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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[GOT, l4, 1893. 



"Forest and Stream" at the Fair. 



Forest and Stream's nook in the Anglers' Pavilion of 

 the Fisheries Building is a gathering point of people from 

 all parts of the continent who love the woods and streams. 

 It holds a place in their affection, an affection which 

 comes from friendly appreciation and esteem. Some- 

 lihies the visitors, gentlemen and ladies, come into the ex- 

 hibit by twos or threes, and sometimes there is hardly 

 room to hold the large number who enter at one time. 

 Such exclamations as "Why, here's Forest and Stream! " 

 "This is Forest and Stream's exhibit!" "Tliat's Forest 

 AND Stream's big fish I told you about! " are common. 

 Then follow chatty reminiscences, pleasantly told, of the 

 good Forest and Stream has brought and brings to them 

 weekly. All have some kindly remembrance. One has 

 been a subscriber ten years, or since it was published, 

 another would not be without it, while others appreciate 

 it for its earnest efforts in game protection, or for the 

 manly sports of land and water, and rod and gun. All 

 praise its high literary excellence, impartiality, justness 

 and ability. Strange as it may seem, there are many 

 ladies who appreciate Forest and Stream too, from the 

 practical standpoint of sportsmanship. That is, they are 

 devotees of the rod ox gun themselves. Many more ladies 

 than are known of now indulge in the gentle art of 

 angling. They take outings with husbands or family 

 parties, and enjoy the sports of gun and rod with quite as 

 much or even more zest than the gentlemen do. They 

 .display more enthusiasm in their descriptions of fishing or 

 .hunting events, seemingly living them over again in the 

 telling. And what were really more lasting and beneficial 

 than the pleasant memories were the color of health on 

 the cheeks, the bright eyes, active minds and elastic step, 

 which they brought with them from the woods and 

 waters. 



The visitors come from everywhere. In the past week 

 Forest and Stream's register has addresses of people 

 from Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Mississippi, Vermont, Mis- 

 souri, Ontario, Manitoba, Pennsylvania, New York, 

 Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, District of Columbia, 

 Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Texas, Alabama, Maryland, 

 Louisiana, Kansas, Florida, Michigan, Massachusetts, 

 Indiana, New Jersey, Dakota, North Carolina, Nova 

 Scotia, Canada, Maine, Rhode Island, California, Con- 

 necticut, Minnesota, Delaware, Virginia, Montana, Illi- 

 nois, British Columbia, Arkansas, Colorado and Oregon, 

 An enumeration of the cities would require too much 

 space, and the names would fill a large part of the 

 paper. 



It would be pleasure indeed to mention all the visitors 

 who have called and said pleasant things of Forest and 

 Stream. Space will not permit more than a brief men- 

 tion of a few of them. 



Mr. Edward Brooks, President of the New England 

 Kennel Club, called on Friday, and told of some good 

 fishing he had while in the West. He regretted that the 

 West had not shown more intei'est in the A. K. C. 

 meeting. 



Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mackey and son, of Philadelphia, 

 arrived in Chicago at 11 o'clock Thm-sday, and caUed at 

 Forest and Stream's exhibit on the same day. 



Mr. J. H. Rushton, famous throughout the land as a 

 maker of canoes, called on Thureday. 



Hon. H. S. Haskell and wife, of Derby Line, Va., left 

 their autograph on Forest and Stream's register. 



A pleasant talk over beagle prospects was had with 

 Mr. G. A. Buckstaft", of Oshkosh, Wis., President of the 

 N. W. Beagle Club, during the short time he remained 

 in the exhibit. 



Fishing formed a charming topic of conversation dur- 

 ing the stay of Mr. Charles W. Walker, of Fairmont, W. 

 Ya. He mentioned that Mr. W. H. Hall, of the same 

 town, had assured him that catfish in a stream thereabouts 

 \you,ld take the fly. I mentioned this incident to Col. 

 Ilough, who is something of a fish gladiator, and he 

 treated it as being commonplace. "Why," said he, 

 "down in Arkansaw there is a stream in which the cat- 

 fish will rise regularly to the fly, and they practice rising 

 M'hen tliere aren't any, so that they can rise correctly 

 when there are flies. Those catfish, too, sometimes rise 

 on a fence and mew." I presume there must be yeast in 

 those waters. 



Mr. C. H. Birdsall, of Scranton, Pa., admires Forest 

 AND Stream, of which he is a regular reader, for the 

 great work it has done and is doing m the cause of game 

 protection. Its wisdom, he says, was shown in its warn- 

 ings, many years ago, of the extermination of the buffalo, 

 and in its energetic efforts to save the noble animals from 

 destruction. 



Messrs. .1. Thompson and J. P. Anderson, of Carberry, 

 Manitoba, reported an abundant moose crop near Selkirk, 

 and that several had been seen near Carberry, They ad- 

 mired Forest and Streasi's energy and enterprise. 



Messrs. S. C. Pirie and J. T. Pine, Jr., of Brooklyn, N, 

 Y., were enthusiastic in their appreciation of Forest and 

 Stream. They admired the numerous pictures. Their 

 remarks showed that they keenly appreciated the beauti- 

 ful in nature and the higher requirements of sportsman- 

 ship. The enlarged photograph of a dog on point claimed 

 their special atte^tion and recalled pleasant reminiscences. 



Mr. Hough has' many admirers every day, but were he 

 a good modern dog man I feel sure he would have more 

 of them. His ideas that a setter should hunt birds indus- 

 triously and point them for the hunter to shoot are behind 

 the times. I note the following on the register, Sept. 39 : 

 "J, B. Evans, Steubenville, O. To the Forest and 

 Stream, the sportsman's journal: Sorry not to have met 

 Mr. Hough. His letters to Forest and Stream are Al." 

 There seems to be a cm-rent of opinion, about 3,000 miles 

 wide, that Mr. Hough is a writer of the first flight. 



Mr. Frederick R. Shattuck, Jr., of Boston, made a short 

 visit on Thursday, Sept. 29. 



Ml-. Claude E. JleUen, of Dallas, Tex., is full of enthusi- 

 asm over a prospective hunting trip through Texas on his 

 way to California next December. He takes six months 

 each year for hunting. He thought of purchasing a launch 

 at the World's Fair and going to Florida for the winter 

 but changed his mind. His love for the rod and gun never, 

 he says, diminishes. 



Mr. Waldo P. Kennard, of Boston, recently arrived 

 from the Old World, where he has been wandering for 

 the better part of two years, called in one day and was 

 anxious to get back numbers of Forest and Stream 

 for throe or four weeks. In Italy and England he had 



seen much shooting, his last experience in England afield 

 being battue shooting, of which lie had not a favorable 

 impression us compared with sport with dog and gun. He 

 was contemplating shooting over a spaniel in the future 

 when after birds. 



Dr. Heber Bishop, of Boston, of Megantic Club fame, 

 left his autograph on the register. 



Mr. H. Qlsen, Adlesund, Norway, showed an interest in 

 Forest and Stream by calling and leaving his autograph. 



Mr. A. F. Young, Escanaba, Mich., patriarchal in ap- 

 pearance but as sprightly of mind and full of enthusiasm 

 in his devotion to rod and reel as a youngster, made us 

 several calls, in which he reeled off most delightful remi- 

 niscences of fishing. 



Mr. E. Wilder and wife, of Red Wing, Minn., specially 

 admired the big tarpon caught by Mrs. Geo. T. Stagg, 

 said tarpon apparently having a world-wide reputation, 

 inasmuch as the people from all parts of the world , who 

 stop and gaze upon its long stretch of 7ft. Sin. , as it lies 

 across the back of the case which incloses it, seem to have 

 heard of it before. The winters of eighty years have 

 whitened the beard of Mr. Wilder, but he was as erect, 

 alert and active in mind as a youngster of twenty. He, 

 too, was a tarpon fisherman, and he had a charming way 

 of relating his experiences and describing , the habits of 

 the fish and manner of taking them. He is one of the 

 men who bring sunshine with them. 



Mr. A. C. Shallenbei-ger, of Alma, Neb., stopped twice 

 at the exhibit, and in his pleasant manner, discussed the 

 events of the day. 



The big tarpon caught by Mrs. Stagg, had a witness in 

 Mr. Jas, M. Raleigh, of St. Augustine, Fla., who left his 

 autograph on the register. He knew of it by personal 

 observation at the time of the battle, if I remember his 

 description of the occurrence correctly. 



Mr. F. H. Beall, of Linwood, N. C, discussed the field 

 trial prospects. He will start a dog or two in one or two 

 of the field trials. The writer is the recipient of a kind 

 invitation, to shoot with him in December after the 

 trials. He says he has only a dozen dogs or so. 



Mr. Chas. Kinney and wife, of Columbus,' Ohio, whiled 

 away some short moments by relating incidents of Mrs. 

 Stagg's prowess with rod and reel. They had been at the 

 fishing resorts in the North, where Mrs. Stagg, too, had 

 sojourned, Mrs. Kinney described her as being perfectly 

 fearless of the biggest fish or roughest water, and her 

 skill in manipulating the rod and reel was that of the 

 finished expert. 



Mr. E. S. Nowotny, of Odell, 111., member of the 

 executive committe of the A. F. T. C, talked for a few 

 minutes about field' trials and shooting. The chicken 

 crop, he said, was very meagre, and made still more so 

 by illegal shooting. The dry summer checked the growth 

 of vegetation so much, that the wheat stubbles have no 

 weeds. Consequently, all the shooting is in corn. A dog 

 is useless save as a retriever. Mr. Nowotny thinks of 

 moving to Oregon or W ashington. 



Mr. W. H. H. Comstock, of New London, Conn,, put 

 his autograph on the register and mentioned incidentally 

 that he had taken the paper ever since it was published. 

 It took him some moments to reaUze that I was a dog 

 man in the Fisheries Building. 



These are but a few of the names. More next week. 



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FIXTURES. 



dog shows. 



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, Dorciie.'ster, Mass., See'y. 



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

 Tarrytown, N. Y., Secretary. 



Nov. 6.— United States 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. r.— International Field Trial Club's Fourth Trials, Chatham, 

 Ont. W. B. WeUs, 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. C. Mem- 

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



1894. 



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

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



Feb. 19.— United States Field Trials aub's Spring Trials, Grand 

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



THE OTTAWA SHOW. 



[F^rovi a Special Corre^ondent] 



Ottawa, Sept. 6.— Editor Forest and Stream: The fifth 

 annual dog show held in connection Avith.the Central Canada 

 Fair whs not the success it has been in other times, owing 

 no doubt, to the want of proper adverti.siug. The number of 

 entries was not as large and the quality not as good. Mr. 

 Geddes was .superintendent and he was ably assisted by the 

 committee, H. Kirby, chairman, F. H. Cunningham, W H 

 Middletou, L. N. Bate, F. P. Robson, Dr. S. .Davidson, A. J. 

 Grant, F. McLean and J. Walters. W. G-. Gilpin was the 

 vet. and attended strictly to his duties. The building was 

 well lighted and ventilated, with a large yard for exercising 

 Spratts food was used, with Sanitas for disinfecting. The 

 place was kept neat and clean, at all times free from bad 

 odor.s. J. Otis Fellows, of Hornellaville, judged all classes 

 and his awards gave satisfaction ns a general thing, but, of 

 course, the chronic grumbler is not dead vet. The judge's 

 work was rendered quite easy, owing to the perfect arrange- 

 ment by .secretary and superintendent, Mr. Alfred Geddes, 

 ably assisted by the stewards. The catalogue showed 136 

 dogs, with a few absent. 



Among the visiting fanciers I noticed Me.ssrs. A. A. Mac- 

 Donald, F. Lyndon and John Bennett, Toronto; C. H, Cor- 

 bett, Kingston; Philip Hart, Belleville; P. S. Wetheral, 

 Compton; W. J. Tulk, Hamilton. 



Mastiffs.— Only t^vo were shown. Attraction, first in 

 challenge class, is not at all attractive, light eye, and fiddle 

 headed, a very fair mover, but how he ever got in the chal- 

 lenge class is a mystery. Grimsby Caution, first in dogs, al- 

 though a small dog, is much better than the challenge class 

 winner; light eye, head and expression good; mask too light 

 and wi'inkle wanting, a good moving little dog. 



Rough St. Bernards brought out two doge. Lord Aber- 

 deon absent, let Sir John have a walkover; he is a black, 

 briudle and white, nearly black bat still he does show some 

 brindle; shown much too light; which makes him appear 

 more leggy than if shown with more flesh; light in head, 



weak in muzzle, ear too large, marking and expression good, ' 

 and a nice mover. Bitches (.5), Miss Benmore absent; Mr. 

 Philip Hart's Queen Vicflr.st, fairly smothered her opponents; 

 she has a grand body, color and markings good, fine mover, J 

 but too light in head. Maypole, second, bad in head and * 

 very leggy. Stiva, third, not right in head, shown heavy in '. 

 whelp, should have been left at home. Bridget, c.had in 

 head, short in body very common. 



Greyhounds.— Dogs (.3). Lord Torriugton, first, a very 

 nice headed dog, eye too full, mouth not level, does not I 

 stand just right in front, bone rather light, neck and feet i 

 good, body fair, loin not right, quarter fair, lacks in .second 

 thigh, has been sick and was shown too thin. Justinian was 

 beaten by age for first, all gone in mouth, showing age. 

 Edgewood, third, common in head, .snipy muzzle, skull 

 round and heavy, good neck, shoulders loaded, good bone > 

 and front, a little weak in pasterns, good body and outline, ' 

 also loin, quarter fair, lacks in second thigh. Bitches (.5). 

 Jetsam, first, shown too fat and .soft; she is gray and mouth 

 gone, a good bitch that should be retired now before she is 

 beaten by age. Bed of Stone, second, small, nice outline, 

 fair head and neck, front good, shoulders getting thick, bone, 

 feet and chest good, rather flat .sided, does not stand over 

 enough ground, hocks too high, quarter fair. Meda, third, 

 like her brother is common in head, neck, front and shoulders 

 good, weak in pastern, body and loin good, quarters fair, 

 lacks iu second thigh. Galatea, vhc, is not nearly as good 

 as when shown at Kingston, 1890. Pee Dee Qu, c, is fight 

 and common all through. 



Deerhounds. — Prince first, the only entry; a big common ■ 

 dog, badly over.«hot; should live on the seashore, as his 

 mouth is just right to scoop clams out of the shell. 



Beagles.— Dogs (3). Bob Krueger, first, is quite a good 

 little dog, muzzle light and skull too round, ears a bit short, 

 good body, feet and legs, coat scant, but good texture, stern 

 carried like his sire's, rather too gaily. Friar Tuck, second, 

 is not so good in head, ear too short, "light in boue and high 

 on leg, stern bad, coat scant and soft. Bitches — Effie, first, is 

 too toyish, head fair, very cobby, good body, chest and coat, 

 nice ear well hung. 



Great Danes.— Minerva's Fawn, alone in challenge class, j 

 is well known; she was shown in splendid condition. Dogg, 

 open class (.3)— Royal Minor, first, is dish-faced and lacks ' 

 character iu head, neck too heavy, wide in front, good hone, 

 feet too long, body good, but too long cast, stern carried too 

 gaily; a nice mover. Royal Major, second, better in head 

 than the first prize winner, but has same faults, and is very 

 throaty, better bone, front and feet, but light in body and 

 not deep enough in brisket, stern coarse. Rex, third, is very 

 common all over, just an Uncle Tom's Cabin dog. Bitches— ■ 

 Ruth, first, head a good type, very throaty, short in neck and 

 wide in front, good bone, fair body; .shown too fat. Juna, 

 second^ small and light all through, but a fair type. Melina, 

 third, is weak iu head, heavy ear, lacks quality. 



English Settees.— Lady Howard, first, is very small, but 

 quite a good one. 



Irish Settees.— Dogs— Toronto Jim, first; his head lacks : 

 Irish type, ear too heavy, coat not right and feather I 

 scant; small, but quite a good one back of the head, hut a ! 

 trifle long ca.st. Bitches— Madcap II., first, is a little out at 

 elbows and ribs not weU sprung. She beats Mollie, second, I 

 in coat, color, expre,s.sion, bone and feet. Madcap was shown ■■ 

 in beautiful shape, while Mollie acted sick, dull and listless. I 

 It was impossible for her handler to get a move on her, 

 although he showed her for all .she was -vA'orth. Her head is '■ 

 best, but plain, her feet not right and tail short. 



Gordon Settees.- Mount Royal AVanda first, a nicely ■ 

 formed one; good coat and markings, but too round in 

 body. Floss, second, tan is too light; has good head, legs 

 and feet. Both are fine, stylish movers. 



Irish Watei: Spaniels.— Only one shown, Dan Rice, first: 

 a little heavy in head, coat very fair; body, feet, legs ana 

 stern fair, topknot lacking. 



Clumbers were not the fine lot usually shown in Ottawa. 

 Darby, first in challenge class, is better in coat than at i 

 Toronto, His head is not right, in fact, none are right ndw. 

 Quester, fir.st in dogs, I thought much better than the > 

 Toronto winner, Rake II. Quester is light in eye and he is \ 

 not large enough; coat and condition excellent. Grouse, 

 third, is high on leg, eye light, weak in head, color good, ear i 

 well shaped, bone and feet fair; coat too open. _ 



Field Spaniels —Queen, first in challenge bitches, a good, 

 well built bitch; good head, legs and feet; ears well set, but ' 

 not shown in good condition, Open dogs, Corktown Cupid 

 first; head and muzzle fair; ears good length, but set too 

 high; loin good, but too short coupled for a field spaniel; 

 throaty, good bone, feet bad, too wide in front. Nig, second, 

 has a cocker head; he is small, but a good mover, just the . 

 kind that could win a few years ago in the cocker class; long , 

 and low; not right in front, bone good, feet open, coat harsh. 

 Workman, third, is good in head and ear; not right in muz- 

 zle, a grand body. Bitches— Dot Smirle is neither a field nor i 

 cocker spaniel, but wins in both classes; a nice mover; coat i 

 and condition good; a bit flat-sided and short in coupling, 

 bone good, feet open, ears of good length and well set on. 

 Mona, second, shows cocker type; rather short in ear, good 

 bone, but crooked in front and feet open; coat, loin and body 

 good. 



Cockers. — The well-known and often described Red 

 Roland won; he was looking well but appears coarse. Open 

 dogs, Chancellor, first, is too full in eye and is undershot, 

 ears short but well set, skull too wide, too wide in front, feet 

 open, a nice mover, loin not yet w^ell developed. Roy and 

 Ajax I could not find on bench when taking notes, but I 

 remember that Ajax was a field spaniel pure and simple. 

 Bitches, Doris, first, was shown quite heavy in whelp, and 

 would not move well; too long and wedgy in head, skull not 

 right, ears well set, but too short, bone and feet good, coat a 

 bit har.sb, a little flat-sided and not clean-throated. Raven ' 

 Cryo, second, muzzle weak, ears short, too long ir: head,, 

 bone good, feet open, loin fair, well ribbed, a bad mover.. 

 Carrie, vhc, ears too short, muzzle and skull good but too- 

 heavy, expression bad, crooked in front, body and loin good;, 

 a very fair bitch bttt rather small. Rideau Reine, third, is a 

 very good one, but shown much too fat; muzzle, skull, ears, 

 and eyes good, also bone, body, loin and action; feet opem. 

 Dogs, other than black— Red Obo, first, is a fine little cocker^ 

 a bit small, but of great quality, nice in head and eye, a bit 

 small but of great quality, nice in head and eye, a bit under- 

 shot, too wide in f tout, feet open, loin and body good, a 

 cobby little cocker and a nice mover. Hamilton Jack," 

 second, is wide in skull and weak in muzzle, bone Ught, nice 

 eye and ear; body and loin good. Sunlight, third, an active 

 little dog, muzzle wrong, under.shot, skull aad ear good, also 

 bone and feet, loin light, quarters good, eye too full. Red 

 Justice, vhc, good in body, bone and loin, a workmanlike 

 dog, head too hea^^^ but expression good, undershot, a nice 

 mover. Red Star, vhc, is poor in head and bad behind. 

 Russet, he, weak in head and high on leg. Bitches, other 

 than black— Rideau Robina, first, too long in head, ears not 

 set right nor long enough, front and bone good, ribs well 

 sprimg, feet open, loin good. Raglan Russette, second, skull 

 well made, but heavy, weak muzzle or pinched in face; ex- 

 pression, bone and feet good, body fair, quarters good. 

 Tonita, third, an old-style liver and white with nicely 

 chiseled head, good front, feet and bone, just a little high on 

 leg, loin and body good. Hamilton Jill, he, toy head and 

 too small. Caper, he, muzzle snipy, eye too prominent, body 

 and bone fair. Gypsy Queen, he, weak in head and short in 

 ear. Selling class — Rideau Rhea, first, has head of a field 

 spaniel type, ears very good, eyes and expression fine, bad in 

 front, but a fair mover. Mollie, second, muzzle not right, 

 elbows out, eye and ear good, seet fair, loin good. 



Collies. — Jack first; head coarse and ears not well carried, 

 body too long and chest shallow, loin fair and coat of goo 4 



