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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 22, 1390, 



AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY MEETING. 



TOLEDO, O., May 17.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 nineteenth annual meeting of the American Fisheries 

 Society, was held at Put-in-Bay, Wednesday and Thursday, 

 May 14 and 15. . , 



The attendance was quite large and much interest taken 

 in the proceedings. Nearly all of the States were represented 

 either by members or invited guests, and so good an im- 

 pression was left upon the visitors that a majority ot those 

 present became members of the association. The peering 

 was called to order at 2 P. M., on the 14th, by Hon. Eugene 

 Blackford, of New York city, the president of the society. 

 Mr. Blackford's familiarity with the established rules and 

 customs of parliamentary authority made him an ideal 

 chairman. In the absence of F. W. Brown, of Philadelphia, 

 the secretary, Hon. E.P. Doyle, of the New York Fish Com- 

 mission, was elected secretary pro t.era. The president gave 

 a very interesting history of the doings of the association, 

 briefly reviewing the work accomplished by the various de- 

 partments of the Society. Hon. C. V. Osborn, chairman of 

 Ohio Fish Commission, and Dr. James A, Hen shall, Cin- 

 cinnati, were appointed a committee to make a programme 

 ' for the social entertainment of the members. 



After hearing the reports from the secretary and treasurer 

 and the election of many new members, Dr. Henshall read 

 the programme as had been arranged by the committee for 

 the reading of the papers. Fred Mather, New York, read 

 the first paper, "The History of the American Fisheries 

 Society and an Index." This report was a complete history 

 of the association since its organization, and fiuished with 

 great care and nicety of detail and read as if the author's 

 soul was in the work. Hoyt Post, Michigan Fish Commis- 

 sion, chosing for his subject "The Sturgeon and Experiment 

 in Hatching," introduced many new ideas, and in a busi- 

 ness sort ol way gave an elaborate history of this, at times 

 considered one of the most important of our commercial 

 fishes. Some of the Lake Erie fishermen who have had 

 years' experience in the catching and handling this fish for 

 the market joined in the discussion following the reading, 

 audit was generally argued that the sturgeon do not feed 

 upon the spawn of other fishes, but depend almost entirely 

 upon the shellfish, principally the gasteropods. 



Dr. R. O. Sweeney, U. S. Fish Commission, Duluth sta- 

 tion, who is a very graceful orator, and delights in pointed 

 remarks or suggestions, was called upon to read his paper, 

 "The Ciscoette," but owing to his haste in leaving the wilds 

 of Minnesota, the Ciscoette "reposed in a pigeon hoi - at the 

 station." The paper was read "by title," after which the 

 good-natured Doctor gave a few of the principal points con- 

 tained in the absent article, and then followed an interest- 

 ing discussion. 



Herschel Whitaker, president of the Michigan Fish Com- 

 mission, is one of.the brightest lights ot the Society, always 

 ready to answer any question relative to fish propagation or 

 discuss the subjects of iuterest to the association. "The 

 Experiments in the Impregnation of Pike-Pereb. Eergs" was 

 his carefully prepared paper. Often, as he read, the points 

 suggested other thoughts, and he became quite eloquent in 

 the discussion. 



An exceedingly interesting paper was read by Hon. Henry 

 C. Ford, of Philadelphia, written jointly by John Gay and 

 William P. Seal; subject, "Past and present aspect of' fish- 

 culture, with an inquiry of what maybe done further to 

 promote and develop this science." 'John H. Bissell, De- 

 troit, Michigan, read by title "The Grayling," as also A. A. 

 Hinsman, "The Growth of Trout." 



Dr. J. A. HenshaU, Ohio Fish Commission, Cincinnati, 

 was perfectly at home discussing "Fish Protection." Hi-* 

 long expeeience and careful study of the black bass make 

 him a revered authority. Hon, E. D Potter, whose name is 

 familiar to most readers of the Forest and Stream and 

 to persons engaged in fish propagation, read a most inte- 

 resting paper to this Society on "The Origin of Artificial 

 Hatching of Fishes in the United States." As this Society 

 has for its principal object the propagation of fishes it was 

 of deep interest to its members to learn from an eye witness 

 about the first fish artificially propagated upon this conti- 

 nent. Therefore the Judge's paper was voted the most in- 

 teresting and important ever read before the association. 

 By permission we give the paper in full as read. 



"There are but few persoiae now living besides myself, 

 since the death of the lamented Dr. Garlick, who were pres- 

 ent at the birth of the first fish artificially produced in 

 America. It might be interesting to some of the gentlemen 

 of this Society to hear some accounts of the first fish artifici- 

 ally propagated upon this continent. In the winter of 1855 

 an account was published in the National Intelligencer, of 

 Washington, of the experience of two unlettered fishermen, 

 Gehin and Remv, of the Vosaes Mountains in Lorraine, then 

 a province of France, in which they had succeeded in the 

 incubatiou and hatching of a great number of fishes in that 

 region. This account fell under the notice of Dr. Theodaf us 

 Garlick, of Cleveland, Ohio, who at once entered into the 

 scheme of making experiments in the artificial propagation 

 of the brook trout (Salmo fontinalis) A few miles from 

 Cleveland was a deep ravine, through which passed a small 

 cold stream fed by several cold springs issuing from the ad- 

 jacent banks. Across this ravine was thrown a dam, raising 

 a deep pond covering half an acre of ground. The next 

 thing was to procure the parent fishes. An expedition was 

 started to Port Stanley, in Canada, and another to Sault 

 Ste. Marie, in Michigan, both of which were successful; pro- 

 curing in all some fifty of good breeding size. These were 

 placed in the pond in January, 1854 A breeding place was 

 leveled off at the head of the pond, covered with gravel. I 

 spent the season in Cleveland, and visited the pond with 

 Dr. Garlick and found the fish doing well. About the first 

 of November on visiting the pond we discovered two small 

 trout making a spawning bed, and in the course of ten days 

 the beds were covered with fish. The next thing was to pre- 

 pare hatching facilities. A small cabin was erected over one 

 of the largest springs, about ten feet square. There was over 

 a dozen feet fall from the spriDg. These boxes were ter- 

 raced from the spring down with a spill from one box to 

 the other, guarded by a screen, filled about two-thirds full 

 of fine gravel, and the hatchery was complete. I shall never 

 forget the expression of the doctor's countenance as he 

 lifted the first pair of gravid fish from the pool. The usual 

 operation of stripping the first and fecundating the eggs 

 was performed, and the eggs gently spread over the gravel 

 in box number one, and the water was let on. In the same 

 way the boxes were all filled and the work was done. Then 

 a padlock was placed on the door and the doctor was 

 happy. We visited the hatchery often to remove the un 

 fecundated eggs, of which very few were found. On visiting 

 the hatchery the latter part of January the eves appeared in 

 the eggs, and about the first of March, 1854,"on visiting the 

 work, there lay, prone on his side on his goodly bed, the 

 first baby fish artificially propagated on this continent. 

 Then followed the hatching until the boxes swarmed with 

 young trout. Dr. Garlick soon after wrote a full account 

 of his method, and the success attending his first experi- 

 ment was widely circulated, and soon Se£fl Green, of New 

 York; Samuel Wilmot, of Canada; Nelson Clark, of 

 Michigan, and others, all making improvements on Dr 

 Garlick's process, until fish propagation has become a 

 national industry, and fostered by adequate appropriations 

 is furnishing cheap and wholesome food for millions of 

 people." 



The following are officers elected for ensuing year: Pres 

 ident, Hon. Eugene G. Blackford, New York; Vice-Pres- 

 ident, Dr. James A. Henshall, Ohio; Treasurer. Hon. Henry 

 C. Ford, Pennsylvania; Recording Secretary, Hon. E P 

 Doyle, New York: Corresponding Secretary. Dr. T. H. Bean 



Washington, D. C; Executive Committee. Hon. W. L. May, 

 chairman, Fremont, Neb.; Hon. Herschell Whittaker, 

 Detroit, Mich.; Hon. Calvert Spensely, Mineral Point, Wis.; 

 Dr. H. H. Carey, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr Wm. M. Hudson, Hart- 

 ford, Conn.; Hon. Jas. V. Long, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Dr. R. O. 

 Sweeney, Duluth, Minn. 



The twentieth annual meeting will be held in Washing- 

 ton, D. C. on the last Wednesday in May, 1891. 



The general discussion throughout the meeting was in- 

 deed very interesting, particularly so as coming from expe- 

 rienced gentlemen, and for the good of the cause there 

 should have been a short-hand reporter employed by the 

 Society that the minutes might have been complete. G. 



Another correspondent writes: On Thursday, the officers 

 and executive committee visited the Pelee Island Club, 

 where they were handsomely entertained by the President, 

 Mr. Turner, and Mr. Marshall Field of Chicago. On Friday, 

 by the invitation of Mr. Hosbrouck, a visit was made to the 

 famous Castalia Creek, where they met the president of the 

 Castaba Trout Club, Mr. Dollinger, and they were welcomed 

 in hearty Ohio style. The visitors were each supplied with 

 light trout tackle, and a couple of hours were spent quite 

 pleasantly in casting the fly. After lunching with the club, 

 a meeting of the Society was held, and a vote of thanks was 

 passed to the Pelee Island and Castalia Trout clubs for the 

 courtesies extended to the association. On motion of Com- 

 missioner Long of Pennsylvania, it was resolved that the 

 Pelee Island Club, and the Castalia Trout Club be made 

 honorary members of the American Fisheries Society. 



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DELAWARE RIVER FISHING. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The Susquehanna salmon (wall-eyed pike) are rapidly in- 

 creasing in the Delaware, The first plant of 60 mature fish, 

 brought from the Susquehanna River, was made in 1886 by 

 the Pennsylvania Fish Commission; and 120 more were 

 placed in the river in 1887 at Port Jervis and at Easton. 

 The fish then weighed from \)4 to 41bs. each. During the 

 past season numbers of wall-eyed pike were caught within 

 a range of 100 miles that measured from 10 to 12in. These 

 evidently were the progeny of the two first plants. 



In the spring of 1889, several millions of fry were brought 

 from the United States Fish Commission station on Lake 

 Erie and placed in the upper waters of the Delaware, and 

 during the present setson 2,000,000 more of fry, hatched by 

 the Pennsylvania Fish Commission at the State fish hatchery 

 at Erie from eggs furnished by the United States Fish Com- 

 mission, were also deposited at favorable points on the river; 

 1,200 mature rock b'tss were deposited in the upper pools of 

 the Delaware in 1887, and a good many fish of this species 

 were taken during the summer of 1889 weighing about Xlb, 

 each, showing that they are doing well in their new habitat. 



The upper Delaware, from Trenton to the New Jersey 

 State line, is full of black bass These fish are the result of 

 stocking the river in 1870 with 200 rnatui e bass brought from 

 Lake Erie, through the liberality of several private gentle- 

 men of Philadelphia. My informant tells me that on a trip 

 from Trenton to Delaware Water Gap, a distance of seventy 

 miles, last summer, he counted 168 boats fishing fur black 

 bass, and probably not more than one-third of the river was 

 visible from the cars in that distance. A low estimate 

 would place double that number of boats from Trenton to 

 Hancock, a distance of 170 miles. Allowing an average of 

 lOlbs. to the boat, the total would be about l,6001bs. per day. 

 This estimate is very low; and, supposing the market value 

 is ten cents per pouLd, $160 worth of bass are taken daily— 

 a verv moderate estimate of the value of the catch of this 

 fbh alone. In the vicinity of Egypt Mills, Pike county, a 



doubt this river is a better stream for black bass than th^ 

 Susquehanna, and it is doubtful if there is a better river on 

 the continent where this splendid game fish is to be found. 



Herewith I send you a clipping from the. Times of yester- 

 day morning, noting the first arrest under a law passed by 

 the Legislature last winter, forbidding the killing o'f 

 '•mamoose:" "Bridgeton, N. J., May 11.— The first arrest 

 under a law passed by the Legislature last winter, forbid- 

 ding the killing of mamoose, was made last night by Fish 

 Warden James Elkinton. Edward Willets, of Bridgeton, 

 N. J., a Bay Side sturgeon fisherman, was arrested lor kill 

 mg eleven mamooses. The fine is S10 for each offense. It is 

 claimed that Willets has killed over one hundred of these 

 young sturgeon." j 0 hn Gay. 



Uloucesteb, N. J., May 13. 



ECHO LAKE. N. J.— Plain field, N. J., May 19.— Ten 

 thousand landlocked salmon trout fry have been deposited 

 in Echo Lake near Branchville, between Westfield and 

 Springfield, Union County. The young fish were obtained 

 by Iish Wardens W. L. Force and E P. Thorn of Plainfield 

 if 0 , m ^ Fred Mather of the United States Fish Hatchery at 

 Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island. 



OHIO COMMISSION.— Governor Campbell has appointed 

 Dr. Jas. A. Henshall, of Cincinnati, State Fish and Game 

 Commissioner for five years, in place ot Hon. Johu H. Law, 

 whose time has exp red. This is one good man succeeding 

 another. Dr. Henshall's ability and interest in this field 

 are so well known that his appointment will be received 

 witn general satisfaction. 



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FIXTURES, 



DOG SHOWS. 



June 3 to 6.— The Cincinnati Kennel Club's Fourth Annual 

 Show, at Cincinnati, O. Geo. H, Hill, Superintendent, 

 /^nJ 51 -?^ 5 - - -^-Ji'' 1 Annual Dne; Show of the Michigan Kennel 

 Cluh, at Detroit, Mich. M. V. P,. .Saunders, Secretary. 



Sept. 15 to International Dog Show of the Dominion of 

 Canada funnel Cluh, m connection with the Industrial Exhi- 

 bition at Toronto. Canada. H. J. Hill, Secretary. 



Sept. 23 to 26— Second Annual Dog Show of the Central Canada 

 Exhibition Association, at Ottawa. Alfred Geddes, Chairman 

 Committee. 



Oct. C to 11.— Ninth Annual Dog Show of the Danbury Agricul- 

 tural Society, at Danbury Conn. B. 0. Lynes, Secretarv. 

 FIELD TRIALS. 



November.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Brunswick Fur 

 Club, at Brunswick, Me. J. H. Baird, Secretarv, Auburndale. 

 Mass. 



Nov. 17.— Twelfth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field 

 InaJs Club, at Otter burn Springs, Va. W. A. Coster, Saratogo 

 Springs, N. Y., Secretary. 6 



Dec. I.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Central Field Trials 

 Club, at Lexington, N. C. C. II. Odell, Mills Building, New York 

 Secretary. ' 

 1891. 



Jan. 19.— Eighth Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Kennel Club 

 at Bakersfield, Oal. H. H. Briggs, Secretary. 

 r,Fl b - ?n~£ 11 £ d Alln "i ]l Eield Trials of the Southern Field Trials 

 Club. T. M. Brunoy, Secretary, Marietta, Ga. 



ST. BERNARD IMPORTATION.-Toledo O., May 19- 

 TheSt. Bernard bitch Sunrise, bought of Mr. J. F. Smith 

 from whom we purchased Watch, has arrived in good con- 

 dition. She is in whelp to Keeper, We are much please*d 

 with her.— THE Poaq Keiwels. 



LOS ANGELES DOG SHOW. 



1 Special Report.l 



rpHE second annual show of the Southern California 

 JL Kennel Club was held in Los Angeles May 7-10. and has 

 proved to be a very great success, both as to number of en- 

 tries, quality of dogs showniand attendance. The club is to 

 be congratulated upon having quite a handsome balance 

 left over from the receipts, which is no doubt very gratify- 

 ing to them. The hall was fairly crowded with visitors 

 from the time of opening the doors on Tuesday morning 

 until they were closed on Friday night. This is one of the 

 peculiarities of the Los Angelese, give them a good show, 

 no matter what kind, and they will patronize it liberally; a 

 poor show of any kind and they will not go. This time they 

 got their money s worth, and all were loud in their praise of 

 it and the management. The officers of this club are live 

 men and all are "hustlers." The president, Mr. H. T. 

 Payne, is the right man for the pasition, and is a worker 

 from morning till night. The secretary, Mr. E. K. Beuchley, 

 never seems to tire in his attentions to the exhibitors and 

 the work in connection with his office, and the club has a 

 treasure in him; in iwt all the officers seem to think of 

 nothing else nor be able to talk of anything but dogs and 

 shows. The superintendent, Mr. H. W. Wilson, who, by 

 the way, is well known to a very large number of the East- 

 ern fanciers, and has been located in this city for about 

 three years, is very popular with the boys here, and well he 

 may be, for he is a hard worker in their interests and all are 

 loud in their praise of him and his management of this 

 show, and from my personal observation I am sure he 

 deserves all the praise and compliments they bestow on 

 him. Mr. H. H. Briggs, of the San Francisco Breeder and 

 Sportsman, officiated as judge, and to say he gave general 

 satisfaction will only be voicing the verdict of the public at 

 large. Mr. Briggs is a thorough dog man, and all his de- 

 cisions were rendered with great deliberation and good 

 judgment. Only in one instance do I differ from him. I 

 think Mr. Briggs is very unlike most all other dog judges 

 that I have ever met, in that he is an inveterate woman- 

 hater. The first question he asks the ring steward as each 

 class is called is, Are any lady exhibitors in the class ? If 

 the answer is in the affirmative, what a sigh he draws. It 

 can be heard amid the barking of the dogs clear across the 

 hall. If a negative answer is given his brow immediately 

 clears and his face §uts on quite a pleasant look. 



Now a few words about the show. This club gave their 

 first show here in June of last year, and had at it about 80 

 dogs out of some 86 entries, I think, and what a lot these 

 were! Some of them were very good of course, but they 

 could be counted up on the fingers of one's hands. This 

 year there were 136 entries with only two or three absent; 

 and as to quality, well, I neversaw such an improvement in 

 this short space of time, and if it keeps on there will cer- 

 tainly be some of the finest and best dogs in the country 

 right here in Los Angeles. It was one of the best little 

 shows it has ever been my lot to attend. 



Mastiff dogs had four entries, Amado, a fairly good dog, 

 was placed first; he is not looking as well as when shown 

 last year, although he is considerable larger; in every other 

 way he has fallen off. Richland Commodore, second, is a 

 smaller dog, not so good in head. Turk, third prize, is only 

 a very medium dog and was showu in very poor condition. 

 In bitches Attella A., first, and Daisy, second, are small and 

 not of any very great merit. Dog puppies only had one 

 entry — Wodau, a very promising youngster, six months old, 

 and was given first, 



St. Bernards had only one representative, a bitch— Dido 

 II.— and she is not of any account whatever, being very 

 much under size, very snipy, poor in coat, and altogether a 

 poor specimen. However, the judge considered her worthy 

 of a first. I said the class only had one representative. I 

 was mistaken. There was a dog puppy, a black and white 

 one, that the judge refused to look at. 



Newfoundlands had one entry, Ponto, a large curly dog, 

 black, and this color was all he had to recommend him aa a 

 Newfoundland. The judge gave him a second. 



Great Dane dogs had only one entry, Kaiser Wilhelm, a 

 very small dog; in fact so small I think he would hardly tip 

 the scales at 901 bs., given second. In bitches a much better 

 representative of the variety showed up in Christiana, and 

 she secured a blue ribbon. A class was made for harlequin 

 Danes and two faced the judge. Tiger and Clio. Each were 

 given a first in their classes. There was nothing of a striking 

 nature about either of them. 



In deerhounds only one dog was shown, Captain, but he 

 was worth twenty such ones as are generally met in shows of 

 the size of this; in fact a better one would not be met iu the 

 very best of shows. He was shown in very bad condition, 

 his coat being all matted and his general condition being 

 very much against him. What a pity to let such people 

 have a good dog when a cur would suit them better. He is 

 a long, rangey, well-built dog, good body, stands on good 

 legs and feet, one of the best heads I have ever seen, in fact 

 fault could hardly be found with him in any point. He was 

 given a blue ribbon as well as several specials. 



Greyhound dogs had eight in the class, and they were 

 nearly all good ones. Leo, given first, is a fawn dog of con- 

 siderable merit. King, second, I would have placed first. 

 He is a brindle, well made, stands on good legs and feet, a 

 very nice head, good tail, body and chest, but was in poor 

 condition. The rest of the winners were rigntly placed. 

 Bitches bad two in the class, Wina aud Topsy; rightly 

 placed in this order by the judge. Bitch puppies had onl y 

 one entry, Wano, .given first- 

 Foxhound dogs had five entries. Some few of them were 

 the English foxhounds, but the rest were of the American 

 type. Of the latter they showed too much of the pointer 

 breeding to suit me. First went to Melody, a white, black 

 and tan dog; second to Nero, a red and white, third to 

 Chase, a red dog. Bitches had five enties, and about the 

 same quality as the dogs. First to Queen, second to Mollie, 

 third to Music. 



Pointer dogs over 551bs. the catalogue showed two entries, 

 Kan Koo and Rush II. Kan Koo was transferred to class 25 

 (under 551 bs.), and Billy V., entered in class 25, was trans 

 ferredto the heavy weights; so this still made two in the 

 heavy dogs. First went to Billy V., a lemon and white dog, 

 and a grand good one, good head, well-made body, legs 

 good, tail not very well carried, aud perhaps a little long. 

 Second to Rush II., a fairly good one, but not so good a one 

 by considerable as the first dog, although of a cleaner and 

 better color in my way of thinking— liver and white. 

 Pointer dogs under 501bs. had three entries. Kan Koo, 

 given first, is a very fine dog with the exception that he 

 carries a bad tail; he is good in head, legs and feet, body 

 nicely made, and he moves around just about right, I 

 think he was justly entitled to first place. He is a liver 

 and white dog. Strictly Business, placed second, is another 

 good dog, lemon and white in color. Shot, placed third, is 

 liver and white. In bitches over 501bs. four of them came 

 in the ring, and first went to Queen Croxteth T. She is a 

 very nice bitch, liver and white, well marked, with the best 

 tail of any of the pointers; head not quite such a good one 

 as Kan Koo's. hut very fair; good body, legs and feet. She 

 was rightly placed first, Gypsy, second, was shown with a 

 litter of puppies, and of course was not in good form for the 

 bench. She is a lemon and white. Third went to Amie, 

 also a lpmon and white. She was also shown with a litter 

 of puppies. In bitches under 50lbs. five came into the ring. 

 Patti Croxteth T. was an easy winner. She is a well-formed 

 bitch, color liver and white. Second went to Babbette, a 

 liver and white ticked bitch. There were three dog pupjdes, 

 first going to El Rio Rey, a very promising youngster, 

 se'cb'nd to Strictly Business, shown in the aged cfy&d; anb; 



