Feb, 11, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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sence. So they waited as patiently as they could for nine 

 days, and were getting desperate, when they managed 

 by aid of a fire to attract the notice of the Labrador mail 

 boat, which took them off, and after much coaxing the 

 captain returned with them to Gaspe, when they were 

 able to communicate with tbeir families once more and 

 notify them that they were still in the land of the Jiving. 



As we have stated before in these columns, there are a 

 great many of the salt-water fishes along the Florida 

 coast that take the fly. Among them are the tarpon, 

 particularly the young fish, that are quite plentiful along 

 the bays and estuaries in the spring, but while these 

 small tarpon running in weight from five to fifty pounds, 

 rise very freely to the fly, they are, owing to the peculiar 

 formation of the mouth, very hard to hook. Those that 

 are brought to gaff are generally hooked foul and fight all 

 the harder for that reason. It seems as if these fish were 

 appearing earlier than usual this season judging from 

 the number that have already been taken. 



One of the best table fish now to be had in the market 

 is the white perch. They are in their prime, fat and de- 

 licious. A fresh white perch, fried and served with 



menhaden and mackerel with purse [seines along the sea 

 coasts and shores of the United States, and along the shores 

 of the several islands thereunto adjacent, and in the bays, 

 harbors, and estuaries of the said sea coasts and shores of 

 the United States and of the said islands, andin all water: 

 under the maritime jurisdiction of the United States when 

 the tide ebbs and flows, subject only to such control or re 

 striction as Congress may prescribe from time to time, any 

 law, custom or usage of any State to the contrary notwitb 

 standing. 



Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries i 

 hereby directed to make such inquiries and investigation 

 as may be necessary for ascertaining to what extent, if any 

 there has been diminution in the abundance of fishes o 

 commercial importance along the coasts of the United 

 States and in the Great Lakes, and to report to Congress tb< 

 result of these investigations, together with recomuienda 

 tions, if in his opiniou any are necessary, as to the propei 

 measures to be adopted for the preservation of the fisheries 

 and the continuance of an ample supply of fish. 



[Section 3 relates to licenses.] 



HYBRID TROUT IN COLORADO. 



r T\HE new fish hatchery at Wellington Lake, situated in 

 1 the Rocky Mountains about fifty miles west of Denver, 

 Col., has received through Mr. John Gay 0,000 hybrid trout 



LAKE AND BKOOtC TROUT HYBRID. 



cream, makes a most appetizing breakfast dish. They 

 should weigh about one to one and a half pounds each. 

 How any one can prefer frozen salmon or Florida shad is 

 beyond my comprehension. SCARLET- Ibis. 



FROM A PULLMAN CAR. 



SWIFTLY the train slips down the long winding 

 grade, lurching to right and to left with so little 

 noise that the well-loved roar of the trout streams almost 

 penetrates the carp, A pair of eager eyes watch the 

 shifting scenes and drink in the beauties of mouutain 

 and valley, kindling with keener interest as the track 

 parallels a wild stream. "What a pool! And there's 

 another! Surely they must be there. Oh, for five min- 

 utes at that rock flume! See that white water! What 

 joy! What life it must be to them to dash into it! Ah, 

 must we part: Good-bye, then, sweet stream. You're a 

 heedless sort of savage, but I like you." 



And the eyes flit from place to place in search of 

 another glimpse of the molten crystal. 



Ahead there and to the right — what is that break in the 

 green of the growth that slopes toward the mighty Dela- 

 ware? We move so steadily now that the motion seems 

 all to belong to the landscape, and the break where the 

 water is looked for advances. Psss-eour-ou-ou-ooo go the 

 air brakes. We are slowing down. Yes, sir, there is 

 water through the trees there. It heads directly from 

 the track. But why are we stopping; no wrecks ahead I 

 hope. Ah, the engineer "pulls her out" a little, that's 

 hopeful. 



Here is the creek, and we must cross it. They are re- 

 pairing the bridge, which explains why we are running 

 carefully. Such a gem of a stream! Good for pound 

 fish without a dou — "By Jove, there! Cast again in 

 the sa — , that's it! Now you've — " but the cruel woods 

 intervene, and when the owner of those eyes comes to 

 his normal senses he apologizes to the astounded young 

 lady in the opposite chair for having disturbed her, and 

 offers in mitigation a wholly unsatisfactory and inade- 

 quate word picture of the creek, a gravelly shoal oppo- 

 site a hollow bank, and an angler, who, casting from the 

 shoal, misses the first rise of a lusty fellow, but fastens 

 at the second appearance of the living rainbow. 0. 



eggs (lake trout and brook trout). The eggs received in 

 good condition about the middle of January /and nearly ai 

 were hatched in a day or two after being placed in ttu 

 troughs. These hybrids attain a large growth, some having 

 been caught in Pennsylvania streams weighing from 4 to 

 olbs. each, and no doubt they will thrive in Colorado wafers. 

 The hatchery referred to is owned by a club formed of Den- 

 ver gentlemen, H. M. Orahood, Esq., the railroad attorney, 

 being a prominent member. 



[The beautiful and excellent hybrid above referred to was 

 described in this journal Jan. 17 and figured May 9, 1881) 

 We reprint the illustration. In Pennsylvania the cross k 

 regarded as a very fine fish for the table; it has the addi- 

 tional advantage, of fertility ] 



7he Mmmh 



Dogs: Their 31 anasjcment and Trca ivi cut in Divert sc. Tfv 

 Ashmont. Price p. Kennel Record and Account Book 

 Price $8. Training vs. Breaking. By S. T. IlarjMnond, 

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

 all Breeds. Price SO cents. 



tgfigfimltnrq. 



A GOOD STOCK OF TROUT. 



SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAM DULLER, of the Corry 

 Station of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, has 

 taken the following numbers of trout eggs: 



Brook trout 850,000 



Lake trout 250,000 



Browu trout 100,000 



Hybrid (lake and brook) 120,000 



1,320,000 



The rainbows have not yet begun to spawn, but judging 

 from the number and size of the females they will yield 

 300,000 eggs, bringiug fche total to more than sixteen hun- 

 dred thousand. This will be good news to Pennsylvania 

 anglers. Mr. Duller now has four troughs of brook trout 

 feeding, and thus far the eggs and fry have done well. Last 

 season he reserved a large lot of fry and in the course of an- 

 other year the spawners will be very largely increased in 

 numbers at this station. The work of enlarging and im- 

 proving the establishment is steadily progressing; last fall 

 four fine large ponds were built and five more are to be con- 

 structed in the early part of the coming summer. The 

 hatchery building was enlarged last summer, an acre of 

 land was added to the extensive grounds, and to-day this 

 station may be justly considered one of the very finest trout- 

 breeding stations in the country, and Mr. Buller is one of 

 the most capable superintendents to be found anywhere. 



MENHADEN AND MACKEREL FISHERIES. 



IN the Seuate of the United States, Jan. 26, 1892, Mr. Aid- 

 rich introduced the following bill, which was read twice 

 and referred to the Committee on Fisheries: 

 A bill to regulate the fisheries and for other purposes. 

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 

 of the United States of America in Congress assembled 

 That any citizen of the United States mav at all times take 



F I XTU RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Feb. IB to lft.— Second Annual Show of the Central City Kennel 

 Jackson. Mich. Chas. EL. Ruhl, Sec'y. 



Feb. 23 to 26— Sixteenth Annual Doe Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, at New York. James Mortimer, Supt. 



March 1 to 4.— First Dog Show of the Kevstone Kennel Club at 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



March 8 to 11.— Washington City Kennel Club. Washington D 

 C. Fred. S. Webster, Sec'y, 738 Broadway, New York. 



March 15 to 18.— Second Annual Dog Sbow of the Duaue^ne 

 Kennel Club, at Pittsburgh, Pa. W. E. Littell, Sec'v. 



April 6 to 9.— Seventh Annual Doe Show of the New England 

 Kernel Club, at Boston. Mass. E. H. Moore. SecV. 



April 13 to 16.— Third Annual Dotr Show of the Continental 

 Kennel Club, at Denver, Col. R. W. Isenthal, Sec'y. 



April 20 to 23.— Fourth Annual Dog Show of tbe Southern Cali- 

 fornia Kennel CJub, st Los Angeles, Cal. C. A. Sumner, Sec'v 

 May 4 to 7 —Annual Dog Show of the California Kennel Club 



at San Francisco Cal. Frank J. Silvey. Sec'y. 



THE SOUTHERN FIELD TRIALS. 



THE field trials of the Southern Field Trial Club, which 

 began on Monday. Feb. 1, and ended on the following 

 Thursday, were the best of the field trial season, the excel- 

 lence and uniformity of the work considered, and in this 

 respect probably the best that the club ever held. A rare 

 lot of good dogs competed in each stake, the Derby and All- 

 Aged, the former in the high class of work done, ranking 

 with the best of all-age stakes. After the winners had been 

 declared in each stake, there were still a number of dogs left 

 m which had done a higher class of uniform work than that 

 of the average field trial winner. 



A most noticeable feature of the work throughout the com- 

 petition was the almost entire absence of pottering, loafing or 

 aimless running about. Each dog in most cases hunted with 

 a purpose, and the greater numb?!- were exceptionally intel- 

 ligent in conducting their efforts. Another feature, on^ 

 which should be more cultivated and one which has been 

 more or less ignored, was the better training of the dogs as 

 sh own by their steadier and more orderly field work. In the 

 effort to develop the natural qualities of the dogs, the old 

 theory of considering a dog in his thoroughly trained form 

 was departed from so far that the extreme of considering 

 nothing but natural qualities came in vogue in a great 

 measure, and matters of training were not considered. ° Ex- 

 perience has demonstrated that many dogs which will hunt 

 well in dashing style when half broken, will when broken 

 and thus deprived of the pleasure of exercising their own 

 selfish interests will not hunt with dash or industry and 

 sometimes not at all. The good training displayed at 'these 

 trials should be more thoroughly insisted on at all trials 

 and dogs not so trained should suffer the penalty of not 

 being properly prepared for exhibiting them in proper form 

 for judgment, although mere matters of training should not 

 have a competitive value. 



Several ladies graced the trials by their presence on the 

 last three days, and the number of sportsmen present was 

 remarkably large each day, and their interest did not flag a 

 moment from the beginning to the end of the trials. They 

 were orderly and well behaved, but sometimes in their 

 eagerness to see the work they pressed too closely on the 

 judges and annoyed them. 



Lunch was served each day at the home of Mr. W. G. Dias 

 in the open air, and it was one of the enjoyable features of 

 the trials. 



The work was somewhat impaired by hunting over the 

 same grounds day after day. The club, it was rumored 

 would sow some peas and sorghum about their grounds in 



different fields, furnishing in this manner a food supply for 

 the birds. 



Among the prominent sportsmen present Messrs. Edward 

 O'Neil and W. S. Bell, of Pittsburgh, Pa ; John M. Tracy, 

 New York, A. F. Holmes and James F. Slocum, Detroit; C. 

 M. Rounds, San Antonio, Texas; Col. James Gordon, Ponto- 

 toc, Miss.; Will Wilson, Atlanta, Ga.; F. S. Ward, Oxmoor, 

 Ala.; J. C. Duncan, Knoxville, Tenn.; Lee Taylor, Mason, 

 Tenn.; F. R. King, Manchester, Tenn.; W. G. Pilkiugton, 

 Richmond, Tenn.; W. J. Baughn, Indiana; Dr. M. F. Rogers, 

 New Albany, Miss.; Geo. La Rue, New York: Richard Mer- 

 rill, Milwaukee; Col. P. H. O'Bannon, Sperryville, Va.; Mr. 

 Tom Lilly, Chesterville, Miss.; Mr. W. N. Walliugford, 

 Cincinnati; John S. Foster, Jasper, Ala., and a large num- 

 ber of others whose names I cannot now recall. 



The club held a meeting on Wednesday night, at which 

 Messrs. Richard Merrill, W. N. Walliugford and John S. 

 Foster were elected members, The treasurer's report showed 

 the club to be in a good financial condition. The stakes for 

 next year will be the same as this; that is, in the Derby, for 

 all setters and pointers whelped on or after Jan. 1, 1891, 

 first §400, second §250, third S200. The All-Age Stake, open 

 to all setters and pointers which have never won first prize 

 in any all-aee stake in America, first ?300 second S200, 

 third $150. The Derby entries close Aug. 1, the All-Age 

 Stake entries close Nov. 1. 



Both Mr. W.W.Titus and Mr. J. M. Aventwere prevented 

 from attending by illness in their families. 



THE DERBY. 



Twenty-one starters made an excellent showing so far as 

 numbers are concerned, and the character of the dogs' quali- 

 ties was very much higher than is commonly seen in a Derby; 

 in fact, it was the best Derby seen in many years. There 

 was but little poor work done, while there was a large part 

 which rated high. 



There were about six dogs, however, and no more, which 

 should have been in the second series; for, while the others 

 which were taken into that series were good dogs, they 

 showed no capabilities that would give them consideration 

 for p place. In fact, a part of the ones selected ran inferior 

 races. 



Jiiach heat was run forty-five minutes, according to the re- 

 quirements of the rules, which entailed a loss of time in 

 working the dogs in some heats a longer time than was 

 necessary merely to fit a rule. A time limit is one of those 

 absurdities which crop up in field trials, and are perpetuated 

 without any reason and are retained in spite of every reason 

 against them. It originated in the ad vocacy of a few, and 

 promised something as an experiment in the way of giving 

 more satisfaction to the owners of dogs, presumably the 

 noor dogs, as good ones would not need to be so favored. 

 Practical application has clearly proven its iuefficacy in 

 every way, and it's plain that it obstructs the progress of the 

 trials. 



W un Lung, the winner of first, is a well-known competi- 

 tor and winner. He showed his characteristic dash and in- 

 dustry, but his pace and range were not well sustained 

 throughout the running, he falling off in respect to these iu 

 one of bis heats. The class of his work is inferior to that of 

 Count Anteo and Hope's Mark. 



Count Anteo, winner of second, displayed work of an ex- 

 ceptionally fine character. He worked fast, ranged wide, 

 beat out his groud excellently well, displaying a high degree, 

 of what is popularly called bird sense.' He found and 

 worked on bevies well, and his work on scattered birds was 

 quick and precise, rarely, making a mistake in scoring a 

 true, accurate point. 



Hope's Mark displayed fine pace and range, found birds 

 well and showed excellent work on single birds, pointing 

 in a dashing way, and was very accurate, his worst fault 

 being a hesitancy in working where scattered birds were 

 plentiful, it bordering on over caution and a disposition 

 sometimes to point on the foot scent. 



First and second easily lay between Count Anteo and 

 Hope's Mark. If either had won first it would have been 

 difficult to raise any objection, the preference on the work 

 done, however, being in Javor of Count Anteo. Wun Lung 

 and Miss Ruby could have made a good third. 



The judges 'were Mr. P. H. Bryson, Memphis; Mr. F. I. 

 Stone, Chattanooga, and Mr. Whyte Bedford, of Blythe, 

 Miss. Capt. Pat Henry could not attend. 



It will be a long while, probably, before such good, uni- 

 form work is seen again in a Derby. 



The judges conducted tbeir work skilfully, giving the 

 logs full opportunity to display their qualities. 



Birds were not plentiful and were not downright scarce, 

 but the finding of them put the finding qualities to a most 

 thorough test, and the results were admirable. 



MONDAY. 



It was a delightfully pleasant day, clear and pleasant, 

 with a gentle wind from the south. Toward midday it was 

 too warm for the dogs to do their best work and birds were 

 harder to find in those hours. 



The drawing, which took place on the previous night,was 

 as follows: 



Graphic Kennels' liver and white pointer dog Ridge- 

 view Donald (Beppo III.— Lady Norrish II.) 



•with 



H. S. Bevan's black, white and tan setterbiteh Belle Noble 

 Gladstone (Count Noble— Florence Gladstone). 



Harry North wood's lemon and white setter bitch Amy 

 Robsart (Dad Wilson— Boh em iau Girl) 

 witli 



Dr. J. N. Macliu's black, white and tan setter bitch Little 

 Miss (Vanguard — Rhet). 



J. Shelly Hudsou's lemon and white setter bitch Arline 

 (Dad Wilson— Bohemian Girl) 



with 



P. Lorillard, Jr.'s black, whice and tan setter bitch Lora 

 (Gladstone's Boy— Ruby D.). 



R. P. McCargo's blue-ticked setter dog Spurgeou (Glad- 

 stone's Boy— Lady May) with 



Paston & Burdell's black, white and tan setter bitch La- 

 tonia II. (Paul Gladstone— Latonia). 



H. J. Smith's black, white and tan setter bitch Firenzi 

 (Gath's Mark— Flame Gladstone) 

 with 



Omer Villere's black and white setter dog The Ghost (Bob 

 McCargo— Winnie D.). 



B. M. Stephenson's black, white and tan setter dog Tennes- 

 see Axtel (Roderigo— Pet Gladstone) 

 with 



P. Lorillard, Jr.'s orange and white setter dog Count 

 Anteo (Count Noble— Gladstone Girl). 



P. Lorillard, Jr.'s orange and white setter bitch Miss 

 Ruby (Gladstone's Boy — Ruby D.) 



with 



J. W. Renfroe's black, white and tan setter bitch Picciola 

 (Roi d'Or— Miss Nellie Y.). 



Norvin T. Harris's black and white setter dog Wun Lung 

 (Capt Bethel— Euid) with 



H. J. Smith's bl.ack, white and tan setter bitch Ruby 

 Gladstone II. (Gladstone's Boy— Murnan's Diamond). 



Blue Ridge Kennels' black, white and fan setter dog 

 Hope's Mark (Gath's Hope— Lady May) 



