Bec. 8, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



498 



when a member of our Legislature some years ago, was 

 a most determined advocate for the interests of the net 

 fishers. 



The Captain ia a most courteous gentlemen of great 

 social abilities, and unless he has changed bis opinions 

 about the evils of net fishing his influence in the League 

 is to be feared, though before the end comes he will be 

 found on the right side. Stanstead. 



CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 



[By a Staff Corresmmdent.'] 



Chicago, 111., Dec. L— Mr, C. C. Lamos, of this city, 

 starts soon for an extended trip in California, with San 

 Diego for objective point, He is looking forward to the 

 coast visit with great expectations of sport and pleasure. 



Mr, E. S, Cox, of Chicago, is just back from a long 

 stay at Rice Lake, Canada, where he and friends have 

 had excellent sport at duck shooting and fishing for mas- 

 callongeand bass, Mr. Cox speaks of the latest Canadian 

 game law as Draconian in the extreme, especially for 

 Yankee shooters. 



Mr, Charles Clrubbs, of Montgomery Ward & Co., 

 Chicago, has been carrying light for tha.t firm into the 

 wilds of Colorado and New Mexico, and incidentally im- 

 proving his own health during a stay of three months or 

 so. He comes back physically much improved, having 

 gained 28 pounds, though morally he is no better, having 

 lost conscience altogether in the matter of fish stories. 

 Mr, Grubbs says that the best sport he found during his 

 stay in the remote West was in fishing for mountain 

 trout. He had good fishing in the G-allinas and other 

 tributaries of the Pecos. Duck shooting he found good 

 at the lakes near Las Vegas. 



The regular meeting: of Calumet Heights Club will be 

 held at the Cxrand Pacific Hotel, Wednesday evening, 

 Dec. 7. 



The Chicago "Fly-Casting Club holds a special meeting 

 at Club Room A of the Grand Pacific Hotel, Friday, Dec, 

 9, at 7 P, M. Action will be taken on proposed amend- 

 ments to the constitution and general business of different 

 nature will come up. A good attendance is desired. 



E. Hough. 



175 Monroe Street, Chicago. 



Some Heavy Pike-Perch. 



AUBUKN, Susquehanna County, Pa., Nov. 28.— Editor 

 Forest and St7'eam: In reply to inquiries by "A. C. P.," 

 in your issue of Nov. 17, you put the maximum weight of 

 the wall-eyed pike as found in the Supqaehanna at 10 and 

 lllbs. Individuals considerably heavier are occasionally 

 taken. 



■ Charles Vaughn, of Mehoopany, Wyoming county, took 

 one from the river at that place with hook and line, on 

 S'^pt. 7, that measured Si'm. in length, and weighed 

 13ilb3. Lowell Fassett took one behind the lower island 

 opposite Scottsville, of the same weight, A Mr. Brown, 

 of Syracuse, I think, who makes an annual trip down the 

 river and makes a specialty of pike fishing, and is very 

 successful, was seen by a friend while in camp at Me- 

 hoopany this season, and he gave the weight of his 

 heaviest fish as 14lbs. One was found dead in an ice jam 

 near Skinner's Eddy several years ago that weighed 24 lbs. 

 One measuring Slin. and weighing lO^lbs. was taken a 

 short distance above Lanesboro by A. HiJborn on Nov. 7. 



As a game fish they are not to be compared with the 

 black bass. At least such is my experience. Our com- 

 mon pickerel {Esox reticnlatus), pound for pound, will 

 make a much better fight. When hooked it neither runs 

 nor leaps, but remains nearly stationary and tries to dis- 

 lodge the hook by swinging the head from side to side, 

 and such efliorts are often successful, I consider its flesh 

 superior to that of the black bass, Bon Ami, 



Pike, Pickerel and Company, 



New York, Nov, 3. — Editor Forest and Stream : On 

 looking over your paper of to-day's issue I saw an article 

 on pike, pickerel and mascalonge. In it you stated that 

 the common pickerel seldom exceeded 6 to bibs, in weight 

 "and its limit is said to be lOlbs." As to this I can say I 

 myself caught a pickerel lllbs., and a great many of my 

 friends have caught some from 12 to ISlbs., and that I 

 can vouch for. 



Where my friends and I caught these fish is on the bor- 

 ders of this State, at Cape Vincent, on the St. Lawrence 

 River, and three miles from Lake Ontario. 



I have two pictures, one of the pickerel I caught, which 

 was lllbs,, and another of two pickerel, 15 and ISilba,. 

 caught by relations of mine. The former picture I will 

 send you a print of, although it is a poor one, as I have 

 the negative. E. H. P, 



[In the absence of the photograph mentioned, we are in 

 doubt what member of the pickerel family is referred to 

 in the foregoing notes. If our correspondent will turn to 

 Forest and Stream of Aus. 25, 1892, page 162, he will 

 find figured there a "pickerel;" but that is really the 

 pike, and not the pickerel described in our issue of Nov, 

 3. There is no clearer key to the pike family known to 

 us than the one published in our columns.] 



WITH A FLY-ROD. 



A Sentiment to Go w/ith a Gift. 

 III. 



My Bear Friend: 



May this little gift prove a veritabls "open sesame" to you wlien 

 "casting about" for treasiire in lake and stream. T. 



TY. 



Good rods will bend bat will not breait. 

 They yield to force, but yielding bear 

 A greater strain than if they were 

 Still and unyielding in thy hand. 

 So when in straits by fortune's lack, 

 Yield gently till the storm lie past, 

 But always rfady first and last, 

 Again to straighten and spring back. 

 And in misfortune's darkest hour, 

 With hand on reel take up the slack; 

 Keep the line taut, and reel it back. 

 In patience thou wilt find more power, 

 Than by unreasoning struggles still, 

 To break tby heart by strength of will. 



H. Stewart. 



F I XTU R E S. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Dec, 6 to 9.— JFirst Aimuai Dog Show Hprmitage Kennel Club, 

 Naskville, Tenn. Robert O. Stockton, Seo'y. 



1893. 



.Jan. 3 to 6.— Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club. F. B. 

 Zimraer, Sec'r, Gloversville, N. Y. 



¥fh. 21 to 32.— Westminster Kennel Club, New York city. Jas. 

 Mortimer, Supt, 



April 4 to 7.— "NTew England Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. J. 

 W. Newman, Sec'y. 



MiT 3 < o 6 —Pacific Kennel Chib, at San Francisco, Cal. Horace 

 W. Orear, Sec'y. 



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



Sept. 7 to 10. -Hamilton, Ontario. A. D. Stewart. Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 Dec. Kt.— Irish Setter Field Trials, at Lexington, N. C. Dr. ft. 

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



1893. 



January.— Paciflc Coast Field Trials, at Bakersville, Cal. J. M. 

 Ki'garif, Sec'y. 



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

 Bruraby, Sec'v 



A NEW GREAT DANE CLUB. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



For some time it has been evident to a great number of 

 lovers of tbe great Dane that, although there is existine in 

 Chicago a club calling themselvps "The German Mastiff or 

 Great Dane Club of American," if the interests and popu- 

 larity of the dog were to be pushed to the front, more life 

 should be infused into the cause than seems to have been 

 done lately. 



Many letters, appeals, and offers of membership have been 

 sent to this clo.sf. corporation, consisting of a very few men 

 in Chicago and some eight or ten scattered over the East, 

 without exciting any apparent interest or reply, except that 

 they did not care to take any more metnbers outside of 

 Ohioago. Not only tliat, Iratit seems impossible for a mem- 

 ber already elected to And ont what his membership consists 

 of, what bis duties or privileges are or any information 

 whatsoever. 



This peculiar state of affairs has induced a number of 

 New York and Brooklyn men to come together and form a 

 club that will be more liberal and progressive, and include 

 all of those who have the intere.sts of the great Dane at 

 heart East and West, North and Sotxtb, and who may wish 

 to be associated with this movement. The club solicits 

 members wherever they may be situated to join us in this 

 work, which shall be a live one and tend to develop the 

 breed by exciting an interest in breeding (and importing, if 

 nece.ssary) in the right direction, so that before very long 

 the great Dane will be known from coast to coast by every 

 body, and we will have dogs bred in this eoimtry that can 

 be sent back to Germany and win their prizes fairly in any 

 competition, where now we have not a dog as yet bred in 

 America that is anything like ideal. The cktb "aims to do 

 for the great Dane what England has done for the St. Ber- 

 nard, and why not aim high? America has the money and 

 push to make a grand success of it if those interested will 

 only be enthusiastic and work in right lines. 



Germany to-day stands to the front in breeding, as it is 

 almost, one might say, her national dog, but it is simply 

 due to the vast amount of material that she has to draw 

 from, rather than any systematic policy that she has adopted 

 to produce a certain type; she knows what she wants, but 

 does not go at it in the rigiit way. She has a stud book but 

 few of her dogs are ever registered. She ijreeds a "Hannibal;" 

 why may not we do as well, or better if we go at it with our 

 eyes open, taking advantage of what she;has learned, adopt- 

 ing her standard of type, and adding our American business 

 methods and ideas. Then aud then only will she cease send- 

 ing her second-rate dogs here for us to make champions of, 

 Our prize winners shall bear some resemblance to each 

 other, which, sad to say, i.s not oft(^u the case now, aud 

 judging will not then be .«nch a thankless imdertaking. 



By the courtesy of the National Greyhound Club, on the 

 last evening of their successful show iu Braoklyn, a meeting 

 was c'llled. Mr. lleppner being secretary and delegate for 

 the German Mastiff Club, declining to take any active part 

 in the meeting, Dr. Shepardwas made temporary chairman, 

 and read the following letter from the well-known artist, G. 

 Muss-Arnolt: 



TuCKAHOE, N. Y.— tie I Men I en: Unavoidably prevented 

 from being with you tc-aight, I cannot let the occasion pass 

 without addressing you. I am very sorry that it cannot be 

 orally, but Mr. Heppuer's able tongue will be more than a 

 substitute. Please listen to my few remarks with the idea 

 that an absolutely impartial, unbiased lover of our grand 

 breed speaks to you, as I am in no other way interested than 

 to see this breed, through your able assistance aud enthusi- 

 asm, brought to the front. " Of course we are the pioueers, 

 and I hope every one of you yjreseut will be fully up to the 

 demand made on all pioneers— that is, to saeri flee a great 

 deal personally for tbe total result we are striving for, and 

 that IS, first, to have only great Danes, as far as possible, up 

 to our German standard, which also those eminent breeders, 

 the English, have adopted. 



Have youL- future judges instructed to Judge only after 

 that standard, and let them relegate back to its place every 

 specimen not in harmony with our standai-ds, and we will 

 succeed in a wonderfully short time to drive our present 

 mongrels to the backgroun<l where they belong. Plave no 

 regard for any one who is short-sighted enough to over- 

 look this vital qtiestiou, or you will sooner or later stum- 

 ble, in fact, over the allusion of the dissenters that we are 

 partial, which they are bound to make and are already 

 making. 



We want as a club, and individually, to be almost over 

 stern in discountenancing everything looking like a mon- 

 grel, as we intend to make the great Dane proper known 

 as such, and not the mean, surly brutes we as an aver- 

 age now find on tbe benches. Let us educate ourselves, 

 also, as far as possible, aud I should think Mr. Heppner 

 could get us for the club the best "doggy" journal of Ger- 

 many, out of which those articles referring to our great 

 Danes could be translated regularly for the benefit of all 

 members. 



Thanking you tor having listened to my remarks I beg to 

 submit my personal choice iutbe matter of officers for the 

 club to your consideration, fully knowing the personal 

 qualiflcatiooa of each proposed for the places: For pre.sident, 

 Mr. Chas. Bernhfimer; secretary. Dr. Shepard; treasurer, 

 Mr. Chas. Fischer; delegate to A. K. C., our friend Heppner, 

 who has till now done more for our breed than anybody else, 

 and my highest ambitious are to see each and every member 

 strive to outdo the other in this direction. My compelled 

 absence from your meeting is one of the hardest disappoint- 

 ments I have had of late, but I rest assured in the thought 

 of your sincere enthusiasm to make it a success, to which 

 end I will do all in my power. Yours sincerely, 



G. Mu.ss-Aknolt. 



The meeting then proceeded to the election of oflScers, of 

 which the following were chosen: Mr. Chas. Bernheimer, 

 749 Broadway, N. Y. city, president; Mr. William Youug, 

 20e Eleventh street, Brooklyn, vice-president; Mr. Chrts. 

 Fischer, 351 Thirteenth street, Brooklyn, treasurer; Dr. W, 

 H. Shepard, 202 Fifty-second street, Brooklyn, secretary. 



It was regtilarly moved and seconded that the president 

 appoint a committee of five to draw up a constitution and 

 set of by-laws, to be presented at the next meeting. Carried, 

 and Mr. Bernheimer appointed Mr. Heppner, Mr. -Tas. Mor- 

 timer, Mr. Muss-Arnolt, Dr. Shepard and himself. 



K,egularly moved and seconded that the club be called tbe 

 Great Dune Club of America. Carried. 



Regularly moved and seconded that the club apply for 

 membership in the American Kennel Club. Carried. 



Moved and seconded that the secretary draw up a paper, 

 stating the objects of the club and reason for forming such 

 and forward it to the different .sporting pajjers. Carried. 



Mr. Bernheimer then presented the chib his check for $50 

 to start the treasury, for which he received a vote of thanks. 



Moved and seconded that the annual dues be made $5 for 

 each naember. Carried. 



As it was late aud members were anxious to get their 

 dogs home from tlie show, the meeting adjourned to meet 

 again as soon as the committee is ready to submit the con- 

 stitution and Ijy-laws. W. H. Shepard, 

 Sec'y Great Dane Club of America. 



Dmc. 1. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



Lexington, N. C, Dec. 4. — The weather is almost perfect 

 for enjoyable field work, though a bit too warm for energetic 

 exertion of man or dog. If this pleasant weather lasts to the 

 end of the trials, it will be a most fortunate circumstance, 

 yet such is not to be expected at this season of the year. 



It is rumored that the dogs of the Fairmount Kennels, 

 owned by Col. B. Ridgeway, will be offered for sale soon. 

 The Colonel was somewhat discouraged at the failure of hia 

 dogs in not making a stronger competition at the Philadel- 

 phia Club's trials. It is to be earnestly hoped that the Col- 

 onel will reconsider his determination, and remain in the 

 gitild of field trial men, for he is of the right sort. 



Mr. Fi-ank Richards, the well-known field trial handler, 

 is lying seriously ill at this place, a threatening fever pros- 

 trating him. Mr. Geo. E. Gray will haivdle his entries in 

 the Central trials, which begin to-morrow. All heartily 

 wish the genial gentleman a speedy recovery, none more so 

 thau myself. 



Very enjoyable sport was had at High Point following a 

 drag after the hounds, but the race of Thursday night was 

 the most enjoyable of all. After the conclusion of the Phil- 

 adelphia club's trials, nearly all of the field trial p-irty rode 

 to town after Mr. Avent's hounds. Among the party were 

 four ladies who had graced the trials by their presence dur- 

 ing the day. It was a most dashing ride. Mrs. S. C. Brad- 

 ley, the wife of the celebrated handler, led at the finish, pas- 

 sing Mr. Avent, who is not a slow rider himself. Mrs. 

 Bradley, in galloping through pine woods, was swept oiff the 

 saddle,' but managed to keep on the horse and regain her 

 seat, keeping pluckily in the chase the while. 



Rarely was such an exodus seen from a hotel as that wit- 

 nessed at the Bellevue, at High Point, on the evening of 

 Thursday, the dav on which the trials ended. The hotel is 

 well known to field trial men. On a large board nailed to 

 the front of the hotel is inscribed the following beautiful 

 legend, painted in a number of gruesome tints which do not 

 harmonize: 



THE BELLEVUE. 

 Delightful Sunimer pnd Winter R,esort. First Class 

 Accommodations. All Conveniences of Modern Djvil- 

 ization. George T. Leach, Owner and Proprietor. 



The grim ii'ouy of it! It would be funny were it not so 

 sad and expensive. 



The members of the Eastern Club are patient and long- 

 suffering men, bearing the poor accommodations and exor- 

 bitant rates uncomplainingly, but the gentlemen fi-om Phil- 

 adelphia insisted very properly on something more than 

 poor fare and wor.se service. 



One party of I'our, who went on a day's shoot and took 

 lunch witli them from the hotel, were mildly surprised at 

 noon to find three delicately carved sandwiches and two 

 apples, which represented four lunches. 'I'he farmer at 

 whose house they stopped to eat their lunch, was moved to 

 compassion aud invited them to dine with him, which they 

 gratefully did. Many of the rooms were occupied by two, 

 three and four people. Fires were ■'50 cents extra a day. 

 Each occupant had 50 cents extra added to his bill for fire, 

 so that where four occupied a room, there was a charge of 

 $2 per day for fire. It is only fair to say that the sportsmen 

 were too intelligent to pay for one fire three or four times 

 over. Two, and part of "the time three waiters, were sup- 

 tiosed to wait on all the guests, some thirty in number. 

 The waiting was largely on the part of the guest. Dogs 

 were fed .st the rate of 2.5 cents per day for each dog Every 

 one who had any business connection with the field trial 

 men seemed to think that they were anxious to get rid of 

 their money. One handler paid 18 for eight dogs' housing 

 for fottr days in a small cheap barn, in which there were 

 twelve or more other dogs. Another handler paid |2.o0 per 

 week for a .stall in a b irn about 14x16. The three stalls it 

 contained rented for .$7.50 per week. 



iJ'ield trial clubs owe, to themselves and their patrons, ac- 

 commodations which will not be ridiculously exorbitant. 

 Simply furnishing grounds for a competition does not aftord 

 all the facilities for a field trial. 



The Eastern Club's entries fell off largely this year, but 1 

 firmly believe it was not from anyunpopitlarity of the club 

 as a club. No club membership stands higher or is more 

 esteemed than that of the Eastern, and deservedly so. The 

 true cause is in the apathy of the club. It has got so mat- 

 ter-of cotirse that the trials are run in a most perfunctory 

 manner. The grounds are growing up to brush and are less 

 valuable for field trial purposes each year. 



Now, what incentive is there for a handler or owner to go 

 to a place where he is charged an exorbitant price for any- 

 thing even the most trifling — sometimes four or five times 

 its value. 1 firmly believe that, if the Eastern Club would 

 get a little energy in its policy, select new grounds, and 

 show that it'Vis a live club, it would be one of the greatest in 

 the land, and hold the prestige it is now in some danger of 

 losing. 



The large number of clubs which have sprung tip does not, 

 as man V seem to think, lessen the chances or support of any 

 club. On the contrary, the increase in the number of clubs 

 helps each individual club. Any handler or owner would 

 fit more dogs to run in two trials thau he would to run in 

 one. More handlers v/ould enter a competition where there 

 was a circuit than would enter where there was but one 

 trial. More trials mean more money to compete for, more 

 business to attend to, more records to make, more friends to 

 meet, etc. It is absurd to consider the increase of trials as 

 indicating their decline. What is wanted is the energy 

 which is implied bv the vulgar but expressive term bustle- 

 less ennui and more hustle. B. Watees. 



CONGRATULATION ON LADY BARTON. 



Editor Forest and. Stream: 



Please permit me through your valuable paper to ac- 

 knowledge receipt of many telegrams, also numerous let- 

 ters from different parts of the ITnited States congratulat- 

 ing me on Lady Barton's winnings both at Great Bend and 

 Winfield, Kan! Many thanks. D, U. LiiSE, 



Gbem Bend, K.aii„ Nov. 39, 



