Jan. U, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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become greatly prolonged and curved, the teeth enlarged, 

 the fins thick and frayed, the skin thick and slimy and 

 covered with blotches of various colors. In this stage of 

 existence they are known as kelte. 



Eed-eted BuTiAM were distributed in Pennsylvania bv 

 the U. S. Fish Commission in the season of 1890-'91. The 

 fish was described in our ''Black Bass Supplement" July 

 21. 1890; it is known in the South as the war-mouth, and 

 in soiub localities as the black sunfisb. This is a haud- 

 some game fish, growing to the length of one foot, and 

 strongly resembling the rock bass. The plants iu Penn- 

 sylvania aggregated 575 fish and were made at Waverly, 

 N.Y., Callicoon,Lackawaxen, Pert Jervi?, Eastern, Allen- 

 town, Harrisburg and Lancaster. It is probable that 

 some reek bass or red-eye perch were in the distribution, 

 but the red-eye of Quuicy , 111., from whence the supply 

 was obtained", is usually the war mouth. Many anglers 

 prefer this species to the rock bass. 



MARYLAND POND CULTURE. 



11/fB, A. W. SMITH, of Wheaton P. O, Montgomery 

 ItIL county, Md,, has met with considerable success in 

 breeding and rearing carp, goldfish find a few rainbow trout. 

 He expects to stock a pond with rock bass (A nibloplitcs) as 

 soon as he can get the fish. The idea is to have a l^rge pond 

 for these fish and to let fishing privileges to hook and line 

 fishermen. The goldfish are sold here in "Washington at 

 ten to fifteen cents each for the common ones. The carp, for 

 the most part, are sold as food to m ighboring farmers. Mr. 

 Smith has a novel way of freeing the carp of mud. For this 

 purpose he uses large packing boxes, sinking them in a 

 .stream of spring water, in which the fish are kept until fit 

 for the table. After this simple treatment he says they are 

 pronounced the equal of shad. Great annoyance and loss is 

 caused by the predatory uigbt heron, the w»ter snake and 

 other enemies of young fish, but, notwithstanding these, Mr. 

 Smith has a good busmes, started on a small scale. 



PENNSYLVANIA BROOK TROUT— Since our last ac- 

 count of the trout work at Allentown, Pa., we have received 

 additional information about the success of Superintendent 

 (Jreveling in the culture of brook trout. There are now in 

 the hatchery 1,600,000 eggs. The collecting season closed 

 about Dec. 20, when a number of gravid females remained 

 to be stripper), but the work was discontinued because of 

 unfavorable wpather. The warm rains raised the tempera- 

 ture of the water so high as to make it necessary to run more 

 water over the screens than ever before, in order to keep the 

 eges in the lower gjwt of the troughs from ^mothering. The 

 troughs of one hatching house ar.^aearly filled with fry, aDd 

 Mr. Creveliug will begin in a few days tofeed the young that 

 were hatched out first. From th Allentown and Corry 

 stations the Pennsylvania Commission expects to distribute 

 about 3,000,000- brook trout fry during the present year. 



Dogs: Their Management and Treatment in Disease, B% 

 Ashmont. Price $3. Kennel Record and Account BooU. 

 Price p. Training vs. Breaking. By S. T. Hammond. 

 Price $1. First Lessons in Dog Training, with Points o i 

 all Breeds. Price 60 cents. 



FIXTURES. 



(For fuller details see issue of Jan. 7.) 

 DOG SHOWS. 



Jan. 18 to 16.— Columbia, S. Oi F. F. Capers, Greenville, Sec'y. 



Jan. 21 to 25.— Eltnira. Sr. Y. O. A. Rowm.y,n, Sec'v. 



Feh. 9 to 12.— Chicago, 111. John L. Lincoln, Jr.. Sec'y. 



Feb. 16 to 19.— Jacfcprin. Mich. Oha*. H. Ruhl. Seo'y, 



Feb. 23 to 26.— New York. James Mortimer, Sunt. 



Marc*- 1 to L— Philadelphia, Pi. F. S. Brown, S*c-'?. 



March 8 to 11.— Washington, D. C. F. S.Webster, 733 B'way,N.Y. 



March 15 to 18 —Pittsburgh, Pa W. E. LHtell. Sec'y. 



April 7 to 10 —Boston, Mass. E. H Mom's, Sec'y. 



April 20 < o 213 —Lop Angeles, C*l. C. A.. Sumner, Sec'y. 



May & to 1— San Francisco, Cal. Frank J. Silvey, Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 Jan. 18— Pad fie F'eW Trials, B*ker«viUe, Cal. 

 , — .Southern Field Trials, New Albany, Miss, 



CHARLESTON DOG SHOW. 



THE years appear to roll round pretty quickly now-a-days 

 and it seems but a matter of weeks since 1 journeyed 

 down to this Southern city the corresponding week of last 

 year. Then the gathering of fanciers in both dog and 

 chicken departments was a large one, but this year's exhi- 

 bition was merely an echo of the other. There were no 

 familiar faces in the show ring and the long trip from the 

 North was hardly worth while taking to judge so small an 

 entry. 



The Charleston people, while anxious to promote a "dogly " 

 interest in the South, hardly go the right way about it. 

 Prizes of g5 in the challenge class and $3 and $3 in the open 

 with a $2 entry fee, will not draw the Northern dogs unless 

 there is a. circuit where better money is held out, and they 

 can take, this show on their wav, as was the case last year. 

 To provide challenge classes divided by sex for every breed 

 is a farce at such a show. If they really wish to get the en- 

 tries they must give the most money iu the open classes, and 

 considering the" circumstances and the distance from the 

 kennels where most of the challenge entries arelocated, it is 

 hardly worth while catering for them to any extent, as they 

 will not come so far. 



There were in all about 65 dogs, but as no catalogue was 

 used it was difficult to get at the exact number. Tbe show 

 was held in the German Artillery Hall, Jan. 5 to 9. The 

 secretary, D. Mclnness, Jr., had all the dogs benched by 

 Tuesday, but the stalls were not numbered, though each dog 

 had its proper tag on the collar. The benching was rather 

 of the old style, low on the ground, but instead of solid 

 partitions a frame-works of thick slats were put up. This 

 benching the clnb owns and it is so arranged that it can be 

 taken apart with little difficulty.. Several well-known faces 

 were to be seen among the dogs. The Irish setter Laura B,, 

 pointers Spot Sting and Rosa May, Scotch terriers Rosie 

 and Pansy, etc. Several dogs were entered from the North, 

 but up to "the time I left they had not put in an appearance. 



President Ross A. Smith, Dr. Mcluness, J. Alwyn Ball, 

 the treasurer, and others were around the show continually 

 all ready to lend their courteous help either with the poultry 

 or the dogs. The poultry roosted iu the main hall upstairs 

 and the dog show was set out in a room ou the ground floor 

 The judging ring was outside the building in a grass yard. 

 In waiting for the Northern dogs, judging did not com- 

 mence till 2:30 P. M. and was concluded about 3 P. M, Mr. 

 H. W. Lacy was the judge. 



After the judging was over a mastiff turned up which 

 proved to be Sumter, a son of Berkshire Cautiou, he by 

 Ilford Cautiou. Not a bad little dog, nice skull, muzzle not 

 deep enough, good body and fairly good on his legs. He was 

 the only mastiff shown. 



In St, Bernards the breed was only represented by one 

 poorish specimen, Lady Warwick, a last year's purchase 

 from a Northern invader I believe, though she has a nice 

 body, her poor bone and mean, snipy head put her out for 

 first, and a secoud only was given. 



Newfoundlands had one entry in dogs, Jubilee, who, had 

 he as good a head as he has coat and bone, would do to show 

 anywhere, but, alas, his head is too long and not massive 

 euough: besides this he carries his tai l over his back. He 

 was given first, however. In the next class Carlo, a weed, 

 had to put up with a second only, and he was lucky at that; 

 long faced, weak in pasterns, short of coat and altogether 

 lacking true type he was, though only a pup, a fortunate 

 animal. 



Greyhounds had several entries but nothing that would get 

 more than a c. in the North. In challenge bitches Purity, 

 light in bone, weak in jaw, poor feet, capped hocks, too 

 straight and long in loin, but nicely ribbed, was given the 

 prize— a bloodless victory. In open dogs Flash was alone, 

 and considering his six months the judge was lenient and 

 acknowledged that, barring his open feet, there was nothing 

 really bad about him. Nellie Bly, belonging to the same 

 kennel, in the bitch class, also took a blue ribbon, but she is 

 a poor one, bad feet, lacks rib development, is large in ear, 

 very "long tailed," head fair, aud will also do in loin and 

 quarters. ' Flash won again in the puppy class. 



Pointers came next, and I was glad to see that here was a 

 little more quality. The first was the heavy-weight chal- 

 lenge bitch Rosa, a nearly all white bitch, thick iu skull, 

 good muzzle, gone iu forelegs and straight behind, short 

 tail; a rather coarse, cloddy specimen, showing age. In 

 open dogs, Lodgerman beats Spot D , the second winner, in 

 front, feet and hindlegs, is himself a. little too much cut out 

 before eye, but has not a bid head, though Spot D. has a 

 better. Bob W. is straight behind and altogether too thick 

 aud coarse in head, and is throaty and wide in front. Queen, 

 in bitches, is too cloddy, but has fair legs, though one hind- 

 leg was lame owing to a too close investigation of a mule's 

 business end. In light-weight challenge class, Spot Sting, 

 an old frequenter ot Northern bench shows, was looking 

 well and won. The open dog prize was withheld from 

 a dock tailed all-round bad 'un. That nice bit of pointer 

 flesh Rosa May scored her last win needed to enter the chal- 

 lenge class; she is well known, and though shown a trifle 

 fat was looking well. In puppies two very young ones 

 showed up, Larry B.'s better bead and bone gaining the 

 verdict over bis kennel mate Wash. 



English setters were the next brought out, and the chal- 

 lenge entry was Prince Gladstone. His head is of nice out- 

 line but too short and a mfle thick; his body is a bit cloddy 

 too, aud he is too straight behind; front, coat and ribs are 

 quite good. There were no open dogs, but in bitches two 

 turned lip, and Isold La Belle beat Rosa Brow very much in 

 head, body and front, the latter's quarters also fall away 

 too sharply. 



Irish setters were really the best classes in the show as 

 regards quality. Of course the challenge entry, Laura B.. 

 was a host in herself, and excepting that she was a little 

 above herself in flesh, I never saw her looking better or 

 younger. There were four in open clogs, but Sandy S , nice 

 head, better forelegs aud body, beat Jack Hey ward, who in- 

 clines too much on the large side, and though head is of fair 

 shape, is too coarse. The pup Shamrock, Jr., vhc. ran him 

 close, but his weak pasterns and lack of body development 

 just lost him the red ribbon, Another one was entered but 

 I could not get his name; he is hardly the right color and is 

 a poorly made one. Red Fine Nellie was the only entry in 

 the ladies' division. Her faults are lightness of muzzle and 

 indifferent forelegs, otherwise a fairly good bitch. Sham- 

 rock, Jr. had a narrow squeak for first place in dog .puppy 

 class, as Bruce is quite his equal in every point but 

 just behind shoulder, where he is a bit slack. Iu bitches. 

 Emma, quite a nice one, showing lots of quality, would 

 make a respectable bid for honors in any class. 



Collies had only one dogin the ring, Jock; Dublin Scotilla 

 being absent. The former is thick in skull, ears heavy and 

 not carried right, coat soft and not much undercoat: in fact, 

 although collies seem a favorite breed here, the climate is 

 not such that a heavy or correct -texture of coat can be 

 looked for. In bitches, Woodbine had to give way to a, bitch 

 that was suckling a litter of puppies; Woodbine is one oi the 

 small, short- faced sort of Felch's strain; the winner has a 

 good lengthy head, showing lots of quality, nice legs, a more 

 symmetrical body, and though short of coat, it was of a 

 better sort than the other's; neither bitch has good ears, nor 

 do they get them up properly. 



Then came a long break in the catalogue and one pug was 

 brought in. This was Dandy, with a fair skull and wrinkle, 

 but muzzle much too long, body, trace and legs good, but 

 tail might be much improved. 



Bull-terriers came next, the open dog class winner. Young 

 Nelson, was all white, but head too short and tbick, feet 

 might be better, has a good br dy and legs, but his thick tail 

 is carried altogether too gaily. Sport, the puppy, is quite 

 a passable one, all white, barring a very small patch on the 

 eye; his tail is his worst point. 



The Sunset Kennels had a nice entry of beagles, which 

 seem to be favorites down there. Only one was shown in the 

 clog class, Count, quite a nicely made one. bit flue in muzzle 

 and coat too soft, Tbe same kennel had Flossie, the winner 

 in bitches, she is well known, and since last year has im- 

 proved very much in body; her carriage and action laid over 

 the other two very striking;!} 7 . Mash, second, was better in 

 body than Beulan, who was' too fat and is also beaten in 

 head, as she is rather dish-faced, is wide in front and a bit 

 out at elbow, but has a straighter leg than the other; it was 

 a near thing. Mash also won the puppy prize. 



An old friend appeared in Scotch terriers, Rosie, in 

 challenge bitches, and looking little the worse for her 

 eight years, coat not so hard of course as it might be. In 

 open dogs two promising pups were brought in. Bud Stub- 

 bons, a name suggestive of moonshiner or some other wild 

 Southern law breaker, beats his litter brother Ned Wild in 

 length of head and bone, but is not so straight in front, nor 

 does he carry his tail so well, but his coat is harder. In 

 bitches Queen is quite a nice little bitch, is a bit slack in 

 back and coat is soft, but has nice action and is very smart 

 looking, she afterward ran second to Ned Stubbons in the 

 puppy class, as there was no getting away from his good 

 head. 



Black and tan terriers had no large-sized representative, 

 but quite a neat little toy was shown, weight about 2%\ha., 

 has a head showing little of the "apple" so commonly seen, 

 nice head markings and perfectly marked in legs, with 

 delicate thumb marks and pencilings. I saw its mother 

 and would not give it house room— science of breeding! The 

 rather is a nearly black terrier. 



Italian greyhounds brought up the rear with Vick, a win- 

 ner last year, she shows too much white, but has a fine head 

 and legs, but was shown too fat. In the puppy class a nice 

 little pup of hers, Flossy, was alone and will make a better 

 one than the mother. With the awarding of the specials, 

 which all fell to the Fountain City and Sunset Kennels, the 

 judging ended, not a very laborious job it must be said, but 

 still a very enjoyable one, as considering there were' no 

 numbers on the stalls the ring was smartly served, 



PRIZE LIST. 

 MASTIFFS— A'fif-s.' 1st, O-.E. Davis's Sunjtsr, 



.ST. BERNARDS.— Bitches: 1st, withheld; 2d, M. M. David's 

 i/ady Warwick. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS.-Doffs; 1st, withheld; 2d, E. T. Vieth's 

 Carlo. Bitches: 1st, Capt. O. Halvereon's Jubilee. 



GREYB O CTNDS. — Challenge — Bitches: 1st, J. P. Oartwright's 

 Purhy.— Open— Dogs: 1st, L. Brown's Flash. Bitches: 1st, L. 

 Brown's Nellie Bly. 



POINTERS. — Heavy- weight —Challenge — Bitches: 1st, Foun- 

 tain City Kennels' Rosa.— Open— Dogs: 1st, L. Donir.a's Lodger- 

 man; 2rl, Fountain CHtv Kennels' Spot. D. Veryhiech corn., F. P. 

 Upson's Bob W. Bitches: 1st, L. W. Buaise's Queen.— Light- 

 weight— Challenge - Dogs: 1st. Fountain City Kent els' Hoot 

 Sting.-— Open— Bogs: Prizes withheld. Bitches: 1st, Fountain City 

 Kennels' Rosa May. Puppies: 1st, L. W. Buaise's Larry B. and 

 Wash. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.— Dogs: 1st, Fountain City Kennels' Prince 

 Gladstone. Bitches: 1st, S. K. Prentiss's Isold La Belle; 3d B. Mc- 

 lnness, .Tr.'s Rosa Brown. 



IRISH S ETTER S. — C h allkn ge — Bitches: 1st, Fountain City 

 Kennels' champion Laura B— Open— Docs. 1st. L. Brown's Sandy 

 S.: 'M, W. B. Colson's Jack Hey ward. Very hieh com., L."Rrown's 

 Shamrock, Jr. Com., nam" not given. Bitches: 1st, L. Brown's 

 Red Fine Nelly.— Puppies— Dog*: 1st, L. R'own'a Shamrock, Jr.; 

 2d, H. Hemine, Jr.'s Bruce. Bitclies: 1st, W. P. Colson's Emma. 



COLLIES.-Dog.s: 1st, W. Lowndes' Jock. Bitches; 1st, Alfred 

 Bertling's bitch: 2d, Rosa A. Smith's Woodbine. 



PUGS— 1st, J. L. Simons' Dandy. 



B ITLL • T B R RI R RB.—Dogn : h>t. L, W. Buaise's JYouug Nelson. 

 Puppies: 1st, J ulian Mitchell's Spot. 



BE AOLES.— Dugs: 1st, Loring Brown's Count. Bitches: 1st. 2d 

 and 3d, Loring Brown's Flossie, Mash and Beulah. Puppies: 1st, 

 Loring Brown's Mash. 



SCOTCH TERRIERS- — Challenge — Bitches: 1st, Loring 

 Brown's Rosie.—OFEN— Dogs: 1st, anrl 3<j, Loring Brown's Budd 

 Stubbons and Ned Wild. Bitclies: 1st, Loring Brown's Queen. 

 Puppies: 1st and 21, Loring Brown's Ned Stubbons and Queen. 



BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS. — 1st, J. M. Miller's Grover. 



ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS.— Bite/ics: 1st,. Mrs. W. L. White's 

 Vick. Puppies: 1st, Mrs. W. L. White's Flossie. 



SPECIALS. 



Best kennel of pointers, J. P. Car'wright's (Fountain C'ty Ken- 

 nels). Best kennel of beagles, Loring Brown's (Sunset Kennels). 

 Best kennel of Scotch terriers, Luring Brown's (Sunset Kennels). 

 Best kennel in show of all breeds. Fountain City rs.ennels' 

 pointers. Best dog or bitch in sporting classes. Fountain City 

 Kennels' champion Law* B, Best, dog or bitch in non-sporting 

 classes, Sunset Kennels' Rosie. 



ALBANY DOG SHOW. 



THIS show opened Jan. 5. in the Academy of Music, Al- 

 bany, N. Y. While the quality of tbe dogs present and 

 the number benched— 175— should have made an interesting 

 exhibition, it was altogether marred by the inexperienced 

 management. It is one thing to run a poultry show, but 

 quite another to assume the management and proper 

 arrangement of a dog show. This, no doubt, Mr. Rocken- 

 styre,"tbe ostensible superintendent of the Albany sbow, 

 will now admit. As far as I could learn, the superintend- 

 ing ceased as soon as the dogs arrived. Even tbe express 

 people were told not to bring the dogs to the building 

 on Monday, as they would not be received, and the poor 

 animals had to remain in their crates till Tuesday. The 

 dogs were not numbered and not a dotr had a tag on, nor did 

 not have during the sbow. Tbe judge's book was not made 

 up, and this duty devolved afterward upon Mr. Farley; in 

 fact, everything pertaining to the running of the dog depart- 

 ment seemed to fall upon this man, even to the supplying 

 of the benching and the feeding of the dogs. The manage- 

 ment charged $3 entry fee, and did not even think it neces- 

 sary to provide biscuits or any other food, and when food 

 ■was asked tor by the exhibitors, Mr, Farley was told he 

 might get what food he liked and feed them himself. This; 

 he did on bread and water. There was naturally very much 

 grumbling on the part of the regular exhibitors accustomed 

 to receiving the attention that their entry fees entitle them 

 to. The soiled straw was not removed from the building, 

 but piled tinder the benching, where it reposed d tiring the 

 sbow an offense both to eye and nose. Mr. Mortimer was at 

 the hall bright and early to begin his duties, but owing to 

 the want of a judging book could not commence till after- 

 noon on Tuesday and finisheu Wednesday afternoon. The 

 judge's book was a mast insecure arrangement, a common 

 scribbling pad, whose leaves were quite loose when I got to 

 them to mark a catalogue. The ring was well served, but 

 not, as I was informed, through any exertion of the man- 

 agement; some one— no one knew who it was— assumed the 

 duties of steward and got the dogs in in good shape, and 

 how he did it with no numbers on the dogs was a mystery to 

 all. No catalogues appeared till noon the second day, and 

 reporters and every one were all abroad as to which dog was 

 which. 



Lucky it was there was such an old hand as Mr. Mortimer 

 in the ring to see that each dog was assigned his proper 

 number, which the judge's book showed he" had to do iu 

 nearly every class. In the words of an old bull-terrier 

 breeder who has followed the sbows for the last eight years, 

 "This beats all! Even the old Pittsburgh shows cannot 

 come up to this in management." The veterinary surgeon 

 commenced his examination of the dogs the second day, so 

 I was told, and then started in with a sprinkler filled with 



day, the last day. As there were no attendants, naturally 

 the aisles were very much littered with rubbish. No! the 

 Albany people must run their show on different, lines an- 



that we would rather praise if we are given a ghost of a 

 chance; but in justice to exhibitors who paid $3 for each 

 dog for attendance and service not worth $1, 1 am compelled 

 to call attention to this gross mismanagement. The poul- 

 try were well looked after, but the dogs could— well go to the 

 dogs for all they seemed to care. The superintendent was 

 una poroach able, and we heard of several complaints of 

 scant civility. But to turn to a criticism of the dogs for- 

 sooth a much more agreeable task, though not before I ren- 

 der unto T. J. Farley his due mead of praise. Had it not 

 been for Mr. Farley the "boys" would have fared still worse, 

 and though his name does not appear as superintendent, he 

 attended to most of the duties this position demands. To 

 mention one more item, there were no tins even provided 

 for feeding or watering until Farley got a few. Mr. Morti- 

 mer judged all classes, and the awards show that his judi- 

 cial eye picked out the right ones, with few, if any, excep- 

 tions. As usual we commence with 



Mastiffs.— No challenge entries. The entries in the open 

 class made up for this, however, for here we were introduced 

 to certainly the finest mastiff ever bred in this country and 

 one that will shake "mastiff dom" to its foundations even 

 on the other side. "What a head! Never saw one like it 

 in my life!" I ouly echo the general cry- Fancy a mastiff 

 standing, at 15 months old, 32in. at shoulder, weighing, 

 none tod fat either, 1831bs., and with a skull measurement 

 of 29in. tight. Excepting a tendency to show too much 

 wrinkle, a point that may be carried to excess, and a little 

 too much dewlap, his head must be perfect; such a massive 

 skull, beautiful ears and such a black, deep, short muzzle 

 has never been seen in this country. Beaufort's head can 

 not compare with it and old liford Caution's is an abortion 

 in comparison. At the same time, though it shows any 

 amount of quality, I miss that serene look, of dignity that 

 one saw in Minting's face; of course, I am writing of a pup, 

 and this may come with, age, but I think the wrinkling will 

 effect it somewhat, it's a grand heat] though. His forelegs 



