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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[••t. t, 1889. 



FOR THE FISH COMMISSON AQUARIA. 



THE Bluewing has returned to "Washington with a good 

 supply of live fishes for the fish aquaria in Central 

 Station. The weather was very unfavorable most of the 

 time, so that she could not get further than St. Jeromes, 

 Md. Thirty odd species of fish were collected, and the 

 young of the food fishes of that region were found to be 

 plentiful. Mr. Seal says the striped bass (Rooms) is the 

 favorite fish in that locality. The fishermen say the demand 

 for this fish is steady, and that it always brings a good price; 

 also, that they deplore the fact that this species with them 

 is growing scarcer each year. Kingflsh from an inch up to 

 about four inches long were found iu considerable numbers 

 at St. Jeromes. Plenty of young trout (Cynoscion) were 

 also found at this place, and in fact at every point visited. 

 Young bluefish, called salt-water tailor in the Chesapeake, 

 from live to ten inches long were found. No large ones were 

 seen. One specimen of the common square-tailed catfish 

 (Aniwrus nehvlnms) was taken; also one sun fish (Lcpomis) 

 in brackish water. Several mud-shad (Dorosoma) were ob- 

 tained in Breton's Bay, near Leon ardt own, Md.; these were 

 about ten inches lone. Menhaden were also taken, but 

 these, like the mud-shad, died in transit. The weak fish or 

 trout were also hard, if not quite impossible to keep alive. 

 Quite a number of toadllsh iBal raehiiR) were collected, and 

 are now doing well in the aquaria. Mr. Seal was much sur- 

 prised to find that the toadfish is eaten by people of this 

 locality. Those elegant little fishes, the harvest and butter- 

 fishes, were found. A large eel sports in one of the tanks. 

 Mr. Seal informs us that eels are much thought of by the 

 fishermen, as they find a ready market for them. 



Other species taken were: Yellowtail (Bairdidla), croak- 

 ers, spots, flounders and hog-chokers (Achirus'*, mummi- 

 chogs, killifish, top minnows, lizard fish (Synodns), a good- 

 sized sheepshead, and two fine tautog or biackfish. 



But one species of crab was observed, the common blue 

 crab. Shells and plants of various kinds were obtained. 

 Mr. Seal says the recent storms have washed out the pound 

 nets, causing much loss to the fishermen uf the Chesapeake. 



SHE IMPING IN FRANCE.— The French Fisheries Com- 

 mittee, after investigating the fishing for shrimp with 

 trawl nets, have concluded that the nets injure the fry 

 of various food fishes, and advocate that shrimping with 

 trawls be abolished. Two other methods are_ recom- 

 mended tor the capture of shrimp. One of these is a trap 

 on the. principle of the lobster pot, and consists of a wooden 

 frame in the shape of a barrel, about 2>£ft. long, having 

 two funnels made of small-meshed net, through which the 

 shrimp are attracted by bait. The second method is a coni- 

 cal pocket made of fine meshed net, ISin. deep, fastened to 

 an iron ring with a diameter of from 30 to 36in. Four lines 

 are attached to the ring, and are made fast to a rope extend- 

 ing from a buoy. Pieces of fish are used for bait; these are 

 placed on the bottom of the pocket, and some bait is hung 

 in the ring to attract the shrimp. It is necessary to raise 

 this trap about every half hour, and it is said to work well 

 when fished early iu the day, or morning, during low water. 



ARIZONA FISH COMMISSION.— The Governor of Ari- 

 zona has recently appointed T. W. Otis and John Howard, 

 both of PresCott, and C. W. Stearns, of Phoenix. Fish and 

 Game Commissioners of Arizona Territory. These Commis- 

 sioners have commenced work with a view to the introduc- 

 tion of food fishes into their ponds and public streams, and 

 have made application to the U. S. Commissioner of Fish 

 and Fisheries, Col. M. McDonald, for such fishes as are dis- 

 tributed by the Commission. Carp, trout, etc., will be in- 

 troduced if possible. 



TROUT IN THE YELLOWSTONE. — The shipment of 

 7,000 trout from Northville, Mich., and their introduction 

 into the waters of the Yellowstone Park, has been success- 

 fully accomplished. Out of the whole 7,000 but 30 trout 

 died during transit. These fish have been distributed 

 throughout the Park as follows: The brook trout (5,000) 

 were planted in the middle and west fork of the Gardiner 

 above the falls. The California trout were planted in the 

 Gibbon River, and the Loch Leven trout in the Fire-Hole or 

 Madison River above the Geyser Basin. 



THE ALBATROSS is now at Portland, Oregon. She 

 will proceed to San Francisco in the course of a week, where 

 she will be fitted out for her work upon the California 

 coast during the coming fall and winter. The weather has 

 heen too stormy upon the Oregon coast for her to continue 

 work there any longer during this season. This summer, 

 and up to the present time, she has carried her work south- 

 ward from Columbia River to near the southern border of 

 the State. 



THE ALASKA INVESTIGATION, — Livingston Stone, 

 one of the party sent out to investigate the salmon rivers of 

 Alaska, has arrived iu San Francisco, and the remainder of 

 the party are now due at the same place. 



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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Oct. 1 to 3.— Third Annual Dog Show of the Bristol Park Agri- 

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



Oct. 8 to 12.— Eighth Annual Dog Show of the Danbury Agri- 

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

 tries close Sept. 28. 



Nov. U to 16.— 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, Ga. A. H. Von- 

 deiieith, Secretary. 



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

 Pet Stock Association, at Denver, Col. 



Feb. 18 to 31, 1890.— Fourteenth Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, New York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 



March 11 to 14-, 1S9Q.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Rochester 

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



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

 Kennel Club, Lvivn, Mass. D. A. Williams, Secretary. 



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

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



April IS to 18, 1890.— Second Annual Dog Show of tbeMascoutah 

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



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. <L— Third Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kennol Club. 

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



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

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



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

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

 toga Springs, N. Y. 



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

 at Lexington, N. C. C. H. Odell, Secretarv, 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 Bakersfleld, Cal. H. H. Briggs, Secretarv, 313 

 BuBh street, San Francisco, CaL 



Feb. 11, 1890.— Fourth Anaual 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 Meet of the American Coursing Club, at Great 

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



ST. LOUIS NATIONAL MEET. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Sept. 23.— A fair attendance met the first 

 day's races of the National Coursing Association of 

 Hutchinson, Kan., at the Fair Grounds here last Saturday, 

 and the beautiful and spacious grand stand presented what 

 the daily reporters wotild call an animated appearance. It 

 was not claimed by the mauagement that all advertising 

 and other preliminary work had been more than hurriedly 

 done, as the advance time was limited to three or four days. 

 All details at the grounds, however, were perfect, and the 

 association may congratulate itself that it has secured a 

 smooth-working plan. A large tent at the upper end of the 

 course served as a corral for the hares, and they were sent out 

 of this through a chute into the course. The latter, a quar- 

 ter of a mile in length, lay directly in front of the grand 

 stand, the sides of the race-track fence being provided with 

 wire netting and canvas. The escape was a fence, arranged 

 hurdle-fashion with brush, and the opening of the escape- 

 tent was so arranged that the hare was safe after passing 

 through the hurdle. It was perhaps a neglect of the man- 

 agement that the hares had not been chased over the course 

 frequently with slow dogs, but although the hares often 

 turned back and ran to the upper end of the course again, this 

 gave really a longer and finer exhibition of coursing to 

 the people. The hounds were run muzzled, and out of the 

 total of hares run into, there was only one which apppared 

 injured, and that was due to the slipping of the muzzle. 

 For the most part the hares seemed very confident, and it is 

 probable that if well trained on the course, so that they 

 would go straight through, they would rather enjoy a turn 

 with a pair of greyhounds of the class, for the most part, 

 entered here. 



The stake run for Saturday had an entry of 16 dogs. First 

 prize, a young greyhound, Dick Kline, by champion Sandy 

 Jim, a very fairish young brindle; second prize, a fine dog 

 collar. The running was open only to local dogs and the 

 contest chiefly for glory. 



Iu the first series Mr. Johu Egans white bitch Ponta 

 and Mr. C. McCarthy's red dog Tom McCarthy ran a very 

 sensational race for the benefit of the grand stand. Ponta 

 was unsighted at the start, the dust raised by a solitary 

 horseman employed by the management obscuring almost 

 everything. The horseman is supposed to "extend the 

 hare," but he mostly extended an annoying dust cloud and 

 won the derision of the Roman populace by always getting 

 in the way. They very justly invited him to go bury him- 

 self, Once sighted Ponta drew iu and made all the work. 

 Just at the escape, Ponta wrenched repeatedly aud the hare 

 turned back. Ponta could not close. The hare turned to 

 the red fellow, who lost at once, and Ponta "killed" with 

 muzzle on. beating Tom pointless. Ponta is a thin and 

 weedy bitch, but had more back than Tom McCarthy. 



Dr. L. G. Tandy's white and blue bitch Beatrice and Mr. 

 P. Rohn's white bitch Fola ran neck and neck down to the 

 stand. Fola drew in and scored seven wrenches at once, 

 beating Beatrice pointless, the latter, a green young one, 

 running with ears up much of the time. Fola is a stocky- 

 coupled bitch with poor head and neck. Miss Beatrice is 

 not fine, beiug too lathy and light. 



Mr. Frank K. Doane had out a good one in his blue bitch 

 Bell Smart, and a feel of her loin showed she had been 

 fitted. Not so much could be said for Col. R. S. McDonald's 

 big fawn dog Ranger, whose, too, too solid flesh proved too 

 much load for him to carry. Ranger had a notion that this 

 coursing business had been gotten up for his personal 

 amusement, and pranced gayly up aud down a limited por- 

 tion of the course, watching Bell run circles around him in 

 a pumping hard course, which showed her a close stayer. 



Dr. Tandy's black dog Sir Charles and Mr. S. Plant's fawn 

 dog Punch had a good gallop to the hare, which favored 

 Punch in the turn, the latter failing to hold possession. 

 Sir Charles, scoring repeatedly, was at the hare as the latter 

 stumbled and rolled over, and beat Punch any way he liked, 

 the latter earning perhaps a point. 



Mr. Ben O'ReetVs blue dog Jim K. showed good hind- 

 quarters but bad chest. His mate, Mr. Chris. You der Abe's 

 light fawn dog Fly, is a litter brother to Brandt, runner-up at 

 Louisville. He is a well made big dog, large but not coarse, 

 a. very well proportioned fellow. Be placed Jim K. on the 

 gallop up, and scored three points. Jim, however, held pos- 

 session long enough to win, the big dog not being able to 

 get about fast enough. 



Mr. L. Barn brick's red and white dog Jake Kilrainis a 

 sea serpent of a brute, too long and straight in the back to 

 get under himself on the turn. He proved good in a 

 straight away, however, and took a grand go-by in the 

 round-up, scoring then a turn and two wrenches, placing 

 Speed, Speed then proved so much better at close work as 

 to cut down the lead and win by a bare point. The long 

 dog is very speedy and game. 



Mr. Frank K. Doan's fawn dog Paddie, and Mr. Dan 

 O'Keefe's red dog Prince Albert next went into the slips. 

 Paddie is the dog that tried to carry off Mr. Carney's 

 barbed wire sheep fence at Great Bend last year. He is a 

 trifle long-coupled, but a useful one, and was in good con- 

 dition. Prince Albert w r ants more lung room. These dogs 

 ran an undecided course. Paddie scored plenty to win on a 

 quarter course, but Mr. Luse, who acted as judge, thought 

 it better to put them in again for a longer course, to be held 

 over until the following day. 



Mr. John Madden's blue dog Don is a fairly working-like 

 dog and was in fair condition. He is long in the loin and of 

 bad muzzle. He went In with Mr. E. Burgess's fawn dog 

 Spring, a game-looking and clear-built large dog, which 

 was pronounced a good one by the old coursers present. 

 When slipped these two fell to fighting, and the hare trotted 

 up the course and was cornered and captured by Dr. Royce, 

 official field steward, assisted by one of Capt. Bellair's men 

 employed about the park. They were then slipped single to 

 a good hare. Spring led up and made all the work, scoring 

 eleven points and beating Don pointless. He works won- 

 derfully well for so large a dog. 



This closed the racing for the day. The comment was 

 general that the sport had been good and interesting to the 

 point of excitement. There wei'e present some of the regu- 

 lar attendants at the American Coursing Club's open meet 

 at Great Bend, including Col. R. S. McDonald and Miss Mc- 

 Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Doan. They were all 

 pleased. Mr. Allison, Mr. Luse and Dr. Royce were all 

 present in official capacities. It looked quite like old times, 

 and the greatest of eagerness was expressed for the October 

 meet in Kansas. 



SECOND PAY. 



It was estimated that between 2,500 and 3,000 people were 

 on the grounds to witaess the deciding courses, and the gate 

 receipts show this estimate to be not far wrong. The racing 

 was good and the enthusiasm marked, and it was evident 

 that the people were beginning to understand the sport. 



The first course was the undecided one brought forward 

 from the day before, between Mr. Doan's Paddie and Mr. 

 O'Keefe's Prince Albert. Paddie led up, turned, won a go 

 by, worked the closer on the turns, took three go-bys and 

 rolled up twenty-two points in a grand course, winning 

 every way. The hare escaped from the tent and ran Out on 

 the course. Prince Albert followed idly and quit. 



Running was now begun in the second series, Mr. Rohn's 

 Fola and Mr. Eagan's Ponta being drawn together. Ponta 

 had the advantage in the run-up, turned and wrenched bet- 

 ter and held possession most of the time. Long-tailed Fola 

 could not keep the pace. Ponta tripped twice and turned 

 to Fola who killed, 



Mr. Doan's blue bitch Bell Smart had already growu a 

 great favorite with the crowd, and applause met her as she 

 went out with Dr. Landy's Sir Charles. Bell was better up, 

 and had her six points scored before Sir Charles got in. She 

 then doubled them up out of sight. Bell worked the hare 

 admirably and much in the style of an old courser. 



Running was begun in the third series, Jim K. aud Paddie 

 going in. Paddie could not stay in this course, and Jim K. 

 had the better in the exchange, enough to win. 



Running was continued in the second series, Mr. O'Keefe's 

 Speed and Mr. Burgess's Spring going in. Spring went out 

 of slips like a rocket,and rolled up enough to win over Speed's 

 turn and kill. 



In the third series Ponta and Bell Smart fell together. 

 Bell was better in a cracking run-up, scored four points and 

 placed Ponta. Ponta scored, but lost a go-by to Bell, who 

 scored nine points additional. Ponta killed. Bell Smart 

 won, and was a high favorite for final wiuner. To old cours- 

 ers she showed a decidedly experienced look. 



In the third series Spring and Jim K. went out well on a 

 short hare. Not much was done, and if Spring really won 

 be did it by a small majority. That, however, was techni- 

 cally sufficient. 



There remained now for the fourth series and the decisive 

 course only Bell Smart and Spring, and they showed a good 

 pair as they went down to the slips. Spring got away in 

 great shape, his muscles fairly cracking under the strain, 

 bell hdd her own well for a moment, then rapid exchanging 

 followed, iu which the fawn dog had the better of it. He 

 went about wonderfully close. Bell stuck to it and got in 

 some points, but it appeared as if she was not running alto- 

 gether square, oeing a little tired from her earlier courses. 

 She had up her ears once, and while she certainly could not 

 be disqualified for running sly. she probably was waiting 

 just a bit, and had no serious objection to Spring's doing a 

 trifle more than his share. This Spring did and won. Mrs. 

 Doan, who had wagered two pounds of candy with a press 

 representative ou this result, was much grieved over her 

 blue racer's defeat. Such, however, is frequently the fate of 

 favorites and of good dogs. It was certainly a good dug that 

 beat Bell, aud old coursers connected with the association 

 think much of him. The two dogs may meet again in the 

 Kansas events. 



A disgusting and well-nigh disastrous affair occurred after 

 the close of therunuiug,aud while theussistants were driving 

 the hares from the escape-tent to the upper corral. There 

 were four or five hares trotting along just in front of the 

 grand stand gate, when all at once three greyhounds, loose 

 and unmuzzled, were seen to spring away after them, cours- 

 ing them up aud clown amid the shouts of a few brutal hood- 

 lums who called out to the attendants to "get out of the 

 way of the dogs." The mob wished to see the distracted hares 

 killed, and would have had it not been for the crowd which 

 swiftly broke into the track. It was said that four grey- 

 hounds were loose. Forest and Stream's representative 

 saw three. One of these was the prize dog, Dick Klines; 

 one was Tandy's Sir Charles, and the other" was a white 

 bitch, said to be be Mr. Egau's Ponta. It is probable that 

 some or all of these dogs were loosed purposely by those 

 who were holding them, although it is very difficult to get 

 at the facts, as the confusion was very great. Tandy's ex- 

 planation is that he heard some one call out, "There's a rab- 

 bit!" and thinking it was loose in the grounds across the 

 track, he loosed Sir Charles to catch it, becoming afterward, 

 in the confusion which followed, so excited as to call out to 

 the dog aud urge him on. Nothing could be learned as to 

 the other dogs. Any of them might or might not have 

 broken away, might or might not have been loosed inten- 

 tionally. The man who would do an act of the kind could 

 not be called a sportsman by any straining of the term. 

 These hares are difficult to obtain and difficult to handle. 

 The association values each of them at $35. More thau that 

 it is barbarous and inhuman to chase and kill them in this 

 way. One hare was killed aud another will die. It should 

 be borne in mind that the association had no fault in this 

 matter, but did all in their power to get the doss away from 

 the course. It would have been perfectly justifiable under 

 the rules of the park to shoot any or ali of the loose dogs, 

 and this would have taught their owners a good lesson. 

 Capt. Bellairs, tbe park superintendent, says that a valuable 

 zebra was killed iu the park last year by a loose dog, which 

 chased it into a fence where it broke its neck. 



The National Coursing Association has made a success of 

 its two-days' meet here, and its success has been both finan- 

 cial and popular. There is much talk about the sport here 

 to-day, and if there could be another day or so of the run- 

 ning the attendance would be better and better. The Asso- 

 ciation gave St. Louis a good exhibition, and St. Louis has 

 appreciated it. Struggling under all the trials and discour- 

 agements incident to any enterprise of the size, it is a matter 

 of congratulation that these plucky Western men— as good 

 a lot of men as ever got together— have made so fair a suc- 

 cess and have so good an outlook for the future. 



SUMMARY. 

 First Series. 



Ponta beat Tom McCarthy. 



Fola beat Miss Beatrice. 



Bell Smart beat Ranger. 



Sir Charles beat Punch. 



Jim K. beat Fly. 



Speed beat Jake Kilrain. 



Paddie beat Prince Albert. 



Spring beat Don. 



Second Series. 



Ponta beat Fola. 

 Bell Smart beat Sir Charles. 

 Jim K. beat Paddie. 

 Spring beat Speed. 



Third Series. 

 Bell Smart beat Ponta. 

 Spriug beat Jim K. 



Final Heat. 



Spriug beat Bell Smart, and won. E. Hough. 



CLUMBER SPANIEL LOST.— Editor Forest and Stream,: 

 On Sept. 19, the Clumber spaniel bitch Lass disappeared 

 from the stables, where I kept her, and thinking that some 

 of your readers may come across her, I write to you, hoping 

 that in that event they will do as they would be done by, 

 and put me in the way of recovering her. She is a small 

 bitch, about 401bs in weight, head very heavy, one eye 

 marked withlemou, the other white, ears partly white and 

 white body. When going up to any one she crouches close 

 to the ground. She is very low on the leg, body of good 

 leDgth. She was clipped recently from head to foot, but 

 hair was beginning to grow again. Lass is one of the last 

 of the Piers' strain, consequently valuable for breeding, 

 and I should be loth to lose her — F H. F. Meroek, Ottawa, 

 Canada, Sept. 20. 



BEAGLE LOST. — Lawrence, Mass , Sept. 27. — Editor 

 Forest and Stream: We have just got word that our beagle, 

 bitch Molly, exhibited at the Eimira be ach show this mouth, 

 was lost. She had on a collar marked E. A. Peabody, Salem 

 Depot, N. H. Any brother sportsman that can give us any 

 information regardi»g her will confer a great favor. — 

 Clark & Ruttee, Lawrence, Mass. 



