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l)roke her oars, Acme lost an oar and tlie King boat's rowing 

 gear gave out. ISureka boat won. 



The third and last day of the three so-called fisheries days 

 was better known as Sportsmen's Day. There was no con- 

 gress on that day, but two meetings, that of the national 

 convention of sportsmen and the tournament of the Chicago 

 Fly-Casting Club, were held, both of which are reported else- 

 where in these columns. The fly-casting tournament was 

 very successful, indeed one of the very few successful sport- 

 ing events which have been brought off at or aliout the Fair. 



E. Hough, 



)9 Secdbity BuiLDiua, Chicago. 



Pennsylvania Fisb culture. 



The Pennsylvania State Fish Commission have been 

 liberally stocking the public streams of the commonwealth 

 with black bass obtained from pound-net fishermen of Lake 

 Erie. The fish introduced are from .3 to Gin. in length, they 

 being caught in September and carried to the various streams 

 in the State Fish Commission car. 



This Commission will distribute about three or three and 

 a half millions of trout and trout fry this year. The success 

 with trout in several streams in the northern portion of 

 Lancaster county is very gratifying. 



Captain Peoples, of New Providence, has been highly suc- 

 cessful with black bass. The Captain had several old quar- 

 ries on bis place into which he turned the waters of a small 

 stream and so formed good ponds. These he has stocked 

 with bass, which now afford his angling friends raosti excel- 

 lent sport. The Captain experienced some difficulty in feed- 

 ing his bass. Chopped meat is used. The pieces must be 

 small. Captain Peoples has lost a number of bass, which 

 were choked to death by pieces of meat of too large a size. 



Baet. 



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F IXTU RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 

 Sept. 26 to 29.— Ottawa, Canada. Alfred Geddes, Sec'y. 

 Oct. 3 to 6.— Minneapolis K. C, at Minneapolis. H. T.Van Duster, See. 

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

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



FIELD TRIALS. 



Oct. 23.— Brunswick Fur Club field trials, at North Acton, Mass . 

 Bradford S. Turpin, Dorchester, Mass., Sec'y. 



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

 Tarry town, N. Y., Secretary. 



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

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



Nov. 7.— 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. 

 Lellinger, Sec'y. 



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

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



1894. 



Jan. 29.— Southerti Field Trial Club's Trials, New Albany, Miss. T. 

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



Feb. 19.— United States Field Trials Club's Sm-mg Trials, Grand 

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



RHODE ISLAND DOG SHOW. 



The above heading may seem rather too general, but not 

 more so than the show deserves. It was the united opinion 

 of those present that "Little Rhody," as in society, politics 

 and commerce, must henceforth be reckoned among tlie lead- 

 ing shows. Conflicting wnth another A. K. C. show, the re- 

 snlt of this initial eiTort must be peculiarly gratifying, and 

 Forest and Stream sees nothing to regret in upholding the 

 show at the expense of one whose management was deplor- 

 able. The Cranston fixture was alluded to by some writers 

 as a "little one-horse affair," but all must admit that the 

 horse must have been a "hackney" by the resolute manner 

 in which it stepped out. The prize list is sufficient to show 

 that a majority of the best dogs we have in the East put in 

 an appearance. This was to be expected, for the judges are 

 popular, the money prizes fairly liberal and, -with .John Read 

 at the helm, every one knew that the management could be 

 depended upon. It was one of the pleasantest shows to at- 

 tend; everything ran satisfactorily, and the judges did their 

 work unostentatiously, methodically and promptly. There 

 were eight rings put up outside, but only four were needed 

 for judging, but the space proved a safeguard to the dogs. 

 With a number of rings partitioned oft', there is no fear in 

 exercising even the smallest dogs, and affording them the 

 relief they sometimes cannot get when dogs of all sorts and 

 sizes crowd into one large ring. The building where the 

 show was held is one made by covering the apace between 

 two cattle sheds, and had it a better Iloor would be admir- 

 able for the purpose. Mr. D. Seabury, brother of poor "Nat" 

 Seabury, an architect, planned the benching and building, 

 and it was well arranged. The benching was new aud in the 

 old style, and a large space was reserved in the center for 

 rings in case of stormy weather. We can make one sugges- 

 tion to the management The floor was earth and covered 

 with sawdust, and naturally when the crowds passed 

 through, there being no admission fee, a heavy pall of dust 

 covered dogs and visitors alike, aud many of us thought we 

 were afflicted with hay fever or some such nostril-tickling 

 complaint. The solid earth floor will be sufficient another 

 time and a little sprinkling will keep down the dust. 



The judging was delayed somewhat the first day by heavy 

 showers, but as it cleared toward noon, Messrs. Mortimer, 

 Davidson, Boutelle and Wakeileld soon got to work. Open 

 air judging is a feature we do not often enjoy iu this country, 

 and would we had more of it. The show looked like asecond 

 edition of a Boston reunion, so many familiar faces from the 

 city of "cultchah" were to be seen. The quality in some of 

 the breeds was quite conspicuous, and the gathering of fox- 

 terriers was a rare compliment both to the judge and the 

 efforts of the new secretary of the American Fox-Terrier Club, 

 Mr. H. W. Smith, who was there both to show his wires and 

 see after thi^ club stakes. 

 Among others we noticed were H H. Hunuewell, Jr., T. S. 



E. H. Moore, B. S. Turpin, F. W. Chapman, H. V. Jamieson, 

 J. H. Scanlan, F. Senn, Dr. Thurber, H. N. Waldron, Dr. 

 Longest, Dr. Glazier, Geo. Thomas, James E. Green, George 

 Fletcher, A. W. Pearsall, N. Wallace, J. B. Elton, E. H. Par- 

 sons, F. W. Connolly, J. Sharpe, C. Fred Crawford, B. Alton 

 Smith, E. B. Elliott, Major Taylor, A. W. Atherton, H. S. 

 Roberts, C. Stcadman Hanks, German Hopkins. Jas. Bow- 

 den, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Meacham, aud Henry Brooks and 

 Mr. Taylor. All the "boys'" seemed satisfied, and there was 

 a complete absence of that hard feeling and rancor that 

 seems to have crept into some shows lately. Mr. Walter J . 

 Comstock and his able deputy. Billy Birch, saw that the ex- 

 hibitors did not want for anything and every one was made 

 to feel at home. The judging was completed before noon on 

 Tuesday. The catalogue was singularly free from dupli- 

 cates, there being no novice classes, and consequently out of 

 the enti-y of 467 dogs, 425 were benched. The number of en- 

 tries in the classes are given below in parenthesis. 



Mastiffs (James MonUncr, Jiulg' ).— It is not often that 

 we ai'e treated to such a capital lot.of mastiff s as chose shown 



here. In another year or so if the two doctors, Glazier and 

 Longest, continue to "nick" their .stock as they have done, 

 there should be no cry of decadence in this breed. Challenge 

 classes failed to draw, but the quality of several dogs in the 

 open abundantly made up the loss, The winner, Ingleside 

 Minting, a son of Beaufort's Black Prince, has come on 

 nicely since New York, and now stands forth in the same 

 row as Beaufort and Black Prince, He is a little faulty in 

 pasterns and feet, but his head is a study, capital skull and 

 deep square muzzle, altogether very massive, well placed 

 ears, good expression and wrinkle, eyes might be a little 

 darker but well set. great bone, body good depth with plenty 

 of substance considering his eighteen months, if it was a 

 little longer it would be better, though this fault is not nearly 

 so pronounced as in his sire, and above all he is a good 

 mover, his hind parts being more than ordinarily well 

 formed. He is a dog with a future. Emperor Maximilian is 

 another good one, by Ingleside Maximilian; his expression is 

 not so good as the winner, his ears being set. on too high, the 

 fawn and black markings are not pronounced enough, being 

 very dark all over the head, and eye color is not in keeping; 

 ear small, excellent forepart, should be deeper in loin, but 

 chest is deep; he is a younger dog than the winner, but has 

 considerably more loose skin round shoulders and neck, he is 

 also a good mover. Emperor William loses behind to the 

 others, being too straight in stifle, he has, however, an ex- 

 cellent head, massive skull, and deep, square, short muzzle, 

 and nice wrinkle; he is a litter brother of Emperor's. Leo 

 G. and Trump were outclassed here, heads too long and not 

 the same type. A very promising bitch. Lady Diana, beat 

 her dam, Gerda II.; she is a sister of the two Emperors; very 

 pleasing, well formed head, deep body and strong loin, but 

 she could be much improved with straight forelegs and feet, 

 she won handily in the parts spoken of. Gerda IL, however, 

 can well rest content without bench show honors when she 

 can point to such a litter as this. Boston Boy is just over 

 distemper, but really I thought the judge a little hard in 

 withholding first; he is of a later litter, by Maximilian out of 

 Gerda IL, and though a little too pronounced in stop and 

 condition rather low, still his type and quality justly en- 

 titled him to score, especially when followed by two poor 

 ones. Dr. Longest took the kennel prize. 



St. Bernards (James Mortimer, Judqe).— Thereby a,s qual- 

 ity here, too, and classes were well judged. Lady Living- 

 stone, looking in high feather, furnished the only challenge 

 entry in rougns. In open dogs came Altoneer once more, but 



IfOXaOUND FEMUK. 



First, Challenge, Rhode Island Show, 1893. 

 Owned by Dr. Thurber, Providence, R. I. 



his summer's rest has not furnished that body as it should 

 have done, and his shortness of coat made it more ayjparent; 

 in head, expression and type, however, he scores, and especi- 

 ally in carriage of tail. Colmnbus is a handsome dog, rather 

 light in bone and should have more rib, nicely marked, good, 

 deep head, should be broader iu chest and not carry his tail 

 so high and curled. Imperator is an improved dog, tall and 

 with good action, muzzle should be broader, but it is deep, 

 pasterns faulty, tail curls, and if he had more rib would be 

 better; still, he is a handsome dog, with the best coat in class. 

 Czar G. is another good-looking one, by Alton, muzzle not 

 deep enough, flat-ribbed, but nice type and color. The others 

 were brindle, and Donnar is cow-hocked. Two bitches by 

 champion Pouf came together next, aud they showed a great 

 family resemblance in their peculiar style of head, though 

 Lady' Sneerwell has an advantage in size and substance 

 throughout. Walkure loses in type, substance, legs and 

 head to the others. The only jjup was a son of Jim Blaine. 



In Smooths Mr. Moore furnished both the challenge win- 

 ners with Melrose and Miss Alton; both are now as good as 

 they ever will be, and a lightness in body is apparent in all 

 the dogs of this celebrated litter, but for all-round type, 

 heads, bone and action they are hard to beat. Melrose King 

 took the dog prize, and in doing so beat Belisarius in 

 head, color, bone aud coat, the latter looking a bit ragged. 

 Cato has a poor front and an all-white body, while his hocks 

 are too straight as well; so he got quite as much as he de- 

 served. Admiral has too much coat. Melrose Belle, well 

 known in the circuit last spring, had no competition; she has 

 not filled out in body either, tail faulty, but she shows lots of 

 type and quality. Puppy prizes were rightly withheld. Mel- 

 rose Kennels won the kennel special. 



Newfoundlands {Juriies Mortimer, Judge). — First prize 

 was withheld from a poor sort. 



Great Danes {J aiaes Mortimer, Judge).— In Lord Wolver- 

 ton's absence Bismarck was the only competitor; his forelegs 

 want straightening and loin more arch; he is a black dog. 

 There were no bitches. 



Bloodhounds (John Davidson, Ju dye).— Some'well known 

 winners turned up here, but Belhus, in open dogs (3), for 

 type, expression and quality beats Bruno, who is a IMt coarse 

 but can throw a well-wrin'kled head and nice leather. Del- 

 phan, a sweet little bitch, was the only one to uphold her sex; 

 excellent wrinkle and head and peak but not enough of it 

 all; her appearance is marred somewhat by only having 

 three-quarters of a tail. 



Deerhounds {Juhn DaiyiJ^'on. Judge),— But for Frank 

 Dole's interference Mr. Thayer would have just farmed these 

 classes. Hillside Warrior was the challenge dog; he wears 

 well. The New York winner Argyle beat out Dougliis in 

 open dogs (3), better head and loin and coat, Lancelot beat- 

 ing in turn iu front and rib. In bitches (2) the prizes fell to 

 two well known matrons. Hillside Heather aud Feodora, the 

 latter, while stronger iu muzzle, loses in loin and coat. The 

 kennel prize fell to Mr. Thayer, of course. 



Russian Wolfhounds {.John Davidmn, Judge).— These 

 were all from Mr. Hanks's kennel and have been described 

 many times before. Groubiau took challenge honors. Leek- 

 hoi, who seems to have taken a second lease on life, I never 

 saw lookintf stouter. Turner has evidently solved the dif- 

 ficult question of keeping these dogs in shape, for he had 

 them all in good flesh, but of course some of them lacked the 

 silky hail- that makes these dogs so handsome. Peter the 

 Great, second, loses to Leekhoi in quality, head, coat, loin 



and shoulders. Obrouga repeated her Wissahickon victory 

 over Flodyka in bitches (3), the latter losing in head and 

 front and loin; both are out of coat, Mr, Hanks scooped the 

 kennel prize. 



Greyhounds (JoTiii Bavidson, Judge). — Quality was 

 mixed here and the winners, most of them well known had 

 no difficulty in asserting their superiority. Champion Gem 

 of the Season was alone in his class. In open dogs (7), lin- 

 perator a previous winner showing much quality, a little tod 

 short in back, beats Sir Lancelot, who has improved wonder 

 fully on his previous form, and is now quite a passable dog, 

 beating the winner in body and loin, but losing in an essen- 

 tial point, his forelegs. After these came a mixed lot, re- 

 serve going to a son of Oruatus, who is long cast and should 

 be better sprung in ribs. Vigilant is too full in skull and 

 weak in muzzle and his feet are not set true. Bronx should 

 have more substance and a stronger loin. Lord Northcroft 

 got all he deserved with a c. In bitches (5), Mr. Davidson 

 placed Southern Beauty in her right place, first, over Wild 

 Rose, thus correcting the Toronto decision, and confirming 

 our report of last week. Wild Idle, reserve, is coarse in 

 shoulders and her stifle being too straight she does not cover 

 enough ground. Ruth, vhc, should close her toes up and 

 her head is faulty. Paramello, he, turns his feet out and 

 fault can be found with his ribs. Mr. Purbeck takes the 

 kennel prize. 



Foxhounds {A. H. Wdkotichl. Judge). — This marked the 

 debut of this well known beagle man in the ring after many 

 years absence, but that he still has ah eye for a hound he 

 amply proved by the way he handled his classes. Competi- 

 tion in challenge class was confined to Femur and Elite, and 

 a picture of this well known bitch will be found in this issue; 

 Femur has a better type of head. In open dogs (6), a capitally 

 built truely American hound won well. If we want a dog to 

 illustrate a good type of American hound, showing careful 

 improvement, this" dog will furnish the subject; he beats 

 Deacon in head and body. Parson, also well known came 

 reserve. Felix, he, should be truer in elbow. Connecticut 

 Valley Kennels, with Norah and Fancy, furnished the open 

 bitch (5) winners, the former has more substance and is better 

 built all round than the other who is rather weedy, both 

 have the harrier mottle. Dr. Thurber took the kennel prize. 



Beagles (A. H. Wakefield, Judge).— There was a good 

 entry, and though there was considerable quality in some 

 specimens, the general run was not at all "sorty." There 

 was a good diversity of type, long heads and short, bodies 

 the same and not enough of the "cob" that a Lou, a Royal 

 Krueger, Butterfly or a Lonely show. Of course little fault 

 can be found with Forest Hunter, who beat out FitKhugh 

 Lee, as youth must be served, but the old dog keeps up won- 

 derfully, and in front, bone, body, depth of rib and head is 

 still an object lesson to breeders, and his loin yields not to 

 the heaviest hand. I do not agree, however, with the placing 

 of Twintwo over Butterfly; the latter is correct type, the 

 former not, though a well built bitch is coarse and too long 

 in body. This decision is probably explained by the judge's 

 predilection for size and substance. In large class dogs {2] 

 Sir Thomas beats Wheeler's Little Duke in front, though 

 leggy, and head, but loses from there back. Duke's head is 

 coarse, and he has heavy shoulders. The well-known Gypsev 

 A., shown well, beat another of same type in bitches, Vick 

 R., both familiar to us all; they are both lacking in type, 

 heads too long. Spider C. stands on good legs, but should 

 have deeper chest and muzzle, and not be so broad in skull, 

 In small dogs (2) both entries were light in body, and though 

 the second winner. Little Lee, is straight in forebone, his el- 

 bows seem a trifle out. The winner, Spot S., is also long in 

 body, but rather nice head and ear. The bitch clasH had a 

 larger entry (9), and Gypsey Forest, a familiar name to those 

 interested in these dogs, was placed ahead of Lady of Den- 

 mark, a daughter of Fitzhu^h Lee and Desdemona; poor 

 front and feet and light in loin, snipy muzzle. Beauty, re- 

 serve, though weak in face, shows more type than either, and 

 is cobby, and has a deep-chested body. Lady Novice, vhc, 

 loses in head and front, and is longer in body. Lady Lee has 

 fair front and body, tail awry, ahd head not above reproach, 

 in the puppies (7) type was mixed, Mr. Fi.ske, of Worcester, 

 supplying all but one. The winner. Piper, is not the type, 

 too long in body. Arline, second, I think a better all-round 

 dog, good body, though also little long; nice forelegs, but 

 skull too coarse; looks like making a workman. The others 

 had many faults, and need not be mentioned now. Forest 

 Beagle Kennels took the kennel prize. 



Pointers (Jo/w Jj(md,sOri., Jwdge).— The cockles. of this 

 veteran judge's heart must have warmed within him when 

 he saw such a good challenge heavy-weight dog class pass 

 before him as ch. Lad of Kent,'Pontiac, Lancelot, ch. Duke of 

 Hessen and ch. Robert-le-Diable, all good pointers and true; 

 absentees, Teui pest and Duke of Kent If. The verdict fell to 

 Lad of Kent aud "George," who showed his dog, as u.sual, 

 strong and fit; Lancelot must owe his reserve to the condi- 

 tion of Duke and Robert who were not in full bloom, as far 

 as coat goes, though in nice flesh. Ch. Woolton Game was 

 the onlv challenge bitch. A capital lot of serviceable look- 

 ing dogs then came in for the open class (eight) and a dog 

 we always had a good word for during the spring circuit, 

 Sandford Druid, predicting that he would get there when 

 in shape, won nicely. He could be improved in front some- 

 what, and if stifle was more bent, and he was a little 

 cleaner in neck and shoulder little fault could be found with 

 him. Twinkle, second, is a stylish sort, rather short in neck, 

 good head, feet not as they should be, and is rather narrow 

 in chest; King of Lynn, reserve, is a strong well-made dog 

 in body aud Bind parts, but faulty in face and feet, and not 

 exactly true in front. Ijord Bracken is spoilt by a short 

 thick neck and much loose skin, otherwise he is a well-made 

 dog with a pleasing head, somewhat on the Beaufort order, 

 good legs and body. Hempstead Beau's toes should be 

 closer, loin be more arched and throat cleaner; in other parts 

 he will do. Hempstead Drake, high com., is rather plain 

 in body, might be belter in feet and throat, good legs, one 

 foot turns out a bit, aud stop too pronounced. In bitches 

 (five) May Go proved to be the winner, her coat is not in 

 good condition, and she stands back on pasterns, and feet 

 should not be so open; Kathleen Kent, a youngster, came 

 next, should be stronger in pasterns and is rather heavy and 

 coarse in quarters and set on of stern, otherwise a promising 

 bitch. The others were absent. 



In light-weight dogs (8) Hempstead Duke, a son of Lass of 

 Bow and Duke of Hessen, scored; he has a good front and 

 fair head, skull a trifle broad and his loin should not be so 

 flat and hocks more bent, one hind toe is down; a nice stylish 

 dog taken all round. Second went to Dash A., third at Bos- 

 ton; he rather gets the other in head and legs, has faulty set on 

 of stern; Perry should be stronger in pasterns and his broad 

 skull and prominent cheek detract from his appearance, and 

 he gets hla tail up beyond the proper angle. Hempstead 

 Luck, vhc. was the best of the lettered ones, is all right but 

 for his throaty, short nock, and his skull could be improved. 

 Light-weight bitches (10) proved a hard class, the Hempstead 

 Kennels showing up strong with fir.st, second and reserve; 

 their Jill, if she had a deeper muzzle and darker eye, would 

 have a good head, shoulders and bone good, body a bit 

 plain. Hempstead Blossom, I missed somehow, but Hemp- 

 stead Game, reserve, has rather a plain face, nice body and 

 forelegs, stifles might be more bent, but taken all round she 

 must have pushed the others hard. Wild Lily was about the 

 best of the mentioned lot; she is a stylish bitch, little light in. 

 body and faulty in muzzle, but well shown. Lord Bracken 

 won nicely in puppies, heating Prince of Pontiac in muzzle 

 and body.' Hempstead Farm Kennels won the kennel prize, 

 showing a strong hand. 



English Settees (John Davidson, Judge).— These were 

 strong classes and nearly every setter man one met told you 

 that the open dog class was a scorcher," and it must have 



