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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 28, 1689. 



ward on the kinds and comparative abundance of animals of 

 every description occurring in the localities and situations 

 selected for examination, at different seasons of the year, 

 and under various conditions as to food, temperature, stage 

 of water, and the like, and as affected by the general system 

 of relations obtaining among the organisms themselves. In 

 reporting these studies we shall not confine ourselves to an- 

 notated lists, but expect to enter into the fullest profitable 

 detail with regard to habits, methods of association, and re- 

 lations of mutual benefit, rivalry or injury, and to show 

 how and to what extent these habits and interactions vary 

 from time to time with changes of condition." 



Mr. Garinan states briefly the physical characteristics of 

 the localities and of the bodies of water exami ned and names 

 the chief elements of the fauna, No mammals except rac- 

 coons occur in the district investigated. Birds were scarce 

 at the time. Bank swallows are noteworthy because of the 

 number of winged insects destroyed by them. Only one 

 species of snake was found. Turtles were taken in abund- 

 ance. The snapping turtle and soft shells (Aspklowctets 

 spp.) are important for food. Frogs and toads were almost 

 entirely wanting. The fishes are divided into groups rep- 

 resented by creek fishes, pond or slough fishes, and river 

 fishes. The scientific and common names are stated, to- 

 gether with notes on breeding and feeding habits, mode of 

 capture, size and localities where found. 



Through the pages of the Commissioners' report are. scat- 

 tered 28 handsome plates of well known food and game fishes 

 of Illinois copied from the "Fishery Industries of the United 

 States." Of these the hickory shad represents the eastern 

 and not the western species. 



We hope the Illinois Commissioners will be enabled to 

 carry on their proposed work of propagating the whitetish 

 and enlarge their operations in the Mississippi Bottoms. 



%t Mennet 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Dec. 5 to 7.— First Dog Show of the Continental Kennel Club 

 at Denver, Col. A, L, Weston, Secretary. 



Deo. 9 to 14— Fourth annual show Northern Illinois Poultry and 

 Pet Stock Association, Rockford, 111. John Teague, Secretary. 



Jan. 6 to 11, 1890.— Annual Dog Show of the Michigan State 

 Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Bay City, Mich. W. F. 

 Brace, Secretary. 



Jan. 13 to 18, 1S90.— First Annual Dog Show of the Georgia Pet 

 Stock and Bench Show Association, at Augusta, Ga. A. H. Von- 

 derleitb, Secretary. 



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

 Pet Stock Association, at Denver, Col. 



Feb. 11 to 11, 1890.— Fourteenth Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kenne] Club. American Institute Building, New York. James 

 Mortimer, Superintendent. 



March 11 to U, 1890.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Rochester 

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



March 18 to 21, 1890.— Show of the Buffalo Kennel Club, Buffalo, 

 N. Y. A. W. Smith. 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, 1890.— Sixth Annual Dog Show of the New England 

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

 FIELD TRIALS. 



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

 at Lexington, N. C. G. H. Odell, Secretary, Mills 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 BakeWfieia, Cal. H. H. Briggs, Secretary, 313 

 Bush street, San Francisco, Cal. 



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

 Hitchcock, 41 Broadway, New York , Secretary. 



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

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



THE INDIANA FIELD TRIALS. 



[Concluded from Page 352,~\ 

 THE MEMBERS 1 STAKE. 

 Judges, P. T. Madison and A. J. Gleason. 



ESTHEE AND HOOSIER HARRY. 



Mr, J. M. Freeman's blue belton bitch Esther (Doiacaster 

 — Eudora) and Mr. H. A. Comstock's liver and white pointer 

 dog Hoosier Harry (Devonshire Sam — Gipsy) were put down 

 on the Phil lip pi in a stubble at 9 o'clock. Harry was the 

 first to find birds, pointing a covey fairly well, although he 

 was not rigid in his points. Esther backed. Both dogs 

 were steady to shot. In a thicket, on the scattered birds, 

 Esther found and pointed a single nicely, Harry not near 

 enough to back. Freeman surprised himself by "killing the 

 bird. Esther retrieved uicelv, jumping a high fence with 

 the bird in her mouth. Mr. Comstock claimed two or three 

 points, but, although he produced the birds, the dog wavered 

 on his points, and was not rigid, Esther next found and 

 pointed a bevy, and was steady to shot. The dogs were 

 taken up at 10 A. M. and the heat awarded to Esther. 



Mr. J. H. Hunter's orange and white bitch Daisy Hunter 

 (Gath's Hope— Daisy F.) had a bye in this sei-ies. 



Second Series. 



ESTHER AMD DAISY HUNTER. 

 This brace was put down in a ragweed field at 10:20. Daisy 

 showed more range and speed than either of the other dogs. 

 Going down by the side of a ditch Daisy stopped, Hunter 

 claimed a point, but no birds were found. After the dogs 

 had gone on the spectators flushed a covey about forty feet 

 behind where Daisy had pointed, The ditch was crossed 

 and the dogs sent after the scattered birds, but nothing was 

 found. The dogs were brought back into stubble, where 

 Esther found and pointed a bevy nicely, Daisy refused to 

 back and was dropped by her handler, Freeman shot and 

 missed; Esther steady to shot. The birds were followed to 

 the woods, where Hunter claimed a point. Daisy stood 

 wagging her tail, and did not point rigidly. Hunter shot 

 and missed; Daisy steady to shot. Moved on, Esther pointed 

 a single, Daisy backed indifferently, both steady to shot. 

 Moved on, Daisy pointed a single nicely, and was backed by 

 Esther; Hunter shot and killed. Daisy was sent to retrieve 

 and flushed two single birds in doing it. She was held to 

 the road for the dead bird with difficulty, and consumed 

 several minutes in finding the bird. After she found the 

 bird she retrieved it very well. Esther next got a point on 

 a single, Daisy refused to back. When the bird was flushed 

 Esther dropped to wing. The dogs were taken up at 11:20, 

 and the heat and first prize, a handsome silver cup, awarded 

 to Esther. 



The next brace, Daisy Hunter and Hoosier Harry, were 

 called to run for second honors; Daisy Hunter not appear- 

 ing at the expiration of twenty minutes, the heat and second 

 prize (Mr. B. Waters's book) were given to Hoosier Harry. 

 SUMMARY. 



Bicknell, Ind., Nov. 1, 1889.— Members' Stake. Each dog 

 to be handled by owner, a member allowed to enter one dog 

 only, which must be owned by the member ninety days pre- 

 ceding Nov. L First, silver cup (the club trophy): second, 

 Mr. B. Waters's book, wdiich was kindly donated by the 

 author. 



First Series. 



Mr. J. M. Freeman's blue belton setter bitch Esther (Don- 

 caster— Eudora) 



beat 



Mr. H. A. Comstock's liver and white pointer dog Hoosier 

 Harry (Devonshire Sam— Gipsy). 



Mr. J. A. Hunter's orange and white setter bitch Daisy 

 Hunter (Gath's Hope— Daisy F.), a hye. 



Second Series. 

 Esther beat Daisy Hunter, and won first. 



Third Series. 



Hoosier Harry beat Daisy Hunter (absent ), and won second . 



The All-Aged Setter and All-Aged Pointer stakes were 

 filled with exceptionally fine workers, the work in some of 

 the heats being the best I have ever seen. Especially is this 

 true in the case of the t wo winners, Dashing Dixie and Os- 

 sian. I will speak of the work of the dogs further on. 

 There were more people on the grounds during the trials 

 than I have ever seen at any similar meeting. I noted the 

 following gentlemen in attendance from abroad: Gen. W. 

 B. Shattttc and C W. Paris, Cincinnati; D. E. Rose, Law- 

 reueeburg, Tenn.: G. R. Howse and W. B. Stafford, Trenton, 

 Tenu ; H. J. Gleason, Alma, Kan.; S. J. McCartney, Forest, 

 O.; P. T. Madison, Royal Robinson, R. P. Daggett, H. A. 

 Comstock, Wm. Kerr, J. H. Kerr, W. G. Griffith, F. W. 

 Samuels, W. B. Allen, Indianapolis; Ed. S. Shultz, Attica; 

 H. A. Foulks, B. Kuhn, Harry Foulks, J. A. Balmer, P. 

 Tindolph, Dr. McDowell, Wm. McAndrew, L. A. Weis, 

 Robt. Glass, Pat Galager. Sam'l Gimble, Eugene Hack, H. 

 J. Hellert, H. Hackman, Hon. Frank Murphy. John Creamer, 

 John Kirk, Ed. Linler, Mr. Ditterman, T. P. Agnew, Dan 

 Atton, Jas. Harris, Vincennes: W. H. Shawhan, Petersburg, 

 Ind.; E. W. Erwin, G. A. Webb. J. B. Stoddard, Koutz, Ind!; 

 W. B. Shepherd, Geo. W. Ballou, Carlisle, Ind.; J. A. Hun- 

 ter, Sandborn, Ind.; J. H. Hunter, Washington, D. C; J. W. 

 Patterson, Noblesville, Ind.; C. W. Barker, Majors, Neb.; J. 

 L. Barker, RaciDe, Wis.; N. B. Nesbit, Chesterville, Miss.; 

 Frank Richards, Stewart, Minn,; B. Waters, C. P. Doer, J. B. 

 Turner, Thos. S. Bell, Chicago; R. B. Morgan, Akron, O.; 

 Geo. W. Ewing, Ft. "Wayne. Ind., and many others, who 

 seemed to take a deep interest in the trials. The judging, 

 upon the whole, was good, although I did not agree with the 

 judges in every particular. 



Esther, the winner in the Members' Stake, is a blue belton 

 English setter of about fifty pounds weight. She was bred 

 by the late Arnold Burges, and is by Doncaster out of Eu- 

 dora. She is used by Mr. Freeman as a brood bitch, and his 

 private shooting dog. She is kind and obedient, and makes a 

 nice companion; her puppies will hereafter be greatly 

 sought after, as she is (besides being the winner of first in 

 t he Members' Stake) the mother of Lilly Burges, the winner 

 of the Setter Derby. 



Hoosier Harry, the winner of second, is a very handsome, 

 large-sized liver and white pointer, and is hignlv prized by 

 his owner as a companion and private shooting dog. 



Lilly Burges, the winner of first prize in the Setter Derby, 

 is a beautiful orange and white bitch, weighing about thirty- 

 eight pounds. She works with a high head and merry tail, 

 has a good nose, and knows how to use it. She displayed 

 wonderful intelligence in her work, and won on her merits; 

 she was ably handled by her breaker, Mr. Frank Richards, 

 who made his initial bow as a handler at this meeting. I 

 bespeak for him a bright future in his chosen profession. 

 Lilly Burges was bred by Mr. J. M. Freeman, of Bicknell, 

 Ind., and sold by him to Mr. P. T, Madison, of Indianapolis, 

 who in turn presented her to his friend, the late Geo. N. 

 Whitely, of Helena, M. T. 



Nannie B., the winner of second prize, is a lemon belton 

 of about 381bs. weight, is very speedy and a good ranger, 

 with the exception of her tail (which is of the foxhound 

 order) she is a stylish little bitch. 



Hope's Ray, the winner of third prize, is a handsome 

 black, white and tan dog, weighing about 501 bs.; he has a 

 good nose, and is a clipper on single birds, especially in the 

 woods. If his handler succeeds in getting him under thor- 

 ough control he will be a dangerous dog in future trials, 

 DOGS IN THE POINTER DERBY. 



Pearl's Dot, the winner of first, was rightly placed, as she 

 was by far the best dog in the stake: she is a beautiful ani- 

 mal, liver, white and ticked, works with a high head and a 

 merry tail, and is very stylish on point; if she were trained 

 on she would make it hot for the winner next year. 



Thomastone, the second prize winner, is a stylish little 

 liver and white dog, not yet one year old. If Mr. Gleason 

 works him until next year and starts him in the All- Aged 

 Stakes you will hear from him again. 



Fancy Free, the third prize winner, is like the others in 

 this stake, she needs work to bring out her merit. Should 

 her owner decide to have her trained on I will expect to see 

 her among the winners next year. 



ALL-AGED SETTERS. 



Dashing Dixie, the winner of first prize, is a beautiful 

 blue belton English setter weighing about 101 bs. , she is a 

 wide and fast ranger, works her ground systematically, and 

 is under perfect control; she is what I term a high class 

 field dog. She was ably handled by Mr. Gleason who knew 

 his dog thoroughly. With the exception of the work done 

 last year by Bohemian Girl, Dashing Dixie has shown bet 

 fcer work than any setter that has ever started on this club's 

 grounds; I look upon her work as equal in every respect to 

 that of Bohemian Girl. 



King's Mark, the winner of second piize, has often been 

 described in your columns, he is now a much better dog than 

 he was last year, and is a dangerous dog in any company; 

 keep an eye on him. 



Maud, the winner of third prize, is a very pleasant bitch, 

 black, white and tan in color, is thoroughly broken, and 

 has a great deal of confidence in her own ability. If she had 

 more range and speed, she would be a good one. She is a 

 little clipper on single birds. 



Dan Gladstone, who divided fourth prize, is a beautiful 

 little black, white and tan dog, and is just such a dog as 

 any gentleman would feel proud to own. 1 can imagine 

 few greater pleasures than a day's shooting over Dan. 



Blue Mark, the other fourth prize winner, is a blue belton 

 with much merit, he ranges wide and fast, has a good nose, 

 and hunts in likely places for the birds. If he can be brought 

 to thorough staunchness he will make his mark in future, 

 trials. 



ALL-AGED POINTERS. 

 Ossian, the winner of first prize, has often been described, 

 and is well k nown throughout the country as a winner, 

 having been placed third in the Eastern Derby in 1887, third 

 in the same club's All-Aged Stake in 1888, and second in the 

 Southern trials in 1888. In these trials, as in all his former 

 races, he was handled by his breaker, Mr. D. E. Rose, of 

 Lawrenceburg, Tenn. Ossian displayed wonderful judg- 

 ment in his work, seeming to know just where to look for 

 birds. In his first heat he did not make a mistake, and 

 scored 100, It was remarked by many that he was by far 

 the best dog started in the trials. One of the judges said, 

 after the trials were over, that he was the best dog that 

 started in either stake, and was the highest-class pointer he 

 had ever seen. Mr. Madison took Ossian home with him, 

 and he will not appear in public trials again, but will be 

 placed in the stud and used by his owner in his private 

 shooting. 



Lord Graphic, the winner of second prize, has improved 

 w-qnderfully in Morgan's hands. If Morgan continues with 

 this dog as he has started, his owner will have no grounds 

 for complaint of his handler. 



Bannerman, the winner of third prize, is a nice little black 

 and white dog, has considerable range and speed, and works 



very nicely on scattered birds. If he were a little more 

 careful in his covey work, he would be much more valu- 

 able. 



Tamarack, the winner of fourth prize, I look upon as the 

 second best dog in the stake, as far as natural ability goes. 

 He is a very stylish little follow; but is very nervous, and in 

 consequence is unsteady at times to shot and wing. If he 

 can be brought under complete subjection, he will make a 

 dog fit to go with the good ones. 



ALL-AGED SETTER STAKE. 

 Preliminary Series. 

 The rules require each dog to score 65 per cent, to remain 

 iu. 



STUBBLE AND BABE GLADSTONE. 

 Mr. J. D. Sperry's Gordon setter dog Stubble (Malcolm- 

 Dream IV.), handled by S. J. McCartney, and' Mr. N. N. 

 Nesbit's lemon and white bitch Babe Gladstone (Paul Glad- 

 stone — Bessie A.), were cast off in a ragweed field at 11:05, 

 Stubble pointed a covey within thirty yards of where he was 

 put down; Babe across ravine backed in fine style, McCart- 

 ney shot and missed, Stubble going very fast got out of 

 sight in another held, Babe roaded and pointed a covey, 

 Stubble coming back was brought around to back, which 

 he did indifferently, Nesbit shot and missed. In another 

 field both dogs pointed, backed and roaded alternately; the 

 field was full of chickens, which the judges decided the dogs 

 were working on; Stubble was seen in high weeds just as a 

 covey flushed therefrom, Babe ran into edge of cornfield, 

 pointed nicely, and was steady to wing. Dogs taken up at 

 11:35. Both dogs scored. In style they were equal, Babe 

 had the advantage in speed and range. 



Friday, Nov. 8. 



DAN GLADSTONE AND NOBLE DIDO. 

 The rain which began falling yesterday at noon had 

 ceased, and the trials were resumed by starting the first 

 brace down. Col. J. W. Renfroe's black, white and tan dog 

 Dan Gladstone (Gladstone— Sue), handled by D. E. Rose, 

 and Gen. W. B. Shattuc's black, white and tan dog Noble 

 Dido (Count Noble— Dido II.), handled by J. B. Stoddard, 

 were put down in a stubble field on the Bunting farm at 

 8:80. Mr. Madison, having sufficiently recovered from his 

 recent illness, resumed his position as judge in this heat. 

 In nine minutes the judges flushed a covey in the stubble, 

 which went to the woods. The birds were followed, Noble 

 soon pointed a rabbit in a bunch of briers, Dan backed 

 nicely. Being sent on, Noble pointed in or near briers, Dan 

 coming up pointed on the opposite side of the patch, Stod- 

 dard shot and killed, Noble retrieved nicely. Moving on, 

 Dan located and pointed a single, Rose shot and missed, 

 Dan steady to shot. Noble pointed in fence corner, Dan 

 backed, no birds were found to the point. Next Noble 

 pointed a single, and dropped to wing. The dogs were 

 taken up at 9, both dogs scoring. In speed and range Noble 

 had the advantage; they were equal in style. 



MAUD AND COUNT ERIE. 



Mr. Bert Crane's black, white and tan bitch Maud (Dog 

 Whip— Juno II.), handled by N. N. Nesbit, and Mr. W. H, 

 Daley's black, white and tan dog Count Erie (Count Noble 

 —Fannie W.) were put down where last brace finished at 

 9:05. Count flushed a bevy in fence corner and jumped to 

 catch a bird when they flushed. The birds were followed to 

 thicket, where Maud pointed a single nicely and Count 

 backed; both dogs steady to wing. On side of hill Maud 

 pointed and was slightly unsteady to wing: she pointed 

 again on foot scent, birds flushing wild several yards ahead. 

 Passing on Count pointed and Maud backed; nothing was 

 found to the point; then Maud roaded to a point and was 

 steady towing. She again poiuted a single near a fence; 

 Nesbit shot and killed; Maud retrieved nicely, but was slow 

 in finding tho dead bird. The dogs were taken up at 9:51, 

 Maud scoring, Count failing. In speed and range they were 

 equal; in ail else Maud was very much superior, 

 DASHING DLYIE AND KING'S DAN. 



Mr. W. G. Peter's blue belton bitch Dashing Dixie (Dash- 

 ing Dale— Dashing Model) , handled by A. J. Gleason, and Mr. 

 G. W. Ewing's black, white and tan dog King's Dan (King 

 Noble— Elsie Belton), handled by W. B. Stafford, were cast 

 off in a clover field at 10:03. The spectators flushed a covey 

 in seven minutes: the birds w r ere followed: Dixie pointed a 

 rabbit; Gleason ordered his dog on, and when she moved, a 

 covey flushed in front of her. They were followed, Dan 

 pointed a single and Dixie backed; Dan broke his point, 

 moved on and flushed the birds. Then Dixie pointed and 

 Dan backed; Gleason shot and killed. When Gleason 

 ordered Dixie to retrieve, Dan rushed in to get the bird, he 

 was brought back by his handler with difficulty; then 

 Dixie went out and retrieved handsomely. Going on Dan 

 flushed a single. The dogs were taken up at 10:40, both 

 scoring. In style, range and speed they were equal, but 

 Dixie had decidedly the best judgment and was better 

 broken. 



SAM C. AND DOT BELTON. 

 Mr, J. L Case, Jr.'s black, white and tan dog Sam C (King 

 Noble— Cricket), handled by C. W. Barker, and Mr. Clarence 

 Swanman's blue belton bitch Dot Belton (King Noble — Elsie 

 Helton), handled by Frank Richards, were put down in 

 weed field at 10:52. Going into brush, both dogs pointed 

 foot scent, a single bird flushed wild ahead of the dogs. 

 Dot pointed in fence corner and moved on. Going to 

 another field, Dot false pointed and Sam backed indiffer- 

 ently. Dot then pointed, moved up, roaded, and located a 

 bevy, and was steady to shot. The birds were followed to 

 the "woods. Dot made another false point, then she pointed 

 a single, and Sam, instead of backing, moved in ahead and 

 stole the point; Barker shot and killed, Sam retrieved. The 

 dogs were now taken up. After lunch, which lasted thirty 

 minutes, the dogs were put down again. They both pointed 

 where chickens and turkeys had been, and moved on. Sam 

 soon pointed a covey and dropped to shot. They were taken 

 up at 12:09, Sam scoring, while Dot was dropped out. In 

 style, speed and range Sam had the advantage. 



KING'S MARK AND BEAUMONT. 



Mr. J. I. Case, Jr.'s black and white dog King's Mark 

 (King Noble— Belle Belton), handled by C. W. Barker, and 

 Mr. H. R. Huntington's black, white and tan dog Beau- 

 mont (Prince Royal— Nettie), handled by R. B. Morgan, 

 were put down in a stubble field at 12:13. Beau soon 

 pointed and Mark backed; Beau moved on after finding he 

 was mistaken. Mark pointed, Barker shot and killed, 

 Mark retrieved nicely, jumping a high fence with the bird 

 in his mouth. Being sent on in stubble, Beau pointed and 

 moved on; Mark flushed a single and dropped to wing. 

 Going into woods Mark pointed in leaves, Beau backed 

 30yds. away. Sent on, Beau pointed, Morgan shot and killed, 

 Beau retrieved badly. Beau pointed again near fence, and 

 moved on. The dogs were taken up at 12:50, both dogs 

 scoring. In speed and range they were nearly equal, but 

 Mark was superior in style, both on point and in motion. 

 BLUE MARK AND NANNIE B. 



Mr. Frank Richards's blue belton dog Blue Mark (Gath's 

 Mark— Lufra), handled by owner, and Mr. J. I. Case, Jr.'s 

 lemon belton bitch Nannie B. (King Noble — Queen Vashti) 

 were put down in an apple orchard at 12:55. Going through 

 orchard into stubble, Mark jumped into a fine covey point, 

 Richards shot and killed, Mark was slightly unsteady to 

 shot, but he retrieved nicely; Nannie on the opposite side of 

 the field pointed a covey at the same time. Nannie was 



