Aug. 5, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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the lake. I cau^lit them until my liands were sore, and 

 when, strung together thpy measured 10ft. long, and it 

 was all that three men could do to put them in the wagon. 

 I used a iSTo. 11 Bristol steel- jointed rod, 8£t. 6in, in length, 

 and 3-0 snell hooks. With a Taried experience I can 

 truthfully say it was the hest angling I ever had. If any 

 of the readers of the Foeest and Stream ever come 

 down in this country 'out under the setting sun,' and will 

 give me a call, T will arrange to spen 1 a few days with 

 them at the lake and promise good sport. 



"W. C. CONNOE." 



F IXTU RES. 



WALTON TER-CENTENARY. 



A CONGRESS of anglers will be held at Niagara-on-the- 

 Lake, Canada, on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 9 and 

 10, 1893, to celebrate the three hundredth anniversary 

 of the father of angling. It is proposed that the gather- 

 ing should be of both a piscatorial and convivial charac- 

 ter. The convenient situation of Niagara-on-the-Lake, its 

 easy accessibility by railway or steamboat to cities on both 

 sides of the border, the excellent accommodation fur- 

 nished at the Queen's Eoyal Hotel, the high quality of the 

 black bass at the mouth of the Niagara River, the historic 

 natm-e of the fishing grounds, and the picturesque scenery 

 of the surroundings, mark Niagara as a most appropriate 

 jjlace for the celebration of an occasion of this kind. A 

 programme ha-s bean marked out as follows: 



Wednesday, Aug. 9, the morning and afternoon will be 

 devoted to fishing and to the other amusements afforded 

 at the watering j)lace. In the evening a fish dinner wiU 

 be held in the ball room of the Queen's Royal Hotel, fol- 

 lowed by a smoking concert. Fish stories will be asked 

 for from the assembled anglers, and a committee will 

 award a prize to the teller of the best story, without limi- 

 tation as to its verity or oi'iginality. 



Thursday, Aug. 10, a fly-casting competition will be 

 held, for which valuable prizes have been kindly presented 

 by Mr. Henry Winnett, of the Queen's Royal Hotel, En- 

 tries for the competition close on Aug. 9, at 9 P. M. 



It is believed that a gathering of this kind, in addition 

 to being attended with nnich enjoyment, will lead to a 

 fruitful discussion on the best interests of the sport, and 

 it is suggested that an anglers' association should be 

 formed, 



It is requested that those who intend to be present will 

 send their names to the secretary of the committee of 

 arrangements, who will also be glad to receive any sugges- 

 tions. 



All anglers are invited to attend. Reduced rates will 

 be given to them and their families at the Queen's Royal 

 Hotel. For those at a distance special rates to. Niagara 

 Falls are given by railway companies. The secretary may 

 be addressed care of the Standard Life Assurance Com- 

 pany, Toronto, or Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. 



CHAJiLES HuNTEE, Sec'y. 



The Chicago Fly-Casting Club. 



There was a fair attendance of members at the club's 

 tournament held on Saturday, July 29, on the Lagoon, 

 close by the Walton House, on the exposition grounds. 

 Messrs. Strell and Goodsell judged the different events. 



The first event was for accuracy and distance combined. 

 Following are the scores: B. W. Goodsell 86;;!, F. Smith 

 T^%, J. E. Lsgrig- ,si>;. F. B Davidson 87;'?, J. M. Clarke 

 80;^, W. H. Babeock SU . G. W. MurreU 84;^', E. E. Wilkin- 

 son 86;*. Ties at 5yf t. , 3 casts, .J. E. Isgrigg 99,^, W. H. 

 Babeock 93%. Isgrigg won the medal. 



The second event Vas long distance fly-casting. The 

 scores are as follows: Goodsell 65ft., Smith 51, Isgrigg ~ \ 

 Davidson 56, Clarke 61, Murrell 48, Wilkinson 63. Isgrigg 

 won. 



The third event was bait-casting for accuracy and dis- 

 tance. Following are the averages: Wilkinson 106, 

 Babeock 105|. Mr. Babeock was a very close copipetitor 

 in each event, 



The open to the world tournament will be held in Sep- 

 tember between the 19th and 31st, while the sportsmen's 

 convention is held in Chicago. Only a club tournament 

 will be held on Aug, 9, when the Walton House is dedi- 

 cated. B. Waters. 



EDWARD B. OSBORNE. 



Anothkr siiieer-e lover of camp life passed quietly away on the 

 moi'iiiug oC ^\i\y 20, alter having reached the ripe age of seventy-eight 

 years aud eleven uioiiths. 



Few men in active business life have spent more time among the 

 woods, lakes and streams of om- diversified country than Hon. Edward 

 B. Osl3orne, and none have more thoroughly enjoyed tlie lonely camp 

 than did he. 



He was liiud and genial to all and a capital story teller, manj^ tales 

 being of incidenls in his own experience in his various outings. He 

 ■was also a good singer, and his songs often added much interest and 

 lielped to whde away the hours spent around the cheerful evening 

 blaze or the lonely, stoi'uiy days in camiJ. He was ever ready to take 

 his full share of toil on the tramp, in the tent or bark shanty. In 

 short, be was a most desirable outing companion, as all who have been 

 with him will readily and cheerfully admit. It ha.s passed into a 

 proverb that "really to know a man's true character you must camp 

 out with him." This test he bore admirably, as the writer has abuncf- 

 ant reasons to remember. 



His first visit to the North Woods— as they were then, generally 

 called— was in the fall of 185G, and very few yeai-s since then have 

 passed that he did not visit some portion of them. He never stopped 

 long at any of the numerous hotels on the more traveled routes, much 

 preferring the lonely tent to the crowded places of more fashionable 

 resort. Being owner and editor of a daily aud weekly paper, he sent 

 home occasional sketche.s for publication from his various tenting 

 places, fai' and near, including che Adirondacks, St. Lawrence River, 

 Upper Canada, eastern shore of Maryland, aud a ■lOO-mile canoe triij, 

 with Indian guides, on the Michigama and Jlenominee rivers. Some of 

 these letters, with various poetical articles, he has very recently put 

 into book form at the request of personal friends — a fitting close to his 

 varied life. 



Thus, one by one the older devotees of rod and gun, and lovers of 

 forest and stream and of camp life, are passing off the stage; but new 

 ones ai'e taking their places, who, although they will never have the 

 rough paths of their predecessors, will reap health and real enjoyment 

 from theu' more showy and fashionable outings. J. H. D, 



PouGHKBEPSiE, .July 24. 



Popular Excursions to the World's Fair by the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad. 



Special train of newest aud best standard passenger coaches con- 

 taining all modern conveniences, will leave Hew York at 9:CK3 A. M. 

 Julj' Sist via Pennsylvania EaUroad for Chicago. Pare for the round 

 trip, gau. Tickets good ten days. Other excursions fixed for August 

 liih and mh.—Adc. 



Omaha and Kansas City 



Are reached most directly from either Chicago or St. Louis by the 

 Burlington Route. Daily vestibuled trains with Pullman sleepers, 

 chair cars (seats freej and Burhngton Route dining cars. — Adv. 



What It Has Done for the Old Gentleman. 



Have kept and sold Hires' Rootbeer several years. I have drunk it 

 exclusively this summer. Am T8 years old and feel like a boy. It is 

 Bhe*d of sarsaparillaj H, Vak Waqbnkn, M.D., Dai-Ungton, Wis.— .dcZi;. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Aug. .30 to Sept. 2.— Blue Grass Kennel Club, at Lexington, Ky.. Mr. 

 Roger Williams, Sec'y. 



Sept. 5 to 8.— Kingston (Ont.) K. C, at Kingston. H. 0. Bat«s, Sec'y. 



Sept. 11 to 15. — Toronto, Canada. C. A. Stone. Sec'y. 



Sept. 19 to 23.— Rhode Island State Fair Ass'n at Narragansett Park. 

 D. C. CoUins, Sec'y. 



Sept. 19 to 22.— World's Fair, Chicago. W. 1. Buchanan, Chief Dept. 

 of Agriculture. 



Oct. 3 to 6.— Minneapolis K. C, at Minneapolis.. H. T.VauDuster, Sec. 

 Nov. 21 to 24,— New .Jersey K. L.. at Newark. Dr. W. F. Seidler, Sec, 

 Dec. 12 to l.?,- R. I. PoiUtry and Pet Stock Ass'n, at Providence, 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Sept. 4.— Northwestern Field Trial Club's second annual trials, Man- 

 itoba. Thos. Johnson, Sec'y. AVinnipeg. 



Sept. 12.— Manitoba Field Trials Club's Trials, Souris, Manitoba. E. 

 D. Adams, Sec'y, Winnipeg. 



Oct. 30.— National Beagle Club trials, at Nanuet, N. T. Geo. Laick, 

 Tarry town, N. Y., Secretary. 



Nov. 6.— United States Field Trials Club's Fall Trials, Bicknell, Ind, 

 P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis. 



Nov. 6.— New England Beagle Club trials. W. S. Clark, Linden^ 

 Mass., Secretary. 



Nov. 7.— International Field Trial Club's Fourth Trials, Chatham, 

 Ont. W. B. Wells, Sec'y, Chatham. 



Nov. 15.— Ohio Field Trial Club's Second Trials, Canton, O. C. V. 

 LeUuiger, Sec'y. 



Nov. 15.— American Field Trial Club Trials, at Carlisle, Ind. W. J. 

 Be^k, Sec'y, Colmnbus, Ind. 



Nov. 20.— Eastern Field Trial Club's Trials, at Newton, N, C. Mem- 

 bers' Stake Nov. 16. W. A. Coster, Sec'y. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



[By a Staff Correspondent.} 

 Express Charges on Dogs. 



Among many good things so kindly, yet forcibly, presented 

 by Dr. J. Frank Perry in his article entitled "The American 

 Kennel Club," in FoPvEST and Stream of July 22, there is 

 one in which all sportsmen should take special active interest 

 at all times. Not that this one thing, the exorbitant express 

 rate, is in respect to its consideration by the A. K. C, supe- 

 rior and more worthy of consideration than the other im- 

 portant matters which Dr. Perry wisely suggests for reform, 

 but that it is a matter near and dear to the pocket of every 

 dog owner, inasmiich as all shippers of dogs are required to 

 pay the exorbitant charges of the express companies. 



It is a matter affecting canine interests at large, and not 

 as an A. K. C. measure, that 1 consider it most important. 

 But being a matter of common interest, all sportsmen should 

 give energetic support to any movement whose aim is relief 

 from the unjust and unnecessary exactions of the express 

 companies. 



The plea made by the express companies many years ago, 

 nameLv, that there were greater risks, greater troubles and 

 annoyances in transporting dogs, was good at that time. 

 Dogs' were then presented for shipment in some rickety old 

 box, which had already served its purpose in holding mer- 

 chandise; or, more simple yet, the dog might be sent with an 

 old rope or chain to his collar, which, when fastened to the 

 car stove or a trunk handle, was a complete arrangement 

 for shipment. Or an empty flour barrel, with chunks cut 

 otit of the side for ventilation, both heads in, was not infre- 

 quently used. In short, any makeshift, however flimsy or 

 humble, was considered good enough to put a dog in for 

 shipment, and there was little protection from death, injury 

 or escape. With all the risks entailed by the shipper's care- 

 less and slovenly methods of shipment it is not surprising 

 that express companies made their rates commensurate with 

 the risks. If there was loss on one hand the high rate reim- 

 bursed them on the other. 



But during many years the manner of shipping dogs has 

 been greatly improved. They now are shipped in expensive 

 crates, this being secure from any injtiry incident to proper 

 handling in transit, nor can they escape. Arrangements are 

 also made in the mechanical construction of the crate that 

 the dog can be fed and watered without opening the crate 

 door. Many crates have receptacles for carrying a supply of 

 food stiiiicient for a journey. With all these modern perfec- 

 tions which insure as easy and rapid handling of the dog as 

 any ordinary box of merchandise, impossibility of escape, 

 etc., the old rates made for entirely different conditions, are 

 still in force. The rates which were made to jneet risky 

 ventures years ago are in force now when there is compara- 

 tively no risk at all. 



To illustrate this more fully, I present herewith a bona fide 

 contract between myself and the Southern Express Co. The 

 sum of §6..50 was double first class rates, and also included a 

 preixdum for insurance by said companj^ yet, notwithstand- 

 ing their liability both as insurers and common carriers, they 

 absolutely refused to accept the dogs unless the shipper 

 signed that contract. It was not done at the shipper's re- 

 quest, but was a compulsory demand of the company. The 

 dogs were in a good crate, but the agent refused to accept 

 them unless each dog was securely chained within the crate. 

 They were so chained. 



Of course, in law, such a contract is not good, for no com- 

 pany can release itself from the obligations it a.sj3umes to 

 perform. This contract, however, will show the absurdity 

 of the present tariff rates. It is as follows: 



Agents will use this form for Uve stock, etc., in lieu of the regular 

 form of freight receipts. 



Agents will fill up two copies of these receipts, both of which must 

 be signed by the agent aud by the shipper. 



One copy will be delivered to the shipper, and the other will be re- 

 tained aud filed away by the agent. 



SOUTHERN EXPRESS CQMPAJTY. 



SPECIAL. CONTRACT FOB THE TRANSPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK OB OTHER 

 ANIMALB. 



In consideration of SG.50, which is a special rate, given at the ship- 

 per's request, the Southern Express Company has received the follow- 

 ing articles, viz.: One box with two dogs, consigned to W. B. Stafford, 

 at Trenton, Tenn. 



"Valued by Shipper at three hundred dollars per head, it being un- 

 derstood and agreed between the parties hereto, that in no event is 

 this company to be liable for a greater valuation per head, for the 

 above property than is here by the shipper fixed." To be carried by 

 the said express company at the exclusive risk of the owner, to its 

 office or place of business nearest destination, and then forwarded by 

 a connecting Hue of transportation to the above address. 



In consideration of the above rate, it is expressly agreed that the 

 owner of said property has insured the same elsewhere in a non-as- 

 signable policy of instu-ance for his indemnity alone, or has assumed 

 as an insm-er himself, in consideration of the above special rate, all 

 the risk of loss or injury thereto, by death, escape, detention, accident, 

 bruises or injuries of any kind, accident to, or occurring dui-ing trans- 

 portation whatever, and the said Southern Express Company shall not 

 be liable for any injury whatever occurring to said property. And the 

 ownei' thereof hereby releases the said express company and the rail- 

 road companies over whose roads said property may be transported, 

 from all habilty for injuries, loss or damage to the same from any 

 cause whatever. And the shipper and owner hereby severally agree 

 that all the stipulations and conditions in this receipt contained, shall 

 extend to and inure to the benefit of each and every company or per- 

 son to whom the Soutliern Express Company may intrust or deUver 

 tlie above-described property for transportation, and shall define and 

 limit the fiability therefor of such other company or person. 



It is further agreed that the receipD in good order of a connecting 

 line of carriers to which said property may be deUvered to complete 

 transportation, shall terminate the liability of this company, and estop 



the owner of the saine from making any demand upon this company 

 for loss or injury occurring thereto thereafter. 



Signed in duplicate at ) For the Southern Express Company, 

 New Orleans this third V Ellis. 

 day of February, 1893. ) B. Waters, Shipper. 



If any company could be induced to make a just tariff 

 sportsmen throughout the country, by patronizing such 

 company exclusively, could bring the other companies to a- 

 more reasonable view of the matter. 



The World's Fair Dog Show. 



I venture on this subject with a feeling of reluctance. It 

 in its way has been heard in season and out of season so 

 much that it is almost as tiresome as "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de- 

 ay" and other tunes one hears from early morn to dewy eve. 



On Monday, the 24:th inst., I asked Mr. Buchanan if the 

 dates of the Exposition show would be changed so as not 

 to conflict with the Rhode Island event, and in accordance 

 with the prayer of the A. K. C. He said: "The World's 

 Fair dog show will be held on the dates advertised, if it is 

 held at all." 



In regard to judges, Mr. Buchanan said he had no know- 

 ledge that there were any vacancies in the list selected — 

 that is, no official knowledge. He had seen in the papers 

 that some would not act, but they have not so informed 

 him. He says entries are coming in. That is all the news 

 of the World's Fair show at this end of the line, though 

 World's Fair dog show news has about reached the thirtieth 

 attenuation. I would not be at all surprised if there was a 

 World's Fair show or if there was not. 



Good Ideas. 



The following is from an eminent trainer, of whose writings 

 I have to complain that they are too short and too infrequent, 

 they being founded on sound practical knowledge and pre- 

 sented in a clear, gracious manner. These are excerpts. He 

 says: 



"I was glad to see your remarks about the gentleman who 

 wanted to select judges for the Northwestern trials. I believe 

 with you that if trials are run perfectly fairly to all, and that 

 more care is taken to have plenty of bii-ds on the grounds, so 

 that every dog shall have ample opportunities of showing 

 how he can perform in finding and pointing, as well as how 

 he can go at that killing pace (which no level-headed dog 

 ever does go at except when chasing a rabbit), then will field 

 trials increase in popularity. 



"Can you tell me why the Eastern and other clubs' rules 

 say, 'A dog should be thoroughly trained?' Why not 'must 

 be?' I think that a thoroughly trained dog may misbehave 

 once in a way, and the judges should make allowances for 

 what may be called accidents; but it is unfair to let any dog, 

 which does not show that he is thoroughly broken, beat one 

 which is thoroughly broken; for who knows that he has not 

 some shyness or fault in his disposition, that makes it impos- 

 sible to break him without reducing his dash. 



' 'From a letter in a contemporary, there seems to be an idea 

 of having pointers, Iri.sh setters and Gordons in one class. 

 Now I don't think that would be a bad plan, because there 

 are so few men who are breeding pointers fit for trials at 

 present. 



"I have had spaniels on the brain a little lately. After 

 having read most of the letters on the subject which have 

 recently been published, I am forced to the conclusion that 

 the trtie specimens of the breed must be very scarce. The 

 real use of a cocker is to do what a setter or pointer cannot 

 do, certainly not with proprietey, viz. , worry out game in any 

 kind of wet or rough ground. I believe that the introduc- 

 tion by dog show men of the black ones some years ago has 

 had much to do with it. I know one, an imported one, 

 which was sent to me to train, and he was quite as much 

 terrier as spaniel in his ways; I could see an outcross in his 

 appearance. I remember very well, when looking at a very 

 handsome one at a show, making the remark that it did not 

 look as if it could be any good, and a great dog show judge 

 and fine sportsman replied, 'Of course not.' " 



From all .sides come earnest denunciation of McLin for his 

 grievous cruelty. Mr. H. B. Anderson, well known as a 

 gentleman and handler, writes me as follows on the matter. 

 He says: "I did not stippose that there was a human being 

 on earth who had so much brutality and such total depravity. 

 His indeed must be a depraved nature, to starve and burn 

 dogs who were his friends. Law is not severe enough for 

 such a brute, nor is language comprehen.sive enough to 

 express the loathing in which he ought to be held. I am 

 sure that the conscientious handlers of the country will con- 

 demn such an act for its extreme inhumanity. 



"However, it ought to teach a lesson to those owners who 

 are always looking for a cheap trainer. There are handlers 

 who haven't a particle of honesty in their dealings -with their 

 customers, and who do not care a rap for the customer so 

 long as they get their money. Of course, there are many 

 who are honest, conscientious and capable in every direction, 

 who seek by hard work to give entire satisfaction. Such 

 men deserve the confidence and patronage of owners. But 

 such handlers cannot handle dogs cheaply, because they 

 bring intelligence, experience and hard work to bear in their 

 dog training," 



Mr. C. AV. Tway, Irwin, O., asks me for a good place to 

 locate in Illinois or adjacent States for the purpose of giving 

 his string of dogs some work on chickens. I do not know of 

 such place. Perhaps some one of the large family of Forest 

 AND Stream readers can give him the information he seeks, 

 he being a most amiable and obliging gentleman himself, 

 one who would gladly do as much for others. He writes 

 that he has a line string of dogs for the Manitoba trials and 

 Northwestern trials, among which are Graphic's Juno and 

 Graphic's Queen, and Mr. G. O. Smith's imported English 

 setter Gambit. ■ 



In respect to the f orthcomi ug trials of the new club in Cal- 

 ifornia, Mr. H. M. Tonner, proprietor of the Solana Kennels, 

 North Ontario, Cal., writes as follows: 



"The Southern California Field Trials Club recently organ- 

 ized in Los Angeles, it is hoped will prove an efficient factor 

 in the developing of the field setter and pointer. With pei- 

 fect grounds at its command and quail in almost unlimited 

 numbers, coupled with the rapidly growing interest in sport- 

 ing dogs, the outlook certainly is encouraging. 



"The rules adopted by the club are practically the same as 

 those of the E. F. T. Club and U. S. F. T. Club and others, 

 and it is the intention to, as far as possible, have the best 

 dogs put to the fore, regai-dless of the luck which is supposed 

 to be inseparable from field competitions. It is possible that 

 the judges may err, but the men selected to act in this 

 capacity, Messrs. Pyle, Vandevort and Crenshaw, are men of 

 known honesty of purpose, and there is no doubt but what 

 the best dog will win. The officers of the club, who will act 

 until our meeting in January, are: President, E. K. Bench- 

 ley; Vice-President, J. H. Kiefer; Secretary, B. P. Hinnman, 

 The membership, while not large, is composed of ardent 

 .sportsmen who will take a keen interest in the affairs of the 

 club. The stakes, while not unusually large, will be suf- 

 ficiently so as to offer good inducements to handlers to have 

 thfck dogs mider perfect control and to give them work 

 enough to fit them for the trials. 



"In adopting the spotting system we hope to save time 

 consumed in running dogs that have no possible show 

 to win, and who detract from the interest in the trials. This 

 being an organization of sportsmen, we desire the typical 

 sportsman's dog to win, or, in other words, the dog who does 

 the best average work on coveys, singles and retrieving. 

 While some favor the abolishing of retrieving, a dog that 

 wUl not retrieve will not win in the AU-Age Stake." 



B. Watehs. 



909 Secdkity BtJiLDiNG, Chicago, 



