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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 14, 1889. 



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OHIO FISH COMMISSION. 



THE Thirteenth Annual Report of the Ohio State Fish 

 and Game Commission for the year ended Dec. 31, 188S, 

 shows a gratifying advance in successful fishculture, by 

 which the net profits of the fishermen and wholesale dealei's 

 have been increased to about a half million dollars during 

 the year. The whitefish and the wall-eyed pike have re- 

 ceived the principal share of attention, because of their un- 

 equalled importance. Lake Erie is the great fishing reser- 

 voir, aud here the greatest efforts of the Commission have 

 been exerted. "The hatching of whitefish in great quantities 

 has not only very largely increased the supply of this fish, 

 but has augmented the catch of all other food fishes, arising 

 probably from the fact that predatory fishes have more 

 largely fed upon the smaller whitefish to the saving of the 

 others." u Witb one exception * * * the fishermen as- 

 cribe the increased catch to the work of the hatchery." 



The experiment of artificial propagation has been so suc- 

 cessful that the Commissioners urge the establishment of a 

 new hatching house with double the capacity of the present 

 old and unsatisfactory building at Sandusky. The Commis- 

 sioners "recommend that a survey and plat be made of the 

 fishing grounds, and that these be leased for terms of years 

 to the highest bidders; as this survey will require a year for 

 its completion that there be a tax laid upon pounds or traps 

 of $15 each for each season. Having the fishing grounds 

 platted and leased to parties giving bond for the careful ob- 

 servance of laws for the fullest protection offish, there may 

 be hope of still more rapid bettering of this general interest.'' 

 Eighty roilliou whitefish were liberated in Lake Erie in 

 March, and 60.000,000 wall-eyed pike in May. The wall-eyed 

 pike planted in southern Ohio in former years have dropped 

 down into the Ohio River and stocked it fully. The eggs of 

 this species are easily obtained, and at less cost than any 

 other; the entire expense of handling aud delivering 60,000,- 



000 in 1888 was about S774. 



One million eels taken at Troy, N. Y., were widely dis- 

 tributed in the State. A pond was prepared and stocked 

 with channel catfish, Ickdurus punctams. 



"Reports from the county and reservoir wardens show a 

 much better observance of the laws than in former years," 

 yet the reports of the wardens show that there were 254 

 arrests for violation of the fish law, and 126 for violation of 

 the game law. 



The report of the superintendent of the Sandusky hatcherv, 

 Mr. Henrv Douglas, shows that of the 1(10,0,10,000 whiteiish 

 eggs taken last fall, 100,000,000 were lost by the high tem- 

 perature of the water Nov. S and 9, which was 14 degrees 

 higher than on the same dates in 1887. This report states 

 that "the universal experience of the fishermen in the waters 

 of Lake Erie the past season confirms the good work the 

 Commission has done in the past to increase the supply of 

 that finest of food fish— the whitefish. The season of 1888 

 has been the most successful in the annals of t his important 

 and rapidly growing industry. The catch of whitefish last 

 spring has exceeded that of any previous year during the 

 same season, while the catch t he past fall was unprecedented. 



1 would fail in my duty did I not take this opportunity to 

 express my personal obligations to the fishermen and fish 

 dealers of Sandusky and Toledo and the islands forthe valu- 

 able assistance they have afforded me in collecting the spawn 

 and in other ways advancing the work of the hatchery. ' 



The chief warden calls attention to nets iu Lake Erie 

 which are seven or eight miles long and contain twenty to 

 thirty separate pounds. Here is an illustration of the diffi- 

 culties he has to encounter in the performance of his dutv: 

 "In June last I was arrested by warrants sworn out by fish- 

 ermen whose nets I had captured in Lake Erie and tried in 

 a magistrate's court at Painesville, Ohio, for grand larceny. 

 I was acquitted, rearrested on a charge of malicious destruc- 

 tion of property, aud bound over to court. The grand jury 

 failed to find a bill against me. The fishermen then sued 

 for the full value of the nets. The case is now pending." 

 In this way wardens are intimidated by the very people who 

 are benefited by the work of the Commission and the opera- 

 tion of protective laws. In some localities it is difficult to 

 get wardens to act through fear of personal injury or the 

 loss of reputation. Many persons, however, who'at first 

 opposed protection are now convinced of its necessity and 

 are aiding the good cause. 



Dr. James A. Henshall, in his "Observations on Ohio 

 Fishes," gives a brief account of the literature of the sub- 

 ject, and then proceeds to state the results of his investiga- 

 tions during the spring and summer of 1888, with particular 

 reference to the food fishes, which he finds to represent the 

 sturgeon, eatfishes, suckers, minnows, sunfishes and basses, 

 perches and fresh-water drum. He observed that the Ohio 

 was well stocked with good food and game fishes, notwith- 

 standing the extensive fishing with seines and nets. 



KANSAS FISH COMMISSION— The sixth bi-ennial 

 report of the Fish Commissioner of Kansas covers the 

 period from July L, 1887, to Dec. 1, 1888. The amount of 

 the aunual appropriation is 31,500, The Commissioner re- 

 ceives $3 per day for time of actual work and is reimbursed 

 for traveling expenses, cost of correspondence and other 

 necessary outlays. Carp were supplied to 765 applicants in 

 84 counties; 32,600 bass obtained m Wisconsin and Minne- 

 sota were placed in five streams; 5,000 Colorado trout were 

 deposited in the Solomon and Republican. The law against 

 taking fish from streams by means of nets, seines, traps, 

 set-nets, etc., is not obeyed, and the requirement of fish- 

 ways iu dams is evaded whenever possible, owing to the un- 

 willingness on the part of county attorneys to institute 

 suits against the owners of obstructions. Interest in fish- 

 culture is steadily increasing in all parts of the State, and 

 the Commissioner appeals to the Legislature for the modest 

 sum of £1,500 annually to maintain the efficiency of the 

 work. 



NEWFOUNDLAND FISH CULTURE. —Mr. Adolph Niel- 

 sen, formerly Inspector of Fisheries in Norway, reached St. 

 John's Feb. 15, to begin his duties as Superintendent of 

 Fisheries. He is about to select a site for a hatchery for 

 marine fishes which will accommodate 200,000,000 of young 

 cod. He will deposit the fish i n Placen tia, Saint Mary's, Con- 

 ception and Trinity bays. The fisheries of Newfoundland 

 will be exhaustively studied with a view to their better 

 development, and new markets will be sought for the fishery 

 products. Mr. Nielsen's training iu the well-organized fish- 

 ing industries and fishcultural methods of Norway will soon 

 make itself apparent in his new field if the Government sup- 

 port him with funds and the necessary legislation to insure 

 the success of the work which he will inaugurate. 



FISH HATCHING AT DLLUTH.— Dr. R. O. Sweeny and 

 Foreman Root are in the midst of their fishcultural work at 

 the U. S. Government hatchery near Duluth, Minn., having 

 already developed one and a" half million lake trout eggs 

 which they obtained from Lake Erie. On March 1 two 

 million whitefish eggs were hatched and the fry deposied 

 near Knife River. The landlocked salmon eggs are begin- 

 ning to hatch. The brown trout and saibling :eggs will prob- 

 ably all be developed before the middle of March, 



Annapolis, Md„ Sept. 19, 1888.— XT. S. Cartridge Cu., Lowell, 

 Muss.: Gentlemen— I am glad to be able inform you that I 

 have found your Climax paper shot shells perfect, and the only 

 shell I have yet found in every respect equal to the Eley shells for 

 ase with Schultze powdei. Yours very trulv, (Signed) W. Gtu- 

 ham, Chmpion Shot of England.— Adv. 



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Dog*: Their Management and Treatment in Disease. By 

 Ashmont. Price $2. Kennel Record and Account Book. 

 Price p. Training vs. BreaMnq. By S. T. Hammond. 

 Price Si. First Lessons in Dog Training, with Points of 

 aU Breeds. Price 5 cents. 



F I XT U RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



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

 Kennel Club Utica, N. Y. James W. Dunlop, President. 



March 86 to 89, 1889. -First Aunual Dog Show of the Mass. Ken- 

 nel Club, Lynn. Mass. D. A. Williams, Secretary. 



Marcli IV) to 22, 1889.— First Annual Show of the Rochester Kennel 

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



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

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

 Place. 



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

 Worcester. Mass. Edward W. Dovle, Secretary. 



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

 Kennel Club, at Chicago. 111. George H. Hill, Super intendent, 34 

 Monroe street, Chicago, 111. 



April 10 to 19, 1889.— The Sev enth Dog Show of the Philadelphia 

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



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



Sept. 10 to 13.— Sixth Annual Dog Show of the London Kennel 

 Club, at London, Ont. C. A. Stone, Manager. 



Feb. 18 to 21, 1890.— Fourteenth Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, New York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 



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. 



ALBANY DOG SHOW. 



nPHE second annual exhibition of the Albany Kennel Club 

 J. closed its doors on Friday, the 5th inst. In many re- 

 spects the show cannot be said to have been a success. The 

 entries were light, considering the amount of premiums 

 ottered, and the attendance from the opening to the close 

 was not what we expected to find. Last year there were 

 fifty-tive classes, with an entry of 289; whereas this year the 

 amount of prize money was doubled, three judges were 

 appointed, kennel prizes were offered, ninety classes were 

 made, the valuable. Apollo Stakes were put up, and the cata- 

 logue gave exactly 320 as the number of entries, of which 41 

 were absent. Of these Mr. Hudson, the president, of the 

 club, entered 18, 12 of them young puppies and one a mon- 

 grel black dog. Mr. Wilmerding put iu 4 dogs, "not for 

 competition." The pointers Meadowthorpe Duke and 

 Meadowthorpe Primrose and the English setter dog 

 Meadowthorpe Heather were not entered by the owners, 

 and, of course, no entry fees were paid for them. Mr, 

 Tallman, the superintendent and a judge at the show, 

 made a personal canvass of the Troy exhibitors, and entries 

 were begged in a manner which showed how desperate was 

 the effort that was being made to get as many entries as 

 Troy. That the club failed to get a large entry did not sur- 

 prise those who are acquainted with a majority of the better 

 class of exhibitors; on the contrary, the result was foreseen 

 by nearly every independent exhibitor with whom we are 

 acquainted. At the New York show we heard a well known 

 pointer man say: "Troy will have about 400 dogs, Albany 

 800, Utica 200 and Rochester 150. Worcester will appoint 

 capable and independent judges— Elmore, Gresham, Miss 

 Whitney, Krueger and the like, and not withstanding Chi- 

 cago's very high premium list will have quite as many dogs 

 as that show, and more than Albany, Utica or Rochester," 

 The soundness of this prediction is"being demonstrated as 

 time goes on, andthe events of thenext few weeks will clearly 

 and positively prove that the dog interests of this country 

 cannot be controlled by a handful of men, and that the in- 

 dependent dog owners, that is, the majority of dog owners, 

 have no intention whatever of allowing dog shows to become, 

 a traveling circus in which the same performers appear 

 in every town, although not always iu the same costumes. 

 That so clear-headed a man as Mr. Tallman should have 

 permitted himself to be placed in the very unenviable posi- 

 tion of a judge asking his friends to show under him was a 

 thing to be regretted. Judges are not even supposed to 

 know the dogs that are brought before them, let alone to 

 have said, "I wish you as a personal favor to enteryour dog. 

 I will have my nian look to him." We are informed that 

 Mr. Tallman did not seek the dual office of judge and super- 

 intendent. The object in asking him to fill both positions 

 was to economize; but economy at the exhibitors' expense 

 is not to be encouraged. It took Mr. Tallman seven hours 

 to judge pointers, setters and beagles, and during that time 

 the show was without a superintendent. If the entries had 

 been large and t he building packed with visitors what, may 

 we ask, would have been the state of affairs P How many 

 hours would it have taken to judge the classes if Mr. Tall- 

 man's had been well filled, or if the competition had been 

 keen? There is something else to be said against the sys- 

 tem. Mr. Tallman is employed by the well known firm, 

 Spratts Patent; if he be permitted to act as superintendent 

 and judge what guarantee will we have that this enterpris- 

 ing firm may not deem it wise to come out with an adver- 

 tisement saying they will bench, feed, superintend and 

 judge dog snows at so much a dog. The fact is there is 

 nothing in the system that will commend it to right-think- 

 ing persons and it should be discouraged. We have given 

 ourselves much trouble to ascertain the views of a large 

 number of exhibitors, and we are in a. position to state that 

 they are opposed to it. The question is not one of whether 

 a superintendent who has solicited entries will bo influenced 

 by the appearance in the ring of the owners whose dogs he 

 has begged. We are dealing with principles, and here the 

 principle is wrong, wholly wrong; and for this reason, if for 

 no other, it is to be condemned. It is fortunate for Mr. Tail- 

 man that he has had considerable experience with setters 

 and some with pointers. His judging, on the whole, was 

 satisfactory. We cannot agree with several of his decisions 

 in the pointer class, but the setters were well judged, especi- 

 ally the English; and we feel quite sure that few men 

 situated as he was would have given as much satisfaction, 

 As we stated in our despatch from the show, mastiffs and 

 fox-terriers were badly judged, and there were several blun- 

 ders in the collie classes, one of a serious nature. If Mr. 

 Mortimer would undertake to pass only on those classes 

 with which he has had some experience as breeder or owner, 

 devoting a few years of study to the ones he is not familiar 

 with, we would be saved the trouble of criticising, ad- 

 versely, so very many of his decisions. We shall on this 

 occasion let him off easy, because we feel quite sure that he 

 did his best, and that what appeared in several instances to 

 be most unjust decisions were due to lack of knowledge, and 

 not to any other cause. The placing of Moses overyears' 

 Monarch was a foregone conclusion, because this judge 

 placed Moses over Alonzo at Richmond. But in making 

 this decision Mr. Mortimer blundered, and that wastheend 

 of it; whereas, when he placed the Messrs. Rutherfurd's fox- 

 terrier Raffle over Mr. Thayer's Hillside Dandy he, like Mr. 

 Tallman, evoked hostile criticism. Mr. W. Rutherfurd is a 

 member of the Westminster Kennel Club; Mr. Mortimer is 

 an employee of the Westminster Kennel Club, and as such 

 he had not the moral right to judge Mr. Rutherfurd's dogs. 

 It was also iu bad taste for Mr. Hitchcock, another member 

 of the Westminster Club, to be showing dogs in the ring 

 under Mr. Mortimer. VYe impute ueither collusion nor the 



intention to render any but just and correct decisions. We 

 are dealing with principles, not with men nor motives, and 

 here as in the other case the principle is bad. A judge is 

 not permitted to judge his own dogs; he should not' be per- 

 mitted to judge an employer's. If he judges his own dug 

 and sends it out of the ring without a ribbon he loses only 

 the prize money; whereas, if he throws cut his employer's 

 dog he may lose his situation, aud he and his wife and 

 family, if he has any, may find themselves without a home, 

 In our opinion the temptation to do wrong is the greater in 

 the latter case. There is some talk of briugiug" this ancl 

 other matters of like character before the American Kennel 

 Club, aud it is to be hoped that the club will not permit 

 such a state of things to be continued. The management is 

 to be censured for having admitted a number of mangy 

 dogs. Many of them were dressed every evening with sup 

 phur and lard and the chances of the disease being dissemit- 

 ated was thus lessened; but their presence on the bench was 

 to be deplored, and the unsavory epithets that were floating 

 about the building might well have been dispensed with, 

 Spratts' people looked after the beuching and'feediug, and 

 their Avork left nothing to be desired. Mr. Hudson worked 

 with a will from the opening to the close of the show; and 

 if we had not known that the Albany Kennel Club was a 

 member of the A. K. C. and therefore a club composed of 

 more than one member, we would have certainly taken him 

 to be president, manager, bench show committee, in fact, 

 the whole club. It was to be regretted that the other mem- 

 bers of the club did not come near the show; they left all 

 of the work to be done by one man and his secretary. Mr. 

 Hudson informed us that he thought the club would pull 

 through without loss and that ho would be satisfied if it did, 

 We feel quite sure that the mistakes that have been made 

 at this show will not be repeated. There is no apparent 

 reason why Albany should not give as good a show as Troy, 

 but to bring about the result the cheese-paring policy must 

 bo discontinued, working members must be admitted to the 

 club, exhibitors must be prohibited from showing under 

 their employees, in fact, there must be a new and complete 

 change iu the general management of affairs. We thank 

 Mr. Hudson aud his active secretary for their courtesy and 

 kindness and wish them better luck next year, when we 

 shall hope to have the pleasure of seeing aud meeting some 

 of the other members of the Albany^ Kenuel Club, 

 MASTIFFS— (MR, MORTIMER). 

 Wacouta Nap, the only entry in the challenge class for 

 dogs and bitches, was shown far too light in flesh He was 

 given the prize. There were four entries in the open class 

 for dogs, and Moses, for whom the judge appeared to have 

 a special liking, was given first over Sears' Monarch. The 

 decision was wrong, Moses is a big dog and is built on 

 good lines and that is all. He is very deficient in skull and 

 muzzle, has large ears, rather light eyes aud is not good in 

 feet. Monarch has been criticised so often we need say 

 nothing further about him beyond the fact that he was 

 shown iu beautiful condition. Moses is the larger dog: 

 Monarch is decidedly the better mastiff. Third was given 

 to Merlin, a rather plain specimen. Defects: Forehead not 

 flat; cheeks too flat; color of eyes too light; muzzle too long; 

 ears large and not black; body should be deeper and more 

 cylindrical; hocks straight; coat too long; very throaty. 

 Not quite a show dog. Lieut. Colonel, c; Shallow in skull 

 and muzzle; forehead dished — a very bad head; light in 

 bone; out at elbows; light in loin and quarters; not a show 

 dog. Pharoah Queen, that was given first in the bitch class, 

 was first in the novice class at New York, and was fully 

 described in our report. She was shown very light in flesh, 

 and her weak hindquarters looked even worse than they did 

 when she was last shown. Boss Lady Clare, that took 

 second, is nearly her equal in head, and is decidedly better 

 behind it; she should nave been first. Pansy, third prize: 

 Long and shallow iu muzzle; skull aud muzzle decidedly 

 lacking in volume; lacks wrinkle; ears large, not well car- 

 ried and not dark enough in color; color of eyes too light; 

 pasterns defective; knees showing weakness; light in bone; 

 has a greyhound tail; does not stand perfectly straight in 

 front; lacks character; not a show bitch. In puppies vhc. 

 was given to Wine-hell's Daisy, and c. to the same owner's 

 Empress. We thought Empress worth a dozen like Daisy, 

 but the catalogue shows that Mr. Winchell values Empress 

 at only one hundred dollars more than Daisy. The vhc, 

 bitch is a very plain puppy and was in no condition for the 

 show bench. She has a small, plain head, which is decid- 

 edly lacking in volume of skull and muzzle, and shows no 

 mastiff character whatever. She is also wrong in knees and 

 carriage of ears, shallow in body, light in loin, has a very 

 bad tail, is throaty and, in fact, not a show bitch in any 

 point. She is by Moses out of Boss Minnie, and is just such 

 a puppy as we would expect to find from this cross. Em- 

 press is not sufficiently blunt iu muzzle, yet it is a decidedly 

 better one than Daisy's. In forelegs and feet she is also 

 defective. Her ears are not black, neither is the mask as 

 dark as it should be. She is a well-grown specimen with 

 good body and excellent hindparts. 



ST. BERNARDS— (MR. MORTIMER). 



There were two entries in the challenge class for roitgh- 

 coated dogs and bitches, and without ever examining the 

 competitors the judge handed the blue ribbon to the hand- 

 ler of Barry II. and gave second to Gemma I. Between 

 these two specimens there is a very narrow margin, and it 

 took us a full half-hour to arrive at the conclusion that 

 with Gemma I. 'a lack of condition Barry II. was fairly en- 

 titled to the prize. First in the open class for dogs was 

 easily won by Plinlimmon, Jr., with Mount Sion second and 

 Herr Otho third. These were the only entries in the class. 

 The first two are well-known, but'Otho is a new one. 

 Defects; Muzzle lacking in depth; left eye having the 

 appearance of being injured; cheeks too full; ears too large; 

 not a bad head, yet not a good one; body should be more 

 massive; loin light and flat; too short in back; lacks width 

 and power in hindquarters; straight behind: set of forelegs 

 not correct; rather light in bone; lacks general massiveness 

 and does not move well behind; an undersized speaimen 

 whose head is the best part of him. First and second in the 

 corresponding-class for bitches were given to Queen and 

 Lady Aveline, both winners at Troy. Ruth was properly 

 placed third. Defects: Forehead too prominent; stop should 

 be deeper; muzzle shallow and pointed; ears wrong in burr 

 and not well carried; expression not correct; body would be 

 improved by more length; tail carried too high; right hock 

 swollen and inflamed; is a trifle underhung. An undersized 

 specimen spoiled by a plain head. First in puppies was 

 given to Othello that was a winner at Troy. We preferred 

 for the place Bernaline that was second,' being decidedly 

 better in head and coat, but not so large nor solengthy in 

 body. Wm. M., placed third, is snipy, cheeky, not good in 

 ears, too full in brow, not quite correct in markings, flat 

 in loin and with only fair expression. He will not develop 

 into a show dog. The challenge class for smoothcoats 

 brought out two entries. Daphne and Rigi, and the judge 

 reversed Miss Whitney's decision at Troy. There is lots of 

 room for difference of Opinion between these dogs; but in 

 their present condition we think that Rigi should have 

 won. The open class for dogs contained two entries, Beau- 

 champ and v ictor Leo. They were placed in the same order 

 as at Troy. Lola and Apollona, first and second in the bitch 

 class, are well-known. Princess, third prize, is not a show 

 bitch. In puppies Lady Hector, that was first at Troy, was 

 sent out of the ring with a c. card. She is a decidedly better 

 specimen than Wm. M. that took third in the rougti-coated 

 puppy class. On this occasion she was shown by Mr. Wm. 

 A. Thacher, having been purchased by him from Mr. Draper 

 on the first day of the Troy show, or three days after the en- 

 tries for Albany had closed. 



