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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 3, 1891. 



CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 



CHICAGO, Aug. 39,— As stated earlier, Mr. W. P. 

 Mvissey lias been down at Mak-saw-ba Club fishing 

 this week. At his invitation I joined him to try some of 

 that interesting Kankakee River fishing, of which I have 

 lately said so much. We had a simply terrible day. It 

 rained almost continuously, and we were drenched, cold 

 and shivering long before evening, but we got 10 fish, 

 vpeighing 241bs., all l;)ass but one, a wall-eye, and all the 

 bass small-mouths but two. I never saw fish strike more 

 viciously or fight harder, and must pronounce this river 

 fishing the most exciting of any I had so close to the city. 

 The streaiD. is swift, but very deep in the bends, with oc- 

 casional snags, where Mr. Mussey's 4oz. brass ring, which 

 he calls his "hook eraser," comes very handy in getting 

 tangled tackle loose. The quality of rod and other gear 

 must be of the best, for the stream is so naiTOw that often 

 a bass will go directly under the boat in spite of every- 

 thing. I found in using the long 13ft. push-paddle that 

 th(^ bottom, of all this rivor along there is solid gravel or 

 gravel or sand. This accounts for the small-mouths. Yet 

 the stream flows througli a regular marsh, and its low 

 banks are black and mucky to a degree. There is a sub- 

 stratum of sand and gravel, and into this the stream has 

 cut. In the deep bends I could not find bottom with the 

 paddle. The Kankakee is a remarkable stream , a superb 

 angling stream, even as it is now. With proper protec- 

 tion and Avith the dams all open what magnificent fish- 

 ing it would ofl'er. The club men along that river cer- 

 tainly ought to join heartily and aid financially the Kan- 

 kakee Association, They do not know their privileges. 

 The stream is simply grand for fishing purposes. The 

 duck shooting is gone there and everywhere in this aec- 

 tion. but the fishing is not gone, and can be kept. 



E. HOTJGH. 



Pickerel and Gold Watch. — A North Lyme, Conn., 

 special reports that "Joshua Halford went fishing in Hog 

 Pond and caught a pickerel weighing over Gibs, When 

 he cut the fish open in its stomach he found a gold watch 

 and chain. Upon the inside of the back case of the 

 watch was engraved the name 'Charles Whaley,' The 

 discovery of the watch clears up a mystery which has 

 puzzled the people in this vicinity for two years. On the 

 morning of July 2, 1889, Whaley informed the foreman 

 of his farm that he was going to Hartford on a business 

 trip and might not return for two days. Since that 

 morning no trace of the man has been found until to-day, 

 when the watch was discovered in the belly of the fish." 

 Is it something new for a pickerel to become a ground- 

 feeding fiah in order to possess itself of the above men- 

 tioned watch and chaui? or did the fish go ashore and 

 rob the man and carrj' the evidence of its crime in its 

 own bosom for two solid years to be caught with the full 

 evidence of his g(u)ilt at last? The story is very "Wha- 

 ley." Where's the golden fishhook? — ^Fked. 



Angling with a Eifle. — Alexandria, Mo.— The com- 

 panionship of a good gun affords much true pleasure. 

 One day ia spting, when the air was pure and the sun- 

 shine clear, a friend and I took my Winchester rifle and 

 visited the shores of one of our Mississippi River inland 

 ponds. Several kinds of fish were sporting about in the 

 clear waters. There were sunfish, bass, catfish, and oc- 

 casionally the waters would indicate the presence of a 

 pike, which seemed to possess a socially repellant atmos- 

 phere, for all the other fish would hurry away on very 

 urgent business in other localities, A 31b. bass received 

 attention from the Winchester, and a very pretty shot 

 was made, the ball having passed through the lower part 

 of the fish's gills. A shot at a pike 3ft. in length sent it 

 wildly tearing through the water at a sweepstake rate. 

 The bass was about Gin. below the surface. Shooting fish 

 with a rifle requires skill, and a person can have hours of 

 pleasure in this line of sport. — Jasper Blines. 



Cape Cod Notes.— Bluefish are very scarce at present 

 in Cape Cod Bay. Dogfish have driven these and nearly 

 all other kinds ofE the coast. Lobsters are so scarce that 

 they seldom are to be found in the market. At Woods 

 HoU about 100 bluefish were caught with hook and line 

 during last week, and a few striped bass, usually of small 

 or moderate size, were taken in the same waters, Tau- 

 tog, sea bass, squeteague and scup are scarce, A remora 

 in the Fish Commission aquarium has become so tame 

 that it will take food from the hand; the rudderfish and 

 orangefish will feed in the same way, and the appetites 

 of .all these fishes is astonishing, A male pipefish has its 

 marsupium filled with young fish, of which it takes dili- 

 gent care. Young lobsters, hatched three months ago, 

 are still living and doing well, but their number is very 

 small.— B. (Woods IIoll, Aug, 34). 



Alexandria Bay Fishing. — New York, Aug, 35,-1 

 have just returned from a three weeks' stay at Alexan- 

 dria Bay, and my own experience coincides with nearly 

 every one else there that the fishing this year has been a 

 very great improvement over any other during the last 

 ten years, I had no difficulty in getting all the pike, 

 black bass and perch I wanted without going out of sight 

 or call of my island. My island is dii-ectly opposite Alex- 

 andria Bay and is passed" by a great many steamers daily, 

 but there have been a large number of pike (pickerel) 

 taken all about it, which makes me think that a little dis- 

 turbance of passing steamers doesn't disturb them, — C. 



Wounded .by a Skate, — Port Monmouth, N. J. Aug. 

 88. — Wm. Oberman, a fisherman, while draining a pond 

 into Raritan Bay this morning, hauled up an immense 

 skate or stingaree. a fish whose tail is like a saw. As he 

 threw the fish in the boat it made a leap and struck him 

 on., the leg, near the knee, nearly severing it. As the 

 teeth or points on the fish are poisonous, Dr. John H. 

 Tan Mater was summoned. Oberman is in a dangerous 

 condition, having become unconscious from loss of 

 blood. 



The Berkshire Trout Club, of Berkshire, Mass, , ex- 

 pects to increase the capacity of its hatchery at Great 

 Barrington by adding a new spawning race. The hatch- 

 ery produced 120,000 trout last spring, ^and is expected to 

 furnish 300,000 next season. 



St. Marguerite Salmon Club,— A share in the St. 

 Marguerite has been purchased by Mr. E. B. Wharton, 

 of Boston, for |3,650. 



State Game Protector Northrup and a party of 

 Alexandria Bay men captured fish nets near Cape Vin- 

 cent last week, in one of which they found nearly SOOlbs. 

 of game fish. The owner of the nets could not be found. 

 The nets were burned at Alexandria Bay amid great re- 

 joicing. 



The Muscalonge Eecoed for ladies on the St. Law- 

 rence this season is held by Mrs. Gardiner M. Skinner, 

 who is "high hook" with a 40-pounder, measuring 4ft. llin. 

 in length. We have received in evidence a photograph 

 of the fish and its captor. 



Hunting and Fishing in thb Northwest. -Are you plan- 

 ning for an outing tliis summer? Have you ever looked up the 

 famous resorts of the Nortliweat ? It is not an exaggeration to 

 say tliat the best hunting and fishing grounds in North America 

 are found In the territory tributary to the Northern Pacific Rail- 

 road. The lake park region in Minnesota affords pickerel, pike, 

 bass and mascalouge; rock bass are found in ntimerotis streams, 

 and deer, elk and bear abound in the forest regions; antelope are 

 found in Nortli Dakota. The Snowy. Bitter Roo', Grazy, Rooky 

 and Cascade Mountains are the home of moose, elk, caribou, 

 cougarp. Rocky Mountain sheep and goat and other large game, 

 while all of the Northwestern States abound In featherc' game. 

 Rocky Mountain trout and grayling are caught in the Yellow- 

 stune, Gallatin, Madison, Jefferson, Clark's Fork and Green 

 rivers, affording unrivalled sport. An interesting pamphlet, 

 "Game Preserves of North America," can be obtained free on 

 application to Chab. S, Fee, G. P. & T. A. of the Northern Pacific 

 R, R, at St, Paul, Minn, Descriptive publications concerning 

 Yellowstone Park, Paciflo coast, and Alasks will also be mailed on 

 receipt of application, referring to Forest and Stream,— ^du. 



AMERICAN FISH IN ENGLAND. 



ICHTHYOLOGIST" writes from London, England, as 

 follows: Previous to the existence of establishments 

 devoted to the breeding of salmon, trout and other fresh- 

 water species, little was known as to their rate of growth, 

 but now we are able to ascertain definitely what it is. Com- 

 mencing with the egg itself, the pisciculturist watches from 

 day to day, from month to month and from year to year their 

 development and the wonderful transformations which they 

 undergo during every period of their existence. Therefore 

 the longer the establishment has been formed the more In- 

 teresting are the sights it reveals, and the more instructive 

 are its lessons, for as it grows in years the stock &^h. neces- 

 sarily develop till they reach maturity, yielding each season 

 vast quantities of offspring after their kind. I was particu- 

 larly struck with this the other day upon visiting the large 

 piscicultural establishment founded by Mr. William Bur- 

 gess at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, and known as the 

 Midland Counties Fish Culture Establishment. Here every 

 kind of British fresh-water fish is propagated, together 

 with certain foreign forms. The ponds are now replete with 

 salmonidffl and coarse fish in all stages of development, and 

 it is this which adds such a charm to the piscatorial spec- 

 tacle. In one series of ponds may be observed millions of 

 fry hatched out last winter; in another section, yearlings ap- 

 pear; in another three-year-old fish, and so on. Some of 

 them are as much asSlbs. in weight, while many are as small 

 as loz. It is not given to us to gaze upon the lusty trout at 

 will, and when we do catch a glimpse of it in a wild state it 

 is only for a second, for they come and go like flashes of 

 lightning. But at Mr. Burgess's establishment one may at 

 all times observe them moving aboutiu the ponds, especially 

 at the feeding hour, when a handful of food will bring 

 them together from all parts of their habitat, causing them 

 to display them&elves to the best advantage. 



Not only are British trout fully represented in the throng, 

 but these of American origin as well, having similar prb- 



Eortions and almost similar habits. The rainbow trout, the 

 rook trout and the lake trout are among the latter, scaling 

 41bs. and upward. All of these were hatched from ova 

 kindly sent by the United States Pish Commissioner. There 

 is another transatlantic fish which the Commissioner has 

 enabled Mr, Burgess to cultivate, viz., the whitefish. For 

 some j^ears past this fish has been subjected to experiments, 

 with a view to its acclimatization, and although Mr, Bnr- 

 ge.ss Avas sttccessful in rearing them from babyhood to the 

 age of nine mouths, he found great difficulty in doing so 

 during the winter. This year he has been more successful, 

 as was shown presently, when he drew off the water in the 

 habitat in which he placed the fry last autumn. To his joy 

 and astonishment he beheld a considerable number of the 

 fish quite lOin. long, which is a considerable growth consid- 

 ering that they are only eighteen months old. During last 

 summer and autumn he kept them in shallow ponds, and 

 on the approach of winter turned them into large ijonds 

 having a depth of 10ft. Here they evidently prospered re- 

 markably well, notwithstanding unusual severity of the 

 winter and spring. The fact of their surviving clearly 

 shows that our winter climate isnotprejudical to them, and 

 the extraordinary variety of weather which they have expe- 

 rienced during the past year and borne satisfactorily is a 

 proof of their capacity to endure the variableness of our 

 climatic conditions. There is ample room in some of our 

 lakes for this valuable food fish, and Mr. Burgess intends to 

 do his utmost to establish them, being of opinion that they 

 would be a valuable addition to the commercial fishes of our 

 inland waters. Of coarse fish, such as perch, roach, chub, 

 etc., there are a large number in the ponds, especially perch, 

 a fish that is in great need of cultivation. Every angler 

 should do his utmost to promote the welfare of this fish, 

 which is a great favorite among all classes, and one, more- 

 over, that affords excellent sport and food. It is falling off 

 in numbers, and has been doing so for some years past; but 

 with the aid of flshculture much can be done to reinstate it. 

 Mr. Burgess says it is a fish easily dealt with under the pis- 

 cicultural system, and it is to be hoped that it will, ere long, 

 take its place in the hatchery with the trout, and be sub- 

 jected to the same care and' attention which is bestowed 

 upon the latter. 



F I XTU RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 1 to 4.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Kingston Kennel 

 Club, at Kingston, Ont, H, C. Corbett, Secretary. 



Sept, 8 to 11.— First Annual Dog Show of the Hamilton Kennel 

 Club, at Hamilton, Ont. 



Sept. U to IS.— Toronto Industrial Exhibition Association Third 

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



Sept. 22 to 25.— inaugural International Dog Show of the Mon- 

 treal Exposition Company, at Montreal, Canada, Entries close 

 Sept.. 8. J. Robertson, Secretary. 



Sept. 23 to 26,— Inaugural Show of the Blue Grass Kennel Gluh, 

 at Lexington, Ky, Rotters Williams, Sec'y. 



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

 the Central Canada Fair, at ()rt.a.wa. Ont. Alfred (ieddea, Snpt. 



Dec. 4 to 8.— Sixth Annual Dog Show of the Northern Illinois 

 Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Rockford, III. 



Dec. 10 to 14,— Inaugural Dog Show of the Freeport Poultry and 

 Pet Stock Association, at Freeport, 111. T. E. Taylor. Sec'y. 



Dec, 30 to Jan, 3.— Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mohawk 

 Valley Poultry and Kennel Club, at Gloversville, N,Y. F. B, 

 Zimmer, Sec'y, 



1893. 



Jan. 5 to 9.— Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Poultry 

 and Pet Stock Association, at CharlestoB, S. C. Benj. Mclnness, 

 Sec'y. 



Jan, 13 to 16,— Second Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina 

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

 Greenville, S. O. 



Feb. 9 to 12.— Fom-th Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah Ken- 

 nel Club, at Chicago, lU. John L. Lincoln, Jr., Sec'y, 



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

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



March 1 to 4.— Dog Sbow of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, at 

 Philadelphia, Pa. F. S, Brown, Sec'y, 



March 15 to 18.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Duqueane 

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



April 7 to 10.— Seventh Annua! Dog Show of the New England 

 Kennel Club, at Boiston. Mass. E- H. Moore. Sec'y. 



April 30 to 23.— FourtlL Annual Dog Show of the Southern Cali- 

 fornia Kennel Club, at Los Angeles, Cal. C. A. i^irmner, Sec'y, 



May 4 to 7. —Annual Dog Show of the California Kennel OluU, 

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



FIELD TRIALS. 



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

 at BickneU, Ind, P. T. Madison, Indianapolis, Ind., Sec'y, 



Nov. 10.— Second Aimual Trials of the International Field Trial 

 Ciub. at Chatham, Ont,. W. B. Wells, Sec'y. 



Nov, 16.— Eastern Field Trials Club's Thirteenth Annual Trials, 

 at High Point, N. C. Members' Stake Nov. 13. W. A. Coster, 

 Serretary. 



Nov. 23.— Irish Setter Club's Field Trials, at High Point, N. C. 

 G. G. Davis. Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Nov. 33.— Gordon Setter Club's Field Trials, at Higti Point, N, 

 C. L. A. Yan Zandt, Secretary, Yonkers, N. Y. 



Nov. 33.— Second Annual Trials of the National Beagle Club, at 

 Nanuet, Rockland county, N. Y. F. W, Chapman, Sec'y. 



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

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

 York city, 



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

 ConneU, Secretary. 



1892. 



Jan. 10.— Second Annual Trials of the Bexar Field Trial Club, 

 at San Antonio. Texas. G. A. Cbabot, Sec'y. Amateurs only. 



Jan. 18.— Trials of the Pacific Field Trial Club, at Bakersfield, 

 Cal. J. M. Kilgarif. Sec'y. 



.—Fourth Annual Field Trials of tie Southern FieldTrials 



Club, at New Albany, Miss. T. M. Brumby, Sec'y. 



NOTED IRISH SETTERS CHANCE OWNERS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Mr. F. G. Fowler, the owner of the Oak Grove Kennels, 

 and who is better known as the owner of one of the largest 

 and finest breeding farms and stables of trotting horses in 

 New England, has purchased my Irish setter challenge win- 

 ner Kildare, a litter brother of Beau Brummell and a son of 

 the peerless Elcho, Jr., and who has the further distinction 

 of being the youngest Irish setter that has ever entered the 

 challenge class in America. 



Kildare is the winner of forty fir.st and special prizes, and 

 is but a few months over three years of age. He has had the 

 misfortune of never having been shown in proper condition, 

 but has nevertheless done considerable winning, as is shown 

 by his record, and he has improved wonderfully since he has 

 last been exhibited, having deepened in chest and added 

 more substance, and I consider him to-day one of the best 

 Irish setters that has been seen in this country. Mr. Fowler 

 informs me that he will show him the coming season, and I 

 predict that he will make it hot for the .balance of the dogs 

 in his class. 



Mr. Fowler also purchased from me the prize-winning 

 bitch Norah Blyth, who is a daughter of champion Tim ana 

 a niece of champion Ruby (Tlenthore, whom she resembles 

 in formation very closely. She also gives promise to make 

 a crack fielder, and 1 trust Mr. Flower will have her pre- 

 pared to run in the trials this fall, Another of Mr. Fowler's 

 purchases from my kennels is a very promising bitch, Kil- 

 dare Joan, .sired by the prize winning Darby II. ex Bess P., 

 a prize-winning daughter of Sarsfleld. 



During the past year this gentleman ha.s bought seven of 

 my finest young Irish setters, among which is a dog sired 

 by champion Elcho, Jr. out of champion Ruby Gleumore, 

 which gives promise of making a crack of the highest 

 order; and I look for the Oak Grove Kennels to cut an im- 

 portant part in the Irish setter affairs of America in the very 

 near future. 



1 have seen it mentioned in the sporting papers that it was 

 reported that -1575 was the price paid by iVLr. Fowler for Kil- 

 dare. 1 wish to correct this statement, as the price paid was 

 $500 for Kildare only. 



I am now about out of Irish setters with the exception of 

 a few youngsters that I am having raised, and which, should 

 they mature according to promise, will give me a nucleus 

 for another kennel. My only regret is that I shall not be 

 able to take a part in the trials this fall. 



W. L. WASHINGTOW, 



Pittsburg A, Pa„ Aug. 39. 



THE IRISH SETTER FIELD TRIALS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Irish Setter 

 Club has been called for Sept. 9, at 14 South Broad street, 

 Philadelphia. At this meeting the amount of the Derby 

 Stakes will probably be decided on and announced. I have 

 received word from Dr. Jarvis that he Avill offer a silver cup, 

 to be known as "The Elcho Cup," to become the absolute 

 property of the winner of the All-Aged Stakes; he says, "I 

 will give one worth winning." 



We have also received a most liberal donation from Mr, 

 E. B. Bishop, the proprietor of the Glenmore Kennels. He 

 forwarded me first -^lO and then his check for $100 additional. 

 One-half of this latter is to go to the winner of the Derby 

 and one-half to the handler. This is not the only -5100 con- 

 tribution that has been received. I have sueceeded in get- 

 ting the rS200 I promised from our city and may, perhaps, 

 get some more; S25 of it came from the gun editor of the 

 Philadelphia Item. 



I am still on the hunt (or on the still-hunt?). We have 

 not, as yet, heard from the rank and file in a proper manner. 

 I would like to have more $o and $10 subscriptions coming 

 in, so as to show that we have the sympathy and support of 

 the smaller breeders and owners of single dogs. It is the 

 duty of every one to do something, and, as has been said 

 before, if they cannot run a dog they can at lea^. send $.5. 



Another thing that I particularly wish to call attention 

 to is the fact that the Derby entries' will not be so numerous 

 as the All-Aged and therefore the chances of winning will 

 be greater. The prizes, judging from our probable income, 

 will be nearly or cpiite as large as those ottered by the other 

 trials, and this should encourage owners to make their 

 Derby nominations promptly. The entries for the Derby 

 close Sept. 15. If any have not leceived entry blanks, etc., 

 let them write to 1,.33S Walnut street and I will forward 

 them, G. G. Davis, Sec'y-Treas. 



BULL-TERRIER STREATHAM MONARCH.— Pitts- 

 burgh, Aug. 3,1— Editor Forest and Stream: I had thought 

 to make a surprize but find the dog papers too quick forme. 

 I bought Streatham Monarch last month and thought to 

 keep it quiet until he arrived, anyhow, but, as I said before, 

 was not able to do so. I think i have the best bull-terrier 

 in the conntry, the only one coming near kim being Attrac- 

 tion, a bitch I am very fond of and one I came near buying 

 last spring. Attraction, by the way (formerly called Miss 

 Glendyne), is the dam of Trentham' Baroness, who in turn 

 is the dam of my Streatham Monarch. The sire of Streat- 

 ham Monarch is Streatham Flyer, by Gully the Great out 

 of Daisy.— John Mooeeead, Jr. 



