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PENNSYLVANIA FISH INTERESTS. 



TN a former issue we gave some extracts from the report of 

 JL this Commission for the years 1885 and 1886. Of the fish- 

 eries at Erie, the only port of importanceon Lake Erie which 

 is within the State, they say: 



The importance and value of Erie as a fishing town . and 

 the benefits to be derived from the artificial propagation of 

 whitefish to be turned into Lake Erie, may be questioned by 

 persons seeking information on those points. It may be 

 stated, in anticipation of such question, that Erie is the only 

 considerable fishing town on the lake in this Commonwealth , 

 and the importance of its fishing industry may be seen by a 

 glance at the following statistics, submitted by Mr. Louis 

 Streuber, one of the principal fish dealers of that city: 



Men employed 



Number of boats used. 



Sailboats 



Small skiffs 



350 



41 



19 



22 



58 



Value of nets $40,000 



Value of boats 80,000 



Value of docks and buildings 25,000 



Value of other apparatus 60,000 



Pounds. 



Whitefish fil,500 



Herring 160,000 



Pike 320,000 



Trout 10,000 



Sturgeon 10,000 



Various other kinds 180,000 



Total 741.000 



Value of fish caught and sold in 1886 $175,200 



Such an industry is well worth preserving and encourag- 

 ing. It might be answered that the fishing interests of the 

 lakes should be able and willing to take care of themselves. 

 Such does not appear to be the case, however. All the States 

 bordering on the lakes, New York, Ohio, Michigan, etc., 

 have been at work for years by artificial propagation and 

 penal laws in efforts to maintain and preserve the fish sup- 

 ply. And, though much good has been done by them, more 

 remains to do, and it is only equitable and courteous toward 

 our neighbors that Pennsylvania should do her share, and, 

 as is shown by the above report of the Erie fish industry, it 

 would seem to be the interest of the Commonwealth to do 

 everything needful to save the valuable whitefish from ex- 

 termination. 



The western hatchery is situated near Erie, and is mainly 

 devoted to whitefish, and during the two years 24,008,000 fry 

 were hatched and planted from it, in addition to 1,000 ; 000 re- 

 ceived from the TJ. S. Commission. The eastern hatchery is 

 upon the Little Lehigh River, near Allentown, and has 

 twelve ponds containing 34,000 breeding trout, both brook 

 and rainbow, besides the ponds of carp. In 1885 there were 

 300,000 trout fry distributed, and in 1886, 260,000, besides 189,- 

 500 rainbow trout, 1,103 black bass and many thousand carp. 



Of the black bass they say: "There is no fish better adapted 

 for stocking inland waters than black bass, and none that 

 will give more abundant and satisfactory returns. Being a 

 remarkably hardy fish, easy of transportation, transplanting 

 has been very successful, and being in addition very prolific, 

 it has multiplied immensely wherever the fishery laws have 

 been respected, and in a great many instances where the legal 

 statutes for its protection at certain seasons have been set at 

 defiance. Whenever even moderately fair opportunities 

 have been afforded them, the black bass have well repaid the 

 trouble and cost of transplanting, which, unfortunately, has 

 not been the case with the introduction of other game and 

 food fishes. 



"The habits of the black bass furnish very interesting sub- 

 jects for study, they do not seem to depend closely on tem- 

 perature, having no opportunity of avoiding the cold they 

 sink to the deepest part of their watery domain at the ap- 

 proach of winter, and if the chill penetrates to their retreats 

 their vitality is diminished, their blood flows more slowly, 

 and they feel no need of food, and forthwith enter into a 

 state of hibernation. In deep lakes, however, they sink be- 

 low the reach of surface chills, and here they are sometimes 

 caught with hook and line through the ice. 



"The spawning season occurs on the approach of warm 

 weather, and the oldest fish, it is said, sometimes anticipates 

 the ordinary season, while many late spawners are occupied 

 with family cares until the last of July, and some young 

 fish are not ready until October and November. Leaving 

 the deep water early in the spring they resort to the shal- 

 lower, where they pair off for breeding, generally selecting 

 for their spawning beds gravelly or rocky bottom, and water 

 from eighteen inches to three feet in depth, though at times 

 water of greater depth is chosen. The eggs are usually de- 

 posited on the bottom in rows, and stick to whatever sub- 

 stance may be found there: they hatch in about a fortnight, 

 the time depending upon the depth and temperature of the 

 water. The parent fishes maintain a vigilant watch over the 

 spawn, driving off intruders, and after the eggs are hatched 

 the vigilance of the parent fishes appears to be redoubled. 



"The young emerge from the egg almost perfectly formed 

 and remain on the bed from three to six days, when they 

 seek deeper water or places where they can readily take 

 refuge from the pursuit of enemies. The parental guardian- 

 ship is maintained until the young fry are able to take care 

 of themselves. 



"They grow rapidly, attaining, when food is plentiful and 

 of the right kind, the weight of a pound during the first two 

 years, the annual increase thereafter being about the same 

 proportion until the maximum, which is from five to six 

 pounds, is reached, though heavier ones of the small- 

 mouthed variety are claimed to have been caught. 



"There are few fresh-water fishes more palatable than the 

 black bass. Its flesh possesses the desirable qualities of 

 firmness, flakiness and whiteness, combined with solidity, 

 proper juciness and rich flavor. As a pan fish it is fully 

 equal to the well known sea bass, and the larger ones are 

 by many as greatly esteemed for boiling or baking as sheeps- 

 head. Taken as a whole, when it is properly served it has 

 few superiors, and if the salmon and brook trout are excepted, 

 probably none. It is cosmopolitan, thriving equally well 

 north and south, demanding only pure cold water, plenty of 

 it. and to be let alone during its spawning seasons.'' 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In Forest AifD Stream of Aug. 4 1 notice in the fish 

 commissioners' report reference to the inefficiency of protec- 

 tive laws in this State. This results, not from lack of proper 

 laws, but for want of any meaus of enforcing them. The 

 whole work is left to the people and to the constables and 

 justices; and experience has taught that they will do noth- 

 ing to enforce game laws. 



I hope that the Legislature will "get onto" what has long 

 been apparent to all thinking sportsmen, i. e., that we have 

 plenty of game laws, and as good as we are likely to get, but 

 that they are worse than useless unless some provision is 

 made for enforcing them. 



A perusal of the game laws of this State would lead one 

 to suppose that game and fish were well protected here; but 



on the contrary game is killed, whenever and in whatever man- 

 ner a person may choose. It is the same with fish. In a 

 twelve-mile ride along the Allegheny River last April, I saw 

 more than fifty men and boys openly fishing for bass, though 

 the season does not open until June 1. 



The Allegheny was formerly one of the finest rivers for fish 

 in the country, and there is no natural reason why it should 

 not continue to furnish abundance of fish for all time. It is 

 a rather rapid river with gravel bottom alternating with 

 deep eddies and shallow riffles; just the right kind of water 

 for breeding fish. 



Within the last ten or twelve years good sport could be 

 had catching bass, pickerel and other varieties of fish; fish 

 were of good size and plenty. Now one may consider him- 

 self lucky if he gets two or three bass of one pound weight 

 for a day's fishing. This decrease is directly traceable to the 

 use of dynamite, and to the influence of the numerous tan- 

 neries and oil refineries located along the river and the 

 creeks which flow into it. Dynamiters have been at work 

 for the last five years all along the river from Pittsburgh to 

 Qlean, and although the residents disapprove of the practice, 

 they do nothing to punish the offenders. I know of only 

 two instances of arrests under the game laws (in this county) 

 and they were for dynamiting fish. I furnished the evidence 

 in both cases. . I do not know what laws we have to apply 

 to the tanneries, oil refineries and acid works, but if there 

 are not laws there should be some laws enacted and enforced 

 strictly. 



What the_ fish commissioners say in regard to fish pro- 

 tection applies with equal force to all kinds of game. Unless 

 we have special officers paid to attend to the enforcement 

 of the game laws we may as well abandon all efforts at pro- 

 tection and repeal all the game legislation we have. There 

 would be at least one advantage to the latter course; the 

 decent sportsman would have an equal chance with the hood- 

 lums and pot-hunters. Mc. 



Eagle Rock, Pa. 



POLLUTING THE WATERS.— The Fish Commissioner 

 of Indiana promises the inconsiderate city cleaners and 

 hygienic promoters who are in the habit of dumping their 

 vault collections into the river, murdering the fish in the 

 water and sleep in the bed chamber, that he will stick the 

 fanged and forked law into them as far as he can drive it if 

 they don't quit. It is a blessed threat, like "threatening 

 weather" in a drouth. At times, when a southwest breeze 

 in a moist, warm atmosphere is blowing, the odor that 

 comes up from these dumping places bears just as little re- 

 semblance as can be found in this world of con trari ties to 

 that borne on the — 



"Gale that sighs along 

 Beds of oriental flowers." 



It is a positive and most unpleasant fact, aNews reporter's 

 family has been sickened with the smell of the abominable 

 filth at the distance of a full half mile. The Board of Health 

 does not appear to have much to do. or do much, but it 

 might lend a little help to the Fish Commissioner, whose 

 only legal ground of action is the needless and nasty destruc- 

 tion of fish. — News. Yes, it might, but the question is, will 

 it? As the custodian, m a measure, of the streams of the 

 State, the Fish Commissioner is in duty bound to see to it 

 that they are not made so unwholesome that fish cannot live 

 in them. This is now about the condition of lower White 

 River. All good citizens should help to hold up the hands 

 of the State Fish Commissioner, who is determined, if pos- 

 sible, to purify the stream. — The People (Indianapolis). 



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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Aug. 30 to Sept. 2.— Hornell Kennel Club Show, Hornellsville, 

 N. Y. J. Otis Fellows, Superintendent. 



Sept. 7 and 8. -Second Show of the Fox-Terrier Club, Newport, 

 R. I. Entries close Aug. 27. F. Hoey, Sec, Long Branch, N. J. 



Sept. 13 to 16.— First Show St. Paul and Minnesota Kennel Club, 

 St. Paul, Minn. W. G. Whitehead. Secretary; Chas. Weil, Super- 

 intendent. 



Sept. 20 to 23.— Fourth Show of the New Jersey Kennel Club, 

 Waverly, N. J. Percy C. Ohl, Secretary, 44 Broadway, N. Y, 



Sept. 20 to 23.— Wisconsin Kennel Club's Annual Show, Mil- 

 waukee, Wis. A. M. Gran. Secretary, 552 East Water street. 



Sept. 27 to 30.— Annual Show of the Southern Ohio Fair Associ- 

 ation, at Dayton, O. M. A. Nipgen, Secretary. 



Oct. 12 and 13.— Third Annual Show of the Stafford Kennel Club, 

 Stafford Springs, Conn. R. S. Hicks, Secretary. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Sept. 6.— Manitoba Field Trials Club Field Trials. Derby entries 

 will close July 1; all-aged entries Aug. 1. Secretary, Hubert Gait, 

 Winnipeg, Manitoba. 



Oct. 17 to 22.— Second Annual Meeting of the American Coursing 

 Club, at Great Bend, Kan. G. I. Royce, Secretary, Topeka, Kan . 



Oct. 31.— First Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kennel Club 

 at Bicknel, Ind. Open to dogs owned in Indiana. P. T. Madison, 

 Secretary, Lock Box 4, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Nov. 7.— Third Annual Field Trials of the Western Field Trials 

 Association. R. C. Van Horn, Secretary. Kansas City. Mo. 



Nov, 21.— Ninth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field Trials 

 Club, at High Point, N. 0. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, 

 Kings County, N. Y. 



December.— First Annual Field Trials of the American Field 

 Trials Club, at Florence, Ala. C. W. Paris, Secretary, Cincinnati, 

 O. 



Jan. 10. 1888.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Texas Field 

 Trials Club, at Marshall, Tex. W. L. Thomas, Secretary, Mar- 

 shall, Tex. 



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 

 York. Number of entries already printed 5296. 



ETHAN ALLIN SETTERS.— The following card from 

 the veteran sportsman, Mr. Ethan Allin, explains itself: 

 "Pom fret Center, Conn., Aug. 10.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: I wish to caution the public against buying pups 

 rarporting to be genuine Ethan Allin American setters un- 

 ess they are sure of their breeding. Certain men are trying 

 to speculate on the reputation my dogs have justly won by 

 their fine field qualities and keen scenting powers, to make 

 money by selling mongrels of their own breeding as pure 

 bred American setters, some even copying the pedigree of 

 Trap (published in Forest and Stream, June 17, 1886) ver- 

 batim and. claiming it to belong to their dog, thereby swind- 

 ling the unwary and damaging mine before the public. I 

 will cheerfully answer all inquiries addressed to me for the 

 benefit of all concerned.— EtiiAN Allin." 



THE MEDAL RULE. 



RULE 25 of the American Kennel Club reads thus: "All 

 clubs, members of this association, shall be required in 

 future to pay all regular prizes strictly in accordance with 

 the description given of them in the published premium list. 

 When medals are awarded, if they are described as gold or 

 silver, their purity shall be that of United States coin. If 

 manufactured of any other material, no description shall be 

 given of its material, It shall be merely called the club 

 medal." 



The Hornell Kennel Club's announcement of premiums 

 states that the medals given by that club are of bronze. 

 Commenting on this Mr. W. Wade writes: 



Editor Forest and, Stream: Your lively neighbor down 

 stairs has done a service in pitching into the Hornell Kennel 

 Club for their nullification of the A. K. C. medal rule, and 

 I am almost tempted to say that "Uncle Dick" has rendered 

 the rules a service by his non-compliance with one, for atten- 

 tion is thereby more directly drawn to the rule than dozens 

 of newspaper articles could do. The Hornell Club announce 

 that they will give medals as prizes, and like honest men say 

 just what their medals are made of; who in the world Avould 

 think that an announcement, so plainly in the interest of 

 common honesty and truth, could be a violation of an A. K. 

 C. rule? Yet sure enough, the rule is not directory, does 

 not say that the club may call a pewter medal "the club" 

 medal, but expressly forbids them to say what it is made of, 

 should it not be silver or gold! In the name of common 

 sense what does this mean? What possible wrong can there 

 be in telling the whole truth? Medals are justly objects of 

 suspicion; a club cannot afford to give cash prizes and offers 

 medals; has not the title of "club" medal a somewhat sus- 

 picious flavor? True, it involves no deceit, and may be in- 

 nocent enough; but why the express provision that there 

 must be such rigid secrecy as to honestly saying what a 

 medal is made of? Wouldn't you rather compete for a medal 

 that you are told is bronze,'than one that maybe bronze, 

 pewter, copper or pig iron? Will not the author or authors 

 of this rule say why it was so constructed that a club cannot 

 tell the whole truth without violating a rule of the A.K.C. ? 

 This beats the Jews! Your wicked neighbor gives the Hor- 

 nell premium list a slur by calling ft a "substitute for a 

 premium list." Exactly, but it is just the very thing that 

 has been looked for by small shows who must economize in 

 every proper way or give no show. This list gives the breeds 

 for which classes will be provided, directions for entries, and 

 entry blank, all on a little piece of paper 6x7in. True, it 

 does not give the A. K. C. rules; it would be better to do so, 

 but "half a loaf is better than no bread," "cut your coat to 

 suit your cloth," and a dozen more aphorisms bear on the 

 point of the wisdom of trying to make outlay come yyithin 

 income; and one of the most threatening dangers to dog 

 shows has been the almost universal losses made by shows 

 this year and last. This year New York and Boston are the 

 only ones said to have made money. Last year Pittsburgh 

 did also. How long are shows to be carried on at a loss? 



The wisdom of the A. K. C. could be exerted in no better 

 way than by such a modification of rules as would allow 

 shows to incur as little expense as possible, consistent with 

 propriety. 



But whatever they do, let them knock out such pewter 

 rules as their present medal one. 



TEXAS FIELD TRIALS.— The secoud annual field trials 

 of the Texas Field Trials Club will be run near Marshall, 

 beginning Jan. 10, 1888. There will be a Deroy and an All- 

 Aged stake, open to amateurs only. Entry $5, members 

 free, entries close Jan. 9. The prizes offered in such stakes 

 are silver cups valued at $50 and $20, and a silver medal 

 valued at $5. The address of the Secretary is W. L. Thomas, 

 Marshall, Texas. 



AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER. 



FOLLOWING: are the numbers of the dogs entered in 

 the August number of the American Kennel Register: 



CHESAPEAKE BAY DOGS. 



5207. Poule d'Eau, C. Phelps. 



COLLIES. 



5208. Gypsy Lass, A. E. Manly. 5210. Victor II., R. S. Nowland. 



5209. Lady Gaffa, F. O. Evans. 



GREAT DANES. 



5211. Nellie, F. C. Evans. 



ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS. 



5212. Dick Steel, C. J. Tanner. 5218. Nellie White, C. J. Tanner. 



MASTIFFS. 



5214. Charlotta, E. H. Moore. 5222. Eoppa. Victor Kennels. 



5215. Cedric, J. Boyd. 5223. Ethel, Victor Kennels. 



5216. Count Robert II., C. G. 5221. Eumer, Victor Kennels. 



Derr. 5225. Grim, J. H. McManus. 



5217. East Lake Media, C. C. Mc- 5226. Hero IV., C. E. Bunn. 



Lean. 5227. Jessie II., G. Kerr. 



5218. Edwv, Victor Kennels. 5228. Juno VI., E. H. Moore. 



5219. Egbert, Victor Kennels. 5229. Max II., G. Kerr. 



5220. El'glva, Victor Kennels. 5230. Patty, E. F. Woodcock. 



5221. Emma, Victor Kennels. 5231. Tiff, H. C. Brush. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS. 

 533a. Follie, W. W. Silvey. 



POINTERS. 



52:33. Dan III., John Aiken, 5239. Miss Duval, Dr. J. Derham 



5231. Doc Hyer, A. M. Hyer. Palmer. 



5235. Fritz IV., Geo. F. Howard. 5210. Sam, C. L. Parker. 



5236. Gypsey, C. L. Parker. 5241. Sue II., C. L. Parker. 



5237. Jessie, Charles G. Dunshee. 5242. Tammany II., J. S. Dun- 



5238. Jim, George F. Howard. shee. 



POODLES. 



5243. Pierrot, Anna P. Stevenson 



PUGS. 



5244. Bradford Bonnie, J.P.Davis 5251. East Lake Lassie, Chas. J. 



5245. Carl, H. R. T. Coffin. Tanner. 



5246. Dumps, Geo. MeD. Blake. 5252. East Lake Toddio, Abel 



5247. East Lake Belle, C. J. Tan- Hoover. 



ner. 5253. Foster, H. R. T. Coffin. 



5248. East Lake Clara, C. J. Tan- 5254. Jim, R. H. Howard. 



ner. 5255. Juliet, Forest City Kennels. 



5249. East Lake Gipsey, Geo. B. 5256. Jura, B. S. Shaw. 



Pengeman. 5257. Princess, Forest City Ken- 



5250. East Lake Laddie, Chas. J. nels. 

 Tanner. 



ST. BERNARDS.— Rotjgh-Coatkd. 



5258. Beauty H, Forest City 5201. Judic, Weiiner and Lin- 



Kennels, coin. 



5259. Cadess, Weimer and Lin- 5262. Leo Bonivard, C. S. Baker. 



coin. 5263. Prince of Valley View, H. 



5260. Don M., Malachi Taylor. G. Wells. 

 Smooth-Coated . 



5264. Apollinaris, J. B. Stacy & 5267. Rodolph, C. H. Puffer. 



Son. 5268. Trojan Tick, J. R. Draper. 



5265. Cafco, H. R. T. Coffin. 5269. Victor, A. G. Holmes. 



5266. Gretna, Forest City Ken- 



nels. 



SETTERS— Enoxjsh Setters. 



5270. Black Chief, H. T. Payne. 5276. Los Angeles, H. T. Payne. 



5271. California Girl, H.T. Payne. 5277. Punch II., Eugene Halpin. 



5272. Claudius, J. J. Melius. 5278. Royal Sput, Tony Bright. 



5273. Dandv Gladstone, J. R. 5279. St. Patrick, H. W. Patton. 



Taylor. 5280. Signet, C. E. Fout. 



5274. Elsinore, H. T. Pavne. 5281. Tom Paine, J. F. Holbrook. 



5275. Iron Duke, Jr., C. M. Snell. 5282. Trifler, H. L. Jordan. 



Ihish Setters. 



5283. Fannie, Mrs. Oliver Teb- 5286. Nino, Chas. E. Perry. 



bets. 5287. Rovene, L. & J. Backer. 



5284. Glen van, Win. Canning. 5288. Sligo Moor, B. D. Sullivan. 



5285. Mina, Chas. J. Miller. 



SPANIELS— FrEiiD and Cocker Spaniels. 



5289. Frou Frou, C. M. Nelles. 5292. Keno Tl., Wm. A. Markell. 



5290. Jette, J. F. Macdonald. 5293. Phyllis, Harry D. Brown. 



5291. Junie Obo, W. L. Dearborn. 



TERRIERS— Boxd-Terriers. 



5294. Blossom, B. D. Mintz. 



Fox-Terriers. 



5295. Belvoir Trap, T. J. Flack. 



Yorkshire Terriebr. 



5296. Ben, Peter Cassidy. 



