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would pull with but a portion of the vigor it had displayed 

 while the line was being made fast. Then we would try 

 to stir them up by jerking on the line. This generally 

 produced the desired effect, but by no means in the de- 

 sired degree before the line had been hauled in to such an 

 extent as to make a fresh connection with the spring- 

 balance necessary. This again took time, and by the 

 time we were ready the fish would again become compara- 

 tively quiescent. Then we disconnected again, hauled 

 the fish in hand over hand, fastened on the spring-balance 

 once more, and then proceeded to stimulate the fish by 

 poking it with the handle of the landing-net. When for- 

 tune seemed to smile on us it was in a but half-hearted 

 fashion. Just as we thought we had a result, the fish 

 would break away so that we could not complete the 

 experiment by determining its weight. With all the 

 larger fish either this was the case, or we could not in- 

 duce them to do their best when we were in a position to 

 record it. 



For two days every fish I fastened, to the number of 

 a hundred and more, was subjected to this experiment. 

 The indicator of the spring-balance was never at rest for 

 an instant when the fish were pulling against it, thus 

 showing an incessantly varying strain. They seemed to 

 pull their best during some portion of the time when the 

 line was held while being attached to the spring-balance 

 for the first time. Rarely indeed could one be induced 

 even by the most savage treatment to prdl as hard again. 

 The greatest effect was produced when the fish darted off 

 sidewise. 



Of the many trials intimated above, in but four instance 

 were the results satisfactorily conclusive. The following- 

 gives the strains in these four cases during the most 

 violent paroxysm of the fish, and as far as I was able to 

 judge measures quite accurately all that the individual 

 fish described could do: 



A trout of 1 pound 9 ounces pulled 1 pound 4 ounces. 



" 1 pound 1 ounce " 12 ounces. 



" " 1 pound 11 ounces " 1 pound 5 ounces. 

 " " 1 pound 9 ounces " 1 pound 8 ounces. 



But though these four cases were all that were suffi- 

 ciently conclusive to merit detailed report, many of the 

 others were more or less suggestive. From the whole 

 series of experiments I concluded that I had underesti- 

 mated the power of trout. I now think that an active 

 and enterprising trout can impose, and that during some 

 part of its struggle for life it may for an instant impose 

 on the leader which holds it a strain equal to the trout's 

 own weight. But this I am inclined to think is the ex- 

 treme limit of its power. 



It was my intention to refrain from printing these ex- 

 periments until with self-registeriog indicators and other 

 specially devised appliances I could continue the investi- 

 gation with salmon as well as with trout, and in such a 

 manner that every fish fastened which did not break 

 away would yield a definite result, instead of, as was the 

 case, but one" out of every thirty or forty. But I am per- 

 suaded to do otherwise. " Henry P. Wells. 



New York, Oc t. 28. .__ 



Florida. — A gentleman writes us that he would like to 

 join a party in camping in Florida where the fishing is 

 good and the cost of living not too great. He would like 

 to spend about three months there. We will take pleasure 

 in placing such a party in correspondence with him. 



Lake Erie Bass.— Cleveland, O., Oct. 39.— For some 

 unexplained reason the inshore fishing in the lake in this 

 region is very poor. It is so poor that very few go out 

 after bass at all. Usually the fishing is good at this time 

 of the year, but this is an exception. — Homertjs. 



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LIST OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



FOREST AND STREAM presents its annual list of the 

 Commissioners of Fisheries and Fishery Officers of the 

 different Provinces, States and Territories of North America, 

 revised and corrected to Oct. 30. Those marked with a * have 

 not been heard from, and the names there given are those of 

 last year: 



The United States— 



Prof. G-. Brown Goode, Washington, D. C. 

 Maj. T. B. Ferguson, Assistant Commissioner, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Col. M. McDonald, Chief of Division of Distribution, 

 Washington, D. C. 

 Alabama— 



Col. D. R. Hundley, Madison. 



Hon. Charles S. G. Doster, Prattville. 

 Arizona— 



J. J. Gosper, P. O. address, Los Angeles, Cal. 



Richard Rule, Yuma. 



J. H. Taggart, Business Manager, Yuma, 

 Arkansas— 



H. H. Rottaken, President, Little Rock. 



J. W. Calloway, Little Rock. * 



W. B. Worthen, Little Rock. 

 California— 



Joseph Routier, President, Sacramento. 



Thos. J. Sherwood, Secretary, Marysville. 



J. Downie Harvey, Los Angeles. 

 Dominion of Canada— 



John Tilton, Deputy Minister of Fisheries, Ottawa, 

 Out. 



Province of New Brunswick— 



W, H. Venning, Inspector of Fisheries, St. John. 

 Province of Nova Scotia— 



W. H. Rogers, Inspector, Amherst. 



A. C. Bertram, Assistant Inspector, North Sydney. 

 Province of Prince Edward Island— 



J. H. Duvar, Inspector, Alberton. 

 Province of Quebec— 



W. Wakeham, Inspector Lower St. Lawrence and 

 Gulf Division, Gaspe Basin. 

 Province of British Columbia— 



Thos. Mowat, Inspector, New r Westminster. 

 Province of Manitoba and North West Territories— 



Alex. McQueen, Inspector, Winnipeg, Man. 



(S. Wilmot, Supt. of Fishculture, New Castle, Out.). 

 *Coloeado— 



John Pierce, Denver. 

 Connecticut— 



Wm. M. Hudson. Hartford. 



Robert G. Pike, Middletown. 



Jas. A. Bill, Lyme. 

 Delaware— 



Ehvood R. Norny, Odessa. 



Dr. E. G. Shortlidge, Assistant and Superintendent 

 of Hatcheries, Wilmington, 



Georgia— 



Hon. J. T. Henderson, Commissioner of Agricultm-e, 

 Atlanta. 



Dr. H. H. Cary, Supt. of Fisheries, LaGrange. 



(Under the laws of the State these constitute the 

 Board of Fish Commissioners.) 

 Illinois— 



N. K. Fairbank. President, Chicago. 



S. P. Bartlett, Secretary, Quincy. 



Maj. G. Breuning, Centralia. 

 Indiana— 



Enos B. Reed, Indianapolis (Term expires in 1887). 



Iowa— 



E. D.'.Carlton, Spirit Lake. 

 Kansas— 



S. Fee, Wamego, Pottawatomie, county. 

 *Kentuckv— 



Wm. Griffith, President. Louisville. 



P. H. Darby, Princeton. 



John B. Walker, Madisonville. 



Hon, C. J. Walton, Mnnfordville. 



Hon. John A. Steele, Midway. 



W. C. Price, Danville. 



Hon. J. M. Chambers, Independence. 



A. H. Goble, Catlettsburg. 



J. H. Mallory, Bowling Green. 

 MAINE— 



E. M. Stilwell, Bangor. 

 Henry 0. Stanley, Dixfield. 



B. W. Counce, Thomaston. Sea and Shore Fisheries. 

 Maryland— 



Dr. E. W. Humphreys, Salisbury. 



G. W. Delawder, Oakland. 

 Massachusetts — 



F;. A. Bracket!, Winchester. 



F. W. Putnam, Cambridge. 



E. H. Lathrop, Springfield. 

 Michigan— 



John H. Bissell, Detroit, President. 

 Hersckel Whitaker, Detroit. 

 Dr. J. C. Parker, Grand Rapids. 

 (Secretary, A. J. Kellogg, Detroit.) 

 (Superintendent, Walter D. Marks, Paris.) 

 Minnesota— 



3d District — Dr. Rob't Ormsby Sweeny, President, 

 St. Paul. 



3d District— Niles Carpenter, Rushford. 

 1st District— William Bird, Fairmount. 

 (Superintendent, S. S. Watkius, Willow Brook, St-. 

 Paul.) 

 Missouri— 



H. M. Garlichs, Chairman, St. Joseph. 

 J. L. Smith. Jefferson City. 



H. C. West, St. Louis. 



A. P. Campbell, Secretary, St. Joseph. 

 (Superintendents: Phillip Kopplin, Jr., St. Louis; 



Elias Cottrill, St. Joseph.) 

 Nebraska— 



William L. May, Fremont. 



Dr. Robert R. Livingston, Plattsmouth. 



B. E. B. Kennedy, Omaha. 

 (Superintendent, M, E. O'Brien, South Bend.) 



Nevada— 



W. M. Cary, Carson City. 

 New Hamphiee— 



Geo. W. Riddle, Manchester. 



Elliot B. Hodge^ Plymouth. 



John H. Kimball, Marlborough. 



(Superintendent, E. B. Hodge, Plymouth.) 

 * New Jersey— 



Richard S. Jenkins, Camden. 



William Wright. Newark. 



F. M. Ward, Newton. 

 New Y"ork — 



Hon. R. B. Roosevelt, President, New York. 



Gen. R. U. Sherman, New Hartfoi-d. 



E. G. Blackford, Fulton Market, New York. 



Wm. H. Bowman, Rochester. 



A. S. Joline, Tottenville. 



E. G. Blackford, Shellfish Commissioner. 



(Superintendents: Seth Green, Rochester; Fred 

 Mather, Cold Spring Harbor; Monroe A. Green, 

 Mumford: James A. Marks, Bloomingdale. Sec- 

 retary: H. H. Thompson, Brooklyn; Clerk of 

 Shellfish Commission, E. P. Doyle, Tbmpkinsville.) 



Ohio— 



Hon. C. V. Osbom, President, Dayton. (Term ex- 

 pires 1891.) 



John Hofer, Bellaire. (Term expires 1890.) 

 H. P. Ingalls, Huntsville. (Term expires 1889.) 

 A. C. Williams, Secretary, Chagrin Falls. (Term ex- 

 pires 18S8.) 



E. D. Potter, Toledo. (Term expires .) 



Pennsylvania— 



Henry C. Ford, President, 524 Walnut street, Phila- 

 delphia. 



James V. Long, 205 Ridge avenue, Allegheny City. 

 H. C. Demuth. Secretary, Lancaster. 

 S. B. Stilwell, Scranton. 

 A. S. Dickson, Meadville. 

 W. L. Powell, Harrisburg, 

 Rhode Island— 



John H. Barden, Rockland. 

 Wm. P. Morton, Providence. 

 Henry T. Root, Providence. 



(These Commissioners are appointed for three years 

 by the Governor, and receive no compensation ex- 

 cept actual expenses). The following are the Shell- 

 fish Commissioners, who are elected by the Legis- 

 lature and receive pay for their services: 



James C. Collins, North Providence. 



N. P. S. Thomas, North Kingstown. 



James M. Wright, Foster. 

 South Carolina— 



Hon. A. P. Butler, Columbia. 

 -Tennessee— 



W. W. McDowell, Memphis. 



H. H, Sneed, Chattanooga. 



Edward D. Hicks, Nashville. 

 Vermont— 



Hon. Herbert Brainerd, St. Albans. 



F. H. Atherton, Waterbury. 

 Virginia- 

 Co!. Marshall McDonald, Berryville. 



*Washington Territory— 



Albert T. Stream, North Cove, Pacific county. 

 West Virginia— 



C. S. White, President, Romney. 

 F. J. Baxter, Treasurer, Sutton. 

 James H. Miller, Secretary, Hinton. 



Wisconsin— 



The Governor, ex-officio. 



Philo Dunning. President. Madison. 



C. L. Valentine, Secretary and Treasurer, Janesville. 



Mark Douglas, Melrose. 



A. V. H. Carpenter, Milwaukee, 



Calvert Spensley, Mineral Point. 



E. S. Miner, Sturgeon Bay. 



(James Nevin, Superintendent. Madison.) 

 Wyoming Territory— 



Otto Gramm, Laramie (Commissioner for the Terri- 

 tory). 



For Carbon county, B, F. Northing-ton, Rawlins. 

 For Laramie county, Dr. W, N. Hunt, Cheyenne, 



notes on the commissions. 



Arizona Territory.— There is no appropriation for this 

 commission, and therefore the office of Commissioner is 

 merely honorary. 



Arkansas.— Of this State we can only repeat the above. 

 The people have not awakened to the importance of fish- 

 culture, and their representatives are still asleep; the Com- 

 missioners pay their own postage, provide their own station- 

 cry, and when they make a report to the Legislature it is 

 never printed. The waters of the State contain some good 

 fish, but are filled with nets, dams, traps, and the dynamiter 

 is abroad with none to molest him or make him afraid. 

 Truly a missionary is needed in Arkansas. • 



California.— The work in this State is being pushed with 

 more than usual vigor, and the reports are very satisfactory. 



Nevada.— Considering the small appropriation much 

 good work has been done in this State. A hatchery is sadly 

 needed in order to stock the waters. At present the one 

 Commissioner is frequently changed and if he attempts the 

 hatching of fishes in the vicinity of his residence the work 

 is merely of a temporary- character. 



New York.— The hatchery at Caledonia has long been the 

 principal source of supply of trout and whitefish, but the 

 Long Island station is evidently going to be the leading one 

 as it has salt-water facilities as well as a flow of fresh water. 

 The South Side Signal says: "The contract for building 

 the new hatchery for the New York Fish Commission, at 

 Cold Spring Harbor, has been awarded to J. B. Lefferts, of 

 Huntington. Work has been begun and the building is to 

 he finished by Jan. 1. It will be the finest hatchery in the 

 State, and its capacity will be greatly increased. Superin- 

 tendent Mather has designed some improvements in both 

 the. fresh and salt-water departments, which will materially 

 simplify the work of hatching and bring it all together on 

 one floor instead of on two as in the old house." The new 

 hatchery in the Adirondacks is in process of erection and. 

 with the hatchery of Mr. Hill at Clayton, will make six fish 

 nurseries belonging to or operated by the State. 



North Carolina.— The Fish Commission has been abol- 

 ished in this State. Mr. S. G. Worth, the former Superin- 

 tendent, worked hard to make it popular but the law-makers 

 looked at the dollars and not at the dinner tables of their 

 constituents. 



Rhode Island.— In this State the old Board of Fish Com- 

 missioners get only their actual expenses, while the Commis- 

 sioners of Shell Fisheries get a salary. As this is mainly a 

 salt-water State it is possible that this state of things ap- 

 proximates the external fitness. 



Utah.— In our last year's list we gave the name of Hon. 

 John T. Caine as the Fish Commissioner of this Territory. 

 We were wrong. Mr. Caine tells us that there is no Board 

 of Commissioners, but as a delegate in Congress he has done 

 what he could to further the fishery interests of the country 

 by the introduction of carp and other fishes, and that he 

 takes great interest in fishculture, and hopes to interest the 

 law-makers in it. 



PROTECTION OF SHAD.— Trenton, N. J., Oct. 26.— The 

 New Jersey fish wardens, whose duty it is to patrol the 

 Delaware River and protect the shad from piratical fisher- 

 men during the close of the season, have finished their re- 

 ports, which w T ill be presented to the New Jersey State Fish 

 Commissioners during the coming week. Although the 

 shad have been of large size and good flavor, there is a 

 marked decrease in the catch year after year. If there is not 

 further protection thrown around them 'it is feared they are 

 doomed to be driven out of the Delaware River, although 

 the Government is placing hundreds of thousands of spawn 

 in the river each year. The nets are thought to be too small 

 in the meshes, and thousands of small shad are caught and 

 sold in bulk to fish dealers, together with great quantities 

 of herring. 



SALMON IN THE HUDSON.— On Tuesday last a spent 

 male salmon was taken at Port Monmouth, N. J., and sent 

 to Fulton Market. The fish was quite poor, being 2>s'ft. 

 long and weighing but Tibs. Mr. Blackford bought it for 

 exhibition only. The hook on the jaw was but slightly de- 

 veloped and the sides were bright with red blotches, which 

 distinguish the male salmon in the breeding season. It is 

 thought that the fish had been up the river and was on its 

 way to the sea to recuperate. 



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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Dec. 6 to 8.— Third Annual Dog Show of the Central Berkshire 

 Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association. W. T. Webster, Sec- 

 retary, Lee. Mass. 



Dec. 6 to 10.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Northern Illinois 

 Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Rocklbrd, 111. W. J. 

 Hamley, Superintendent. 



Dec. 14 to 16.— Third Annual Dog Show of the Winsted Kennel 

 Club. Frank D. Hallett, Superintendent, Winsted, Conn. Entries 

 close Dec. 3. 



Jan. 23 to 27, 1888.— First Dog Show of the Agusta Pet Stock and 

 Poultry Association, at Agusta, Ga. 



Feb. 21 to 24, 1888— Twelfth Annual Show of the Westminster Ken- 

 nel Club, Madison Square Garden, New York. James Mortimer, 

 Superintendent. 



April 3 to 6.— Fourth Annual Dog Show of the New England 

 Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. J. W. Newman, Secretary. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 7.— 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. Entries close Oct, 25. 



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. C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, 

 Kings County, N. Y. 



Dec, 12.— First Annual Field Trials of the American Field 

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



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

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

 shall, Tex. 



Jan. 16.— Fifth Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Coast Field 

 Trial Club, near Kingsburgh, Cal. N. P. Shelden, Secretary, 320 

 Sansome street, San Fraucisco, Cal. 



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 he 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 

 Fork. Number of entries already printed 5492, 



AMERICAN FIELD TRIAL CLUB.-Cincinnati, O 

 Oct, 28.— Editor Forest and Stream: Some days ago you 

 were furnished with a list of judges for the All-Age Stake 

 and two of the judges for the Derby for our trials this fall. 

 I beg to advise you now that J. H, Whitman, of Chicago, 

 111., has been appointed as the third judge for the Derby. 

 You now have the complete list of our judges,— CW, Paris, 

 Secretary, 



