Oct. 25, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



267 



The Major's Yank. — Auburn, Pa. — Does "Tile," in 

 your issue of Oct. 11, wish us to understand that the 

 Major "yanked" the head off of a l?lb. pickerel while 

 trying to* "wallop" him out, or did he secure the whole 

 fish?— Bon Ami. 



FISHCULTURE IN CANADA. 



"VI TE have the ''Report of Mr. Samuel Wil mot, Superin- 

 W tendent of Fisbculturc in Canada, 1887." It consists 

 of 45 octavo pages, including the appendices which contain 

 reports of the officers in charge of the different hatcheries, 

 and. is largely statistical. The general condition of the 

 twelve hatcheries now in active operation is of a very satis- 

 factory nature. The whole of the available space for the 

 reception of eggs in many Of the, nurseries is fully utilized, 

 aud with the increasing work iu certain localities more 

 mom and additional apparatus will be required. 



The distribution of fry hatched in 1887 from the individual 

 hatcheries iu each Province and their species is shown in the 

 following tahle. But the. particular waters and the num- 

 bers of fry planted in each locality are recorded in the separ- 

 ate reports of the officers in charge of the hatcheries. 



SCHEDULE OF FRY TURNED OUT OP HATCHERIES IN 18S7. 



Hatchery. 



INo.of Fry. 



Frazer River 



Sydney 



Bedford 



Bedford 



Bedford.. 



Dunk River 



St. John River... 

 St. John River. . . 

 St. John River. . . 



Miraniichi 



Restigonche 



Gaspe" 



Tadoussac 



Magog 



Newcastle 



Newcastle 



Newcastle Ontario 



Sandwich Ontario.. . . 



Sandwich (Ontario . . . 



British Columbia. 

 Nova Scotia (CP..). 

 Nova Send.. C.B >. 

 Nova Scotia (C.B.). 

 Nova Scotia (C.B.). 



P. E. Island 



New Brunswick — 



New Brunswick 



New Brunswick — 



New Brunswick 



Quebec 



Quebec 



Quebec 



Quebec 



Ontario 



Ontario 



Total.. 77,673,000 



Species. 



Salmon. 



Salmon. 



Salmon. 



Salmon trout. 



WMtefish. 



Salmon. 



Salmon. 



Salmon trout. 



TYhitefish, 



Salmon. 



Salmon. 



Salmon. 



Salmon. 



Salmon trout. 



Salmon trout. 



Whitefish. 



Speckled trout 



Whiteflsli. 



Pickerel. 



The planting of this number of young fish in so many of 

 the lakes, rivers and other streams of the country is a work 

 of no inconsiderable magnitude and danger, especially when 

 surrounded, as it is, with manifold difficulties and trials in 

 their transport by railways for long distances; in wagons 

 over rough and intricate roads to waters far inland; through 

 woods and thickets by hand, and up rapid ; turbulent rivers 

 in canoes, and in scows towed by horses, in some instances 

 a hundred miles and more beyond habitable parts of the 

 country. Yet, with all these unavoidable difficulties to over- 

 come, it is satisfactory to know from the evidence of num erous 

 reliable eye-witnesses of the work, and from the officers and 

 men engaged in it themselves, that the loss of young fish in 

 these voyages of transportation is trifling. From length- 

 ened experience, however, it has become demonstrated 

 beyond a doubt that young fish, if removed at the proper 

 time, can be safely carried long distances by land or by 

 water if properly attended to on the journey by careful and 

 tried messengers. 



The grand total of young fish put out from the several 

 fish-breeding establishments in Canada, since the commence- 

 ment of the industry of artificial fishcuiture, now amounts 

 to five hundred and" forty-seven millions, one hundred and 

 thirty-five thousand and nine hundred (547,135,900). By far 

 the greater proportion of these, namely, 400,000,000, were of 

 the salmon species, consisting of the Atlantic salmon, 

 Pacific salmon, salmon trout and whitefish of the Great 

 Lakes, and speckled trout of the streams; the balance were 

 the Lucioperca, or lake pickerel.' 



These species comprise the principal commercial fishes 

 which are indigenous to the extensive fluvial and lacustrine 

 waters of the country: and thus far the artificial methods of 

 propagation have been applied only to them, but it is confi- 

 dently expected that the system will soon be applied to the 

 rearing of many other descriptions of fishes which are 

 natives of, or might be acclimated to, the waters of Canada. 



The salmon hatched at the Eraser River Station were of 

 two species, viz.: 3,405,000 suckey (0. nerka) and 1,009,000 

 quinnat (0. ehovicha). It is recommended that a small 

 steam tug be purchased to gather eggs, distribute fry, and 

 for general service to the coast and river fisheries. All sal- 

 mon hatched at the Eastern stations were the Salvia sola r 

 of the Atlantic coast. It is also recommended that young 

 shad be sent to stock the waters of the coast of British 

 Columbia, in like manner as the U. S. Government has 

 already stocked California rivers with marked success. 



T here are several methods in use for securing the supplies of 

 parent fish for stocking the hatcheries with eggs, and it is a 

 matter of much consideration which to adopt. The great 

 object, however, is to obtain the fish by such means as will 

 be'the least likely to injure them, for if they become bruised 

 or wounded in their capture, many will die before they 

 become ripe for spawning, others from the same causes will 

 get sickly and diseased in their confinement in the retaining 

 ponds and bring about that deadly fish scourge Saprolcgiua 

 ierax of fungoid growthupou their bodies, which not only 

 affects the fish outwardly, but also prevents the proper ripen- 

 ing of the ovaries, causing unsoundness of the eggs for 

 healthy impregnation. 



It is not only the individual fish thus affected that is ruin- 

 ous to the work of obtaining ova, but it is the rapid sprcad- 

 ing of the fungi, or disease to other fish confined m the. same 

 pond. Therefore it is of the first and greatest importance 

 that the parent fish should be captured by such means, and 

 with such careful handliug, as to avoid, if possible, any 

 chances of injury to their bodies when taken in the nets, 

 that will cause wounds, bruises, or any abrasions of the skin, 

 for it is on such injured parts the fungoid disease first takes 

 its hold, and then' spreads rapidly over the whole body till 

 death results — when so to speak, a three-fold loss is experi- 

 enced — the parent fish becomes destroyed for present or 

 future benefits for reproduction; the thousands of ova within 

 its body are also iost for the purposes of the hatchery, and 

 the money value given the the fishermen for the fish is thrown 

 away. And I must further add disappointment to the 

 officers, and dissatisfaction to the public, as well as the 

 Department is experienced, from inability to fill the Govern- 

 ment ha tcheries with eggs. 



As previously mentioned, numerous methods have been 

 adopted for securing supplies of parent fish, but after a close 

 study, coupled with practical experience of this subject for 

 some years past it has been shown that there is only one safe 

 and reliable plan to be adopted, namely, that the Govern- 

 ment secure the best fishing stations available in the several 

 localities, where the parent fish of the species required are 

 known to frequent on their migrations up river, or in the 

 bays where they resort to spawn; and there, under the con- 

 trol and working of proper officers, set such nets or other 

 appliances as are best adapted to capture the fish in the most 



careful and economical manner, and convey them to properly 

 constructed reservoirs, or retaining ponds, having sufficient 

 area and depth of pure living water, where they may freely 

 roam about at their pleasure until the time of spawning. In 

 this way experience has demonstrated that parent fish may 

 be taken without injury, and kept in a perfectly healthy sta te 

 unt i 1 ripe for manipulation, after which they can be liberated 

 again without experiencing any loss. 



The plan adopted of purchasing parent fish from the ordi- 

 nary net fisherman, while from necessity it has been resorted 

 to, is, nevertheless, one that should be discontinued, for it is 

 found that the owuers of fishing stands, though they may 

 get the, usual market price for each salmon, cannot be made 

 to understand, nor do they wish to compreh end, the absolute 

 necessity there is for having the proper description of nets, 

 and using every possible precaution and care in the handling 

 of the lish, in order that they may not get wounded or 

 bruised. The long-accustomed method of taking salmon 

 from the nets in a rough and hurried manner by the fisher- 

 men cannot be overcome, especially when no object has been 

 gained, for the fish dealers, from the great competition 

 existiug between them, care for nothing beyond the numbers 

 aud weight of salmon they may get, let them be wounded, 

 bruised or otherwise injured as the case may he. 



The experience al ways gaiued i n purchasing parent salmon, 

 as just described, has been that a large percentage of them 

 die, or become so diseased with fungoid growth from injuries 

 recived that it will be unwise to continue it. But the cor- 

 rect remedy should be adopted, which is for the Govern- 

 ment to appropriate, a sufficient number of well-selected fish- 

 ing stations, and carefully fish them with its own nets, ap- 

 paratus and men, thus avoiding (as practical trials have 

 shown) the unnecessary loss of parent fish, and preventing 

 an expenditure which does not give commensurate benefits, 

 nor such success in the work of artificial propagation as it is 

 most desirable to attain. 



THE GREEN MOUNTAIN HATCHERY.— Mr. J. L. 

 Winchell, the well-known breeder of English mastiffs and 

 bloodhounds, associated with Mr. M. T. Mead and Dr. O, H. 

 Morehouse, have erected iu the village of Fair Haven, Vt», 

 one of the most complete fish hatcheries to be found, and 

 the only one in that State. It is organized under the name 

 of the "Green Mountain Fish Hatchery." The officers are: 

 President, Mr. J. L. Winchell, of the Green Mountain Ken- 

 nels; Treasurer, M. T. Mead; Dr. O. H. Morehouse, Secretary 

 and Superintendent. Though not so large as many in other 

 States (24x36ft.) it is a model of its kind; no expense has 

 been spared, and nothing forgotten that will make it a suc- 

 cess. They each have devoted much time to the study of 

 pisciculture, and expect soon to have three vats filled to 

 their fullest capacity with the eggs of brook and lake trout. 

 They would be pleased to hear from parties interested or to 

 have them call. 



Dogs: Their Management and Treatment in Disease. By 

 Ashmont. Price -p. Kennel Record and Account Book. 

 Price $3. Training w. Breaking. By S. T. Hammond. 

 Price $1. First Lessons in Dog Training, with Points of 

 all Breeds. Price 60 cents. 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Oct. 5J8 to 26.— Second Annual Show of the St. Paul and Minne- 

 sota KenncJ Club, at St. Paul, Minn. J. E. Stryker, Secretary, 

 Room 98 Globe Building. 



Nov. 6 to 10.— Dog Show of the Richmond County Poultry and 

 Pet Stock Association, in connection with Augusta National Ex- 

 position at Augusta, Ga. H. Madden, Superintendent. 



Dec. 3 to 8.— Dog- Show ot the Northern Illinois Poultry and Pet 

 Stock Association, at Rockford, 111. A. H. Currier, Secretary. 



Jan. 1 to 4.— Fourth Dog Show of the Meriden Poultry Associ- 

 ation. Joshua Shute, Secretary, No. 430 Pratt street, Meriden, 

 Conn. 



Jan. 15 to 19, 1889.— Seventh Annual Dog Show of the Southern 

 Massachusetts Poultry Association, at New Bedford, Mass. F. 

 W. Dean, Secretary. 



Feh. 4 to 7, 1889.— First Annual Dog Show of the Columbus 

 Fanciers' Club at (Jolunibus O. Thos. R. Sparrow, Secretary. 



Feb. 12 to 15, 1889.— Fifth Dog Show of the New Jersey Kennel 

 Club, at Jersey City, N. J. Geo. L. Wilms, Secretary, 142 Monti- 

 cello avenue, Jersey City, N. J. 



Feb. 19 to 23, 1889.— Thirteenth Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, New York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 



Feh. 26 to March 1, 1889.— Second. Annual Show of the Renssalaer 

 Kennel Club, Trov, N. Y. Alba M. Ide. Secretary. 



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



March 19 to 22, 1889.— First Annual Dog Show of the Maryland 

 Kennel Club, at Baltimore. Md. W. S. Diffenderffer, Secretary. 



March 26 to 29, 1889.— First Aunual Dog Show of the Massachu- 

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



April 2 to 5, 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, 1889.— First Annual Dog Show of the Mascontah 

 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. Win, C. Child, Secretary. 

 FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 1.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kennel 

 Club, at Bicknell, Ind. P. T. Madison, Secretary, Indianapolis, 

 Ind. 



Nov. 15.— Fifth Annual Field Trials of the Philadelphia Kennel 

 Club, open to members only. Wm. H. Child, Secretary, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



Nov. 19.— Tenth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field Trials 

 Club, at High Point, N. C. (Members' Stake, Nov. 15.) W. A. 

 Coster, Secretary, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



Dec. 8.— First Aunual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trial 

 Club, at Amory, Miss. T. M. Brumby, Secretary, Chattanooga. 

 Tenn. 



Dec. 10— Second Annual Field Trials of the American Field 

 Trials Club, at West Point, Miss. C. W, Paris, Secretary, Cincin- 

 nati. O. 



Jan. 14, 1889.-Sixtb Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Coast 

 Field Trial Club, at Bakersfleld, Cal. N. P. Sheldon, Secretary, 

 330 Sansome street Sar Francisco, Cal. 



COURSING. 



Oct. 23 to 27.— Meeting of the National Coursing Association, at 

 Hutchinson, Kansas. M. E. Allison, Manager. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



qpHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration 

 -*- of pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is 

 published every month. Entries close on the 1st. Should be in 

 early. Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed 

 envelope. Registration fee (50 cents) must accompany each entry. 

 No entries inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription 

 81.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2832, New 

 York. Number of entries already printed 6666.: 



CONNECTICUT CLUB. — Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 20.— 

 A meeting of the Connecticut State Kennel Club will be 

 held at the Atlantic Hotel, this city, Tuesday evening, Oct. 

 30, at 8 o'clock. All members are requested to be present, 

 and any one wishing application for membership blank can 

 obtain them by addressing the undersigned.— DR. J AMES E. 

 HAiRjV.S. 



THE AMERICAN COURSING CLUB MEET. 



[Ry our Special Reporter.'] 



MONDAY morning, Oct. 15, the opening day of the meet 

 of the American Coursing Club, at Great Bend, Kan., 

 dawned clear and bright, and saw the town filling up well 

 with visitors and dog owners. The streets early m the 

 morning were fairly alive with greyhounds, and it needed 

 but a glance to see that among them were many of a distinc- 

 tively higher (lass than have beeu commonly seen here be- 

 fore, as well as many of the old favorites of former years. 

 Mr. H. C. Lowe nominates his imported White Lips, and 

 she is a favorite. The Waterloo Kennels, of Great Bend, 

 enter three imported dogs, Little Lady Glendyne, Lady 

 Milly Glendyne and Tralcs. ' These are just over this sum- 

 mer. Little Lady and Lady Milly are half sisters of the 

 great Waterloo winner, Miss Glendyne. It shows enter- 

 prise and the right spirit on the part of the Great Bend men 

 to bring them over. The Waterloo Kennel is owned by Dr. 

 G. Irwin Royce and Messrs. D. N. Heizer and G. N. Moses. 

 Mr. A. C. Lighthall, of Denver, brings down a new dog and 

 a good one in Young Golddmst, a wonderfully handy-look- 

 ing red fawn, which all Denver claims cannot be beaten. 

 Mr. Allison also has a good young dog in Reno Pilot. It is 

 only fair to say that the club this year shows marked im- 

 provement in membership, quality of dogs, and perfection 

 Of organization, and this improvement has won its reward 

 in the great increase of popular interest in the meet. 

 Probably (500 or 700 spectatore were on the grounds during 

 the running of the first day. Among other promiuent 

 guests present were Col. R. S. McDonald and daughter, Mr. 

 Frank K. Doan and wife, and Mr. R. N. Alexander, of St. 

 Louis, Mr. Geo. S. Parviu and brother, of Cincinnati, Mr. R. 

 A. Bureh, of Salina, and Judge Clark, of Earned. Later on 

 in the weeic the attendance will be very much larger. New- 

 comers are delighted with the sport, which has the com- 

 bined charms of novelty and great excitement. 



Monday was a slashing day, fourteen courses and two 

 bye-races were run. Hares were not found iu especial 

 plenty, as the dogs were purposely kept away from the edge 

 of the bluffs, where the hares are most numerous. Mr. Mas- 

 sey is an admirable slipper. During the day only two hares 

 got away unsighted, a nd there was no undecided course run. 

 The hares averaged very large and strong, being started 

 well out on the fiats, where the coyotes give them good ex- 

 ercise. Mr. R. D. Williams, of Lexington, Ky., and Mr. A. 

 Fred Nash of Detroit. Mich., judged alternately. Messrs. 

 W. W. Carney, C. G. Page and D. C. Luse acted as field 

 stewards. Col. David Taylor, of Emporia, Kansas, presi- 

 dent of the club, Mr. D. N. Heizer, vice-president, and Mr. 

 J. V. Brinkman, treasurer, both of Great Bend, were on 

 hand promptly also. Fifteen new members, elected to the 

 club last Saturday night, were among those who went 

 afield. 



The start from the club house at 9:30 sharo, after the 

 eight mile ride out from town, found a number of the club 

 and others interested a trifle unprepared and hurried. 

 Promptness, however, is something againsx which com- 

 plaint should hardly be made, and if kept up it would be 

 highly commendable. 



Running was begun in the American Field Cup Stakes, 

 in which there were thirty-five entries. Mr. A. S. Allen's 

 Ruby and Mr. A. C. Seherraerhom's Dandy could not be 

 gotten to town, and were passed. Mr. S. J. Shaw's Skippie 

 being absent also, Mr. M. E. Allison's red fawn dog Sandy 

 Jim, winner of this cup two years ago, was put down to run 

 a bye with Col. Taylor's dark and mysterious Midnight, 

 winner of the Derby, which latter dog proceeded to figura- 

 tively wipe the earth with the big red fellow. Jim had the 

 best at first in this tin judged course, and did the most of the 

 work for three-quarters of a mile, when Midnight drew by 

 and shut him out completely over a mile and a half of hard 

 running, killing alone, with Jim quite out of it. The hare 

 was a great white-tail. 



D. C. Luse's brindle bitch Bessie Lee and the Waterloo 

 Kennels' blue bitch Humming Bird were put down next. 

 Bessie got off best aud won two points for speed and another 

 for a turn; later on, she took a go-by. Humming Bird 

 drew in, and did clever work, but on the turn Bessie was 

 clearly the better worker, Bessie killed and won. The jack 

 was not an especially strong one. Mr. Williams judged. 



Dr. Q. Van Hum m ell's white and red bitch Minnehaha 

 and Joseph Roetzell's brindle bitch Jenny were called. 

 Jenny not showiug up, Dr. Van Hummell claimed the 

 course; it being shown, however, that Jenny's owner had 

 not heard the call, she was put in the slips. Minnehaha 

 gained two points for speed and also a turn, and was then 

 unsighted for an instant, running too wide on a turn. J enny 

 got in, turned, wrenched, and lost place on a go-by to Minne- 

 haha, who tripped, killed and won. Roetzell objected to the 

 decision; why, it is not known. Mr. Nash judged, 



Dr. Van Hummell's brindle and white dog Master Rich 

 went down with Mr. L. Zutavern's recMawn dog San Pedro. 

 Master Rich was very quick in his lead to the hare, and was 

 doing all the work when the Fokjust and Stream horse, 

 whose natural deviltry got him his name of " Jesse James," 

 began indulging in an ecstatic fit of bucking, which left him 

 out of the course for a moment or so. Mr. Nash, who judged, 

 gave the information that San Pedro earned only two 

 wrenches and the kill. Master Rich won. He is very 

 speedy indeed. The hare was strong. 



Mr. Allison's red fawn dog Rowdy and Dr. Van Hum- 

 mell's white and brindle bitch Miss Rare ran a swift course 

 on a good white-tail. Rowdy was best off for the run-up, 

 turned and wrenched twice. The bitch was fairly clever in 

 her share. Running neck and neck. Rowdy was drawing to 

 a go-by when he tripped the hare, throwing ner to Miss Rare 

 for the kill. At this instant Mr, Williams, judge, being 

 close upon the dogs, ran into them, knocking the hare out of 

 Miss Rare's mouth. The hare got away. Rowdy was struck 

 on the hip by the horse's foot, and came back very lame. 

 Rowdy won. 



Mr. D. C. Luse's red bitch Pauline went down with Mr. 

 Frank K. Doan's brindle and white bitch Danger. Pauline, 

 was first up and turned. Danger turned. Pauline then 

 took up the running, and shut out the St. Louis dog over 

 four miles of great speed over grass. Danger quit at two 

 miles. Pauline won. Mr. Nash judged. 



Mr. Amos Johnson's black bitch Dinah Black and Mr. 

 Allison's well-known red Terry got off well on a tremendous 

 hare. Terry was first tip, turning and scoring six wrenches. 

 Dinah Black got place after three-quarters of a mile, turned 

 and scored seven wrenches. Dinah then led clear away, 

 scoring repeatedly. Terry, for the first time on record, quit 

 at two miles, apparently quite done up. Dinah Black ran a 

 mile further, and showed surpassing quality. When found 

 she was crawling on her belly after the hare, which was 

 craAvliug on about 20yds. ahead. The course was run to a 

 standstill all around. Dinah Black won. Mi*. Williams 

 judged. 



Mr. T. F. Foncannon's black and white bitch Meta and 

 Mr. D. C. Luse's red bitch Lavina got off well. Lavina led 

 up/scoiing four points before her trip. Meta wrenched and 

 tripped. The hare took to earth. Lavina won. Meta is not 

 in condition. She was a good one last year. 



Mr. I. D, Brougher's blue bitch Honey Bee and Mr. C. G. 

 Page's black bitch Lady went down. Honey Bee was first 

 up and did all the work over a short course; killed and won. 

 Mr. Nash judged. 



Mr. H. C. Lowe's imported black aud white bitch White 

 Lips and the Waterloo Kennels' imported white and brindle 

 dog Trales went down for a rattling short course, Mr. Lowe 

 kindly waiting for Dr. Royce to drive three miles and get 

 his dog, which should of course have been on hand. White 

 Lips led to the hare, getting in very quickly, turning and 



