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[April 21, 1887. 



bass in the first eight casts. Those caught on the third 

 cast Avere a four-pounder on the dropper and a two- 

 pounder on the stretcher, both of which I secured by run- 

 ning ashore with them where I had the help of a friend. 

 This was about 3 to 4 P. M., and before dark I had caught 

 twenty- two as nice black bass as any one would care to 

 catch. I fished for some twenty days, a few hours each 

 day. and never failed to make a good string either day, 

 when the wind and weather were favorable. I know of a 

 party of three from Hagerstown, Md., who caught 375 

 good fish in three days with a fly having a yellow hackle, 

 guinea fowl feathers' dyed red for wings with tail of red 

 and peacock feather, it was a perfect monstrosity, yet it 

 proved killing. — E. D. Bowl. 



Sugae and Sulphite.— I have had fair sport with the 

 bass on Sugar and Sulphur Creeks, near Athens, Ala.— 

 Hickory. 



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THAT NEW TROUT OF SUNAPEE LAKE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Concerning the identity of this fish on which much has 

 been written, I wish to say: It is well known that the em- 

 bryos of all animals show relationships which are not visible 

 in the adult, and that much value is placed upon embryonic 

 characters in tracing lineage or the processes of evolution. 

 This is shown in the embryo salmon, which has a heterocer- 

 cal tail, a form found in fossil fishes and a few living ones 

 such as the shark, sturgeon', etc., but which went out of 

 fashion ages ago. When the young salmon absorbs the sac 

 and assumes the form of the perfect fish, the tail is changed 

 to the. homocercal form, in which the vertebrae ends at the 

 beginning of the caudal fin, and both lobes of the tail are 

 equal or nearly so. Thus far for the rule, now for the appli- 

 cation. 



Two years ago Mr. Francis H, Weeks sent me some eggs 

 of the blue-backed trout (S, oquassa) from Maino and I 

 hatched them. The embryos were small and active, more 

 lively than those, of the brook trout at the same age, and the 

 yolk sac was more or less globular, as seems to be the case 

 with all of the SalveUnt, hut there was no distinctive mark 

 which I made a note of. This winter, Col. E. B. Hodge, of 

 the New Hampshire Commission, presented me with 10,000 

 eggs of what he was pleased to term the "Su.ua.pee what-is- 

 it," and the embryos are now in the troughs. Soon after 

 hatching they massed, as is the nature of young salmon and 

 trout, arid with their heads hidden and tails elevated they 

 presented a speckled appearance which looked like a fun- 

 goid growth, such as we see in troughs where trout have nib- 

 bled at their neighbors' tails. A brook trout which had 

 arrived at the swimming stage was seen over them, and, as 

 it had escaped from a trough above, was captured and re- 

 placed, and the Sunapee fry were more closelv examined. 

 Then it was noticed that the mottling of the mass was pro- 

 duced by a white line at the upper and lower edges of the 

 caudal finj a mark not remembered to have existed in the 

 only lot of iS. oquassa I ever hatched.* This same mark is 

 seen in the German saibling, Sulvclinus salvelinus. now in 

 our hatching troughs, but is not present in any other sal- 

 monoid embryo that I have met. If I am right in mv ob- 

 servation of the S. oquassa, then there is no doubt of the 

 latter being distinct from the large trout of Sunapee Lake. 



Feed Mather. 



Cold Spring Hakbok, N. Y., April 18. 



*If Mr. E. M. Stilwell, of the Maine Commission, who furnished 

 Mr. Weeks with the oquassa eggs sent me, has observed the white, 

 marking on the upper and lower rays of the caudal I'm of the 

 oquassa, I hope he will publish the fact and show that I overlooked 

 this point, in which case my conclusions as to the distinctness of 

 t he two fishes are false. 



FISHWAYS FOR THE HUDSON. — The bill authorizing 

 the erection of a fish way in the State dam at Troy, N. Y., 

 has passed both houses of the Legislature and is now in the 

 hands of the Governor. A fishway at that point would let 

 the salmon up as far as Mechanicsville, and with one at the 

 latter place and Stillwater they could then go up to Fort 

 Miller. The bill directs that the work be done under direc- 

 tion of the United States Fish Commissioner and Mr. Shana- 

 han, Superintendent of Public Works. It is thought that 

 the milling interests will oppose it, but the fact is that the 

 salmon will all run up before the season of low water in 

 August, and the fishway will uot use as much water as the 

 old chute now in the dam does. A clause in the bill pro- 

 hibits taking salmon in nets in the upper Hudson. 



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FIXTURES. 



A WOODSMAN'S RHYMES. 



[From the Philadelphia Record, April 18.] 

 MR. G-eorge W. Sears, of Wellsboro, Pa„ will doubtless be re- 

 membered by many whoso "days are in the sere and yellow 

 leaf " as, under the nom de plume of "Nessmuk," having been a 

 frequent contributor to Poite-'a Spirit of the Times, and younger 

 people will recognize him as having appeared in a like guise in 

 FoitssT akx> Stream. Like Nimrod, he was ''a mighty hunter," 

 and there was little that he did not know of woodcraft. Like 

 many others, also, who have found a delight in wandering where 

 the quiet soul of Mother Nature broods, he caught the spirit of 

 poetry, and from many of his effusions he has selected a few 

 which, under the title of "Forest Runes," have been published by 

 the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, New York. In the 

 preface to them he says: H trust that the sparrow-hawks of criti- 

 cism, who delight equally in eulogizing laureates and scalping 

 linnets, will deal gently with an illiterate backwoodsman who 

 ventures to plant his moccasins in the realms of rhyme." Heneed 

 be under no apprehension on this point. His rhymes may not be 

 polished and classical, but they have about them a rough vigor 

 which atones for many imperfections of style. The subjects 

 which he chooses for his verses are tho ;e which belong to nature, 

 and he has caught much of the inspiration which comes from 

 field and mountain, from forest and river. The summer camp, 

 the hunt, trout fishing, and sunrise in the forest are each given 

 their meed of praise in homely and yet musical language. His 

 rhymes breathe a spirit of love for everything in nature; his pic- 

 tures of woodland scones are rich in natural color; no feehng of 

 despondency ever touches him; his utterances have the true ring 

 of maahood, and the lesson which they teacbyin his own words, 

 is that ■ 



Nearer to Him of the lowly manger 

 Is the sun-tanned forester, broad and free; 



And the rugged hills in their native grandeur 

 Are nearer the hills of Galilee. 



DOG SHOWS. 



April 19 to 23.— Fourth Anmuil 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— Iuangural Dog Show of the Michigan Kennel 

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

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



Sept. 1 to 3.— Inaugural Dog Show of the Pacific Kennel Club, at 

 San Francisco, Cal. J. E.Watson, Secretary, 516 Sacramento 

 street, San Francisco, Cal. 



Sept. 12 to 17.— First Show St. Paul and Minnesota Kennel Club, 

 St. Paul, Minn. W. G. Whitehead, Secretary. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



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

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



Nov, 81.— Ninth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern 'Field Trials 

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

 Kings County, N. Y. 



Deceniber.-First Annual Field Trials of the American Field 

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



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 2833, New 

 York. Number of entries already printed 4968. 



PITTSBURGH DOG SHOW. 



THE Western Pennsylvania Poultry Society's thirteenth 

 annual exhibition closed last Friday night. There were 



medals in place of silver ones, and it is to be congratulated 

 on having to some extent removed the stigma surrounding 

 it by securing entries from the kennels of such well-known 

 exhibitors as Messrs. Thayer, Belmont, Hopf. Jarvis, Par- 

 tridge, Chestnut Hill Kennels, Dole, Crver, Lacy, Krueger. 

 Chequasset Kennels and others. But there will have to be 

 a change, and a great one, next year if entries are obtained 

 from several of the owners just named. 



One of the rules of the A. K. C. reads as follows: "Any 

 person guilty of misconduct or who has been guilty of mis- 

 conduct in any way in connection with dogs or held trials," 

 etc., etc. With this rale before them the Pittsburgh show 

 management actually accepted entries from persons who 

 stand accused of attempted bribery and other offenses. Fur- 

 ther than this, persons of very questionable repute were per- 

 mitted to enter the building although they were more than 

 once pointed out to the president. Fortunately the Mayor 

 sent down a special staff of officers who kept a. vigilant 

 watch on members of the "long firm" and arrested and fined 

 one of them for disorderly conduct. As stated in our de- 

 spatch the attendance was fairly good, but the better class 

 of people stayed away. Ladies were conspicuous by their 

 absence and gentlemen were few and far between. It was 

 a rough looking crowd and contrasted most unfavorablv 

 with the splendid gathering at Boston. 



The benches were of the old-fashioned sort, and the dogs 

 were well cared for by Superintendent Whitman, who cer- 

 tainly worked hard and was more courteous and obliging 

 than some of his burly chiefs. 



In regard to the judging, it was worse than anything we 

 can recall to memory, and we have attended hundreds of 

 dog shows. There was no pegging back of first-class point- 

 ers or English setters, as was the case last year, for there 

 were none entered to put back, but there were blunders 

 made which must be explained, blunders so glaring that 

 ignorance will hardly be accepted in excuse for them. Mr. 

 Goodman, the non-sporting judge, is not at home in the 

 judges' ring. His way of handling a dog is enough to con- 

 demn him as a judge. For instance, when examining the 

 mastiffs he touched them in all places but the right ones, 

 and wound up by making some of the most unpardonable 

 blunders we have ever seen. We feel certain he tried and 

 tried hard to place the dogs correctly, and for this reason we 

 are disposed to be lenient; but we should be sadly unmind- 

 ful of our duty to exhibitors if we failed to protect their in- 

 terests by not calling attention to blunders or in concealing 

 facts. It is utterly impossible for any man who has not 

 been in a good school for a number of years to successfully 

 handle one-half of the classes Mr. Goodman undertook to 

 pass on. He himself discovered this before he got through 

 with his work, and asked us to help him out of the dilemma 

 his lack of foresight had placed him in. Mr. Krueger went 

 about his work in a business-like way, and evidently knows 

 what he is about. He kept his eyes on the light end of the 

 chain and judged the dogs. 



MASTIFFS— (MR. GOODMAN). 



The Eastern cracks were absent from the dog class, and 

 Wacouta Nap, fully described in the Buffalo xeport, was 

 much tho best of the lot and won. Imogenc was the judge's 

 selection for second place, and he was just on the point of 

 giving her the red ribbon when somebody informed him she 

 was a bitch. Imogene was then transferred to the bitch 

 class and second prize given to Bevis: skull lacking in vol- 

 ume, muzzle too long and pointed, ears rather large, ! he near 

 one badly carried; color smutty, expression not correct, 

 forelegs not quite straight, body fairly good, quarters light, 

 not a big dog and not a good one. Cassar II., the only other 

 entry, was absent. There were six entries in the bitch class, 

 and the judge fairly slaughtered it. -Jessica, first prize, is 

 not a show dog and should not have been noticed in such a 

 class. She is a fawn with feet shaded white. Skull small, 

 muzzle long and pointed, near ear badly carried, eyes mod- 

 erate, expression not good, leggy, not straight in front, poor 

 feet, light of bone, fair good tail, coat and color. Imogene, 

 second prize, might have been commended for her size, 

 straight limbs and good color; muzzle long and pointed, 

 skull lacking in volume, eyes light, ears not well carried, 

 much to leggy, shallow in body, very light of bone, fairly 

 good loin and quarters, wrinkle poor, not a show bitch. 

 Wacouta Rose, third prize, was fully described in our Buf- 

 falo report and in other reports copied from it. Mabel, vhc, , 

 is a long-headed animal with no pretension to show form. 

 She was catalogued to be sold at S35, a very dear dog. The 

 Lady Clare, he. if put up at auction would bring more 

 money than all the mastiffs in the show put together. The 

 great English winner was in excellent condition, and is not 

 a cent less valuable for being placed behind 835 dogs. Only 

 one puppy was shown, a poor-headed specimen. 



ST. BERNARDS— (MR. GOODMAN). 



The Hospice Kennels made an excellent display in these 

 classes and, considering the knocking about the clogs have 

 had Of late, their condition reflects credit on their owner 



and keeper. Otho, the magnificent fronted son of Rollo and 

 Lady Abbess, had the class for champion rough-coated dogs 

 to himself, and the good-bodied Beda represented the ladies. 

 Both were in trim to compete for something more valuable 

 than a Pittsburgh medal. Sir Charles, winner of first in 

 the open class for dogs, did not arrive at the show until 

 Tuesday, but was permitted to walk away with the prize. 

 He is a big dog aud has just a fail- head. Back short but by 

 no means strong; loin light; quarters light and straight; 

 tail badly carried; chest narrow; forelegs not well placed 

 and not straight; coat curly; an overrated clog and one that 

 must have given "Barry" Smith some trouble before he was 

 landed in the front van at the English shows. Hajar, second 

 prize, Eiger, vhc. reserve, and Alvier, vhc, are all owned by 

 the Hospice Kennels, and have been fully described in these 

 columns. Meinrod, third prize, is a dog of fair size and 

 correct markings. Cheeks rather full; muzzle rather long 

 and lacking in volume; slightly underhung; ears and eves 

 fairly good; back rather slack and short; stifles very weak 

 and straight; hocks weak and straight; good brush, carried 

 too high ; forelegs fairly strong, but not quite straight; 

 good feet; colors light; moves badly. Not so typical as 

 Eiger. First in bitches went to Orgar, good in coat, color, 

 markings and feet, and of fair size. Skull too round: muz- 

 zle pointed; ears too large and not perfectly carried; eyes 

 rather light, fair good back and loin; quarters droop- 

 iug more than Ave like ; ribs too flat; forelegs not 

 well placed and lacking in strength of bone. La 

 Duchesse, second prize, and Tromba third prize, both 

 from the Hospice Kennels, are well known. Five of 

 the entries were absent and the class not a good one. 

 Hector, the best smooth-coated dog before the public, scored 

 another win for his popular owner in the champion class for 

 smooth coats, the corresponding class for bitches being 

 drawn blank. Mont Rose and Wotan, first and third in the 

 open class for dogs, are also from the Hospice Kennels and 

 are well known. The former keeps on improving. Perro, 

 second prize, is a dog of fair- size and is much better than 

 the average in limbs, feet, coat and color; cheeks too full, 

 muzzle not clean; back a trifle slack; good loin and quarters- 

 markings not correct. The bitch class was wretchedly 

 handled. Queen of Sheba, second prize, was away ahead of 

 Kader, first prize; both are owned by the Hospice Kennels 

 and are well known. Our opinion appears to be indorsed by 

 the owners, who value Sheba at $500 and Kader at $200. 

 Alpina, third prize, is not a show dog; skull small and 

 round; muzzle snipy; stop not well defined; expression sheep- 

 ish: small thin ears not well carried; back slack; stands low 

 in front; fair good loin; stifles too much out; tail not well 

 carried; forelegs not straight; limbs very light; feet not 

 first rate; coat long and not straight. Puppi«B were a 

 wretched lot and we hope they may deceive us by growing 

 into good ones. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS— (MK. GOODMAN). 



Only two competed in the dog class and Dan O'Shea's 

 well known Bruno was much too good for his long-faced 

 and curly-coated opponent. Juno, first in the bitch class, 

 while not a good one, scored an easy win over Diana. The 

 former is faulty in head, carriage of ears and coat; chest, 

 back and loin fair: good brush. Diana is deficient in head, 

 eyes, ears, strength of limbs and coat; body, quarters; color 

 and brush fairly good. Bruno II., the only puppv shown, is 

 faulty at both ends. 



GREAT DANES— (MR. GOODMAN). 



There were five entries in the dog class but Don Ca?sar and 

 Ceesar fairly distanced the others. The former is now in 

 good condition and won. He is better in head and on his 

 limbs than Cesar, and is stronger in back but has not so 

 much bone. Nero, c, and Hodges's Ca>.sar, also c. are much 

 too small to compete successfully with big dogs. Juno, 

 described in the Buffalo report, was an easv winner in the 

 bitch class, followed by Lady Gray, from the same kennel. 

 Her ladyship is not a crack. Eyes too light: back slack; 

 stands low in front: quarters light; stifles faulty; hocks 

 straight and weak; short tail badly carried: neck not clean: 

 forelegs not well set on and not quite straight; feet fairly 

 good; not a big bitch; moves badly. 



GREYHOUNDS— (MR. GOODMAN). 



There were six entries in these classes and a worse lot of 

 long tails we have never seen. General, the best of the dogs, 

 was given second prize, and Fritz vhc. reserve. Serin g there 

 was not another vhc. dog in the class, we don't quite see 

 why "reserve" was necessary, unless the judge wants us to 

 believe that commended and very highly commended are 

 one and the same thing and so tacked on the "reserve" to 

 make a. distinction. General is faulty in eyes and before 

 them; ears heavy; chest not deep enough; back too long; 

 loin flat; quarters and hocks fairly good; tail coarse- 

 shoulders heavy; forelegs lacking in strength; feet not first 

 rate; coat fairly good. The balance of the class should not 

 have been noticed— a lot of weeds. In the bitch class second 

 prize was given to Bess of Braddock, so vastly superior to 

 General that if he was worth second prize she certainly was 

 worth first. Skull and muzzle fairly 7 good; eyes rather full 

 and ears a trifle heavy; fair good neckfribs well sprung; loin 

 fiat and too light; rather straight behind; shoulders fair; 

 limbs rather light; good feet. Blue Ruin, c, is faulty at 

 almost every point. 



DEERHOUNDS— (MR. GOODMAN). 



Bran, Perth, Duncan, Bras, Thora and Berga, all from Mr. 

 Thayer's kennel, had matters all to themselves. They are 

 well known to your readers. The judge seemed ill at case 

 whenever he found two dogs in the same class, and evidently 

 knows nothing of the breed. On one occasion he showed 

 that he meant well by asking Mr, Thayer's man if both dogs 

 were owned by the popular exhibitor from Lancaster. The 

 veteran Heald replied "Yes, sir," and looked aB though he 

 might have a fit at any moment. Mi-, Thayer's puppies were 

 absent, and fortunately so for Custer, who was given first. 

 "Whelped, etc, unknown. Not for sale. " 



POINTERS— (MAJOR J. M. TAYLOR). 

 The four champion classes did not bring out one entrv, and 

 the open classes were filled with the worst lot of dogs "it has 

 ever been our misfortune to comment on. When we say 

 that Patti M., who is only a second rater, was away ahead 

 of all others, the quality may be gauged to a nicety. First 

 prize in the heavy weight dog class was given to the white, 

 black and ticked Donald's Ranger, a very ordinary specimen. 

 Cheeks too full, muzzle not square in profile, eyes too dark, 

 showing white around them; ears placed too high and not 

 very well carried, neck of fair length but not quite clean, 

 chest not first rate, fore legs not well placed and not quite 

 straight, feet turned outward, stifles and hocks faulty, 

 tail would have been very long but for kindness 

 of a friend, feet fairly good, lacks true pointer char- 

 acter. Young Meteor, second prize, has frequently been 

 described a wonder. He is not a show dog, but is 

 a better specimen than Donald's Ranger. Skull rather 

 heavy, and not quite clean in cheek; faulty below 

 the eyes and somewhat coarse in muzzle; eyes, very light; 

 ears of good quality but placed too high; neck short, heavy 

 and not clean; chest and back fairly good; loin flat; good tail 

 carried too high; strong quarters; hocks and stifles too 

 straight; shoulders not well laid on; too wide in front; legs 

 not quite straight but strong; feet fair; lacks quality. Dick 

 Swiveler, third prize, is not a show dog. Skull fairly good; 

 muzzle not quite clean below the eyes; eyes light: ears of 

 nice quality but not carried quite right; neck of good length 

 but not clean; loin long and flat; quarters just fair; tail not 

 straight and not well carried; forelegs, not well set on; fair 

 good feet; light of bone; lathy aud tucked up; coat and color 



