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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 11, 1890. 



The typical duck boat is much like that belonging to 

 "No. 13," and used on the journey along the clubhouses, 

 double-ended and decked, but rather lower. What they 

 call the "lying-out boat," from which their open water 

 shooting at biuebills and the other deep-water ducks is 

 done, is very flat and low on the water, almost sneak 

 boat build, for it must be both boat and blind. Varia- 

 tions from this model are made according to the fancy 

 of the individual shooter. In this open water shooting 

 the gunner lies upon his back in the boat, his decoys 

 being arranged, of course, as for blind shooting. There 

 is often a very considerable sea on, and it requires prac- 

 tice to learn how to shoot ducks from a swaying boat in 

 this way, as many a fair marsh shot has discovered upon 

 trying it. It is cold , rough work lying out in a small 

 boat all day, and it requires the fullest quota of duck- 

 hunter hardihood. There are some of these stubborn and 

 stiff-necked fellows among the members of the St. Clair 

 Fishing and Shooting Club, and some good bags were 

 made this past season, during which, by the way, the 

 ducks are said to have been more plentiful than for 

 many years past. 



But, after all, to wander through the luxurious abode 

 of this great and wealthy organization, and to note the 

 provisions for more than ease and comfort, could give 

 one no hint of duck boats, of leaden skies or stormy 

 winds. One could hardly imagine hip boots and cordu- 

 roys or canvas creaking and dripping along these elegant 

 halls. Far more fitting to all this seemed the thought of 

 warm days, and gentle winds, and skies blue as the river 

 that rolls by. Surely, in the great expanse of this obser- 

 vation room, which opens out upon the channel, there 

 never could have gathered a group of men who talked 

 gun pure and simple. Far more likely and fitly, so it 

 seemed as we passed out, saying our farewells on the 

 bright May morning, may the genius of the place, the 

 goddess of all this sweetness and light, have been Celes- 

 tine, who, herself gentle and beautiful as the morning, 

 sat gazing out the great window, across the blue water, 

 ner lashes drooping over eyes that quite forgot the half- 

 open book upon her lap. There be lotus plants among 

 these wild rice beds. If there exist in these latter re- 

 flections anything to offend a sterner sportsman spirit 

 than would seem to be implied herein, let the apology 

 be that the visit was made in the late spring, after the 

 duck season was over and before there was any fishing 

 of a sort to attract the anglers. Everything about the 

 big club house then looked very quiet, and pretty and 

 restful. 



The following is the membership of the St. Clair Fish- 

 ing and Shooting Club: R. A. Alger, Geo. F. Ambrose, 

 W. K. Anderson. W. O. Ashley, Darius N, Avery, Geo. 



E. Avery, John H. Avery, C. K. Backus, Hibbard* Baker, 

 W. L. Baker, Stephen Baldwin, Levi L. Barbour, E. T. 

 Barnum, Thos. Berry, Geo. W. Bissell, A. G. Boynton, 

 W. H. Brace. C. K. Brandon. H. H. Brown, of Cleveland, 

 Ohio: W. E. Brown, A. E. Brush. C. H. Buhl, L. S. But- 

 terfield, W. H. Burtenshaw. McD. R. Campau, Clarence 

 Carpenter, S. G. Caskey, W. J. Chittenden, Wm. C. Col- 

 burn, H. C. Colburn, Olney B. Cook, A. W. Copland, 

 Jerome Croul, C. A. Davison, H. M. Dean, J. N. Dean!, 

 Alex. Delano, Hamilton Dev, Don M, Dickinson, H. M. 

 Duffield, Chas. Dupont, E. O. Durfee, Wm. M. Dwight, 

 H. W. Dyar, James Edgar, James L. Edson, George W. 

 Edwards, Wm. D. Edwards, Chas. Endicoit, Geo. Far- 

 well, Jesse H. Farwell, Thos. Ferguson, D. M. Ferry, G. 

 L. Field, James L. Fisher. C. T. Fletcher, E. H. Flinn, C. 

 L. Freer, R. H. Fyfe, R. T. Gibbons, S. L. Gillett, of Bos- 

 ton, Mass. : R. Gillis, M. H. Godfrey. Bruce Gnodfellow, 

 Levi T. Griffin, Thos. Griffin, H. C. Hart, J. D. Hawks, 



F. W. Hayes, John A. Heames, C. J. Heath, F. J. Hecker, 

 Geo. B. Hill, Chas. C. Hinchman, J..M. Hincbman.C. C. 

 Hodges, D. C. Holbrook, William P. Holliday, Alfred 

 Hooper, Geo. H. Hopkins, Wm. S. Hopkins, Henry How- 

 ard, of Port Huron, Mich.;R. R. Howard, Geo. S. Hos- 

 mer, N. J. Hubbel, Chas. B. Hull, E R. Hull, Wm. Hull, 

 Albert Ives, Jr., Butler Ives, H. H. Jackson, H. L. Jen- 

 ness, Fred Joy, H. B. Joy, James Joy, James F. Joy, C. 

 V. Kasson, R. S. Keys, A. C. King, Frank E. Kirby, 

 Geo. W. Latimer, E. L. Lewis, Wm. Livingstone, Jr., O. 

 M. Locke, J. S. Lorimer, Eugene S. Lowe, G. W. Marsh- 

 all, W. J. Mason, L. A. McCreary, Walter McFarland, A. 

 C. McGraw, Fred G. McGray, Theo. A. McGraw, Thos. 

 McGraw, Thos. S. McGraw, W. A. McGraw, James Mc- 

 Gregor, J. P. McLaren, Donald McLean, James McMillan, 

 George McMillan, Andrew McPherson, E. W. Meddaugh, 

 Ira A. Metcalf , M. B. Mills, John B. Moloney, George F. 

 Moore, Wm. V. Moore, Fred T. Moron, John V. Moran, 

 W. D. Morton, J. B. Mulliken, S. R. Mumford, John F. 

 Murray, E. E. Myers, James Nail, H. S. Newberry, J. S. 

 Newberry, Thuman H. Newberry, H. L. O'Brien, N. C. 

 O'Brien, R. C. Olin, R. B. Owen, W. K. Parcher, Geo. H. 

 Parker, A. A. Patton, Geo. A. Patterson, W. S. Penfield, 

 H. S. Pingree, Thos. Pitts, James E. Pittman, F. B, 

 Preston, W. H. Prittie, W. E. Quimby, A. C. Raymond. 

 James A. Remick, D. C. Rexford. Eugene Robinson, Geo. 

 O. Robinson, Ford H. Rogers. Charles Root, George H. 

 Russel, John R. Russell, G. L. Sampson, H. P. Scott, 

 Allen Sheldon, H. D. Sheldon, E. L. Sliurly, Horace 

 Silsby, Eugene Smith, F. G. Smith, F. G. Smith, Jr., M. 

 S. Smith, Wm. L. Smith, Chas. Sprichfield, W. J. Spicer, 

 J. G. Standart, Fred D. Standish, James D. Standish, A. 

 M. Steele, H. H. Swan, D. H. Tavlor, Samuel Teichner, 

 W. G. Thompson, H. T. Thurber/ Horace Turner, C. H. 

 Van Husan, Chandler Ed. Walker, Bryant Walker, Frank 

 H. Walker, J. H. Walker, Homer Warren, Geo. R. Wat- 

 son, Brady E. Wendell, John H. Wendell, Fred L. Wells, 

 of Port Huron, Mich.; Wm. H. Wells, N. C.Williams, H. 

 C. Wisner, Fremont Woodruff, C. M. Wooley, Smith E. 

 Wooley, W. C. Yawkey. E. Hough. 



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 Pacific Railroad such quantities of small game as is unknown in 

 the East. ThiB line, penetrating the Lake Park region of Minn- 

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 Yellowstone. Gallatin, Hell Gate, Clark's Fork, Spokane, Yakima 

 and Green rivers, as well as lying in close proximity to the hunt- 

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THE CALICO BASS IN EUROPE. -Herr Max von dem 

 Borne, of Berneuchen, Germany, has hit upon a very good 

 method of making his people familiar with the fishes which 

 are being acclimatized in Germany chiefly through his ef- 

 forts and with the co-operation of the United States Fish 

 Commission. Herr von dem Borne's plan is to issue neat 

 pamphlets, usually containing a picture and a brief popular 

 description of the species of which it treats. We have be- 

 fore us now such a paper upon the American calico bass or 

 silver bass in Europe. ' On June 19 we noticed similar pub- 

 lications relating to our rock bass and channel catfish, the 

 former of which contained an illustration of the subject. 

 These articles are sold at a uniform price of thirty pfenhige 

 or about eight cents of our money. For the calico bass the 

 German, French and English common names are given; also 

 the scientific names as coutained in several standard works 

 on ichthyology, and a reference to the literature of the fish, 

 particularly that relating to its artificial culture and its use 

 as a game and food species. This is followed with a synop- 

 sis of its specific characters, an account of its original hab- 

 itat, its food ; size, table qualities, adaptability to pond 

 culture and its game qualities (for a further account of 

 which the author refers to Forest and Stream of June 5, 

 1890), its breeding season, rate of growth and fertility. The 

 account closes with a brief reference to its introduction into 

 France and from France into Germany. Hen" von dem 

 Borne hopes soon to obtain a numerous progeny from the 

 calico bass which he brought from France. He intends to 

 keep the young in ponds to protect them from predaceous 

 species until they are ready to spawn, and then to plant 

 them in open waters, streams and lakes. A modification of 

 this plan of popularizing the work of fishculture might ad- 

 vantageously be adopted by our State and national fish 

 commissions. 



COLORADO TROUT FOR EASTERN WATERS.-We 

 have previously mentioned the proposed transfer of black- 

 spotted trout from Colorado to eastern waters by the U. S. 

 Fish Commission. This project has been carried out and 

 the station at Wytheville, Virginia, now contains 2,000 fry 

 hatched from eggs collected at Leadville, Colo. The young 

 fish are large enough to feed and they are in a flourishing 

 condition. There is every reason to believe tbat a goodly 

 portion of them will be brought to maturity. The Superin- 

 tendent of the Wytheville station, Mr. George Seagle, finds 

 that this trout developed in the Wytheville water much faster 

 than the rainbows, the embryo sac being absorbed in about 

 twenty days bringing the fish into the feeding condition whil e 

 the rainbows require about thirty- five days to reach the same 

 stage of developement. This is one of the numerous varieties 

 of the black spotted trout of the Rocky Mountain region, 

 technicall yknowu as Salmi) mykiss or p'urpuratus. The ex- 

 tensive range of this trout, under climatic conditions which 

 must be greatly varied, encourages the belief that it will 

 readily adapt itself to the conditions existing in our eastern 

 lakes and streams, suitable for trout life, and become a valu- 

 able addition to our rapidly increasing stock of noble fishes. 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 15 to 19.— Second Annual International Dog Show of the 

 Industial Exhibition Association at Toronto, Canada. C. A. Stone, 

 Secretary. 



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

 Exhibition Association, at Ottawa. Alfred Geddes, Chairman 

 Committee. 



Sept. 23 to 28 — Thi)-d Doe Show of the London Kennel Club, at 

 London, Out. S. F. Glass, Secretary. 



Oct. 6 to 11. — Ninth Annual Dog Show of the Danbury Agricul- 

 tural Societv, at Danbury Conn. B. C. Lvnes, Sccretarv. 



Dec. 30 to Jan. 3, 1891.— First Dog Show of 1he Buckeye Poultry 

 and Pet Stock Association, at Canton, O. James Sterling, Sec'y, 

 39 North Market street. 



1891. 



Jan. 20 to 25.— First Annual Dog Show of the Louisiana Poultry 

 and Pet Sto^k Association, at New Orleans, La. A. E. Shaw, Sec- 

 retary, Box 1R58. 



Feb. 24 to 27.— Fifteenth Annual Dog Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, at New York. James Mortimer. Superintendent. 



March 24 to 27. — Second Annual Dog Show of the Massachusetts 

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



FIELD TRIALS. 



November. — Second Annual Field Trials of the Brunswick Fur 

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



Nov. 3.— Fourtb Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kennel 

 Club, at Carlisle, Ind. P. T. Madison, Indianapolis, Ind., Sec'y. 



Nov. 3.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Canadian Kennel 

 Club, at Chatham, Ont. C. A. Stone, Toronto, Ont., Secretary. 



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

 Trials Club, at Otterburn Springs, Va. W. A. Coster, Saratoga 

 Springs, N. Y., Secretary. 



Deo. 1.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Central Field Trials 

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

 Secretary. 



1891. 



Jan. 19.— Eigh th Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Kennel Club, 

 at Bakersfield, Cal. H. H. Briggs, Secretary. 



Feb. 3.— Third Aunual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials 

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



COURSING. 



Oct. 21 to 25.— Fifth Annual Meet of the American Coursing 

 Club, at Great Bend, Kan. I. D. Brougher, Secretary. 



WILMINGTON DOG SHOW. 



THE late hour to which judging was continued on the 

 first day of the Wilmington dog show necessarily con- 

 finished last' week's report to the prize list only up to the 6 

 o'clock awards. The cause of the delay in making the 

 awards was due to the late hour of starting, it being after 2 

 o'clock before everything was in readiness for Messrs. 

 Glover and Mayhew to begin operations. Mr. F. R. Carswell 

 explained this by saying that while he had to absent him- 

 self from the fair grounds on Monday afternoon, some one 

 had taken his carpenters, and his judging inclosure, in place 

 of being completed when he got back, had not been begun. 



Mr, Carswell deserves the greatest possible credit for this 

 show, which was entirely his own work throughout, from 

 inception to termination. And while the entries were not 

 very large, yet two hundred, with two other shows to buck 

 against, is all that could be expected, and certainly for even- 

 ness of quality it was really a wonderful display. 



There was a goodly delegation from Philadelphia at the 

 ring side, while Mr. R. Leslie came all the way from Lynn, 

 Mass., to put his pointer bitch, Belle Randolph, in the 

 challenge class. Mr. Diffenderfer was also on hand from 

 the city of the milk route. 



MASTIFFS— (MR. MAYHEW.). 

 Brother had an easy win in the dog class It is some time 

 since we have seen him. and he certainly never looked in 

 better condition. His small size will always be a drawback, 

 but notwithstanding that we preferred him for the breed 

 special to the bitch Lady Caution. The second dog was 

 Lu Lu, plain in head and light in loin. Don. third, is also 

 plain and had a badly lacerated leg, the accident happening 



in transit. Lady Caution, first in bitches, was well shown, . 

 but lacks head properties. The second was an immatured ! 

 daughter of Beaufort. She is good in head and in time 

 should be a winner. 



ST. BERNARDS— (DR. GLOVER). 

 First to Arch Duke, unopposed. In-bred to Obho, he takes , 

 after him in head and front, being full of character. He 

 fails in body and loin, but is a good mover. Blodwin won , 

 in bitches, but she was dead out of coat and bore little re- i 

 semblance to the bitch that all but beat Nanon at Balti- 

 more. In head her kennel companion Lakme is better, but 

 her size is against her. Mr. Diffenderffer was also first and i 

 second in smooth-coated dognwith Lord Hector and Lord i 

 Clifton. The latter is dish-faced and his eyes are too wide 

 apart, which spoils his character. In size he has the ad- " 

 vantage. Queen Bess, first in bitches, was lucky to have no 

 opposition. She is small and bad in coat. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS— (MR. MAYHEW). 

 Mr. Mayhew tried to scale the fence when he saw a 300- 

 pounder enter the ring with a curly-coated black dog. He 

 finally mustered up courage to tender a red ribbon to the 

 heavy-weight owner, which was indignantly refused. 

 'What award did you make, Mr. Mayhew?" "Well, I 

 offered him second, but he wouldn't have it." 



GREAT DANES— (MR. MAYHEW). 



Marco won well. A dog of great symmetry, his neck and 

 shoulders being excellent. Has come on well since he was 

 shown at Philadelphia last year. Pedro, second, lacks the : 

 quality of the winner. In the bitch class Irene might well 

 have been sent out of the ring. She was a disgusting sight, 

 the result of suckling. Flora, first, was well shown, but she 

 is weak in face, rather throaty and carries her stern too 

 gaily. Minca Mia is lippy, but otherwise about as good as 

 anything in the class. 



DEERHOUNDS— (DR. GLOVER). 



Thora III. is typical, but far too small. Her pedigree, as 

 catalogued, does not seem correct. Who was champion 

 Robin, her sire? 



POINTERS— (DR. GLOVER). 



Brake, shown too light, was alone in the heavy challenge 

 class, as was Queen Fan in the light division. In open dogs 

 Tempest, looking soft and light, won from The Beau, a son 

 of old Beaufort, whom he resembles in color. He is coarse 

 and plain. Prince, third, is a black, and not a bad one in 

 front, but he is "chucked up" in body and carries his stern 

 over his back. In heavy bitches the well-known Belle Ran- 

 dolph easily won from Larnock Elsa, off in front and 

 too long in the coupling. Pommery Sec beat Mr. Hy- 

 land's Ossining. Neither looked well. Spot Dash was 

 third. These are all well knewn. Reserve was given Bing 

 of Kippen, who generally gets a card when shown. In 

 small bitches Merry Legs won from White Fawn. The 

 former is far too small, but possesses fair quality, and White , 

 Fawn has a good head, but is heavy in shoulders. Princess 

 Bang is weedy. The pointer special was won by Brake. 

 ENGLISH SETTERS — (DR. GLOVER). 



Mr. Jester got first in open dogs with Dick Roy, not over 

 good in head or front, but a strong, well-built dog. Punch, J 

 second, is snipy and bad in loin and body, Don Dell has few : 

 credentials for a show bench. The best of the English set- 

 ters was the bitch Ruby, who won easily in her class. The 

 puppies were poor, and altogether the breed was feebly rep- 

 resented. 



IRISH SETTERS— (DR. GLOVER). 



Larry S., first and alone in challenge class. Major, first 

 in dogs, is strong in head, but is good in body, legs and feet, j 

 Don is coarse. Leda Glencho, first in bitches, was properly ; 

 placed over her full sister Madge. Leda is good in head, 

 nice size, good legs and feet. The puppies Trix and Mona ■ 

 do not look like training on into open class winners. 

 GORDON SETTERS— (DR. GLOVER). 



With walks over for Roxie and King Item and only two 

 in the open class one might ask what are the Gordon Setter 

 Club members doing. Countess Roxie is so much better ;' 

 than Roxy Royal back of the shoulders that the decision J 

 was discounted long ere it was given. Puppy prizes were 

 withheld. 



AMERICAN FOXHOUNDS — (DR. GLOVER). 

 Brag was in miserable condition, but nevertheless could ! 

 still beat his son Brag, Jr., in head, build and bone. The 

 New York winner, Biz, won easily in bitches from Joy, also ■ 

 from Mr. Jester's kennels. 



FIELD SPANIELS— (DR. GLOVER). 



Daffodil is leggy, but beat Pasha in head, coat and condi- 

 tion. 



COCKER SPANIELS— (DR. GLOVER). 



Red Doc was placed over Toady Obo in dog class. Doc is , 

 chunky in head, ears set on badly, no neck and is not right 

 in loin. Toady Obo might be straighter in front and is a 

 trifle long for a cocker, but he has a grand outline, a good 

 head, and was in the pink of condition. Waggles won the 

 bitch prize in a canter from Hazel Obo. Waggles, like 

 Toady Obo, was in splendid shape. She is just the right 

 cocker size and build, but is a little wide in skull. The 

 winning puppy, Banjo, is too much of a terrier in body. 

 Waggles, second, is light of bone. 



COLLIES— (MR. MAYHEW). 



Challenge prize to Scotilla, unopposed. First in open 

 dogs to Roslyn Wilkes, an easy win over Major Jum, who ' 

 is a well built dog with good length of head, but his coat i3 

 open. Blair Athol, third, is soft in coat but good in head 

 and character. Colonel Scot has seen his best day and his J 

 head is now very strong. He was well shown. Hempstead 

 Zulu had no coat whatever. The well known Cora II. won 

 in bitches from the now always smooth Jakyr Dean. Lady 

 Moll was too fat but easily beat Iduna for third honors, In 

 puppies there was no future flyer. Attila Wonder is small 

 and weedy; Noble Wonder coarse and curly on loin; Rut- 

 land Pet too small. 



BULLDOGS — (MR. MAYHEW). 



Sykes was the best of the three by a long way, but he was 

 in woeful condition, andfirst went to Bombardos, who stands 

 on his forelegs, and they are too long. His skull is good, 

 but his muzzle is weak, and he is not short enough in "face. 

 Derby Nancy is very moderate, long in face and not out at 

 shoulders at all. 



BULL-TERRIERS— (MR. MAYHEW). 

 This class was well handled, first going to Meg Merrilies, 

 good head and front, good shoulders and nice outline. 

 Chesset's Flyer is now cheeky and gone in front. White 

 Stubbs still looks the puppy he always did. White Violet 

 is another past number. 



BASSET HOUNDS— (MR. MAYHEW). 

 The two bassets were not flyers by any means. Jocresse 

 beat her litter bi other easily. They are of the wrong type 

 altogether. The winning dachshund, Waldmann I., had 

 no opposition. He is thick in head and straight backed. 

 BEAGLES— (DR. GLOVER). 

 In the two classes the only good one was the bitch Floy. 

 Of the dogs we preferred Rowdy II. to Miugo, who is one of 

 the long back brigade. 



EOX-TERRIERS— (MR. MAYHEW). 

 In the challenge class Blemton Rubicon beat Blemton 

 Consequence. A sound decision. Both are too well known 

 to need any description. Blemton Brawler won. in open 



