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planted in the open waters of Georgia, under direction of the 

 Governor and the State Fish Commission, The Savannah 

 and Chattahoochee rivers and all the rivers within the State 

 received their quota of carp. This species was discovered to 

 he present already in most of the streams, having escaped 

 from ponds scattered all over the State. "It was found that 

 carp were being caught with hook and liue ; of all sizes from 

 a fryling up to sixteen pounds, and the universal testimony 

 seemed to be that these wild Carp were of excellent table 

 qualities. One genleman in this county [Troup] reported 

 to me that in a hole baited for suckers in one of our adja- 

 cent streams he had caught, with hook and line, during the 

 winter, one hundred pounds of carp." 



The superintendent describes and figures a simple appar- 

 atus devised by himself for draining ponds. Attention is 

 called to the possibilities of oyster culture along the coast, 

 and the plan adopted by some of the Northern States is 

 recommended for the State of Georgia. One hundred and 

 sixty thousand fry of the California salmon were planted 

 several years ago in the headwaters of Savannah Biver, but 

 no results have followed the experiment. As a measure of 

 fish protection, Dr. Cary notes the desirability of building 

 fish ways around dams which obstruct the ascent of fishes to 

 their spawning grounds. He acknowledges his indebtedness 

 to the U. S. Fish Commission, the railroads and the press 

 for many favors to the Georgia Fish Commission, as well as 

 to Forest and Stream for the list of Fish Commissioners 

 which follows his report. The amount appropriated by the 

 Georgia Legislature for the use of the Board of Fish Com- 

 missioners, which includes the Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 Hou. J. T. Henderson, and the Superintendent of Fisheries, 

 Dr. H. H. Cary, was $500 a year. 



THE FISH COMMISSION SCHOONEB GBAMPUS.— 

 After spending two days at the Tortugas investigating the 

 fisheries and making collections, the Grampus arrived at 

 Key West April 10, where she remained several days in pre- 

 paration for the return voyage to New York. Dr. Henshall 

 will make the voyage with her. During the coming summer 

 the Grampus will be engaged in making soundings and 

 taking serial temperatures between Block Island and the 

 Gulf Stream, in depths ranging to 1,000 or more fathoms. 

 For this service she will be furnished with steam apparatus 

 and special appliances for sounding, and will be accom- 

 panied by a specialist eminent in physical researches. The 

 region to be investigated is in the track of the migratory 

 fishes, including mackerel, bluefish, shad, alewives and 

 menhaden, and it is expected that by means of these studies 

 we may arrive at a knowledge of the' conditions determining 

 their routes of travel. 



PLANTING OF WHITEFISH. — The Pennsylvania Fish 

 Commission has recently liberated fifteen millions of young 

 white fish in Lake Erie. The eggs were collected on this 

 lake by the TJ. S. Fish Commission and batched at Erie, Pa. 

 The unusually large number of 215,000,000 eggs was gathered 

 last winter and distri buted by the United States to hatcheries 

 at Duluth, Northville, Alpena, Erie and Sandusky, The 

 period of incubation lasted about five months. The hatch- 

 ing was done in McDonald jars, holding 180,000 eggs each. 

 The fry were deposited a few miles from the shore, at suit- 

 able distauces between the various lots. Fishermen of Lake 

 Erie realize the great benefit arising from the hatching 

 operations, as the fish have become more abundant since 1880! 



he Mennel 



FIXTURES, 



DOG SHOWS. 



May 22 to 25.— Pacific Kennel Club Show, San Francisco, 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. IS. — Eleven tli Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field 

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

 toga Springs, N. Y. 



Dec. 3.— Inaugural Field Trials of the Central Field Trial Club, 

 at Lexington, N. C. C. H. Odell, Secretary pro tem., Mill's Build- 

 ing, New York, N._Y. , 



PHILADELPHIA DOG SHOW. 



THE seventh annual exhibition of the Philadelphia Ken- 

 nel Club will go on record as the best ever held in the 

 Quaker City. This year the club was fortunate enough to 

 secure Horticultural Hall, which, although not very well 

 adapted for a large show, is well located and infinitely 

 preferable to the old musty rink which seemed to be boy- 

 cotted by the better class of people. The change resulted as 

 was anticipated; there was a larger attendance than at any 

 other show given by the club, and many of the most promi- 

 nent people of the town passed the ticket office. 



Mr. H. J. Ireland— a new man at the business, but not a 

 new dog man — was superintendent, and he conducted the 

 show on a different system than has hitherto been attempted. 

 He worked the wires from a comfortable seat in his office, 

 and as the smoke of a sweet Havana hovered around him he 

 was practically obscured from the gaze of idle questioners. 

 When he wished anything done he waved his hand, and 

 what appeared to be an incomprehensible order was imme- 

 diately attended to, but how, or by whom, nobody knew. 

 At the close of the show he was given the well-earned title 

 of Electric Manager. 



The entertaining of the visitors was left to one of the most 

 popular members of the club and one of the best dog men 

 in this couutry — Mr. J. H. Winslow. His lavish generosity, 

 amiability and open-hearted hospitality were not forgotten 

 when the last sounds of "For he's a jolly good fellow" had 

 been wafted from the comfort able rooms of the Art Club to 

 the starry firmament. No. It will be many a long day be- 

 fore the visitors at this show forget the countless courtesies 

 that were extended to them by J. H. Winslow. 



The catalogue showed that there were 615 entries. Absen- 

 tees were less numerous thau one would have supposed, and 

 the quality, takeu as a whole, was better than has been seen 

 at any show, save Boston and New York. Several judges 

 made their debut. Some of these acquitted themselves in a 

 creditable manner, while the others, either from nervous- 

 ness or lack of experience, got things badly mixed. In only 

 one instance did a "kicker" allow bad blood and ill feeling 

 to shelter where common sense and gentlemanly instinct 

 should have reigned. This Philadelphian clearly proved 

 that his lack of knowledge of Gordon setters was at least 

 equalled by his ignorance of the law which allows a man, 

 even if he be a judge of dogs, to think and have an opinion 

 of his own. 



The judging was completed the first day and a neat cata- 

 logue with a full list of awards was for sale by noon of the 

 next day. For this catalogue much credit was due Mr. Jas. 

 Watson, whose energy, foresight and good judgment would 

 have been sadly missed, on the first day of the show espe 

 eially. The judges and' the classes they handled were as 

 follows: Mastiffs, St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, Great 

 Danes, deerhouuds, greyhounds, whippets, Italian grey- 

 hounds, poodles and miscellaneous, Jas. Watson; English, 

 Irish and Gordon setters, Percy C. Ohl; pointers, J. H.Phelan; 



spaniels, S. B. Hemingway; collies, Dr. J. P. Gray; basset 

 hounds and dachshunde, C. Stevenson; fox-terriers, W. 

 Butherfurd, bull-terriers, black and tan terriers, tov ter- 

 riers and bulldogs, J. Deville; Skye, Irish, Scotch, York- 

 shire and any other variety terriers, Dr. W. P. Sanderson; 

 pugs and toy spaniels, Dr. M. H. Cryer; beagles, F. D, Hal- 

 let; foxhounds, W. T. Boyer. 



MASTIFFS— (MR. WATSON). 

 Minting and The Lady Coleus were the entries in the 

 challenge classes and both were as usual in grand condition. 

 In the absence of Sears' Monarch from the open class for 

 dogs, Clement, that is well-known, was properly placed at 

 the head of affairs, and Brother, another well-known one, 

 was second. Both are getting very gray. Sir, third prize, 

 is not quite a show dog. Defects: Skull very small; muz- 

 zle neither wide, deep nor blunt; ears too large; feet not 

 first-class; rather leggy. His fairly good body and limbs 

 are spoiled by a head that will not do for the show bench. 

 Pasteur, he, while far from being first-class in head, having 

 yellow eyes and not being perfect behind, shows decidedly 

 more true mastiff character than Sir, and we would have 

 placed him third. Brutus, he, is long and light in muzzle, 

 small in skull, undersize and not nearly so good a dog as 

 Pasteur. Thane, e, is long and houhdy in head, large in 

 ears, light in loin, weak in middle, wrong in feet and 

 wretchedly bad behind. He is not a show dog, Duke of 

 Bethlehem, c. is wrong in muzzle, light in ears, shows ex- 

 cessive dewlap, is tucked-up and light in loin, bad behind, 

 not good in feet, in fact, not a show dog. Napoleon, c, is a 

 puppy that had been removed when we reached the stall. 

 The class was weak in point of character. First in the 

 bitch class was, on this occasion, rightly awarded to the 

 now well-known Boss Lady Clare, closely pressed by the 

 highly commended Countess that, notwithstanding her 

 many defects and the wide margin that is seen between her 

 form and that of a good one, should certainly have been 

 second. This bitch was second in the novice class at New 

 York. Her claim to notice consists in none of her defects 

 being very pronounced. For instance, she is too long before 

 the eyes, but the muzzle is cut off square and her lips are. 

 well nigh perfect in hang; her ears are rather large and 

 they lie as if she had little control over them; she lacks in 

 wrinkle, but without a sacrifice of much character; her 

 chest, while not bad is too narrow, and the ribs are not well 

 sprung; her loin, while not bad, is too light; while she can- 

 not be caUed cow-hocked, she is neither correct in formation 

 nor movement of hindparts. Lady Caution, third prize, is 

 not well marked. Her skull is wide, but not deep, and the 

 same may be said of her muzzle, and this formation gives 

 to her a froggy appearance, which is very undesirable in a 

 dog of this breed. Her ears are not well carried, eyes are 

 too light, legs too long, hocks light and she does not stand 

 right in front. Mai, second prize, is a rather promising 

 puppy by Minting. At present her ears are her worst de- 

 fects. She took first in the class for bitch puppies, her ken- 

 nel companion and litter brother, Czar, being first in the 

 class for dog puppies. The bitch has the better of him in 

 head and massiveness of frame. They were points ahead of 

 the other puppies that were shown and both may be heard 

 from again. 



ST. BERNARDS— (MR. WATSON). 



Otho and Ben Lomond here met for the first time in the 

 challenge class. Otho in skull, muzzle, expression and 

 forelegs is a good winner, but the Melrose crack is so very 

 much better in length of body, strength of hindquarters, 

 tail, coat and hind action, that he was fairly entitled to the 

 award. In bitches it was Gemma I. first and Miranda 

 second. It is a close thing between these bitches, but we 

 must say that equal in condition we prefer Gemma I. 

 Prince, first in the open class for dogs, is a white and orange 

 tawny with black facings, ears and orbits. Defects: Fore- 

 face small in proportion to size of skull and lacking more 

 especially in depth; expression not good; stop hardly deep 

 enough, and eyebrows not sufficiently prominent; forelegs 

 not perfectly straight, but better than average; back and 

 loin should be longer; thighs should be deeper; coat not in 

 good condition; rather undersize; does not move very well 

 behind. Marquis of Stafford, second prize, is a white dog, 

 with bad tail, moderate head and short body. He never 

 would have won the place if Alpine Chief, third prize, had 

 been in show condition. The last named is of decidedly 

 better type; in fact, he was the best St. Bernard in the class. 

 Montezuma, vhc, is wrong in markings, bad in ears, pointed 

 in muzzle, light in eyes, wrong in expression, small in feet, 

 open in coat. His good body and hindquarters cannot over- 

 come these defects, most of which are very pronounced. 

 Mac, he, was not on the bench When we called. Faust, he, 

 is undersize, wrong in set of ears, expression, stop, and was 

 not in good condition. Leo, he. , is a red dog, wrong in coat 

 and character. First in bitches was given to the orange and 

 white Bose, that is hardly deep enough in muzzle, not quite 

 right in set and carriage of ears, hardly typical in eyes or 

 expression, a bit over at the knees and' not just right in 

 position of feet, somewhat short in loin, inclined to be 

 open in coat and undersized. She is a useful second-rater. 

 Betsey Bobbet, second prize, is not quite right in head 

 markings. Muzzle too pointed and wrong in lips; color of 

 eyes too light; head too round; ears not carried close; very 

 light in bone; feet too small. She has good body and hind- 

 parts, and average coat, but her bad head and very light 

 litabs will always prevent her from finishing in the first flight 

 if the class is fairly good. Jessie, third prize, is very light 

 and pointed in muzzle, wrong in ears and their formation, 

 not perfectly straight in front, rather too small in feet, 

 wrong in stem and its carnage, and undersize. To sum up 

 she is a little bad-headed one, but not a weed. Lady Well- 

 ington and Alpine Maid were absent from this class. We 

 shall be, surprised if any of the puppies shown hold a prom- 

 inent position next year. 



Hector, that is coming back to his old form, defended the 

 challenge class for smooth-coated dogs, and his kennel mate, 

 Daphne, was on this occasion rightly placed over Flora II. 

 Nevis, first in the open class for dogs, was second in New 

 York and fully described in our report of that show. Nigel, 

 second prize, was vhc. at New York. He has improved some 

 iu head . These dogs are a credit to their sire, Victor Joseph, 

 who is making quite a name for himself in the stud. Lord 

 Hector, another well-known one, was third, with Ivan 

 vhc. and Trojan Hector he These dogs are well known and 

 we thought the class was well judged. Apollona. looking 

 well considering tkat she has been the circuit, was placed at 

 the head of the bitch class, with Grimsel second and Reka 

 third. We would have disqualified Grimsel and put Monas- 

 tery Mercedes, he , either first or second. These bitches need 

 not be described again. Belle, vhc. is defective in head, 

 carriage of ears, coat, and strength of bone, and is not on a 

 large scale. Lady Bernard, he, is light in bone, cow-hocked, 

 light and weak in quarters and not good in feet. Her fairly 

 good head and body won ber the card. Kara, c, is narrow 

 and houudy m head and light in bone. Trojan Hector, first 

 in the puppy class at New York, was first here iu a class of 

 two entries, his brother, Trojan Knight, getting second 

 money. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS— (MB. WATSON). 



This class, as usual, brought out a nice lot of mongrels. 

 Frank H., first prize: Muzzle too pointed: eyes rather too 

 prominent and a shade light in color: rather light iu bone; 

 coat and stern should be longer; carriage of stern not cor- 

 rect; coat on neck very curly; lacks true character; under- 

 sized. Bess, second prize: Muzzle too long and shallow; 

 skull not truly formed; eyes and expression not correct; 

 carriage of ears not right: does not stand well in front; 

 light in bone; coat should be longer; feet not right; under- 



sized. Don, unnoticed, is bad in head, tail, coat and limbs. 

 Duke, also unnoticed, is plain iu head and bad in coat. Bru- 

 nette, unnoticed, lacks in head and expression and is very 

 weedy. Fido, unnoticed, is a large mongrel black animal, 

 that must have been entered by mistake. 



GREAT DANES— (MR. WATSON). 

 Marco, first prize, is light in eyes, wrong in lins and ex- 

 pression, straight behind, weak in back and too flat in ribs. 

 Notwithstanding these defects he was the best in the clasR. 

 Flora, second prize, is wrong in lips, throaty, hollow in 

 back, not perfect in feet, rather light in bone and a bit weak 

 in knees. We liked the weak-headed Lady Bess, that took 

 e, about as well as the second prize winner. 



DEERHOUNDS — (MR. WATSON). 



Highland Laddie, the only entry in the challenge class 

 for dogs, was absent, and his kennel companion" Wanda 

 represented the ladies. The open class for dogs was strong 

 in point of quality, Mr. Thayer supplying the first and sec- 

 ond prize winner with his well known exhibits Clansman 

 and Bobber Chieftain. For reasons that were given in the 

 New York report we would have reversed the decision. Sir 

 Kenneth, vhc, is wrong in front, and being all out of coat, 

 had no earthly chance of beating the winners. Bevis, un- 

 noticed, is small, plain and light in loin. Mr. Thayer's 

 Heath erbelle was absent from the bitch class, which left 

 his strong kennel to be represented by the undersized, but 

 stout and good-limbed Thora, that was beaten by a useful- 

 looking specimen, Lady Strike. Head might be stronger, 

 loin flat, set of legs not just right, would be improved by 

 depth iu loin, tail defective, feet inclined to turn outward, 

 shoulders too upward, undersized. 



GREYHOUNDS — (MR. WATSON). 

 Lancashire Witch, that has been on the shelf for some 

 time, made her appearance in the challenge class and won 

 without opposition. The winner in the open class for dogs 

 turned up in Molech, a dog showing good breeding and 

 many defects. Among them may be noted: Very weak 

 foreface; coarse neck— it is arched 'on the under side and the 

 wrong way; chest should show more depth; loin also would 

 be improved by depth; shoulders and set of legs not perfect; 

 hocks too straight; stifles too much out. A dog of handy 

 size. Hazelhurst, second prize, notwithstanding his bad 

 hindquarters, was well placed. Harper, Jr.. third prize, is 

 a rank bad one and the prize should have been withheld. 

 Defects: Weak muzzle; prick-ears: very wide chest: shoul- 

 ders altogether wrong; very crooked in front; wretchedly 

 bad feet, which turn outward; flat ribs; light loin; bad 

 Stifles; straight hocks. An under-sized and tucked-up 

 weed. Skip, unnoticed, is a large, leggy, coarse, flat, stilty 

 bow-wow, "breeder and pedigree unknown." Captain, un- 

 noticed, has great length before the eyes, in fact, more 

 length than strength, and he is flat-sided and light in bone. 

 Scipio, unnoticed, is a funny-looking little weed. Tim, un- 

 noticed, is a terror for the greyhound class. His one grand 

 point is that, there is very little of him. Dora, Lady Olivia 

 and Queen in Black, winners in the corresponding class for 

 bitches, are well known to all greyhound fanciers. The best 

 of them might take the he card in a good class. Purity, 

 vbe, is plain in head, light in bone, and defective behind 

 the hips. Zoe, he, is plain in head, light in bone and flat- 

 sided. Saturday Night, unnoticed, looks like a rake. The 

 greyhound class is not for her. Highland Guard, first in 

 puppies, should develop into a better specimen than any- 

 thing in the open classes. Vanguard, second prize in this 

 class, was out w"hen we called. 



POINTERS — (MR. PHELAN). 



King of Kent and Lad of Bow, two well known good ones, 

 were the competitors in the challenge class for heavy weight 

 dogs. Lad of Bow is of better type for the heavy weight 

 class and was rightly placed first. Lass of Bow was unop- 

 posed in the bitch class. The open class for dogs was well 

 judged. Brake had no trouble in beating Pontiac; and we 

 are glad to find that the judge considered him a very easy 

 winner. A review of the performances of these two dog's 

 during the. past few weeks will be interesting to many. 

 Pontiac was placed second at New York and Brake fourth, 

 Mr. John Davidson being the judge. Our criticism of Pon- 

 tiac concluded as follows: ''We thought the judge gave 

 him more than he was entitled to in this company. Our 

 choice for the place would have been the fourth prize win- 

 ner, Brake." At Troy, the week following, Mr. Davidson 

 again placed Pontiac ahead and we criticised the award as 

 follows: "Here we think Mr. Davidson made a mistake. 

 Pontiac beats Brake in hindquarters, but in other points Mr. 

 Pentz's dog is well ahead and was clearly entitled to second." 

 A week later Mr. Tallman indorsed Mr. Davidson's opinion, 

 at Albany. Here is our report: "Pontiac and Brake, in the 

 open class for dogs, held the same position as at Troy. The 

 more we look at these dogs the more positively certain are 

 we that Brake is the better, and more than that, very de- 

 cidedly better." The next time that the dogs met in com- 

 petition was at Lynn, where Mr. Mortimer was the judge. 

 This judge indorsed Mr. Tallman and here is our report: 

 "Iu the open class for heavy-weight dogs Pontiac, Brake and 

 Beaufort II. are well known. Pontiac, that was wrongly 

 placed over Brake at New York , Troy and Albany, was, of 

 course, placed over him again. Brake is decidedly the better 

 dog, as time will show." A week later the dogs met at 

 Boston, where Mr. Winslow was judge. Brake won and he 

 was not hard pressed either. The next week the dogs came 

 under Mr. Gresham at Worcester. Brake won. Just because 

 Mr. Davidson did wdiat any man is liable to do, make a mis- 

 take, the owner of Brake was deprived of four prizes which 

 any man who has a knowledge of pointers must have seen he 

 was fairly entitled to. "Follow the leader," seems to be the 

 motto of several judges in this country. Mr. Davidson had 

 very large and strong classes to judge at New York, and it 

 was the easiest thing in the world for him or for any other 

 man in a similar position to make an error of judgment. 

 Tory White, in fairly good condition, was entitled to third 

 place, but if "Old Bang" had been in his usual good form he 

 would have been our choice for the place. He carried his tail 

 badly when under judgment and lacked the vigor of move- 

 ment that he usually displays. If the old dog has good food 

 and necessary attention during the hot spell we shall ex- 

 pect him to come to time in the fall and take another rib- 

 bon. Sachem and Victor the Blue Stocking, that got vhc. 

 cards, are well known. Lebanon and Dick of Delphos^that 

 also got vhc, are no match for "Old Bang," when the last 

 is fit, and if they meet again our prediction will be: "Old 

 Bang" first and the rest nowhere. Bing Bang, e, is plain iu 

 head, houndy in ears, wrong in feet, leggy and rather shal- 

 low in middle. Lady Snow, Belle Bandolph and Devon 

 Nell were the winners in the bitch class. All are well 

 known. As a large size pointer Devon Nell was clearly the 

 best. Devonshire Countess and Buby, the vhc. winners, 

 need not again be described. A person, whose name we were 

 unable to ascertain, tried to protest the decision in favor of 

 Devon Nell on the ground that she was mangy. This pro- 

 test was probably the outcome of our comments on several 

 of the Bryn Mawr exhibits at Albany. The owners of the 

 kennels had unwittingly intrusted their exhibits to the care 

 of an inexperienced and indolent fellow who was wholly in- 

 capable of caring for them. Several of the dogs were in a 

 mangy condition, and it was not until they had been placed 

 in other hands that they were cured. Devon Nell is a recent 

 addition to the Bryn Mawr Kennels, and the individual who 

 was anxious to have her disqualified must have laughed at 

 his own ignorance when somebody told him that Devon 

 Nell's skin was as clean as a healthy babe's. 



Naso of Kippeu added another to his long string of win- 

 nings by taking the prize in the challenge class for light- 



