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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 9, 1891« 



Anglers are fa jolly set, and like to tell jokes on each 

 other, eyen if in doing ao they have to compromise them- 

 selves a little. Let me tell you a little joke that will be 

 news to some of the paxties interested. You will have 

 to decide for yourself who the joke was on. L. S. Barin 

 (U. S. Marshal, and an angler of the fu-st water), Rob 

 Roy McGregor (the boss salmon fisher of Oregon), G. A. 

 Van Derbeck (the champion lazy man of Oregon) and 

 your- humble servant took a trip up to Willamette Falls 

 at the oi>ening of the present salmon season just to see if 

 their majesties wpx'e ready to opsn the ball. Of course 

 none of us anticipated any particular sport, but we 

 wanted to find out whether the salmon had got the salt 

 washed olf their tails enoiigh to rise. Understand, how- 

 ever, we were rising spoons, not flies. 



At about the second cast made by Van, he succeeded 

 iu hooking and landing a fifteen-pounder. Then Mac 

 landed a beauty, which ended the salmon catching for 

 that day so far as our crowd was concerned. 



Things were getting intei'esting for me, for I knew 

 \'"an and McGregor well enough to know that if I should 

 not get a fish I would be compelled to endure their sym- 

 pathy all the way home; and it seems that they fairly 

 boil over with expressions of sympathy when they can 

 get the unfortunate iu a crowd. I knew that everybody 

 aboard the steamer would know that I did not catch a 

 solitary fish. So 1 felt the necessity of having a fish and 

 good one. 



It is beyond my understanding why the lazy, careless 

 fisherman should be so lucky. The more anxious I be- 

 came the less chance there seemed to be for me to get a 

 strike. I got desperate and went around to a big I'ock 

 opposite my enemies, where the chubs were thick and 

 hungry enough to take a spoon, knife and fork. A boy 

 came along and added to my misery by sympathizing. 

 Some way tliia sympathy racket don't set well with an 

 angler who prides himself on his accomplishments. At 

 any rate, i informed him that his mother wanted him 

 and went on with my vain labor. A happy thought 

 sti'uck mc, and calling the boy back I asked him if he 

 wanted four bits. Unlike most boys, lie did. Then and 

 there we entered into a contract. He was to go up 

 where the old Indian was scoojjing salmon out from under 

 the falls and get, at least, as big a fish as Van's and land 

 it behind my rock, unobserved. The old Indian gave 

 him the finest one he had and it was duly deposited. 

 The first big chub that struck my spoon completed the 

 progi-amme, and after making a great pretense of playing 

 him 1 jumped down behind the rock, dragged the loafer 

 in, reached over and picked up the salmon and held him 

 up for the other fellows to admire. Barin did not get a 

 salmon that day; but A^an and McGregor did not have an 

 opportunity to waste any sympathy on me. Barin has 

 the best record for a single day's catch, however, he hav- 

 ing lauded 45 salmon with hook and Hue in one day. 



It is unfortunate that the full-grown Ohinools, Colum- 

 bia River and blue-back salmon of this coast will not rise 

 to the fly, but the young are voracious fly- eaters and f ur-^ 

 nish fine sport, S. H. G'reenb. 



POETLAND, Oregon, June 12. 



Menmt 



ILLINOIS FISHCULTURE. 



WE have the report of the Fish Commissioners oi ILlinois 

 for the period from Oct. 1, 1888, to Sept. 30, 1890. 

 The Commissioners record a great increase in fish distribu- 

 tion and a growing interest m the enforcement of protective 

 laws and the establishment of fish ways. The cooperation of 

 the various fishing clubs and all otliers interested in fish 

 UTotection throughout the State has been productive of grati- 

 fying results. 



In this State the rescue of Oshes, which are h^ftiu tiie 

 overflows by fi-eshets. is a priiuipal leature. The U. s. Pish 

 Commission has aided iu this work by sendiug its ears and 

 messengers to_couduct the atilizatiou of such flshes on a 

 large scale. The distribution has been limited chiefly to 

 breeding fish ranging iu length from four to fourteen Inches 

 and consequently past all dangers of youth. The expense of 

 this method is comparatively trifling and the results very 



freat. During 1890 bass and croppie were the species pre- 

 ominating in the distribution. ''Some idea of the number 

 of fish that must perish annually may be had when it is 

 known that from one point of operation alone, namelv, along 

 the Wabash Railway, opposite Meredosia, where the over- 

 flow of the Illinois River covers thousands of acres when at 

 its height, but which, when the river falls within its banks, 

 is drawn down into a series of lakes and flats covering but a 

 few acres, we took during this last season over thirty car 

 loads of game fish for distribution besides hundreds of 

 thousands of fish which were put into the river itself." At 

 the time of writing this report the place was perfectly dry, 

 so that if the fish had been left there they must all have died. 

 In twelve days time 441,700 fish were put into the river near 

 Rapids City, HI., by a party under the direction of Mr. D. J. 

 Webb. 



The Illinois River has been the scene of .a great amount of 

 illegal fishing, and the problem of enforcing protective 

 laws has been a difficult one, but by the appointment of fish 

 wardens and with the enei-getic help of the Fox River Fish 

 and Game Association, together with a growing public 

 sentiment in favor of the protection of fish, great work has 

 been accomplished. Mr. Geo. E. Cole, president of the Fox 

 River Association, has given personal attention to the in- 

 spection of dams, and through his cooperation and that of 

 his representatives a good flshwav has been placed in every 

 dam on Fox River in the State of Illinois. Other obstruc- 

 tions have been overcome in the same w^ay. The report 

 contains a list of f oui teen fish and game clubs, all of which 

 have contributed to the cause of fish protection. In May, 

 1889, 11,400,000 pike-perch were deposited in public waters in 

 Illinois by the U. S. Fish Commis.sion, and in May, 1890, 

 upward of 7,000,000 more were planted in similar waters. 

 Illinois has thirty -two fis!-i wardens, and the Commissioners 

 testify to the value of their work. The railroads, as usual, 

 have rendered valuable assistance in handling fish, especi- 

 ally the Chicago, Burlington &■ Quincy, and the Wabash. 

 The appropriation for 1889 was S7,500. 



Illustrations from photographs show the method of gath- 

 ering fish for distribution, and are supplemented by cuts of 

 the black bass, calico bass, croppie, rock bass and pike 

 perch. The appendix contains a valuable article on the 

 food relations of fresh-water fishes, by Prof. S. A. Forbes, 

 reprinted from the Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory 

 of IS'atural History. 



Sunday Train to Momence. -The Chicago & Eastern Illinois 

 Eailroad olaced in service June 14 a Sunday train between Chicago 

 and Momenoe, leaving Chicago at 8:3,3 A. M., and returnio^; leave 

 Momenca at &13 P. M.. thus affording anglers a fine opportunity 

 to spand a day on the Kankakee River, -^S^l-y. 



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 SHOWa 



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

 Youngstown. O. 



Sept. 8 to ll.-First Annual Dog Show of the Hamilton Keuuel 

 Club, at Hamilton, Ont. 



Sept. 14 to 18.— Toronto Industrial Exhibition Association Third 

 Internationa] Dog .Show, at Toronto. C. A. Stnne, Sec'y and Sunt. 



Sept. 22 to 25.— Inaugural Do? Show of the Montreal Exposition 

 Company, at Montreal, Canada. 



^Sept. 29 to Oct. 1.— Third Annual Dog Show, in connection with 

 the Central Canada Fair, at Ottawa, Ont. Alfred Geddes, Supt. 



im. 



Jan. 18 to 14.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Soutb Carolina 

 Kennel Association, at Columbia, S. C. F. F. Capers, Secretary, 

 Greenville, S. C. 7 j, 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 2.— Inaugural Trials of the United States Field Trial Club, 

 at BtckneU, Ind. P. T. Madison, Secretary. 



Nov. 18.— Eastern Field Trials Club's Thirteenth Annual Trials, 

 at High Point, N. C. Members' Stake Nov. 12. W, A. Coster, 

 Se''retarv. 



Nnv. 30.— Central S^eld Trial Club's Third Annual Trials, at 

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

 York city. 



Dec. 14.— Pliiladelphia Kennel Club's Field Trials. Charles E. 

 Connell, Secretary. 



THE GREYHOUND ELCHO, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Elcho's sire is a strongly-made, good-sized brindle, his dam 

 a beautiful fawn bitch that has won at a large bench show. 

 After careful examination I chose Elcho when six weeks 

 old from a large litter. He was reared A'ery carefully and 

 all his life has shown many qualities for which I most e.s- 

 teein him and for which I consider him valuable as a stud 

 dog, viz., sound make up in general, good health, unu.sual 

 stamina, and Avhen grown, remarkable speed. 



When a puppy he met with an accident which rendered 

 one ear somewhat thicker, the dog consequently ha^dng less 

 control over it when raised. Though under daily observa- 

 tion by me. I have never once seen his ears "stand erect like 

 a rabbit's," and the ditt'erence between the one ear and the 



both in England and America, possibly I may be entitled to 

 an opinion. During that time I have learned many things 

 about dogs and men. I regard the dog to-day as a model of 

 honesty, straightforwardness, fidelity and affection. During 

 this long period no dog of the many I have had has ever 

 turned round upon me, which ismore than I can say of all my 

 friends of the kennel world. Another conviction I have to- 

 day is that life is too short for controversies. Thev do little 

 or no good, but infinite harm. This communication is not 

 meant to be a part of any controversy or a reply to any one, 

 but a plain unvarnished tale with a few opinions of a stu- 

 dent of nature in general and the dog in particular tacked 

 on. As a student of science I can understand the value of 

 discussions in a calm, dispassionate spirit, but neither by 

 nature nor by training have I any sympathy with the auto- 

 crat, whether he would be at the head of an empire or of 

 the kennel world. I deeply regret the biekeringrs and bitter- 

 ness that prevails among so many that are devoted to man's 

 best friend; and I am sorry that any dog that I am so for- 

 tunate as to own should have been the stibject of a sort of 

 discussion which I think is to be deplored; nor should one 

 word have appeared in print from me did it not recur that 

 if 1 did not state certain facts, two respectable judges and 

 esteemed men might in someway sufiler. 



Elcho I like, and his regard for me seems to have greatly 

 increased since I rescued him as often as an adherence to 

 necessary rules would permit, from the unnatural surround- 

 ings of bench show life during the last Canadian circuit. I 

 therefore am very glad that the dog at least is quite uncon- 

 scious of all this feeling between the superior (?) animals. 



Wesley Mills, M.D. 



Montreal, Canada. 



IRISH SETTER TYPE. 



Editor ForcHt and Stream: 



In your Issue of May 25, under "Dog Chat," I notice some 

 remarks relative to Irish setters with whichi cordially agree. 

 It is not difficult to guess who the loremost breeder of 

 "reds" is to whom you allude, and I quite indorse his opinion 

 that "importing dogs is not sure to improve the breed," es 

 pecially, I may add, when they are imported in the hap 

 hazard, unintelligent way in which they have been lately. 

 The pure bred Irish setter should, above all else, have a 

 dome-shaped skull, should be fairly long from eyes to nose 

 and square in muzzle. Is thi.s, I ask, the style of animal 

 your people have been importing lately? Certainly not— for 

 to ray knowledge most, if not all, late importations have 

 heads as flat as fox-terriers and muzzles like collies: hut 

 worse even than this, some of them are the progeny of an 

 animal which is iu no sense an Irish setter, an animal as 



ROUGH-COATED ST. BERNARD PRINCM REGENT.-Ow ned nv Mk. W. C. liiiitK, New Yokk Gjty. 



other is due I believe entii'ely t o iht^ iujm;> .sustained. El- 

 cho's record ou the bench i.« as follows: V he. at Ottawa a 

 year ago last fall under J. Utis F'ellowa, when a yearling 

 puppy; first at Kingston last year under the same jiidge; 

 second at Ottawa under H. W. Cacy; shown at Toronto and 

 received no recognition, C. H. Mason judge: entered for New 

 York, but withdrawn when it was ascertained that the 

 judge was to adjudicate ou dogs he had himself owned for 

 years till a few weeks before the show. 



Numerous statements, false as to facts, have appeared 

 among other misrepresentations in the English Stocli- 

 Kecper, both as regards Elcho and his owner, in letters 

 signed "Nutcracker." Statements have recently appeared 

 in Forest and Stream, both in regard to Elcho and his 

 owner, which are not true to fact and are oft'ensive in spirit, 

 and notwithstanding that corrections of some of these have 

 been made from several sources, the author of these state- 

 ments has not as yet in any way alluded to this. 



As Mr. Fellows, when judging, feels his dogs very care- 

 fully all over, he probably discovered the true nature of 

 Elcho's ear defect — i. e., the thickening, etc. 



Mr. Lacy compared Elcho carefully with the other dogs 

 at Ottawa last year, and impressed me at that show and 

 ever since I have known him as a competent, fair-minded 

 judge and kindly, peace-loving man. As the judge at To- 

 ronto never laid a hand on Elcho, he could not but be ignor- 

 ant of many of his qualities, including the real condition of 

 his ears. 



Thus much for the facts and the history of the dog. A 

 few words as to opinions. I do not consider Elcho a grey- 

 hound of the highest class, like Gem of the Season; he is 

 small, and this alone would keep him out of the very front 

 rank as a bench .show specimen; however, he is a good little 

 one and has been mttch admired. His quali Sedations for stud 

 purposes have already been alluded to. So far as I know, 

 the ear peculiarity is not either hereditary or congenital; 

 for though I have seen both sire and dam many times, their 

 ears always seemed to be carried perfectly. Elcho has a head 

 that could be improved some, though it suits his whole 

 make-up very well; his teeth are excellent and meet evenly, 

 his front is good, legs and feet excellent, the forelegs being 

 remarkably good; neck, shoulders, back, spring of ribs, loin 

 and quarters good; lower thigh not developed enough; ehest 

 might be deeper, but is capacious. Muscling extra good, 

 especially as to quality (hardness), which is natural — /. e., 

 he does not grow soft when not in constant ti'ainiug; move- 

 ments and character much above the average; quality con- 

 siderable; ears defective, one slightly larger and thicker in 

 texture than the other, to be explained by the injury that it 

 sustained; carriage usually good, but at times wrong to a 

 variable degree, which interferes with his expression, and 

 should be penalized, but as 1 understand "Stonehenge," 

 cannot disqualify or put the dog back appreciably except in 

 close competition. 



Such is my own opinion of the dog, and as I have been 

 breeding dogs and other animals since my boyhood, i. e., 

 for more than thirty years, and stixdied bench show dogs 



Ugly as it WL'li coulil lif, wit h a great big Mat head and no 

 color. No^v, f>u, T maintain that the reckless importation 

 and advertising of so-called Irish setters of this .-itump can- 

 not fail to cause untold injury to Irish Setters in America, 

 and it must take years to undo the mischief and wipe out 

 the stain; no matter how pure bred may be the .sire or dam 

 on one side, one cannot expect success from a cross with im- 

 pure stock on the other. 



If these few remarks should be the means of turning the 

 attention of Irish setter breeders to the mistake they are 

 making in breeding to or from anything but pure bred ani- 

 mals of correct type, then my object in writing to you will 

 have been accomplished. 



Robert O Callauhan, Chaplain R. M. L. I. 



BoBSTA House, Rochester, England. 



"DOGS OF THE DAY."— We have received from the Ar- 

 totype Publishing Co. the first number of a publication en- 

 titled "Portraits of Dogs of the Day," which cannot fail to 

 interest all owners of good dogs. The work is issued monthly, 

 and each number will contain the portraits and de.9criptions 

 of four dogs. The pictures are large artotype prints— iu 

 other words, photographs in printer's ink — and the text is 

 furnished by Mr. H. W. Lacy. Having said so much we may 

 feel sure that both portraiture and description are well done; 

 the sun is the artist, and he neither flatters nor discriminates 

 again.st his subject, while Mr. Lacy's good judgment and 

 fairness are well known. The first number of the "Portraits" 

 contains pictures of the ma.stiff Caution's Own Daughter, 

 the English setter Count Howard, the rough-coated St. Ber- 

 nard Sir Bedivere, and a group of Mr. Comstock's quaint 

 little Japanese spaniels. Each portrait is accompariied by 

 a page of text. These are all typical specimens, and render 

 the first number very attractive. No lover of a good dog 

 will look at this work without feeling a desire to po.ssess it. 

 The .size of the plates is 14xllin., and the prints vary in size 

 from 7x9in. to SxlO. The paper is heavy and rich "and the 

 whole aspect of the work artistic, and the twelve numbers 

 will make a luxiulous volume. The price is $1 per number, 

 or $10 for the year (12 numoers).— G. 



Forest asu Streaji. Box 3.833. N. T. city, has descriptive illus- 

 trated circulars of W. B. Leangwell'H book, "Wild Fowl Shoot- 

 ing," which will be mailed tree ou request. The book is pro- 

 nounced by "Nanit," "Gloan" "Dick Swiveller," "Sybillene" and 

 otber competent authorities to be the best treatise on the subject 

 extant. 



Frank Miller's Harxess Dressing is used in the stables of 

 the White House at Wabhtngton, and has been for years the 

 favorite preparation in our first class stables. If you have not 

 tried it do so at once and you will never afterward use any other 

 harness dressing.- ^dj;, 



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

 free on app Ilea Dion a descriptive circular of Mr. Grlnnell'a book, 

 "Pawnee iIex*o Stories and Folk-tales," giving a table of coutentji 

 andapeolmen illustratioQS from the volume.— ^du. 



