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FOREST AND STREAM. 



tDEC. 34, 1691. 



AN ENLARGED "FOREST AND STREAM." 



T\7'ITH the issue of Jan. 7 next, which will be the 



" ^ fixet number of its thirty-eighth volume, the 

 Forest and Stream will be permanently enlarged from 

 twenty-eight to thirty-two pages. 



This change has been made necessary by the growth 

 of the special interests to which the paper is devoted, 

 and by the corresponding requirement of more space f or 

 their adequate presentation. The enlargement is to be 

 taken as an earnest of our purpose to increase the in- 

 terest, usefulness and value of the Forest and Steeam; 

 and by means of the better opportunities thus afforded, 

 to maintain for it the character it has so long enjoyed 

 as the representative sportsman's journal of America. 



Each of the departments will be benefitted by the 

 change —Sportsman Tourist, Natural History, Game Bag 

 and Gun, Sea and Eiver Fishing — and, in pisrticular, our 

 news column?— the Kennel, Yacht and Canoe, Rifle and 

 Trap. The generous amount of space now given to Ken- 

 nel will be maintained, and the room devoted to Trap 

 Shooting will be so enlarged as to make the department 

 the most comprehensive and the best arranged contem- 

 porary record of that sport. 



Since this joixrnal was established eighteen years ago, 

 the popularity of sports with the rod and the gun has 

 advanced with giant strides; and in the development of 

 those manly recreations the Foeest and Stream has 

 taken no unimportant part. With their growth it has 

 kept equal pace in worth, in influence, in circulation 

 and in generous public recognition. What; it h&s been 

 it will be. The record of the past contains the abundant 

 promise for the future. 



In 1892 and the years that shall follow, as in 1891 and 

 the years that have passed, the Forest jnd Stream 

 will stand for all that is best and truest in field sports- 

 manship; and it will strive to meiit fi-om its growing 

 hosts of friends a continuation of that warm apprecia- 

 tion and indorsement with which it is now favored. 



One word remains to be said t The price will remain 

 unchanged; |4 per year. Subscribe now. 



PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION. 



AT a meeting held in "Washington. D. C, Dec. IS, Messrs. 

 Ford, Powell, Stilwell and Welshon were present. 

 One of the most important items of business considered was 

 the construction of the fish transportation car, for which a a 

 appropriation of $5,000 was made hy thf Legislature, und 

 this item determined the selection of Wasfalagton as the 

 place of meeting. There the plans and specifications of the 

 cars built for the XJ. S, Fish Commission can be studied and 

 theii- equiprnent and management fully investigated. Before 

 the Commissioners make the contract 'for building they will 

 examine the plans of the cars belonging to Michigan and 

 New York, and try to combine as many as possible of the 

 good features of all the cars now in use within the limit of 

 the appropriation. Considerable attention will be paid to 

 the distribution of large fish, and apparatus for hatching 

 eggs en route will be provided, 



A sub.iect of the utmost importance to the anglers of Penn- 

 sylvania is the pollution of streams by washing culm. The 

 injury to the fish is already so pronounced from Nanticoke 

 to Bainbridge in the Susquehanna and some of its tributa- 

 ries that general alarm is felt, and the people and press are 

 vigorously denouncing the outrageous practice. In Harris- 

 burg the Board of Trade and Board of Health have joined in 

 the protest against this evil, and it is certain that the cru- 

 sade opened by Mr. Powell will soon crush out the common 

 enemy of health and the fisheries. The Board of Health is 

 concerned in the matter because the reservoirs for drinking 

 water are becoming so full of the black sediment that a 

 pitcher left standing over night will contain nearly a half 

 inch of the deposit on the bottom. The spawning beds of 

 the bass, pike-perch and other game fishes are destroyed 

 and many good fishing grounds are deserted. An attorney 

 has been empowered by the Commission to lirosecute all .such 

 cases, and if existing laws will not avail for the protection 

 of the public new legislation will be earnestly demanded. 



Chairman Ford appointed Mr. Welshon a committee of 

 one to call on Governor Pattison and urge him to confer 

 with the Governor of Maryland on the vitally important 

 subject of the protection of fish in that part of the Susque- 

 hanna which flows through Maryland. In this stretch of 12 

 or 14 miles fish baskets are legalized and their number is 

 legion. Here the best efforts of the PennsylvaniaFish Com- 

 mission in the upper waters of the river are minimized by 

 one of the worst implements of fish destruction known to 

 civilization. Millions of young shad and herring, and 

 thousands of black bass, striped bass and pike-psrch are 

 annually crushed out of existence against the walls and 

 platforms of these barbarous traps. No amotmt of argu- 

 ment from persons interested in the welfare of the fishes has 

 yet availed to turn the tide against the baskets, and now a 

 last resource will be called into requisition and we trust it 

 may prove adequate to the occasion. 



Preliminary arrangements were made for the exhibition of 

 Pennsylvania fishes and fishculture at the World's Fair, 

 and the various counties of the State were redistricted under 

 the charge, of the Commissioners most available for the 

 region. The meeting then adjourned subject to the call of 

 the president of the board. 



Dogs: Their Management and Treatmentin Disease. By 

 Ashmont. Price $S. Kennel Record and Account Book. 

 Price p. Training vs. BreaMnq. By S, T. Ha/minond. 

 Price $1. First Bessom in Dog Training, vMh Points of 

 all Breeds. Price so cents. 



FIXTURES. 



{For fuller deMils see issue of Dec. S,) 

 DOG SHOWS. 



Dec. m to Jan. 3.— Glovorsvllle. N. Y. JT. B. ZMtnmer, Sec'y. 

 1803. 



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

 Jan. 5 to 9.— Charleston, S. O. Benj. Mclnniss, Sec'y. 

 .Jan. 13 to 16.— Columbia, S. O. F. F. Capers, Greenville, Sec'y, 

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

 Feb. 9 to 13,— Chicago, 111. John L. Lincoln, Jr., Sec'y. 

 Feb. 16 to Ifl.-Jackson, Mich. Chas. H. finhl, Seo'y. 

 Feb. 23 to g6.— New York. James Mortimer, Suvt. 

 March 1 to 4.— Philadelphia, Pa. F. S. Brown. 8(»c'r. 

 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 33 — Loa Angeles, Cal. C. A. Sumner, Sec'y. 

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



FIELD TRIALS. 

 1892. 



Jan. 11-13 — Bexsr Field Trials. San Antonio, Texas. 

 Jan. 18.— Paciflc Fielil Trials, Rabersvilie, Cal. 

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



AN ALBINO BROOK TROUT. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have received from Col. John Gay a small albino brook 

 trout, Sin. long, which was presented to him bv Mr. J. P. 

 Creveling, supf^rintendent of the AUentown hatchery of the 

 Pennsylvania Fish Commission. This little trout has pink 

 eyes; the sides are of a pale straw color and described by 

 Col. Gay as sparsely red spotted in life. The flns are paler 

 than the body and the teeth of the upper jaw deep brown on 

 their outer surface. The fish is slightly deformed, the por- 

 tion of the backbone near the tail fin being slightly bent 

 downward, while the lower lobe of the tail is more nearly 

 horizontal in direction than in the normal fish. This al- 

 bino was hatched in Alientown from one of the eggs for- 

 warded to that station from Corry, Pa. Superintendent 

 Creveling has a number of deformed trout now living, some 

 of which are curiously distorted; he says they seldom live to 

 a greater age than ten or eleven months, T. H, B. 



PROVIDENCE DOG SHOW.- 



THB sixth annual exhibition of the Rhode Island Poultiw 

 Association was held Dec. 16 to 23. In connection with 

 this a small dog show was one of the attractions and this 

 part of the show did not open till Dec. 18. As we pointed 

 out some time ago the association could not hope to" have a 

 large entry with the prizes at $3 and -^S, and a $3 entry fee, 

 and so it turned out, and I was more than surprised to see 

 about seventy dogs respond to the call. Most of them were 

 local dogs, the Park bane Kennels and Glendyne Kennels 

 being the only exhibitors known to outside fame. For such 

 a show the quality of the dogs exhibited was above the 

 average and proves that Providence is a good dog town, but 

 I am sorry to say no dog show town. The people seem to 

 look upon such ventures with the greatest apathy, and to 

 hold a show either of doffs or poultry, is to court almost 

 certain financial loss. This is discouraging, but answers 

 very effectually the question often asked why Providence 

 fanciers do not hold another good dog show. The arrange- 

 ments for the show were left almost entirely to Mr. Michael 

 Flynn, of Bristol, L. I., who owns the Glendyne Kennels, 

 and who is also the proud owner of the Irish setter Sedau, 

 that won the All-Age Stake at the late Irish Setter Trials. 

 Mr. Flynn had his hands full, for his one sweeper and 

 general attendant left him in the lurch during the nrst day: 

 alleging that the show was too exciting for him and he pre- 

 ferred some other kind of work. There was, however, little 

 delay in getting the dogs into the ring, as Mr. Flynn"s 

 friends came to the rescue and brought many of the dogs in. 

 The show was in Music Hall, as in former"^ years, and the 

 judging was again done on the stage. Poultry benches 

 took up two-thirds of the hall, and the dogs were consigned 

 to two rows on one side. .Judging commenced about noon 

 and was concluded by about 4:30, with an interval for lunch. 

 There were no catalogues and the .secretary and judge both 

 worked from the same book. 



There _was only one entry in mastiff dogs; this was A. L. 

 Guild's Ijeo, a dog with a fair head, a little too long, nice 

 ears, forelegs and coat; hindlegs too straight. He was 

 awarded first prize. The only puppy had a poor head, but 

 his body and legs redeemed him somewhat. ' There was no 

 entry in bitches. 



In St. Bernards a pretty fair brindle and white dog turned 

 up in L. E, & W. Miller's Mettlehcrn. He is rather sour- 

 faced, short m body and hindlegs too straight, his head, 

 however, is of good square shape, his forelegs are good and 

 his coat is straight. Second was withheld, as .John B. Wil- 

 son's Nero is self-colored and shows little or no evidence of 

 St. Bernard type, no white markings and has a wrong feel 

 of coat. The owner _told me afterward that he had won 

 first at Boston show, and I asked how old it was then, when 

 he replied "Six weeksl" In bitches L. E. & W. Miller's 

 Dorothy IV. was easily first. This bitch was imported and 

 is by champion Pouf , which her beautifully-marked head 

 and great look of quality would imply. Head is well- 

 shaped, if it Is a trifle long, muzzle a bit fine, front and body 

 good, nice coat, but hindlegs looked a little groggy; owner 

 said she had strained herself romping the day before. 

 Second went to Robert Clitheroe's Bess, a light, shelly-look- 

 ing animal, too .snipy faced, but still a St. Bernard after a 

 manner. Patrick C. Killet's Monk won in puppies. A 

 well-gi-own dog, white with brindle patches, witU a fair 

 head, nice coat and bone. Third withheld, another of the 

 no type red dogs, only a worse one, this was D. B. Burkin 

 shaw's Bruno. 



Great Danes had one entry, and that not a very extensive 

 specimen, Joseph H. De Jjory, Jr. 's Major, too big in ear 

 but nicely formed otherwise, b\xt was only five months old , 

 He took the prize. 



Greyhounds were represented by one specimen, M. J. Corn- 

 bill's bitch, no name given. She was given first although 

 her head is too short and Roman-nosed; still she had good 

 bone and foreleg.^, but hindlegs inclined to turn in a bit, 

 also lacks rib development. 



Pointers.— Sunset Hill Kennels showed Dash, the only 

 entry, and won first. This dog has not a bad head, but is 

 wide in front, heavy in shoulders and straight behind and 

 too short in body, though well sprung in ribs. 



English setters turned out better, and first prize went to 

 Ed H. Openshaw's Joe Brown, who, though not so good in 

 head as J. M. Brown's Myron McKie, bef^s the latter in 

 legs, feet, ribs and loin, in fact a better made dog altogether. 

 In bitches, one full of quality and with a good type of head 

 was shown in the winner, Frank Moore's Jinnie B. Perhaps 

 a little too much cut out before the eye, and drops a trifle 

 behind the shoulder; otherwise little fault can be found 

 with her. J. M. Brown's bitch, second, loses in head, front 

 and is a little light in body. B. H. Openshaw's Trixie was 

 shown too fat, making her look cloddy; she is heavy in 

 shoulders, but stands on good le^, and only her cloddy look 

 put her in third place. Puppies had two entries, Gabnet 

 Jackson's Ormonde, which beat Gloriana all over. 



In Irish setters the rakish looking Glen Jarvis, owned by 

 Glendyne Kennels, is well known to show goers as a fair 

 dog, beats Thos. CuUen's Elcho, Jr., who looks too English 

 setteryand is too straight in face, inhead, body and hindparts; 

 also too fat, short-faced and had too much white on chest. 

 In bitches Glendyne Kennels' Lucelle, despite her fourteen 

 years, showed lots of quality and a correct shape of head 

 albeit very gray. She is well formed, and were she younger 

 would hold her own with any of the modern ones. Sedan, 

 the field trial winner, was absent. A tmos. old pup, Mollie 

 Glendyne, from the same kennel, took second. This is quite 



won also in puppies, beating a litter brother, Larry Doolan, 

 also owned by Glendyne Kennels. This one is snipy and 

 was out of shape from worms, besides being very shy. He 

 was afterward shipped down t-o North Carolina,. 



The only Gordon setter dog was M. Kenyon's Pete, that 

 took first. He has good tan, but no pencilings; has a fairly 

 well formed head, though it is a little short. In bitches 0. 

 M. Henyon's Judy, although given first, hardly deserved it. 

 Bad head, light tan, but good pencilings; was shown in 

 bad trim, too. 



Cocker spaniels seeme^d to include a little of all sorts of 

 the spaniel family, and our friend Mr. Bell would have had. 

 a good object lesson as to the difference of style between ' 

 cocker and field spaniel heads, for the field spaniel head on' 

 the cocker body was shown to perfection iu one or two cases. 

 The winner iu dogs was Mrs. E. H. Openshaw's Jim the 

 Dude, a dog with a capital head, though a little light in eye, 

 a bit long in body, but well ribbed and fairly straight in 

 front; will do to show in New York if it can be kept in its 

 present good condition. In bitches there was quite a turn 

 out, Park Lane Kennels' La La winning first; is more of a 

 cocker than the other, which struck me as too ranch of a 

 field spaniel. La J-ja turns elbows out a bit when she moves, 

 but so does the second, M. C. Philip's Bessie. Little Gypsey, 

 third, was the cocker of the show in body and style of head, 

 hut it was too domy in skull, feet too' small and. bone too 

 light; but a real cocker in general appearance. M. C. 

 Philip's Mischief was beaten in muzzle and shoulders, latter 

 much too heavy, and was a bit high on legs, too. In the 

 puppy class Major won easily over Sunny Hill Kennels'' 

 Fannie B., though more on the field spaniel form, being too 

 long in body for a cocker; he had the best bone and was 

 much better in hindquarters. 



Of course this is one of the strongholds for Japanese 

 spaniels, thanks to the Park J^ane Kennels, whose Nauki 

 Poo, in the dog class, looked as well as I ever saw him, and 

 as handsome as usual. Then Y^um Y^um, seemingly a little 

 short of coat, was also alone in the bitch class, Both these 

 "Japs" are well known to the fraternity. 



Foxhounds were the next to come on the stage, and Dr. 

 Thurber, who showed most of them, can boast a nice sorty 

 little pack, of a sort of betwixt-and-between type. Father 

 and son came together in the open class, and, though the 

 Deacon is a past winner, I had to give the blue ribbon to bis 

 son the Parson, for he beats the other in body and hind parts. 

 Deacon being too narrow and short of muscling in quarters; 

 also loses in bone. Deacon is better in skull btit not so 

 square in muzzle as Parson: both have good hound coats. In 

 bitches, F. W. Wilbur's Bessie II. , the winner, is a bit too 

 long cast, wide in front and out at elbows. In puppy class 

 Dr. Thurber showed Femur and Tibia, two likely youngsters 

 Femur beating the other in bone, pasterns and head. 



Beagles had only two entries, but Little Roseoe was the 

 only one to show up, Tampa, the Sunny Hill Kennels' other 

 entry, having tampered with a skunk, was imable to appear. 

 Little Roseoe is a nice little "basket" beagle, snipy in 

 muzzle, soft in coat and not straight enough in front, but 

 good in body. No bitches. Don F., from the saiae kennel, 

 is as much too large as the other was too small, is inclined 

 to coarseness and is too long in head. 



Collies came next, and whether it was the absence of any 

 striking specimen of dog flesh except in one or two classes, 

 1 do not knowjbut over Lambert Stansfleld's Highland Floss, 

 by Fordhook Climax out of Fordhook Abyssinian, running 

 back to The Squire, champion Charlemagne Ruliland and 

 the rest of them, I felt the spirit of eovetousness creep 

 through me. Barring Roslyn Dolly. I think she has the 

 sweetest expression I ever saw in a collie, lots of quality, a 

 well-shaped head, good feet, well formed body, nice carriage, 

 and coat that would be of proper texture were she not kept 

 in the house, with lots of undercoat and all combined, with 

 quite enough bone and good size, made a bitch than which 

 1 have seen no better for some time. E. E. Mcintosh's 

 Finny sufl'ered by comparison, and only received vhc, a.'i 

 she is thick in head and showed little quality. In puppies 

 Highland Floss won again, she is only 10 months old, and is 

 evidently now at her best. Michael Sweeney's Rogue had a 

 coarse, thick head, good bone, fair coat and body. 



Fox-terriers were represented by quite a fair specimen in 

 Scamp, by Old Searsdale, partaking of his sire's thickness 

 of head; he, however, has a good body and front, but coat is 

 too soft and not enough of it. 



Bull-terriers had one entry, a nondescript. No prize 

 awarded. 



Irish terriers were well represented. In dogs Park Lane 

 Kennels' Hillaloe beat Dr. Fennel's Mickey K. in general 

 type, head, coat and front. In bitches Park Lane Kennels' 

 Dunmurry had no difficulty in beating Dr. Fennel's 

 Noreena, too full in eye and faulty in head. In puppies two 

 poor .ones came forth, they were given the prizes, but got 

 more than their deserts. 



Then came a nice lot of black and tan terriers fi-om the 

 Park Lane Kennels. In dogs Salisbury had little difhcultv 

 in beating Jasper in head, fr-ont, markings and condition. 

 Queen had a harder task in the bitch class , as Louie looked 

 very well and Queen in whelp, appeared a littlo above her- 

 self, but Queen is also better in head, front and hindparts. 

 In the puppy class another of the Park Lane Kennels' en- 

 tries, Mizpah, won over Han-y McDonald's Ned Whirlwind 

 —one of their breeding, too, same litter— in head, color of 

 tan and markings. 



Then came the mLseellaneous class with C. M. Kenyon s 

 said-to-be-a-poodle first in the dog division. In bitches a 

 fair round-headed, or Boston tei'rier, as they must now be 

 called, Sunset Hill Kennels' Eldelity beat another little non- 

 descript poodle, and a toy black and tan that was entered in 

 the black and tan puppy cla,ss, but was much too ancient 

 for that. These two were given equal second. In the puppy 

 class (miscellaneous!) the judge gave a promising Dalmatian 

 pup the prize, ignoring the claim of another Boston hybrid 

 and this with the placing of the .specials as follows brought 

 the judging to a close. H. W. L. 



SPECIAL PRIZES. 

 Best mastiff, A. L. Guild's Leo; best St. Bernard, E. E. & W. 

 Miller's Dorothy IV.; best Great Dane, .1. H. De Lory's Major; 

 best greyhound, M. G. Cornbill's bitch; best pointer, Snnset Hill 

 Kennels' Dash; best English setter, Frank Moore's Jinnie B.: beat 

 Iriih setter, Glendyne Kennels' Glen Jarvis; best Gordon setter, 

 C. M. Kenyon ( Agt.) Pete; best cocker spaniel. Jim the Dude? beat 

 Japanese sp«-niel. Pa,rk Lane Kennels' Nankl Poo. Best foxhoand, 

 Dr. H. T. Thurber's J'arson; best beagle. Sunny Hill Kennels' 

 Little Roseoe; best collie, Lambert Stansfleld's Highland Floss; 

 best fox-terrier, H. A. Richmond's Scamp; best Irish terrier. Park 

 Lane Kennel's Dunmurrey; best black and tan terrier, Park Lane 

 Kennels' Queen HI.; bpst kennel of four sporting dogs, Glendyne 

 Kennels; second best. Dr. H. T. Thurber's foxhoundc; best ken- 

 nel non-snorting dogs, Park Lane Kennels' black and lan terrier?; 

 second be*8t. Dr. W. T. Kenney's Irish terriers; best setter stud 

 dog with two of his get, Glendyne Kennels' Glen Jarvis with 

 Molly Glondynp II. and Larry Doolan: .nest setter la show, Frank 

 Moore's Jinnie B. 



THE AMERICAN MASTIFF CLUB SPECIALS.-Lake 

 Waceabuc, N. Y.—Bditor Forest and Stream: The Ameri- 

 can Mastiff Club offers the following specials to be com- 

 peted for at the show of the Mascoutah Kennel Club, Chi- 

 cago, Feb. 9, 1892. (1) The club's silver challenge cup (value 

 SloO) for best American-bred mastiff, open to all; entries to 

 be made with Secretary American Mastiff Club, Lake Wac- 

 cabuc,;N. Y., accompanied by an entry fee of S5; one half the 

 fee to go to vfiuner of cup, the other half to club to meet ex- 

 penses of cup. (3) The club's silver challenge cup (value 

 -SlOO) for the best mastiff dog owned by a member of the 

 American Mastiff Club. (3) The club's silver challenge cup 

 (value $100) for the best mastiff bitch owned by a member of 

 the American Mastiff Club. Each of the above « 

 carry the club's diploma. — Hekbeet Mead, Sec'y. 



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