Nov. 19, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES CON- 

 VENTION. 



THE committee named at the meeting of Oct. 22 in 

 this city convened in Rochester last week, Nov. 10, 

 11 and 13. There were present of the committee: Messr?. 

 R. XT, Sherman, of the New York Codihcation Commis- 

 sion; A. D. Stewart, Canadian Fish Commission; Henry 

 C Ford, Pennsylvania Fish Commission; George F. Dan- 

 forth and F. J. Amsden, Fish Food Association of New 

 York State: Hoyt Post, Detroit. Michigan Fish Commis- 

 sion: H. N. Smith, Washington, United States Fish Com- 

 mission; George H. Welshon and Louis Struebler, Penn- 

 sylvania Fish Commission. The Anglers' Association of 

 St. Lawrence River, including R P. Grant, treasurer; W. 

 ri. Thompson, secretary: G, W. «kinner, of executive 

 committee: Hon, E. B. Buckley, H. S. Folger. Members 

 of the local Cheaper Pish Food Association, including 

 Senator McNaughton, ex Congressman Baker, Postmaster 

 Reynolds, W. F, Cogswell, W. F. Balkam, Geo. Darling, 

 L. P. Ross, Monroe Green and James Aunin of Caledonia- 

 Senator McNaughton spoke in appreciation of the pur- 

 poses of the meeting. It was decided to prepare a reso- 

 lution asking Congress to provide for a complete examin- 

 ation of the Great Lakes with respect to their fish sup- 

 ply; a resolution was adopted favoring laws in the several 

 States forbidding the taking of salmon trout under 21bs., 

 bass under lib., and blue pike under fib. weight. An- 

 other resolution was adopted as follows: 



ReftoJvcd, Tbat tbe members of this committee from the Domin- 

 ion .iiid thp States be requestpd to examine the text of tlie Game 

 and Fish Code prepared by the New York roinmission and con- 

 sider the sume in regard to the applicability of the same to their 

 purposes, and to indicate what provisions may be acceptable and 

 what changes they may deem advisable to meet their partictilar 

 wants, so that at the final meeting it may be found what final 

 changes may be desired. 



A meeting will be held in Hamilton. 



Salmon Teout of the Yellowstone.— Livingston, 

 Montana, Nov. 9. —The largest salmon trout ever cap- 

 tured in the Yellowstone River was caught this week two 

 miles below this city with hook and line. The specimen 

 weighs 8 lbs. 5 ozs., and is 25 in. long. It will be sent by 

 Mr. Wetzstein, of this place, to Rochester, N. Y., for 

 m ounting. — Livingston. 



"How Long Will Trout Live?" we asked Mr. Thomas 

 Andrews, the well-known fish breeder, who says: "I 

 knew a man whose father put a trout lilbs. into a well: 

 after twenty- five years the fiph was taken out weighing 

 less than llh."— Fishing Gazette, London, 



TROUT AND SALMON IN MEXICO. 



XTNDER tbe supervision of Ssnor E. Chazari the Mexican 

 J Goverumieat has three flshcultural establishments. 

 wDlch have received from time to time since 1885 supplies of 

 esgs and fish from the U. S. Pish Commission. The most 

 important of these hatcheries, located In the District of 

 jjerma, has a capacity of 40.000 liters of water a minute 

 with a temperature of oOdeg. Farenheit in winter, and some- 

 times reaching 60deg. at mid-day in summer. Here are to 

 he found 7,000 rainbo\v trout, 1,000 brook trout (fontinalis) , 

 500 lake trout inamaycush), 9,000 quinnat or California 

 salmon, a few Von Behr trout or brown trout {Salrao fario), 

 and 15,000 carp. 



A second establishment in the hacienda of La Condesa, 

 Federal District, with a supply of 150 gallons of spring 

 water per minute, at a temperature of 60 to OSdei?. Fahren- 

 heit, contains 20,000 carp, about 20,000 goldfish, and a few 

 red-eye perch, all of which were obtained from the United 

 States. 



The third hatchery, in the hacienda of Asencion, is sup- 

 plied with river water, highly oxygenated, cold at night and 

 warmer at mid-day. This is devoted to carp which fielded 

 about 10,000 young in 1890, and these when seven months 

 old weighed from 4 to 6oz., a slow growth on account of the 

 low temperature of the water. 



Carp have proved rather delicate in the cold spring water 

 of the region, but some of the breeding fish now weigh 9 or 

 lOlbs. Tbe fish have been fed on earthworms and crushed 

 boiled corn. The first public distribution will be made 

 during the coming winter. 



Lake trout eggs received in 1690 yielded 500 fry, which 

 have not grown rapidly, averaging now only fioz. in weight. 

 The species is very difficult to rear in Mexico. 



Rainbow trout eggs were obtained from California in the 

 winter of 188S. From these 5,000 young were reared, among 

 tbe product are fish measuriug 28Ln. and weighing 91bs., 

 while the average weight is fully 21bs. In December, 1890, 

 some of the fish spawned and furnished 50,000 eggs, which 

 yielded 25,000 healthy fry. The j'oung were fed on cooked 

 Besh and blood, and their development was wonderfully 

 rapid. Their natural reproduction in large numbers shows 

 that the species is well adapted to certain Mexican waters. 



Brook trout forwarded in March, 1889, did not thrive very 

 well, but some examples reared in the establishment now 

 weigh 2 lbs. In December, 1890, some females were heavy 

 with eggs, but no males entered the spawning races, and 

 the attempt to cross fertilize with milt of the rainbow was 

 unsuccesiful. Some eggs obtained in January, 1891, suffered 

 le?s dnriug the critical periods, and abotit 2,000 young are 

 now developing from them. 



iS Quinnat salmon seem better adapted to the region than 

 any other of the family. The eggs received in October, 1890, 

 produced healthy try, of which 9,000 now remain. Their 

 average weight is 8oz. They are fed on flesh mixed with 

 cooked blood. 



Red-eye perch received in 1889 have not grown much, 

 weighing only 5 to 6oz. each, and they have not spawned. 

 The food given them is earth worms. 



Tench obtained in 1SS7 and 1889 have merely held their own, 

 some of them now weighing 21bs., others not more than i^lb., 

 and no spawning has occurred. 



CToldfish have done reasonably well, some of them spawn- 

 ing at the age of 7mos. 



The most gratifying results have been obtained with the 

 rainbow trout, and Senor Ghdzari is highly pleased also 

 with the growth and condition of the California salmctn. 



Imnet 



Forest an d Strea^i. Bos 3,833. N. Y. city, has descriptive illus- 

 trs-Jf-d circulars of \V. B. Lefflngwell's book, "Wild Fowl Shoot- 

 ing, which will be mailed free on request. The book is pro- 

 nounced by "Nanit," "Gloan" "Dick SwiveUer," "SybUlene" and 

 nt her competent authorities to be the bsBt treatise on the subjeet 

 »-R.(«nt. 



The VBI.VBT TRAriN of the Monon Route between Chicago and 

 Oinciunati offers the he?r and most luxurious service obtainable 

 r>etween those .ooints,— ^Ic'o, 



Dogs: Their Management and Treatmentin Disease. By 

 Ashmont. Price $2. Kennel Beeord and Account BooTi. 

 PHce $S. Training vs. Breakinq. By S. T. Hammond. 

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

 all Breeds. Price 60 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. 



FIXTURES. 



UForfvlUr details sec issue of Nov. 

 DOG .SHOWS. 

 Dec. 4 to 8.— Sixth Annual, nt Rockford, IlL 

 Dec. 10 to 14.— Freeport. 111. T. E. Taylor. Sec'y. 

 Dec. 30 to Jan. 3 — QloversviUe. N. Y. F. B. Zimmer, Sec'y. 

 18512. 



Jan. 5 to 8.— Albany, N. Y. W. O. House, Fort Plain, N.Y., Sec'y. 



Jan. 5 to 9.— Charleston. 8. O. Benj. Mclnnisp, Sec' v. 



Jan. 13 to 16.— Columbia^ S. G. F. F. Caper.«, G reenville, Bec'y. 



Jan, 21 to 25.— Elmira, N. Y. O. A. Bowman, Sec'v. 



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



Feb. 16 to 19.— Jackson, Mich. 1). E. L. Kimball, Sec'y. 



Feb. 28 to 26.— New York. James iVIortimer, Supt. 



March 1 to 4.— Philadelphia, Pa. F. S. Brown, Spc'y. 



March 8 to 11.— Washington, D. C. F. S.Webster, 738 B'way,N.Y. 



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



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



April 20 to 23 — Los Angeles, Cal. C. A. Sumner, Sec'y. 



May 4 to 7.— San Francisco, Cal. H. L. Miller, Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 Nov. 23.— Irish Setter Trials, High Point, N. C. 

 Nov. 33.— Gordon Setter Trials, High Point, N. C. 

 Nov. 23.— National Beagle Club. Nanuet, N. Y. 

 Nov. 80.— Central Field Trials, Lexington, N. O. 

 Dec. 14.— Philadelphia Kennel Club, Deatonsville, Va. 

 18P2. 



Jan. 10 —Bexar Field Trials, San Antonio, Texas. 

 Jan.18 — Paciflc Field Trials, Bakersvilie, Cal. 

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



INTERNATIONAL FIELD TRIALS CLUB. 



THIRD ANNUAL. 



CHATHAM, Ont.. Nov. 10.— It is probably correct enough 

 to speak of tbe Chatham meeting of this fall as the 

 third annual meeting of the International Field Trials Club, 

 for although the latter has held but one trial previotis to 

 this, it is the surviving spirit of the meeting held fir.st under 

 the then existing trials branch of the Canadian Kennel 

 Club. The International Club, (iiie Canadian, changed and 

 widened its purpose with its name. The widening of the 

 name entitles it to about a two-column head from a printer's 

 standpoint. In the significance of its fame, now growing, 

 this noble little club calls for far more room than that. In 

 the short term of its existence it has pushed quite into the 

 place of notice, and must be remembered fuUv by all sports- 

 men of this continent who have an interest in the trials cir- 

 cuit. In the two meetings which it has conducted to suc- 

 cessful close it has certainly developed strong showing of 

 good pointers and setters, as witness the remarkable quality 

 of last year's entry, and it has at once established nne fact 

 at least, namelj^, that it is far from easy to win at Chatham 

 trials. Beyond this lie the further facts of good officers, 

 clean membership, unselfish enthusiasm in spirit, a towii 

 furnishing abundant and comfortable accommodations, and 

 ground well stocked enough and pleasant for the running. 

 It is bard to conceive of any but a flattering future for this 

 trials club. Just now the gentlemen who" own field dogs 

 are asked to go to the remote South if they care to enter 

 them in competition for the most considerable' stakes. The 

 reason for this is not obvious. The South does not furnish 

 a central meeting ground for those who enter dogs there- 

 at High Point, for instance. In point of accomniodations, 

 character of cotmtry and abundance of birds, it is a grave 

 question whether Ohio could not furnish better and more 

 desirable qualities of attraction, to say nothing of its being 

 altogether more convenient and central. Some day the big 

 meetings of the setters and pointers will shift northward. 

 In that day the International Club will have an additional 

 prominence and interest. This year it can offer only -$75 to 

 the winner of the All-Aged and $40 to the Derby first, but 

 purse and entry are bound to grow, and the time will come 

 when the States dogs will make a far larger shovring than 

 the two or three which make the total showing for the 

 country below and west of the narrow Detroit River. 



Mr. Thos. Johnson, all the way down from Winnipeg 

 again, has only three with him, but these should be good. 

 In the setter bitch Manitoba Patti he has what he believes 

 to be tbe fastest dog in the Domi nion. That popular favorite, 

 the pointer bitch Ightfleld Blithe, is also here. Two years 

 ago I stated Mr. Johnson's intention of making a gift 

 of this beatttiful little bitch to Mr. Amory R. Starr, of Texas. 

 Mr. Johnson never so presented her, for the simple reason 

 that Mr. Starr would not accept so valuable a gift. Ight- 

 fleld Upton, Mr. Johnson's third, is a grand big pointer, fit 

 to go through a cover of rail fences and carpet taclis. 



Mr. W. B. Wells, of Chatham, the secretary of the club, 

 would scarcely enter poor ones, and should offer hot company. 

 He has three in the All-Aged, Malone, Luke of Cambriana, 

 and in the Derby will stand upon his Toledo Blade— Cambri- 

 ana stock, of which he thinks rightly well. 



Mr. T. J. Davey, of London, is standing a great lot of 

 quizzing about his Gothic black pointer Lucky Deal, which 

 should prove a good courser, at least, and" trained dog 

 enough for that; but he picks the winner in Canadian Jester, 

 and shows also two pointers. Lady Gay Spanker and Axtel 

 King Don, which seem genuine good ones at this writing. 

 Yet another excellent pointer, in many regards, is Count 

 Graphic, but of training for which Mr. Milkins is not over 

 sanguine. 



Only one Irish setter comes to notice, Dan O'Connell, 

 entered by Mr. Louis N. Hilsendegen, of Detroit. The work- 

 ing of this dog is awaited with interest. He is confidently 

 called far better than his sire, Sarsfleld, though what that 

 may imply is something wide. Dan is much of a specimen. 



There are, I believe, but two Gordons in the lot, Mr. J. L. 

 Campbell's Pendennis, in the Derby, and his Gordo, in the 

 All- Aged. 



The drawings were sent in for last week's issue, and it was 

 then stated that the judges of the meeting would be Mr John 

 Davidson and Mr. L. H. Smith. Lately'Mr. Davidson had 

 an accident with a horse which he was leading, and hurt his 

 arm, stift'ening it badly, and since then has had the ftu-ther 

 misfortune to jar or strain his leg in jumping over a fence, 

 so that he ismore nearly crippled than'any one ever saw him 

 before, though still able, he protests, to go. 



The intention is to take the boat up the river daily five or 

 six miles, working not over two or three miles from the 

 river. This was the plan last year, and it obviates long and 

 muddy rides over the country roads. To-day, however, the 

 rain, heavy and continuous, put an end to all thought of 



foing afield, and no start was made by boat or team. The 

 ownfall continued throughout the day, and all were 

 obliged to seek amusement indnors. To this Mr. Wells' 

 little negro stable boy, " Oleander." has contributed largely. 

 Oleander is a genuine lover of a dog, and shows strong pro- 

 clivities toward being an all-around " sport." He is helping 



Mr. Johnson about his dogs, and the latter has made quite 

 friends with him. 



"Now, Olie," said Mr. Johnson to him to-day, "you're 

 growing up, and you'll be looking for a calling before long 

 to follow. Tell me, what sort of profession would you 

 rather have?" 



Olie cast one enraptured look on Mr. Johnson's well-filled 

 cords and leggings, and replied, unhesitatingly: 



"Spo'te.sman, sah!" Indeed, he might have chosen worse. 



Canada and the States are practically one country, in 

 sportsmanship at least, all along this region, but I noticed 

 one peculiarity of the land this morning. In Chicago hotels 

 they call you briefly by electricity or gruffly by a negro. 

 The latter will jar a panel in your door and say in a harsh 

 tone of voice, "S' glock! g' up!' This morning I heard far 

 down the hall the plaintive voice of the old "porter at the 



him at my door, or on the other side of it. 

 "Say," said I. 

 "Yes, sir," said he. 

 "What's that you said?" 

 "Six o'clock, please sir." 

 "Is there any choice about it?" 

 "I beg pardon, sir." 



"Why, I mean if it doesn't make any difl:'erence to you, it 

 would be just as w-ell, and would please me better, if it 

 wasn't 6 o'clock at all." 



"H'ob no, h'oh yes, .sir!" (This struck me as being 

 diplomacy in pure form; but through the dark and the door 

 I could see the puzzled look on his face.) 



"Moreover," said I. looking at my watch, "by Chicago 

 time," which is good enough for anybody, it is only 5 

 o'clock." 



A moment of thought followed, and then his face bright- 

 ened, I could feel. "You'r a 'nour further h' east, sir," said 

 he. "It's 6 o'clock, please sir." 



I like this way of being called, it is so much gentler and 

 easier than the electricity or the Chicago negro, and starts 

 one on the day with so much less of wrath and' revenge in 

 his heart. 1 wish they could learn politeness in Chicago. 



To-morrow, if this rain keeps up, we will not get up till 

 10 o'clock, plea.se sir. 



At the dul)'s annual meeting to-night little was done 

 beyond routine work and the drawings in the All-Aged. It 

 was pointed out that under the rules of running, no credit 

 sh outd be given a dog for retrieving. 



The following were the ofiicers chosen for the ensuing 



tary and Treasurer, W. B. Wells, of Chatham, the present 

 incumbent. Committee, L. H. Smith, London; John David- 

 son, Monroe, Mich.; Montague Smith, Forest; L. Hilsen- 

 degen, Detroit; H. C. Eddy. Detroit; T. J. Davey. London; 

 J. Nicholls, S. Holmes. .Jos. Kime and C. R. Atkinson, 

 of Chatham. 



The rules, as revised into the spotting system, may be 

 briefly outlined by the following, taken from Rule' 9: "Dogs 

 sball be drawn by lot and numliered in the order drawn. 

 Each dog shall run in the first series as a brace with the 

 next available dog in that order After the first series has 

 been run through, the judges shall announce which dogs 

 they wish to see run again, and order of running them. 

 Discretion is given the judges to ruu the dogs as often and 

 in what order they think best, until they are satisfied 

 which are the best dogs; but they may announce the win- 

 ners any time after the second series, provided the first and 

 .second piize vrinners shall have run together." 



WEDNESDAY, NOV. IL 



The day da\yned clear and cool. The going was bad from 

 yesterday's rain. In the afternoon it became cloudy and 

 rain fell, with a raw wind. The day was not a good one for 

 field work. The average of the performance was not high 

 at all. 



Yesterday Mr. Johnson got in from Indiana his second 

 setter bitch, Manitou Pet, and so made good his provisional 

 entry of her. 



Mr. Davidson had trouble with his injured leg all day and 

 found the walking difficult, but was ably supplemented by 

 the other two judges, Mr. Smith and Dr. Nichols. 



The trip up the river was made on the tugboat Vick, a 

 craft not noted for speed. It was 8:30 when the first brace 

 went down in the Derby. 



Derby, First Series. 



PEJTDElSTJIS— DAPHNE. 



Pendennis is a Gordon, the property of Mr. J. L. Camp- 

 bell, and was handled by J. McGregor. Daphne was handled 

 by xMr. W. B. Wells, her owner. Neither showed much field 

 quality. Daphne made game, Pendennis ran by and flushed. 

 On scattered birds both were irresolute. Daphne under good 

 control. Down 35m., and when ordered up it seemed plain 

 that neither would get a further look in at the Derby. 

 SAM H.— LOU DIDO. 



Mr. W. J. Bennet's pointer dog, handled by J. McGregor, 

 and Mr. .los. Kime's setter bitch, handled by owner. These 

 worked on stubble brush. Barring a rather low head. Dido 

 showed fair style, and was more independent than Sam. 

 Sam made a bad flush on a bevy, up wind. On the scattered 

 birds Sam pointed. Later he flushed, down wind, however. 

 Dido backed his reading stop later. Dido flushed also. Sam 

 flushed a bevy in a swale, sheer up wind, Dido backing his 

 stop. Both under fair control. Down 4om. 



LUKE— MAY I. 



Two setters. Mr. Wells owns and handled Luke. May 1. 

 is owned by E. H. Gilman. of Detroit, and was handled by 

 Huddleston. A merry brace enough. Luke carried a very 

 high head and showed considerable ranging quality. The 

 dogs were worked to a bevy started by the crowd, but were 

 unfortunate on the scattered birds,' getting little work, 

 though many birds were started from the brush heaps. 

 Down 35m. 



RHWLAS— R. K. 



was I 



the pointer R. K. for Mr. Tighe. j.ue auie training or 

 Rhwlas was soon manifest. He quartered admirably, and 

 was very businesslike, going a steady and machine-like, 

 but not headlong gait. After leaving the stubble for the 

 woods, Rhwlas roaded and pointed a bevy, R. K. passed to 

 steal the point and flushed. Both steady to wing and under 

 control. The scattered birds were wild, hut crossing a log 

 Rhwlas doubtless made a flush, though very steady to wing. 

 Down 31m. 



LUCKY DEAL— CARRIE. 

 Mr. Davey now came in for some more chaffing about his 

 black pointer Lucky Deal, which he handled, Huddleston 

 handling the setter bitch Carrie for Mr. Williamson. Lucky 

 Deal showed fast, which led the unkind ones to point out to 

 Mr. Davey that he had a good combined courser and pointer, 

 invaluable for hares. Leaving the stubble for the slashings, 

 Lucky pointed the lunch basket and later on was near by 

 when a wild bevy went up, neither pointed nor flushed. 

 Carrie pointed, standing high on a log over a brush heap. 

 Lucky backing nicely. Carrie again made out a single, but 

 flushed it clearly. Lucky flushed a single later, and again 

 flushed unmistakably in a clump of briers by a log. Lucky 

 ranged wide, but was obedient, Carrie seemed industrious, 



