Dec. 18, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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water is the best in the creek for fishing, and as we had 

 three hours to spend here we were able to add a few 

 large bass to our string, which brought the weight of the 

 day's catch up to 301bs. With light hearts and tired 

 muscles we loaded the boat and made everything snug. 

 The boys started for home with the boat and my friend 

 and I cook the evening train and were soon in the city. 



We do not always get so many pounds of fish, but we 

 never fail to catch some, and we consider it much super- 

 ior sport to that we get in Canada or in Michigan, where 

 we cannot have the comforts of home and must fish con- 

 stantly for a few days, while here, at home, we may go 

 as often as we like and need not neglect business. M. 

 Meadvillb, Pa. 



WORLD'S FAIR FISHERIES EXHIBIT. 



CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 29.— Local and political squab- 

 bling and the inevitable scrambling among those in 

 place to get tho last dollar obtainable without giving an 

 equivalent in brains or labor, have disgracefully retarded 

 progress in World's Fair matters here. At last, however, 

 the commissioners and the directors have gotten about 

 where they should have been at the end of one week 

 of hard work, and have announced a decision on site and 

 general plans for the big exposition. In view of all the 

 recent discords, it is pleasant to record the harmony and 

 businesslike method of the sportsman element in its bear- 

 ing upon the exposition. Within the week we have had 

 here fish commissioners from a dozen different Staves, 

 and they have worked together rapidly and unitedly to 

 the end of making the fisheries exhibit in 1893 everything 

 that it should be and all that it can be. The method to be 

 followed is now outlined as follows: Each State will build 

 a large aquarium of its own, showing therein the fish life 

 native to its territory, and in addition there will be the 

 great Government display of the sea fishes, which latter 

 of course will be largely supplemented by the exhibits 

 from the coast States of the Atlantic and the Pacific. 

 Secretary Butter worth thinks much of the importance of 

 the fish hatcheries, and is of the opinion that Congress 

 should make a large appropriation for an exhibit of that 

 kind. Dr. S. P. Bartlett, Fish Commissioner for Illinois, 

 introduced the following resolution at the joint meeting 

 of the fish commissioners, and it was carried unanimously: 

 ''Resolved, That a committee of the commission be ap- 

 pointed by the chair to make a proper statement of the 

 needs of the United States and various commissions in 

 making a fish exhibit, and asking sufficient appropriation 

 to make an exhibit commensurate with the occasion." 



A committee of five was appointed, composed of the 

 following gentlemen: Herschel Whitaker, Chairman; 

 Captain J. W. Collins, William H. Bowman, Elliott B. 

 Hodge and W. S. May. The committee was ordered to 

 meet at Detroit Dec. 4. 



The space to be apportioned to the fisheries, under the 

 first rough plans of the exposition buildings as now sub- 

 mitted, appears very considerable, in view of the endless 

 claims upon the acreage. On the chart it appears as 

 125 XL 000ft., and the location assigned is prominent. 

 There will be every reason in the world for anglers and 

 sportsmen of all kinds to attend the World's Fair, and no 

 reason for this prophesy is stronger than the evident dis- 

 position of the fish commissioners to unite harmoniously 

 and act with energy and purpose. E. Hough. 



'he "Liars" Change their Name— Let trs Hope Tucker flushed a single, fired and killed. Shot sent to re- 

 sin. Nature. — Boston, Dec. 10.— Editor Forest and trieve, did so after making several wide casts. Dogs were 



ANGLING NOTES. 



CONSIDERABLE confusion seems to exist in the 

 minds of people as to the difference between a 

 "pole" and a "rod." Of course an expert angler would 

 never be guilty of calling his rod a "pole," but beginners 

 are very apt to use the term "pole" when they mean rod. 

 A pole is the rough article in its natural state without 

 mountings. For instance, the Calcutta bamboo, the 

 Japanese cane and the southern reed are called poles, 

 and are used for fishing. They are really gigantic 

 grasses. Split-bamboo rods are made from Calcutta 

 bamboos; these grow very lai-ge and are often imported 

 up to 20ft. in length. They are easily recognized by their 

 dark mottled appearance. Why these canes are so 

 scorched no one seems to know, but the most plausible 

 reason given is that it is done for the purpose of burning 

 off the creeping vines, which cling so closely that it is 

 impossible to get rid of them in any other way. 



The Japanese canes are yellow in color, and while they 

 make very fair fishing "poles" they are not so tough as 

 the India article and seldom made into "rods." 



There used to be a black bamboo pole in the market, 

 sometimes called "pepper cane." These made fine rods 

 and were much sought for by our striped base anglers, 

 but for some reason they are not now to be had of good 

 quality. 



When these poles are cut into joints and mounted with 

 ferrules and guides, or even when mounted and finished 

 in one piece, they become fishing rods and should be no 

 longer called "poles." 



Sportsmen and anglers should strive to use sportsman- 

 like terms and educate others in this respect. We have 

 no wild "rabbits" in this country, they are "hare3." 

 Neither have we partridges or pheasants, excepting a 

 few turned out in private grounds. Yet the term "par- 

 tridge" is applied to four different birds, viz., ruffed 

 grouse, Canada grouse, willow grouse and quail, thereby 

 creating great confusion. Scarlet-Ibis. 



On Fish Food.— It is surprising how quickly animals 

 can accustom themselves to a change of diet. Along 

 the Newfoundland coast the people feed their cows, goats, 

 pigs, etc., on fish, mostly herring and capelin. Of course 

 pigs and goats will eat anything, but it seems a strange 

 diet for cows. Newfoundland bacon and milk smell and 

 taste very fishy in consequence. 



Abundance of Smelt.— There has been a wonderful 

 abundance of t-melts in New Brunswick. A storm on 

 Dec. 1 brought an extraordinary run of these fish into the 

 shallow bays, and among them were a large proportion of 

 fish of unusual size. 



Death of Salmon After Spawning.— In our com- 

 ments on the death of salmon after spawning in the issue 

 of Nov. 27 we referred to having seen dog salmon in 

 fresh water near the sea. We intended to say silver 

 salmon (O. kisutch). 



The 

 their 



Stream: On the evening of Dec. 15, the third annual 

 dinner of the Liars' Club was held at Weber's, this city. 

 For two short years the gentlemen composing the mem- 

 bership of this lively organization have struggled along 

 under the incubus of a name, a name so distasteful and 

 suggestive as to impair an otherwise healthy appetite, 

 and last evening resolved to quash forever any aspersions, 

 by making such a radical change in the nomenclature of 

 their club, as would cause the father of it to disown his 

 offspring as an alien. Here's what they've got it now: 

 "The Ouannapowitt .Angling Association of Wakefield." 

 [N. B.— Society for the Prevention of Unnecessary Waste 

 of Anglo-Saxon Words, please take notice.] With the 

 burden of a name like this, it was deemed expedient to 

 elect a treasurer, in addition to a re-election of former 

 president and secretary, that there might be a man in 

 the middle to help prop up both ends. The officers are as 

 follows: Col. W. S. Greenough, president; Mr. Jacob C. 

 Hartshorn, treasurer; Mr. A. T. Bond, secretary. A mem- 

 bership of some fifty men (only a few of whom are obliged 

 to put shot on their leader when making a cast) insures 

 permanency of organization and method of th eir madness. 

 —A. T. Bond, Sec'y. 



hnmt 



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. 6 to 9.— Delaware and Susquehanna Poultry and Pet Stock 

 Association, at Binghamton. N. Y. 



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

 Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Charleston, S. C. Ben i 

 Mrlnness, Jr.. Secretary. 



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 165S. 



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

 Association, at Augusta, Ga. A. H. Vonderleith, Secretary. 



Jan. 21 to 26.— Dok Show of the Elniira Poultry and Pet Stock 

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



Jan. 27 to 30.— Inaugural Dog Show of the South Carolina Keu- 

 nel Association, at Greenville, S. C. F. P. Capers, Secretary. 



Feb. 21 to 27.— Fifteenth Annual Dog Show of the Westminster 

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



March 3 to 6.— Second Annual Dog Show of i he Maryland Kennel 

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



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

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



March 16 to 19.— Inaugural Dog Show of the Washington City 

 Keunel Club, at Washington, D. C. 



March 24 to 27.— Second Annual Doe; Show ot the Massachusetts 

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



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

 England Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. E. H. Moore. Si eretary. 



at Cleveland, O. 0. M. Munhall, Secretary. 



Sept. 1 to 4.— Dog Show of the Yonngstown Kennel Club, at 

 Youngstown, O. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Jan. lO.-Eighth Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Kennel Club, 

 at Bakersneld, Oal. H. H. Briggs, Secretary. 



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

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



CENTRAL FIELD TRIALS. 



EX1NGTON, N. C. Tuesday, Dee. 9. — A good deal of 

 U interest was evinced in the first heat run to-day, as it 

 would decide the absolute winner of the Derby Stake. Both 

 dogs had doue good work and their chances were considered 

 about equal. After yesterday's inaction owing to the in- 

 clement and rainy weather, it was quite a relief to get into 

 the saddle again, especially as the morning was one which 

 left nothing to be desired, if one was well wrapped up. 

 Frosty the air was, but the warm sun served to temper it 

 somewhat and the scene in the fields was one long to be re- 

 membered. Every blade of grass and every shrub had a thick 

 coating of ice, and as the slight breeze swayed them to and 

 fro m the sun, the icicles flashed out in all the colors of the 

 rainbow. Such cutting stuff was a bit hard on the pointer, 

 but he worked through it bravely and seemed none the 

 worse after going nearly two hours. The start was made 

 just at the edge of town in sedge grass at 8:43 A. M. The 

 dogs cast off being 



SPOTTED BOY AND IAN. 

 Spotted Boy is a handsome-looking liver and white pointer 

 and would not make a bad showing on the bench. Ian is an 

 English setter in every sense, is built much after the style 

 of our field dogs and looks a native setter all over. His color 

 is black and white. Neither dog ranged off fast or tar at 

 starting. Soon after being cast off, Ian winded game, 

 stopped, then moved on and some yards further finally came 

 to a staunch point, when Cameron put up a bevy. After 

 this, at the edge of a clump of trees, Ian pointed false. Then 

 ensued a long tramp over all sorts of ground, which was 

 only enlivened by the roading of Ian to a point in pines. 

 Moved on he roaded round some time but failed to locate 

 birds which had evidently been there recently, tn some 

 pines both clogs pointed and Cameron was allowed to move 

 in, but he failed to flush anything. S. Boy then, further on, 

 pointed aud Ian backed. Richards flushed and shot, both 

 dogs steady. Then both dogs made game, but nothing defi- 

 nite was done. Then Richards walked into a covey, with 

 Boy working to one side of Mm; dog dropped to wing. Then 

 near some dense pines Spotted Boy pointed a couple of birds, 

 which Richards put up and Ian backed, Richards firing and 

 both steady to shot and wing. On in thick pines, Spotted 

 Boy pointed a single just in time to save a flush. Then Ian 

 roaded to a single flush by a fence. A field further on dogs 

 were ordered up; down lh. 54m. After some consultation 

 the judge decided Spotted Boy the winner, which seemed a 

 popular verdict. This is Frank Richards's ( his h andler) first 

 experience in trials down here, and he has certainly made a 

 good beginning, capturing prizes amounting to $600. 



ALL-AGED POINTER STAKE. 



SHOT AND ROCK II. 

 The All-Aged Pointer Stake was then taken up, the sec- 

 ond series not yet being finished. Dogs cast off at 10:57 in 

 woods, boon after starting Rock pointed a single; steady to 

 flush. In edge of pines both handlers claimed points, but 

 Tucker was allowed the privilege and flushed, fired and 

 missed; dogs steady. Then Rock, roading on. picked up a 

 single a yard or two away; Bradley flushed, but ciuld not 

 shoot, reporters and judges being 'in the way. Sent on in 

 sedge, one of the prettiest pieces of work vet seen in the 

 trials was done. Shot poiuted in grass, and Rock coming 

 up made a very stylish back two or three yards awav 

 Tucker walked in, but failed to find. Dog ordered on, 

 roaded a yard or two, then dropped to a point again, when 



,. Dogs ., 



then ordered up at 11 :39, Shot winning the heat. There was 

 hardly enough work done, as there was little to choose be- 

 tween them when taken up, and another q narter of au hour 

 would not have been wasted. Both show good speed and 

 range, aud Rock has the advantage in style. 



DUKE OF HESSEN AND IGHTFIBLD DEUCE. 

 These two were put down at 11:28 in sedge grass. Both 

 dogs started off well, Deuce being especially fast. Soon after 

 Starting a single flushed in woods ahead of them. Then 

 Deuce pointad a bevy when Brailsford shot and killed, dog 

 steady. Sent on to retrieve, he did so indifferently. Duke 

 coming up to back pointed where birds had got up. Then 

 Deuce, in pines, pointed and Brailsford flushed, several birds 

 setting up all round. Sent on, Duke pointed near brier 

 patch, and Deuce backed. Duke roaded on but could not 

 locate. A lot of ranging then ensued without any result- 

 Dogs iip at 12:30, when judges consulted and declared 

 Deuce the winner. Both are fast, wide rangers, with plenty 

 of style. An adjournment was now made for lunch. 



lliird Scrie.ti. 



FRANK W. AND KING OF KENT. 

 This brace was then turned down at 12:26 in stubble, King 

 ot Kent off the faster of the two. Going on toward some 

 woods, King, at the edge of them, pointed a large covey 

 which Buckle flushed, shot and missed, Frank backing 

 meanwhile and acting somewhat unsteady at shot. On in 

 woods, after the scattered birds, King pointed a single which 

 Buckle put rip and killed, when Frank in his enthusiasm 



came of it, Frank backing to order. Near some firs, Frank 

 pointed a bevy and King brought up to back did so nicely, 

 when Aldrich flushed the birds, shot aud missed, Frank 

 breaking in a little again but checked. Then Frank got 

 another point on two birds, King backing him up hand- 

 somely, when Aldrich flushing them, shot and killed. 

 Frank seut to retrieve did so indifferently. The dogs were 

 then ordered up at 1:01 and King of Keut won. Frank needs 

 better control when he would take some beating as he can 

 find the birds and is a good worker. King ranges well 

 despite an enlarged gland on the neck, which must bother 

 him. A. move was then made for the luncheon place near by. 

 ZIG ZAG AND SHOT. 

 After lunch, at 2:0T, these two merry workers were put 

 down in stubble. In oaks Zig chased some birds, which 

 (lushed wild, for a yard or two and then redeemed himself 

 a few yards off by pointing balance of bevy, some flushing 

 behind and the others in front, dog steady to wing. Shot 

 then in open pointed, drew ou aud pointed again, and Zig 

 Zag coming up backed stylishly, but Tucker failed to put 

 up anything; Shot was ordered to locate but could not do 

 SO. Zig Zag, down the side of a ditch, pointed and then 

 drew on to a single flush, then flushed another single. Sent 

 on in woods Zig pointed a bevy which McMurdo put up, 

 shot and killed, and Zig sent to retrieve did so after making 

 several casts. Then Zig pointed one of the singles, Shot 

 backing nicely. Dogs were then ordered up at 2:49, Zig Zag 

 winning the heat. Zig Zag has better style, both about 

 equal in range and pace. This brought the third series to a 

 finish, and to give the dogs a further rest before the fourth 

 seres a heat in the 



ALL-AGED SETTER STAKE, 

 NATALIE AND GENE, 

 was run off, dogs being put down at 2:54 P.M. Almost im- 

 mediately Gene began operations with a flush on a bevy 

 Then further on Natalie poiuted birds at edge of woods, 

 Nesbitt Hushed, shot and missed. On in sedge grass a single 

 flushed to one side of Natalie, who dropped to wing. Gene 

 then broke in on Natalie's point and flushed a bevy. Then 

 in woods Gene pointed a single. After this, in sedge grass, 

 Gene pointed again, a single flushed wild and Aldrich put 

 up another, Gene steady to wing. In some corn Gene pointed 

 again and JMatalie backing, Aldrich flushed, shot and killed, 

 but Gene did not retrieve the bird very well. Higher up in 

 pines Gene secured another single which Aldrich flushed. 

 To the right Natalie then pointed and Gene backed this 

 time, when Nesbitt put up a nice bevy, fired and missed, 

 both dogs steady. Natalie then pointed and bird was 

 flushed from a tree; then in sedge grass she pointed a single, 

 another getting up just after. In sedge bottom Gene pointed 

 again aud Natalie backed, but nothing found. Dogs were 

 then ordered up at 8:54. Natalie has better stvle and range, 

 though Gene found the birds. It is doubtful if either re- 

 mains in. Then 



KING OF TCKNT AND 1GHTFIELD DEUCE 

 ran against each other in the fourth series of the Pointer 

 All-Aged Stake at 4:04. Soon after starting Deuce was lost 

 and was found pointing a bevy,which Brailsford flushed as he 

 came up, Deuce steady to wing. After covering a good deal 

 of ground, Deuce pointed again at edge of a chimp of pines 

 where Brailsford put up a bevy, King backing nicely. Dogs 

 were then ordered up and the heat given to Ightfield Deuce. 



FRED YATES AND CASH BOY 



were then put down in All-Aged Setter Stake, running until 

 dnsk with the result of a flush and a point on a covey for 

 Fred Gates. 



Wednesday. 



This morning opened frosty and bright, wind south. A 

 start was made two miles from town, the first brace down 

 being 



FRED GATES AND CASH BOY 

 of the unfinished heat of last night, cast off at 8:42. Just 

 after starting a bevy flushed wild which might have been 

 winded had the dogs ranged further from the guns. Soon 

 after, to the left, Cash Boy pointed a single, then pointed 

 again and the balance of the bevy flushed, when Aldrich 

 shot and killed, Cash Boy breaking in several yards, when 

 he was punished and brought hack; Gates meanwhile had 

 been backing and was steady to shot and wing; then Cash re- 

 trieved the bird. A good deal of varied country was trav- 

 ersed without further result, when the dogs were ordered up 

 at 9: 12. Neither ranged fast or wide. Fred Gates has better 

 style and is under good control. Will most likely remain 

 in. Then the flnal in the All-Aged Pointer Stake was run 

 off with 



ZIG ZAG AND IGHTFIELD DEUCE. 



The former, as usual, was handled hy Capt. McMurdo, 

 and Ightfield Deuce by W. Brailsford. Cast off at 9:17 both 

 started at a fast gait, keeping together like greyhounds irom 

 the slip for some distance. In stubble. Deuce dropped to a 

 point, Zig Zag being brought up to back did so very styl- 

 ishly; nothing was found and dogs ordered on. Then Deuce 

 pointed again at edge of briers and pines, roaded on and 

 pointed again when a single flushed and Brailsford shot and 

 missed. _ Soon after on a fallen tree in pines, Deuce dropped 

 to a point on a single which Zig coming on seemingly 

 flushed; both steady. Further on, Deuce pointed another 

 single. In ragweeds, Deuce pointed again, when Brailsford 

 flushed a bevy, Zig Zag backing; Brailsford shot and 

 wounded. Deuce, sent to retrieve, did so after a good deal 

 of casting round, as it was a wounded bird and ran off. 

 Then Zig showed what he could do by pointing a bevy in 

 weeds, Deuce backed nicely and birds flushed into woods; 

 Zig a bit unsteady to wing. At the edge of some pines 

 Deuce pointed then roaded on, Zig Zag backing prettily 

 across the field; working through pines, dogs were ordered 



