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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 28, 1889, 



Massachusetts Net Fishing. — The committee on fish- 

 eries and game for Massachusetts wil] give a hearing at 

 the State House, Boston, to-day to parties interested in 

 the expediency of amending section 70 of chapter 19 of 

 the Public Statutes, so that no person may be authorized 

 to construct fish weirs within the limits of any city or 

 town lying upon tide water, unless the people of said 

 town or city shall by vote authorize the mayor and alder- 

 men of said city or the selectmen of said town to grant 

 such authority ; that no license to set pounds, weirs, traps 

 or fykes shall be given for more than one year, and that 

 no license shall be given to any person or persons winch 

 does not locate or fix the place by metes and bounds 

 where the same is to be set, nor upon land of another 

 person, or in the tide waters upon the same. 



Tarpon up a Tree. — Some one has redrawn the illus- 

 tration of a tarpon hanging to a tree, given originally in 

 these columns, changed the face of the angler, put on 

 eye-glasses and made him look like a New York angler 

 editor, and sent the thing on a wild syndicate career 

 tluough the papers from Dan to Beersheba. 



Shad or "Whitefish."— The first shad from a tribut- 

 ary of Chesapeake Bay reached Baltimore Feb. 23; they 

 were of good size and in fine condition. Among the 

 negroes of the lower Potomac, in the time of George 

 Washington, the shad was commonlv known as "white- 

 fish." 



Jfislicnlimc. 



MINNESOTA FISH COMMISSION. 



THE fourteenth and fifteenth annual reports of the Min- 

 nesota Commission of Fisheries, from July 31, 1886, to 

 July 31, 1888, repeat the story of difficulties overcome and 

 great results accomplished, together with the welcome news 

 of a healthy growth of public sentiment in favor of fishoul- 

 ture and protection. The generous assistance rendered by 

 the railroads in their efforts to minister to the public good 

 is gratefully and conspicuously acknowledged by the Com- 

 missioners. Some of the serious obstacles to progress are 

 mentioned in the following extracts: 



"We want remedied, if practicable, the irregularity of 

 drawing our appropriation from the State treasury. If pos- 

 sible, that we may have specified sums at specified times at 

 our disposal, that the proper bills and accounts maybe 

 liquidated with regularity and promptness. In short," the 

 demands upon the Commission to be fully met require that 

 our appropriation be increased to .$10,000 per annum at least. 

 The demand for more fish comes to us from all parts of our 

 State; an unending and insatiable plea. 'Give us more fish.' 

 comes from every side. In our attempt to meet this larger 

 and ever increasing demand for distribution and the unex- 

 pected and unusual expenses added to it, we are in debt 

 about §3,000 to our superintendent, who has allowed his pay 

 to accumulate that other necessary expenditures might be 

 made; of the above amount we owe -$3,34S.30. 



"We need also some provision to pay for the inspection of 

 dams and the location of fishways. With the meagre 

 allowance of money for the work we have calls to do in 

 fishculture and distribution, we have not felt authorized to 

 use it for that purpose and have hesitated in so using it. 

 With the pecuniary aid of those largely interested, we have 

 inspected a number of dams of Cannon River and Cotton- 

 wood River, and located fishways which have been built. 

 We find it necessary to have an attorney to conduct the 

 proceedings and manage the prosecutions when necessary. 

 Experience has demonstrated that dependence upon the 

 county attorney for assistance in such matters is most un- 

 reliable and expensive, from its A r exatious delays which are 

 sometimes caused by the evident reluctance to offend those 

 who may be called upon for a vote, which fear seems to 

 check inclination to any prompt and vigorous action. We 

 need provision for meeting the additional cost of transpor- 

 tation since some of the railroads over which we are neces- 

 sitated to go have withdrawn passes. 



"That our work is important and valuable and well done, 

 we have so many evidences on every side that we feel en- 

 couraged to ask more liberal appropriations to go on and 

 keep Minnesota abreast of the progress making in our sister 

 States of practical fishculture. We are not ashamed of our 

 record among them. We desire still to hold our place in 

 the front rank and. continue to be distinguished for the ex- 

 cellence and success of our work, which has the commenda- 

 tion, we are proud to say, of every one who has investigated 

 our hatcheries and ponds. Among them are not only the 

 best fishculturists of America, but als© several eminent 

 European proficients, who have complimented us in a very 

 gratifying manner upon our modes of culture and success. 



"The community are demanding more work of the Com- 

 mission every season, and the Commissioners are not only 

 willing but desirous to supply every citizen who has suit- 

 able lake or stream in his vicinity with the fish most suit- 

 able for the waters of the locality. With the increased 

 money we have asked for at our disposal this enlarging de- 

 mand can fairly be met, and we feel justified in saying no 

 such moderate outlay of the public money as is asked for 

 will give so universal and unusual satisfaction as the sum 

 appropriated and expended in the propagation and distribu- 

 tion of food fishes to the people of the State." 



DISTRIBUTION IN 1887. 



German carp 2,695 



Whitefish 10,000,000 



Wall-eyed pike 3,900,000 



Rainbow trout 11,000 



Landlocked salmon 10,000 



Native brook trout 292,000 



Lake Superior trout 9o!o00 



Black bass 35,500 



fish, and that plenty of water is required. I have the testi- 

 mony of one man at least that 'a wash tub full of water 

 in the warm cellar all winter don't seem to do, as they all 

 died.' " 



DISTRIBUTION IN 1888. 



14,347,195 

 ..522 



Carp.. 



Whitefish 10,000,000 



Wall-eyed pike 1,970,000 



Rainbow trout 28,000 



Loch Leven trout 10,000 



Native brook trout 434,000 



Lake Superior trout 147,500 



Brown trout 10,000 



Black bass 3,000 



12,603,022 



"Carp have proven to be prolific, so much so that one can 

 buy either the dead or living fish in the markets of St. Paul 

 or Minneapolis. Carp, like pigs, will stand much abuse; 

 either will survive being kept in a mud hole, but it spoils 

 the flavor of the meat of both unless they have a chance to 

 recuperate on proper food and clean habitat. Complaint is 

 made sometimes that they taste of mud, which is not to be 

 wondered at, considering how little care and attention they 

 receive to make them palatable compared with the pains 

 taken in Europe to give them improved quality and flavor. 

 It should be borne in miud also that good water makes good 



lection by only a few very poor specimens. 



The beneficial result of artificial propagation of the white- 

 fish is fully admitted by the fishermen who have long 

 doubted the wisdom of the work. The subjoined extracts 

 from a Duluth newspaper are from the testimony of men 

 engaged in the fisheries: 



' The season has been a remarkably good one at the island, 

 fish having been plenty and in good demand, in fact the de- 

 mand for Lake Superior whitefish and trout is growing so 

 rapidly all over the West and Southwest that it cannot be 

 supplied. In the season just past, fishermen have caught a 

 great many of the young fish planted in the lake by the 

 btate Commission in late years, these fish having now begun 

 to arrive at a size and age when they become valuable. If 

 there had at any time been doubt of the value to the, fishing 

 industry and to Duluth of this system of planting whitefish 

 and trout the experience of this season will quickly dispel 

 such doubt. Of the total catch a very large proportion have 

 been of the planted fish, and the lake, which three or four 

 years ago seemed about to become depleted of these magnifi- 

 cent food fish, contains now more thau ever. There is no 

 reason why Lake Superior should not be a vast food reser- 

 voir, and the establishment of the new hatchery, the greatest 

 in the world, will do much to make it so. 



"A new fish firm, composed of experienced men in the busi- 

 ness and backed by a large amount of capital, is now mak- 

 ing arrangements to move its entire plant from one of the 

 lower lakes to Duluth. Their coming will give a wider 

 market and competition, and will aid in making this city 

 what it is surely destined to be, a stupendous fish market. 

 Already Duluth handles more fresh fish than all other points 

 on Lake Superior combined, and this trade is destined to 

 grow rapidly." 



The new arrangement by which the United States Fish 

 Commission will relieve Minnesota of the labor of the white- 

 fish hatching is very acceptable to the State Commissioners, 

 whose approval is thus expressed: 



"Hereafter the State Commission will relinquish the 

 whitefish work on Lake Superior to the United States Fish 

 Commission, which will carry it on with an efficiency and 

 energy from their larger and better appointed hatchery im- 

 possible for us with our limited State resources and modest 

 equipment. We are glad of their aid and they are glad to 

 help us. Indeed, Commissioner McDonald has added greatly 

 to the scope of the United States Fish Commission work, 

 reaching inland and establishing stations undreamed of 

 until he, with his broad and comprehensive planning, made 

 them feasible, and we bespeak for him from our State's 

 delegation in Washington their support and encouragement 

 in carrying out the great national work he is accomplish- 

 ing." 



The United States station at Duluth has a capacity for 

 100,000,000 whitefish eges, besides an equal number of ova of 

 wall-eyed pike, and of lake and brook trout an unlimited 

 quantity. The establishment is under the charge of the fol- 

 lowing persons: R. O. Sweeny, superintendent, fishculturist; 

 M. S. Root, foreman, fishculturist; Andrew McCormick, 

 assistant fishculturist; R. O. Sweeny, Jr., engineer; Peter 

 Dube\ first fireman; Daniel McLachlih, second fireman; Mrs. 

 A. McCormick, housekeeper. 



The notes relative to the life history of the food fishes in 

 the hatchery are of very great interest. The rainbow trout, 

 which causes much complaint in our coastal streams by its 

 wandering instincts, is a favorite in Minnesota, where it 

 grows rapidly and does not go astray. The Loch Leven 

 trout does not grow so fast as the native fish, nor is it so 

 prolific in eggs; but 10,000 fry were reared from fish ob- 

 tained from imported eggs, and the outlook for the future is 

 promising. The brown trout yielded for the first time this 

 year eggs which produced 10,000 fry. The breeding fish are 

 healthy, vigorous and growing rapidly. Brook trout are 

 thriving remarkably; although over three-quarters of a 

 million have been planted, the demand is far from being 

 satisfied and the number of anglers is steadily increasing. 

 Landlocked salmon have done well in mill ponds and clear, 

 cold spring streams. 



Black bass fry were collected Aug. 18, Sept. 7 and Sent. 16. 

 In 1S87 wall-eyed pike began spawning April 28 and were 

 hatching fast May 12. In 1SSS the first spawners were caught 

 May 6, twenty of them yielding 300,000 eggs, and fry were 

 coming out rapidly June 4. Doubtless some were hatched 

 earlier. Whitefish eggs received Jan. 28 began to hatch 

 March 16 and all were out by the 29th. Loch Leven trout 

 spawned from Dec. 19 to 25. Brown trout spawning ended 

 Dec. 29. Landlocked salmon eggs placed in the hatchery 

 March 7, and some of the fry were planted M ay 25. Rainbow 

 trout spawned from March 16 to April 9. Brook trout com- 

 menced spawning one year Oct. 21, the earliest date observed 

 at the hatchery; in 1885 the earliest was Oct. 24. Feb. 19 all 

 of the native brook trout eggs were hatched. 



THE HALIBUT FISHERY. -The catch of halibut at the 

 present time on some of the banks which for a number of 

 years have been almost deserted by fishermen is much larger 

 than usual. This may be due to some extent to the remark- 

 ably fine winter weather, which has allowed a more exten- 

 sive use of trawls than has been possible for many years. 

 The grounds yielding good returns are Quereau and the 

 Le Have ridges. At Yaquina, Oregon, a new fishing com- 

 pany, with a capital of §250,000, will engage in the fishing 

 for cod and halibut. Their outfits will be furnished by a 

 firm in Gloucester, Mass., andthe company will be prepared 

 to cure their fish by salting or smoking and to ship them 

 either fresh or cured. 



WALL-EYED PIKE HATCHING.— The U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission is making arrangements to hatch, in the spring, 

 100,000,000 eggs of the wall-eyed pike at Sandusky. Ohio. 

 Of these Pennsylvania will get a large share for the Sus- 

 quehanna, Delaware, and other suitable rivers. In the for- 

 mer river the species seems to be scarcely holding its own. 

 A few adults have been transferred from the Susquehanna 

 to the Delaware in the last two or three years by the Penn- 

 sylvania Commi ssion. 



The Equitable Life Assuuance Company presents to-day on 

 another page its twenty-ninth annual statement. Nothing could 

 show better than this statement the enormous growth of Life In- 

 surance in this country within the past few years, especially 

 when it is managed by shrewd and conservative businessmen. The 

 amount of assets on the ledarer Jan. 1888. was 879,397,985.46. while 

 on Dec. 31, 1888. it was §89,427,020.92. Of the-e assets more than 

 twenty-five millions are loaned on bond and mortgage, and over 

 thirty-four millions invested in United States stocks. State stocks, 

 city stocks, or are held in trust companies; real estate accounts 

 fur twenty-two millions more, and loans on collateral and cash, in 

 bank lor more than six millions. During the year nearly twelve 

 millions wei"e paid out to policy holders on claims by death, 

 matured endowments, dividends, surrender values, annuities and 

 discounted endowments. The statement shows a total undivided 

 surplus over all liabilities of more than twenty millions. Per- 

 sons who contemplate life insurance may study this statement 

 with profit. 



Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 21, 1888.— U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, 

 Mass.: Dear Sir— I am pleased to be able to give you a most sat- 

 isfactory account of the paper shells you sent me. I have used 

 Schultze powder altogether for the last seven years, with Eley's 

 shells, and yours are the first perfect substitute I have found, and 

 I shall take care to recommend their use. (Signed) W. Graham, I 

 Champion Shot of England.— Ad v. ' 



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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



March 5 to 8, 1889.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Albany 

 Kennel Club, at Albany, N. Y. Geo. B. Gallup, Secretary. 



March 12 to 15, 1889.— Second Annual Show of the Fort Schuyler 

 Kennel Club Utiea, N. Y. James W. Dunl op, President. 



March 20 to 29, 1889— First Annual Dog Show of the Massachu- 

 setts Kennel Club, at Lynn, Mass. D. A. Williams, Secretary. 



March 19 to 22, 1889.— First Annual Show of the Rochester Kennel 

 Club, at Rochester, N. Y. Harry Yates, Secretary. 



April 2 to 5, 1889.— Annual Show of the New England Kennel 

 Club, Boston, Mass. J. W. Newman, Secretary, No. 6 Hamilton 

 Place. 



April 9 to 12.— First Dog Show of the Worcester Kennel Club, at 

 Worcester, Mass. Edward W. Doyle, Secretary. 



April 9 to 12, 1889.— First Annual Dog Show of the Masooutah 

 Kennel Club, at Chicago, 111. John L. Lincoln, Jr., Secretary. 



April 16 to 19, 18S9.-The Seventh Dog Show of the Philadelphia 

 Kennel Club, at Philadelphia, Pa. Francis S. Brown, Secretary. 



May 22 to 25.— Pacific Kennel Club Show, San Francisco, Cal. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 4.— Third Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kennel Club. 

 P. T. Madison, Secretary, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Nov. 18.— Eleventh Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field 

 Trials Club, at High Point, N. C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Sara- 

 toga Springs, N. Y. 



ST. BERNARD CLUB. 



AT the meeting of the Board of Governors of the St. Ber- 

 nard Club, held at Madison Square Garden Feb. 19. the 

 following members were elected: Messrs. W. H. Warder, 

 Springfield, O.; I.V. Hecker, New York; J. Lohman, Orange, 

 N. J.; W. T. Fraser, Detroit, Mich.; W. W. Macfarlane, 

 New York; Hon. J. S. Wise. New York; J. S. Dudley, New 

 York; W. E. Connor, New York; Fred Kimball, Worcester, 

 Mass.; B. P. Johnson, New York; R. R. H. Durkee, Chicago, 

 111. 



At the annual meeting held at the Hoffman House at 7 

 o'clock on the same day the following were present: Miss 

 A. H. Whitney and Miss Chandler, Lancaster, Mass; R. J. 

 Sawyer, Menominee, Wis.; R. Stucky, Pittsburgh, Pa.; E. 

 H. Moore, Melrose, Mass.; J. H. Long. Boston, Mass.; W. 

 H. Warder, Springfield, O.; Thos. B. Lee, Toledo, O.; H. S. 

 Pitkin, Hartford, Conn.; J. Lohman, Orange, N J.; W. H. 

 Joeekel, Hoboken, N. J.: Lorenzo Daniels, New York, B. P. 

 Johnson, New York; E. B. Sears, Melrose, Mass.; K. E. 

 Hopf, Arlington, N. J., in the chair. 



The new constitution and by-laws were adopted. The 

 latter provided for a club album of photographs of winner* 

 of club specials, one copy of which may be obtained at cost 

 by members of the club. The correct measurements, weight, 

 color, etc., of each winner to be recorded in the album. The 

 standard as adopted by the Swiss St. Bernard Club at their 

 meeting last June, modified so far as markings are concerned. 

 The collar had been included in the obligatory markings. 

 Now the standard reads: 'Absolutely necessary markings 

 are: Noseband (white around muzzle)^ blaze, chest, legs and 

 tip of tail. Collar, or white spot on nape of neck are desira- 

 ble." The officers were re-elected for the ensuing year, 

 President, K. E. Hopf; Vice-Presidents, E. H. Moore, R. J. 

 Sawyer and Miss A. H. Whitney; Treasurer, W. H. Joeekel, 

 Secretary, Lorenzo Daniels. To complete the number of the 

 Board of Governors, nine were elected as follows: Rev. W. 

 H. Walbridge, John Lohman, S. B. Macfarlane, B. P. John- 

 son, R. P. Durkee, W. S. Ditt'enderffer, J. B. Lee, J. W. 

 Dunlop and Geo. M. Elwood. 



The club is in a flourishing condition and many applica- 

 tions for membership are coming in. The meetings of the 

 Board of Governors in future will be held on the second 

 Monday of each month. 



THE AMERICAN MASTIFF CLUB. 



THE annual meeting of the American Mastiff Club took 

 place at the Madison Square Garden, New York, on 

 Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 2 P. M. Among the members present 

 were Messrs. Winchell, Cook, Belknap, Underhill, Herbert 

 Mead, Stevenson, Swords, Banks and Derby. The report of 

 the treasurer showed receipts from all sources during the 

 last year $930.88; the expenses for the year $438.24, leaving a 

 balance in the treasury of $498.64. The list of members 

 numbered fifty-two. Fifteen new members have been added 

 to the list since the last year. The secretary presented a 

 correspondence, with Mr. W. K. Taunton of the Old English 

 Mastiff Club, and announced that Mr. Taunton had offered 

 as a breeder's prize a gold challenge medal, value §50, for 

 the best American-bred mastiff, the contestant to be under 

 two years of age. The secretary also stated that the execu- 

 tive committee had offered at the New York show of 1889, a 

 new cup, value §300, to be known as the Westminster Chal- 

 lenge cup, for the best dog or bitch under three years of age, 

 the property of a member of the American Mastiff Club. In 

 addition to this the club's three silver cups and medals were 

 offered for competition at the same show. At the coming 

 Chicago show the American Mastiff Club offered three silver 

 cups and a money prize of S25 for competition among club 

 members. The club's silver medal was also offered at the 

 approaching Albany and Philadelphia shows. The officers 

 elected for the ensuing year were as follows: President, 

 Robert Lenox Belknap; Vice-Presidents, Herbert Mead, 

 Edward Dudley and F. T, Underhill; Executive Committee; 

 R. L. BelkuaD, Herbert Mead, Edward Dudley, F. T. Under- 

 hill, R. H. Derby, C. R. Colwell, W. R. Stevenson, C. C. 

 Marshall, J. L. Winchell and James Rawle; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, R. H. Derby. 



WORCESTER DOG SHOW— Worcester, Mass,, Feb. 25. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: Arrangements are progressing 

 favorably for the first annual bench show of the W orcester 

 Kennel Club. The premium lists are to be sent out this 

 week, and as we offer §1,500 in cash prizes, besides a large 

 number of specials offered by friends of the club and busi- 

 ness houses, we hope to receive a large entry of dogs. It is 

 our purpose to have everything square and fair and to 

 secure competent judges. Our dates are the week following 

 the Boston show, and we shall get special railroad rates for 

 exhibitors at that show, who will stop over in Worcester. 

 We have hired the Worcester Skating Rink for the week of 

 the show, and it is very hard to find a more .suitable place. 

 There is a large yard attached, surrounded by a 12ft. fence, 

 large enough, in fact, to turn the whole show into for exer- 

 cise. The rink is large enough to accommodate 700 or 800 

 dogs without crowding in the least. We have contracted 

 with Spratts Patent to bench and feed, and have secured 

 Mr. William Tallman as superintendent.— Edwakb W. 

 Dodge, Secretary Worcester Kennel Club, P. O. Box 9S8. 



THE POINTER CLUB— A meeting for the purpose of 

 perfecting the organization of The Pointer Club of America 

 was held on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 20, at Madison 

 Square Garden. Following is the list of officers: President, 

 John S. Wise, of New York; Vice-Presidents, James L. 

 Anthony and F. R. Hitchcock, of New York, B. F. Seitner, 

 of Dayton, O., and A. C. Collins, of Hartford; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, George La Rue, of New York. Executive Com- 

 mittee—The above named officers and C. M. Munhall and 

 J. R. Daliba, of Cleveland, Charles Heath, of Orange, N. J., 

 James P. Swain, Jr., of New York, J. H. Winslow, of Phila- 

 delphia, and J. M. Arnott, of New York. 



