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FOREST AND STREAM. 



tain and Bald ]\Iouutain regions and other wild townships 

 lying to the westward. In the season when dnck shoot- 

 ing ia lawful these favorite garae birds may be found in 

 plentiful nuDibers at nearly all of the Monson and Elliotts- 

 ville lakes and ponds. Doe pond in Munson near Lake 

 Hebron is one of the spots that they frequent the most. 

 Poaching is not indulged in in this 'section to any great 

 extent, although the present lamentable laxity in the 

 enforcement of our game laws prevails here as in other 

 parts of Maine. 



For about a quarter of a century the people of Maine 

 through their representatives in the Legislature have 

 been gradually formulating the present code of protective 

 laws. During the same time the so-called pleasure travel 

 here from other parts of the Union baa increased to a 

 wonderful extent. This has been like a river of gold 

 annually flowing through our State, benefiting all classes 

 aijd industries from the rough-hewn shores of the sea to 

 the bleak mountains of the interior. The result has been 

 to educate the people up to a high standard of thought in 

 relation to game protection. Especially is this true of 

 this part of Maine where numerous summer hotels are 

 being maintained, and where large numbers of people 

 derive a liberal income from the business of catering to 

 tourists. Yet i7a Washington county and some parts of 

 Penobscot an unfortunate antagonism to the enforcement 

 of the laws arose a few years ago among the citizens. It 

 matters not who in the long and bitter contest which 

 has been waged was the most blameless, for the result has 

 been bad and almost disastrous to the cause of game pro- 

 tection. By reason of this violent opposition in a few 

 localities, tbe most important part of the law was repealed 

 in 1887. I refer to the act which gave one-half of the 

 fines to the complainant. Although its repeal was effected 

 clandestinely and unfairly, it was no less a result of this 

 contention. ^The same influences succeeded in prevent- 

 ing its revival at the session of 1889. Until this is re- 

 stored the friends of game protection must continue to 

 experience the chagrin and bitter disappointment which 

 they have for the jjast three years in viewing a non- 

 enforcement of one of the most righteous laws on our 

 statute books. 



I will close these brief and hasty notes by extending 

 my hearty greetings to the tourists, campers and lovers 

 of the "gentle art," whose annual visits to Monson have 

 become a pleasant feature of the season when the birds 

 sing and the flowers bloom. ,-J. F. Sprague. 



JMoNsoN, Me. "' 



A WADING OUTFIT. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In answer to Mr. Hough's query let me say that here is 

 the way some of us arrange our wading outfits and that we 

 find the plan very satisfactory : The first requirement is a 

 pair of wading pantaloons with stocking feet, cost $6 to 

 |18, as one's taste and pocket-book may dictate. Over 

 the feet of these draw a pair of loose-fitting heavy woolen 

 socks, and inclose the entire outfit in a pair of low, broad- 

 soled leather "stitch-downs," as the shoe men call them, 

 which will need to be about two sizes larger than your 

 ordinary boot or shoe. These "stitch-downs," which cost 

 |1 to $1.25 per pair, should have the bottom of the soles 

 filled with soft iron hob nails and be perforated along the 

 lower edge of the uppers for the free j^assage of water. 

 In this way you have a footmg that is much more secure 

 than any rubber boot, an easy and comfortable arrange- 

 ment for walking or wading and perfect protection for 

 your rubber wading stockings. When your ' 'stitch-downs" 

 give out you can duplicate them at a small expense en- 

 tirely independent of your waders. Being sewed work 

 there are no pegs to da'mage the rubber. Iha,veone such 

 pair of slioes that have already done service for two pair 

 of waders and are pretty good yet. You can oil them 

 occasionally if you like, although that ia not absolutely 

 necessary. Jay Beebe. 



Toledo, O , March 31. 



A Terrapin Farm.— Of late years a number of terrapin 



farms have been started along the Chesapeake. The 

 biggest farm is on the Patuxent River, and it consists of a 

 large salt water lake, which could accommodate thousands 

 of terrapin if they would breed as rapidly as is desired. 

 The farmer has surrounded this lake with broad fences 

 to keep out the muskrats and foxes, which are the terra- 

 pin's enemies. He has made hatcheries of boxes partly 

 filled with sand, and so arranged that when the females 

 enter them they cannot get out until they are taken out. 

 He has nurseries for young terrapin, and he keeps the 

 little ones in here until they are 10 months old, in order 

 to preserve them from their fathers.— Fmn A- G. Carpen- 

 ter in PitMmrg Dispatch. 



Berkshire Trout in April.— Berkshire Coimty, Mass., 

 April 6. — The most convincing argument in favor of a 

 later opening season for brook trout in our State was the 

 appearance of the fish caught in this section April 1 of 

 this year. The day was raw, chilly and sour, but the fish 

 took everything offered them and well-filled creels were 

 the order of. the day. The fish, however, were shaped 

 like overgrown and elongated smelts, one specimen, loin, 

 in length, weighing only 12oz., dressed with the head on. 

 The law permitted the catch, but does it not seem clearly 

 wrong to take such slim, lank, ill-conditioned fish? The 

 stream from which thej^ were taken furnishes splendid 

 fish in proper season.— Ned. 



Salmon in the Penobscot.— Bangor, Me., April 1.— 

 To-day big salmon were jumping in the river in front of 

 the city, and at the pool one twelve-pQunder was taken. 

 This ia two weeks earlier than these fish have ever taken 

 the fly here. April 16, 1889, one was ta.ken and last 

 year a twelve-pounder was caught April 18. Five days 

 later eleven fish weighing 3341bs. took the silver dollar 

 and thereafter one ton was caught before the season 

 waned. Fish Commissioners say that the sport should be 

 fine this year with salmon averaging 25lbs. or better. 

 Salmon taise the fly until June. Tbe best sport is usually 

 in May. 



Lake CHAaxPLAiN,— Albany, April 6.— I have just re- 

 taraed from a trip around Lake Champlain. The ice 

 has oommenced to break up a.nd will soon be out. There 

 18 considerable open water in the south end and the net- 

 t^rs are getting in their work; I counted over a dozen 

 sets of poles betweejj Putnam and Dresden stations,— 

 Dexter. 



A PLRA FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN.-Albaoy, March 

 60.— Editor Forest and Stream: I read with much satis- 

 faction your extract.s from Fish Commissioners' report and 

 eoiuments thereon. Whv do tbey entirelv overlook Lake 

 Charaplnmy Would not the whitefisk do well there? Also 

 salmon trouty There is plenty of pure, deep water for the 

 latter and an abundance of smelts for deep water food and 

 all kinds of little fishes for surface feeding m the spring. I 

 aru not posted as to the relative value of wall-eyed oike and 

 other food fishes iu the matter of production; I do know that 

 there sre few fresh water fishes that equal them as a food 

 fish. 'Tis only of late they seem to have attracted the atten- 

 tion of breeders, and I sincerely trust that they may repay 

 all efforts. As the commission's desire is to do the greatest 

 good to the greatest number of people, 'tis such as these that 

 will further that end. Lake Champlain is one of the best 

 natural breeding lakes we have, and while we ai-e not selfish 

 on this end of the State, we would like to see a few of the 

 good things going around dropped in her basket.— Dexter. 



FISHCULTURE I^T MEXICO.-We learn from Col. John 

 Gay that Senor E, Chdzari, Fish Commissiioner of Mexico, 

 obtained egss of carp in abundance in the City of Mexico on 

 March 22. The summer has fully set in, which accounts for 

 the early spawning of carp. We have already noted the 

 successful introduction of rainbow trout into Mexico with 

 the aid of the U. S, Fish Commission, and we are now in- 

 formed that this is the only trout which has reproduced 

 naturally in that country. 



Menml 



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, 



DOB SHOWS. 



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

 nel Club, at Chicago, III. John L. Lincolu, Jr., Secretary. 



April U to 17.— Fourth Dok Sliow of the Cleveland Kennel Club, 

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



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

 Club, at Los Angeles. 



April 38 to May 3.— Dog Show of the California Kennel Club, at 

 San Francisco, Cal. H. L. Miller, Sec'y. 



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

 Youngstown, O. 



Sept. 14 to IK— Toronto Industrial Exhibition Association Third 

 International Dog Show, at Toronto. C. A. Stone, Sec'y and Supt. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 Nov. 30.— Central Field Trial Club's Third Annual Trials, at 

 Loxington. N. C. C. H. Odell, Sec'y, 44 and 46 Wall street. New 

 York city. 



BOSTON DOG SHOW. 



EVERYONE interested in dog shows must feel pleased to 

 hear that the show which the N. E. K. C. held in the 

 Mechanic's Hall, Boston, last week, was one of the most 

 successful ever held by this club. When the number of 

 entries was announced and it was found that only 628 had 

 been secured, the knowing ones shook their heads and 

 predicted a loss again, But it was ordained that the man- 

 agement should share in the general boom which dog shows 

 have had this season. Tne crowd on the first day was much 

 larger than that of any previous show they have held, and 

 when Thursday (Fast Day) came around those who have 

 followed the shows of this club since its initiation admitted 

 that they had never seen a better attendance, consequently 

 the faces of Messrs. Grosvenor, Pay and Moore took on an 

 expression of buoyancy that spoke voltunes. It was a good 

 show and well managed— how could it be otherwise with 

 John Reed at the helm and Alf , Burgess to attend to the de- 

 tails, and the above named gentlemen alwavs on hand as 

 general supervisors. There is no better building in this 

 country for a dog show than this Mechanic's Hall. Plenty 

 of space, excellent light and ventilation without draught. 

 It is also in the size of the judging rings that they are ahead, 

 which, when the partitions which divide them are taken 

 away leave an exercising ring that cannot be excelled, and 

 which gives Parker full swing with his jumpers; hj the way, 

 many are disappointed this year in not seeing his long dis- 

 tance flyer — the fawn-colored one— with the troupe, person- 

 ally I always looked forward to this jump and saw it wnen- 

 ever I could get the chance. 



The judging was got through in better time than in any 

 show of the circuit, but of course there were more judges 

 and rings, still it felt a bit like old times to get all the "reg- 

 ulars" put in their places by 6 P, M. All the judges except- 

 ing Mr. Davidson, who had the pointers and setters to do, 

 had their classes finished by about 4 P, M, The service of 

 the rings was good, and any number of attendants were pro- 

 vided for each ring: this is where some of the other shows 

 this season have shown their want of experience. As usual 

 the first day, the annual "feed" came off, and pretty nearly 

 every one known to the club partook of an excellent lunch, 

 and afterward a pleasant half-hour was spent over the coft'ee 

 and cigars, and "dog chat" was indulged in. Among those 

 we noticed at the show were Messrs. Sidney W. Smith, J. H. 

 Winslow, W. H. Child, W. Wade, C. H. Mason, John E. 

 Thayer, J. P. Willey, E. M. Oldham, E. B. Elliott, Victor 

 Haldeman, Thos. Burke, N. J. and Frank Coni.stock, Frank 

 F. Dole, C, A. Parker, H. W, Smith, C, A. Shinn, .lames 

 Greene, brother of the late owner of Sir Bedivere, Joe Lewis, 

 R. P. Keasby, Geo. Shepard Page, W. H. Walbridge, W. 

 Teague, W. C. Sanborn, H. D. Kendall, James Mortimer, R. 

 F. Mayhew, Drs. Jarvis and Faxon, Henry Jarrett, Robert 

 Exley, German Hopkins, J, H. Pritchard, Clarence Rath- 

 bone, H, Twyford. P. H. Coombs, Col. Puroell, F. W, Chap- 

 man, F. Parry, O. W. Brooking, C. S, Turpin, D. A, Wil- 

 hams. W. F. Rutter, Jr., W. Stewart Diffendertfer, H. L. 

 Krueder, A. E. Leuyard, H. V. Jamieson, G. A. Peabody, C. 

 Inneas, and of course all the regular handlers not already 

 mentioned. There is little more to be said here unless I 

 remark that on Thursday the "take" at tlie gate was W,oOO. 

 Tbe weather tbe first three days was beautiful, but Thurs- 

 day niglit and Friday morning' saw plenty of regular Boston 

 weather, a little of everything. This year Spratts Co. put up 

 their benching, and it is not likely that the old style will be 

 reverted to again, as was the case last year. The' disinfect- 

 ant used, though we could not find out what it was— some- 

 thing furnished by Spratts— was very elficieut and kept the 

 building very free from odor. I will now pass on to the 

 awards. 



POraXEKS— (MP.. JOHN DATIDSON). 

 (Report hu Mr. Mason.) 

 There were nearly sixty entries in these classes and the 

 quality of many was of a high order. This does not, how- 

 ever, go to show that breeders are making headway, and 

 the best specimens are still to be fonud anaong the imported 

 division. Nobody seems able to breed a siood dog, and at 

 tbe rate we are naoving it will be forty or fifty years before 

 one can go to a dog show and find a class of doga typical In 

 head, truly formed in Iwdy, strong in limbs, good in feet j 



and true to correct type. And why will this be so? The 

 answer is easily fotmd. A handful of incompetent persons 

 will run a pig-faced, round-barreled, wide-fronted dog like 

 Sensation to the front. The uninitiatftd breed to that dog 

 and the country becomes over-run by a race of spike-nosed, 

 round-bodied bitches. Then we get another SensHtion in 

 the shape of the round-skulled, yellow-eyed and splay- 

 footed Croxteth. who, when run off his legs, falls down and 

 makes a "sensational point." The produce of this wonder 

 is crossed into the Sensation family. The re.sult we have 

 seen and see to-day. Then a bit of whippet blood is put in, 

 and the shallow-faced, characterless Meteor is introduced, 

 just because a well-known judge says he is an "easy moving 

 dog." Next comes Robert le Diable. the lovely spotted flat- 

 catcher that never sired a good pointer and never will. 

 What will be the next lad none can tell. If he be a good 

 dog he will be of little use when the type of batches is 

 ruined and the blood hopelessly mixed. The past cannot' 

 be recalled, a fresh start will have to be made. It is aP 

 nonsense to say that pointers cannot be bred true to tj^pe— 

 the right type— for they can be. Compare Mr, Heath's dogs 

 as shown at Boston with the exhibits from any other ken- 

 nel, and you find in it a striking uniformity of type as com- 

 pared with the rest. Surely what has been'accomplished by 

 this kennel can also be done by others, but it never will so 

 long as breeders are all mixed in their ideas. Paying ex- 

 travagant prices for good imported bitches is throwing good 

 money away when they are lored at random to all types of 

 dogs and into any mongrel conglomeration of blood that 

 comes along. "Why do the English dogs run truer to type?" 

 I was asked while taking my notes. Because pointer men 

 in England have agreed upon a type and because pointers 

 are judged by pointer judges. A man who would place dogs 

 like Sensation, Croxteth. Meteor, Robert le Diable. etc , 

 over pointers true and pure like Graphic, Revel HI,, Wool- 

 ton Game, Naso of Kippen, Lass of Bow, et ah, would 

 judge once and only once. Here he would be patted 

 on the back by the uninitiated members of a clique 

 specialty club or by some ignorant reporter who knows 

 no better than do as he is told. This is clearly not 

 the place for advice' on the question of breeding, but as 

 this is my last report on the circuit shows, and as things 

 are going the wrong way I want to call a bait and start 

 folks athinking. As an old and successful breeder of 

 pointers I am not altogether unknown to your i-eaders, 

 and having won over 500 first prizes for this breed alone, 

 some of them before a dog show had been held in America, 

 I do not feel any particular delicacy about coming out flat- 

 footed and giving advice where it is needed. Look at the 

 puppies shown at New York and Boston! Did mortal man 

 ever see such a drove of cattle? Why thev are 90 per cent, 

 worse than in 1887. This is the result of following the blind. 

 Well, gentlemen, you are paying for your experience. 

 Nobody will question that; and experience dearly pur- 

 chased is less likely to be forgotten. The trouble is I fear 

 we will all be in our graves before you realize the signifi- 

 cance of the memorable Chicago editorial "Whither are We 

 Drifting?" You bred good bitches to Sensation and never 

 produced a typical .specimen. You tried it with Croxteth 

 and failed. Now you are ruining the breed by using Robert 

 le Diable. Look at the puppies one finds at the shows and 

 there find live evidence of the breeders' inability to produce 

 dogs worthy the name of pointers. The direct cause is 

 staring you in the face, and you either cannot see it or do 

 not want to .see it. The judging of the classes Avas a de- 

 cided improvement on New York, and although mistakes 

 were made, there was nothing glaring, like, for instance, 

 the placing of Robert le Diable over Duke of Vernon, Quite 

 a number of pointer men were looking for a meeting of 

 Robert and Graphic, but the owners of the former veiy 

 wisely kept him at home. Under a judge of pointers he has 

 the same chance of beating a good dog like Graphic that I 

 have of becoming President of the United States. So Graphic 

 was alone, Duke of Vernon having been sold and gone West. 

 Mr, Heath's grand old champion had a swelling on the 

 throat, the result of a fight, and this gave him the" appear- 

 ance of being bad iu neck, but elsewhere he looked nearly as 

 well as ever he did iu his life, and he can still beat any 

 large pointer dog in America. He moves a bit stiff behind 

 when taken from the bench, but this wears oft" after he has 

 had a run. The bitch cla.ss brought out a couple of good 

 ones in Revel III, and Lass of Bow. The former, clearly the 

 better specimen, won with many points to the good. 'Mr, 

 Mortimer wanted' to know in what points Revel III. can 

 beat Lass, but I guess he was joking and really wished to 

 know in what points Revel 111. cannot beat Lass. These are 

 mighty few, and it tests a man's ability to find them. Lass 

 wins in eyes, skull and coat. Revel lib wins in all other 

 points. Pontiac headed the open dog class, which was not 

 strong in point of quality. His coarse, throaty neck and 

 very wide Iront must alwavs put him behind a good one, 

 but he was rightly placed on this occasion. My old reports 

 give all his other defects. His sire, Bang li., though 

 a better dog was always a coarse one and, like Pontiac, he 

 was very throaty. He had a grand body and the very best of 

 legs and feet, his .general appearance being marred bv a high- 

 carried and coarse stern. So it will be well to be very care- 

 ful in selecting bitches for this dog. There fs coarseness in 

 the family, and even old Bang (Price's), the sire of Bang IL, 

 was not without it. Dare-go, second prize, wasin hisproper 

 place. He has not fulfilled early expectations, having gone 

 oft' in many points where he was fairly good when a puppy. 

 He is a white and liver flecked dog, larking in size for the 

 heavy-weight class and not of right type. Head only fair, 

 stern not straight, set of forelegs not jmst right, rather flat 

 and light in loin, does notstand quite tiaie in front. I shall 

 expect hi.s owner, Mr. Parker, to breed a better one. Mikado, 

 a son of Graphic, was third. He would need altering in 

 many places to be a good one. ITnlike most of Graphic's get, 

 his stern is the best point about him. In head he is far better 

 than average, but he lacks in po.sition of forelegs, stifies, 

 second thigiis, and, iu addition, is close in bocks, crook<-d in 

 front and wrong in hind action. Through all his detects he 

 shows some of the old dog's character. In color he ia white 

 and liver ticked. Nixie, vhc, is a white and lemon by Nick 

 of Naso. He is rather coar.se in skull, heavy and throaty in 

 neck, wide iu front, good in bone, coarse in stern and wrong 

 below the hips. Schuyler, vhc, was shown in good shape, 

 his coat especially being iu nice condition. He is not quite 

 cleanin neck, on the leggy sitie, rather too pronounced in .stop, 

 light in loin and quarters and is rather straight in hindlegs. 

 His best points are in skull and chest. Duke of Beaufort, 

 he, is useful looking, but not quite a show dog. He is a 

 white and liver hea^dly flecked throughout, and this does 

 not add to his appearance. Head rather coar.se, eyes a shada 

 or two light, loin flat, not quite straight in front, good bone, 

 moderate feet, hocks too high, throaty. Dandy, c , is a white 

 and liver, pig-faced, short iu neck, inclined to be throaty, 

 ears set high, right eyelid iu wrong position, bad expression, 

 not a show dog by a loug way and very lucky in getting a 

 card. Class well judged. Miss Meally was clearly the best 

 in the next cla.ss for large-size bitches. This bitch was fourth 

 at New York where she should have been second. For de- 

 scription of her see my report of that show in Fokest ajju 

 Steea.m, March 5. Cavalier's Lady, second prize, is many 

 points behind the winner of first. Her face is too masculine 

 and is not clean cut below the eyes. Eyes a shade light, 

 throaty, ribs too flat, loin rather light, moves a bit stiff 

 behind, good forelegs and tcet, showesomeeharacterthrough 

 many detec- s. Cicely, reseiwe, is a white and lemon of very 

 ordinary appeaiauce and wrong ty^pe. She is top-heavy, 

 plain in head, not straight in front, wrong in carriage of 

 stern, throaty, and lacking in true pointer character. Fama, 

 vhc, showed up badly in the ring, acting as if ,<hy and 



