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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 17, 1889. 



A SILVER-SIDE. 



SEATTLE, Washington, Oct. 4.— In my last letter to 

 you I spoke of the destruction of fish in Lake Union 

 near this city. Seattle, by the way, is building up since 

 the fire of June 6 so rapidly as to astonish even Western 

 people. 



Four and a half miles by cable (fare 5 cents) from this 

 city lies Lake Washington, and around its shores are 

 sawmills dumping sawdust into this magnificent body of 

 water, poisoning its waters, teeeming as it is with fine 

 trout. 



I thought I would like to land one of the large salmon 

 our bay is now crowded with. Taking my wife with me 

 and a friend of ours we pulled out into the bay with my 

 light trout rods and tackle, Mrs. C. handling the rod and 

 I the oars. It was a lovely evening (Sept. 29) and tbe 

 bay was fairly dotted with the boats of anxious fishermen. 

 We met with no success and the motive power of our 

 craft grew tired of changing the spoon baits for Mrs. C, 

 and in despair put on an old worn silver spinning bait 

 that had seen service in many States and Territories and 

 declared himself tired of the whole business and headed 

 for the boat house. We had gone on our homeward way 

 but a very short distance when Mrs. C. shouted, "He has 

 struck," and instantly a beauty sprang from the water, 

 showing his silver sides; and with a dash for liberty 

 made the rod bend and the reel sing. I laid down the 

 oars and reached for the rod (which the lady was slow 

 to give up) and then began as beautiful a play as I ever 

 had, with many mad rushes under and around the boat, 

 but finally he was coaxed alongside and the net neatly 

 slipped under him and landed. He was a beauty silver- 

 side, weight 4|lbs. As it was now rapidly growing dark 

 we pulled for home. W. P. C. 



P. S.— Mrs. C. says she caught the salmon. 



Trout in Virginia.— Col. Marshal McDonald, U. S. 

 Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, has received an in- 

 teresting communication from Dr. Thos. R. Perry, of 

 Tazewell C. H., Va., who writes under date of Sept. 27: 

 "Last summer I sent in two applications for California 

 and brook trout for stocking headwaters of Clinch River, 

 and received 560 of each kind. A short time since I took 

 my rod and caught nine in an hour, five California and 

 four brook trout, from 5 to 9in. in length; the trout being 

 the larger. The brook trout were heavier and in better 

 condition than specimens caught in Wolf Creek, and 

 were the prettiest and fattest specimens I have ever seen. 

 The Clinch is a small stream from this point to its head, 

 some four or five miles above where I five, and has two 

 branches which come together on our farm admirably 

 adapted to trout, and I am anxious to have it stocked 

 with California and brook trout. I have seventy-five 

 brook trout large enough to spawn this season. Have 

 hatched mountain trout as well as common fishes arti- 

 ficially. I have a cold spring (52^°) on hillside well suited 

 for hatching, and have constructed three ponds for the 

 purpose of raising two varieties of trout, and hatching a 

 sufficient number of each to stock streams." 



The "Chiquit" is a Squeteague.— New York, Oct. 10. 

 — Editor Forest and Stream: I notice in your corres- 

 pondents' column "J. R. T." asks what kind of a fish the 

 "chiquit" is. In Niantic Bay, Fisher's Island Sound, and 

 New London, the fishermen call our common weakfish 

 by that name. They are very scarce there; in many 

 years that I have sailed over that ground I have caught 

 but few, although I fish a good deal.— F. D. [The Indian 

 name of the weakfish (Cynoscion regale) is squeteague; 

 of this the local names, squit, succoteague, squitee, chick- 

 wit or chiquit are probably corruptions. Two other cor- 

 respondents have written us, C. J. K. J. of Louisville, Ky., 

 and A. D. D. of New York, who says: "The name is locally 

 applied to weakfish from Stony Creek to Madison. I have 

 frequently seen weakfish taken from menhaden pounds 

 and so called by the fishermen."J 



U, S. FISH COMMISSION WORK. 



WE printbelow a table showing the distribution of fry and 

 one-year-old fish from the central station of the U. S. 

 Fish Commission at Washington, during the year ending 

 June 30, 1889. The salmon, trout, whitefish, and the shad 

 were hatched in this station. The carp and tench were 

 reared at the carp pond, and the red-eye perch were reared at 

 Wytheville, Va. 



The McDonald hatching jars are used for hatching the 

 eggs of the Salmonoids, as well as for eggs of the other 

 species here mentioned. The water is obtained through 

 the pipes of the city, this hydrant water being found suit- 

 able for the purpose of hatching fish eggs, and without fil- 

 tration. 



The uses of this station are threefold. 1. As will he seen 

 by reference to the table of distribution, many fry and 

 young fish are hatched in and distributed from it. 2. The 

 station being situated right in or near the center of the city, 

 is daily visited by hundreds, and is, therefore, especially use- 

 ful as an.instructor in the art of practical fishculture. 3. An 

 extensive aquaria has been established, in connection with 

 the fishcultural work, and both fresh and salt-water species 

 are here shown; also numerous other animals, such as crabs, 

 lobsters, crayfish and various shells inhabited by smali 

 crabs, etc., are to be seen. Fresh and salt-water plants are 

 also exhibited. The animals and plants are collected at 

 Woods Holl, Mass., in Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, 

 Western rivers and lakes, and brought to Washington in 

 live boxes of the Fish Commission. There is now on the 

 way from Woods Holl a shipment of a fine lot of live fishes 

 and many beautiful plants. The sea anemones are said to 

 be especially fine and doing well. 



The aquaria are vastly interesting and instructive; obser- 

 vations on how certain species of fish are affected by hand- 

 ling and by change of water, surroundings, etc., are of 

 much value. The Bluewing, on her recent cruise to the 

 Chesapeake, brought up a lot of spots (Livstomus xanthu- 

 r us). These are doing well, much to the surprise of every- 

 one immediately concerned, and are interesting from the 

 fact that the members of this family (Sciatntdce) are not 

 especially hardy. Thus it is readily seen that the work done 

 at Central Station is of great importance, and on account of 

 the lesson to be obtained through the aquaria it is likely to 

 prove invaluable. 



Following is a statement of the distribution of fry and 

 one-year-old fish from Central Station, TJ. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion, for the year ending June 30, 1889; 



Species. Fry. 



German carp 



Goldfish 



Landlocked salmon 27,000 



Rainbow trout 



Brook trout 21,000 



Lake trout 36,000 



Whitefish 4,595,000 



Red-eye perch 



Tench 



Shad 34,501,000 



Totals 39,180,000 



One year old. Total. 

 190,928 190,928 

 6,509 6,509 

 27,000 



10,280 10,280 

 125 21,125 

 36,000 

 4,595,000 

 1,218 1,318 

 1,530 1,530 

 34,501,000 



310,590 39,390,590 



SALMON WORK IN MAINE, 



THE TJ. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, Col. Mar- 

 shall McDonald, has returned to Washington after an 

 absence of more than a month. During this time he has 

 visited Woods Holl, the zoological station of the Commis- 

 sion, and inspected the salmon hatcheries in Maine. Com- 

 missioner McDonald is well pleased with the prospects for 

 good work on the Penobscot River, and says that the work 

 has been developed with the idea of turning out yearling 

 salmon instead of fry. The Commission have now over 

 100,000 Penobscot salmon for distribution; many landlocked 

 salmon will also be handled; there are now 15,000 of these 

 for distribution. The Commissioner says the salmon have 

 been reared on natural food. The actual food given the fry 

 are maggots; these are bred at the hatchery at the rate of 

 eight quarts per day. These salmon will be turned into tbe 

 Penobscot and its tributaries. The landlocked salmon will 

 all be placed in Green Lake, which has been selected because 

 this species is already indigenous to the lake, though the 

 numbers have been greatly depleted by trapping and spear- 

 ing. The real object in stocking it, however, tbe Commis- 

 sioner says, is that it may be made a base for operations 

 with the' landlocked salmon hereafter. It is expected that 

 the fish will thrive here and that fish for spawning pur- 

 poses can be procured in this way quite readily and at a 

 small expense. Under authority of Congress, which has 

 made appropriation for the purpose, the Commissioner has 

 recently purchased a tract of land of 130 acres, and the 

 property now under control of the Commission includes the 

 entire brook which furnishes the water supply for the 

 station. Plans for the erection of the new hatchery build- 

 ings, quarters and ponds have been perfected. The erection 

 of these building and the developement of t he salmon work 

 in Maine are in charge of Mr. C. G. Atkins, who, on account 

 of his long experience and work upon salmon, is especially 

 fitted for this dut y. 



TROTJT WORK IN COLORADO. — Mr. E. M. Robinson, 

 Superintendent of the Government Hatchery at Leadville, 

 Colorado, in a private letter expresses himself as highly 

 pleased with the outlook for good work at that station. 

 Mr. Robinson writes under date of Oct. 3, 1889: "I have 

 6,000 beautiful trout in a pond where they can be spawned 

 without any trouble, and I am daily collecting from two or 

 three hundred fish for this purpose'. I cannot now see why 

 we should not collect 1,000,000 brook trout eggs: this looks 

 like a large estimate, but the brood stock here is unlimited. 

 1 have never before seen trout do so well and to all appear- 

 ances without any care. The climate is beautiful, cold, dry 

 and clear. This is a lovely country and things now look as 

 if we would make this a station that the Commissioner and 

 all concerned may feel proud of." The trout mentioned by 

 Mr. Robinson are black spotted trout, native to that region. 

 It is the intention of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries 

 to introduce the brown trout into that country at an early 

 date. 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Nov. 14 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- 

 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, Mew York. James Mortimer, Superintendent . 



March 11 to 14, 1890.— Second Annual Dog Sbow 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, Lynn, Mass. D. A. Williams, Secretary. 



April 1 to 4, 1800.— Sixth Annual Dog Show of the New England 

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



April 15 to 18,1890.— 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 Kennol Club. 

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



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

 at Chatham, Out. C. A. Stone, Secretary, Loudon, Out. 



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, Secretary, Mill's Building. New 

 York, N. Y. 



Doc. 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, Oal. H. H. Briggs, Secretary, 313 

 Bush street, San Francisco, Cal. 



Jan. 27, 1890.— All-Day Field Trials, at West Point, Miss. F. R. 

 Hitchcock. 14 Broadway. New York, Secretary. 



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 Meet of the American Coursing Club, at Great 

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



THE A. K. C. FINANCES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The secretary and treasurer of the A. K. C. made apartial 

 report of the financial condition of the club, and I will say 

 that, if there is any error as to tbe deficit or loss between the 

 actual earning of the club since Jan. 11 last, I am now fully 

 convinced that my former estimate was substantially cor- 

 rect, while the deficit is more than I claimed. The club is 

 losing not less than $300 per month, and as the treasurer did 

 not make a detailed report showing income and source 

 thereof, I will now give to your readers a detailed statement, 

 which, upon examination of the book when examined or de- 

 tailed report when made by the treasurer, will, I believe, be 

 found to be substantially correct. 



I will first call attention to the following report made by 

 the treasurer to the club Feb. 21, 1889: 



Treasurer's Report, 1889. 

 a. k. c. accoukt. 



Balance on hand Dec. 5, 1888 $5.39 



Received from clubs for annual dues 370.00 



Received for registration of prefixes 15.00 



EXPENSES. 



Returned dues to Tenn., P. & P. Sk. As- 

 sociation, said club withdrawing its 



application 810.00 



Stenographer, meeting Dec. 6, 1888 35.00 



Office furniture 15 00 



Petty expenses i 6 . 94— 856 . 94 



Balance ... 8333.45 



CLUBS IN ARREARS FOB HUES. 



American Field Trial Club $10.00 



National Poultry Association, Atlanta, Ga..'. . 10 00 



Stafford Kennel Club io 00 



Winsted Kennel Club 10.00 



A. P. Vredenuurgh, Treasurer. 

 Treasurer's Report, 1889.— Of moneys received by the A. K. C. 

 from all sources, and of expenses of every description to Feb. Hi, 

 1889: 



Receipts to January 11, 1889, as per balance car- 

 ried forward to new cash book $1,228 28 



Receipts from January 11, 1889: 



From registrations Stud Book $182 00 



Sales of Stud Book 145 50 



Advertisements Stud Book. . . so'oo 



From registrations Gazette 141 75 



Sales Gazette 50 



Advertisements Gazette , 9 00 



Subscriptions Gazette ." 6 00 



Annual dues active members UO'OO 



Annual dues associates. 507 50 



Claims for prefixes 15 00 



^ „ 83,375.53 



Expenses from January 11, 1889; 

 For Stud Book, including editor's 



salary on account last year $101 .39 



For Gazette 865 64 



For Club 194.51— $751 .44 



Balance on hand $1,624.09 



A. P. Vredenbuugh Treasurer. 



According to this report the treasurer has failed to in 

 any way explain to us where and from what source the 

 item $1,228.28 comes, except as to the item $333.45, having a 

 balance recorded of ¥895.83 to be accounted for as received. 



From Jan. 11 in this report every source of income even 

 to 50 cents for sale of Gazette, is stated. Will the treasurer 

 kindly in his report say what for and from whence this sum 

 was recei ved : : ' 



On May 23 last the treasurer made another report to the 

 club: 



Receipts from all sources from Jan. 11 to date. $4 538 43 

 Expense for same period 3.578.38 



Balance on hand 8930,05 



Now will he kindly tell us what became of themoneys re- 

 ceived by the A. K. C. from all sources before Jan. 11 as 

 shown by item in report of Feb. 21 amounting to $i,2§&2S| 

 Surely this amount should have been added to the balance 

 in the May account, as this was received before Jan. 11, and 

 the May account gives receipts from all sources from Jan. 

 11, and the same indefinite manner is employed to account 

 for the expense. I now give the advertising rates as pub- 

 lished in Gazette: 



Outside covers— One inch.— One to three insertions, $2 each; six 

 insertions, $1.50 each; twelve insertion?, $1.25 each. 



Inside covers— One inch.— One to three insertions, $1 50 each; 

 six insertions, $1.25 each; twelve insertions, $1 each. 



Other than covers— Half inch.— One to three insertions, 75 cents 

 each; six insertions, 60 cents each; twelve insertions, 50 cents each. 

 One inch.— One to three insertions, $1 each; six insertions 85 cen's 

 each; twelve insertions, 75 cents each. 



And I will give the advertising for each month: 



Inside Cover. Other than Cover 

 Inches. Inches. 



January 27 54 



February 27 54 



March 27 54 



April 27 40 



May 27 45 



June 37 46 



July 24 47 



August; 24 55 



Total 210 



395 



Now, taking the six months' rate, if all pay, f lu's would 

 amount (210in. at $1.25 per inch) to 8262.50, and 395iu. at 85 

 cents per inch to the sum of $335.75. The two outside cov- 

 ers, I am informed, have been taken at $250 each for tbe 

 year, so for the 8 months they will net, say $333; prefixes, say 

 150. So our income from the Gazette will be found, " not 

 from all sources," but by adding together the amounts re- 

 ceived from the different sources of income, to wit: 



Registered dogs in Kennel Gazette, 1,904 giro 00 



Advertising, outside covers 333 00 



Inside covers 262 50 . 



Other than cover . . . . 335 75 



Prefixes, say £,0 00 



Total $1,457 25 



EXPENSES FOR EIGHT MONTHS. 



Editor's salary $1,000 00 



Cost publishing Gazette, say $200 per month 1,600 00 



Office rent 125 00 



Clerk and stenographer, say 100 00 



. Incidentals, including postage, etc 800 00 



Total expenses $3,125 00 



R KCAPIl ULATlON. 



Expenses from all sources for 8 months $3,125 00 



Income from actual earning. . . 1,457 25 



Net loss on Kennel Gazette 



1,667 ' 



I now estimate the loss from the increased expense ac- 

 count as shown by the treasurer's report, as follows; Expense 

 account as shown by last partial report, $5,173.11; and to 

 this I will supply what I believe to be a full estimate of the 

 club's income: 



Stud Book Register, 1,875 dog3 $937.50 



327 associated members (if all have paid) 1,635.011 



Total earning of Gazelle 1,457.25 



Total income $4,029.75 



Expense account as shown by treasurer 5,173.11 



$1,143.36 



Now as I have credited the club with the item paid by as- 

 sociated members, the club should be charged with the 

 stock which the club owes them: 



Kennel Gazette to 327 members for 4 months $215,82 



327 Stud Boons at $3 each 981.00 



Total $1,196.82 



1,143,36 



Total loss for the 8 months $2,340.18 



The Stud Book Committee say in their card in the August 

 number of the Gazette, that each entry in the Stud Book 

 will be published at a loss of over 31 cents. So if these 

 gentlemen are correct we may add another thousand dollars 

 to the loss. 



Mr. Anthony, of the Advisory Committee, in a published 

 letter referring to the Kennel Gazette, says: "The fee, 25 

 cents, barely covers the cost of printing and the time of the 

 editor devoted to compiling such pedigrees for publication." 



The Stud Book Committee say they are working at a loss. 

 Mr. Anthony claims no profit from registration in Kennel 

 Gazette. 



As an advertising medium the Kennel Gazette is worth- 

 less, for I do not believe they have 100 subscribers outside 

 the associate members. 



As a book of reference, as Mr. Shotwell has well said, "It 



