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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 1.3, 1893. 



LIST OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



U, S. riSH COMMISSION"— 



(Office Sixth andB streets, S.W., Washington, I). C.) 



MarshaU McDonald, Commissioner. 



Hichard Rathbun, Assistant in charge Division of 



Scientitic Inquiry. 

 'Parleton H. Beanj Assistant in charge Division of 



Fishculture. 



Hugh M. Smith, Acting Assistant in charge Division 



of Fisheries. 

 Herbert A. Gill, Chief Clerk. 

 W. P. Titcomb, Disbursing Agent. 

 William Bamum, In charge of Publications. 



State Fish Commissioners. 



Alabama— 



D: R. Hundley. Madison. 

 Arizona- 



T. IT. Otis, Prescott. 



C. W. Stearns, Phoenix. 

 Walter J. Hill. Bellemont. 



Arkansas- 



■ Pres., H. H. Rottaken. Little Rock. 

 Sec, W. B. Worthen, Little Rock. 

 J. W. Calloway, Little Rock. 

 California— 



(Oifice 419 California street. ) 

 Pres., Joseph D, Redding, San Francisco. 

 Sec, Ramon E. Wilson, San Francisco. 

 Trefis., Joseph Morizio, San Francisco. 



('OLORADO— 



Ckinlou Land, Room :M Essex Building, Denver. 



CUiNNLCTlCUT— 



Wni. S. Downs, Birmingham. 



James A. Bill. Bill Hill. 

 Delaware— 



James A. Mulligan. Delaware City. 



E. G. Shortlidge. Wilmington, Superintendent. 

 IIeorgia— 



Dr, H. H. Gary, La Grange. 

 Florida— 



M. Moseley, Titusville. 

 Illinois— 



Pres., N. K. Fairhank. (Uiicago. 



Sec, Dr. S. P. Bartlett. Qnijiuy. 



Geo. Breuniug, Ceutraliai. 



Indiana — 



Col. Wm. T. Dennis, Hiclimoud. 



Iowa— 



T. J. Griggs, Sprit Lake. 



Kansas— 



J. B. Mason, Eureka. 

 Malne— 



E. M. Stilwell. Bangor. 



Dr. E. W. Gould, Searsport. 

 Maryland— 



John S. Sudler, Manokin. 



R. T. Bro^^^ling, Oakland. 

 Massachusetts— 



Edward A. B]-ackett , WiiLchesLer. 



EdAvard H. Lathrop, Springfield. 



Isaiah C. Young, AVellfleet. 

 Mk.hig.vn— 



Preb., Herschel Whitaker. Detroit. 



Sec. Geo. D, Mussey. Detroit. 



Treas.. Wm. A. Butler, Jr., Detroit. 



Hoyt Post, Deti-oit. 



Dr. Joel C. Parker, Grand Rajiids. 



Supt.. ^Valter D. Marks. Paris. 

 Minnesota— Pres. , Dr. R. O. Sweeny, Sr.,Duluth. 



Vice-Pres., W. S. Timberlake, St. Paul. 



Sec, A, F. Ferris, Brainerd. 



Treas.. W. P. Andrus, Minneapolis. 



Wm Bird, Fairmount. 



Supt., S. S. Watkins, St. Pau.1. 



Warden, Frank L. Stetson, Minneapolis. 

 Missouri— 



Pres., H. M. Garlichs, St. Joseph. 



Sec, A. C. Garlichs, St. Joseph. 



Edward Cunningham, .Jr., St. Louis. 



J. L. Smith, Kansas City. 



Supts., Philip Kopplln, Jr., St. Louis; Jas. W. Day, 

 St. Joseph. 

 ^^'EBKASICA— 



W. L. May, Omaha. 



B. E. B. Kennedy, Omaha. 

 S. C. Burlingame, Seward. 



Nevada — 



Geo. T. Mills, Carson City. 



Ernest Harris. Carson City. De)>uty. 

 New Hampshire— 



Geo. W. Riddle, Manchester. 



BlUott B. Hodge, Plymouth. 



Willard H. Griffin, Henniker. 

 New Jersey— 



Robert D. Foote, Morristown. 

 New York— 



(Office, Room 56, 81 Fulton street. New York). 



Pres., Lawrence D. Huntington, New Rochelle. 



W. H. Bowman, Rochester. 



A. S. Joline, Tottenville, 



D. G. Hackney, Fort Plain. 

 Robert Flamilton, Greenwich. 

 Clerk, E. P. Doyle, New York 



Ohio— 



Pres.. C. A^. Osborn, Dayton. 

 John H. Law, Cincinnati. 

 John Hofer, Bellaire. 

 ' E. D. Potter, Toledo. 

 Wm. R. Huntington, Cleveland. 

 Oregon— 



F. C. Reed, Astoria. 



R. C. Campbell, Astoria. 

 George T. Myers, Astoria, 

 Pen-nstlvania— 



Pres., Henry C. Ford, 1833 Vine street, Philadelphia. 



Geo. H. Weishons, Pittsburg. 



Sec, H. C. Denmth, Lancaster. 



Treas., W. L. Powell, Harrisburg. 



L. Streuber, Erie. 



S. B. Stillwell, Scranton. 



Supts., J. P. Creveling, Allentowu; Wm. Buller, 

 Corry. 

 Rhode Island— 



Pres.. .John H, Barden, Rockland, 



Sec. Wm P. Morton. Johnston. 



Treas. . Henry T. Root, Providence. 

 Tehresses— 



W. W . McDowell, Memphis, 

 Utah— 



A. M. Musser, Salt Lake City. 

 Vermont — 



John W. Titcomb, Rutland. 



C. C. Warren, Watertaury. 

 A^IRGINIA— 



Dr, John T. Wilkins, Jr., Bridgetown. 

 Washington— 



Jame.s Crawford, Vancouver, 



C, S, Whiles iiOTOuey. 



Wisconsin— 



Pres., Philo Dimning.'Madison. 



Sec. and Treas. , C. L. Valentine, JanesviUe. 



Mark Douglas, Melrose. 



A- V. H. Carpenter, Mihvaukee. 



Calvert Spensley, Mineral Point. 



J. J. Hogan, La Crosse. 



Supt,, James Nevin, Madison. 

 Wyojung— 



Gustave Schnitzer, Laramie. 



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F I XT U R E S. 



DOG SHOWS. 



.Jan. as to 28.— Northern Ohio Poviltrj^ and Pet Stock and Kennel 

 Association, at Akron, O. W. A. Caldwell, Sec^'. 



Feb. 21 to 24.— Westminster Kennel Club. New York city. James 

 Mortimer. Supt. 



Feb. 28 to March 3,— Keystone Kennel Club, at Philadelphia, Pa. 

 James "Watson, SecY, 



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

 DifEendertler, Sec'y. 



March .14 to 17.— Washington, D. D. F. 8. W'ebster. Sec'y. 



March 32 to 25.— Elmira, N. Y. C. A. Bowman. Sec'y. 



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

 Newman, Sec'y- 



May 5 to 6.— Pacific Kennel Club, at San Fi-ancisco, Cal. Horace W. 

 Orear, Sec'y. 



Suud 13 to 17.— 'R^orkrs Fair, Chicagt.>. W. I. Buchanan, Chief Dept. 

 of Agriculture. 



Sept. 7 to 10.— Hamilton, Out. A. I). Stewart. Sec v. 



March 31 to 24.— City of the Straits Kennel Club, at Detroit, Mich. 

 (Any D. Welton, Sec'y- 



FIELD TRIALS. 



January.— Pacific Coast Field Tiials. at Bakersville, Cal. J. M. Kil- 

 garif, Sec'y. 



Tan. 16.— Four! ir Annual Meet Erun,swi(;k l^ur Club, at Westminster, 

 Mass. J. H. Baird. Auburndale. Mass.. Ser'y. 



Feb. t).— Southern Field Trials, at New .\lbauy. Miss. T. M. Brumby, 

 Sec'y. 



Feb. 1.?.— United Stales F. T. Club Trials, iTgw ^baay, MA, P. T. 

 Madison, Sec v-'lreas.. Indianapolis, lud. 



(.:oi.. Arthur .^Ierhiman and H. B. Di'ttVicA- 

 .luilges at Eaarern Eield Trials, 1K»2. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



The Chicago Dog Show. 



Chicago, 111., Jau 1 mentioned m a bnei note last \veck 

 that the Chicago Kennel 'Club was orgauized on Monday, 

 Jan. 2, in this city. This club intends to hold a dog show in 

 the first half of the mouth of Febniary, there being therein 

 dates which are unclaimed. Tlu^ cluli will have a new de- 

 jiartui-e in the i)renrmm list. The classe.'- i lie snifiller 

 breeds, wliich almost invariably have but two or liireeoji- 

 tries, will have small prizes, and the more |.)opulnr chis.ses;, 

 which (ill well, ati'oid a revenue to the club f]-om cnii y ii.es 



Wankie Kennels' Scotch Tbrribr Kilk(i\ 

 Fh-st, GloversvUle, 1893. 



and are a drawing card as a public attraction, will have 

 largely increased prizes, I have been informed by one of the 

 officers of the club that a most attractive premium list is 

 contemplated, one which will be so valuable as to be a sur- 

 prise to show goers. 



The list of officers is as follows: President, W, E. Hagans; 

 Vice-President, J, Locke; Secretary and Treasurer, G, H. 

 Goodrich. J. W. Munson is managing director. 



Pointers wUl not be classified by weight, which is ; a most 

 sensible departure. 



It was thought by sojne that a dog show held as part of 

 the winter circuit might in .some manner affect the World".? 

 Fair dog show\ or vicf: vci-m-. The two sho^\-s cotild not po.'^- 

 sibly have conflicting interests. The Woiid"s Fair shon- 

 stands aloiie by itself, so far as its interests are concerned. 

 Moreover, Chica.go is large enough to hold two .good sho^vs 

 in one year on its ovv^i responsibility. A gentleman who is 

 a leading and active spirit in dog sliow matters in this city 

 assured me that Chicago could successfully give a successful 

 dog show each month in the year. There is one thing cer- 

 tain that if a show is once arranged here it will be held. 



Classifying- Pointers by Weight. 



The jiointer, heavy or light weight, is considered as being 

 a working dog. In iiractical field work pointers have no 

 weight classification. Setters and pointers have a value ac- 

 cording to their ability from a working fiiandpoiiit. 



A distiufniun wWcb divides poijiters juto nmvy mA li^Ut 



weight is arbitrary and artificial. It has no purpose outside 

 of a dog show competition, and therein its mission is sim- 

 ply to multiply winners and increase the prize money, there 

 commonly being, by the hea%T' and light weight provision in 

 the prize list, twice as much money allotted to pointers as to 

 setters, since there are challenge classes, open classes, etc., for 

 each breed respectively. 



It is true that there is underlying all this a pretense of im- 

 (iroving the breed by giving the owners or breeders of large 

 dogs a chance in the competition, It is said to be more diffi- 

 cult to breed a good big dog than it is to breed a good little 

 one. The same is equally applicable to setters, if it is appli- 

 cable at all to either breed. But, heavy weight or light 



,™^„T,^ ..1 n..-.-. a n-.-. g-^jj 



possible, 



. petition. 



Moreover, there is no more reason for the weight classification 

 in favor of the pointer at dog shows than there is for the 

 same in favor of Engli.sh, Irish and Gordon setters. I am in- 

 clined to think that there is a great deal of fallacy in the say 

 ing, so far as it concerns pointers, that it is harder to breed a 

 good large one that it is to breed a good small one. Even if 

 the saying were true, is the interest of .sufficient value to 

 treat the heavy weights and light weights, in the prize 

 money, as if they were two different breeds? There is a 

 great deal that is artificial and superficial in the whole mat- 

 ter of pointer classification. 



A most remarkable litter, in respect to number, is that re- 

 cently whelped by Mr. Arthur Massey's bitch, which whelped 

 seventeen puppies by O'Rourke. Mr. Massey is well known 

 in the sportsmen' s"^ world as the famous slipper at the 

 American Cour.sing Club meetings. 



The announcement of the Philadelphia Kennel Club's 

 meeting, one of which was I'eceived at this office, contains 

 forecasts of a most pleasant nature. The Item punch bowl, 

 which is to be filled \vitl\ thurst assuager, named after the 

 \viiiner (.if the club's Members' .Stake, and in conjunction 

 Avith a supper, will make all glad. Mr. S. Murray Mitchell 

 ■was the fortunate Avinner of the Members' Stake. 



B. WATERS. 



The W. K, C, Judges. 



the li.st ot itidges tor the "V^ . K. (;. sLiow aCiNew \orkiii 

 I'ebruarv is quite a strong one. Miss \^ hitney Jor .St. Ber- 

 nards seeuiK to have become a settled feature, and is probably 

 as good a selection as can be made. Mr. Raper s selection 

 lets the club down easy on a lot of breeds for which good 

 judges are somewhat ditbcult to find m this country. We 

 ahvavs understood .\ir. .\1 ii-^s-Arnolt was more ot a pointer 

 man than a.nvthu)t>' else, hut di course avo must be mistaken, 

 as he IS doAvn tor ureat Danes, Dachshunds and bassets. Mr. 

 W. lallmaii. has underraken a Task that Avill test his AA^ell 

 knoAATi abilities to the utmost, and Avhether it is a AA'i.se moA^e 

 ar such a show as Jncav "iork to assign such important breeds 

 .nid classes ^y^th such large entries as pointers and setters to 

 -'lie man A\ill be better auswered after the show; pomteivs 

 might AvelJ have been given to some one else and so tacilitated 

 the ludgnm-. Instead of Air. "^Villev. Mr. E. M. Oldham Avill 

 .lodge spaniels. Mr. ..Tarrett tor sheepdogs Avas. probably, 

 the best selection that could have been made, but as 

 we go to press, w e leavii that Mr. Raper will take these 

 cla.s.se&. Mr. John L. Chaver teir bulldogs siniuds .just 

 right, and as the Bulldog Llnb can have no e.vcnse I'aere 

 on the score oi ^(.islon terriers, a.s thev had at Boston 

 once, it IS to lie ho|.)ed that a burajjer eutrv will make 

 .some amends lur the slight thai the club imiiosed nu one of 

 its meuibers at the shoAA" ot ItSid. T he lieaii'le men. so they 

 say. Avill ha.A-e to ransack their kennels lor their biggest and 

 most Avorkmanlike doas to i)iit hetore Mr. Dorsey At the 

 same tune tlie\' may nnd theiiiseh'es mistaken, and Avhilethis 

 well knoAvu breeder may h.ive his penchant torthe larger and 

 coarser do^ tor work, wlieu it comes to the saAvdnst rm^ he 

 may prefer To stick To the sraudard. Mr. R. F. Mavhew finds 

 hiuTselt ;uiiouu' the hard haired dnusioii this time. AA'ith the 

 e-vceptidii nt [lointei s. sellers .St. Bernorfls. he will soon 

 hiiA e run liie w hole ciamnt ol I he sIiova . Altogether the list, 

 as \\ e lemaiked. is a stroim inie. and there should be no fear 

 ot seeing some ol the blunders repeated that Lave, been made 

 at tnis snow ui years past. 



Akron Dog Show. 



We mentioned recently the formation of the kennel club 

 in connection with tl»e jS'orlhern<.)hio Poultry and Pet Stock 



Association at Akron O.. and uoaa" avc haA'e the premium list 

 of their first shoAv, to be held .Tan. 2.5 to 28. The prizes Avill be 

 sixty per cent, of the entry fees to first and 40 per cent, to 

 second. ]Mr. .John Davidson will make the awards. EA^ery 

 breed is, in addition, AA^ell taken care of Avith cash specials ol; 

 from S.'J to .§10, which should serve to dra.AA- a good entry. 

 iCm riesclose.lan. 18 with W. A. Caldwell, .\kron (.)'. A.lthough 

 not \ admitted to the A. K, C. they have been advised by 

 i he \. K. C. people to hold the show unde'r their rules, aucl 

 tliat. in ail probaliility the Avins will count iis thev will be ad- 

 mitted ;u I he I'ebruary meeting. Mr. II. ¥. Peck will super- 

 intend the show. 



The Chicago Dog Show, 



The For,EsT AND Stream was the first to call the attention 

 of the pulilic to the fact that Chicago Avould have a new ken- 

 nel club and an extra shoA^- in February next. Referring to 

 iinv advertLsiug columns we find that tihc show Avill be held 

 Fel;. ; to 10 ill Battery D. and that .s.=jO cash prizes will be 

 ui \ ell tor the larger dogs. The show avIU just fit nicely. G. 

 H. tioodrich is the secretary and treasurei' and John W. 

 Muason nianaging director." Premium lists AviH be issued 

 shortly. Entries close -Jan. 



Bulldog Courtesies. 



Mr. C. W. Cugie has just receiA'-ed a letter from Mr. Samuel 

 J. Smith, honorary secretary English BulldoR' Club, saving 

 that aiessrs. John H. Matthews, H. D. Kendall. E. A. Wood- 

 Avard and C. D. Cugle Lad been placed on the honorary mem- 

 bership list of that club, "in recognition of the position you 

 hold in the Ameiacan bulldog fancy, and as a token of our 

 high appreciation of the good feeling which so happily exists 

 between the clubs of the old country and the new." 



Wolf and Setter. 



According to Stock-Keeper an interesting litter is sLortly 

 expected in the kennels of the Duke of NeAvca.stle, as one of 

 his setters is due to whelp to a. Avolf. There appears to be no 

 doul.it as to the parentage of the coming litter and the result 

 will be interesting, though irrobal.dy it is only a ca.se of his- 

 tory repeating itself. 



Mr. Chas- Stedman Hanks, who is jouiueymg lersurely to- 

 A'-ard Florida, AA-here he Avill pass the Avrnte'r, called upon us 

 last Monday Among other things he told us that the Rus- 

 sian Avolfhound he has shoAA-n as Servanates is really Grun • 

 Man, one of tAvo dogs imported during the summer, The 

 labels having become mixed during their transportation to 

 this country he attempted to decide the question by calling 

 them by name to see AA^hich was AA'-hich. Mr. Hank's Russian 

 accent being evident ly defective led. each dog to suppose he 

 AA^as the other. The real Servanates is said to be a much bet- 

 ter dog than the one shoA"\m at Brooklyn. Mr. Hanks has taken 

 the tjecess.Hi'j' ste[)s tu haA e t lie names cliauged and the mM- 

 , er set. iighr. Avicii the A i\ ' .", 



