Deo. 12, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



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The Eutopia and Trout Lake Fish and Game As- 

 sociation was organized in June, and has secured one of 

 the best fishing privileges in New Brunswick. Lake 

 Eutopia. about six miles long, near the village of St. 

 George, N. B., besides being famous for its trout, is one 

 of the most beautiful lakes in the Province. During the 

 last season a club house was erected on the "Bluffs," a 

 high point overlooking the lake, which commands a most 

 charming view. Mr. Haudren, president of the club, 

 erected a mammoth tent, where he remained during 

 August with his family, and other members and visitors 

 availed themselves of his generous hospitality, and sev- 

 eral remained during September. Besides others, Dr. 

 Vosburgh, Vice-President, and daughter; Mr. Barclay, 

 Treasurer; Dr. Tucker, Dr. Cameron, Mr. Tain tor, Mr. 

 Bigelow, Mr. O'Thayne, Mr. Clark, Mr. Marsh, and Mr. 

 and Mrs. Street visited the grounds, and were charmed 

 with the place. Miss Vosburgh distinguished herself 

 with the gun as well as the rod. She shot eight part- 

 ridges within a few yards of the club house. The prop- 

 erty of the club covers about a thousand acres, and 

 includes a stream which connects Eutopia with Trout 

 Lake. Few trout weighing less than two pounds are 

 taken in those waters. Dr. Vosburgh and Dr. Tucker 

 were so favorably impressed with the climate and scenery 

 that they purchased several acres adjoining the club 

 property, and intend to build summer cottages. There 

 are already about fifty members on the list. Gentlemen 

 desirous of joining the club may get further information 

 from the secretary, Mr. T. McGrath, Equitable Building. 



MISSOURI FISH COMMISSION WORK. 



ABOUT ten days ago the work of draining the fish-breed- 

 ing ponds in Forest Park, this city, which are under 

 the personal supervision of resident Fish Commissioner 

 Capt. H. C. West, has been completed, the fish all sepax-ated, 

 and the superintendent is ready to distribute a large number 

 of young fish to residents of this State for stocking private 

 ponds. German carp, croppie and bass are the species propa- 

 gated by its Commission. Of the three kinds, the German 

 carp has been much the most successful, and the croppie come 

 next, with the bass bringing up the rear. As near as could 

 be ascertained from Superintendent Chaplin, the number 

 which the Commission has for distribution is as follows: 

 German carp, 200,000; croppie. 125,000; bass, 75,000. These are 

 now all in separate shallow ponds, where they can be easily 

 taken when wanted for parties who wish to obtain them. 

 )The stock fish have all been placed in deep ponds for the 

 winter season. Among the stock carp there are several which 

 are quite large, weighing in the. neighborhood of 201bs. Of 

 the stock bass there is not one that will weigh over 61bs., 

 while the largest croppie will not exceed l}<lbs. Consid- 

 ering the number of ponds which the Commission has, tbis 

 season has been a most successful and entirely satisfactory 

 onje. Unser Fritz. 



St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 30. 



FISHCULTURE IN WYOMING. — It is understood that 

 Fish Commissioner Lou Miller, of Laramie, Wyo., has 

 drawn up the plans and specifications for enlarging the fish 

 hatchery. The land has been purchased and the appropri- 

 ation of $2,000 for that purpose is now available. The pro- 

 posed addition will increase the producing capacity three- 

 fold. Wyoming Territory has with but small appropriations 

 made a great start in fishculture, and promises to make a 

 thorough success of it. 



OPPOSITION TO GILL-NETS. — Gill-net fishing for 

 mackerel is arousing public opposition on Prince Edward 

 Island, and meetings have recently been held to memorialize 

 Parliament in behalf of legislation, prohibiting this method 

 of fishing. 



7he MienneL 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



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, 1890.— First Annual Dog Show of the Georgia, Pet 

 Stock and Bench Show Association, at Augusta, Ua. 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. ll to U, 1890.— Fourteenth Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club. American Institute Building, New York. James 

 Mortinvr Superintendent. 



Feb. 19 to 22, 1890.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah 

 Ker nel Club, Chicago, 111. 



March 11 to 14, 1S90.— 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, 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. 



April 15 to IS. 1890.— Show of the Buffalo Kennel Club, "Buffalo, 

 N. Y. A. W. Smith, Secretary. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



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 Bakersfield, 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, 44 Broadway, New York, Secretary, 



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

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



CENTRAL FIELD TRIALS. 



THE inaugural meeting of the Central Field Trial Club 

 began on Monday, Dec. 2, at Lexington, N, C. The 

 weather was all that could be desired by the sportsmen, al- 

 though it was hard to find birds in the moraine, as there 

 was a heavy frost and they did not move much, but toward 

 evening they came out on the stubble fields and were found 

 in abundance. The grounds worked over were very similar 

 to those at High Point, except that there were not'so many 

 dense thickets here; the briers, however, are just as thorny 

 and a trifle more plentiful. We are assured that m uch of 

 the remaining ground is vastly superior in character to that 

 on which the Derby was begun. Birds were in abundance, 

 in fact there are too many, as in order to thoroughly test 

 the merits of the dogs it is absolutely necessary to see them 

 at work where they must get out and search^ for game in- 

 stead of being put down right in its vicinity when a few 



strides will take them up to a bevy. It is certain that the 

 old order of things is doomed and that "points will count" 

 will perhaps never again be the watchword at any field trial 

 of importance. The natural ability and bird sense of our 

 hunting dogs is what we all wish to bring out, and. we are 

 far from pursuing the right course when we take them up 

 to the birds and teach them to hustle for points instead of 

 learning them to search for their game in a workmanlike 

 manner over a country where there is at least some di 

 culty in finding it. 



THE DERBY. 

 The Setter Derby was the first event on the card. There 

 were 42 nominations, 8 of which filled. They were drawn to 

 run as follows: 



Rod's Lady (Roderigo— Guy Gladstone), owned by Mr. 

 A. M. Hildebrandt and handled by F. R. Bevan, 

 n gainst 



Royal C. (Roderigo— Countt ss House), owned by Mem- 

 phis & Avent Kennels and handled by J. M. Avent. 



Rowdy Rod (Roderigo— Juno A.), owned by Memphis & 

 Avent Kennels and handled by Avent, 



against 



NANNTE B. (King Noble — Queen Vasbti), owned by Mr. J. 

 1. Case, Jr., and handled by C. W. Barker. 



Sam C. (King Noble— Cricket), owned by Mr. J. I. Case, 

 Jr.. and handled by Barker, 



against 



Letty Lynn (Roderigo— Countess House), owned by 

 Memphis & Avent Kennels and handled by Avent. 



Harry C. (Roderigo— Countess House), owned by Mem- 

 phis & Avent Kennels and bandied by Avent, 

 against 



MARQUIS N. (King Noble— M'liss C), owned by Mr. G. W. 

 Ewing and handled by W. B. Stafford. 



When the drawing took place Marquis was not in, but as 

 Mr. Ewing, his owner, had telegraphed to Stafford to com- 

 plete, the entry and he had not received it in time, he was 

 allowed by unanimous consent to start and was run with 

 Harry C. 



The running was watched with great interest, as all were 

 anxious to see the working of the new rules, which in the 

 first or preliminary series are in conformity with the spot- 

 ting system, the remaining series being run In heats as at 

 other trials. We believe in the spotting system, and nntil 

 it has been demonstrated by a thorough test to be more 

 faulty than the heat system, it should be adopted at all our 

 field trials, not in a half-way, compromise sort of way, but 

 in a manner that will bring out what good there is in the 

 system, and at the same time show up its faults if any there 

 be. If a set of judges are qualified to fill their positions, 

 they are certainly competent to select the best dogs in the 

 stake and place them in their proper order, unhampered by 

 any rule or thumb or set of instructions as to how or why 

 one dog should be placed over another. When this course 

 is pursued we shall hear no more talk of dogs being placed 

 over their betters "under the rules." It fs often the case 

 that a fourth-class dog will run for an hour and do woi'k 

 that will carry him info the next series, but it is generally 

 the case, as has often been shown under the heat system, 

 that he cannot repeat or stay up to his work well enough to 

 win a place over better dogs, unless he has the luck to run 

 through the stake by meeting dogs of less merit than he 

 possesses. On the other hand, a really good dog may 

 not be at his best, although showing sufficient merit 

 to remain in, but if given an opportunity his superiority 

 will in a large majority of cases be clearly demonstrated. 

 Of course if a dog shows no merit whatever during 

 an hour's run he is either worthless or not in condition to 

 compete and consequently he should be retired. A dog may 

 for the moment be off in nose, but unless he is seriously in- 

 disposed he will plainly show the judges by his behavior 

 whether he is worth a future trial; then again, the weather 

 conditions may be such that scent is poor and consequently 

 the dogs do not show up to advantage. Many dogs of high 

 courage, with good speed, range and lots of bird sense, 

 become rattled when they find that they cannot smell the 

 birds, and losing confidence, their pace and range are re- 

 stricted, and they are for the time entirely different from 

 their usual form, while the dog with little sense will go 

 his usual gait, the flushes will not disconcert him in the 

 least, and often he will show to better advantage than his 

 high-strung competitor, who may really be several classes 

 above him in all that constitutes a good dog. There is also 

 an element of luck that attends all competitive trials of 

 whatever nature they may be; especially is this the case at 

 field trials, and it is hoped that under the spotting system 

 much of this element will be eliminated, and that far more 

 satisfactory results will be obtained than under the old 

 system. 



In the preliminary series nearly all of the work on game 

 was of an unsatisfactory nature, scent was undoubtedly 

 very poor, and a lot of ground was worked over where birds 

 are known to be plentiful, but they evidently were not mov- 

 ing and but few of them were found. The judges were 

 Messrs. Davidson, Wallace and Tallman. 



The first brace in the series were put down at 8:48 and the 

 last brace were taken up at 2:17. In selecting the dogs for 

 the second series the judges kept in six of the eight, and 

 threw out Rod's Lady and Marquis N. Both were either 

 sick or very stale, and evidently were in no condition to run; 

 of the others, Rowdy Rod, Nannie B. and Harry C. had done 

 much the better work, but the judges probably were not 

 satisfied with the test given the others, as they had all 

 shown more or less disposition to hunt, and they decided to 

 give them another trial. The rule in relation to the draw 

 for the second series was waived by consent, and the dogs 

 were run in the order in which they were drawn in the first 

 series 



Royal C. and Nannie B. were the first brace in the second 

 series, and as Nannie had done much the better work in the 

 first series, it was expected that she would have an easy 

 win, but she had let down greatly in speed and did not 

 range at all well, while Royal let out a link and worked out 

 his ground fairly well, and won his heat with something to 

 spare. 



Rowdy Rod and Sam C. then came together, Rowdy scor- 

 ing an easy win. He ranged wide and was lost in the early 

 part of the heat, but soon showed up and worked out his 

 ground in good shape. Sam did not show much speed, and 

 his nose appeared to be wrong, as his work on birds was not 

 at all satisfactory. Near the close of the heat a very wicked- 

 looking bull-brier somehow got under the tail of Dr. Glover's 

 horse, and for a few minutes the fun was simply indescrib- 

 able. The gallant steed bucked, kicked and jumped seven 

 or eight different ways at once. The doctor did not appear 

 to enjoy the situation nearly so much as the spectators did, 

 as amid their enthusiastic plaudits he gently slid to the 

 ground and, with the assistance of the bystanders, removed 

 the cause of the trouble. It was hinted that the brier was 

 purposely placed in position, but, knowing the boys as well 

 as we do, we can hardly believe this. This heat ended the 

 work for the day. 



Tuesday the weather was fair a portion of the time, but 

 some cold-looking clouds were banked in the west in the 

 afternoon, giving promise of rough weather; but toward 

 evening they cleared away and it was warmer, and the pros- 

 pect was bright for good weather. There were now only 

 four in for first money, all of them owned by the Memphis 

 & Avent Kennels, it was nearly 9 o'clock when Letty 

 Lynn and Harry C. were put down. Harry won the heat, 



having the best of it in pace and range and in the character 

 of his work on game. Letty did much better than in her 

 trial heat, and some of her work was very good. 



This ended the second series, and at 9:55 Royal C. and 

 Rowdy Rod were put down to run the first heat in the 

 third series. Rowdy scored an easy win, having much the 

 best of it all around. Royal did better than in his previous 

 heat, and beat out some of his ground in a workmanlike 

 manner. Harry C. and Rowdy Rod were now the only dogs 

 left in, and at 11:08 they were cast off in an open lot to de- 

 cide first money. It was plain to be seen after a short time 

 that Rowdy was a sure winner, as he had the best of it at 

 all points, and when the allotted hour was up he was 

 awarded the heat and declared winner of first prize. 



The more we see of Rowdy the bettter we like him. The 

 timidity when working among scattered birds that he some- 

 times showed to a marked degree at High Point appears to 

 be wearing off, and his work through the stake was greatly 

 improved in this respect, and take'him all round he is un- 

 doubtedly the best dog that has ever run in the Derby 

 Stakes in tbis country/ At the conclusion of the heat we 

 went to lunch, when it was announced that the remaining 

 heats would be run on Wednesday, and the afternoon was 

 devoted to the pointer division. 



On Wednesday the weather was all that could be desired, 

 hardly a cloud was to be seen, the air was cool and bracing, 

 just right for comfort, and we left the hotel in anticipation 

 of a good day's sport. The judges decided to run a heat 

 between Royal C. and Sam C. to decide which should com- 

 pete with Harry C. for second place. The dogs were put 

 down some five miles south of this town on the best ground 

 of this club and worked toward home. These grounds are 

 much better than those worked over on the previous days 

 and are most excellent for the purpose Large open fields 

 where the work of the dogs can be readily seen, with plenty 

 of birds, make this an ideal ground for holding trials. 



The dogs were cast off at 9:35. They were about equal in 

 speed, Roy showing the better range." In work on birds we 

 could not decide which was ahead, or rather which was be- 

 hind. The work was nearly all of it wretched, as the dogs 

 were hustled for points when on singles and turned and 

 twisted around until they did not appear to understand 

 what was required of them, and flushes or indifferent work 

 were the rule. Near the close of the heat they were given a 

 chance in the open, but neither did anything of consequence. 

 When time was up Sam was awarded the heat, and the 

 pointer division were taken in hand and ran until 2:30, when 

 setters were again brought up and the last heat was run. 

 Harry C. and Sam C. ran to decide second place, which 

 Harry secured very easily, beating Sam in speed, range, 

 style' and in character of work. This ended the Setter 

 Derby, which was excellently well judged throughout. 

 Following is the summary: 



Preliminary Series. 

 Rod's Lady and Marquis N. ruled out. The others ordered 

 to run in the order in which they were drawn. 



Second Series. 

 Royal C. beat Nannie B. 

 Rowdy Rod beat Sam C. 

 Harry C. beat Letty Lynn. 



Third Series:. 

 Rowdy Rod beat Royal C. 

 Harry C. a bye. 



Final for First Place. 

 Rowdy Rod beat Harry C. and won first prize. 



Ties for Second Place. 

 Sam C. beat Royal C. 



Final for Second Place. 

 Harry C. beat Sam C. and won second prize. 

 Sam 0. placed third. 



THE POINTER DERBY. 



The pointer division of the Central Field Trial Club's 

 Derby begun Tuesday, Dec. 3, after first money in the setter 

 division had been decided. There were fifty-three nomina- 

 tions, sixteen of which filled, and they were drawn in the 

 following order: 



JOY, Jr. (Flockfmder — Ion), owned and handled by Mr.W. 

 B. Meares, Jr., 



n gainst 



Lou (Reximus— Katy), owned by Castleman Kennels and 

 handled by W. B. Stafford. 



Carlgrove (Lou— Neno), owned and handled by Mr. W. 

 B. Meares, Jr., 



again*' 



Nye (Naso of Kippen— Virginia), owned by Lebanon Ken- 

 nels and handled by Luke White. 



F. F. V. (Flockfmder— Ion), owned and handled by Major 

 J. R. Purcell, 



against 



SALLY P. (Graphic— Meally), owned by Mr. Charles Heath 

 and handled by W. T. Mitchell. 



Miss Meally (Graphic— Meally), owned by Mr. Charles 

 Heath and handled by Mitchell, 

 against 



Convex (Consolation— Graceful), owned and handled by 

 Luke White. 



Tough Nut (Consolation— Grace), owned by Col. C. H. 

 Odell and handled by Luke White. 



against 



NAso Peshall (Nick of Naso — Jipsy P.), owned by Mr. 

 Wm. Hepsley and handled by John Lewis. 



Lady Hessen (Duke of Hessen— Lemon), owned by Mr. 

 Thos. Bond and handled by Luke White, 

 against 



Mamie Bang (Devonshire Sam— Nellie Bang), owned by 

 Mr. W. H. Hyland. (Did not start.) 



Flirt (Mainspring— Merry Legs), owned and handled by 

 Mr. Alex Morten, 



against 



Heincken (Flockfmder— Ion), owned and handled by 

 Major Purcell. 



Rip Rap (King of Kent— Hops), owned by Mr. Ed. Dexter 

 and handled by Capt. C. E McMurdo, 

 against 



Met (Lumbryer's Phil— Nell), owned bv Cashman & 

 Meeker and handled by A. Vaughn. 



The judges were Messrs. Davidson. Wallace and Tallman. 

 Col. Merriman was to have acted, but was called home by 

 the death of his sister, and Mr. Wallace filled his place. 



Preliminary Series. 

 In the preliminary series the average quality of the work 

 was of a very low grade, and many of the heats were tire- 

 some in the extreme. The judges selected eight of the six- 

 teen starters as worthy to compete in the second series, but 

 upon what grounds some of them were allowed a further 

 trial our notes fail to show, and their performance in their 

 subsequent heats clearly proves that our notes did them no 

 injustice. The judges informed them that they were more 

 liberal in spotting than they were inclined to be by request 

 of the club. This is all wrong, and the club had no voice in 

 the matter, and their request was not entitled to the slight- 



