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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 8, 1891, 



FLY-RODS FOR LADIES. 



IT has been my good fortune during the past fishing 

 season to meet many ladies engaged in fly-flshing on 

 waters where trout of 21bs. or over were of not uncom- 

 mon occurrence. Only to angling on such waters, be it 

 understood, do the following remarks apply. 



I have almost invariably found these ladies provided 

 with rods of from 4J to 6oz. in weight, varying in length 

 from 8| to O^f t. Now, if such a tool was in such a place 

 put in the hands of a man, would he not be considered as 

 greatly handicapped? If he were a novice, would not 

 every experienced angler regard his equipment as absurd? 

 Is stich arod, if advisable at all under such circumstances, 

 fit for any except an expert? 



Reasoning in this way, I could but conclude that the 

 whole thing was fundamentally wrong. He who pub- 

 lishes a wrong assumes the obligation of making known 

 a remedy if within his power. I, therefore, offer this 

 solution of the problem for what it may be worth. 



Now, a novice should be given all possible encourage- 

 ment in the way of success. To this end a longer and 

 heavier rod than such as an expert would prefer is desir- 

 able. But the labor required to use the rod must be well 

 within the physical power of the one using it, or physi- 

 cal fatigue will defeat the very end in view— the pleasure 

 of the user. 



It seems to me the following course will meet all the 

 requirements and will prove of advantage all round — to 

 the lady in that she can accomplish more with greater 

 ease, and to him who provides the rod on the score of 

 economy. 



Take a good 8| or 9oz. rod, cut it just above the handle 

 and insert a ferrule. The rod can then be used just as 

 before, the new ferrule, to my mind, being a very decided 

 improvement. At any rate, beyond its weight it is no 

 detriment. Now, provide a double-handed handle to fit, 

 with the reel near the middle of the handle, just like a 

 miniature salmon rod. The lady can use the rod with the 

 double-handed handle and both hands. When the hus- 

 band or other provider wishes to use it, he substitutes the 

 single-handed handle. 



Not only does one rod thus do double duty, but it will 

 be found that most ladies can handle a rod of lOoz. with 

 both hands, with far more ease and precision than one of 

 5oz. with one hand. The art of casting will be acquired 

 in much less time than with a single-handed rod, more 

 water can be covered, and greater success will give 

 greater encouragement to persist. But one thing must 

 be remembered hj one used to a single-handed rod only. 

 In casting with a double-handed rod, the lower hand "is 

 the center of motion and the upper hand must conform — 

 that is, the lower hand remains comparatively still, 

 while the upper hand moves with the rod. 



Henry P. Wells. 



New York, O ct. 1. 



Death of Dr. Charles A. Kingsbury.— Philadelphia, 

 Oct. 4. — Editor Forest mid Stream: It is with deep 

 regret that I have to announce the death of Dr. Charles 

 A. Kingsbury, of this city, which occuiTed Oct. 3, and 

 which will be a severe shock to his many friends and ac- 

 quaintances on this side and across the water. He had 

 passed man's allotted time of three score years and ten, 

 but was a person of splendid physique and an enthusiastic 

 sportsman of the old school in its broadest and best sense, 

 and a great admirer of Forest akd Stream, and other 

 sporting papers of good moral tone. He was a person of 

 unusual cultivation, had traveled far and wide in foreign 

 lands, and was a wonderfully entertaining companion 

 afield or afloat, and probably one of the most expert 

 anglers in the United States, The writer has spent with 

 him many never to be forgotten days tramping the fields 

 dui-ing the open seasons or awaiting the coming of the sly 

 water fowl, a sport he was passionately fond of. He was 

 one of the kindest and most considerate of men, a friend 

 through storm as well as through sunshine, and a prince 

 among his fellows. — Levi Hedges, Jr. 



Lake Matamisoontis.— I have made a brief visit to my 

 home in La Grange, Me. , and gathered a little information 

 about Lake Matamiscontis. A good many fishing parties 

 went from our town to the lake during the summer. The 

 greatest number of white perch taken that I could hear 

 of was 500 by a party of three or four. My son went, but 

 spent part of his time bunting, and caught only 30 or 40. 

 No pickerel were taken as far as I could leain, and the 

 white perch have been fished so much of late years that 

 they average smaller in size than formerly. The lake is 

 situated less than one-half mile from the settlement 

 called Whitney Ridge, and is entirely surrounded by a 

 thick forest. The road to the lake is quite rough, al- 

 though carriages drive to it. Two or three boats only are 

 to be let, and at a very cheap rate. The "home shore," 

 so-called, is high and suitable for camping. Teams can 

 be put up at Whitney Ridge at very moderate prices. 

 The shape of the lake is more nearly circular than oblong, 

 I judge, and it is probably four miles across it at the 

 widest part.— A. C. Adams. 



Juniata Bass.— Port Royal, Pa., Sept. 30.— This has 

 been a star month for small-mouthed black bass fishing. 

 The fish are taking the bait both in the river and the Tus- 

 corora Creek. In the latter stream Mr. John Robinson, 

 some four miles from its mouth, took 25 and 35 good fish 

 on different days. At Mifiiintown, on the river, bass have 

 been taken this month in large numbers, one boat making 

 a day's catch of 41. Another party from Patterson, 

 directly across the river fi-om Miflflintown, took two fish 

 aggregating 91bs. lOoz., the larger one being of 51bs., the 

 best bass we have heard of this season; 3^1b, fish are re- 

 ported almost daily. The river is very low and clear, 

 and the bass have taken to the holes. — Onyjutta. 



I 



Prepared Bot Not Ready.— Among the old whaling 

 captains are some quaint characters; and none of them 

 probably is better known or loved than Captain Jerning- 

 ham, who was eleven years ago in the fleet that harbored 

 in Plover Bay, Siberia. Captain J. told a good story and 

 we listened eagerly to his tales of adventure and danger. 

 He told of many narrow escapes from sudden death by 

 crushing of a boat or being caught in the jaws of a sperm 

 whale. After hearing one of his most thrilling tales 

 some one asked him what were his sensations at the criti- 

 cal moment. "Well, boys," he said, "I felt that I was 

 prepared to die but not quite ready." 



A -Large Ohio "Salmon."— Bridgeport, Ohio.— The 

 State dam on the Tuscarawas River at Tuscarawas, O., is 

 a famous fishing place. It can be reached by the Pan 

 Handle to Urichsville, from which it lies three miles 

 west. I went fishing to the dam and arrived there about 

 4 o'clock P. M., and began to cast with minnows. I 

 caught a great many bass, one of them weighing 51bs. 

 2oz., and some "salmon" of 61bs. The largest catch was 

 a 15-pound "salmon," and this was made on a 9 ounce 

 split bauaboo. This is the largest fish of the kind that has 

 been taken here by rod and line in my experience of fif- 

 teen years, and T wish to have it mentioned for the en- 

 couragement of Ohio fishermen. The "salmon" (pike- 

 perch) is now frozen in a great block of ice and on 

 exhibition at the Stam Hotel, Wheeling, W. Va. — Nick 



KUHN. 



Excellent Bluefishing can be obtained by going out 

 with any of the fishing boats from Seabright, N. J., along 

 the beach in that locality. Two gentlemen last week 

 killed 130 on rod and reel, and there are plenty more left. 

 One has only to go out aV)out a mile and a half from the 

 shore and we understand that the charges are very rea- 

 sonable. 



Mr. Nye's Fingers. — In our account of "Sharks in 

 Northern Waters" last week we meant to say that the 

 shark "took the clam and lacerated three fingers of the 

 hand that fed it." Mr, Nye's wounds were painful, but 

 fortunately not dangerous. 



NEW YORK FISH COMMISSION. 



THE twentieth annual report of the Fish and Game Com- 

 mission of New York shows the results of an unusually 

 successful year's work in stocking piiblic waters with native 

 and foreign food and game fishes and in protecting fish and 

 game from unlawful capture. The amoimt of money ex- 

 pended in this diversity of duties was less than $35,000. " The 

 number of young fish hatched and deposited was nearly 

 .55,000,OC0, an increase of 15,000,000 over last year, and the ex- 

 tent of protective measures was greater than ever before. The 

 zeal and energy of the chief protector, Mr. ,J. W;irren Pond, 

 have won for him a public acknowledgment of his valuable 

 services in behalf of the State. Except with the shad there 

 was a g;reatly increased output from the hatcheries. 



Owing to the low temperature of the water in the Hudson 

 and its roily condition, due chiefly to the illegal dumping of 

 offal by scows, the number of sjpawning shad taken was re- 

 markably small; but this decline was more than made up by 

 the deposit of about nine millions of fry in the Hudson by 

 the U. S. Fish Commission. The distribution of fish by the 

 State is shown in the following table: 



Shad 2,424,000 Frostfish 7,400,000 



Landlocked salmon.. 49,000 Smelt 7,400,000 



Rainbow trout 310,500 Channel pickerel 2,000.000 



Brown trout 596,296 Mascalonge 1,750.000 



Lake trout 9,678,600 Yellow perch 13.000 



Brook trout 4,225,000 Pike perch 4,000,000 



Whitefish 9,000,000 Tomcod 3,200.000 



Ciscoes 3,000,000 Lobster 27,700 



A notable Increase was made in the planting of lake trout, 

 whitefish, cisco, frostfish, smelt, channel pickerel and mas- 

 calonge. The famous Caledonia hatchery under the super- 

 intendence of Monroe A. Green has eclipsed its best pi-evious 

 record in trout culture. The Cold Spring Harbor station, in 

 addition to its work with the salmon family, has reared up- 

 ward of ten millions of smelt and tomcod and has demon- 

 strated the practicability of handling the weakfish and the 

 lobster in its locality. At the Saeondaga and Adirondack 

 hatcheries the stock of eggs is to be increased by building 

 rearing ponds for the spawning fish, and if to these the Com- 

 mission will add ponds for the care of the young until thev 

 arrive at the age of yearlings we may hope for better results 

 from their outlay of time and money. 



The Commissioners repeat and emphasize their recom- 

 mendation for the revision and codification of the fish and 

 game laws in the interest of intelligent interpretation and 

 enforcement of their provisions, and they renew their pro- 

 test against the spoliation of the Adirondacks, by corporations 

 as well as Individuals, in tlie following vigorous language: 



"The Commissioners regret that after so much agitation, 

 and even special notice by the Executive, measures have not 

 been taken for the preservation of the Adirondacks. This 

 question should receive the attention of the Legislature at 

 once. The people have but one mind in this matter. The 

 sentiment in favor of immediate steps for the establishment 

 of a State park is universal throughout the State. It should 

 not be delayed, and the next Legislature ought to act at once 

 in the matter or this wonderful wilderness will exist but in 

 the memory of its frequenters. 



"Those who are familiar with it deplore already theserious 

 inroads that have been made, and a few more j^ears of neglect 

 may destroy it entirely. Those who have driven from Boonville 

 to Fulton Chain ortoWoodhuU can understand what will be 

 left when the Adirondacks have been deprived of their tim- 

 ber, and those who have entered by way of the Chateaugay 

 Road can appreciate the effects of a railroad irpon sxxch a 

 country. In place of a virgin forest filled with beautiful 

 lakes and running steams, there remains but a barren desert 

 of blackened stumps and dried up watercourses. 



"The value to the State of this natural park in its present 

 condition miist be apparent to all. When trees are destroyed 

 and the game killed or driven away the land that remains is 

 of value to no one. It is not capable of cultivation, and it 

 may be truthfully said that the old clearings surrounding the 

 Adirondacks are filled with deserted farmhouses. The health- 

 giving properties of this great forest are in themselves so 

 valuable that it should be preserved for this alone, aside from 

 its value as the watershed for the Hudson, the Saeondaga, 

 and other important streams. Legislation should be enacted 

 at once, and this grand pleasure groimd for the people of the 

 State be kept for future generations." 



OYSTERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.-While at- 

 tached to the Fish Commission steamer Albatross Prof. 

 Charles H. Gilbert made some investigations in southern 

 California relative to the planting of oysters. The small 

 size of the rivers and their Intermittent flow, together with 

 the low winter temperature of the water in the bays, make 

 the propriety of stocking the region. If, however, the ex- 

 periment should be made, the most promising areas are to 

 be found in Alamitos, Newport and Anaheim bays and the 

 mouth of Los Bolsos Creek, in all of which native oysters 

 are reported in greater or less abundance. The report is 



gublished with illustrations in the Bulletin of the Fish 

 ommission, 



"RAINBOW TROUT PLANTING. "—BcJiior forest and 

 Stream: In my article on "Rainbow Trout Planting," pub- 

 lished Oct. 1, I am made to say that Mr. Ford caught a 

 lake trout at Egypt Mills, Pa,," but I wrote that he took a 

 rainbow trout. Please make the correction. Everybody 

 knows that lake trout will not thrive in Delaware River.— 

 JOHK GAY (Washington, D. C). 



Dogs: Their Management and Treatment in Disease. B^/ 

 Ashmont. Price, $2. Kennel Becord and Account Booll. 

 Price $3. Training vs. Breaking. By S. T. Hammond. 

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

 all Breeds. Price 50 cents. 



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. 



F I XTU R ES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



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

 PoTiltry and Pet Stock Association, at Rockford, 111. 



Dec. 10 to 11.— Inaugural Dog Show of the Freeport Poultry and 

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



Dec. 30 to Jan. 2.— Fourth Anmial Dog Show of the Mohawk 

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

 Zimmer, Sec'y. 



1892. 



Jan. a to 8.— The New York and New England Poultry and Ken- 

 nel Club's Dog Show, at Albany, N. Y. W. C. House, Fort Plain, 

 N. Y., Sec'y. 



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

 and Pet Stock Association, at Charleston, 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. Gapers, Secretary, 

 Greenville, S. C- 



Feb. 9 to 12.— Fourth 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 Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, at 

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



March 15 to 18-— Second Annual Dog Show of the Duqnesne 

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



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

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



April 30 to 33.— Fourth Anntial Dog Show of the Southern Cali- 

 fornia Kennel Club, nt Lns Angeles, Cal. C. A. Sumner, Soc'y. 



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

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



FIELD TRIALS. 



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

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



Nov. 10.— Second Annual Trials of the luterualionttl Field Trial 

 Club, at Chatham, Onfc. W. B. Wells. Sec'y. 



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

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

 Serretary. 



Nov. 23.— Irish Setter Club's Field Trials, at Higli Point, N. O. 

 G. G. Davis, Secretary, Pliiladelphia, Pa. 



Nov. 3H.— Gordon Setter Cltib's Field Trials, at High Point, N. 

 O. L. A. Van Zandt, Secretary. Yonkerg, N. Y. 



Nanuet, 



Nov. 3u. — i-' IKIU iiiin ^.JIUUD JLIlllU .£l.UUUi--ll i. flllia, MiL 



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

 York city. 



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

 Connell, Secretary. 



1893. 



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



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



Jan. 18.— TviiilH of the Pacific Field Trial Club, at Bakersfleld. 

 Cal. J. M. Kilgiirif. Sec'y. 



.— Fourth Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials 



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



OTTAWA DOG SHOW. 



ISpccial BefmrLI 



THE Canadians finished their circuit of bench shows this 

 week, the last one being at Ottawa, held Sept. 29 to 

 Oct. 1. The weather was not very pleasant on the first day, 

 neither was the attendance so large as might have been ex- 

 pected. It is not necessary to go into a detailed report, as 

 the dogs have been commented upon so m.uch at previous 

 shows. Entries were very small in many classes, notably 

 the larger breeds, the best of the dogs returning home from 

 the Montreal show. The entries, numbering 260, were, how- 

 ever, all that could be accommodated in such a small build- 

 ing. Judging commenced on the first day. Spaniels were 

 judged by W. B. Palmer, of Woodstock, Can. The rest of 

 the classes were handled by Mr. .Tohn Davidson, of Monroe, 

 Mich. The benching and other arrangements were far from 

 satisfactory to the exhibitors. 



Only one entry was shown in mastiffs, not a very good one 

 but might easily have beaten those exhibited at Montreal. 



In St, Bernards Othello, shown at Hamilton, won first, 

 and he can hold his own in pretty warm competition. In 

 bitches Nun Nicer was lucky not to meet with stronger 

 company, though the second prize winner, not so good in 

 color aiiil quaUty, is better in size. 



KEWFOUKD LANDS. 



Dan O'Shea led the class, with Leo Czar winner of second, 

 has been noticed before. 



GEETHOUNDS. 



The challenge class brought out three entries, Gem of the 

 Season beating Scavenger and Maud Torrington. In open 

 dogs Justinian, a new face, won. He shows plenty of beef, 

 is coarse and far from being as good as the second in body 

 and loin. Pious Pembroke, taking second, barring his 

 head, is a good greyhound. Elcho won third prize, Ornatus 

 being absent. Jetsam won first in bitches, Second Sight 

 taking second, Bestwood Daisy "winning third, is full of 

 quality and should have been higher. 



HEEEHOrNDS. 



Deerhounds were a fairly good show. Robbin, first prize, 

 was the best of the lot. Hilda, second prize, is not so good 

 in bone or head; and Duff is poor in head and ears. 



FOXHOXraDS 



had two classes. In dogs King won, second prize going to 

 quite a different type in Genius, one of the old stock, but 

 does not move nor stand well in front. Bitches saw Vexa- 

 tion to the front; she is the same type as the second prize 

 winner in dog class. Counte.ss, second, is weak in make up. 



BEAGLES. 



In the challenge class Racer was alone. In dogs Courier 

 won, but Dan O'Shea says it is a mistake in name. Roy K., 

 second, has been noticed, Donovan, third, is not correct in 

 head formation. In bitches, Stella, noticed at Toronto, won 

 here, with Emmeline second. 



6BEAT BANES. 



The hrindle Juna, not good in head a,nd lame, was placed 

 over the small but typical Minerva's Fawn. 



POINTERS. 



The well-known Pommery Sec first in challenge, Ossining 

 getting the reserve card, and in the ladies' division Fan, Jr., 

 ea.sily beat Belle Randolph in head, shoulders and body; 

 both have been noticed very often. In open dogs Tempest 

 beat King Bow's Bow, plsced equal at Hamilton; he gets it 

 in body and front, Bow is also coarse. Frivolity won in 

 bitches, her head is not good, otherwise ,she is a nice little 

 bitch. 



SETTERS. 



The same old faces. Edgemark in the challenge class. 

 Kent II., first ia opea dogs, with Viscouut, Tony .Gladstone 



