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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 2i3, 1898. 



"POUEST AND STREAM" PISHING POSTALS 



Send us a posted card report of your oum luck, your partner^s luck, 

 your neighbor'' 8 luck, your father-in-law's luck. AndL—het luck. 



•New ORiiEiNS, La., Sept. 11.— Yesterday at the Eod, 

 Eeel and Gun Club, Rigolettes Station, 30 miles east of 

 New Orleans, Mr. Chas. F. Frink and Mr. John Ross 

 caught 80 green trout (large-mouth black bass) in the ditch 

 along the railroad. Major Wagstaff and Dr. -lowers in 

 another boat caught 60 green trout and a large number of 

 perch, Mr. John Rawlins and Dr. J. A. Sampsell, fishing 

 in deep salt water at the same place caught 60 lai-ge sheeps- 

 head, a weight of over 2001bs. Some of the sheepshead 

 were full of roe. Incidents — voracious sheepshead took 

 both baits of the two latter gentlemen; either hook would 

 have held it. A snood carried away early in the morning 

 was found in the mouth of a catfish caught in the after- 

 noon. Another snood lost on a piece of spiling was acci- 

 dentally brought up several hours afterward. J. A. C. 



KiPPEWA Lakes, Province of Quebec, Canada. — August 

 — Passed 15 days in canoeing about these lakes, a wild 

 region not much visited except by lumbermen, w^hich can 

 be reached from Mattawa, C. P. R. Fishing for pike (1 to 

 6ilbs.) with troll exceUent, by same method some pickerel 

 and chub will be taken. At foot of Big Pine Shoot took 

 as many gamy pickerel as we wanted with flies. Signs of 

 big game, that is moose and bear, plentiful and a Yery 

 likely country for ruffed grouse. Comi^lete outfit can be 

 obtained at Mattawa. C. B. 



MiSTASSiNi River, Lake St. John, Canada.— September. 

 — Fair sport was had with ouananiche at foot of fifth fall, 

 but we could no nothing with flies. Got our fish by troU- 

 ing with small troll, and with pork below fall and at the 

 foot of same. The journey to this spot takes two days by 

 canoe. Too many tourists are visiting and fishing these 

 waters to permit of the sport remaining good, C. B. 



Belleville, Ont., Sept. 12. — ^Duck shooting has been 

 better than usual. Bass fishing has been rather indiffer- 

 ent, but a party of three caught a nice lot of forty-tw^o on 

 a recent afternoon. The three best ones weighed S^lbs. 



R. S". B. 



Weekly Fly Cast of the Chicago Club. 



The fourteenth weekly contest of the Chicago Fly-Cast- 

 ing Club came off at the World's Fair grounds in front of 

 the Walton House to-day, Saturday, Sept, 9, There was 

 a smaller attendance than usual, smaller, in fact, than at 

 any previous contest of the club. The first and most im- 

 portant event, long distance and accuracy combined, was 

 won by J. E.jisgrigg, of Montgomery Ward & Co., with 

 a total of 88^, making the fifth time he has won the medal 

 this season. Following him in order came Babcock, Wil- 

 kinson and Johnson. Isgrigg used a Leonard rod, the 

 others using Kosmics. The long distance medal was won 

 by Wilkinson with a score of 80ft., Isgrigg and Johnson 

 tieing for second place. Wilkinson also used a Leonard 

 rod. The bait-casting contest was declared off owing to 

 the fact that but two bait-castei-s were in attendance. 

 M;r. J. E. Strong was time-keeper and B, W. GoodseU 

 judged both events. 



At a meeting of the tournament committee of the club 

 held Saturday, the matter of closing the entries on Sept. 

 16, in the World's Tournament, was fuUy discussed and it 

 was wisely decided to keep the entries open until the time 

 of starting each contest, this was done at the solicitation 

 of a number of Eastern gentlemen who expected to be in 

 attendance, but could not, so far ahead as the 12th or 13th 

 fully determine as to their coming, therefore it was 

 decided to allow entries on the grounds, which has always 

 been the custom at tournaments. E, Hough. 



Michigan Trout and Grayling. 



Brook trout are plentiful and large in Cedar Run, at 

 Lake Ann, about 148 miles north of Muskegon. 



A barber named Decker, catches many fine brook trout 

 in White River, near White Cloud. Grayling are abund- 

 ant and of excellent quality in Bear Creek. 



One of the best trout streams in Michigan is Kinney 

 Creek, now owned and preserved by the Flint and Pere 

 Marquette R.R. The club house is near Wingleton, 

 which is three miles west of Baldwin. From Oct 6 to 8 

 last year, Mr. Frank Clark and Mr. G. H. Lambson of the 

 U. S. Fish Commission, with Mr. Bache and two other 

 persons fished this stream by permission. Although they 

 fished only part of the time, they caught nearly 700 brook 

 trout and took 415 fine, large, beautifully colored trout 

 on the car to the Northville station. 



In the Au Sable this season, a great many beautiful 

 grayling were obtained for the aquarium at the World's 

 Fair, and with them a splendid lot of brook and rainbow 

 trout. Few streams can show such a combination. 



T. H. B. 



Pretty Good Place. 



HuNTSVlLLE, 0., Sept. 13.— Editor Forest and. Stream: 

 Fishing is excellent at Indian Lake at present, and the re- 

 ports that the severe winter and break in bank of reser- 

 voir had depopulated the lake were without foundation. 

 Ring perch and sunfish are being caught and hauled away 

 by the bagful by farmers and others for miles aroimd. 

 Black bass are biting minnows, frogs and flies, and some 

 very fine strings are being taken. Dr. Wm. H. Kelley 

 and Mr. Joseph C. Finnell, of Covington, Ky., caught 98 

 in four days, averaging fully 21bs., and fishing from one 

 boat. Some 5-poimders were among their catch. Their 

 string the last day was 35. Dr. C, S. Mathews and Mr. Al 

 Reber, of Upper Sandusky, O. , caught 51 bass yesterday, 

 using a "bucktail" for lure. This is the largest catch thus 

 far tliis season. Dr. Mathews holds the record with 73 

 bass in one day last year, but he says the fish are larger 

 this year. _^ E. P. R. 



What Protection HaslDone. 



Syracuse, N. T., Sept. U.~Editor Forest and Stream: 

 1 send you a box of small-mouth black bass taken from 

 Outida Lake yesterday, this being part of fifty bass taken 

 by Mrs. Henry Loftie and myself between 2 and 6 P. M. 

 We lost only fom- and threw back six that were under 

 size. We used crabs for bait, for the fish would not 

 take flies. Twenty -five weighed 49ibs, Many catches 

 have been made of from fifteen to forty -seven in a day 'a 

 fishing. I am expecting many more catches better than 



this. I have taken more large bass on Oneida Lake this 

 season than I have done for the past fifteen years. I 

 have taken during the last four weeks fifty that would 

 weigh from 3 to 4ilbs, each, all of the small-mouth bass. 

 Five years ago it was impossible to get a good catch of 

 fish; this shows the good work of protection. All anglers 

 should feel very grateful to Supt. Pond and his lieuten- 

 ants for the work done on this lake. If this good work is 

 continued Oneida Lake wall excel any water in New York 

 State for angUng. Henry Loftie. 



[The box of fish was received in good order, and when 

 opened its contents made a fine show.] 



The Fish Run in Washington. 



A White Rwbr farmer brought into Seattle a 4001bs. 

 sturgeon which he killed with a spear in that stream. 

 The fish was over 7ft. long, and is probably the largest 

 ever caught in White River. 



Salmon have been running up the rivers and streams 

 in the vicinity of Port Angeles in enormous numbers 

 during the last few weeks. In one haul of his net on the 

 river Elisha S. Goodwin caught 3,000 large salmon. It 

 took a team of horses and eight men to drag them out of 

 the water, and it took nine trips of a large farm wagon to 

 carry them away. 



The smelt are now running, and there is no excuse for 

 any one being hungry at New Whatcom. The other day 

 on the beach below Uncle John Bennett's place the tm- 

 usual sight was presented of men fishing with garden 

 rakes and with their hands. The smelt were so thick 

 that they were almost crowded up on the sandy beach 

 and were easily puUed out with rakes or anything else. 

 About a dozen men and boys were after them. It only 

 took a very short time to put about l,0001bs. on dry land. 



Trout in California. 



North Ontario, Cal.— The trout fishing in the San An- 

 tonio and Cucaminga streams has not been as good as 

 usual and there is a movement on foot to stock both with 

 several varieties from the State hatcheiy, the success of 

 which will depend largely on the efforts of Messrs. Frank- 

 ish and Stamm. I. 



Where to Go. 



Anybody desiring information with regard to the hotels 

 advertised in Forest and Stream, such as rates, routes, 

 fishing and hunting opportunities, should address Forest 

 AND Stream Information Bureau, where all reasonable 

 inquiries wiU receive prompt answers. 



The Last Series of Cheap-Bate Excursions to 

 the World's Fair via the Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad. 



Additional Datks for thk Poptilar Exposition Tbips. 



As the (.eriod of the existence of the World's Columbian Exposition 

 draws to a close, the demand grows stronger for the economical and 

 satisfactory means of reaching Chicago provided heretofore by the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Recognizing the ui'gency of this 

 popular need, that company has fixed a few additional dates on which 

 excursions of the same character as the previous ones will be run. 

 September 19th, S3d, aSfch, October 2d, 11th, 17th and 21st are the days 

 selected from New York, Philadelphia, and points east of Pittsburg and 

 Erie and north of York. 



The special trains will be composed of the standard coaches for 

 which the Pennsylvania Railroad Company is noted, and the arrivaj 

 in Chicago at an early hour the following afternoon obviously gives 

 ample opportunity for the securing of accommodations at that place. 



The trains leave New York 9:00 A. M., .Jensey City 9:13, Newark 9:25 

 Elizabeth 9:32, New Brunswick 9:.'i3, Trenton 10:23, Philadelphia 11:30' 

 Frazer 12:09 P. M., Downingtown 12:22, Parkesburg 32:41, Coatesville 

 1:02, Lancaster 1:35, Conewago 1:57, Harrisburg 3:00 P. M., Lewistown 

 Junction 4:.30, Tyrone 6:00, Altoona 7:00, and Pittsburg 10:40 P. M, 

 The excursion rate, good only on the special train and valid fer return 

 within 10 days, is $20 from New York, $18.25 from Philadelphia, and 

 proportionately low from other stations. Return portions of tickets 

 are good for ten days. 



These trains will be run on fast schedule, and will be provided with 

 all modern conveniences with the exception of Pullman cars. 



Many expressions of complete satisfaction have been made by people 

 who have availed themselves of this excellent opportunity of visiting 

 the greatest and grandest exhibition the world has ever aeen.~Adv. 



A City Hall Eagle. 



A QUEER, long-legged bird alighted on the roof of the City Hall at 3 

 o'clock yesterday afternoon and made an ornithological show of 

 itself. The show was well attended by a crowd of several hundred 

 persons. 



"He's a woodchuck," declared one learned ornithologist from the 

 Fort' Ward. 



•'Naw, he ain't." retorted his companion. "You mean a woodcock; 

 but he ain't. He's a South Carolina thrush blowed here by de cy- 

 clone." 



"You fellows are all wrong," said a politician just returned from 

 Saratoga. "That's the eagle bird. I've seen his pictui-e." 



' 'When Marty Keese quits puUiug the string and yanks in that stuffed 

 parrot I s'pose you will clear these walks," called 'out Park Policeman 

 Tommy Thompson. 



The crowd did disperse when one of Janitor Keese's assistants tried 

 to capture the bird and it spread its broad wings, tucked its long legs 

 under its tail, and, with its long, sharp beak pointed toward Secaucus, 

 took its flight over the new Postal Telegraph buUding. 



The bii'd was neither a heron nor a crane, but was of the family of 

 the waders.— i\'eiy York Sun. 



The "Sunol" of Railroads. 



The New York Central is the "Sunol" of railroads; 145 miles in 1.31 

 minutes was its last record-breaking feat. Whew ! If you want to 

 "get there" go by the New York Central— that's sound advice for 

 World's Fau- visitors— for by that line you will get there more speedily, 

 more comfortably, more safely and 'more luxuriously than by any 

 other.— Dr^jroods Chronicle.— Adv. 



\M Forest and Stream's 



>} exhibit at the World's Fair will be 



^1 found in the Angling Pavilion of 



^1 the Fisheries Building. You and 



U your friends are invited to visit us. 



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F IXTU RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 19 to 23.— Mount Holly, N. J. H. I. Budd, Sec'y. Entries closi 

 Sept. U. I 

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

 Cranston, R. I. D. C. Collms, Sec'y. Entries close Sept. 4. 

 Sept. 26 to 39,— Ottawa, Canada. Alfred Geddes, Sec'y. 

 Oct. 8 to 6.— Minneapolis K. C, at Minneapolis. H. T.Van Duster, SeC 

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

 Dec. 12 to 15.— E. I. Poultry and Pet Stock Ass'n, at Providence. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 Oct. 30.— National Beagle Club trials, at Nanuet, N. Y, Geo. Laiol 



Tarrytown, N. Y.. Secretary. 



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

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



Nov. 7.— New England Beagle Club trials. W. S. Clark, Linder 

 Mass., Secretary. 



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

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



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

 Lellinger, Sec'y. 



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

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



1894. 



Jan. 29.— Southern Field Trial Club's Trials, New Albany, Miss. Tl 

 M. Brumby, Sec'y, Marietta, Ga. 



Feb. 19.— United States Field Trials Club's Spring Trials, Gran^ 

 Junction, Tenn. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 



THE MANITOBA FIELD TRIALS. 



A GOODLY number of sportsmen assembled in the two hos 

 telries at Souris, one owned by Mr. .J. H. Brown, the other h 

 J. B. Roberts, both alike in the fondness for field sports. 



The start was made on Tuesday morning, Sept. 12. 

 W. Tallman judged alone. Owing to missing connection^ 

 he was too late in Winnipeg to catch the morning train f 

 Souris; he therefore went to Brandon and drove tlie twentjj 

 seven miles across country, arriving at Souris about 3o'cloc! 

 in the morning. t 



The grounds were parched, the weather was hot and drj 

 and chickens were not quite plentiful enough for field tria 

 purposes. 



Souris is 158 miles southwest of Winnipeg. It is difficult q 

 access if one is hurried, a.g there are but three passenger trala 

 each way per week. 



The sportsmen were most genial and enthusiastic. The 

 had originally planned to camp out and entertain visitors a 

 their guests, but the plan was abandoned. Everything wa 

 done to make the visit pleasant to all. On Tuesday and Wed 

 nesday evenings dinners were given to the club members ant 

 visitors, which were most enjoyable. 



The trials were followed by an orderly crowd of spectatort 

 On the second day about twenty carriages followed the run 

 ning. Two or three ladies graced the event with their pres 

 ence part of the time. 



The Derby. 



TUESDAY. 



The start was made not very far from the northern oxl\ 

 skirts of the town. The cool morning hours had passe* 

 when the handlers got the word to cast the first brace of! 

 hence the work of the forenoon was not under the mos 

 favorable conditions for the best display of well sustained 

 pace and range. A mild dry wind blew steadily all the fore 

 noon. In the afternoon it was stili'er and steadier. 



There were birds enough for a fairly good test, gentle, in 

 dolent birds, easy to work on, until toward night, then the; 

 were a bit wild. When. Hushed, they displayed no alarni 

 Their flights were short and with no motive of seeking con 

 cealmeut. No easier opportunities could be afforded dogs to 

 make good scores, so far as tame birds on opeii ground eoul( 

 contribute to them. The weather was hot and close. Fr^ 

 quent watering of the dogs was necessai-y. 



Owing to the delayed arrival of the judge, the drawing dl( 

 not take place till this iriorning. There were thirteen starters 

 as follows: 



J. Simoneau's orange and white setter bitch Maud a Roa 

 (Bruce — ^Frost), owner, handler, 



against 



Avent & Thayer Kennels' black, white and tan dog Rod B 

 (Roderigo— Topsey Avent), J. M, Avent, handler. 



W. T. Ellis's liver and white setter bitch Zuleika (Duke o 

 Manitoba— Cora), owner, handler, 

 aridlnst 



E. W. Smith's liver and white pointer bitch Spotted Belli 

 (Spotted Boy— Bow Bells), W. Pickeriag, handler. 



L. W. Smith's black, white and tan setter dog Duke o 

 Veragua (Roderigo— Fannette), owner, handler, 



against 



F. W. Scott's black and white setter dog Bob Wilson (Dat 

 Wilson — Lurline Lady), W. Pickering, handler, 



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

 taire (Roi d' Or— Tory Diamond), J. M. Avent, handler, 



againat 



W. T. Ellis's black, white and tan setter dog Hoodoo (Daki 

 of Manitoba— Cora), owner, handler. 



Avent & Thayer Kennels' black, white and tan setter dQ4 

 Tate (Jean Val Jean— Mamie Avent), J. M. Avent, handler, 

 against i 



E. McKenney's black and tan ticked setter dog Jingo (Duk( 

 of Manitoba— Cora), John Wootton, handler. 



R. Adams's liver and white and ticked pointer dog Virdet 

 Prince (Ightfleld Upton— Patsy Bang), absent, 



against 



Avent & Thayer's black, white and tan setter bitch Thalic 

 (Jean Val Jean— Lucy Avent), J. M. Avent, handler. 



Roberts & Young's liver and white pointer bitch Moltox 

 May (Saddleback— Molton Broom), a bye. Charles Young 

 handler. 



Maud A Rose and Topsy Rod were cast off at 8:46. Rod 

 took the lead at once in wide range and high speed. Hia 

 range was too wide betimes, a quarter of a mile or more 

 away and sometimes out of sight in the distance. Rose 

 started a bit slow but as the heat progressed she improved 

 her range. She ran weakly, as was to be expected from » 

 bitch thin in flesh and vitality weakened from maternal cares 

 the previous month. Rod made a point; nothing found 

 Rose refused to back. Rod, a quarter of a mile away, made 

 a firm point, then moved on and resumed his ranging. Al 

 the same time Rose, in the grass, roaded and located a bevy 

 w;hich she pointed well. It was a good find for her. The 

 birds went but a short distance in the open prairie. Rod 

 pointed one and Rose backed. Both were steady to shot. 

 Rod excusably flushed a single bird. The heat ended at 9:23, 

 Rose kept diligently at work though her stride was weak. 

 She showed good judgment. Rod was fast and a very wide 

 ranger. He ran without much reference to working to hi^ 

 handler's orders. 



Zuleika and Spotted Belle were started at 0:3a. Sooa 

 after starting an irate owner ordered the party off his farm' 

 and his orders were obeyed. Zuleika pointed by a bunch of 

 willows and a single bird flushed wild from the opposite side. 



