154 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mabch 13, 1891. 



abolition will be recomxn ended as soon as tbe general system 

 of fishways can be perfected. They recommend the passage 

 of a law making it obligatory to place fishways in all dams 

 across any of th"e streams in the State whenever tbey act as 

 a barrier to the ascent of fish to their spawning grounds. 

 The Commissioners are gratified with the growth of public 

 sentiment throughout the State in f aror of liberal appropria- 

 tions for fish propagation and distribution. 



"The excellent trout fishing in the Adiroudacks and Cats- 

 kills dtu-ing the past year and the large numbers of lake 

 trout taken throuehdut the State, and especially at Lake 

 Greorge, hare shown the value of their work." They 

 acknowledge the valuable assistance rendered by the U. S. 

 Fish Commission, and express their thanks to the Hon. 

 Robert Lennox Banks, of Albany, for his synopsis of the 

 ^ame laws of the State, and to the several railroad com- 

 panies who have furnished transportation for fry and the 

 men in charge. 



- The reports of the hatcheries contain many items of inter- 

 est. The Caledonia hatchery has the enormous number of 

 30.000 breeding brook trout. It has also 30,000 brown trout, 

 many of which weigh from 3 to 61bs. In Spring Creek trout 

 of this kind, weighing 6)0 lbs. and not more than five years 

 old, have been caught. It is believed that from eight to ten 

 millions of eggs will be furnished by the breeding brown 

 trout. Mr. Green makes the following' statement as to their 

 CLuality; "They are equally as good a table fish as the native 

 trout, and can be kept and shipped fully as well as natives. 

 Many fishermen would hardly know the difi'erence when 

 taking them, and I believe that no one could distinguish 

 between them when caught and placed on the table." 



The ponds at Caledonia contain about 8,000 California 

 trout. Mr. Green makes the following observations con- 

 cern this species: "Mountain trout are a very game fish and 

 furnish the angler more sport than any other variety. They 

 are a fine fish for eating at once. After being taken from 

 the water they become soft and lose their flavor quicker 

 than any other variety. They also roam from pond to pond 

 If they can do so, and'are not always found where they have 

 been planted. In lakes where they can be confined they 

 make a good and game fish. They will live in warmer water 

 than native trout and brown trout." 



The black bass which were distributed in New York 

 ^vat^e^s were obtained at the foot of Lake Ontario. 



Mr. Green recommends the planting of a large number of 

 lake trout iii the lakes of the Adiroudacks. "Many of the 

 lakes in the immediate -sicinity of Caledonia and heretofore 

 stocked have furnished excellent fishing during the past 

 season. Most of them would now be stocked plentifully 

 with both lake trout and black bass if poachers could be 

 kept from taking them unlawfully." 



In attempting to hatch mascalonge Mr. Mason had some 

 diflBculty in obtaining ripe fish for the want of proper nets. 

 He used'a box and pTaced the eggs in the lake about 4ft. 

 from the bottom in about 18ft. of water, instead of using 

 jars or trays as before. 



The Adirondack hateherv developed 950,000 brook trout 

 eggs, 1.850,000 lake trout, 1,600,000 frostfish and 245,000 brown 

 trout. ' There was practically no loss in hatching the eggs, 

 "The results of artificial stocking are being seen in sur- 

 rounding lakes. In Big Clear Lake trout were common 

 this year for the first time and in Lake Placid fishing is bet- 

 ter than ever before. The same is true of the neighboring 

 streams and lakes, and this In the face of the fact that there 

 are one hundred fishermen to-day where ten years ago there 

 was but one." 



At the Sacandaga hatchery it has not been necessary to 

 buy fish food because of the abundance of suckers and 

 chubs. The fish planted last year in Mill Creek have already 

 done well. Some of the brown trout were Bin. long at the 

 time of Supt. Boehm's report. At the Fulton Chain hatchery 

 trap nets are tised for catching trout and suckers. The net 

 does not injure the trout for breeding purposes and it has 

 proved very effective in taking bullheads and other inferior 

 fish whicli destroy the trout. Xine hitndred and thirty 

 thousand lake trout were hatched and distributed at the 

 expense of .sportsmen, guides and camp owners. "The larg- 

 est catch of this species dnrina; the pa.st year was 64Ibs. 7oz., 

 caught by what we teiiu a fish hog. There were many 

 catches of from 15 to ;3filb.H. to each boat." 



In the report of Mr. Mather, on the Cold Spring Harbor 

 station, we find an account of Pleasant Lake and Sackett 

 LakCi in Sullivan county In Pleasant Lake the water isr 

 deep and cold. The fishes found in it are small-mouthed 

 black bass, yellow perch, sunfish, pickerel; sucker.s, catfish 

 and eels. It is believed that lake trout and possibly land- 

 locked salmon might thrive in this body of water. Sackett 

 Lake is similar to Pleasant Lake. 



In feeding old and young fish at Cold Spring Harbor soft 

 clams were freely used, the raw clams being chopped fine 

 for the fry, and cooked whole clams fed to large fish. 

 Among the brook trout Mr. Mather found many barren 

 ones in 1889 and the year before and he begins to think it 

 po.ssible that trout do not all spawn every year. Some of 

 the Loch Leven troitt did not spawn until five years old, 

 when they weighed from 3 to 41bs., and then only three of 

 them yielded eggs. Mr. Mather succeeded in hatching 03 

 per cent, of the eggs of smelt, which they obtained at Xorth- 

 port from a .stream belonging to Hewlett Scudder and 

 Henry J. Scudder. In Adirondack waters smelt were in- 

 troduced as food for the landlocked .salmon, and it is hoped 

 they will thrive in these lakes as well as in lakes of Mame, 

 Vermont and Xew Hampshire. Mr. Mather is now positive 

 that his belief that the male black bass guards the nest is 

 correct, and he finds the same to be the case with the pond 

 sunfishes and the rock bass. 



The State oyster protector, Mr. Mersereau, reports an im- 

 proved condition of the waters of the oyster region. "The 

 plentiful oyster set of the past year, the general good qual- 

 ity of matured oysters, the unusual abundance of fish and 

 crabs are signal evidences of the decrease of the volume of 

 poisonous matter heretofore militating against profits from 

 flsh and shellfish industries and the pleasure of anglers." 



From July 7 to Aug. 29, 1890, the summer school of 

 biology, which originated under the auspices of the Brook- 

 lyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, assembled at the flsh 

 hatchery at Cold Spring Harbor and utilized the buildings 

 for laboratory and office purposes. Sixteen students, mainly 

 from college's, attended the lectures given by the various 

 professors. Dr. Bashford Dean, of the College of the City of 

 New York, is the director of the school. The success of this 

 establishment was apparent and its continuance is more 

 than probable. 



Among the papers in the appendix of this valuable report 

 are Observations upon Fishes of Great South Bay, by Dr. T. 

 H. Bean, with twenty-six plates, and notes on the common 

 catfish and a thesis on the Pineal Fontanelle of Placoderm 

 and catfish, by Dr. Bashford Dean, accompanied by four- 

 teen plates. The discussion of these papers must be re- 

 served for a future occasion. 



WfliTTEN and sprung on us by Dayton National Bank, Dayton, 

 Oliio; The •'shoe-reet" made by Brown Is tbe nicest thing in town, 

 And we use the rne you sent us with much pleasure; It is handy 

 and it's nice. At a very moderate price, Aad the. man who has a 

 "shoe-rest" has a treasure.— Dayton, O,, Jan. 13, 18i)l.— See Adv. 



A Book About Indians.— The Forest ajstd Stream will mail 

 free on application a descriptive circular of Mr. GrinneU's book, 

 "Pawnee Hero Stories and FoUi-Tales," giviuE! a table of content? 

 and apeoimen illHstratlons from the volmae.—A<io. 



Names and Portraits oi" Birds, by Gurdon TrumbtiU. A 

 book particularly interesting to gtmners, for by its use they can 

 fdentuy without question all the American _game birds which 

 tbey may kill. Cloth, 2Sa pages, pries fZM. Wot sale by Fosisz 



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. 



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

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



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

 Kennel Club, at Washingtou, D. C. 



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

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



March 31 to April .5.— Seventh Annual Dog Show of the New 

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



April 8 to 11.— Third Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah Ken- 

 nel Club, at Chicago, 111. .John Li. Lincoln, Jr., Secretary. 



April 14 to 17.— Fourth Dog Show of the Cleveland Kennel Club, 

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



April 15 to 18.— Dog Show of the Southern California Kennel 

 Club, at Los Angeles. 



April 28 to May 3.— Dog Show of the California Kennel Club, at 



an Francisco, Cal. R. P. Rennie, Sec'y. 



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

 Toungstown, 0. 



THE BALTIMORE DOG SHOW. 



OiSl"E of the best managed shows it has ever been my good 

 fortune to attend was held last week at Baltimore, 

 under the auspices of the Maryland Kennel Club. The three 

 active promoters of the show, Messrs. W. C. Farber and D. C. 

 and W. S. Diffenderft'er, no doubt, in view of the troublous 

 times their club is passing through just now, felt some anx- 

 iety as to the outcome of their second venture, but with the 

 hearty response of 503 entries to their call, it showed that 

 dog men in general were with them in their fight for inde- 

 pendent action. They deserved this confidence, for a better 

 managed show has yet to be seen. Foi' this part John Read, 

 the superintendent, is of course partly responsible. Owing 

 to the late hour at which the club secured the building, 11 

 P. M. Monday night, it was impossible to have the benching 

 well set up by early morning, and then the late arrival of 

 dogs retarded the judging, so that it was 1 P. M. before the 

 three judges, Messrs. Mortimer, Glover and Lacy, got to 

 work. There were plenty of attendants, but at first a lack 

 of stewards, but this was soon remedied, and for myself I 

 must say a word of thanks to Mr. Lamb for his efficient 

 services in that capacity in Ring 3. As stated last week, the 

 way the bulletin 'board was arranged and the prize cards 

 expeditiously affixed to the stalls of" the lucky winners was 

 worthy of much praise. Spratts Co. attended to the bench- 

 ing and feeding with their usttal efficiency. In only one 

 respect was there any drawback; that was the weatlier of 

 Tuesday. With snow overhead and under foot the good 

 people of the Monumental City did not feel like venturing 

 out, and consequently the attendance was not what was ex- 

 pected, but Old Sol saw fit to put a good faceion the matter 

 and on Wednesday and the succeeding days sunshine reigned 

 supreme, and the bells of the bulletin rang out in great 

 shape, so that the crowds at the show every afternoon 

 and evening brought smiles to the faces of the man- 

 agement. It was reported when I left Thursday night 

 that they were just about even, and that Friday's 

 crowd would put the financial balance where it should be. 

 The 5th Regiment Armory is fairly well adapted to the re- 

 quirements of a bench show, though at times the building 

 was quite cold, and when stoves were set going those dogs 

 nearest the fire suffered slightly from the heat. The build- 

 ing was at all times free from odor, "Sanitas" being the 

 disinfectant used. The dogs were generally in good condi- 

 tion and skin disease was not perceptible in any of the dogs 

 I came across. The quality of the dogs benched was very 

 good: in fact, in many of the classes, sporting dogs especi- 

 ally, it was a simple reflection of New York the week before. 

 Mr. I. T. Norris, in consequence of illness, could not .judge 

 Chesapeake Bay dogs, so Mr. J. F. Pearson took his place, 

 and Mr. Chas. D. Cugle judged the bulldogs. There was no 

 ■'milk route" this year, and in point of propriety and steadi- 

 ness the show would compare favorably with a chui-eh festi- 

 val. Thanks are due tbe three gentlemen of the committee 

 named above for their kind courtesy to yoiti representative 

 during the show. Prof. Parker's troupe of performing dogs 

 were on hand to go through their tricks, and this part of the 

 programme always draws as many, if not more, people than 

 the show of canine celebrities. 



As a means of attraction, an auction was arranged for 

 Thursday night, but despite the efforts of both the profes- 

 sional and the amateur auctioneer, no healthy bid could be 

 secured on several nice fox-terriers and setters, Baltimore 

 people evidently not being a dog-buying public. One of the 

 features of the show was the display of beagles, no less than 

 47 entr-ies being made, more, I believe, than has ever yet 

 been brought together at a show in this country. With 

 these few remarks I will pass on to a criticism of the dogs 

 present. 



MASTIFFS— (H. W. LACY). 

 As usual, this breed headed the list of breeds in the cata- 

 logue. Though the entries only numbered 17 some of the 

 best mastiffs in the country were on hand, as the Flour City 

 Kennels showed its choicest stock. Lady Coleus was the 

 only claimant for challenge honors. Ilf ord Chancellor was 

 sheets ahead of the others in open dogs, a local dog, The 

 Moor, coming a moderate second; he is a bit narrow in 

 head, not deep enough in body and hardly stands right in 

 front. Linkwood Chief, third, has a good skull and fair 

 front and there his good points end, as his muzzle, light 

 eye and straight stifles will always put him back. Clito, 

 vhc. deserves the letters for good legs and body, but head 

 and ears are very faulty. The others in the class went early 

 to their benches. In bitches that lovely specimen Caution's 

 Own Daughter, one of the truest formed mastiffs in the 

 country and a native bred one at that, was here placed 

 where she should have been at New York the week before. 

 For true formation of head and mastiffjcharacter she is ex- 

 cellent: she was placed over the New Yoxk winner Lady 

 Dorothy, whom she beats in head, wrinkle and front, losing 

 a little 'in body only. Third prize, after this taste of quality, 

 was withheld 'and he. generou.%ly given to Linkwood Lady 

 Catharine, who is a little better in head than the other, 

 Linkwood Lady Margaret, given c. . both are weedy speci- 

 mens. In the novice class Caution's Own Daughter had a 

 walkover, the other prize and mentions being withheld for 

 want of any merit at all, seemed as if they had a touch of St. 

 Bernard in them. The Flour City Kennel took the kennel 

 prize. 



ST. BEKJTAEDS— (H. W. LACY). 

 An excellent entry of fifty-three faced the judge in these 

 classes, and the local contingent showed up in force. In the 

 rough challenge class for dogs the gallant Hesper was well 

 ahead of Ben Lomond, who loses to the winner back and 

 front. In bitches Miranda's excellent body, bone, legs and 

 skull placed her well in front of Lady Wellington. In open 

 dogs Alton, in the absence of Sir Bedivere, who was entered 

 for specials only, was quickly marked for first, his nearest 

 competitor being Lord Nelson, a very well formed dog, with 

 good coat, body and bone, but rather plain-faced from lack 

 of markings an* a wide blaze; his rather long muzzle, de- 

 ficient in depth, spoils his good skull; eyes are also faulty. 

 Lion, third, has a good skull, might be better in muzzle; 

 markings good, though dark in coloring throughout; too 

 short in body, but has good bone. The next, Jersey Ben, 



was given he; he is a big, well-formed dog, but of tbe 

 Leonberg type, no markings, and would have been sent out 

 in a better class. Brace is roached-backed and bad behind, 

 but fairly good in head, though a trifle long. A splendid 

 line of bitches faced the judge in the next cIhss and much 

 quality was to be seen. Mr. Moore's two titled dames. Lady 

 Livingston and Lady Sneerwell, occupied the same position 

 as at NewY^ork, and then ]VIr. Diffenderffer's Republican 

 Belle came third, though very closely pushed by his Pleiad, 

 reserve. The former beats her in "front, Pleiad turning 

 out one foot rather badly, neither is she so strong in 

 loin and back, nor as good a mover. Prudence, vhc, 

 has an excellent skull, front and length of body, 

 and were she in better condition might have been put 

 in front of Belle. Blodwen, vhc , an old friend, of excellent 

 type, hardly had the size aud substance of the others. 

 Lakme is w'ell known, though deficient in good head quali- 

 ties, she deserved her two letters for her good bone and Dody. 

 These five all belong to the Maryland Kennels, and Mr. 

 Difleuderfer has a band of good brood bitches of which he 

 may feel proud. Josephine Marie Sanderson, webave in our 

 experience come across many peculiar names, but this takes 

 the Spratts, but a c. card was all she was entitled to in this 

 company, carried her tail badly, too long a head, and coat 

 inclined to be curly, nice markings, and good front and bone. 

 In the novice class Lord Nelson won hands down; Count St. 

 Vincent, whose slack back and somewhat curly coat put him 

 back to c. in the open class dogs, was given second here, 

 chiefly on account of his head, which is rather good, though 

 too long. Bruce was reserve: Stonewall Jackson, vhc, has 

 good body and legs but is not massive enough in head, nor 

 likely to be; Athos has s poor head, no markings, but excel- 

 lent body and legs, coat not right. 



Neithe'r of the challenge smooths, Nevis and Hector, put 

 in an appearance and Thisbe was absent when her class was 

 called. In open dogs three fair ones came forward. Adonis 

 II., by his better bone, body and head, beat Lord Hector, who, 

 though brimful of quality and an old friend frooi suckling 

 puppyhood upward, is not straight enough in front and too 

 straight behind. Lord Clifton, third, excellent in body and 

 legs, has a broad blaze which added to a stary eye and a too 

 pronounced stop gives him a bad expression. Erie, vhc, a 

 promising three months old pttppy, shows excellent- bone 

 and markings. In smooth bitches Maud, fattlty in ear. fine 

 in muzzle and bad tail, was given the blue; body and bone 

 redeeming features. Shirley, he, is a three months old 

 puppy, bit weak in pastern, faulty in head. Novice class 

 prizes withheld; dogs lack type and'are bad fore and aft. B. 

 H. Moore's kennel won the kennel prize. This was a rever- 

 sal of last week's decision. The two crack teams of the 

 country were gone over very carefully and this is how I came 

 to the conclusion that Alton and his consorts had a trifle the 

 best of Mr. Sears's "big four." Hesper beats Ben Lomond 

 aud Lady Livingston bsats Plevna in about the same ratio, 

 Lady Sneerwell beats Lady Wellington more than Sir Bedi- 

 vere beats Alton, that is presuming that he does every ticne; 

 then putting the four opposite each other, the general aver- 

 age is slightly in favor of Mr. Moore's kennel, as Mr. Sears's 

 two bitches and especially Plevna are considerably behind 

 the two dogs in type and quality. The St. Bernard Club 

 medal for the best American bred rough bitch went to Mr. 

 Diffenderffer's Lakme, and that for best smooth dog to same 

 owner's Lord Baltimore. The other specials did not fill. 



BLOODHOUNDS ASD NEWFOrrNDLANDS^(H. W. LACY). 



The only entry was the much-talked-of Jack the Ripper, a 

 rather large coarse dog. lacking in wrinkle and quality and 

 faulty in tail. 



Newfoundlands were curly-coated— a bad lot— therefore 

 prizes were withheld. 



GREAT DANES— (H. W. LACY). 



In the absence of Greene, Melac, about the best ever seen 

 in this country, walked off with the blue ribbon. In open 

 dogs, Pedro, well-known, was hard imshed by his eight- 

 months-old son, who, had he shown himself better, might 

 have won. He has excellent legs and feet, well formed, is a 

 bit throaty and dips a trifle behind the shoulder at present; 

 he beats Nero, vhc, however, for he is short-faced and 

 faulty in eye aud tail, Minca beat Minca Mia in head. 



The only.Barzoi entered was absent. 



FOiHOUNDS— (.H. W. LACfT). 



Nothing very striking was shown in these classes. In 

 English hounds the winner, Stranger Lass, beats her kennel 

 mate, True Lass, in body and head, neither very good in 

 front. In native hounds only two poor ones showed up; 

 Hark beats the other, Music, in body and back. Harb._ 

 (American) won the special for best dog and Stranger Lass 

 (Engli.sh) the same for best bitch. 



DEEEHOrKDS— (H. W. LACY). 



In dogs, Breck Allan, fir.st, is a well-built dog, with excel- 

 lent loin, more length of head, and better ribs, legs and feet 

 than Argyle, second. Venar II., vhc, is a trifle pig-jawed, 

 has a fair head, good legs and feet, and nice coat. Frnle, 

 vhc, is li,ght and too full in eye, snipy muzzle, soft in coat, 

 and legs not ciuite the thing. In the bitch cla.ss, Olaa was a 

 good winner over Alida from the .same kennel. Dunrobin 

 Kennels took the kennel prize. 



GHEYHOUNDS— (H. W. LACY). 



Though the entry was small those present were hijgh-class 

 enough for anyone. In dogs Gem of the Season again as 

 spited his superiority to Chas. Davis in ribs, head and loin. 

 Mr. Ma.son's criticism of these two dogs in the New York 

 report covers the ground, and in the matter of Gem's hind 

 action he is also right. In bitches Maud Torrington, de- 

 scribed last week, had it all to herself in the absence of 

 Lady Clare, The kennel special did not fill. 



POrXTERS— (.JAS. MORTIMER). 



An entry of forty-one in this breed was a compliment to 

 the judge, and lots of good ones were on hand. In challenge 

 heavy-weight dogs Robert le Diable had little difficulty in 

 defeating Trinket's Chief, who is coarse, light in eye and 

 full in skull. Belle Randolph was alone in the correspond- 

 ing class. Graphite caught the judge's eye in the open dog 

 class; he has been repeatedly described. Glen Morgan is 

 throaty and might be better in muzzle, but has excellent 

 legs and feet and rib.s. Tory White came third. Bangstone. 

 vhc, is too thick in skull, is throaty, .just fair in body points 

 but legs and feet are good. Dick Swiveller, he, is coarse in 

 head and light-eyed, has a good front and a well-ribbed 

 body. Mart O'Baimon, also he, is too fine in muzzle, nice 

 skull, excellent ribs, legs and feet, but hardly enough depth 

 of chest. In bitches Woolton Game took the ribbon nicely 

 over BevR.; she was described in New Y^ork repoi-t. Bev 

 R. loses in muzzle, otherwise she is well formed. Cicely, 

 third, is flat-faced, light in bone and shown too fat. Only 

 three in the class. In challenge light-weight dogs, that 

 good field dog Duke of Hessen beat Spot Sting easily, and 

 Stella B. beating Rosa May in body and won in the corre- 

 sponding challenge class. Tribulation again took premier 

 honors in the open dog class. Inspiration, second, has a fair 

 head though light in eye, legs and feet good, body lacks 

 depth and substance. Nick of Ion, third, is faulty in head, 

 good legs and feet. Bing of Kippen, reserve, is light of eye, 

 bad in stop and expression, and ratlier coarse throughout. 

 Hickory Staunch, vhc, is thick iu skull, light-eyed, heavy 

 in shoulders, but otherwise well formed. Peterlcin of Naso 

 loses in head and front. Lizzie Porter, third last year, won 

 the blue this time. She has a nicely formed head, good 

 neck and shoulders, nicely turned body, but is faulty in 

 feet and a bit straight in stifle. Bloomo 11., faulty in head 

 and does not stand quite true, came second, followed by 

 Dora B., whose loaded shoulders and poor muzzle puts her 



