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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 81, 1887. 



Satjgertxes Fish and Game Club. — This club, of Sau- 

 gerties, N. Y., has elected the following officers: Presi- 

 dent, T. B. Keeney; Vice-President, John Seamon; Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, J. P. Russell. The club proposes to 

 stock the Esopus Creek and other waters, and to secure 

 vigorous enforcement of the laws. 



The First Shad from the Hudson.— The cold spring 

 has delayed the shad season in the Hudson. The first 

 fish is usually looked for about the middle of March, but 

 on Monday, March 28, it was taken in a fyke-net at South 

 Beach, Staten Island, by Benj. Sharrott. 



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THE MINNESOTA COMMISSION. 



WE HAVE the report of the Fish Commissioners of 

 Minnesota for the two years front July 31, 1884 to July 

 31, 1886. In 1884 the work was largely with the lake trout 

 and whitefish. With the latter, with what were received 

 from the United States Fish Commission, there were oyer 

 20,000.000, which exceeded the capacity of the hatchery, and 

 therefore, one-half of these were planted in Lake Superior 

 when the embryo was well developed in the egg. Later on 

 the remainder were hatched and planted near Duluth. Dur- 

 ing the same year there were planted in the inland lakes 

 and waters of the State 625.000 wall-eyed pike, 8,000 Califor- 

 nia mountain trout, 50.000 landlocked salmon. 39,000 black 

 bass, 289,000 brook trout, 261. 000 lake trout and 3,105 German 

 carp. In all over 11,000.000 fish for the eighteen months end- 

 ing Dec. 31, 1885. Tn 1886 the plant reached 12,692.550. 



A very creditable collection of fishes, native of the State, 

 was made for the World's Exhibition in New Orleans. The 



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return the collection will be placed in the State hatchery. 



The increasing demand for more fish compelled an addi- 

 tion of hatching capacity, and during the past summer an 

 addition to the building, 20x40ft.. has been made, which 

 doubles the capacity of the former hatchery. Much annoy- 

 ance has been felt from lawless men working in a gravel 

 pit, whose meddlesome presence and thieving compelled 

 the building of a high board fence, topped with barbed wire, 

 and heavy gates like a fortress, and even then the garrison 

 had to be* reinforced by a special policeman and a corps of 

 bulldogs to keep out these persistent marauders and free- 

 booters. 



The new United States hatchery at Duluth is described at 

 length, with seven full page illustrations of sections and 

 elevations, as well as floor plans. This is followed by some 

 extracts from the Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission, 

 one on the "Preservation of Fresh Fish," by Prof. J. Cassar 

 Ewart, and another on "Preserving Fish in -Scotland by the 

 Roosen Process," by Oscar Malniros. Tables of the distribu- 

 tion of the fish, and of the expenditures of the Commission 

 complete the re port. 



THE WISCONSIN COMMISSION. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



By the Commissioners of the State of Wisconsin up to the 

 26th of March, there have been distributed 2,750,000 brook 

 trout fry to 194 applicants. When our season is over we ex- 

 pect this number to be increased to considerably more than 

 3,000,000, and the number of applicants to some' 225. There 

 have been distributed, also, some 425,000 lake trout, and 

 there, are about the same number still at the hatchery at 

 Madison. At present there are in our hatching troughs 

 about 500,000 of mountain trout eggs and fry, and when the 

 season closes our output will be nearly one million. At the 

 Milwaukee branch hatchery there are some 50,000,000 white- 

 fish eggs in the process of hatching, and it is intended, when 

 the proper season arrive*, to fill that hatchery with wall-eyed 

 pike eggs. There is a very large demand for these pike, and 

 though "during 1885 and 1886 there were 18,000,000 distributed, 

 we have applications on file now for more than double that 

 number. 



There are four hundred applications on file for brook trout 

 for this season, representing more than 7,000,000 fry. In 

 consequence we have been obliged to reduce the allowance 

 for each applicant very considerably, and even then we will 

 be unable to fill more than one-naif of the applications. 

 From the fact that numerous boards of'supervisors, through 

 their chairmen, are applying for these fry for the various 

 streams within their jurisdiction, it can be seen that the 

 general public of the State are taking a deep interest in the 

 stocking of their streams. 



There have been two important bills in connection with 

 our fishery interests introduced before the present session of 

 the Wisconsin Legislature, and though not yet become law 

 there is no doubt of their going through all right, both of 

 them having passed through the Senate. The old laws are 

 remodeled and condensed and the Walters of the State are 

 divided into two classes. The Great Lakes and their bays, 

 and the inland waters. The bill in connection with the 

 Great Lakes prohibits any person from catching, buying, 

 selling or having in their posession any whitefish of less 

 weight than l>olbs. round or lib. dressed. It also divides 

 the coasts into four districts and appoints a warden for each 

 district, and these wardens are to devote their whole time in 

 seeing that the provisions of the bill are carried out. Dur- 

 ing the last few years there has been an enormous slaughter 

 of young whitefish from }£ to 1^'bs. in weight, and I think 

 this bill will have the desired effect. The fishermen them- 

 selves are strongly in favor of it and evidently see that it is 

 to their interest to allow the fish to reach an age at which 

 they are of some commercial value and also reproducers of 

 their kind. 



The bill in reference to the inland waters appoints a close 

 season for each of our better class of fish, prohibits spearing 

 except in Lake Winnebago for sturgeon and in the Missis- 

 sippi and allows no nets except dip-nets from Nov. 25 to 

 Dec. 15. No brook trout will be al lowed to be shipped out 

 of the State and no person will be allowed to catch or have 

 in their posssession trout (brook or mountain) of less than 

 din. in length. 



As an evidence of the general popularity of the Board of 

 Commissioners and the good results of their past labors, the 

 present Legislature unanimously passed an appropriation 

 of £12,000 per year for the next two years. The vacancy 

 caused by the death of the late J. V. Jones, of Oshkosh, was 

 filled by the appointment of the Hon. E. S. Minor, of Stur- 

 geon Bay, who, from the fact of his having been a practical 

 fisherman and living on Lake Michigan for the past thirty 

 years, will prove of great assistance in the considerations 

 of the board. Jas. Nevin. Supt. Fish Com. 



Aiadison, March, 18S7. 



THE GRAMPUS.— The United States Fish Commission 

 schooner Grampus, whose lines and plans we recently pub- 

 lished, will soon go on a cruise from Cape Hatteras to Cape 

 Cod. I he object of this cruise will be observation, research 

 and collecting. The schooner is now fitting out with all the 

 necessities for the trip, and will be commanded by Capt. 

 Henry Collins, brother of the former commander and 

 designer of the vessel. 



SHORT LOBSTERS.— Boston, Mass., March 24— Deputy 

 Fish Commissioner F. R. Shattuck made complaint against 

 Chas. L. Barnes, 194 Lincoln street, for having in his pos- 

 session the tails of lobsters which the Government said 

 belonged to those of less than 10}^ in. in length. These tails 

 were pickled, and the evidence showed had been purchased 

 in Maine in that condition, there, being no law in Maine 

 prohibiting the business. Expert testimony was introduced 

 on both sides as to the probable length of the lobster when 

 alive, judging from view of the tail out of the shell after 

 being boiled and after being pickled. The case was tried 

 last week before Chief Justice Parmeuter, under acts of 

 1884. section 84, chapter 91, Public Statutes, which provides 

 for the preservation of these crustaceans and says a penalty 

 of $5 for each lobster less than lO^in. found in 'defendant's 

 possession. The defendant contended that the lobsters when 

 alive were of lawful length, and that they were not taken in 

 this commonwealth, and that our statute could not apply 

 to dead lobsters brought from another State, because to so 

 construe it would make it repugnant to the Constitution of 

 the United States, which clothes Congress -with exclusive 

 powers to regulate commerce between the States. The court 

 reserved its decision until to-day, when defendant was found 

 guilty and sentenced to pay 8100 and costs. This is the first 

 case of the kind ever tried in this commonwealth. — HUBBARD. 



CALIFORNIA COMMISSION.— Sacramento, March 17. 

 —Editor Forest ami Stream : The terms of Messrs. Dibble 

 and Buckingham, members of the State Board of Fish 

 Commissioners, having expired, Governor Bartlett has ap- 

 pointed fn their stead Hon. Joseph Routier, of Sacramento, 

 and a gentleman named Harvey, of Los Angeles. Of the 

 latter nothing is known here, but Mr. Routier is an old and 

 respected resident of this county, and will make an excellent 

 official. He is a Frenchman by birth, but an American in 

 everything else. He has been Senator from this county, and 

 is one of the leading fruit-growers of this section — an intelli- 

 gent, energetic man. and one who will give the State good 

 service. — N. E. WHITE. 



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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



March 29 to April 1, 1887.— Inaugural Dog Show of Rhode 

 Island Kennel Club, Providence, R. I. N Seabury, Secretary, 

 Box 1333, Providence. Entries close March 15. 



April 5 to 8, 1887.— Third Annual Dog Show of New England 

 Kennel t'luti, Boston. F. L. Weston, Secretary, Hotel BoyUton, 

 Boston, Mass. Entries close March 19. 



April 12 to 15, 1887.— Thirteenth Annual Dog Show of the Western 

 Pennsylvania Poultry Society, at Pittsburgh, Pa. C. B. Elben, 

 Secretary. 



April 19 to 22.— Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Philadelphia 

 Kennel Club. E. Comfort, President. 



April 26 to 29.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Hartford Kennel 

 Club. A. C. Collins, Secretary. Hartford, Conn. 



May 3 to 6, 1887.— Eleventh Annual Dog Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, Madison Square Garden, New York. James Morti- 

 mer, Superintendent. Entries close April 18. 



May 24 to 27.— Inaugural Dog Show of the Michigan Kennel 

 Club, at Detroit, Mich. Chas. Weil, Secretary. Newberry and Mc- 

 Millan Building, Detroit, Mich. Entries close May 10. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



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

 Association. R. C. Van Horn, Secretary, Kansas Citv. 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. 



December.— First Annual Field Trials of the American Field 

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

 O. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



HP HE 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 

 81.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2832, New 

 York. Number of entries already printed 4827. 



INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION IN DOGS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Having read Dr. Grinnell's interesting article upon in- 

 testinal obstruction in dogs, I would like to add a word to 

 it and relate my experience with this verv fatal disorder. I 

 have now observed several cases of it, and have had recourse 

 to laparotomy twice for the relief of this condition, both 

 operations being followed by good recoveries. The cases are 

 as follows: 



No. 1. A pointer bitch, two years old, showed signs of ob- 

 struction, the belly becoming tense and tympanitic, by which 

 is meant that on percussion with the fingers it gives a hol- 

 low, dram-like sound. The animal was in considerable 

 pain, maintained the attitude of partial flexion, was very 

 feverish, and took no food. She had passed no faeces tor 

 over 48 hours, though calomel and jalap had been adminis- 

 tered by her owner. I decided to perform an operation with 

 the consent of the owner, who saw that the bitch could be 

 saved by no other means. Ether was given, and an incision 

 Sin. long made in the abdominal wall. The intestines were 

 pulled out and kept warm by clothes wrung out of hot ear- 

 bolized water. I speedily found a large tumor in the small 

 intestine, and cutting over it, removed a mass nearly the 

 size ©f a hen's egg, consisting of a nucleus of bone," sur- 

 rounded by matted hair, whose fibers were strongly agglu- 

 tinated together. The intestine was stitched up with a cat- 

 gut ligature, and then the intestinal walls were strongly 

 sutured with iron-dyed silk. Two rings were screwed into 

 the floor, at about 2ft. distance from each other, and the ani- 

 mal's legs were fastened to these, she lying on her side. An 

 eighth of a grain of morphine was injected, and the bitch 

 made a good recovery. 



The other case was nearly similar, but the impaction 

 resulted from a piece of turkey bone which stuck crosswise 

 in the intestine. The animal recovered soon after the 

 operation. 



In France a number of dogs are gored by wild boars every 

 year, so that the intestines fully protrude from the 

 abdominal walls. These are rudely stitched up by the 

 game keepers, and a large number recover, so that the 

 probabilities are that the operation is a procedure which 

 gives many chances of good results in cases where death is 

 unavoidable without it. 



It is a fact, however, that some puppies may have signs of 

 intestinal obstruction, who have in reality ulceration of the 

 intestines. I saw such a case a couple of years ago in a 

 beagle a few months old. There was absolute retention of 

 fasces, no bloody passages, great fever and prostration. After 

 death I found over a hundred small round ulcers through- 

 out the. large and small intestines. 



My conclusion is that it. is advisable to perform laparotomy 

 in any case of obstruction occurring in adult dogs, if they 

 cannot be relieved by the means set forth by Dr. Grinnell. 

 The operation can haidly be performed by one who is not a 

 physician, but any doctor can do it with facilitv. 



The dressing which I used after the operation consisted of 

 a large pad of absorbent cotton soaked in carbolized glycer- 

 ine and water, covered with rubber protective, and kept on 

 by a bandage applied pretty tightly around the body. 



I should be very glad to hear something more about this 

 very interesting subject. G. G. VAN SCHAICK, M.D. 



New York. 



THE BENCH SHOWS. 



NEW YORK. 



■\TEW YORK, March 25.— Editor Forest and Stream; The 

 jL\ following gentlemen will act as judges at our coming 

 show: Mastiffs, Herbert Mead. Esq. St. Bernards, James 

 Mortimer, Esq. English bloodhounds, Newfoundlands, Great 

 Danes, bulldogs, bull-terriers, Scotch, Dandie Dinmont, 

 Bedlington and Skye terriers, dachshunde, Basset hounds, 

 Roland H. Barlow, Esq. Pointers, J. O. Douner, Esqi 

 English setters, J. M. Tracey, Esq. Irish and black and tan 

 setters, W. H. Fierce, Esq. Spaniels, J. H. Winslow, Esq. 

 Fox-terriers and Irish terriers. Percy C. Reid, Esq.. of 

 England. Pugs, black and tan terriers, Yorkshire terriers, 

 toy terriers and toy spaniels, Dr. M. H. Cryer. Deer- 

 hounds, greyhounds, poodles and Italian greyhounds, J. R. 

 Pierson, Esq. Beagles and foxhounds, W. F'. Streete'r, Esq. 

 Collies, T. H. Terry, Esq. Miscellaneous classes, Messrs. 

 Barlow and Pierson. H. Clay Glover, V. S., will act as 

 veterinarian.— James Mortimer, Supt. 



BUFFALO. 



At a meeting of the Buffalo Kennel Club held in this city 

 March 15, the secretary was instructed to notify your paper 

 that the dog show recently held here was not under the aus- 

 pices of the Buffalo Kennel Club and was in no way con- 

 nected with it. It was entirely a oue-man money-making 

 scheme of Mr. Chadyne, the owner of the building in which 

 the show was held. This gentleman, hearing of the organi- 

 zation of the Buffalo Kennel Club, made use of its name; 

 this was objected to and a committee appointed to wait on 

 Mr. Chadyne and request him to discontinue the use of the 

 club's title. He agreed to do so. and nothing further was 

 noticed until the prizes were awarded, when the cards given 

 to winners were found to read: "First Annual Bench Show 

 of the Buffalo Kennel Club." This breach of faith should 

 be known by all exhibitors at the late show, as the prizes 

 they received were not given by the Buffalo Kennel Club.— 

 The Buffalo Kennbl Club, per Chas. b. Cook Sec'y. 



DETROIT. 



We have already received over 300 applications for entrv 

 blanks which will be mailed by March 31. and the prospects 

 are that we will have six to seven hundred dogs at our show. 

 They come from all parts of the country, from Maine to 

 Dakota, and from nearly all portions of the South. Our 

 premium list will contain fully §3,000 worth of prizes, includ- 

 ing special prizes which are so'arranged that every first prize 

 winner wins one special or more. One range valued at $50 

 is offered to the exhibitor making the largest number of 

 entries. Two more S50 ranges; nine *35 silver cups, besides 

 many cash specials and other useful articles too numerous 

 to mention, make up the special premiums. We have 

 secured the services of Messrs. J. M. Taylor, Cleveland, and 

 J. F. Kirk, Toronto, as judges; and Mr. George II. Hill. 

 Madeira, Ohio, as superintendent, which latter fact will 

 assure all exhibitors that their dogs will be properly tnken 

 care of.— Charles Weil, Secretary. 



BOSTON. 



The following is the official list of entries at the Boston 

 show: 41 mastiffs, 83 St. Bernards, 13 Newfoundlands, 19 

 deerhounds, 16 greyhounds, 6 Chesapeake Bays, 100 pointers. 

 89 English setters, SI Irish setters, 46 Gordon setters. 2 Irish 

 water spaniels, 7 clumbers, 14 field spaniels, 55 cockers, 33 

 beagles, 1 basset, 9 poodles, 20 bulldogs. 3:2 bull-terriers, 53 

 fox-terriers, 5 Scotch terriers, 4 Irish terriers, 4 Dandies, 8 

 black and tan terriers, 15 Skye terriers, 34 Yorkshires, 42 

 pugs, 24 King Charles, 24 miscellaneous, 47 selling class. 

 Total, 1,027. The above includes all the leading champions 

 of the day.— Bench Show Committee. 



PITTSBURGH. 

 New specials are £25 cash for best collection of not less than 

 five terriers; 85 for kennel man showing largest and best- 

 conditioned collection of English setters; -S5 for best pair of 

 Irish water spaniel bitches. The date of closing the entries 

 has been made Monday, April 4, after which positively no 

 entries will be received. The entries are coming in rapidly 

 and everything indicates a fine show. L. F. Whitman, Supt. 



PHILADELPHIA. 

 We have added to our list of premiums classes for Great 

 Danes or Ulmer dogs, $10 for first and silver medal for 

 second; bitches $10 and silver medal.— W. H. Child, Sec. 



SHOW REPORTS. — Editor Forest and Stream: I read 

 Mr. C. H. Mason's critique on the Buffalo show with much 

 pleasure. He shows no diffidence in dealing with the faults 

 of the dogs and in saying what they really are. To a super- 

 ficial observer it would appear that the prize winners were 

 dogs in whom most of the possible defects of the canine race 

 were pre-eminent; but we must recall Forest and Stream's 

 reply to an exhibitor who had been more than ordinarily 

 ruthlessly dealt with. I cannot remember the exact words, 

 but they were to the effect that the object of criticism was 

 to bring out the bad points of the dogs under discussion, not 

 the good ones. Then, after pulling "the spaniel prize win- 

 ners to pieces without mercy, Mr. Mason concludes by say- 

 ing: "It is a pleasure to judge such a class," or words to 

 that effect, showing that the dogs, in spite of their faults, 

 were as a class above the ordinary run. No dog lives who is 

 without defect. Owners look on the faults of their pets 

 with all too lenient eyes; but a judge or reporter, happily for 

 the success of breeding, is not blinded by his love. He will, 

 and especially Mr. Mason, let the public know everything 

 that is wrong, and this is as it should be. I am actually 

 beginning to tremble when I think of the mauling Mr. 

 Mason will most probably give my dogs in his critique on 

 the Newark show, should they be so fortunate as to be 

 placed. It isn't pleasant, but it's wholesome, and I trust be 

 will continue through the season as he has begun it.— C. 



CURRENT NOTES. — The Hillside Kennel has recently 

 imported the well-known fox-terriers Richmond Dazzle and 

 Richmond Myrtle. Each has won a large number of prizes 

 in England and they will now try conclusions with the 



cracks of this country Baltimore will probably "wheel 



into line" and hold a dog show in connection with the 

 County Fair next September, at least the members of the 

 Baltimore Kennel Club are agitating the subject with good 

 prospects of success. 



DARKEY. — Editor Forest and Stream: My worthy 

 friend Doctor Niven has been "smiling (?) all the afternoon" 

 (how about the patients?) because I passed over a few of 

 Darkey's conspicuous defects and called attention to others 

 that had hitherto escaped the Doctor's notice. 1 felt sure 

 that in adopting such a course I would not be misuuder- 

 stood, but as I have been I will make my meaning clearer 

 by adding that 1 have always believed the Doctor capable of 

 distinguishing between long ears and short ones. The 

 object of a report is to instruct-.— Charles H. Mason. 



