will no doubt in- 

 troduce himself to the fishes of the Schelde and the 

 J&uvder Zee, where his ancestors dropped their hooks cen- 

 turies ago. 



Indian River.— Marietta, Ga.— In the issue of May 3, 

 the printer has made Mr. Pacetti assert that he caught 

 "large grampus," in the Indian River. Certainly there are 

 big fish there, and Pacetti has taken his share of them, 

 •but not I think, as yet, a grampus— which is a small 

 species of whale, 30ft. long or so. "Grouper" was the 

 word I wrote. — S. C. C. 



, Massachusetts Stocked Waters.— The attempt to 

 repeal the law against fishing in ponds, streams or other 

 waters where fish are artificially propagated without the 

 permission of the proprietors, in the Massachusetts Legis- 

 lature, was unsuccessful. 



Club Books.— We have received the constitution and 

 by-laws of the Oxford Rod and Gun Club, of Long Island; 

 and the Portland Gun Club, of Maine. 



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THE MENHADEN QUESTION. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In his effort to uphold a public nuisance Mr. D. T. Church 

 still persists in "dodging." These manufacturers of offen- 

 sive smells seem to be by nature unqualified to meet an issue 

 fairly, squarely and honestly. I did not say, as Mr. Church 

 asserts in his letter published in your last week's issue, that 

 the purse nets frightened food fishes. My statement was to 

 the effect that menhaden are among the most timid of fishes, 

 and are driven from their accustomed feeding and spawning 

 waters by the pursuit of the purse net steamers. The natural 

 inference is that other fish which to a great extent subsist 

 on menhaden follow the latter to distant waters, thus being 

 beyond the reach of shore fishermen. Any child can under- 

 stand this. Mr. Church himself knows this to be a fact. He 

 also knows that other useful fishes do habitually swim in 

 the wake of and eat the menhaden. 



These fish boilers are well aware that at a certain season 

 the young menhaden, millions of them, appear in our har- 

 bors, and just as long as they remain with us are constantly 

 pursued by schools of small bluefish scarcely larger than 

 their prey. 



It is difficult for a man to keep his temper when contem- 

 plating the work these fish cooks are engaged in, but their 

 vandalism must be, and will be, stamped out by a long-suf- 

 fering and utterly disgusted people. 



The innocents tell us that they do not boil bass, Spanish 

 mackerel, etc., because, as they carelessly mention, they "do 

 not take enough good fish to feed their crews." As a matter 

 of fact I have been told by the very men employed in hauling 

 purse nets that the finest of fishes are promiscuously dumped 

 mto the vats "because it would be too much trouble to pick 

 them out of the mess." The evil work done by these peooie 

 did not result in such wholesale mischief so long as sailing 

 vessels only were used in this business of bad smells and 

 utter selfishness, but every steamer found hauling nets with- 

 in two miles of shore should have a big round shot sent 

 through her, below the water line, and a good job done. 



Thomas Clapham. 



Roslyn, L. I., May 7. 



SALMON IN THE HUDSON— Up to Saturday last, four- 

 teen salmon have been taken in the Hudson river between 

 Communipaw and Yonkers. The largest one weighed 10)4 

 pounds aud the smallest 8 pounds. They were taken by the 

 shad fishermen in gill nets, and were therefore too badly in- 

 jured to be returned to the water, as the law requires. The 

 fisherman who took the fish at Yonkers didnot know what it 

 was and on cutting it open found that it was red inside and 

 threw it away as uneatable. The stocking of the river, begun 

 by Prof. Baird, is being continued by Col. McDonald, and 

 about440,000 will be planted this spring from the Cold Spring- 

 Harbor hatchery. Over half of the fry have already been 

 planted in the trout streams of Warren couuty, and the 

 end of this week will find them all in the tributaries of the 

 upper river. The experiment seems to be proving successful 

 in spite of the doubters. 



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FIXTU RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 24 to 27.— Fifth Dog Show at London, Ont. C.A.Stone, 

 Superintendent. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 19.— Tenth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field Trials 

 Club, at High Point, N. C. (Members' Stake, Nov. 15.) W. A. 

 Coster, Secretary, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



Dec. 10.— Second Annual Field Trials of the American Field 

 Trials Club, at West Point, Miss. C. \Y. Paris, Secretary, Cincin- 

 nati, o. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



rpHE 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. Should be in 

 early. Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed 

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

 No entries inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription 

 $1,50. Address "American Kennel Register," P, O. Box 2832, New 

 Vork. Number of entries already printed 6202. 



THE EXAGGERATION OF TYPE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



It is possible by selective breeding to make almost any 

 desired alteration iu the structu al formation of fowls or 

 mammals. In breeding to a tvpe it is quite as easy to exag- 

 gerate the ideal as not to equal it. In poultry the breeding 

 for certain prominent "points" to the exclusion of every- 

 thing else has resulted in ruining several varieties, and it is 

 apparent that if a halt is not soon called the same result 

 will happen to several breeds of dogs. 



A critical inspection of the leading bench shows of the 

 present year has convinced me that in several of the classes 

 the ideal of type has been reached and breeders are now ex- 

 aggerating it. In field spaniels a lont< body and low legs are 

 deemed exceedingly desirable, but there is no necessity for 

 making a long-haired basset out of the breed. The longest- 

 bodied and shortest-legged dogs win the prizes, and if breed- 

 ing on this line is cohtiuued it will result in producing an 

 animal with legs too short for walking. The only means of 

 getting on will be by wriggling along on the belly like a 

 snake, a means of locomotion for which the long body is 

 well adapted. 



A long lean head and height at shoulder are supposed to 

 be the best points of a modern collie, at least specimens with 

 these qualities win over smaller and shorter- headed ones 

 which excel them in everything else. Possibly a half cen- 

 tury from now collies will have heads as long as an alliga- 

 tor's and be as large as the present St. Bernard. The judges 

 seem to have lost sight of the peculiar collie expression 

 characteristic of the breed, as I notice that with one or two 

 exceptions these large winners are devoid of it. 



The mastiff of to-day should have a short muzzle. In 

 Minting we really find the perfection of this type, but to see 

 how a little exaggeration approaches a bulldog breed, one 

 only has only to look at his kennel companion Ilford Cau- 

 tion. 



Fair length of body is what the English fanciers exact 

 from a prize-winning dachshund, but Rubenstein, who is 

 considered the best specimen yet shown on this side of the 

 Atlantic, is almost as long as a basset. There is, however, 

 one advantage iu this style of dog. In going to earth it will 

 be a long hole that will enable him to get his tail insido, 

 and when he closes his jaws on the quarry the owner can 

 use, the tail to draw out both dog and game. 



The difficult thing to breed in a bull-terrier is that pecu- 

 liar eye that gives the dog a cold, pitiless expression and 

 suggests that its owner will never ask for mercy nor show 

 any; \ et the majority of the winners have optics which 

 would not be out of place if transferred to the most inno- 

 cent toy. The long head, black nose, solidity of color and 

 good body and legs are the points that please the judges. 

 Light eyes and deafness seem to count nothing against, 

 them. 



Speed and style are desired a t field trials and if these qual- 

 ities continue to be all important, those of the future will 

 probably bear a close similiarity to coursing matches. 



S. Reicnaf. 



THE POINTER CLUB. 



Editor Forest and. Stream: 



About a dozen breeders and exhibitors of pointers met at 

 the office of the American Kennel Club rooms .on Tuesday, 

 May 8. for the purpose of forming a pointer club, On mo- 

 tion of Mr. Jas. L. Anthony, Mr. C. J. Peshall was called to 

 the chair. Mr. J. H. Winslow was nominated for secretary 

 pro tern, and elected. 



Those present were: A. C. Collins, Hartford, Conn.; E. 

 H. Morris, Jas. L. Anthony. F. R. Hitchcock, New York; C. 

 J. Peshall. Jersey City; Elliot Smith, New York; J. M. 

 Arnolt, Tremont, N. Y.; J. H. Phelan, Jersey City; E. R. 

 Bellman, Madison, N. J.; J. H. Winslow, Philadelphia; 

 Geo. L. Wilms, Jersey City, and Jacob Pentz, New York. 

 Communications were read from a number of gentlemen 

 who desired to become, members of the club. The following 

 is a list of those who desire to become members of the club, 

 but were unable to be present in person: Dr. W. W. E. Al- 

 cott, Avon, Conn.; Hon. Jno. S. Wise, Richmond, Va.; Dr. 

 W. F. Strong. Bridgeport, Conn.; B. F. Seitner, Dayton, O.; 

 C. M. Munhall, Cleveland, O.; Chas. Heath, Newark. N. J.: 

 Thos. M. Steele, Dover, N. H.; Geo. N. Beckwith,' Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa.; F. W. Fawcett, Savannah, Ga.; Jno. M. Tracv, 

 Ocean Springs, Miss.; S. R. Bradley, Greenfield Hill, Conri.; 

 M. V. D. Saunders, Detroit, Mich.; Wm. Tetterington, 

 Wvauet, 111.; W. A. Anderson, Kansas City. Mo.; Dr. Jno. 

 R.' Daniels, Albert Smith wright. Philip "Trottner, F. S. 

 Stoekey, Cleveland, O.; Fred. Stringelin, Hartford, Conn.; 

 J. E. Isgrigg, Indiauapolis, Ind.; J. P. Swain, New York. 



Mr. Anthony moved that the chair appoint a committee 

 of three to draft it constitution and by-laws. This was 

 seconded by Mr. Phelan and carried. The chair then ap- 

 pointed Mr. F. R. Hitchcock, of New York; Mr. A. C, Col- 

 lins, of Hartford and Mr. James L. Anthony, of New York, 

 to draw up a form of constitution and by-laws to be sub- 

 mitted to the club. This committee retired and after con- 

 sultation submitted the following constitution and by-laws, 

 which, on motion of Mr. Hitchcock and seconded by Mr. 

 Bellman, it was unanimously adopted. 



It was moved and seconded that a copy of the constitution 

 and minutes of this meeting be furnished to the sporting 

 papers by the secretary, and further, that the charter mem- 

 bers be given until July 1 to join the club and pay their 

 dues, which were placed' at $5 a year; and further, that a 

 meeting of the charter members be held on or about July 1 

 upon call of the chairman of this meeting. This was carried. 

 It was then moved to adjourn. 



Any one desiring to join the club can do so by forwarding 

 their name and residence, together with $5 by or before July 

 1 to the temporary secretary, Mr. J. H. Winslow," 608 Chest- 

 nut street, Philadelphia. J. H. Winslow, Sec. pro tern. 



CONSTITUTION OF THE POINTER CLUB OF AMEBIC A. 



Section 1. The object of the club shall be to promote the 

 breeding of pointers, to develop and bring to perfection the 

 natural high qualities of the same for field use, to define and 

 publish a description of the true type, to urge the adoption 

 of such type on breeders, competitors at field trials and bench 

 shows, as the standard by which such pointers should be 

 judged, and to suggest to all field trial associations and 

 shows where pointers compete, the names of qualified and 

 proper judges. 



Sec. 2. The club shall consist of a president, four vice- 

 presidents, a secretary and treasurer (one person), and a com- 

 mittee of fifteen (including the before mentioned officers) 

 and an unlimited number of members. 



SEC. 3. Five members of the committee shall be withdrawn 

 by lot each year, at a meeting to be held at the New York 

 show, or at any other time or place that may be named by 

 the committee as best suiting the convenience of the active 

 members of the club (timely notice of at least sixty days be- 

 ing given of any change in the place), and five new members 

 be elected to fill the vacancies, the retiring members to be 

 eligible for re-election. 



SEC. 4. The entire control and management of the club 

 shall be vested in the committee, who shall have power to 

 make by-laws and decide upon all matters in dispute not 

 provided for by the Constitution of the club. Five shall 

 constitute a quorum. 



Sec. 5. The election of members shall be by ballot, and 

 shall be vested solely in the committee under the provisions 

 of Section 3— two black balls to exclude. 



SEC. 6. The entrance fee for all members admitted on or 

 before July 1, 1SSS, shall be five dollars each— which sum 

 shall also include the annual dues to July 1, 1882 On and 



after July 1, 1888, an admission fee of five dollars shall be 

 charged, together with the sum of five dollars as annual dues 

 for the current year, both of which sums shall be payable at 

 the time of election. The annual dues for each succeeding 

 year shall be payable on the 1st of July each year in advance, 

 aud any member whose dues shall remain unpaid for the 

 period of three months, shall after due notice be suspended, 

 and if after a lapse of thirty days after suspension the dues 

 still remain unpaid, shall without further notice cease to be 

 a member. 



Sec. 7. Subscriptions and donations, entrance fees and 

 dues, shall after payment of all expenses be applied in such 

 manner as the committee may determine in the purchase of 

 cups or stud medals, or given in money prizes for competition 

 by members of the club at a field trial or dog show to be held 

 under the auspices of the club, or for general competition at 

 any recognized field trials or bench shows at their option. 



Sec. 8. Judges at field trials aud dog shows (where such 

 judges have been recommended by the club) shall be requested 

 to send to the secretary the names of such dogs as may show 

 excellency of merit in their work in the field, or as approach- 

 ing perfection in the type fixed by the club as the true stand- 

 ard by which pointers should be judged on the bench, and 

 there shall be kept and printed a register of the names, 

 breeding, color and markings of such dogs as shall be thus 

 favorably mentioned together with their special points of 

 excellence as specified by the judges. 



Sec. 9. Committee meetings shall be held at least once 

 every three months, and a general meeting of members at 

 least once a year for the election of five members of the com- 

 mittee as provided in Section 3. Thirty days notice shall be 

 given each member of each general meeting, and ten days 

 notice to each member of the committee, of any regular com- 

 mittee meeting, the latter may be convened at any time upon 

 call of the president, or any three members of the committee, 

 and a general meeting shall be called at the request of any 

 ten members of the club given in writing to the president or 

 secretary thirty days prior to the time named. 



Sec. 10. At every general meeting the president or one of 

 the vice-presidents shall be chairman, or failing these a 

 member of the committee chosen by themselves, such chair- 

 man to have a casting vote at all meetings. The minutes of 

 all meetings shall be read and approved by the next sub- 

 sequent meeting and be signed by the chairman of such 

 meeting. 



SEC. 11. Any member may cease to be such by giving 

 written notice of his intention to withdraw from the club, 

 but no member can withdraw until his dues for the current 

 year in which he gives notice shall have been paid. 



SEC. 12. The secretary and treasurer shall at all times keep 

 a registry of the names of the club members, also a minute 

 book of all proceedings and an itemized account of all re- 

 ceipts and disbursements, all of which books shall be open 

 to the inspection of any member in good standing. 



THE BALTIMORE DOG SHOW. 



A T the dog show held at Baltimore, Md., April 24 to 27, 

 XlL under the management of Frank Hall, there were 137 

 entries, of which number 127 were present. All of them re- 

 ceived notice with the exception of two that were not for 

 competition. Following is a list of the 



AWARDS. 



stakes, W. P. Riggs's The Moor. 



ST. BERNARDS.— Rough— -Dogs: 1st, G. C. HnsknTs Bonaven- 



ture; 2d and sweepstakes, J. & J. Gault's Robin Hood; 3d. 



Leo. Com.. F. Lesgemann's Nero, Bitches and puppies absent. 

 —Smooth— Duns: 1st, Dr. W. H. Martenet's Leonine. Bitches: No 

 entries— Puppies— Bitches: 1st, A. L. Bosley's Irene. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS— 1st, T. J. Sherhrook's Follie; 2d, A. H. 

 New's Nellie. 



DEER HOUNDS.— 1st, Dr. J. W. Downev's Thora II. 



POINTERS— .Champion— C. W. Littlejohn's Frita.- Open- 

 Large— 1st, J. Carrigan, Jr.'s, Guy; 2d, S. Morgan's Princess; 

 3d, J. E. Duker's Bravo. High com., J.B. Scott's Turk.— SsiAnL— 

 1st, C. W. Lictlejohn's Virginias; 2d, D. W. Oyster's Telie Doe; 3d 

 and puppy sweepstakes, F. Pitzer's Hindoo Fritz. Very high 

 com., M. Lenzberg's Tell.' 



ENGLISH SETTERS.-Dosw: 1st, E. W. Jester's Blue Prince- 

 2d, J. F. Busey's Gus Bondnu II.; 3d, H. L. Clark's Duke of Ma; 

 geuta. Very high com. and puppy sweepstakes, E. W. Jester's 

 Don Du. High com., M. Lenzberg's Doctor and J. E. Duker's 

 Geb. Com., D. J. L. McCormick's Beppo. Bitches: 1st and 2d, E. 

 W. Jester's Sleeping Beauty and Clip. Very high com., C. J. Car- 

 roll's Countess Reifcah. Com., J. E. Bardroff's" Queen B. Pup- 

 pies: 1st and 2d, D. and B. N. Smith's David and Dora. Special 

 (LleweUin), A. L. Bosley's Lady Dixon. 



BLACK AND TAN SETTERS.-lst, Mra. Albert Grendall's 

 Fannie. 



IB.ISH SETTERS. -Itof/s: 1st, J. F. Busey's Hella; 3d, T. J. 

 Foley's Elcho, Jr.: 3d, J. E. Duker's Con. Very high com., W. L. 

 Washington's Count. High com., W. P. Zollinger, Jr's Bruce. 

 Com., II. Wenzing's Elko IV. and L. Dieterich's Roller. Bitches: 

 No entries. Puppies: 1st, E. W. Jester's Norah Mavourneen; 2d, 

 D. Williams's Aileen. 



GORDON SETTERS.— Champion— Absent.- Dogs: 1st, M. Mc- 



Cormick's Dan; 2d A. R. Ri dsecker's Dan. Bitches: 1st, M. Mc- 

 rmick's Nix. Puppies: 1st, E. V. Cordell's Fleet. 



C'0 IT 



IRISH WATER SPANIELS.-lst, W S. Medinger's Rosie. 



COCKER SPANIELS.— Champion— C. M. Nelles's Mike. Open— 

 1st, A. H. Wbitridgc's Toodles. ; 



FOXHOUNDS.— Dogs: 1st, 2d and3d, A. Brown's Somerby, States- 

 man and Richmond. Very high com., Elk Ridge Club's General. 

 Bitches: 1st. 2d. 3d, very high com. and high com. (-1), A. Brown's 

 Rose, Handmaid, Bashful, Rutuful, Fancy, Thora, Rapid and 

 Vanity. High com., Elk Ridge Club's Maido. Juno and Singwell. 

 Puppies: 1st and sweepstakes, A. Brown's Sport; 2d, G. H. Hage- 

 dorn's Frank. 



BEAGLES.— Champion— Dog: W. S. Clark's Fitzhugh Lee. Re- 

 serve, A. L. Bosley's Rattler lit. Bitch: A. L. Bosley's Myrtle.— 

 Open -Dogs: 1st, A. L. Bosley's Chimer. Bitches: 1st, F. A. Bond's 

 Blanche; 2d, A. L. Bosley's Thorn II.; 3d, F. C. Staut's Tiney.— 

 Puppies- Dogs: 1st, F. C.Stanf's Stonewall Jackson. Bitehes: 1st, 

 A. L. Bosley's Endy. 



DACHSHUNDE.— 1st, A. Roeder's Max. 



BASSET HOUNDS.-lst, F. A. Bond's Philadelphia. 



FOX-TERRIER S — Dogs: 1st, A. Webb's Grit. Bitches: 1st, J. 

 H. Voss's Flirt.— Puppies— Duos: 1st, W. Barrie's Dot; 2d, Dr. W. 

 H. Martenet's Bess. Bitches: 1st, A. L. Bosley's Pretty Kniff .— 

 Wihe-Haired— 1st, A. n. Bosley's Frauk O. 



COLLIES.— Champion— Dog: M. Harrison's Nnllamore. Bitch: 

 M.Harrison's Jersey Lass.— Open— Dogs: 1st, J. W. Rice's Nero; 

 :M tied 3d, M. Harrison's SfrepUon and Roslyn. Very high com., 

 R. G. Williams's Larry. High com., Miss Helen Wy man's Home- 

 wood. Bitches: 1st, M. Harrison's Flurry III.; 2d, W. G. Long's 

 Belle O'B.— Puppies— Dof/s; 1st, M.Harrison's Roslyn: 2d. Mi*s 

 Florence G. Horwitz's Royal Bruce. Bitches: 1st, R. G.WUliams's 

 Scotina. 



BULLDOGS.— Champion— C. D. Cugle's Merry Monarch.— 

 Open— Dogs: 1st, J. II. Sanderson's Sandy; 2d, A. L. Bosley's 

 Tost'g. Bitches: 1st, C. D. Cugle's Soudan. 



BULL-TERRIERS.— J>j0tc 1st, A. L. Bosley's Jackson; 2d, S. 

 M. Gilbert's Tough. High com.. L. R. Foley's Roily and 'lurk II. 

 Bitches: 1st, N. Higs' Bronta; 2d, F. W. Clotworthy's Kate. 



BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS— 1st, A. J. GrindaJl's Royal 

 Duke. 



DANDIE DINMONT TERRIERS.— 1st, A. J. Black's Jed. 



IRISH TERRIEUS.-lst, W. Harrison's Breda Jim. 



SKYE TERRIERS— 1st, J. B. Bingham's Jennie. 



PUGS.— Dogs; 1st, Miss Marion E. Bannister's Jumbo, Jr.; 2d, 

 G. A. 0'Donr.ell's Bob; 3d, F. A. Schilling's Rex. Bitches: 1st. C. 

 D. Bannister's The Ductless. Puppies: 1st, C. D. Bannister's 

 Saxon; 2d, G. A. O'Donnotl's Sully. 



KING CHARLES SPANIELS. — 1st, M. O'Shea's Stanley. 



ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS— 1st and 2d, Mrs. Annie M. Kra- 

 mer's Lillie and Roman: 3d, Mrs. A W.. Jay's Beauty, 



POODLES.-C. R, Thompson's Vixen. 



