Dec. S3, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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weighing 3Klbs.. and the largest a male weighing 401168, 

 Mr. Richardson saw a leather carp at the McCloud station, 

 which was one of two taken there in September, 1891. 



Appended to the report of the Fish Commissioners are re- 

 prints of six bulletins relating to the salmon a ud trout of 

 the Pacific Coast, which were prepared for the Commission 

 by Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of the Leland Stan- 

 ford, Jr., University. A review of the bulletin upon the 

 salmon and trout was published in FoKEST and StreA>i 

 last spring- 



Dr. Jordan's description of a new species of trout, Salino 

 hamloops, has also appeared in this journal. In the reprint 

 before us a figure of the Kamloops troitt is presented for the 

 fii^st time. One of the types upon which the description is 

 based was deposited in the National Museum at Washing- 

 ton, and we have examined this specimen. After having 

 studied the fish we find it difficalt to understand why the 

 describer of the species failed to recognise in it the G-aird- 

 ner's trout of Richardson. The Kamloops trout can be seen 

 any day of the week at Blackford's, in Fulton Market, but if 

 you ask Mr. Blackford its name he will tell you that it is 

 the steelhead. - T. H. B. 



THE CALEDONIA HATCHERY. 



The season of egg collecting for the Cakdonia, New York, 

 hatchery has been a remarkably successful one. Superintend- 

 ent Monroe Green reported the taking of eight and one-half 

 millions of lake trout eegs from lakes Hui-on and Michigan, 

 while the brook trout at Caledonia jdelded 1,135,000 and the 

 brown, or von Behr, trout 1,110,000 eggs. 



To the Falton Chain hatchery one-million lake trout eggs 

 were sent, and to the Sacandaga station, 150,000 eggs of 

 brown trout. 



The European salbling, or saibling, a red spotted trout of 

 large size and slender, but elegant, proportions, furnished 

 ten thousand egKP. The saibling was introducfd from Ger- 

 many by the TJ. S. Fish (Commission in 1881 and subsequent 

 years, and some of the eggs were allotted to the New York 

 hatchery at Caledonia. 



There is in lakes of Maine and New Hampshire a trout very 

 much like the .' a'bling in appearance. Thus far it has been 

 reported from Flood's Pond, Me., Dan Hole Pond and Sun- 

 apee Lake, N. H. It has been found difficult to collect the 

 eggs from this fish when kept in captivity. 



Quinnat Salmon. 



The quinnat salmon at the Baird, Cal., station of the 

 United States Fish Commission were not abundant about 

 the middle of September last year, and there were six times 

 as many females as males. The average number of eggs per 

 female was 4,500. In size the eggs varied greatly, the aver- 

 age diameter having been three-tenths of p.n inch, while 

 some scarcely exceeded one-fifth of an inch, or about the 

 size of rainbow trout eggs. The station obtained nearly 

 3,000,000 salmon eggs from the fall run this year. 



Fisheries Apparatus. 



Chicago, 111., Dec. 14.— Notes from the World's Fair state 

 that five carloads of fisheries apparatus have been forwarded 

 from the U. S. Commission in Washington to be put in use 

 in the fisheries exhibit at the Fair. A complete system of 

 fishcultui-e as practiced bv the U. S. Commission will be 

 shown, also models of different types of fishing vessels of 

 the pi-esent and of early days, together with much interest- 

 ing material by way of implemets, etc. E. H. 



The World's Fair. 



Dk. James A. HensHxILL, who has been in charge of the 

 Angling Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition, has 

 reeentlj' been appointed chief special agent in charge of 

 administration and fisheries in the place of E. C. Bryan, re- 

 signed. The resignation of Wm. P. Seal, who superin- 

 tended the construction of the aquaria for the Exposition, 

 is among the current rumors. 



A New-Subscriber Oflfer. 



A hona fide new subscriber sending us $3 will receive for that 

 sum the Fokust and Stream one year (price $4) and a set of 

 Zinunerman's famous "■Ducting Scenes" (advertised on another 

 page, price $5)— a $9 value for $5. 



This offer is to new subscribers only. ^ It does not apply to 

 renewals. 



For $3 a bona fide new snbpcriber for six months will receive the 

 Forest and Stream during that time and a copy of Dr. Van 



leet's handsome work, "Bird Portraits for the Young" (the 

 price of which is $3). 



Old Point Comfort. Va., and the Pennsylvania 

 Railroad Company's Tour. 



During the holiday season there is always additional gavet.y in 

 military circles, and nowhere is it teU. more ttian at Fortress 

 Monroe. With this in view the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 

 has planned a charming <~!iirisf mas bolidav personally-conductfd 

 tour to Old Point Oomfort, leaving New Yorii at 8 A. M., Dec. 27, 

 covering a period of four days, at a round-trip rate of $18.00. This 

 rate includes railroad fare, accommodations at tbe famous 

 '"Hya-eia" Hotel, and all recessary expenses. At the same rate 

 tickets, including one day's board at tbe hotel, will be sold good 

 for return via Richmond and Washington by regular trains with- 

 in ten days. For further information apply to ticket agents, 

 Pennsylvsnia Railroad, or Tourist Agent, 849 Broadway. New 

 York.— .itclu. 



An English Financial Opinion. 



If the New York Central fails to attract the British tourist and 

 induce him to travel over "America's Greatest Railroad," it can- 

 not belaid at the door of the Passenger Department, which has 

 issued one of the most voluminous illustrated guides we have 

 seen dealing with the distrx-ts served by the syslem. It Is like 

 turning oyer a volume of Harpers or the CtntMrj!/, and we advise 

 all those of our readers who are t [linking of crossing tht^ Atlantic 

 to get a copy of the book at tbe Eurooean agents, 35 Milk street, 

 Cheapside, and not to forget to ask for the other pamphlets, 

 included in the "Four-Track Series." Taey arp vaiua'^le as p'c- 

 ture hooka alone, flpirt altogether from tbeir business putpose.— 

 Financial Times, London, Eng. 



Forest and Stream 

 Amateur Photography 

 Competition. 



See details ixi another column. 



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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Deo. 27 to 30 — Tonawanda. N. Y. H. M. Fales, Sec'y, 

 Dec. 37 to 30.— Pawtucket R. I. T. H, Adams, Sec'y. 



1893. 



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

 Zimmer, Sec'v, Grloversville. N. Y. 



.Tan. 1.0 to 13.— South Carolina Poultry and Pet Stock Associa- 

 tion, at Charleston, S. O. John B. tJadsrien, Sec'y. 



Feb. 3l to 24.— Westminster Kennel Club, New York city. Jas. 

 Mortimer, Sunt. 



Feb. 28 to J\farch ij.— Keystone Kennel Club, at Philadelphia, 

 Pa. .Tag. Watson, Sec'y. 



March 7 to 10.— Maryland Kennel Club, at Baltimore, Md. W. 

 S. Ditfenderff"!-, Sec'y. 



March 14 to 17.— Washington. D. C. F. S. Webster. Sec'y. 



March 15 to 18.— Elmira, N. Y. C. A. Bowman. Sec'y. 



April 4 to 7.— New England Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. .1. 

 W. Newman, Sec'y. 



May 3 to 8 — Pacific Kennel Club, 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. 

 1893. 



.January.— Pacific Coast Field Trials, at Bakersville, Cal. ,T. M. 

 Ki'garif. Sec'y. 



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

 Brumbv- Sec'v 



Feb. 13 —United States F. T. Club Trials. New Albany, lad. P. 

 T. Madison, Sec'y-Treas., Indianapolis, Ind. 



CENTRAL FIELD TRIAL CLUB'S TRIALS. 



Free-for-AIl Stake. 



This stake began on Monday, Dec. 12. As will be seen by 

 the list of starters, nearly every dog in the .stake was a win- 

 ner. 



There were some changes in the details of the running as 

 compared with that of last year. The heats were four hours 

 long in the first series only. After that the jufiges ran the 

 dogs as long and in what order they chose. The handlers 

 lode on horseback or walked, as they pleased. They were 

 pleased to ride most of the time, and gome of the riding was 

 entirely too f ast for a field trial or field work. The time 

 limit, as in the other stakes, was abolished, and the club is 

 now in the front rank of progress. 



Orlando, the winner of first,.did some remarkably good 

 work in the stake, although faults cropped up in his work, 

 at times, in pointing.where nothing was found. In pointing 

 on foot scent, his handler assisting him often in getting an 

 accurate point on .single birds, by urging him skillfully on 

 till he made a firm point. 



Lora, second, excelled any dog in the stake in the class of 

 her work. She missed first, considering her as a whole, by 

 a very narrow margin. Before the last heat began she was 

 considered almost a sure winner. She is a remarkably good 

 bitch, sound in all the details of field work. 



Rip Rap, third, was not running up to his best form. On 

 the work done, either Harry 0. or Betty e S., in ray opinion, 

 was better. Orlando first, Lora second and Bettye S. third 

 would nave been a l^etter placing of the dogs. 



But of course people see these things differently. 



It was a great stake, well worth seeing. Heretofore the 

 lump sum of $1,000 was given to the winner. This year a 

 more sensible arrangement obtained. The $1,000 were 

 divided into three parts--.$500 to first, S300 to second and ^300 

 to third. 



The dogs were separated so much in their competition in 

 tbe heats that it was impossible for one reporter to keep an 

 account of the points, flushes, etc.; therefore, there may be 

 a slight difference in the totals. The class of work, however, 

 is correct. 



Herewith is the order in which the thirteen competitors 

 were run: 



J. A. & J. H. Hunter's black pointer dog Black Wonder 

 (Crowell's Ike— Bang Bang's Pride), J. A. Htmter, handler, 



Avent & Thayer Kennels' black, white and tan setter 

 bitch Bettye S, (Roderigo— Bo Peep), J. M. Avent, handler. 



Greenfield Hill Kennels' black and white setter dog Rowdy 

 Rod (Roderigo— June A.), S. C. Bradley, handler, 



with 



Pierre Lorillard, Jr.'s black, white and tan setter bitch 

 Lora (Gladstone's Boy— Ruby D.), C. Tucker, handler. 



Thos. Johnson's liver and white bitch Pitti Sing (Baron 

 Doderidge— Nora), A. Cameron, handler, 



%vith 



Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels' liver and white bitch 

 Maid of Kent (King of Kent— Hops), C. E. Buckle, handler. 



A. P. Heywood-Lonsdale's liver and white pointer ^dog 

 Prawn (Crab— Polly Peachem), A. Cameron, handler, 

 ivith 



Avent &, Thayer Kennels' black, white and tan setter dog 

 Orlando (Roderigo— Bo Peep), J. M. Avent, handler, 



Greenfield Hill Kennels' black, white and tan setter dog 

 Harry C. (Roderigo— Countess House), S.C.Bradley, handler, 



vriih 



Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels' black and white 

 pointer dog Rip Rap (King of Kent— Hops), Capt. C. E. Mc- 

 Murdo, handler. 



Whyte Bedford's and P. H. Bryson's black, white and tan 

 setter dog Tremont (Gladstone's Boy— Speckle Gown), a bye. 

 A, P. Gilliam, handler. 



.First Series. 



Black Wonder and Bettte S. began the competition in 

 this stake at 12:54. The heat was most interesting. Both 

 dogs wojked diligently and finished the heat without any 

 show of weariness. Black Wonder stopped a few times in 

 this heat to potter on footscent, but he had no intention to 

 shirk work. The pace of both was good and well sustained. 

 Bettye maintained the more uniform gait and conducted 

 her ranging with more judgment. She worked to the gun 

 much better than Black Wonder, the latter requiring con- 

 stant watching and cautioning to keep him within proper 

 limits. Notwithstanding this he would betimes flush birds 

 willfully, would often range beyond control and was not 

 always working properly to the gun. On point he was not 

 ligid. It was more a stand than a point. Bettye whs faulty 

 in point work, in that she would point rigidly to a flush and 

 hold her point till ordered on. However, the work was ex- 

 cellent taken as a whole. There were thirteen bevies found 

 during the race, but three of. these were found by spectators. 

 Edch backed. Bettye was steady to the gun. Black Won- 

 der was so voluntarily sometimes, and sometimes so by 

 earnest caution. Black Wonder pointed three bevies, 

 flushed one and pointed thirteen single or scattered birds 

 and flushed three. Bettye pointed five bevies and one after 

 the dogs were ordered up. She pointed eleven single or 

 spattered bird poizits^ Bhs flushed one bevy and two singles 



She made two false points. This is not presented as an ab- 

 solutely correct account of the point work, as the handlers 

 were separated a large part of the time throughout the heat. 

 It, however, approximates very closely. 



TUESDAY. 



The sky was entirely obscured by heavy dark clouds. The 

 air was damp, and a light fog obstructed the view. A fine 

 drizzle fell during part of the forenoon and afternoon. The 

 grass and cover were saturated with dampness. The grounds 

 were wet and heavy. Birds were found in abundance. There 

 was no work done in the forenoon. 



I'owDY Rod and Loka were started at 1:07. They ran 

 an excellent heat. Both dogs ranged wide and fast in the 

 first two hours. There was none of the annoying searches 

 for lost dogs, notwithstanding that both ranged wide. Both 

 worked skilfully to the gun. In the beginning of the third 

 hour both showed some signs of fatigue. The ground was 

 heavy, and the soil was so tenacious that it clogged the 

 dogs' feet. Lora, at 2;40, showed signs of stopping work, 

 but soon thereafter birds were found and she resumed her 

 diligent search to the end of the heat. Both did excellent 

 work on birds. Lora, in the first half of the heat, outranged 

 Rowdy. In the last half Rowdy had the advantage in range 

 some of the time. While Rowdy did skilful work on birds, 

 Lora was a bit better in fjudgment and more skillful and 

 quicker in locating. She more than once got to the bevy 

 qiticker than Rowdy on the find of the latter. When 

 Rowdy, after pointing, moved on to locate, Lora would 

 draw quickly ahead to the bevy, an act she cottld perform 

 with great accuracy. Both backed stanchly and honestly, 

 were steady to the gun and handled nicely. The dogsfound 

 about twelve bevies during the heat, Lora finding the 

 greater number, and also pointed a greater number of single 

 birds. Very few flushes were made. The birds were dflfi- 

 cult to work on, as they ran a great deal from the points. 

 Lora pointed six bevies. Rowdy pointed two. One or two of 

 these Tiora got by being quicker and buildingup on Rowdy's 

 find. Rowdy got eight or nine points on singles and Lora 

 got eleven or twelve. Lora flushed four times. Considering 

 the amount of work done there were few flushes made, 

 about seven or eight, there not being much difference in 

 this respect. Lora had better judgment, proved the better 

 in finding, and was a higher class worker in every detail of 

 point work, 



WEDNESDAY. 



The sky was dark and heavy. A lively mist fell during 

 the forenoon. Every pine leaf and twig held a drop of water. 

 The ground was heavy and stuck to the feet of the dogs and 

 the boots of the people who were afoot. Birds seemed to be 

 on the move and were found plentiful. 



Pitti Sing and Maid of Kent started at 8:37. They 

 ranged well at good speed in the first two hours, though 

 both were deficient in judgment m beating ottt the ground. 

 Pitti was disobedient and hard to handle. On back she was 

 unreliable at times and needed a deal of cautioning. In the 

 third hour, Pitti showed signs of tiring. In the fourth hour 

 she practically had quit work. Although she did not come 

 to heel, she trotted about close to her' handler. Cameron 

 should have then withdrawn her, as it was far from a kind- 

 ness to run the bitch when she was so wearied, and had not 

 the slightest show in the competition at that stage. Maid, 

 too, in the third hour became weary, but she did not stop 

 working diligently till near the end. In the latter part of 

 the fourth hour, her back appeartd to trouble her greatly, 

 and at times it was extremely difficult for her to run, or 

 even to walk. She, too, should have been withdrawn. The 

 wet cover had probably chilled her. She had no chance in 

 the competition after stopping work, and it was punishing 

 a good bitch needlessly to make her work on. Maid had 

 quite a good showing to her credit on birds. She pointed 

 five bevies, and had a divided bevy point with Pitti, the 

 latter getting three points on bevies besides the divided 

 point. One of the bevies she flushed after pointing it. 

 Maid pointed eight singles, and flushed four times. Pitti 

 pointed four times and made one fluke. There was very 

 little false pointing done. There were eleven bevies, all 

 told, found in the heat by dogs and horsemen. It is but fair 

 to mention that Pitti had been in season up to Sunday last, 

 and had had no work in five weeks excepting two short runs 

 on Saturday and Monday last. 



Pkaw^n and Orlando began at 1:05. Prawn was entered 

 by mistake in the name of the Hempstead Farm Kennels, 

 He is owned by Mr. A. P. Hey wood-Lonsdale, Shavington 

 Hall, England. Prawn was exceedingly lame from a sore 

 forefoot, or shoulder, and ought not to have been started. 

 Had he not been a game, plucky dog, he would have quit in 

 a short time. His limp made more exertion necessary, and 

 it was therefore mitch harder for him to ran. Not being 

 able to keep out at his work with quickness, gave Orlando a 

 chance to do nearly all the bird work, and Prawn's greatest 

 showing was, therefore, in backing. His lameness prevented 

 him from any showing of his real form. Orlando was, 

 therefore, practically working alone, so far as a competition 

 was concerned. He made an excellent showing and ran up 

 a fine string of single-bird points. He showed excellent 

 merit but required careful coaching on birds, he not going 

 up to them with sufficient promptness ocd accuracy. To be 

 more explicit, he would sometimes point on footscent, and 

 his' handler would quietly send him forward till be refused 

 to go further, when he was quite sure to have a biid to the 

 point. He made a few false points and two flushes. He 

 made about twenty-one points on single birds, and found 

 and pointed five bevies. Prawn pointed one bevy and four 

 singles. He made four flushes, one excusable one. Cameron 

 rode part of the time in this heat, and in the last part of the 

 heat he stopped urging the dog on, which was the next best 

 thing to withdrawing him that he could do. He ran a game 

 race, and it is regietable that he was not in proper form, as 

 Cameron says he is one of the great pointers of the day. 

 Orlando ran so fast at the start that it looked as though he 

 would break down, but he later struck a steadier working 

 gait and finished strong with good work. 



THURSDAY. 



The weather was delightful. A heavy frost covered the 

 vegetation. As the sun rose higher the frost was melted 

 and made cold, wet running for the dogs. A good half day 

 was lest in following the bye dog. One judge could have 

 taken charge of him, and the other two judges could have 

 followed the other two dogs. 



Rip Rap and Harry C. began work at 8:08. Both 

 worked industriously to the end, Harry the better ranger, 

 though he worked out of bounds betimes, and had an un- 

 controllable fondness for following the birds of a bevy, he 

 marking their flight well. He also needed cautioning when 

 locating, as he appeared a bit over-eager at times. Both 

 were steady to shot and backed nicely. Rip often dropped 

 to bis points. He did not range with regularity nor did he 

 work up to his best form, he showing hesitation and lack of 

 confidence when locating birds. Rip pointed five bevies and 

 had one divided point on a bevy. Harry had the same num- 

 ber of bevy points. Harry did one excellent piece of work 

 in locating a bevy of which he struck the trail up wind. 

 Rip made six points on singles and never flushed. He made 

 one point at the edge of dense cane, too dense for the handlers 

 to beat out to flush. Harry made six single bird points. He 

 flushed two singles and a bevy. He made several points to 

 which nothing was found. The heat was energetically 

 worked throughout. It was a good one. Harry, all things 

 considered, had the best of it. The dogs were separated so 

 much that the reporters got a good bit of iofprj»at),pn from 

 the judges, ... 



