Oct. 38, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



S69 



Our fleet consists of a steam laimch, a large sail skiff 

 with centei'board, etc., and two rowboats. We have a 

 couple of wheels in camp, and in the lovely moonlight 

 nights my friend and I often take a run of eight or ten 

 miles to get the kinks out of our legs. 



Altogether the days are passing only too quickly, and it 

 is with earnest regret that I think of my departure. Even 

 now, as I write, an American steam launch passes the 

 door of our tent and salutes us with three shrill whistles. 

 They are bound further down the bay after the gamy mas- 

 calonge. 



Since the advent of the shiner or shad in our waters 

 mascalonge fishing has been sadly impaired; yet for any 

 reasonable-minded angler a goodly amount of sport can 

 be had here yet. During the month of August, 1884, an 

 American yacht from Clayton, N. Y. , with a party of four, 

 took in one week over 100 mascalonge from these waters, 

 and thousands must have been taken that season, for the 

 bay was fuU of boats almost constantly. 



I may write up an account of our success at duck shoot- 

 ing later on. Old Sol has dropped behind the horizon; 

 insect life is at its highest; I hie me to my comfortable 

 bed, where I am lulled to sleep by the dreary monotone of 

 the crickets. Good night. Good night. J. W. S. 



Napanee, Ont., September, 1893. 



A Bubber-Banded MackereL 



Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 2d. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: I inclose the tintype picture of a fish which 

 represents a Uteral curiosity. I received the picture 

 through the courtesy of Mr. Fred L. Stacy, manager of 

 Cape Ann Fish Market, Gloucester, Mass. It represents a 

 mackerel with a rubber band around the body. The band 

 had been put on when the fish was quite smaU, a tinker 

 probably. The fish's body under the band did not grow, 

 which caused i, depression in the full-grown body of 

 about three-quarters of an inch in depth. The depression 

 was covered with a healthy skin, in no ways unlike that 

 on the rest of the body. I measured the fish and the 

 figures are: Length, I4in. ; diameter of body each side of 

 depression, 7|in.; diameter of depression, Sin. The fish 

 was undoubtedly in a healthy condition. The rubber 

 band was sound and could be stretched like any other 

 rubber band. Now, if the person who put this band on a 

 young mackerel will report to Forest aud Strea:^! the 

 date, etc., it will add interest to this singular case. 



Hermit. 



Perch and Bass in Bay of Quinte. 



Ottawa, Oct. 14.— A party of three, consistmg of Mr. 

 Alexander Salvini, Mr. William Redmund and myself, 

 had a good day last Wednesday with the yellow perch 

 and rock bass in the Bay of Quinte. Although by the 

 inhabitants of Belleville such small fry are looked upon 

 with eyes of scorn, they gave us all the sport we wanted 

 hauhng them in, and caused our long bamboo rods to 

 bend almost double. The rock bass fought right gamely, 

 and as they generally came two at a clip, it was very ex- 

 citing. Yellow perch were more than plentiful, and I 

 have yet to learn that they lack gaminess. The day was 

 a perfect one, the bay just rippling enough to break the 

 sunlight into myriad gems. Our catch amounted to 135 

 all told, about 50 being rock bass of small size. For sport 

 let me commend the Bay of Quinte. W. A. D. 



Dingman's Ferry Pickerel and Bass. 



Dingman's Ferry, Pike Co., Pa., Oct. 14.— Mr. and 

 Mrs. Meeker, guests of the High Falls Hotel, were out on 

 the river fishing this morning, and brought in one pick- 

 erel weighing 3ilbs., and 7 black bass, one weighing 

 3ilbs., 2 41bs., 2 3ilbs., and 2 I ' lbs. They were caught in 

 the eddy almost opposite the hotel. They were fishing 4 

 liours. Philip F. Ftjlmer. 



Forest an d Stream - at the Fair. 



In the "Forest and Stream" Corner. 



Mr. L. B. Smith, Great Falls, Mont,, says that most of 

 the hunters in his country assert that the panther does 

 scream, and to his own personal knowledge it wiggles its 

 tail when prepared to attack its prey. His name is duly 

 enrolled in the list of Forest aud Stream's admirers. 



Mr. H. C. Culberson (of the "Kingfishers") of Cincin- 

 nati, O., was the first one to inscriloe his name in the 

 register on Friday, the 17th inst., which is against aU 

 superstitions of Friday being an unlucky day. His friend, 

 Mr. P. B. Roach ("Ned") of the same city, set his auto- 

 graph next thereto. Some inquiries in respect to others 

 of the party and a mention that still others of it would 

 gi-ace the Forest and Stream nook later on, and they 

 were gone. 



Mr. A. K. Keating and wife, of Fon du Lac, Wis. , 

 chatted pleasantly of duck shooting. The latter enters 

 into the spirit of the sport with all the enthusiasm of her 

 husband. Mr. Keating is a member of one of the clubs 

 which own the shooting privileges of the Horicon 

 marshes. He made a charming little woman glad by 

 giving her an invitation to shoot on the club's preserves. 

 Who is she? Why, Miss Annie Oakley. He gave me an 

 invitation, too, but, while I felt deeply thankful and 

 grateful, I w ill have to remain here and help the World's 

 Fair along. By the way, an invitation to shoot ducks on 

 that ducking Bonanza, the Horicon mai-shes, is never 

 given to other than distinguished people. Nor are they 

 given with oppressive frequency to even such people. 



It is the unexpected which always happens — sometimes. 

 While riding in the street-car to the World's Fair I hap- 

 pened to hear a voice which had a familiar ring. Glanc- 

 ing down the row of gentlemen who were standing like 

 myself in the middle of the car with a hold on the hand 

 straps, I saw in conversation with an aged gentleman Dr. 

 R. 1. Hampton, of Athens, Ga., a gentleman quite prom- 

 inent in field trial matters a few years ago. The last 

 time I saw him he acted as judge at the field trials at 

 Amory, Miss., in 1888. His dogs all died recently, but 

 with commendable energy he wiU try again. He stiU 

 loves sport with the dog and gun. 



B. C. Hinman, secretary of the Southern California 

 Field Trial Club, a resident of Los Angeles, Cal., dropped 

 into our comer on Friday, the 13th, and we have him on 

 the list. He spoke of good prospects in sportsmen's 

 events in California. He promised to call again. 



Jos. Hemphile,West]Chest6r, Pa., has taken Forest and 

 Stream since the very first number. He gave some most 

 interesting accounts of fishing. 



Mr. D. F. StiUman, of Westerly, R. I., mentioned the 

 death of the two capercailzie which he had endeavored to 

 preserve and perpetuate, his intention being to stock his 

 section of country with them if possible. He is not dis- 

 mayed nor discouraged at the failure, but will probably 

 make another effort to accomplish his purpose. 



Mr. G. W. Rexroat, of Virginia, 111., whose proceedings 

 with the shotgun have been many times chronicled in these 

 columns in connection with trap-shooting events, left his 

 card at the corner where aU true sportsmen's feet turn 

 toward. 



Mr. J. N. Porter of Salt Lake City, but recently of Den- 

 ver, Col., inscribed his name on the register, a name 

 which is mighty in the annals of wolf slaying and com-s- 

 ing. Mr. Porter was dismayed at the great magnitude of 

 the Fair, and said that it could not be done justice properly 

 in three months, much less in three days he had to devote 

 to it. He was right. Goodland and the coursing meet- 

 ing thereabouts drew him Westward on Saturday, 14th. 



Mr. J. B Battelle, editor of Business World, Toledo, O., 

 stepped calmly into the exhibit of Forest and Stream 

 and in a deliberate and careless-like manner spread his 

 name over the register. He was disappointed in not meet- 

 ing Mr. Hough and left his regards for him. The latter 

 gentleman forgot that he was dealing with a newspaper 

 man when he said Mr. BatteUe daresen't come and went 

 again. 



Mr. Geo, J. Atkinson, Columbus, O., gave some informa- 

 tion of the Castalia waters. 



Frank Campbell, St. Paul, Minn., put himself down as 

 one who admires Forest and Stream. 



Under date of Oct. 14 I find in the register the name of 

 W. R. Post, Detroit, with the legend, "Fishing too good at 

 St. Clair Flats to come to the Fair before." 



I observe a goodly sprinkling of the autographs of 

 clergymen in the register. 



Mr. John D. Losecamp, Billings, Mont., with his friend, 

 Mr. J. W. Vaughan, of the same city, called on Saturday, 

 the 14th inst. The former is active in the cause of big- 

 game protection, and has been a contributor to the col- 

 umns of Forest and Stream. The descriptions of the 

 bountiful trout fishing near their home are enough to 

 make any trout fisherman look to it as the trout Mecca of 

 the guild. 



Words of earnest praise for the excellence of Forest 

 AND Stream were bestowed by Mr. Frank E. Davis, of 

 Baltimore, Md. He said that participation in healthy 

 field sports made a man morally and physically better. 

 Forest and Stream is his favorite journal. So earnest 

 and yet so gentle a sportsman cannot fail to bring honor 

 on the fraternity. B. Waters. 



New York's Innings. 



Oct. 22. — Yesterday was Manhattan day at the Fair, and 

 it was a great day, as one need not say. The Old Guard 

 was here, and it surrendered. All the old Knickerbocker 

 families were here, and the 400 were a prominent feature 

 of the parade. They were just ahead of Buffalo Bill in 

 the procession, an honor not granted to many. The New 

 York building was the home of music and oratory, and 

 318,283 persons passed through the gates and filed by the 

 building, and claimed that they either came from New 

 York, or wished they did, or had relatives who lived in 

 New York, or best girls who bought or wanted to buy 

 their hats there. Forest and Stream, being published 

 in New York, was a great feature of attraction on Man- 

 liattan day, and was affected very much by the crowd, 

 who recognized it promptly as an old friend. 



New York has long arms and no American need feel 

 out of reach of New York so long as he keeps on the Con- 

 tinent. New York is Chicago's elder sister, and yester- 

 day she borrowed Chicago's new hat, and gloves, and 

 gown, and showed that giddy young thing that sh'>. could 

 go a jjace or two herself when she felt like it. And 

 Chicago, with true family pride, looked on approvingly. 

 On account of its being Manhattan day the Forest and 

 Stream men put on brand new neckties and invested in 

 bright, new, glittering shines for their shoes. Forest 

 and Stream presented an imposing front and was right 

 in it at every stage. In this way the day was brought to 

 a pleasant and successful close. 



Fish Commission Congress. 



The World's Congress of Fish Commissioners, which has 

 been in session during the past week, met for a very 

 recJierche banquet at the New York Building on the even- 

 ing of Oct. 20. President T, W. Palmer presided. Mayor 

 Gilroy, of New York, being unable to attend. They had 

 a very fishful menu, as follows: 



Blue points. 



Celery. Olives. 

 Clear green turtle soup. 

 Duff Gordon sherry. 

 Hors d'oeuvres. 



Sea urcliin paste sur canap6. Japanese porphfra. 



Puget Bound sardines. Japanese sardines. 



World's Fair sardines. 

 California sauterne. 

 Boiled striped bass, sauce Victoria. 

 Pompano au Vin Blanc. Red snapper au Gratin. 



Japanese oyster sauce at discretion. 

 Parisian potatoes. Cuciuubers. 

 Lobster farcie. Lobster a la Newburg. 



Japanese sea ear a la poulette. 

 Moet & Ciiandon (white seaO champagne. 

 Filet of beef £i la Ch6ron, 

 Sorbet au kirsch. 

 Breast of partridge with truffles. 

 Salad. Mishinier Nori. 



Japanese kan-ten jelly. 

 Japanese papyrosa miriilora. 

 Ices and creams. Cakes, .asssorted. Fruit. 



Coffee. 



The following, from all over the world, were present, 

 commissioners, fishermen and gents: 



Don F. Atristain, Dr. S. P. Bartlett. Dr. Tarleton H. 

 Bean, Eugene G. Blackford, A. Booth, W. H. Bowman, 

 James H. Breslin, D. R. Cameron, Morton Chase, Capt. J. 

 W.Collins, Robert Dunlap, E. P. Doyle, R. Edward Earll, 

 Dr. Ernst Ehrenbaum, William Edwards, R. E. Follett, 

 Mr. Foley, John Ford, iHerbert A. Gill, G, Brown Goode. 

 T. J. Griggs, D. G. Hackney, Edward Hamilton, Robert 

 Hamilton, Carter H. Harrison, L. W. Harvey, J. C. Hen- 

 drix, Lewis M. Howland, Dr. W. M. Hudson, L. D. 

 Huntington, Calvin J. Hudson, Dr. S. J. Jones, George F. 

 Kunz, R. E. Lewis, INIr. Macdona, C. Matsuetaira, Col. 

 Marshall McDonald, Frank Muir, T, W. Palmer, Ferd 

 W. Peck, Fernando F. Perez, Dr. Emile Poniasie, Anton 



Pregler, J. J. Quelch, W. deO. Ravenal, Dr. J. E. Reigh- 

 ard, Frank R. Sommins, Sakaye Sawatari, Edward 

 Schultz, J. B. Schofefel, Harry G. Selfridge, Mr. Shears, 

 John T. Starin, Capt. E. N, Symonds, C. Swartz, C. H. 

 Taft, K. Tawara. R. O. Taylor, J. W. Titcomb, C. H, 

 Townsend, H. B. Vincent, W. 0. Williams, H. D. Wyllie, 

 John. C. Wyman, Y. Yambe, P. T. Wall and J. Balfour 

 Murray. 



Visited. 



Mr. John W. Titcomb, State Fish and Game Commis- 

 sioner of Vermont, from St. Johnsbury, of that State, 

 paused and made examination of the attractions of Forest 

 AND Stream's display of record fish, 



Mr. Fred. Mather, of Newark, N. J., assistant to the 

 U. S. Fish Commission, etc. , flew down the Appian way 

 which leads to the FOREST AND STREAM exhibit, and asked 

 if the lady of the house was in. Mr. Mather, of course, 

 is here at the congress. 



Mr. Frank M. Gilbert, another member of Congress, 

 proprietor of the Tribune, of Evansville, Ind., and for ten 

 years game warden of first district of Indiana, also left 

 his card with us. Mr. Gilbert constitutes a combination 

 which certainly ought to do good in the world, and I hope 

 he may long continue to succeed in both his hard jobs, of 

 warden and newspaper man. 



Mr. C. O. Bingham, of Toledo, O., ex-president of the 

 Erie Duck Club of that city, and a subscriber to Forest 

 AND Stream ever since the first six months of its exist- 

 ence, made a brief, but very pleasant call. "The paper 

 has improved every year of the time," said he, "and 

 shows no sign of faltering in its purpose. I have watched 

 its Western work with much pleasure and can't approve 

 enough of the paper at the Fair." 



"The Kinfifishers." 



A pilgrim from Cincinnati blew in the other morning, 

 a man with blue government coat, and a > ap, and an 

 innocent eye, and a qtiiet manner, and a low tone of 

 voice. He set these down in the exhibit, and said he 

 was J. H. Hickman. I asked him if he was "Kingfisher," 

 and he allowed he was, and I didn't like to tell a stranger 

 he lied, so we let it go at that, although I was clear in 

 my own mind all along that "Bangfisher" was a 

 man about 10 feet high, with a bass (pronounced "base") 

 voice, and a laugh hke the sound of thunder in the 

 hills. As corroboratory of his assertion that he was 

 "Kingfisher" Mr. Hickman later introduced Col. H. 

 C. Culbertson, president ■ f the Cuvier Club, of Cincin- 

 nati, (the "Coloner'of the Kingfisher yarns), and Mr. P. E. 

 Roach, secretary of that body (the "Ned" of Mr. Starbuck's 

 North Shore stories), and also spread documentary 

 evidence in the shape of a card showing a boat and a lone 

 fisherman, sitting under a tree surmounted by a king- 

 fisher bird rampant. Finally we concluded Mr. Hickman 

 was "Kingfisher" and then we all had a good time. The 

 party left too early in the week to see their friend "Bill," 

 of Grand Rapids, who asked for them later. Colonel 

 Culbertson took home with him a $20 Swiss coffeepot, 

 made of carved block tin, of which we may hear later; 

 and "Kingfisher" himself bore away from the Forest 

 AND Stream exhibit one of its chief gems, the Col. Gay 

 brown trout {Gayensiits finnan liaddius), which has illus- 

 trated so long and well the taxidermic skill of the Forest 

 AND Stream Western staff. May these folk ever know 

 only halcyon days. 



Others. 



Mr. A. R. Mead of Ashland, Wis., attracted my atten- 

 tion when he came in because he carried a lunch in a 

 trout creel. I have seen a camera carried in a news- 

 paper, and a baby carried in a strap, at the Fair, but this 

 was the first time I had seen a lunch carried in a trout 

 creel. Mr. Rose reports good trout fishing not far from 

 his town, and says deer are abundant to the south of that 

 point. 



Com. G, Harry Gardner of Cleveland, O., paused Jong 

 enough to say good morning and to look at the boats and 

 say good bye. The Commodoress was waiting elsewhere 

 for him, and he was under orders. 



Mr. Ezra E. Howard, of Edgar, Neb., sends his two 

 boys, 10 and 12 years old, bright, hearty yotmg fellows, 

 albeit a bit shy, and they leave their father's card, which 

 says, "Chained to business. Can't come, but send the 

 youngsters." Fraternally and paternally, Mr. Howard is 

 all right, I know, though I have only a white paper ac- 

 quaintance with him. 



Mr. Paul Irving Clarke, of New York, who signs him- 

 self an admu-er of Forest and Stream, was with us only 

 briefly, but there is no law against wishing he could have 

 stayed longer. 



Mr. John F. Randall and Mr. A. T. Hawley, Jr., both 

 of Alton, lU., left their names and got away when I 

 didn't know it, though I discovered their footprints early, 

 Mr. RandaU has long been interested in the acclimatiza- 

 tion of Mongolian pheasants and other foreign game 

 birds. He must love his Excellency, with a little x, John 

 P. Altgeld, Governor of the State of Illinois, the World's 

 Fair Governor who doesn't believe in protecting any wild, 

 thing, or in leaving a murderer in jail. 



East and West. 



Mr. Henry E. Mayo, of Salem, Me., might have shaken 

 hands with a sportsman friend from the other side of the 

 country, for the very next registry below his reads "C. J. 

 Waldman and wife, New Whatcom, Wash." 



The Old World. 



On this same morning Mr. Benjamin Fordham, of 130 

 Kilburn lane. Queen's Park, W., London, England, left 

 his name only about four inches from that of Mr. George 

 H. Draper, of 39 rue Galileo, Paris, France. Mr. Ford- 

 ham is a fancier of dogs, and Mr. Draper was inclined to 

 favor boats and fishes. E. Hough, 



Her Great Trouble. 



"What a love of a dog !" exclaimed a caller at a Jefferson avenue 

 mansion, as a bundle or hair and ribbons trotted into the room. 



•'Yes, but he is a dreadful care," sighed the mistress of the house- 

 hold sadly. 



"What do you meau?" asked the visitor in svu-prise. 



"Wby, you know I bought Bijou in Paris last summer and he 

 doesn"t understand a word of Engh'sh, so I had a French maid for him 

 all winter, but last June she insisted on marrying some horrid creature, 

 and now we have a French Canadian girl and she worried me dread- 

 fully." 



"Does she abuse him?" asked the visitor indignantly. 



"Oh, dear, no ; she's as kind as can be, but these Canadians speak 

 such poor French— suppose she shiould ruin Bijou's accent. It makes 

 me sick to think of it.''— Detroit JVee Preas, 



