SfotY i, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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gild that the sawdust from away up in the mountains dQes 

 Htt affect the bass in this latter stream, from the fact that 

 there is a large volume of water, the creek covers twenty 

 Wfes us much groui.id as does little Piucy Ruu, the sawdust 

 jffiftges here and t li .m-<' and finally becomes lost, or appears 

 fflftsucli infinitesimal quantities- that its effect is lost. So il is 

 ■Bo-ohustown, Pa., the junction of the Stonycreek and the 

 Hftemangh. Twenty years ago we caught bass, perch, pike 

 iitpd various other fishes below that town, but since the foca- 

 , lion of wire mills, discharging their thousands of gallons of 

 llljsriol into the stream, there is not a fish taken within 

 ■"Snty milf s of it worth mentioning. So it is everywhere, 

 ■there is sufficient water in a stream to counteract the 

 ' St of sawdust the fish in that stream will not suffer; but 

 a small mountain brook plentifully stocked with trout, 

 loose upon it a double -geared sawmill, and in a year 

 oottom of all the pools will be Covered 2ft. deep with 

 Pdust, the ' ri (Ties'* will be running thick with the stuff, 

 ' my word for it ( here will be no trout there. Pacific, 

 rjuAMENto, Cab, May 5 



VERMONT STREAM STOCK INC A Roxbury corres- 

 ndent of the Montpelier Argus and Patriot writes! No 

 vho has never seen it demonstrated can tell how fast 

 li will breed and grow in a mountain stream. Charles 

 ;ee owns and tries to protect the brook through his 

 low. There are already thousands of trout in his brook 

 _ut oin. in length, where there were few last summer, 

 j Congee will take great pleasure in his experiment, and 

 is to be hoped people will respect his rights and the law, 

 former days there Was not a trout in this brook above the 

 lis at 1j. Webbs,- and one of the early settlers carried a few 

 Ore the falls; Intending .at some future day to enjoy the 

 ort of catching them. "In threw years the brodk Was full 

 the speckled fellows, and a hunter from Warren j Who 

 •cideutally found it out, caught 75 pounds in one day, front 

 j source to where Webb's steam mill is. This so angered 

 i old pioneer that he never cast a hook in the stream. 



r Jie Menttel 



DOG SHC-W&. 



fcnpt. & to 13;— Dog Show of the Farmers' Lancaster County Fair 

 Association,- at Lancaster Pa. A. A. Herr, Secretary. 



Si'ju. 10 to lo. Sixth Animal Dog Show of the London Kennel 

 JJf 'i, at Lotidon, Oil!,. C. A; Stone, Manager. 



Sent. 10 to 13.— Dog Show of the Central Canada Exhibition As- 

 sociation, at Ottawa, Can. Capt. R. C. \V. MacCuaisr, Secretary. 

 Kept. D to 13— First Annual Dog Show of the Toledo Kennel 

 Chit), Toledo, O. T. B. Lee, Secretary. 



Sept. 17 to 20.— Dog Show of the Pet Stock Association at El- 

 piira, N. Y. J. Otis Fellows, Superintendent, Hornellsvillc; N.Y. 



fcau. 27 to Feb. 1, 1800.— Dog Show of the Colorado Poultry and 

 Pet Stock Association, at Denver, Col. 



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

 Kennel Club, New York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 



March 11 to J J, 1880.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Rochester 

 Kennel Club, at, Rochester, N. Y. Harrv Yates. Secretary. 

 . March 2ft to 38, lflUO.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Mass. 

 gfc el Cjub. Lynn, Masst D: A. Williams, Secretary. 



April 1 to i, 189rt.— Sixth Annual Dog Show of the New England 

 •Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. J. W. Newritam Secretary. 

 FIELD TRIALS, 

 ov. 4.— Third Annual Fjeld Trials of the Indiana Kennel Club. 

 . Madison. Secretary, Indianapolis. Ind. 



ov. 11. — Inaugural Field Trials of the Canadian Kennel Club, 

 bat ham. Out. C. A. Stone, Secretary, London, Ont. 

 NOV, IS.— Eleventh Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field 

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

 toga. Springs, N. Y. 



Doc. 2v— Inaugural Field Trials of the Central Field Trial Club, 

 at Lexington, .N. C. C. II. Odeli, Secretary, Mill's Building, New 

 York, N.Y. 



S>flo. 16.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field 

 Tnat Club, at Amory, Miss. T. M. Brumby, Secretary, Marietta, 

 Ga. 



Jan. 20, 1890.— Seventh Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Coast 

 (Field Trial Club at Bakersfleld, Cal. H. H. Briggs, Secretary, 313 

 Bush street, San Francisco, Cal. 



Feb. 11, 1890.— Fourth Annual Field Trials of the Texas Field 

 Trial Club, at Marshall, Tex. W. L. Thomas, Secretary. 



COURSING. 



Oct. 8 io 12. -Fail meet of the National Coursing Club at Hutch 

 insun, Kan. M. E. Allison, Manager. 



. 24,— Ai-mual Meet of the American Coursing Club, at Great 

 , Ivan. F. K. Doan, Secretary, St. Louis, Mo. 



Oct 

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DOG LICENSE LAWS. 



[Continued from pane U60.} 

 TWJ E continue below the publication of our reports on the 

 BY T laws relating to dogs in towns, and the methods 



adopted to reduce the number of vagrant curs. The in- 

 Borination has been secured by correspondence with the 

 Hnayors or presiding officers of the several places named, and 



.the reports were all made in 1888: 



Iowa. 



Council Bluffs.— The city has an ordinance imposing a tax 

 of $1.35 for male and 82.50 for female dogs, if license is not 

 :paid they are to be destroyed, but not poisoned. This ordin- 

 Knce is not generally enforced for the reason that there is a 

 [State law, making a double taxation as it were. The State 

 ■law is "that the assessor shall list each dog over three 

 Diouths old, and owner, the board of supervisors shall levy 

 fl tax of 50 cents for male and $1 for female dogs, which tax 

 Khali constitute a special fund to compensate any one for 

 loss occasioned by dogs killing or injuring sheep or any 

 other domestic animal, provided the damage cannot be col- 

 lected from the owner of the dog." The following is a copy 

 of the provisions of the city ordinance: "The owners of 

 dogs are required to register the names, breed, sex and age 

 • ich dog, and the owner's place of residence, and shall 

 to the clerk the sum of $1.25 for each male and $2.50 for 

 female dog. If this tax is not paid they are to be impounded 

 and offered for sale for not less thau the tax imposed; if not 

 J sold they are to be destroyed (not poisoned) by the city mar- 

 "fcball, who receives a fee of §1 fordoing so.— M. E. Rohrer, 

 Rlayor. 



Dcs Moines. — The tax on each dog is $1, on each bitch $3, 

 which is due Juue 1, and on each dog or bitch is put a metal 

 Ji with the number of the receipt given by the collector, 

 dog found running at large without a check is taken 

 u put in the pound, and if not claimed within forty- 

 R i hours killed. Also the mayor can upon reasonable 

 apprehension of danger issue a proclamation prohibiting 

 i dogs from running at large not securely muzzled, they shall 

 be slain by any person and the owner or keeper shall be sub- 

 ject to a fine of not less than $25, The collector shall keep 

 record showing the ifame of each person from whom he 

 1 have collected a dog tax, the number of receipt and 

 ►-check. Dogs found for the current year 800.— I. A. HAM- 

 MER, City Clerk. 

 i Lc Mars.— Out city imposes a tax of $1 on male dogs and 

 l«?3 on females. The State also taxes 50 cents per head. The 

 shall usually shoots dogs on which no license is paid. 

 |\\ e have no pound or other provision for unlicensed dogs. 

 — M. A. Mooee, Mayor. 

 Marshalltown.—We have no license on dogs in our city. 

 IWe have a State tax on dogs, 50 cents on males and SI on 

 lleniales; but there is no provision made for destroying them 

 Ijn case it is not paid.— Nelson Ames, Mayor. 



Indiana. 



I', i n. -Out city taxes dogs fcl per head aud bitches $3 per 

 head. Dogs are loosely and carelessly assessed, not one in 

 five being returned for taxation, Those that are returned 

 are paid for at the rates above; those that nre not enjoy the 

 freedom ot the city the same as those that ate pa id for, and 

 SUffi r no penalties either of life or impounding. The. intcn- 

 tion of the law is to tax all dogs at the above rates. No dogs 

 are killed nor impounded for non-payment of taxes.— John 

 A. Graham, Mayor. 



Richmond.— We have no dog tax in our city.— James W. 

 Mooije, Mayor. 



Michigan. 



ColdwatCV.—As a city we do not impose any license on 

 dogs, but have an ordinance providing for muzzling during 

 certain seasons of the year, a violation of which renders the 

 Unfortunate cur liable" to be shot by the marshal. They are 

 seldom shot, however, Dogs are liable to he taxed under 

 State, laws, but if enumerated and assessed, the tax is not 

 usually collected in cities, as it all goes to sheep fund, if 

 any have been killed,- which seldom happens, as no sheep 

 are owned in cities. The conseqUehee is, that the tax of ft 

 on male, and $3 on female dogs is usually not paid; anything 

 remaining goes to school fund.— B. H. Calkins, Mayor. 



Flint.- IMo tax is imposed on dogs, nor are there any city 

 ordinances restraining their freedom. 



SaQiWW. — We do not tax dogs; had a dog tax some six 

 years ago, but abolished it again. W@ shoot stray dogs and 

 vicious ones also.— Wm. Hinder, Controller, 



Kalamazoo.— Our city imposes no license on dogs. There 

 is nothing dpne in the matter of disposing of stray or un - 

 licensed dogs, and they are never impounded, and iu fact 

 the dogs have it very much their own way.— Chauncev 

 Strong, City Clerk. 



End SaijirrdW.— There is no ordinance in regard to the 

 licensing of dogs in the city, but there is no penalty if tax is 

 not paid and the law is not enforced.— Feud. A. Ashley, 

 City Clerk. 



Marshall—Onv license for dogs is $1. In case of failure 

 to pay same, they are impounded and killed with strychnine. 

 During the present year we have impounded and destroyed 

 six dogs only.— F. R. AMLAK, Recorder. 



Grand Rapids.— The tax on dogs in this city is for males 

 $1, and for females $2. Dogs are required to wear the license 

 tag, and any dog found loose without it is impounded, and 

 may be redeemed by the owner on production of evideuce 

 that the dog is duly licensed and payment of $1 pound fee 

 and 20 dts. a day for keep. The dog is slain if not redeemed,. 

 Violations of the ordinance are punishable with fine which 

 may extend to $500 or with imprisonment whicu may extend 

 to a yeat\ The funds raised from this source are devoted 

 primarily to compensating sheep owners for injuries in- 

 flicted by dogs.— John J. Belknap, City Clerk. 



Charlotte— sphe tax on dogs in our city and State is $1 on 

 each dog, aud all dogs uot muzzled during what is termed 

 dog days, the marshals are required to shoot, but this part 

 of the, law in not enforced very strictly.— EL Shepherd, 

 Mayor. 



Indiana. 



New Albany. — The city does not collect any tax or license 

 on dogs, but the county does. The tax on male dogs is $ 1, 

 aud on female $2. We have no dog pound. The dogs run 

 at large without muzzles. During the summer months a 

 great mauy dogs are poisoned by citizens, but there is no 

 protection for dogs whatever. The tax collected is for the 

 purpose of paying for sheep that are killed by dogs. We 

 have a few Very Valuable dogs iu this city, but their owners 

 have no recourse if any of these dogs are killed. During 

 the summer mouths they have to keep them muzzled or 

 confined to keep them from being poisoned or killed.— John 

 J. Richards, Mayor. 



Fort Wayne— The tax in this city is, clogs $2, bitches $5. 

 We have no pound or register for dogs.— W. N. Rockhill. 

 City Clerk. 



South Bend. — We require a license of $1 for male and $2 

 for female dogs. We have no dog pound. We require all 

 clogs running at large to be muzzled between Aug. 1 and 

 Sept. 1, and all dogs found without being properly muzzled 

 on the streets between those dates are killed by the police. 

 Wm. H. Longley, Mayor. 



JEvansvMe.—We issued 2,000 dog licenses including 

 females. The dogs are taxed $1, females $2. We have no 

 dog pound; those few that escape taxes are let, roam unless 

 very worthless, when our policemen shoot them. I don't 

 suppose there is more than one dog shot iu twelve months 

 in this city.— J. H. Dannettell, Mayor. 



Valparaiso.— Our city imposes a tax of $1 on dogs and $2 

 on bitches. Dogs running at large unlawfully ai*e destroyed 

 by marshal aud police. Number of dogs assessed iu 1888 

 was 118, bitches 13. — T, G. Lytle, Mayor. 



Illinois. 



Frceport.— Mayor A. Bergman, of Freeport, reports that 

 the license fee in that city is $1; that unlicensed and stray 

 dogs are impounded and killed if not redeemed in three day?. 



Bloamington. — We have a dog tax which is assessed for 

 by the regular assessor of the township of $1 for each dog. 

 In addition to this we have au ordinance requiring dogs to 

 be muzzled from June 1 to Oct. 1; it also provides that dogs 

 that are not muzzled shall be shot. We have not killed any 

 dogs. This same subject we are giving attention to. It is 

 dangerous to shoot the dogs in the street. We believe the 

 system of impounding to be the best, and satisfying, as it 

 gives people time to get their dogs and muzzle them before 

 they are destroyed.— J. R, Mason, Mayor. 



Rock Island.— The municipal tax on dogs is $1 per head. 

 -Every owner is required yearly on June 1 to take out 

 stamped metallic check and place it on the dog, and by the 

 number of the check the dog and owner are registered in a 

 book kept for that purpose, all dogs not registered within 

 one month are required to be shot on sight by the police. 

 The tax collected for the last fiscal year was $317, dogs 

 killed 157. In case of existence of hydrophobia, or supposed 

 danger from this source, by proclamation from the Mayor, 

 all dogs, registered or not, may be ordered to be muzzled or 

 chained to prevent running at large, and all dogs (registered 

 or not) found running at large during the time limited by 

 proclamation are to be shot on sight if unmuzzled. No 

 provision exists for impounding dogs.— VlRGlL-M. Bland- 

 ing, Mayor. 



Aurora — This city for the year ending June 30, 1889 

 licensed 450 dogs at s?2 each and caused 100 to be destroyed. 

 The license rate this vear has been reduced to SI and the 

 number of license issued to date is 460. All dogs running 

 at large must be muzzled from June 1 to Oct. L We im- 

 pound all dogs for four days after they are caught before 

 destroying them if no one redeems within that time. — Geo. 

 Meredith, Mayor. 



Cairo.— The license fee imposed«in this city on dogs is 82 

 annually. Unlicensed and stray' dogs are impounded and 

 destroyed. During the year 350 were impounded, and 67 

 killed," rest redeemed. 



Jol/ipt. —Dog tax, $2 per annum, payable July 1; owners are 

 arrested and fined $5 aud costs for not taking license. War- 

 rants are issued by police magistrate upon presentation of 

 name of dog owner by any one, usually by the police. After 

 July 10 unlicensed dogs are shot on sight without further 

 notice. Dog must wear tag furnished by the city. We col- 

 lect tax on 500 dogs and kill about sixty. No pound. To be 

 served with a warrant is to be fined, whether the party has 

 a dog or not; so people are careful about harboring anybody's 

 dog.— J. D. Paige, Mayor, 



Ottawa.— The Mayor reports that the license tax iu that 

 city is 75 cents per year, that unlicensed dogs are destroyed, 

 and that 150 were destroyed the past year. 



Lincoln— Our city does not impose a tax on dogs. Stray 

 dogs are destroyed on the streets. Under our city laws, the 

 Mayor can have all dogs either muzzled or destroyed when 

 he thinks it is necessary.— C. M. KnApr, Mayor. 



Rockford.—We have no pound. For about, sixty days, 

 during" dog days, Mayor gives authority for police to shoot 

 all degs running at large not muzzled and unrestrained.— 

 II. C. Scovnx, Mayor. 



Siirinqjicld,. -Thv license fee on male dogs is onfesjales 

 13. Stray dogs or dogs running at large are impounded int 

 the dog pound. After three days' detention if not redeemed! 

 by the owner they are destroyed. The. redemption fee is the 

 same as the license fee. — CHAS. PI HOY, Mayor. 



Minnesota. 



St. Cloud. — We tax dogs $1 for males and for females. 

 The method of collecting is simply a notification to the 

 parties owning the dogs. Our ordinance provides for a fine 

 to any one who will keep an unlicensed dog; also that such 

 unlicensed dog shall be destroyed. We. have no pound to 

 dipose of them. If they are not licensed they are destroyed! 

 by the police; that is. they are supposed to be. I must ad- 

 mit, however, that several dogs slip through' without the 

 owners paving the license.— Wm. Westerman. 



Minneapolis.— -The license on dogs in this city is males 

 $1.20 and females $2. 2d. They are impounded if found un- 

 licensed, aud at the end of three days if not called for by 

 owner are killed.— ChA.s. G. Ame>>, Mayor's Sec'y. 



]> ninth-.— The tax on each male dog is jt and on each 

 female dog $5. We have no pound. Owners are required 

 to see that their dogs are licensed and in default are liable 

 to a fine. The police are instructed to kill all unlicensed 

 dogs and receive a fee of SI for each dog killed.— J, B. Svt- 

 phin, Mayor. 



St. Paid— The license is $3 for males, m for females. Stray,, 

 unlicensed dogs are captured, taken to the pound, held for' 

 tweuty-four hours; at the end of which time, if not redeemed, 

 they are destroyed by being put into a cage and drowned. 

 The season for taking the census and capturing stray dogs is 

 not yet over. Up to date there have been about 2,800 male 

 dog licenses issued, and about 200 female dog licenses issued; 

 about 700 dogs bavt- been captured and destroyed. — TflOS. A.. 

 PRENDERGAST, City Clerk. 



i:. d Wing.— Our dogs are : at present made personal prop- 

 erty. Owners are taxed as for other personal property, bret- 

 we find that it does not work well, as many having dogs do> 

 not list them, necessarily we have a great many dogs run- 

 ning at large. The subject is now in the bands of Commit- 

 tee of Council and City Attorney to draft a license. Have 

 no fixed method of disposing of stray or lost dogs.— W. E. 

 Hawkins, Mayor. 



Fairbault.— Fairbault collects a license of $3 for females, 

 $1. for males. We have an ordinance by which all dogs can 

 be impounded if the license is not paid, and killed after a 

 certain time if not reclaimed. It has been the custom here 

 to make all pay license who own them or harbor them on 

 July 1. We do not have many to prosecute. There have 

 been no dogs in pound for this year.— Joseph C. Mold. 



Dakota. 



jEfttrort,— Our dog license is male $1, female $3. We keep 

 them in pound twenty-four hours, and if not claimed and 

 license paid they are destroyed. We keep norecord of those 

 destroyed.— H. J. Rice, Mayor. 



MASTIFF PEDICREES IN THE A. K. C. S. BOOK, 



Editor Forest aud Stream: 



As long as the A. K. R. was in the way I refrained from 

 commenting on the above for obvious reasons. It is now 

 time they were shown up. The strong plea for "an official 

 stud book, sir," was that it would be so much more accurate 

 than a private one, it would be "watched aud guarded," it 

 would be of exact accuracy, etc., etc, How has this turned 

 out? Let us see. I do not go back of Vol. V., which is the 

 latest. 



8790, Busker, and 8839, Thor. One of these was a thorough- 

 bred boarbound, shown at New York in 1888, I think it was 

 Thor, but am not certain. Anyhow, there is no excuse for this, 

 for I myself pointed the matter out to the secretary of the A. 

 K. C , aud if the liberty of changing an owner's views as to 

 paternity may be arrogated to itself by "the official" (see 

 further on), surely they can correct an evident error in a 

 show entry. 8787, "Beau, by imported Colonel ex imported 

 Joan " This may be all right, but as a pedigree is worth- 

 less, as nobody knows who "imported Colonel" or "imported 

 Joau" are. 8802, Gilliard. Rajah is said to be by Druid ex 

 Queen! What a "guardian" that didn't know that 

 the great mastiff sire Rajah was by Griffin ex Phillisi 

 8811, Lord Brougham, is that pedigree that was made so 

 notorious as a fraud. In 8814 we have Bosco II., should be 

 Bosco III. (a trifling error). 8817 is very doubtful. Norah 

 is said to be by Green's Monarch ex Phyon. Now Phyon is 

 the way the E.K.C.S. Book gives Capt*. Cautley's Phryne, 

 dam of Mr. Exle.y's Venus, who was dam of that crack Bosco 

 and also of Hero II. Norah was owned by Mr. James Mc- 

 Namee, and was entered at the New York show of 1883 or 

 1884 without pedigree; she was bred to Hero II. when Mr. 

 Jas. Watson owned him, and the visit is noted in the A.K.R. 

 as without pedigree; while it may be correct, I am strongly 

 of the belief that the pedigree of Hero 11. 's dam has been 

 given to the bitch he was mated with. 8852 and 8853 are the 

 old frauds, with Ben Lomond, "Masson's Salsbury," etc., 

 same as 8811. 8861, Venus III., says that there was a Prin- 

 cess Royal who was by The Emperor ex Countess, by Sultan. 

 This Countess is dam of The Emperor. Did The Emperor 

 ever serve bis dam '? Chaucer, by Orlando ex Ilford Cam- 

 bria, is probably all right, as there was such a litter. 



After this time the committee of the Clique Club number 

 one undertook charge of mastiff pedigrees. Let us see how 

 much their •'watching" is worth, and how they "guarded" 

 the sheep. 9(397, Ferdinand, is probably all right, except 

 that Quaker and Quakeress are converted into "Ornaker" 

 and "Ornakeress," probably due to bad handwriting. This 

 pedigree comes from Mr. E. Delafield Smith and Mr. Heinze- 

 man, and that insures its correctness as far as they furnished 

 it. 9700, Lord Gait. Green's Monarch is said to be by Lion 

 out of Lufra. Thunder and lightning! What mastiff man 

 didn't know that Green's Monarch was by Nichols's (and 

 Wynn's) Hercules out of Green's Nelly? 9702, Orion. Beau 

 is said to be by Young Prince out of Merlin. This is utterly 

 inexcusable, for (as I will show later on) "the official, sir!" 

 takes the choicest flunky care to always give the pedigree of 

 Crown Prince as by Young Prince out of Merlin; Beau 

 was by Nichols's Prince (sire of Creole) out of Belle. 10,577, 

 Wacoiita Rose. In this the sire of Crown Prince is given as 

 Young Prince. Now you might as well try to persuade 

 Wacouta that "the official, sir!" was infallible, as 

 that Young Prince was sire of Crown Prince; he has 

 read the evidence on the matter, and knows that, although 

 it is not positive that The Emperor was the sire, it is posi- 

 tive that Young Prince was not. About this there is no 

 manner of question in England, and I defy "the official, 

 sir!" or the committe of the clique club to produce a mastiff 

 man in England, of reputation and knowledge, who will say 

 that he believes Young Prince got the litter out of Merlin. 

 The evidence was overwhelming that, be the sire who he 

 may, he certainly was not Young Prince. The entry was 

 made in the stud book by Wm. Burnell, and so stood (al- 

 though questioned) until it was shown to be false by Bur- 



