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within half a mile of the club house, and the indications 

 are that there will be good sport the balance of the sea- 

 son. There is also good fishing in the Big and Little 

 Piney rivers, in the Gasconade, and in the St. Francis, 

 Black and Current rivers. Just now Spring Lake is coru- 

 ing in for a good share of attention on account of its most 

 excellent bass fishing. Mr. Fred Hugunin was up at the 

 lake last week, and in a day and a half caught 94 black 

 bass, tbe largest weighing 4+lb3. He caught all his fish 

 on the ily, and had the best success with the Seth-Green, 

 peacock and the Stewart liy. Spring Like is reached 

 from St. Louis by the Jacksonville & Southeastern E. R., 

 and round trip tickets are sold to the lake for |t) There 

 is a hotel known as the Idlewild, kept by Mr. H. N. Cook, 

 who will treat sportsmen in a proper manner, and boats 

 and other accommodationB can be had by the angler. 



Abeudeisn. 



Potomac Notes. 



Washington, D. C, Sept. 13.— The Dow Ordek Fish- 

 ing Club is perhaps one of the smallest clubs in existencp, 

 having but four members. The club has a small house 

 near Mount Vernon, fitted with cots and a culinary de- 

 partment, and is always in readiness for the members 

 and their friends. Messrs, W, C. Kimpton, E. C. Ford 

 and H. A, Parker were down last week and had excellent 

 fishing. Their score was 175 white and yellow perch, 2 

 black bass and one small croaker. The fish were caught 

 right off from the Mfc. Vernon dock along the grass tear 

 the main channel of the river. Small minnows were 

 used as bait. The river was full of minnows at this point. 

 The capture of a croaker in the river as far up as Mt. 

 Vernon is something unlooked for, and the party were 

 much surprised. Tbe river has been so low that crabs 

 came up, so, we presume, the croaker thought he would 

 make a break for the capital of his cauntry. 



We inadvertently refprred to Mrs, McCxthran, etc., as 

 being with the Helmet Club. It should have read Miss 

 McC. accompanied her brother. Bon. 



his fireplace last Christmas, holding his baby grandchild 

 in his lap. To amuFC the child he set fire to a common 

 firecracker and held it in his hand till it exploded, when 

 I immediately a tremendous explosion followed and the 

 I house was filled with smoke and set on fire. The cause 

 j of the trouble was a powder flask filled with common 

 black powder which hung on a nail in a closet at the side 

 ! of Ihe fireplace. But the mystery is what caused the 

 explosion. The closet door wa« closed tight and the flask 

 had a good spring fastening. As black powder will not 

 explode from concussion a spark from the cracker must 

 have reached the powder in some way. But how could 

 ii? Theflisk was" blown to pieces, the closet door torn 

 from its hinges and a loaded shotgun was blown out into 

 the room, but singularly enough no one was hurt. C. C. 

 RushvilijK, Md. 



California. 



The fame of the cliruate of Califoriiia draws to tlia*' charming 

 State new friends every year, particularly from sections where 

 long, severe winters, followed by trying spring season,?, work such 

 di°aBtrou3 results among the weak and debilitated. 



The great imijrovements in passengpr train service, higher 

 degrees of comfort in the cars, and shorter time required on the 

 trip, combined with the cheapness of the excursion tickets now 

 being sold to California and back by the Santa Fe route, m«ke 

 the iourney agreeable, and one can almost say, economical. Tbe 

 many delightful resorts now established in California afford 

 every comfort and luxury desired by the fastidious, and present 

 unique attrac'-inns. 



The Hotel del Coronado at San Diego, the Raymond, at Pasa 

 dena, the Redondo at Redondo Beach and the hotels at Santa 

 R^rbara, Monterey, Riverside, Los Angeles and many other 

 points, have grown as famous as any on the Atlantic Coast— and 

 a fact that should not be forgotten is that they are resorts all the 

 year around, altboush the greatest number of people from tbe 

 Kast are lu California between the months of November aud 

 May. 



Tbe Atchison, Topeka !& Santa ¥6 Railroad is now preparing a 

 new illustrated book, descriptive of atrip to California over its 

 lines, which will be mailed free to any Bppli cant who may write 

 to .John J. Byrne, Asst. Passenger TrafHc Manager, 723 Monadnock 

 Block, Chicago, III., inclosing iive cents in postage stamps, the 

 amount reouired to carry tlirouerh the mails.— ^du. 



Suisquehanna Bass. 



Haeeisbttrg, Pa., Sept. 30. — While speeding along the 

 Pennsylvania road from the West I saw from the car 

 window a good ly number of boats engaged in fishing for 

 black bass at Foster's Falls, near Dancannon, Pd,. and at 

 Hunter's Falls, which is a little further down the river, 

 A traveling companion whose home is near these grounds 

 says they are famous for bass, and the fidiing is good at 

 this time. Stone catfish are preferred for bait, but hel- 

 gramites, minnows and "crabs" (crawfish) are als) u^ed 

 effectively. The river at these points is rocky and full of 

 rapids and eddies, furnishing ideal haunts for black bass. 

 The fishermen were located very near the rocks, Bjth 

 the Juniata and the Susquehanna still contain the walls 

 of fish traps, and all that ii needed to make them com- 

 plete is a small set net at the narrow end of the triangle. 

 Djubtless on dark nights many of them are in full opera- 

 tion. T. H. B. 



Montana Notes. 



Livingston — A number of rods are going into the 

 Yellowstone Park. The fishing i? reported fair. 



Arlee. — The Jocko River here furnishes good trout fish- 

 ing and anglers are busy. Chair and whitefish are also 

 present. Dull-colored flies are much used. Grasshop- 

 pers are equally good. Nearly all thft flies noticed by 

 me in use were brown-hackles. Mr. Alex. Dow tells me 

 that Jocko Like famishes unusually good fishing. Some- 

 times a single line is rigged with nine hooks and, if left 

 down a shore time when the trout are biting freely, will 

 often secure nine trout, or a fish on each hook, at a sin- 

 gle time. The boys usually take from 50 to GOlbs. of 

 trout in a day's fishing. 



The charr of these waters is the Dolly Varden and it 

 grows to quite a go d size. The whitefish in schooling 

 make the characteristic movements in the water and a 

 whole school of a thousand of these fish will all come to 

 the surface at once, Bon. 



Fishing in the Gunpowder. 



Baltimore, Oct. 3.— There has been excellent fishing 

 in the Gunpowder Eiver this season, and I have taken 

 great numbero of fine white perch during July, August 

 and September. The fishing has been best in the grass 

 that grows on hard bottom near the shore in shallow 

 water. This is a kind of -triangular rush cilled "three- 

 square" by the river men. The fish have now gone out of 

 the grass into deep water near the mouth of the river. 

 On Friday last two of us caught 133 fine large white 

 perch and 19 white catfish in a hole called Stewart's 

 Ddlight. The water there is 37ft. deep, and, of course, 

 we had to fish with hand lines. Rock have just com- 

 menced biting. One party last week caught seven, with 

 shedder crab, E. A. R. 



Bass in the Bay of Quinte. 



PouGHKEEPSiii, N. Y,, Sept. 38.— I had an excellent 

 trip of about two weeks, making my headquartei-s at 

 Trenton in the Bay of Quinte, and had good sport, taking 

 a large number of bass of from three to four pounds in 

 weight and handling them with a 7oz. fly- rod. It seems 

 to me that this ground ought to be better known. From 

 about Aug, 30 to Oct. 10 or 15, 1 think the Biy of Quinte 

 is one of the finest fishing grounds in the United States, 

 and if we were there at the present time our average 

 catch of bass would be over 3lbs. and would run from ten 

 or fifteen to twenty-five or thirty a day. As I use a fly- 

 rod it takes me, of course, a long time to drown the fish, 

 frequently from twenty miuutes to half an hour, but rny 

 boatman, who used a steel rod, would hook and draw in 

 two or three bass while I was drawing in oiie. 



J. S. V, C. 



Out of the Ordinary. 



Me. L, D. Fargo, one of our most successful fly-fisher- 

 men, was casting for bass in Blue River a few evenings 

 since, when a large bat took his fly while making the 

 back cast. The bat fell into the water and when reeled 

 in had the fly in his mouth. His batship evidently mis- 

 took the fly for some new-fangled bug, and as it was 

 going his way concluded to take it in. but found, like 

 many other people, that he had '* bit off more than he 

 could chew." 



Jfr. C, M, Selby, of this county, was sitting in front of 



F I XTU R E S. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Oct. 4 to 8.— Eleventh Annual Dog Show of the Danbury Agri- 

 cultural Society, Danbury. Conn. B. C. Lynes, Sec'y. 



Oct. as to 28.— Omaha Kennel Club, at Omaha, Neb. E. L. 

 Marston. Sec'y. 



Nov. 32 to 35,— Brooklyn. H. W. Huntington, Sec'y, 148 South 

 Eighth street. 



1893. 



■Jan. 3 to 6,— Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club. Lyman 

 W. Clute. Sec'y, Ballston Lake, N. Y. 



,)an. ."i.— Gloversville. N. V. E. B. Zimmsr, Sec'v. 



E( b. 21 to 23.— Westminster Kennel Club, New York city. Jas 

 Mortimer, Supt. 



.lune 13 to 17.— World's Fair, Chicago. 



Sept. 7 to lO.-Hamilton, Ontario. A. D. Stewart, Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Oct. 25.— Third Annual Field Trials of the National Beagle Cln'o, 

 at Nanuet, N. Y, Bench show of the club Oct. 34. H. V. .lamie- 

 snu, Sec'y. 



Nov. 7- — International Field Trials Club, third amiual trials, at 

 Chatham, Ont. Amateur Stake, Nov. 7. Open Stakes, Nov. 8, 

 W. B. Wells, Sec'y. 



Nov. 7.— United States Field Trial=, at Elizabethtown, Ky. P. 

 T. Madisor, Indianapolis, Ind., Sec'y. 



Nov. 8.— New England Ffeld Trials, at Assonet, Mass. E. 

 Knight Sperry. New Haven, Conn., Sec'y. 



Nov. 14.— Fourth Annual Trials of the Brunswick Fur Club, at 

 Princeton, Mass. J. H. Baird. Sec'y. 



Nov, 15.— American Field Trials, at Columbus, Ind. W. J. Beck 

 Sec'y. 



Nov. 21.— Eastern Field Trial Club Trials, at High Point, N, C. 

 W. A. Coster, Sec'y. 

 Nov. 28.— Philadelphia Kennel Club Trials, at High Point, N. C. 



F. G-. Taylor, Sec'v. 



Dec. ,5.— Central Field Trials, at Lexington, N. C. CoLOdell, 

 Sec'y. 



Deo. 19.-Iri8h Setter Field Trials, at Lexington, N, C. Dr. G. 



G. Davis, Philadelphia, Pa., Sec'y. 



1893. 



January.— Pacific Coast Field Trials, at BakersvlUe, Cal. J. M. 

 Ki garif, Sec'y. 



Feb. 8.— Southern Field Trials, at New Albany, Miss, T, M. 

 Brumby, Sec'y. 



ROCHESTER DOG SHOW. 



In view of the limited entry at Rochester, it was, perhaps, 

 a good move on the part of the committee in deferring the 

 judging till the second day, Sept. 28. With Ottawa on, the 

 same week, the majority of exhibitors had a practical oppor- 

 tunity of showing their attitude in regard to the Rochester 

 — Hamilton unpleasantness and the result of the Rochester 

 show this year may be summed up lu one word— picayune. 

 It the entry list, however, was not large there were some 

 good dogs there, especially in mastiffs and St. Bernards, 

 the former breed, probably, showing as much, if not more, 

 quality in the aggregate than any .show this year, and this 

 was entirely owing to the exhibit of the Flour City Ken- 

 nels. It made one regret more than ever that the genial 

 owner should have determined to disband; bowever, the 

 decision is irrevocable, I believe, and the illwind should 

 blow some of the other breeders some good. To return to 

 the show. I found the dogs benched in the old style in one 

 end of a miscellaneous sort of a building, half cattle shed 

 and half stable, a very good building, however, and light, 

 airy and dry. "Uncle Dick" was superintendaut and he 

 bad little to do, comparatively, but did that little well. I 

 believe he had one attendant, and I should, perhaps, include 

 the old darkie who held tight on to the secretary's ofhce 

 most of the time— said office being a loose-box. The judges, 

 Mr. T. S, Beilin, of Albany, who took all daises but grey- 

 hounds, wolfhotinds, spaniels, beagles, pointers and setters, 

 which were handled by Mr. -J. Otis Fellows, rendered their 

 awards in such a manner that there was little, if any, 

 serious kicking. In one or two cases I thought Mr. Feliovys 

 was rather severe in withholding prizes for want of merit 

 It is all very well to draw the line somewhere and I know it 

 is a difficult matter to guage, but in a show of this sort if 

 there is to be any leaning let it be on the sida of the dog. 

 Judging commenced about 10;80 the second day. Other re- 

 marks on the show will be found in "Dog Chat." 



Mastiffs — T. ,5. BeUln, Judge— As stated above, the 

 gathering in these classes surpassed in quality almost any 

 show this year, for we all knov? how miserably on the whole 

 the mastiff classes were supported during the spring shows, 

 with the single exception of Chicago. Mr. Beilin appreciated 

 the fact that he was in a strange country and in a strange 

 breed, for his heart is still true to the "'wires," with the 

 '■smooths" as an alternate, and he was very deliberate. In 

 challenge class Caution's own daughter was absent, but 

 Lady Goleus, in very good trim, had little difliculty in over- 

 coming her kennel mate, Ladv Dorothy, who lacks size and 

 massiveness to the other, though a bitch brimful of quality 

 and of good type, She is one of those whose youth gave 

 promise of a bigger fulfilment. Cardinal Beaufort, a very 



short-headed one, fully described in my Chicago report, has 

 improved behind, but is still not true enough, and is not 

 filled out enough in body, nor has he that appearance of 

 strength and massiveness he should have. He won nicely iu 

 open dogs (2) over Major Zulu, who losses greatly in head 

 and bone, and is very faulty behind. Then came the bitch 

 class (8) in the language of the classics— a "corker." After 

 considerable handling the judge plumped for Miss Cautiou, 

 and he was right, but Minna Minting is not far behind; the 

 other gain" in head prop a-ties, bone and size somewhat. 

 Both are well known; LadyPamelia, he, loses to the others in 

 bod.y, being somewhat slack in back, good skull and chest; 

 muzzle could be deeper and squarer to advantage; Linkwoort 

 Qtieen, res., ears not hung right, front good, but head not as 

 it should he, body light and tail d la bulldog, and only half 

 of it. Pansy, vhc, has a nice head, a liitle pinched in muzzle, 

 good forepart, but droops in quarters too much. Exeter 

 Dirce is fiddle-faced and gray, and feet tarn out, body best 

 part. Facts is light-faced and poor in muzzle, fiat skull, but 

 good body and bone. Topsy II., a sn:p3'-headed one with 

 pups, finishes the lot 



St. Bernards.— T. S. BelUn, Judge— Two good kennels 

 thought each would have a little qbiet browsing, but the 

 fencts were down and a few others got in. Open dogs 

 (3) as a little more stirring, but really there was only 

 one in it, E H. Moore's Lord Melrose; he has so re- 

 cently been spoken of I will say no more than that 

 "Arthur" bad improved him on the circuit: Mrs. A. M. 

 Hughes's Lord Wilton, sfcotid, loses ever so much to the 

 winner in general shape and massiveness of head, is not 

 quite .straight in pasterns and feet, was out of condition 

 quite a good deal, but still is a dog showing lots of quality 

 aud true expression, and in propf^r coat will make a much 

 better showing. Frank Lehr's Major is an almost all white 

 bodied dog with a fairly good head, small-sized to the others, 

 but deserved two letters. The bitch class (3) had lots of 

 quality, but Mrs. Smyth bad the persimmon pickers in Sun- 

 ray and Florette, two h; ndsnme bitches full of type and 

 quality, especially Florette. One would think to'look at 

 them casually that Sunray had the advantage in length, but 

 the tape says they are about the same, but Sunray beats in 

 bone, height, depth of b"dy and strength of back, Florette 

 dipping a bit behind the shoulder. I think Florette shows 

 the better expression and character in head, botlf are set on 

 good strong legs. Mrs. A. M. Hughes's Lady Alice, vhc, 

 despite her good body and legs, lost through her old failing, 

 lack of head markings and want of depth of muzzle. She 

 shows her good breeding nevertheless. Lady G-ladwyn, Miss 

 Anne and Altonette were winning fresh honors at Ottawa. 



In smooth dogs we soon .saw that Melrose'.s several lit- 

 tle picnics had come to an end, for here he would have to 

 >■ tistle to keep in front, and he was not in condition to do it 

 with Scottish Leader put down in capital fettle. The de- 

 cision was a close question, for both have improved on their 

 spring form, and especially Leader. The latter is the bigger 

 dog, though not any stronger built than the other when 

 Melrose is in shape; here he was thin, having eaten nothing 

 since the Sunday befiire, and was dead and listless, while 

 Leader was all fire and energJ^ Leader is more massive in 

 head, deeper in muzzle and stronger in loin, but not so good 

 in hindlegs as Melrose, being rather straight in stifles, while 

 Melrose could not be improvea in his understandings. 

 Leader has a broader, deeper chest, but when it comes to ex- 

 pression and general quality the palm must go to Melrose, 

 Leader's black side face and hi.gh carriage of ears giving 

 him too keen a look, which probably will be softened by age; 

 Dud deserved his vhc. K. H. Moore's Miss Alton had no 

 competition in the bitch class (2); at least, there was another 

 bitch, but her c. card was a present, as she is a weed. 



Newfoundlands and bloodhounds were drawn blank, 

 though a weak-looking great Dane, B. H. Clark's Ivan, was 

 wrongly entered in the latter class; got nothing and de- 

 served it. 



Psovois, ./, Otis Felloivs, Judge— B^. W. Huntington's 

 Argoss and Chas S. Hanks's Lacvonets, really the dogs at 

 Toronto only typographi'^ally not the same; fought their 

 battles over again with the result of course in favor of 

 Argoss, neither dog was looking as he should be; Argoss all 

 out of coat and Larvonets with a coat every-which-way and 

 dirty. H. W. Huntington's Princess Irma looking no fatter, 

 was again placed over Flodeyka who though she shows a 

 very pretty cjuality and better head, loses to the other in 

 sturdiness throughout. Now we've got "to let the judge 

 down lightly," and as we have so many authorities around 

 all aching to say nothing, I had better just give the bare 

 result of the special judging. Argoss, greyhound type, 

 beats Larvonets, a good dog of the "Russian" type. Princess 

 Irma beats i'lodeyka, both good ones of "Russian" type, 

 now then Princess Irma beats Argoss for the special. Give 

 it up. 



Deerhounds were drawn blank. 



Greyhounds, J. Otis Fellows, Judge.— A poor collection. 

 Challenge class was blank, open dogs had three entries and 

 one absentee. Mr. Horatio Nelson's Baritone won; he is not 

 true in front, feet turn out a little, not deep enough in loin, 

 better spring of ribs than tne others and nicely let down in 

 stifles. Dover, second, same owner, is heavy in shoulders, 

 good bone, is light eyed and wants more rib; barring his 

 bead which is coarse, snipy and a bit dished, I liked Wood- 

 haven Kennels' Nubian Prince, vhc, a son of O.dstone, for 

 the place, better formation of body and legs, if he is a bit 

 coarse all around. In bitches (3), the winner was Horatio 

 Nelson's Miss Dollar, not straight in front and falls away 

 behind, and wa.sinsoft condition. Lady Laville had the 

 best outline, shows lots of quality throughout, needs more 

 springof ribs and betterchest. Woodhaven Kennels' Spider, 

 vhc, is a fairly well made bitch, too long cast, and all 

 wrong in feet, one hind foot broken and the forefeet big 

 open and flat; loaded in shoulder, broad in skull, long tail 

 but beats all the others in quarters, head and neck. 



Foxhounds— .J. Otis Fellvivs, Judge.— Ouij two very poor 

 ones put in an appearance, when I expected to see (]uite a 

 pack so near the Gene.ssee country. The winner, H. T. 

 Thurber's Elite, is a long ca.st black and tan', feet turn out, 

 long waisted, but better head, shoulders and legs than the 

 other, William Faby's Fannie, one of the long-eared, small 

 sort, all jumped up in quarters and looks a.s if she was so 

 tied in limbs that she could not gallop a field. 



Pointees— J. Otit: FeUows, .Judge.— Challenge heavy- 

 weights drawn blank and the only open dog entry marked 

 absent. In bitches, L. W. Clute's Vest.^. C. was the winner, 

 just a fair bitcb. No challenge entries in light-weights. In 

 open dogs, however, there were three. .John R. Fanning's 

 Staunch Bob, heavy and coarse in head, same in shoulders, 

 was the winner, good straight forelegs, nice body and a good 

 mover; second went to Wm. Faby's Bob, Jr., slack in back, 

 feet bad and turn out, stary eye and ears too high on, a 

 poor one; C. C. M. Hunt's Grouse I thoucht might have been 

 second, though he is a better held dog than he is on the 

 bench, he is wide in skull, not sti-aigbt m front but capital 

 body, not good behind, hocks look weak and are capped. 

 The only bitch entered kept away from the excitement. 



English Settees— J^. Otis Fellows, Judge.— All the classes 

 in this breed were marked — no entry — till the bitch class was 

 reached, when H. C. Hauser's Genessee Bell was brought 

 forward. Here is where our "Uncle" should have exercised 

 that benevolence we know he is imbutd with. This bitch, 

 barring a snipy, weak head aud lack of coat, ju,st off pup- 

 pies, is a capitally made one, good body, legs, teet and ac- 

 tion, was given vhc. when first would have done just as well; 

 next day the judge had another look and wewere instructed 

 to mark it second. 



lEiSH Settees— .J. OtUs Felloivs, Judge.— Setter classes 

 were redeemed from nothingness by the presence of Seminolg 



