Sept. 26, 1389.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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THE BAY OF QUINTE. 



P> ELLEVILLE, Ont., Sept. 16.— The fishing season in 

 Jt3 these waters has not been an universal success this 

 season. 



Maskinonge have been scarce, as compared with last 

 year, when the number and size of the fish caught in this 

 district were unprecedented. Then 40-pounders were 

 quite common, and a monster of ollbs. headed the list. 

 Now the big ones are few, the largest recorded being a 

 36 pounder, which was taken on Saturday afternoon at 

 Mosquito Bay, by Mr. H. K. Smith, one of the vice-presi- 

 dents of the Forest and Stream Club. The fish, which 

 was beautifully proportioned, was measured in my pres- 

 ence, and its dimensions were found to be as follows: 

 Length, 4ft. 2|in.; girth, 23}in. The number of fish 

 caught is not, probably, more than one-sixth of the catch 

 of last year, but they were found to be widely diffused. 

 The same remarks apply to the Bay of Quinte'as a whole 

 and to Hay Bay. 



Since the departure of the shark or gaspereaux, early 

 in August, bass have been taken in greater numbers than 

 for many years past, and they are still biting freely when 

 the weather is favorable. A party from your side of the 

 line had upward of lOOlbs. one day, and an old angler 

 who camped and fished for a week a few miles west of 

 the city told me that he and two companions averaged 

 at least 701bs. per day. The same augler caught on 

 Thursday last twelve bass which weighed a little more 

 than 4()ibs. Four of the string were 151bs. good weight, 

 and the largest of the lot weighed 4ilbs. Grasshopper 

 and fly were the lures used. At the famous "middle 

 ground," opposite Northport, some enormous catches 

 have been reported. Most of these reports I believe, but 

 cannot personally verify. 



Pike and pickerel (dore) have been taken hereabouts in 

 large numbers, and many of them of large size. 



Tbe Bay of Quinte is a splendid fishing ground. If 

 properly protected it would be a veritable paradise for 

 anglers. R. S. Bell. 



The Wrong Place foe Plaice.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: A contributor alluding to the fact that English 

 sparrows are sometimes palmed off for reed birds in the 

 restaurants reminds me that not long since I had occa- 

 sion to go to the restaurant of the Pennsylvania Railroad 

 depot in Jersey City, and looking over the bill of fare I 

 saw on the fish list "Halibut steak, 40 cents." As this 

 seemed a tempting dish I ordered it, and in a few min- 

 utes the waiter brought in a couple of transverse sections 

 from a plaice, which might easily be mistaken for halibut 

 by a man with a very bad cold. I asked the waiter if he 

 couldn't serve a different sort of halibut if I waited a few 

 minutes, and he said. "No sah! that's the only sort of 

 halibut we have, sah." As I am not a kicker I said 

 nothing aud paid my bill, but decided to go elsewhere 

 for dinner next time. As stewards can buy the cheap 

 and coarse plaice for a mere trifle, and as the delicious 

 halibut is expensive, T presume that a great many travel- 

 ers fiud that they do not care much for halibut. — Robt. 

 T. Morris. 



Havre de Grace, Maryland. — We are indebted to 

 Mi'. D, W. Kenly for the following notes upon the occur- 

 rence of certain fishes at the mouth of the Susquehanna 

 River: Mr. Kenly says the striped bass (Boccns lineatiis) 

 has been and is very abundant, the river at times being 

 literally alive with these fish. They will not take the 

 hook, much to the angler's disgust, as they find plenty of 

 food in the herring and shad which are swarming in the 

 river. There are millions of young shad at this point, 

 which they do not leave; owing, it is said, to the salinity 

 of the water. These young shad occurring in immense 

 numbers are supposed to be the result of last spring's 

 shad hatching and planting by the U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion. The report that Mr. Thomas Reynolds of this place 

 "caught 2,400lbs. of striped bass in his trammel net is 

 true. The fish varied in size from | to BO and 40lbs. The 

 water at last accounts was clear, favorable to angling for 

 striped bass, and would undoubtedly be very fine but for 

 the presence of the small fish. 



Brown Trout in Virginia.— The U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion, at Washington, has received a beautiful specimen 

 of the brown trout of Europe, which was reared at the 

 U. S. hatchery at Wytheville, Virginia. It is one of 

 nine, which were taken in a seine in Tates Run, Va. 

 This stream flows by the hatchery, from which the trout 

 had escaped. The one here noticed is about 12in. long 

 and of a beautiful coloration. This is very gratifying to 

 the Commission , as the eggs from which these fish were 

 hatched were imported from Germany. It seems settled 

 beyond a doubt that this fine species is to be added to the 

 list of trout to be found in American waters, as several 

 have been captured in different j>arts of the country this 

 season. 



Black Bash IN Illinois.— One of the most remarkable 

 features of fishculture work in Illinois is the fact that 

 80 per cent, of the fish handled there this season are 

 black bass. Carloads of bass are being planted in streams 

 suitable for their reception. Here will be an angler's 

 paradise for bass fishing. 



SAWDUST IN STREAMS. 



MR. W. H, ROGERS, late Inspector of Fisheries for Nova 

 Scotia, made a report to the Hon. C. H. Tupper, Minis- 

 ter of Marine and Fisheries, upon the question of sawdust in 

 streams and its effect upon tish. This report was dated at 

 Ottawa, Jan. 1, 1S89, and. for some reason was suppressed at 

 the time. It has just been published in Halifax by William 

 Maena-b. under the title of "The Suppressed Sawdust Re- 

 port," l2ino., covering 15 pages, with an addendum of 5 

 pages made up of the following articles, all of which have 

 appeared in Forest and Stream during the present year: 

 "A Century of Sawdust," Hallock; "The Sawdust Question," 

 Peirce;" "Effect of Sawdust on Fish," Piscator. 



The report of Mr. Rogers is a strong argument against the 

 belief that sawdust is injurious to fish life in streams, and 

 it wholly disproves the supposition that fish are driven from 

 waters in which much sawdust is thrown. Mr. Rogers 

 states that he usually found the most fish at the run of 

 water from the mill wheels, and that is where the sawdust 

 is thickest, aud he further says that "so well is this known 

 by men employed in saw mills that during the salmon 

 season, so soon as the mill is stopped for any purpose, a man 

 or two will be seen under it with dip-net or spear, endeavor- 



ing to capture the fish which have gathered there while the 

 mill was in operation." Mr. Rogers's connection with the 

 Department of Fisheries, and the fact that the Province in 

 which he has lived and worked has numerous small streams 

 flowing to the sea which are well stocked with auadromous 

 fishes, and which have many saw mills upon their banks,, 

 has afforded him excellent, opportunity for a study of this 

 question, and after making extensive, investigation of the 

 subject he states that he has been unable to obtain evidence 

 to sustain the belief that sawdust is injurious to fish. Mr, 

 Rogers quotes at length from letters received by him from 

 Overseers of Fisheries in the different counties of Nova 

 Scotia,. These overseers ire for the most part of the belief 

 that the sawdust is not injurious except where it covers the 

 spawning beds, which it seldom does, owing to the fact 

 that the swift running waters of the beds do not allow the 

 dust to settle there. They obtain no evidence going to prove 

 that the fish are poisoned by sawdust, but say that the dams 

 are the principal cause of failure in the fishery for anadro- 

 uious fishes. 



Mr. Rogers quotes from a letter received by him from 

 Commissioner Stilwell, of Bangor, Me., viz.: "In answer 

 to your esteemed favor of the 28th nit. (November, 1880), we 

 have no reports or papers upon the subject of sawdust. We 

 have not succeeded in keeping it out of our rivers. It does 

 not seem to seriously affect the anadromous fishes where 

 thrown out below their spawning grounds; if thrown in 

 above I think it would. Our auadromous fish seem to make 

 their way through it readily enough." In referring to cor- 

 respondence had with Mr. Henry O. Stanley, Fish Commis- 

 sioner, Maine, Mr. Rogers says: "He (Stanley) has had no 

 experience as to the effect of it if lodged on the upper por- 

 tions of rivers or on spawning beds, aud thinks that in such 

 cases it would injure the salmon fishery, and I am inclined 

 to think so too, but I have never been able to find any 

 lodged where salmon would spawn, as there is too much 

 force of water in such places to allow it to remain, salmon 

 always spawning in shallow rapid running water. Some of 

 onr rivers have been receiving sawdust at their very head- 

 waters for many years, and one looks in vain for sawdust 

 where there is any likelihood of salmon spawning. Maine 

 has much more sawdust in her streams than we have and 

 her officers are close and keen observers of long experience." 



One very remarkable case recited is that of the St. John 

 River, of which Mr. Rogers speaks as follows: "It will not 

 be denied that there is and has been for very many years 

 past more sawdust thrown into the St. John River than 

 into any other in the Lower Provinces. Gilson's large 

 mills and others on the Nashwaak with numerous others 

 all along the smaller streams which flow into the St. John 

 on both sides, from the Craud Falls down the river almost 

 to its mouth, allow their dust to pass into the water. All 

 the other large fish-producing rivers, however, are clean as 

 to sawdust } and yet the shad and other fish on the St. John 

 are increasing, and decreasing on other rivers where there 

 is little or no sawdust." A table is given showing a grad 

 ual increase in the* number of shad taken from the St. John 

 River from 1878, when the catch was reported as but 428 

 barrels, to 1887, in which year the reported catch amounted 

 to 2,793 barrels. From 1876 to 1881, six years, the annual catch 

 of salmon on this river was 173,-±921bs., and from 1882 to 1887 

 210,1 lOOlbs., an average annual increase of 37,42-flbs. for the 

 latter period. During the same season a large increase in the 

 catch of alewives is noted. This is more remarkable, as in 

 the whole province there was a decrease in the catch of 

 salmon amounting to an average of 596,9501bs. annually. 



Mr. Rogers presents a table showing the catches of sal- 

 mon in the rivers of Nova Scotia proper, where sawdust 

 abounds, aud also the catches made in the rivers of Cape 

 Breton, which are comparatively clean. During the years 

 1880 to 1887 there was an increase of nearly three hundred 

 per cent, in Nova Scotia, while in the rivers of Cape Breton 

 there was no increase whatever. 



"The Clyde River was for many years almost entirely 

 barren of fish. We never received an account of a pound, of 

 fish of any kind from it until after the dam was opened by a 

 patent fishway in 1879. Sawdust has continued to run into 

 it for many years, and it is still running." The catch of 

 salmon in this river in 1885 is given as 3501 bs., and a gradual 

 increase is noted up to 1888, when the catch was S,9751bs. 



Mr. Rogers cites numerous cases similar to the ones given 

 above, and says: "The natural and only rational deduction 

 from this state of facts is, that the best way to stop com- 

 plaints as to sawdust is to open the dams and make natural 

 falls passable for all kinds of auadromous fishes;" and he con- 

 cludes as follows: "In conclusion I may say that those who 

 affirm that sawdust injures the fisheries to the extent 

 claimed by them should be in a position to show facts and 

 produce instances clearly proving their assertions. This 

 should, of course, have been done before their, in my 

 opinion, untenable views were placed in the form of law; 

 but even nowthatthelawhas to a large extent been allowed to 

 fall into desuetude, and when the important milling inter- 

 ests of the couutry are likely to be so seriously affected, 

 there should, I think, be a careful examination or inquiries 

 into the whole subject^ 



A NOVEL WAY TO CAPTURE FISH— Mr. E. M. Rob- 

 inson, of theU. S. Fish Commission, who has been stationed 

 at the Wytheville, Va., hatchery, used a McDonald fishway 

 in capturing escaped trout a few days ago. He placed the 

 fishway in position in Tates Run, which flows by the hatch- 

 ery, having a pool at the head of the way into which the fish 

 fell as they crossed the structure. In this way he captured 

 108 trout, most of which were the speckled or common brook 

 trout, and a few brown trout. Mr. Robinson has gone to 

 Leadville, Col., where he is to superintend the work of fish 

 hatching. It is Ms intention to try the fishway as a means 

 for capturing the native-trout of that region for breeding 

 purposes. As the fish receive no injury whatever from this 

 method, it may prove of great use in this work. 



FISH HATCHERY AT LEADVLLLE, COLORADO.— 

 It is expected to have the Leadville station ready for trout, 

 hatching on or" before the first of November. The work at 

 first will have to be done in a temporary building; this 

 building to be a part of the permanent establishment. Mr. 

 E. M. Robinson, superintendent of the station at Leadville, 

 has been ordered to Washington, where he will receive 

 necessary instructions and then proceed to his new station. 

 The work at this station during the coming season will be 

 carried on to as great an extent as possible under the circum- 

 stances, and, although it may be somewhat limited, good 

 results can be looked for. 



WHITEFISH WORK ON LAKE ERIE. — Col. John Gay, 

 Inspector of Statious of the U. S. Fish Commission, who 

 has had charge of the establishment of a station at Lead- 

 ville, Colorado, will go from that place to Put in-Bay, Lake 

 Erie, to take charge of the collection and distribution of the 

 whitefish. The work will be carried on under the same 

 arrangement as last season, the eggs being collected on the 

 lake and taken to the State Fish Commission hatchery at 

 Sandusky to be hatched out. If the season is favorable for 

 the obtainment of eggs, the work done will be upon a large 

 scale, as under the existing arrangement large quantities of 

 eggs can be handled. 



FISHES FROM THE YELLOWSTONE.— It is expected 

 that car No. 1, of the U. S. Fish Commission, will carry to 

 Washington, on its return from the Yellowstone Park, a 

 good series of the food fishes of that region. This series will 

 include the black-spotted trout of that country, the white- 

 fish and the grayling. These will be exhibited in the Fish 

 Commission aquaria in Washington, and will no doubt 

 prove a great attraction. 



lie Menttel. 



F I XT U RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Oct. 1 to 3.— Third Annual Dog Sliovv ff tbo Bristol Park Agri- 

 cultural Society, Bristol, Conn. F. C. Barnes, Secretary. 



Oct. 8 to 12.— Eighth Annua) Dog Show of the Danbiiry Agri- 

 cultural Society, at Danbury, Conn. B. C. Lynes. Secretary. En- 

 tries close Sept. 28. 



Nov. H to 10.— First Dog Show of the Continental Kennel Club, 

 at Denver, Col. Claude King, Secretary. 



Jan. 13!to 18, 1890.— First Annual Dog Show of the Georgia Pet 

 Stock and Bench Show Association, at Augusta, Ua, A. EL Von- 

 derleith. Secretary. 



Jan. 27 to Feb. 1, 1890.— Dog Show of the Colorado Poultry and 

 Pet Stock Association, at Denver, Col. 



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

 Kennel Club, New York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 



March 11 to 14, 1890.— Second Annual Dos Show of the Rochester 

 Kennel Club, at Rochester, N. Y. Harry Yar.es, Secretary. 



March 25 i.o 28, 1890— Second Annual Dog Show of the Mass. 

 Kennel Club, Lvttn, Mass. 1). A. Williams, Secretary. 



April 1 to 4, 1890.— Sixth Annual Dog Show of the New England 

 Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. J. W. Newman, Secretary. 



April 15 to IS, 1890. —Second Annual Dog Show. of the Mascoutah 

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



FIELD TRIALS. 



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

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



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

 at Chatham, Ont. C. A. Stone, Secretary, London, Ont. 



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

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

 toga Springs, N. Y. 



Dec. 2.-Inaugural Field Trials of the Central Field Trial Club, 

 at Lexington, N. O. C. H. Odell, Secretary, Mill's Building, New 

 York, N. Y. 



Dec. 16.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field 

 Trial 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, Bakersiield, Cal. H. H. Briggs, Secretary, 313 

 Bush si reef, 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. 9 to 12.— Fall meet of the National Coursing Club at Hutch- 

 inson, Kan. M. E. Allison, Manager. 



Oct. 24.— Annual M*et of the American Coursing Club, at Great 

 Bend, Kan. F. K. Doan. Secretary, St. Louis, Mo. 



TORONTO DOG SHOW. 



[Speeiai Report.] 



rpHR Dominion of Canada Kennel Clubs' Exhibition, held 

 A in connection with the Industrial Fair and Exposition, 

 Sept. 16-20, is considered the most successful dog show that 

 has ever been held in Canada. Notwithstanding that a dog 

 show was being held in Rlinira the entries footed up about 

 335 all told, and the quality was decidedly better than aver- 

 age. These figures are far in excess of any benched by the 

 other fall shows; and a well-known judge who was present 

 at London declared that Toronto was so vastly superior, 

 both in number and quality, that the smaller exhibi- 

 tion was " out- classed." In regard to the attendance all we 

 need say is that on Tuesday nearly 5,000 persons paid for 

 admission, and that when the president of the Industrial 

 Fair called to have a look at the dogs he was unable to get 

 into the building The fair people are so much pleased with 

 the outcome of affairs that next year they will erect a larger 

 and more suitable building especially for the dogs. Better 

 prizes will be given, and the Toronto dog show of 1890 will 

 probably have 500 entries. 



Captain C. Grevile Harston, who bad most to do with the 

 management, is not a new hand at the business. He is a 

 downright bard worker, and it will not be owing to a lack 

 of appreciation on the part of exhibitors if he is not again 

 seen in the same capacity. Before the closing of the show 

 he was presented with a suitable testimonial which con- 

 tained the signatures of all the prominent exhibitors pres- 

 ent. This compliment to his devotion was well merited. 

 He was ably assisted by Mr. W. S. Jackspn and Mr. J. 

 Massey, both good dog men, and by Mr. Dean and other 

 friends and members of the club. The judging was done in 

 a large tent off the main building, and the -management is 

 to be commended for the quick manner in which the rings 

 were served, considering the tremendous crowd that was 

 gathered about the. benches. Mr. McEwen of London was 

 ring stewart for Mr. Davidson, and Mr. Jackson officiated 

 in the same capacity for Mr. Mason. Mr. Davidson, who 

 had to leave for Elmira on Tuesday afternoon, commenced 

 his duties ou Monday at noon, but Mr. Mason did not get to 

 work until nearly 4 o'clock. The awards were all made be- 

 fore, noon on Tuesday, and on Wednesday a catalogue with 

 printed list of awards was on sale. 



It is scarcely necessary to add that our visit was a most 

 pleasant one, and that we were received with generous 

 Canada hospitality; but we cannot commence on the dogs 

 without first thanking the club members for the many 

 courtesies and kindnesses received at their hands. 



MASTIFFS— (MR. MASON). 



In point of quality this was probably the best class that 

 has been seen in Canada. Beaufort., the English champion, 

 was entered, but not sent, and the competition lay between 

 Sears' Monarch, a well known winner, and Mode, a promis- 

 ing young dog, owned by Mr. Hugh Falconer, of Shelburn, 

 Ont. Monarch has an advantage in length of body, strength 

 of loin, spring of ribs, muscular development, bend in hocks 

 and straightness in forelegs, and these are the points that 

 pulled him through. Mode is a trifle better in head and 

 vastly superior in bone, but his rather short body, not very 

 well sprung ribs, straight hocks and out-turning feet nut 

 him back. The Melrose dog, too, had a decided advantage 

 in condition. Mode was catalogued at $200, aud if any one 

 wants a cheap dog here is a chance. Rosedale Bruce, owned 

 by Mr. J. Massey, who is one of Toronto's most popular 

 fanciers, was a good third. He lacks in width of muzzle, 

 depth of stop, strength of quarters, massiveness of body, 

 and would be improved with more bone, better bent hocks 

 and by less length in legs. King, be, lacks in head, ears, 

 strength of limbs, muscular development and general mas- 

 siveness. Hector, he, is not typical in head, and the fore- 

 head especially is of wrong formation; it should be flat. He 

 also lacks in size, bone, and formation of hindquarters. 

 Major II,, unnoticed, lacks in muzzle, hang of lips, color of 

 eyes, massiveness of body, strength of limbs, formation of 

 feet and in one or two other minor points. He is a useful- 

 iOoking dog, but not a show mastiff. In bitches Countess 

 of Dunsrnore, an old face that is well known to mastiff 

 men, scored a very easy first. Bess, second prize, was 

 beaten in all head properties, and owing to suckling a litter 

 was not in bench show condition. Fawn, unnoticed, is 

 very shallow in head, wrong in muzzle and lips, light in 

 bone and lacking in massiveness of body. Flora, unnoticed, 

 was entered as a yellow dog. Fawn, yellow or brindle, she 

 is not a show dog, being altogether wrong in head, bad in 

 ears, slab-sided, leggy aud weak in'jbone. Lady, another of 

 the unnoticed division, lacks in head, ears, bone and con- 

 dition, and in none of the other points is she first-class. 

 Minting Minor, one of the best of the get of the deceased 

 champion that we have seen, made mincemeat of the rest of 

 the puppy class. If his ears and eyes were of better color 

 he would' look much better. If given proper attention dur- 



