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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 33, 1891. 



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CALIFORNIA FISHCULTURE. 



THE biennial report of the Fish Commissioners of Cali- 

 fornia for 1888 to 1890 has just been received through 

 .the kindness of Mr. J". G. Woodbury, superintendent of 

 hatcheries. 



The Commissioners are Joseph Rontior, Sacramento, J. 

 Downey Harvey, San Francisco, and Charles Josselyn, San 

 Francisco. The report announces that stiirgeon are steadily 

 diminishing- on accouLit of the slaughter waged upon them 

 by Ghiriesii lishcimen. Trout are r.apidly increasing in 

 number in the rivers and lakes, owing to fishcultural 

 efforts. Black bawH have been introduced in variotis places 

 and their m^ltiplieatio)^ at Crystal Spring has been suffi- 

 cient to constitute a base of supplies for future stocking. 

 Catfish have become abundant inmost waters and have met 

 with popular favor. Seals and sea lions continue to destroy 

 the incoming salmon and their depredations are so seriously 

 felt that the Legislature is asked to abate the nuisance. 



The lialchery at Sisson, on the headwaters of the Sacra- 

 mento River, has achieved a great success. 



The annual aiipioprlation for the work of the Commission 

 was .f!10,000. In disbursing the $3,000 appropriated for the 

 purchase and importation of certain f<ame birds diflficulty 

 was met in obtaining most of the species mentioned in the 

 act. Chinese quail and Oregon pheasants were bought and 

 distributed in suitable localities, Forty ijairs of pheasants 

 were obtained at 815 per pair and 1,300 Chinese quail at the 

 rate of |20 per hundred. 



The Commissioners recommend the passage of a law re- 

 quiring the use of close-meshed screens at the ends of all 

 irrigating ditches within the State. This is to prevent the 

 destruction of millions of fish, which ]3ass from the streams 

 into these ditches and are left to perish when the water is 

 exhausted. 



Theclose season for salmon, says the report, should include 

 the months of August and September. At the present time 

 September covers the entire close season for this fish in Cali- 

 fornia. 



It is also recommended that the killing of deer be entirely 

 prohibited for the next two years. This is necessary on ac- 

 count of the loss of deer through the severity of the last two 

 winters. 



In beginning operations at Lake Tahoe trout were found 

 to be scarce in several streams which a short time ago were 

 famous fishing waters. The decrease is attributed to torch- 

 light fishing, and in one stream to the serious pollution by 

 sawdust, as v/ell as to the building of dams in Truckee 

 River, which pve\'t'n(, the front from making their way into 

 Tahoe 1 ,alje. A new hatchery was built at Lake Tahoe, near 

 TahoeCil y. The species of trout abounding in this lake is 

 one of the' forms of the red -throat oi- Clark's trout, and has 

 been described as Sabno iicnsliav:i. It is a beautiful and 

 excellent food fish, which of late years has been rapidly 

 diminishing in numbers. 



In March, 3890, a small hatchery was started on Shovel 

 Creek, a tributary of Klamath River, for the propagation of 

 rainbow troiit. 



In taking trout for the Tahoe hatchery in March, 1890, the 

 seiners frequently caught as many as SOOlbs, of suckers at a 

 haul, and also whiteflsh. As the suckers were very plump 

 it was thought they must be full of trout spawn. _ On open- 

 ing them, however* not an egg was seen. The whiteflsh, on 

 the other Sumd, were found to be full of trout eggs. The 

 largest tro^it caught in Blackwood Creek weighed a little 

 more than Kilbs. Some of the females furnished 5,000 eggs 

 each. 



The total number of salmon, trout and black bass distrib- 

 uted in California during the period covered by this report 

 amounted to nearly 9,500.000, and the SLssou hatchery con- 

 tained 3,000,000 salmon eggs in the fall of 1890. 



The report concludes with a paper on the food fishes of 

 the fresh waters of California by Dr. C. H. Eigenmann, 

 The list of fresh-water fishes now known in the State in- 

 cludes only 47 species, not counting those which have been 

 introduced from other localities. There are two kinds of 

 lampreys, two sturgeons, six species of suckers, twenty rep- 

 resentatives of the carp or minnow family, one whiteflsh, 

 four kinds of Pacific salmon, four black-spotted trout, one 

 red spotted trout, two species of sticklebacks, one member 

 of the sun fish family (the Sacramento fierch, Archoplites), 

 one species of the viviparous perch family and four species 

 of fresh-water sculpins or miller's thumb. One of these 

 sttangelv enough has received the common name of catfish. 

 About oiie half of the species enumerated are used for food. 

 The fi'esh water sculpins have no interest to the angler or 

 fish consumer, but to the flsbculturist they are among 

 the greatest pests of the fre,sh waters on account of their 

 extensive destruction of the eggs and young of the salmon 

 family. Dr. Eigenmann gives us a grain of comfort by 

 .stating that one of the species of garter snakes sub.sists 

 chiefly on these troublesome fishes. 



All commuhlcatlons 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. 



TROUT PLANTING IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



We are going to make an effort to improve the fishing in 

 the few streams that are left to us in this locality by arti- 

 ficial propagation. I .speak of the streams as the few that 

 are left, for they are few indeed now, thanks to the many 

 sawmills and tanneries that dump their fish-exterminating 

 refuse into them. Only a few weeks ago a bill to oblige 

 owners of mills and tanneries to adopt some less destructive 

 method of getting rid of their refuse was defeated in our 

 State Legislature. 



There are few things more exasperating or saddening to a 

 fisherman than to arrive at the stream he has fished for 

 years and knows so well and find sluggish, discolored water, 

 filled with sawdu.9t and sour, soggy banks of the same 

 material. The loss is never forgotten. 



In response to applications made to Mr. Streuber, of the 

 State Commission, we recently received from the Corry 

 hatcheries several cans of brook trout fry in excellent con- 

 dition. These will be cared for till attaining a length of 

 about 4iu. before being placed in the .sti'eams. I intend to 

 try Mr. Wm. P. Seal's arrangement of trough as given in 

 your issue of Feb. 19. 



In removing the fry from one of the cans I noticed two 

 little fellows that seemed to be .stuck together. On closer 

 examination I was astonished to find them possessing a well 

 developed head apiece, but only one tail in common. They 



frew into one body at a point about midway in their length. 

 'hey could notnaAdgate as gracefully as some of their com- 

 panions, but would lie on the bottoni and take things easy. 

 They are over three weeks old now, but I have no hope that 

 they can hold their own for a very much longer time, as 

 they do not appear very robust. Caxadohta. 



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DOG SHOWS. 



April 14 to 17.— Fourth DoK 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 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 of the Youngstown Kennel Club, at 

 Yonngstiown. O. 



Sept. 14 to 18.— 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 

 Lfixington, N. 0. C. H. Odell, Sec'y, 44 and 46 Wall street, New 

 York city. 



CLEVELAND DOG SHOW. 



THE last show of the circuit has come and gone, the Cleve- 

 land Kennel Club having the honor of bringing up the 

 rear last week. Shows in the Forest City have heretofore 

 been anything but a success, for in the two shows previously 

 held something like $1,500 having been dropped. It was 

 therefore with no little trepidation that the club issued their 

 invitations this spring, and naturally they did not feel very 

 much inclined to go to any extravagance in the way of lulze 

 money and etceteras, I have already given in last week's 

 issue .some particulars of the building and the opening of the 

 show. Contrary to expectations, the crowds poured in and 

 the building every afternoon and evening was comfortably 

 filled, and on Thursday night it \fas especially crowded and 

 with a most respectable gathering, the admission fee being 

 50 cents. The club members were soon in good humor, as 

 they are sure to be well on the right side, and next year 

 promise us a right good show. Among those present whom 

 we noticed were: Miss A. H. Whitne5\ Miss Lancaster, .1. 

 H. Winslow, N. H. Child, Geo. Bell, C. M. Nelles, T. K. Bull, 

 Chas. G. Cook, Jno. R. Daniels, German Hopkins, H. Twj'- 

 ford, J. Shelley Hudson, Major Taylor, C. S. Wixom, Al 

 Eberhart, Howard, Edgar Huidekoper, J. F. Pritchard, .1, 

 E. Dager and Mrs. Dager, B. F. Seitner, Joe Lewis, L. F. 

 Whitman, Jno. Moorhead, Mrs. Nicholson, Chas, R. Difi'en- 

 derffer, B. P. Cody, E. Probert, Jno. Poag, E. H. Morris, 

 George Thomas, Ben Lewis, Fred Kirby, etc. Mr. L. P. 

 Whitman, of Chicago, superintended the show, and though 

 things were rather muddled at first, owing to the delay of 

 benching, everything soon worked in good order, and a very 

 enjoyable show was the result. The only drawback was the 

 entrance spoken of last week. This will be improved 

 another year, but more of this in "Dog Chat." Mr. C. M. 

 Munhall bore the brunt of the show on his shoulders, and as 

 secretary he had to arrange everything with little or no help 

 from the others of the club, in fact, Mr, Robison, the presi- 

 dent, and a model one he is, and Mr. Munhall were the only 

 club officials with whom any one had any dealings. One 

 pleasant feature of the show was the entire absence of 

 "kickers," decisions being received with that spirit of com- 

 placency which tends to make the judge have a good opinion 

 of him.self. 



Judging did not commence till about 2 P. M. Tuesday, 

 and the awards up to the time of our going to press were 

 published in last week's issue. Our task will be an easy one 

 this week, as many of the winners have already been de- 

 scribed. As only two small rings were provided, judging 

 was not completed till Thursday morning, black andlans 

 and the spaniels having been left over till a good light could 

 be had. Spratts Co. fed and benched in their usual good 

 style, and by the way, we may mention the fact that an en- 

 tirely clean set of benches had been sent on from New York 

 for this shov7, .so that the fears of some o I; the exhilritors 

 that it followed too close on the Chicago show for the health 

 of the dogs, were groundless. The names of the judges 

 will, as usual, be found at the head of the breed criticised. 



MASTIPF.S- (B. W. LACij. 



The classes were poorly represented on the whole. The 

 open classes are the criterion to go by as to the ciuality dis- 

 played in any breed. Ilford Chancellor and |Lady Coleus 

 were present in their resfjective challenge clas.ses. The bitch 

 needs some little attention now, and the end of the circuit 

 must be welcomed by these dogs, though they have cer- 

 tainly .stood it well. In dogs I found nothing but Ormonde, 

 and 30 withheld everything but first, which fell to the dark 

 dog. Something better came forward in bitches, Caution's 

 Own Daughter repeating her Chicago victory over Pharoah 

 Queen, Miss Caution getting vhc, losing in sixe to the 

 other.' Some fair pupiues were shown, fir.st going to Beau- 

 fort Queen, who boasts a nice body, but head and expression 

 are faulty. She will hardly make a good one unless she im- 

 lirovesin skuU. Second went to Dictator, who, had he been 

 straight in front and not so weak in pasterns, would have 

 been placed first; he has an excellent head and immense 

 bone for his age, about 3mos., judging by the appearance. 

 The decision was a popular one, as this son of Beaufort, if 

 he raises well, hasafuture before him. The others were only 

 fair. Lady Constance, he, lacks substance, and Talisman 

 is faulty in skull and weak in pasterns. Hesper is black- 

 faced. 



ST. BEEKARDS— (MISS A. H. WHITNEY). 



With the cracks out of the way, some of the other kennels 

 have been able to improve their prize records at the Western 

 shows, so it is an ill wind that blows no one any good. 

 There were no challenge roughs entered. In open dogs a 

 fairish class appeared. White Chief, who has been described 

 before, winning ea.sily from Neumann, whose best points 

 are bone and skull, muzzle is light, good coat, is a bit 

 straight behind, but is a dog that shows a good deal of 

 quality, Cherokee Bruce, reserve, beats Chequasset II, in 

 head and markings, for the latter has a snipy muzzle, lacks 

 blaze, is light in body and a bit .straight in stifles and out of 

 coat; bone and skull good. Mox, hc.,is light-colored and 

 no shadings, light in eye and poor expression. Odin is too 

 short-faCed, sour in expre.s,sion , and faulty in pasterns. 

 Major, also he, is long in ear, light in body and rather slab- 

 sided. Republican Belle repeated her Chicago win with less 

 competition, lo being her nearest opponent; both were at 

 Chicago. Prudence, reserve, owes this to her want of flesh. 

 Victory, c, is a pretty dog but not a St. Bernard, like an 

 overgrown setter with St. Bernard markings. In puppies 

 Mount Zion Guy, who has a promising future before him, 

 and especially so were he belton colored, again beat his ken- 

 nel mate Noble who was reported on at Boston. Lion, re- 

 serve, I did not see. Tim H., vhc, is long and narrow- 

 headed, no blaze, curly-coated, and is weak in pasterns. 

 Albert and Charley were nicely marked small ones. Victor 

 Joseph, as before, beat Lord Hector in smooth challenge 

 dogs, and Empress of Contoocock had little difficulty in 

 disposing of that nice little piece of quality Thisbe in size, 

 head and bone. Open dogs were rather good, not taking 

 into consideration Watch at all; he stands alone in such a 

 class. Lord Clifton, from Baltimore, who was described in 

 my report of that show, took the red ribbon, and this bemust 

 esteem honor suflScient to such a dog as the first prize winner. 

 Count Laszio, reserve, has a long, plain, bloodhoundy head, 

 is a bit straight behind^ but has a good body and plenty of 



size. Cato, Jr., has a poor-expressioned, long head and ex- 

 cellent front, but it is faulty behind. Keystone Monarch is 

 also too long in head, turns his feet out, has good bone and 

 nice coloring, but is wretchedly straight and weak in hind- 

 legs. Barry de Berne, c, has "a small, suipy-muzzled head, 

 good front, but is peculiarly ticked all over in body like a 

 Xiointer. Prince Wentworth has a nice shaped head, but is 

 spoiled by a light eye. Two old friends in Alpine Queen and 

 Reka took the prizes in the bitch class, the latter, while 

 having a better head, stands A'ery much bowed in front, and 

 is small, the other being far ahead in bone and body, 



BLOODHOTJSDS, &KEAT DANES, ETC.— (H, W. L.A,CY). 



A fair specimen of a bloodhound was shown in Bruno, 

 rather coarse, head of good length and formation, but lack- 

 ing wrinkle; good bone and leather. The Newfoundland 

 shown was one of those curly apologies, and the prize was 

 rightlj' withheld by Miss Whitney. Melac was absent and 

 so was Imperator, though entered in the great Dane division. 

 In the open class two poor ones and one very moderate speci- 

 men in Csesar, Jr., showed up, and after the grand display 

 at Chicago it would have been an outrage to award a first; 

 so the judge gave Ceesar second and withheld other mentions. 

 Caesar has a fair head, but is all wrong in body and tail; the 

 others were rank bad 'uns. The Horn ell-Harmony Kennels 

 showed their two wolfhounds, and A-^aldimir beat his kennel 

 mate Princess Irma, better now in ribs, head and body 

 development; both want more flesh, and need a little "kitf- 

 ding to," as "Cheerful Horn" puts it. 



FOXHOUSDS— (MA.JOR TAYLOR). 



An excellent showing of the improved American type, the 

 Cook Kennels being strongly represented. Brave and A. Bern- 

 hardt took care of the challenge classes. In dogs Roderick 

 beat Drum II., reserve going to Trolla, a bit out in front and 

 coarse in shoulder, shown in excellent condition. Jolly .Joe, 

 faulty in head, throaty and rather light in. muzzle, and stern 

 carried wrong, vhc. Brave Boy, c, is only fair. In bitches 

 two from the Cook Kennels, Fly and Fanny, were placed as 

 named, with Primrose he, too fine in muzzle, a little out in 

 front and small sized. A rather good shaggy hound was 

 .shown, this is a true shag and partakes much of the type of 

 an otterhound, excepting the ears. 



GREYHOUNDS— (H. W. LACi'). 

 Mr. Thayer's entries in deerhounds were all ab.sent. In 

 greyhounds Gem of the Season and Harmony were on hand 

 to instil a little quality into the display, which, with the 

 exception of the winners, was very poor. Jolly Ranger out- 

 classed any thing in the open dog" class, he was at Chicago, 

 and Cyclone, given c, second withheld, is altogether too 

 much of a good thing, nearly as big as Chief fc;iin, the deer- 

 hound, but fairly well formed. Lady Clare proved herself 

 the winner over Lady Olivia in the bitch class, losing in 

 front, bone and quarters. 



POINTERS— (.7. H. WINSLOW). 

 This was Mr. Winslow's first appearance in the ring this 

 year, though I knoM"- he has been invited. His judging 

 proved more careful and satisfactory than any yet done in 

 this breed throughout the circuit, and this proved to be the 

 opinion of most of those who exhibited. In heavy dogs 

 (challenge) the heavily-fronted Pontiac beat the coarse- 

 headed Lord Graphic in head, body, bone and hind parts, 

 Revel III. also accounting for Belle Randolph with some- 

 thing in hand. In the light-weight challenge Triljulat.on 

 again shut out the hopes of Launcelot, and the decision 

 seemed popular. Sally Brass II. was alone in her division; 

 all these dogs have been so repeatedly gone over that exhib- 

 itors, reporters and the public need a rest. Count Graphic 

 was picked out as the winner in heavy-weight dogs, Ijoast- 

 ing a niceish head, though light in eye, is a bit faulty be- 

 hind, but has good legs and feet. Shotmaster I spoke of 

 last week; he came second, with Luck of Idstone reserve, as 

 at Chicago, Trinket's Coin, faulty in .'skuU and shoulder, 

 vhc, as was Col. PurcelFs Jupiter. ' I am nob sure about the 

 latter name, as the entries from this kennel were telegraphed 

 and no names given. Barry H. is throaty, faulty in muzzle, 

 open in feet, but has a good body. Rex might be better in 

 muzzle and feet, but legs Hre good; these were all he. In 

 bitches Nell of Idstone, third at Chicago, was the winner, 

 second going to Wyanett, who loses in head, eye and bone 

 to the other. Pride of Idstone, reserve, got a little more 

 than she deserved; her faults were detailed la.st week. 

 Cicely, in the vhc. division, is well knowTi, and Purcell's 

 entry, poor in head, was also in this lot, as was also Jinnie, 

 bad in front, good head, but shown in poor shape. Minnie- 

 ha-ha, he, has a long, plain head, good ribs and loin, and 

 nice front; ought to have been higher up. Nellie, also he, 

 had a litter of pups, and I failed to see her. In dogs under 

 5,51bs., Ossining beat Ius[iiration again; their merits and de- 

 merits have been fully de.?cril>ed. Yellow Dot:!-:, i-eserve, is 

 light in loin, faulty in skull, but boasts some nice legs and 

 feet. In the vbo/division June is a poor one, light and 

 shelly, and wrong in muz/Je. Rock II. is now well known, 

 Purcell's entry is snipy in muzzle, body not well ribbed, 

 faulty in feet and iiasterns. In the he. lot came Springbok, 

 whom I noticed last week, and who might have had another 

 letter. Graphic Duke is wide in skull, and Wonderf nl Lad 

 lacks a well-ribbed body, is fairly good in front, is a bit 

 broad in skull. In bitches Miss Meally, v.-ell known, won 

 nicely over Trinket S. in head, cleanness of throat, legs and 

 feet. Lady Graphic is quite her equal, reserve. Phantom, 

 vhc, was at Chicago, and so was Fan Fan, Lord GJraphic's 

 Gem, he, loses in ribs, has a fair head, legs and feet, and 

 Karle is heavy in shoulders and bad in feet, head fair, 

 though ears are faulty. In dog puppies Dictator was again 

 a winner, with Spot second, feet turn out, but he has a nice 

 head, reserve going to Rex, a well-built young.ster showing 

 good bone, Cleo won in bitches, is a bit dished-faced, nice 

 skull, and good bone, legs and feet. Dixie, second, loses in 

 head and is straight in stifles. The classes throughout were 

 well filled, and in the small ring it was no easy matter to 

 place the dogs. 



ENGLISH SETTERS— (MAJ OK TAYLOR). 

 In these classes the entries were good, but the cj|_uality has 

 been better. In the challenge dog class of course Cincinnatus 

 won. Dad Wilson getting the reserve. It is no use going 

 over them again. Bohemian Girl was alone in the bitch 

 division, she has been described fully in these columns, In 

 open dogs Toledo Blade, rather dished-taced and light-eyed, 

 but well made in other respects, excepting that his tail is 

 carried too gaily, won, with Ben Hur of Ri verview occupying 

 the same place as at Chicago, Icses in ribs and chest to the 

 other, but head is better. Edgemark took reserve. Zippo 

 II. is coarse in head, and Don'S. is faulty in head but good 

 in body and legs; Dashing Count, also vhc , has a plain 

 head, is a nicely-bodied dog, but there is lack of quality 

 about him; Benzine, vhc, is not straight in coat, not quite 

 straight front, but a nicely-made dog nevertheless; Dad 

 Wilson, .Jr., is wrong in stop and wide in front, nice body, 

 legs and feet; Redstone, he, coat not straight enough, nice 

 head, but, like his kennel mate, not true in front. The bitch 

 class was a large one. Lady Zoe proving the winner, her head 

 is her worst part, being a well-built bitch; Lilly Hill, second, 

 is Roman-nosed, and at times stands quite bowed in front 

 and out at elbows. Tube Rose, reserve, much better in this 

 respect, but long and straight-faced and faulty in quarters. 

 Stell, vhc , has a nice head, and should have been higher up; 

 and Albert's Nellie, that has been winning a good deal 

 lately, could do no better i:.han vhc. Daisy B. has a poor 

 head, is light in bone and straight behind; Susan B. is coarse 

 throughout, but stands on good legs and feet, and Sunshine 

 loses in muzzle what she gains in .skull; these were all given 

 vhc. In the he. lot Patti Gladstone II. is too short in muz- 

 zlej not straight in front, and is small-sized; Lady Pitt I did 



