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PROSPECT PARK TR0UT PONDS. 



IT is proposed to stock some of the lakes of Prospect Park 

 in the city of Brooklyn with brook trout, and then allow 

 a limited amount of fishing when the fish are grown. To 

 this end the Park Commissioners invited Pish Commission- 

 er Blackford and Supt. Fred Mather to inspect the waters on 

 Friday last. The "front pool" is fed by a large strearaof 

 cbdl water which is pumped from the artesian well and which 

 tumbles oyer focks in its descent to the pool. Below this 

 are two other lakes in which trout may thrive. Next season 

 a small hatchery may be pdt up to show how it is done, 

 as well as to keep up the stock. An inspection of the trout 

 pool showed no sign of animal life, which was accounted tor 

 by its having been dry all winter, and having a new gravel 

 bottom put in it. Mr. Mather promised to send down water 

 plants and crustaceans from Cold Spring Harbor, and Mr. 

 Blackford assured the park officers of the hearty co-operation 

 0f the State Fish Commission, 



A visit to the great lake showed the same lack of vegeta- 

 tion, and also that several gentlemen prominent in political 

 life were taking small pei'ch with rod and line and then re- 

 turning them to the water. A haul of a small seine brought 

 in some large goldfish, white perch, yellow pei'ch and smilish; 

 one angler took a black bass with a worm for bait. The fish 

 were small and thin. The white perch were spawning and 

 Mr. Mather took some eggs, impregnated them and left them 

 with the engineer to hatch, if they will. A formal report 

 will be made" to the Park Commission by the experts, and 

 their suggestions will be adopted soon. A diuner at the 

 Casino was given to the invited guests and plans for the 

 future of fishculture in the park were discussed. 



SHAD IN THE HUDSON. — With the increase in popula- 

 tion and the facilities of transportation the shad in the Hud- 

 son River would bave been among the things of the past had 

 not artificial propagation stepped in. The efforts of the 

 State of New York in stocking the river have been supple- 

 mented for the past four years by the general Government, 

 and in addition to the fish hatched on the river there has 

 been one or more millions of fry sent from the Potomac or 

 Chesapeake by the U. S. Fish Commission. Last week the 

 city markets were so full of shad that no man now in Fulton 

 Market can remember such a catch. On Tuesday May 3, 

 there were 70,000 shad caught between Sandy Hook and 

 Yonkers, and on the next day 75,000 were taken. Mr. Black- 

 ford gives us the figures, and assures ns that the market 

 never had such a surprise within his memory. 



THE DELAWARE COMMISSION— The term of Commis- 

 sioner Euoch Moore expired on April 23, and the Governor 

 has appointed Mr. Elwood R. Norny, of Odessa, to fill the 

 vacancy. An appropriation for purposes of fishculture has 

 also been granted and this, with the assistance of Dr. Short- 

 lidge.who has been carrying on some hatching operations at 

 his own expense, will give the State a start in the right 

 direction. Mr. Norny is interested in seven nets near Port 

 Penn, and proposes, with the assistance of the U. S. Fish 

 Commission, to hatch sturgeon the present season. 



CALIFORNIA COMMISSION. — Los Angeles, Cal.— You 

 gave the new Fish Commission for State of California in 

 your issue of April 14, but made a mistake as to the officers. 

 Joseph Routier is the President; Thomas J. Sherwood, 

 Secretary; and I am the other member.— J. Downey Harvey. 



Fishing Tackle, its Materials and Manufacture. By 

 John Harrington Keene. New York: Ward, Locke & Co. Tins 

 book of Mr. Keene's is not up to the standard of his former 

 publications, and bears evidence of being hastily written and well 

 padded. In attempting to cover all sorts of fishing tackle, be 

 gives illustrations on pages 30 and 31 of all those barbarous spTing 

 hooks which no man nretending to be an angler would use, but 

 modifies the indorsement which lie gives them in calling atten- 

 tion to them by saying than some American inventions arc "ques- 

 tionable from a sportsman's point of view;" and the question 

 naturally arises, why then does ho allow them a, place in his book, 

 these spring hooks being only for poachers? He even recommends, 

 Figure 42, the barbless arrangement with a spring point to hold a 

 fish as one which is desirable to dress flics upon. Outside of these 

 exceptions, his article on hooks contains much that is worth read- 

 ing. Mr. Keene makes a subtle distinction between "reels" and 

 "winches;" the former, he claims, refers exclusively to such con- 

 trivance "for winding in the line as are made from substances 

 other than metal, such, for example, as wood, ebonite, vulcanite, 

 etc.," while the winch, on tue other hand, is generally comnosed 

 of metal, a distinction entirely unknown on this side of the Atlan- 

 tic. In Chapter IV. he makes the assertion that eels are summer 

 spawners, a statement which will be news to all who are familiar 

 with the habits of the eel. Tho chapter on fly-making gives very 

 plain directions for this art, and, as Mr. Keene is a professional 

 fly maker, it is here that he is at his best. In the matter of rods, 

 he does not approve of the split bamboo rods, notwithstanding the 

 great work done by them at the tournaments, but in their place he 

 recommends a steel-centered rod, with the reel inside the butt, and 

 favors that most abominable contrivance, a .spike on the butt of a 

 fly-rod, whereby it may be set in the bauk or elsewhere. Our ang- 

 lers on this side of the water will be slow to accept Mr. Keene as 

 an authority on rods. Anglers will find many good points in the 

 book, notwithstanding the fact that they might have been boiled 

 down in lesser compass. It is profusely illustrated, the figures 

 covering many things that are useful as well as much that is 

 otherwise, and for the few useful hints which the book contains 

 many anglers will think it worth perusal. 



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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



May 84 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. 



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

 San Francisco, Cal. J. E. Watson, Secretary, 510 Sacramento 

 street. San Francisco, Cal. 



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

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



Oct. 12 and 13.— Stafford Kennel Club Show, Stafford Springs, 

 Conn. R. S. Hicks, Secretary, 



FIELD TRIALS. 



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 t he 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, 



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A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



THE 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 4968. 



VERPLANCK COLVIN'S BOOK. 



ALBANY, April 30. — The most unique report of the many 

 . that have come to the Legislature this season and been 

 printed at the expense of the State is Verplanck Colvin's 

 Adirondack State Land Survey. This is a sort of perennial 

 institution, that started in 1872 with an appropriation of 

 $1,000, has being going on ever since, and is not finished yet, 

 another appropriation being asked from the present Legis- 

 lature to continue it. The total cost so far has been $71,775. 

 It is the oldest of the State commissions. The maximum 

 amount expended wa s yl7,500 in 1880, and it has been tapering 

 off since, though $15,000 is now asked for. 



The report itself is prettily got up and has a lot of pictures 

 of lakes and mountains and Verplanck Colvin surveying 

 them in it. It is about ten inches by six, and two inches 

 thick, bound in blue cloth , and well printed. On the outside 

 of the cover is stamped a picture of Verplanck Colvin on 

 the top of a frame observation tower. The name of Ver- 

 planck Colvin appears at the top of every other page, and 

 "Verplanck Colvin, superintendent" is printed at the top of 

 pictures of lakes and mountains. Colvin is a handsome 

 young man with a fascinating look that any girl would take 

 to at once. His hair is black and curly, his complexion is 

 dark, his moustache curly, and his black eyes have a sad, 

 yearning expression. He is the whole survey, and the report 

 is a sort of annual story of how he spent the last year in the 

 Adirondacks. Here is a sample of a few days' experiences : 



UOHEN RANCH. 



Nov. 2.— The dry fog which has so plagued us for years still ob- 

 scures the horizon and cuts off all view of distant signals. Was 

 there ever such provoking weather ? If it were summer the guides 

 would say it is "smoke," and advise me to defer observations until 

 "cold weather." Now it is cold weather they have nothing more 

 to say. 



Nov. 3.— There are indications of a thaw. If the. atmosphere 

 can get, thoroughly moistened and we can then have some strong 

 gales the smoke may be cleared away and observations made. I 

 am left with but one man now. The other could remain no longer. 

 It is almost impossible to get men to encamp upon the mountain 

 tops at this time of the year. 



Nov. 4.— The haze begins to break: away, and I shall get some ob- 

 servations. 



Nov. 5.— The last man has deserted, and thus. I am alone in 

 camp. Cold and snow were too much for this fellow. Paid him 

 off, and was glad to have him go. 



Got some fine observations, although, being alone, I had diffi- 

 culty in securing the canvas observatory against the high wind 

 which arose at nightfall. Descended, however, at dark to the 

 camp with the work at last accomplished, but had to cut wood, 

 cook my own supper (thawing snow for water), and found house- 

 work after dark, with very limited knowledge of the location of 

 utensils, rather difficult. Put out the light at 9 P. M., wrapping 

 up in soft and comfortable blankets, stretched myself on a deep 

 couch of evergreens, and rested well until morning, regardless of 

 catamount or lynx, which had so recently been the discussion of 

 the camp. 



There is more like this. At one place the report tells of 

 the red snow that fell. In another chapter he tells of climb- 

 ing the mountain and camping out. Interspersed as illus- 

 trations are. photographs of Indians, tripods, signal stations, 

 and rural inhabitants. There has been a big demand for the 

 book, and no wonder, for it is a story of Adirondack adven- 

 ture printed at State expense. It is hard to see just where 

 the surveying and official part of it eomes in, but, the 

 children of all the farming constituents, to whom country 

 Assemblymen send their copies, read it like a real story 

 book.— Correspondence Neio York Sun. 



EASTERN FIELD TRIALS DERBY. 



ENTRIES FOR 1887— DOGS BORN IX 1886. 



Guymard (J. M. Cochrane, Philadelphia, Pa.), liv&w 

 pointer dog, June 25 (Croxteth— Gwendoline). 



Go-BANG and Mergy Legs (O. W. Donner, Coosaw, S. 

 C.i, liv&w pointer dog and bitch, Feb. 18 (Graphic- 

 Leach's Bloom o). 



Foxchase (Richard V. Fox, Harrisburg, Pa.), liv&w 

 pointer dog, July 10 (Mainspring— Lady Beaufort). 



STANTON (Ed. Dexter, Boston, Mass.), liv&w pointer dog, 

 March 12 (Kinney's Spot— Shieffer's Dora). 



Jack Modoc, b&w setter dog, July 25 (Buckellew— Ida). 



COUNTESS Poppet (Sanborn Kennels, Philadelphia. Pa.), 

 bw&t setter bitch. Jan. 9 (Count Noble— Lit). 



OssiAN (P. I. Madison, Indianapolis, Ind.), liv&w pointer 

 dog, May 8 (Croxteth— Amine). 



Chief (John B. Downing, Middleport, O.), liv&w pointer 

 dog, April 4 (Croxteth— Trinket). 



Trinket's Countess (Paul Francke, St. Joseph, Mo.), 

 liv&w pointer bitch, April 4 (Croxteth— Trinket). 



Dashing Joe (H. E. Hamilton, Hackensack, N. J.), bw&t 

 setter dog, July (Count Noble— Dashing Novice). 



GLADRIGO (J. O'H. Denny, Pittsburgh, Pa.), bw&t setter 

 dog, April 3 (Count Noble— Gladys). 



Lulu C. (Sanborn Kennels, Pittsburgh, Pa.), bw&t setter 

 bitch, Julv22 (Count Noble— Dashing Novice). 



Gladys'Noble (S. L. Boggs. Pittsburgh, Pa.), bw&t setter 

 bitch, Aug. 3 (Count Noble— Gladys). 



Sim Bondhu (A. M, Tucker, Charlestown, Mass.), bw&t 

 setter dog, June 1 (Gus Bondhu— Bo-Peep). 



DAVE R. (James F. Fisher and R. M. Dudley, Nashville, 

 Tenn.). lem&w setter dog, April 13 (Gath's Hope — Daisy F.). 



Miss Dudley (Middle Tennessee Kennels, Lawrenceburg, 

 Tenn.), bw&t setter bitch, June 1 (Gath's Hope— Lady M.). 



Rustic (D. S. Gregory, New York), lem&w pointer dog, 

 July 19 (Bracket— Lucia). 



Merry Girl (H. S. Barney, Ashland, Wis.), bb setter 

 bitch, May 12 (Count Noble — Blanche Gladstone). 



Romeo (John S. Wise, Richmond, Va.), liv&w pointer dog, 

 June 28 (Graphic— Seph G.). 



Clara (Seelin & Porter, Harrisburg, Pa.), bw&t setter 

 bitch, June 20 (Roybel— Lucy). 



BRAVO (W. H. Pierce, Peekskill, N. Y.), o&w setter dog, 

 May 22 (Dash Dale— Dot B.). 



Pride of M. (Robt. M. Hutchings, Galveston, Tex.), 

 lem&w pointer bitch, April 14 (Bang Bang— Zannetta). 



Latania, Hector, Noble Dido. Billy B. (W. B. Shat- 

 tuc, Cincinnati, O.). bw&t setter hitch and three dogs, May 

 21 (Count Noble— Dido IT.). 



Lit II. (W. B, Shattuc, Cincinnati, O.), bw&t setter bitch, 

 July 21 (Rodney— Lit). 



Roger Williams, Anna Hutchinson (L. W. White), 

 lem&w pointer dog and bitch, Aug. 20 (Bang Bang— Lalla 

 Rookh). 



Dexter, Lizzie Lee (Highland Kennels, Red Bank, N.J.), 

 liv&w pointer dog and bitch, April 7 (Nick— Tuck), 



Terry of Keystone (Highland Kennels), liv&w pointer 

 dog, Oct 17 (Robert le Diable— Beau Beau). 



Cincinnatus (J. E. Dover, Toledo, O.), bw&t setter dog, 

 May 32 (Count Noble— Dido II.) . 



Toledo Blade (J. E. Doyer, Toledo, O.), bw&t setter 

 dog, Mav 21 (Roderigo— Lillian). 



Alf Noble, Boyd Noble, Zoraya (Dr. R. I. Hampton, 

 Athens, Ga.), bw&t setter dog, b&t dog, and bw&t bitch, 

 I Aug. 17 (Count Noble— Belle Boyd). 



| Cinch, Rod's Rowdy, Miss Thompson (Memphis and 

 Avent Kennels, Memphis, Terrn.iV bw&t setter dogs and 

 bitch, June 2 (Roderigo— Bo-Peep). 



Claude, Joey B. (Memphis and Avent Kennels), bw&t 

 setter dogs, May 20 (Roderigo — Lillian). 



Belle Mandan, Pearl Mandan, Rose Mandan (R. B. 

 Morgan, Akron, O.) lemon belton and black belton setter 

 bitches, June 25 (Mandan— Prairie Belle). 



LADY Zeal (Jno. E. Gill, Franklin, Pa.), liv&w pointer 

 bitch, Mav 8 (Croxteth— Amine). 



Sunshine, Tempest, Nora (Latonia Kennels. Covington, 

 Ky.), bw&t setter bitches, Jan. 8 (Count Noble— Lit). 



Don (Ramapo Kennels, Mahwah, N. J.), o&w setter dog, 

 Feb. (Clifford— Jersey Queen). 



Dalgarooky, Dagaburt (Chas. H. Odell, N. Y.), lem&w 

 pointers, Aug. 20 (Bang Bang— Lalla Rookh), 



Naso of Devonshire (Floyd Tad!, N. Y.), liv&w pointer 

 dqg, May 15 (Nick of Naso — Devonshire Queen). 



Frolic Bondhu (Jno. P. Gray, Utica, N. Y.), b&w setter 

 bitch, March 19 (Gus Bondhu— Model Druid). 



Mayflower (Geo. L. Wilms, Jersey City), o&w pointer 

 bitch, May 8 (Nick of Naso— Temptation). 



Dan Petrel (W. Tallman, N. Y.), lem&w setter dog, Feb. 

 5 (Don Juan— Petrel HI). 



Wallingford (Jess. M. Whaite, Newton, N. C), b&w 

 setter dog, July 4 (Sam Sterritt— Flora Bee . 



Lady Mingo iJ. M. Whaite), bw&t setter bitch, July 9 

 (Mingo— Zoe W.) 



Mingo II., Nellie W. (W. H. Wallingford, Newport, Ky.) 

 b&w setter dog and bitch, July 9 (Mingo— Zoe W.). 



Bertram (Philip S. P. Randolph, Philadelphia, Pa.) 

 liv&w pointer clog, May 9 (Guess— Viola). 



Poteen, Brian Borhue (T. S. & F. W. Parrott, Bridge- 

 port, Conn,), red setter bitch and dog (Gerald— Judy). 



Count Noble, Jr. J. Otto Donner, Daisy Fair Oaks, 

 George E., Waterford, Smoke, Lady (Pittsburgh Ken- 

 nels, Pittsburgh, Pa.). 



Mars (F. R. Hitchcock, New York), b&w pointer dog, 

 April 10 (Bang Bang— Modesty). 



Aerolite (F. R. Hitchcock), liv&w pointer bitch, Aug. 5 

 (Bang Bang— Moonstone). 



Little Gift ((Bert Crane, Chicago, 111.), bw&t setter bitch, 

 May 12 (Roderigo— Queen Bess). 



Roderigo's Ace (Jas. H. Trezevant, Dallas, Texas), bw&t 

 set ter dog, June 7 (Roderigo— Countess House). 



Lalla Croxteth (Greenfield Kennels, N. Y'.), liv&w 

 pointer bitch, June 25 (Croxteth— Laclv Gwendoline). 



Count Noble, Jr. (Ohio . Kennels. Washingtonville, O.), 

 bw&t setter dog, June 25 (Count Noble— D'elle). 



Bang So (Francis F. Lane, New York), liv&w pointer dog, 

 (Bang Bang— Underbill's Jane). 



Dell B. (A. P. Gardner, Hamilton, Mass.), bw&t setter 

 bitch, April 9 (Roderigo— Gvpsey Maid). 



Bonita (A. P. Gardner, Hamilton, Mass.), o&w setter 

 bitch, Feb. 9 (Buckellew— Jolly Daisy). 



Glen of Naso (Robert Garrett, N. Y.), liv&w pointer dog, 

 May 8 (Nick of Naso— Temptation). 



Huguenot (Neversink Lodge Kennels, Guyinard, N. Y.), 

 liv&w pointer dog, July (Croxteth— Lady Gwendoline). 



W. A. Coster, Secretary. 



WHY DOES A DOG TURN ROUND? 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



Apropos of the discussion touching the canine, habit of 

 turning about and trampling before lying down, it may be 

 well to cite the great authority, Darwin, who, in his 

 "Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals," says: 

 "Dogs, when they wish to go to sleep on a carpet or other 

 hard surface, generally turn round and round and scratch 

 the ground with their forepaws in a senseless manner, as if 

 they intended to trample down the grass and scoop out a 

 hollow, as no doubt their wild parents did. when they lived 

 on open grassy plains or in the woods. J ackals, fennecs, and 

 other allied animals in the zoological gardens, treat their 

 straw in this manner, but it is a rather odd circumstance 

 that the keepers, after observing for several months, have 

 never seen the wolves thus behave. A semi-idiotic dog— and 

 an animal in this condition would be particularly liable to 

 follow a senseless habit — was observed by a friend to turn 

 completely round on a carpet thirteen times before going to 

 sleep." 



As confirmatory of Darwin's theory, another authority, 

 Mr. Jesse, says in his Gleanings that dogs in a wild state 

 "seek long grass for their beds, which they beat down and 

 render more commodious by turning round in it several 

 times," and attributes the same habit in domestic dogs to 

 instinct, i. e., to inherited tendency. 



If a iayuian in such matters may presume to supplement 

 these opinions, 1 would say that dogs doubtless seek to 

 "scoop out a hollow" in order to produce a bed which is 

 comf ortable both by reason of its form and because it affords 

 some grateful protection from cold at oue season and heat 

 and annoying insects at another. And again, in turning and 

 trampling the feet of the animal are likely to come in con- 

 tact with objects— such as stones, sticks and stubble— that 

 might render the bed very uncomfortable; and if they prove 

 too large or immovable another place may be selected before 

 lying down. But it is to be noted this formality and pre- 

 caution are not observed if the dog happens to be very weary, 

 for he then throws himself down where a place offers, re- 

 gardless of everything but the much-coveted rest. 



It is the common impression that the habit referred to is 

 confined to dogs, wild and domestic; but all who arefamiliar 

 with the habits of horned cattle must have noticed that they 

 too sometimes practice it; but whether solely for the same 

 reason is possibly open to some doubt. 



That habits are often persisted in uselessly by both man 

 and the lower animals after the causes that gave rise to 

 them have ceased to exist, is a fact so easy of proof that no 

 one can sensibly question it. The above-mentioned cases 

 are evidence in point. Potomac. 



The most plausible explanation I have ever met for the 

 dog's turning around before lying down I have not yet seen 

 given in the Forest and Stream. It is that in a state of 

 nature the wild dog usually made his bed in the tall grass or 

 rushes andthat he was accustomed to turn about several times 

 to construct, a "form" in which he might lie by trampling the 

 grass and weeds under his feet and bending them about 

 him. Now, although he no longer makes bis bed in the 

 long grass, instinct still leads him to follow the old habit. 



Jay Beebe. 



BOGUS PEDIGREES.— This is a sweet note, and it would 

 be sweeter if we had permission to give the name of the St. 

 Paul, Minn., man who sent it: "No. 32 Mannbeimer Block, 

 St Paul.— Dear Doctor: Can you give me any name for 

 Belle, which will show her pedigree? I can find a dog 

 fancier here who wants her to breed from, but a pedigree is 

 desired. If it was a fictitious one it would answer. If you 

 cannot give her pedigree, can you give the name of some 

 kennel of Laveracks from which a dog like her might have 

 come? and if not can you give me any clue to follow so that 

 I may get her pedigree?" 



SPANIEL STANDARDS.— Hornellsville, N. Y., May 7.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: "I take it for granted that the 

 standard fairly and honestly established by any specialist 

 club for the breed they represent is to be accepted as portray- 

 ing an ideal of what the breed should be."— W. WADE, in 

 Forest and Stream, May 5. Judges and members of all 

 specialist clubs, especially the Spaniel Club, cut the above 

 out and paste it in your hat, for the expression has sufficient 

 merit to become, and mark my words it will beconfe, 

 classical.— J. Otis Fellows. 



