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FOREST AND STREAM. 



INov, 6, 1890, 



citizen who openly laughed at the law, caught a number 

 of small trout and made no secret of it— and such cases 

 are by no means rare. Our bpst fishermen uphold the 

 law and would be glad to see it fully enforced if it were 

 possible. As it stands now I think the short open season 

 protects the fish and does more good than the six-inch 

 law, as the latter cannot be enforced without a complete 

 game warden system, which the State never had. The 

 proposed hatchery would only turn out more fingerlings 

 to be gobbled up by any one who choose to catch them. 



Laxgewood. 



THE NEW YORK CHIEF PROTECTOR. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



At a special meeting of the Black River Fish and Game 

 Protective Association, held this evening, the following 

 resolution was adopted : 



Resolved, That we, the members of the Black River Fish and 

 Game Protective Association place on record an expression of our 

 sense of deep regret at the resignation of General K. U. Sherman 

 of the New York Fish Commission, who during lushing and ac!ive 

 service as Commissioner has accomplished so much for the pro- 

 tec '.ion of fish aud game, and that we do hereby signify our dis- 

 approbation of the seeming effort to concentrate the members of 

 the Commission in and near the city of New York. 



A discussion regarding the proposed Adirondack State 

 park followed. The association has taken a deep interest 

 in this subject, and a year or two ago circulated petitions 

 in all parts of the State, and obtained thousands of signa- 

 tures thereon asking the Legislature to take prompt action 

 for the protection and preservation of the Adirondack 

 fore-ts. 



One of the members stated that he had just been told 

 by one of the largest stockholders in the syndicate now 

 engaged in lumbering on the Blake estate tract iu the 

 Adimndacks that the proposed railroad to Jock's Lake 

 was going through, and the hard wood as well as the soft 

 wood had got to come out. 



Another said it looked as if not only that railroad but 

 the one proposed by President Hurd, of the Northern 

 Adirondack Railroad, extending through to Utica would 

 be built. If these roads are constructed, all the timber, 

 hard or soft, of any value will undoubtedly be taken out. 



Secretary W. E. Wolcott offered the following, which 

 was unanimously adopted: 



Wliereas, We learn, with profound regret and ;grave apprehen- 

 sion, of the dangers that threaten the forests of the Adirondack 

 region, and the many destructive influences now at work thert ; 

 of the purchase of large tracts of timber land bv individuals and 

 lumber syndicates; of the establishing of saw mills in all parts of 

 the great woods; of the indiscriminate felling ot trees of all sizes 

 and varietif s: of the many surveys for new railroads, not onlv on 

 the outskirts of the wilderness on every side, but through its very 

 heart, and 



Wliereas, We believe that the preservation of the Adirondack 

 wilderness, as nearly in its original state as may be practicable at 

 this late day, is absolutely essential for the equalization of the 

 temperature and rainfall of this (State; for the conservation of 

 fish and game; for the purpose of affording a natural sanitarium 

 for invalids and a delightful resort for rest and recreation, and 

 for the comfort, health and general welfare of the people of the 

 Slate; therefore be it 



Resolved, That we sincerely deprecate the existing state of 

 affairs and earnestly urge all friends of forest protection to co- 

 operate with the State Forest Commission in an effort to provide 

 a permanent park in the Adirondack region, which shall include 

 as much of the primitive wilderness as it is possible to secure. 



Resolved, That a committee of one be appointed to represent this 

 association at the meeting of fh<> State Forest Commission to be 

 held in the office of Sherman W. Knevala. 82 Nassau street. New 

 York, Nov. 5, 1890. 



President H. A. Pride was appointed as the committee 

 called for in the Inst resolution. 



The Board of Directors of the Utica Fish and Game 

 Protective Association met last evening and adopted the 

 following resolutions: 



Resolved, That the Governor be asked to withhold his accept- 

 ance of the resignation of Gen. Sherman as Commissioner of fish- 

 eries, as we believe that Commissioner Sherman is the father of 

 aud the most efficient and valuable member of the Commission, 

 and that without his efforts we believe further that the true in- 

 terests ot protection will be greatly impaired. 



Resolved, That Gen. Sherman be requested to reconsider his 

 resignation as Commissioner of Fisheries, at least for the present 

 and until such time as some suitable person can be found to fill 

 his place, and until the important issues now pending be settled. 



Resolved, That this Association is opposed to and most emphat- 

 ically deprecates the summary removal of Fred P. Drew from 

 being chief game protector by a portion of the members of the 

 Board of Commissioners of Fisheries, and especially without con- 

 sulting all the members of the Commission before taking action. 

 We believe this action to be very unwise, and it is certainly detri- 

 mental to the true interests of protection to strike down the man 

 who has done most and so much to organize a systematic enforce- 

 ment of the game laws, and at a time when by experience and 

 practice he has perfected the proper plans and modes of detec- 

 tion; and that to now place any new mau in his place, no matter 

 bow competent, will only be to set- the work of detection back for 

 years, and in proportion encourage violators to resume their work 

 of destruction. 



Resolved, That in our earnest .judgment this action of the three 

 members of the Commission is the worst and most severe blow the 

 work of protection has ever received. 



Resolved, That the Governor be requested to reconstruct the 

 present Board of Commissioners of Fisheries in the interests of 

 true protection by the exercise of his power of appointmeut of 

 new Commissioners in place of those now holding over their 

 terms of office, and retain Gen. Ft. U. Sherman still in office. 



Resolved, That we proceed at once to circulate a petition to the 

 Governor remonstrating againsi the removal of Chief Drew, and 

 in accordance with the foregoing resolutions. 



Resolved, That the secretary prepare a heading for the petition 

 arm cause I ne printing thereof. Pivrtca 



Utica, N. Y., Oct. 31. JrORTSA. 



Northern Limit of King Salmon. — Oapfc. E. P. 

 Herendeen, to whom we are indebted for letters descrip- 

 tive of fishing in Arctic Alaska, has communicated 

 additional information about the range of the king, 

 quinnat, or Columbia River salmon (Oncorhynchus choii- 

 icha). We have not been able to trace this, the largest 

 of the Pacific salmons, further north than the Yukon 

 River, but Capt. Herendeen's observations pracically de- 

 termine its occurrence above the Arctic circle, about 

 north latitude 68°. The facts reported are as follows: 

 Three years ago Mr. Robert Root saw a salmon weighing 

 801bs., which was brought into Point Hope by Eskimo 

 early in September from a fishing locality twenty miles 

 to the eastward. There is at this place a lagoon of con- 

 siderable size into which falls the water of a mountain 

 stream. The natives get all the salmon necessary for 

 their own use and dry them for winter. A salmon of large 

 size is said to occur in the Mackenzie and it may be the 

 king salmon, but the Signal Service party stationed at 

 Point Barrow from 1881 to 1883, of which Capt. Heren- 

 deen was a member, did not see a salmon of this species 

 during their stay in Alaska. From this northern point 

 only one kind is certainly known and that is the hump- 

 back, which is called gorbuscha by the Russian-speakine: 

 population, 



Minnesota Notes.— Detroit City, Minn., Oct. 29.— The 

 fishing season just closed has been the most successful of 

 any for several years. The catches of black bass have 

 been especially good and the fish large. P. O. Stephens 

 and I went to Franklin Lake for our last fish this season. 

 Took Mrs, Stephens along- and camped out for three days. 

 Had a good time, caught some fine bass, but none that 

 went over our August trip to the same lake. We'll pack 

 our rods and reels up this week and lay them away. C. 

 W. Dix smiled for a whole week in anticipation of a trip 

 to Franklin Lake; could hardly come near him he was so 

 frisk v. When he came back he looked very glum. "No 

 luck," he said, "I'm heart broken." He has laid away 

 his little bethabara rod until next spring. — Myron 

 Cooley. 



Windfish of Croton River.— In the county of West- 

 chester, New York, the chub or fall fish (Semotilus biil- 

 laris) is known under the name of windfish. The species 

 is found in all the streams of the county. I have never 

 heard it referred to by any other name in New York. 

 Some of the best fishing for the windfish is to be had in 

 Mount Kisco Brook, flowing into Croton Lake. I have 

 caught individuals measuring 18in., and found them very 

 game; examples reaching 20in. are sometimes taken. — 

 A. K, F. 



A Big Hit.— The "Black Bass Number" of July 24. 

 Constant calls for it. Supply not exhausted. 



'8. 



"That reminds me." 



DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ON. 



[Rrom the Hook of the Game Laws ] 



IT is wrong to break the fish laws, of course, and wrong 

 to palliate an offense of this kind, but if such a crime 

 has been and gone and done got committed, the best we 

 can do is to endure it, unless there is something about 

 the circumstances of the overt act sufficiently funny to 

 compel our laughter, as I am half inclined to believe is 

 the case in the story told me by Mr. H. B. Whitney, of 

 Phelps, N. Y., about how his respected father caught a 

 bass last spring before the season was open. Mr. Whitney, 

 pere, was fishing in a river near the railway, and had the 

 fortune, or misfortune, to hook a fine bass, which at once 

 gave proof of being a prize worth capturing, if only it 

 were a few days later. Mr. Whitney determined to stay 

 there and play that bass until the season opened, for he 

 couldn't for a moment think of turning him loose. Un- 

 fortunately, just at the height of the fun, he heard the 

 rumble of wheels and saw approaching the vehicle of a 

 neighbor whom he knew and who knew him. Mr. Whit- 

 ney threw down his rod on the grass, and putting his foot 

 on it to hold it safe, pretended to be fixing his boot. 

 "Morning, Whitney," called out the neighbor. 

 "Morning." 

 "Any luck?" 



"No," said Mr. Mr. Whitney, pulling hard at the top of 

 his boot. '""They ain't biting at all, and I was just fixing 

 to go home." 



Just at this moment, as luck would have it, the bass 

 made a run for the middle of the stream, and coming to 

 the end of the line, went flying out of the water, in full 

 sight of the man on the bridge. 



"Jerusalem! Did you see that?" cried the neighbor. 



"No, what was it?" asked Mr. Whitney. The answer 

 was given by the bass, which went out of the water a 

 second time, shaking his head hard to loose the hook. 

 This time the neighbor saw what was the matter, for the 

 rod was splashing in the water near the bank. 



"Didn't you know you had a bass on?" he asked. 



"Know I had him on?" said Mr. Whitney, a good deal 

 irritated by the fellow's lingering so long; "why no, of 

 course I didn't know it. Do' you suppose a man is going 

 to know when a bass is on his line when it's five days be- 

 fore the open season? What do you take me for?" 



"Well, neighbor," said the other, as he grinned and 

 whipped up his horse, "I must say you're as good a acci- 

 dental bass fisher as anybody I ever saw." E. Hough. 



TRANSPORTING AND PLANTING FISH. 



UOR the benefit and instruction of those who are interested 

 Jl in the propagation of fish, we insert the following val- 

 uable instuctions, which are from the pen of Elliott B. 

 Hodge, Esq., State Superintendent of Fisheries and Commis- 

 sioner, of Plymouth, N. H. 



While on the cars keep the well aerated and as near the 

 temperature of the water in hatchery as possible; never let 

 the temperature go above oOdeg. Use a dipper or air pump 

 as often as three or four times an hour. Do not place ice in 

 the water unless absolutely necessarv. and then it should be 

 cut very fine; cut the ice fine in the covers, if it does not melt 

 fast enough. 



Parties receiving young fish should be notified, so that 

 they can have team ready on arrival of train, and start im- 

 mediately for place of deposit. Should a delay of over fifteen 

 minutes occur aerate the water by dipping or with an air 

 pump. If the distance is not more than four or five miles, 

 the ice should all be removed from the covers of the cans 

 before starting. Should there be more than six or eight 

 degrees difference between the water in the cans and that in 

 the stream or lake, it should be gradually brought to the 

 same temperature by adding the water from the stream or 

 lake, a little at a time. If the youns; fry are brook trout or 

 landlocked salmon, the plant should be made near the head 

 of the stream. Never place them in brooks that dry up iu 

 summer. Little spring brooks that empty into the large 

 ones are good places to plant young trout; 'place only a few 

 in one spot, and they should be scattered as long a distance 

 as possible. After the water in the cans has been brought 

 to the proper temperature, part of it can be removed so that 

 the can can be carried easily. Add fresh water every time a 

 dipper full of fish are taken out. 



Lake trout should be planted in lakes that are adapted to 

 them, by reason of a proper depth of water and suitable food; 

 select rocky shoals, such as are used by them for spawning 



beds. 



lo transport young fry requires constant care and watch- 

 fulness on the part of the person having them in charge. If 

 through neglect or want of attention, they become sick it i s ' 

 almost impossible to bring them up again, and even if they 



live to be placed iu the waters for which they were intended, 

 a much greater loss will occur after planting than would 

 have taken place had they been kept in a healthy condition 

 during the journey. 



Landlocked salmon "should always be planted in the 

 largest stream flowing into the lake or pond, and if the 

 stream is of sufficient size tbey will always return there 

 when large enough to spawn. Avoid placing the young fry 

 in pools where there are shiners, as they naturally become 

 weak during their journey, and fall an easy prey to anything 

 large enough to devour them.— Report of Vermont Fish 

 Commissioners. 



WHITEFISH IN CARP PONDS. 



IN March, 1890, Mr. Carl G. Thompson, of Warren, Ind., 

 received from the U S. Fish Commission through Mr. 

 Douglas*, of Sandusky, Ohio, a lot of fry of the common 

 whitefish (Coregonus cliipeiformis.) He placed these in one 

 of his carp ponds by way Of experiment. Mr. Thompson 

 thus describes the result of his trial in letters to Mr. Dou- 

 glass and the U S. Commissioner of Fisheries. Col. Mar- 

 shall McDonald: 



"I placed them in a small pond 7ft. deep and they settled 

 slowly to the bottom. The weather was very cold at the 

 time. I saw very few of them from that timeuutil last May; 

 then I drew off the water and put them into pond number 1; 

 but in drawing off the water I found that the screen on the 

 spout connecting pond number 2 to number 3 did not fully 

 cover the end of the spout, and after taking out over 800 

 whitefish aud allowing number 3 to refill, and with the same 

 screen on the spout, I find that poud number 3 is now well 

 stocked with small carp. This leads me to believe that a 

 great many whitefish have found their way into pond num- 

 ber 2. However, one thing is certain— I have over 800 white- 

 fish from 5 to 6in. long, as I can see them daily and they eat 

 mill feed like so many pigs. Next spring T will drain pond 

 number 2. and I think I will find a great many more. I have 

 never found a dead whitefish in my pouds, which clearly 

 proves that this water is just the thing for them. My pur- 

 pose is to dispose ot all my carp, by turning them into a, 

 river adjoining the ponds, and raise nothing but whitefish, 

 as they grow faster and arc a more popular fish." 



Mr. Thompson desires to obtain additional supplies of 

 young whitefish, to stock his pouds thoroughly and demon- 

 strate the practicability of rearing whitefish in small in- 

 elosures. The experiment is a verv important one and will 

 be watched with much interest. Rainbow trout have been 

 successfully brought up under such conditions and why 

 should not whitefish thrive readily with similar treatment!' 



A PRIVATE FISH HATCHERY.— A fish hatchery with 

 a capacity for 1,000,000 fry annually will be completed about 

 Nov. 1 for Col. C. H. Odell's Alder Lake Farm, on the 

 Beaverkill. The establishment is intended for stocking the 

 waters belonging to its proprietor. Col. Odell has ordered 

 1,000,000 fry of German trout for deposit in the lake. 



All communications must reach us by Tuesday 

 of the week they are to be published; and should 

 be sent as much earlier as may be convenient. 



FIXTURES. 

 DOG SHOWS. 



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

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

 39 North Market street. 



1891. 



Jan. 13 to 17.— Third Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina 

 Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Charleston, S. C. Kenj. 

 M^Inness, Jr., Secretary. 



Jan. 20 to 2S.— First Annual Dog Show of the Louisiana Poultry 

 and Pet Stool; Association, at New Orleans, La. A. E. Shaw, Sec- 

 retary, Box 1058. 



Jan. 20 to 25.— Dog Show nf the Georgia Poultry and Pet Stock 

 Association, at Augusta, Ga. A. H. Tonderlc.il h, Secretary. 



Jan. 21 to 26.— Dog Show nf the Elmira Poultry and Pet Stock 

 Association, at Elmira, N. Y. Carl Hart, Secretary. 



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

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



MarehSloB. • -Second Annual Dog Show of the Maryland Kennel 

 Club, at Baltimore. Md. W. Stewart Diffeuderffer, Secretary. 



March 10 to 13.— First Annual Dog Show of the Duquesne Kennel 

 Club, at Pittsburg, Pa. W. E. Littell, Secretary. 



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

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



March 31 to April 3.— Seventh Annual Dog Show 'of the New 

 England Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. E. H. Moore. Secretary. 



April 1 to 4. -Fourth Dog Show of the Cleveland Kennel Club, 

 at Cleveland, O. C. M. Munball, Secretary, 



Ap'-il 8 to 11.— Mascoutah Kennel Club, Chicago. 



Sept. 1 to 4.— Youngstown Kennel Club, Youugstown, O. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 4 to 8— First Beagle Field Trials of the National Beagle 

 Cluh, at Hyannis, Mass. F. W. Chapman, Secretary, 384 Wash- 

 ington streot, Boston, Mass. 



Nov. 7.— Ninth Annual Kield Trials of the Robins Island Club, 

 W. L. Wellington. Secretary, Brooklyn, N, \*. 



Nov. 10.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Brunswick Fur 

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

 Mass. 



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

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

 Springs, N. Y., Secretary. 



Dec. 1.— Second Annual Field Trials of I he Ceutral Field Trials 

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

 Secretary. 



1891. 



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

 at Bakersfteld, Cal. H. H. Briggs, Secretary. 



Feb. 2.— Third Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials 

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



NATIONAL COURSING ASSOCIATION MEET. 



HUTCHINSON, Kan., Oct. 29.— Previous to last week's 

 meeting of the American Coursing Club at Great Bend, 

 it was not intended, or at least no announcement was made 

 by the management of any intention to hold a meeting at 

 Hutchinson this week, on the grounds of the National 

 Coursing Association, The presence in this country, how- 

 ever, of so notable a collection of fine greyhounds and of so 

 many men devoted to that breed, led Mr. Allison, manager 

 of the National, to propose a little concourse here on the 

 week following the American meet, and his proposition met 

 with ready favor, the distance from Great Bend to Hutch- 

 inson being only 55 miles, and the interval before the dates, 

 Wednesday and Thursday following, being sufficient to 

 allow a thorough resting and better fitting of the grey- 

 hounds which were in the runnings at the Bend. The 

 result of this has been a very pleasant little meeting in- 

 deed, with some pleasant little surprises and some very 

 pretty coursing, albeit in a style quite the contrary of that 

 necessitated by the. tremendous wild hares of the Cheyenne 

 Flats. The gentlemen who came down from Great Bend, 

 among them Mr. J. Herbert Watson, Mr. German Hopkins, 

 Mr. D, C. Luse, Mr. H. C, Lowe, Mr. Ira D. Brougher, Dr. S. 

 J. Shaw and others, have been very well pleased, so much so 

 that to-night they have sent back to the Bend for three or 

 four more dogs, and are gamely bent on having even a better 

 day of sport to-morrowT There were only twelve entries 

 to-day, all of them except two being of outside dogs. Hutch- 



