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FOREST AND • STREAM. 
I Feb. 1, 1898. 
citizens to do their utmost to foster a healthy public sen- 
timent for the enactment and then the enforcement of 
proper laws to that end. Other speeches were made by 
Arthur W. Robinson, president of the Megantic Club, 
Judge Shurtleff, chairman of the New Hampshire Fish 
and Game Commission; Henry 0. Stanley, of the Maine 
Commission, and others. Tom Henry's orchestra and 
Callender's minstrels furnished plenty of music. Myron 
W. Whitney sang "I'm a Roamer Bold" and a parody on 
the "Three Fishers," and Dr. Bishop led the choruses, in 
which it was judged the entire company joined. Taken 
altogether, it was an evening of rare enjoyment. 
"William B. Smart. 
Michigan Association. 
The Michigan Fish and Game Protective League held 
its annual meeting at Lansing on Wednesday, Jan. 22. 
Judge Vance, the president, was unable to be present, but 
sent a written address. Among other things, President 
Vance said "That, while the game laws were being en- 
forced better than formerly, as well as meager funds at the 
disposal of the game warden would permit, they were yet 
being flagrantly violated in the northern portion of the 
State; partly because of the hostile sentiments among res- 
idents of that portion of the State who think they ought 
to be permitted to shoot deer at their pleasure, and also 
because prosecuting attorneys and justices of the peace 
refuse to aid in its enforcement." He advised that charges 
be preferred against some of these officials, with a view 
to having them removed from office. 
President Vance urged that the next Legislature be 
asked to pass measures which the last Legislature failed 
to pass, and also to enact a law prohibiting the use of fish 
nets in Detroit, St. Clair and Sault Ste. Marie rivers, Lake 
St. Clair and the channels about the Les Cheneaux islands, 
which are the great runways for food and game fish on 
their journeys between the great lakes. 
In accordance with President Vance's recommenda- 
tions, committees were appointed to take charge of 
needed legislation, as follows: 
On game laws: H. N. Botsford, Port Huron; Mart 
Norris, Grand Rapids: A. L. Lakey, Kalamazoo; P. T. 
Glassmire, Manistee; F. A. Russell, Hart. 
On fish laws: A. R. Avery, Port Huron; W. S. 
Humphrey, Saginaw; J. H. Bissell, Detroit; H. A. Wyck- 
off, Pontiac; R. J. Crane, Detroit. 
The following officers were elected for the ensuing 
year: President, S. W. Vance, Port Huron; Vice-Presi- 
i dents: S. B. Daboll, St. Johns; Joseph Hills, Pontiac; 
; Secretary, A. L. Lakey, Kalamazoo; Treasurer, E. Crof- 
; ton Fox, Grand Rapids; Executive Committee, George A. 
iRoyce, Marquette; A. R. Avery, Port Huron; Jason E. 
JNichols, Lansing. 
How shall they be Lured? 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
There is a small pond in the Adirondacks, about five 
miles by road from Euba Mills, facing west, which fairly 
swarms with trout of the speckled and California varie- 
ties, the latter species having been placed there by the 
State Fish Commissioners about ten years ago. During 
the day there is no sign of any fish being in the pond, 
but during the rising and setting of the sun the jumping 
and splashing of fish are incessant, and I have seen scores 
of them out of the water at one moment, varying in 
weight, I should judge, from i to 41bs. I have fished in 
this pond for the last five years, during June, July and 
August, many dozenB of times, and my total catch for that 
long period amounts to less than forty fish of about fib. 
average weight, including one of 31bs. 8oz., the largest I 
have caught there; all of which were killed after dark- 
ness had set in or before sunrise, and by using a light- 
colored fly, trailing it about 2in. under water. At other 
times I have used grasshoppers, frogs, beetles, suckers 
and worms, but to no purpose. Others have fared no 
better than I, and I am satisfied that not SOO^fish have 
been taken from this pond in five years. If any of your 
readers can suggest a more tempting bait, or can account 
for such poor results, after most patient and careful fish- 
ing in a small body of water that I am confident con- 
tains many thousands of fine fish, I will be greatly in- 
. debted to them. J. E. Forbes. 
201 West Fifty- fifth street. 
Wanted, a Screen for Fish Waters. 
"PaTBRSOn, N. J., Jan. 24.— Editor Forest and Stream: 
'The Board of Fish and Game Commissioners of New Jer- 
sey is anxious to put a stop to the annual loss of fish sus- 
tained on account of the canals in the State. One of the 
feeders of the Morris Canal is Greenwood Lake; the feeder 
of the Delaware and Raritan Canal is the Delaware River. 
Every year hundreds of thousands of game fish are lost on 
account of these canals, and the Commission would very 
much like to put a stop to this loss. The difficulty which 
presoats itself is the construction of a proper screen which 
will noi foul too readily and which will stand the pressure 
of the wsMber without materially interfering with the flow. 
Do you or any of your readers know of any such contriv- 
ance in existence anywhere? Any information on this 
subject will be very gratefully received. 
Chas. A. Shriner. 
For Manitoba Fishermen. 
Port Arthur, Can.— Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. 
Margher, Crown Timber Agent, Rat Portage, some time 
ago was granted a permit by the Ontario Government to 
take with a net a limited number of speckled trout and 
black bass from Silver Lake, near Port Arthur, to distrib- 
ute in some small lakes near Rat Portage (for the benefit 
of the Manitoba anglers). Mr. Margher was not success- 
ful with his catch of speckled trout, having only caught a 
few. He was then granted permission to take some 
speckled trout from the Nepigon River, which he did, 
taking them by train to Rat Portage. Mr. Margher was 
nite pleased with his success, not having lost a single fish, 
although the journey was near 400 miles. J. E. N. 
Florida Fishing. 
Melbourne, Fla., Jan. 21.— Yesterday two ladies caught 
from a rowboat seventeen sea trout and two large chan- 
nel bass. To-day they caught seven trout; and a gentle- 
man caught ten trout and one large channel bass. They 
lost three very large bass on account of flaws in the min- 
nows. W. T. Wells. 
Pennsylvania Association. 
The officers of the Pennsylvania Fish Protective Asso- 
ciation for the year are, as elected at the last meeting : 
President, H. O. Wilbur; Vice-Presidents (three to be 
elected), first, Edwin Hagert; second, Dr. Bushrod W. 
James; third, Howard A. Chase; Secretary, Marion G. 
Sellers; Corresponding Secretary, J. Penrose Collins; 
Treasurer, Wm. S. Hergesheimer; Executive Committee 
(nine to be elected), Henry C. Ford, George T. Stokes, 
Wm. H. Burkhardt, Dr. W. W. McClure, Wm. P. Thomp- 
son, Edw. A. Selliez, Thos. M. Longcope, Alfred Hand, 
S. E. Landis; Trustee (three years), Collins W. Walton. 
Pennsylvania Pike-Perch. 
Philadelphia, Jan. 25.— The total distribution of pike- 
perch by the Pennsylvania State Fish Commission for 
1895 was 72,345,000. M. G. Sellers. 
This is not Mr. Gill's theory, but the teaching 
of his actual experience. 
'he Menml 
FIXTURES. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Feb. 19 to 23.— Westminster Kennel Club's twentieth annual dog 
Bhow, Madison Square Garden, New York. James Mortimer, Supt. 
March 8 to 6.— City of the Straits Kennel Club. R. Humffrey 
Roberts, Sec'y, 6 Merrill Block, Detroit. 
March 10 to 13.— Chicago.— Mascoutah Kennel Club's bench show 
John L. Lincoln, Sec'y. 
March 17 to 20— St. Louis Kennel Club's show, St. Louis. W. 
Hutchinson, Sec'y. 
April 20 to 28 — New England Kennel Club's twelfth annual show. 
D. E. Loveland. Sec'y. 
May 6 to 9.— Pacific Kennel Club's fifth annual show. H. W. Orear, 
Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Feb. 3.— West Point, Miss.— U. S, F. T. C. trials. W. B. Stafford, 
Sec'y. 
Feb. 10.— West Point. MiBS. — The Field Trial Champion Association's 
first trial. W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. 
Sept. 2.— Morris, Man.— Manitoba Field Trials Club. John Wootton, 
Sec'y. 
Oct. 28.— Greene county, Pa.— The Monongahela Valley Game and 
Fish Protective Association's second annual trials. S. B. Cummings 
Sec'y, Pittsburg. ' 
CROPPING. 
Ttjckahoe, N. Y., Jan. 23. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
In your editorial warfare against cropping you disagree 
with Dr. Foote's lateBt resolution to abolish all and every 
mutilation, and thereby show how inconsistent your whole 
standpoint is. I admire Dr. Foote's nerve to do what was 
the only thing to do, since so far the A. K. C. is forced to 
waste its time on such questions as you and all neutral 
logical men contend it is the business of the A. K. C. to 
enforce — the law of the land. I contend that Mr. Haines 
and his society is big enough for that, or at least should 
be. 
Now, when the original promoter of this whole ques- 
tion after the first defeat comes to the only defensible 
point, and conforms his resolutions entirely to the law as 
it stands, you immediately step back and call it faulty, 
and, how consistent! declare docking and rounding of 
ears justifiable. Do you think thatt it makes a difference 
to the dogs if you go all round an inch or two or if you 
cut twice lengthwise to crop? Pshaw! where is your hor- 
ror of cruelty then? 
The American foxhounds are not rounded. They hunt 
in a more severe country than their English cousins, and 
so your utility defense falls to nothing. 
No! no! Dr. Foote's resolution does honor to him, as it 
covers just that which the law statutes mean, although I 
bet dollars against doughnuts that the delegates will do 
with such theoretical nonsense what should be done with 
it— kick it sky high. G. Mtjss-Arnolt. 
[We differ from Mr. Arnolt on every point which he 
has advanced. He can hardly be serious in maintaining 
that the A. K. C. is wasting its time in considering a 
matter which interests and is important to the whole 
dog world. Moreover, instead of endeavoring to enforce 
the law the A. K. C. is endeavoring to conform to it. As 
for ourselves, it is difficult to imagine on what grounds 
Mr. Arnolt can consider Forest and Stream as being 
"neutral." He further charges us with inconsistency 
where there is none. In respect to Dr. Foote's resolution 
he claims that it conforms to the law of the land. It does 
so only in part; for the rest it exacts much more than the 
law or necessity or humanity requires, "Justifiable muti- 
lations" are specifically justified under the New York 
laws— Dr. Foote's resolution justifies no mutilation. We 
objected to this resolution because it is too sweeping. A 
dog with a torn ear, a dog with a dew claw removed, 
etc., would under it be ineligible. Praise for it coming 
from a source which would be considered as being 
opposed to it might be justly viewed askance. There is 
nothing to justify a mutilation made to gratify a whim, 
a fancy, a fashion. The law and common sense both 
provide that necessity or humanity justify some mutila- 
tions. In this, contrary to Mr. Arnolt's views, the law 
recognizes specifically justifiable mutilations. Thus we 
are not inconsistent in opposing mutilations which are a 
matter of fashion and defending mutilations which are a 
necessity, that is if we had done so. What we did really 
say, and this in reference to Dr. Foote's resolution, is as 
follows: "Rounding the ears of hounds can be defended 
on grounds of utility, as can also the docking of Bpaniels' 
tails," but whether successfully or not, remains to be de- 
termined. 
One has but to compare this statement to Mr. 
Arnolt's version to perceive how mistakenly he has un- 
derstood it. As the matter of docking had never been 
brought before the A. K. C, it was but fair to men- 
tion that the mutilation of spaniels' tails could be defended 
on material grounds; but is that declaring that docking is 
justifiable? If Mr. Arnolt will do us the justice to read 
what we really did say on the subject till such time as he 
clearly understands our plain statements, he will clearly 
perceive that he has a misapprehension on every point he 
touches upon.] 
New Rochelle, N. Y., Jan. 22.— In answer to the 
attack upon me by the Bull-Terrier Club, I will not at this 
time question the propriety of a club a member the A, K. 
C. making public charges against a delegate with the evi- 
dent intention of influencing the vote of the associate 
members, but seriously, what an acknowledgment on the 
part of the croppers that their practice is indefensible! 
With no arguments to maintain their position, they seek 
to do so by muzzling the opposition. 
My resolution that dogs be shown in a "natural condi- 
tion" was not intended to interfere with any justifiable 
mutilation or trimming (as in the case of French poodles), 
but simply to meet the principal objection of an anti-crop- 
ping rule — that it would be special legislation — and there 
will be no difficulty in amending my resolution so that it 
will only do away with unnecessary cruelty in all breeds. 
The removal of dew claws and the docking of spaniels 
used in the field may be justifiable, but docking for fash- 
ion is not justifiable, and while it entails no cruelty of 
consequence, its continuance, saddled with cropping, is 
objectionable. 
At the December meeting of the A. K. C. but one dele- 
gate defended cropping, seven others voted against the 
amendment for its abolishment because they considered 
such an amendment would be special legislation. 
The abolishment of unjustifiable mutilation in all 
breeds is unquestionably within the province of A. K. C. 
legislation and in five years' time will do more to perfect 
the various types than has a century of mutilation. 
In presenting the above I do not do so with any desire 
to continue as an A. K. C. delegate. I trust the vote of 
the Associate Members upon my name will express their 
sentiments upon the cropping question. The vote should 
be a guide to the new delegates when the question again 
comes up for action. As a breeder of black and tan terriers 
and fox-terriers, and an admirer of all terriers, I have i 
been firm in my convictions and have believed that I 
have acted for the best interest of all breeds in which 
cropping is practiced. Upon my convictions I am ready 
to stand or fall, and trust no Associate Member has voted 
my name, regardless of friendly or other reasons, who does j 
not approve of my action on the question of cropping. 
H. T. Foote. 
Brooklyn, N. Y.— Editor Forest and Stream: I quote 
the following from the official communication of the sec- 
retary of the Bull-Terrier Club of America, which 
appeared in your last issue and which was also sent to me: 
"Resolved, That it is the sense of the executive commit- 
tee of the Bull-Terrier Club of America that Dr. H. T. 
Foote and Mr. H. F. Schellhass, by their persistent and 
unreasoning assaults on the practice of cropping and on 
those who practice it, have constituted themselves ene- 
mies of the bull-terrier fanciers of America." 
The above, originated, sanctioned and circulated by the 
officers of the Bull-Terrier Club of America, is such a 
palpable and gross misrepresentation of the facts, and so 
unqualifiedly false as far as myself is concerned, that I 
deem it a duty to myself and the reputable kennel world 
to expose and refute the same and to state facts as they 
exist, namely: 
As a member of the A. K. C. Rules Committee, I was 
one of the five who unanimously voted to suggest the 
cropping rule. At the December A. K. C. meeting I 
made a few remarks in which I stated why I thought the 
kennel interests would be benefited by passing the rule. 
These remarks appeared in the official minutes. 
A business appointment called me from the room a Bhort 
time, and on my return I was surprised and disappointed 
to find a vote had already been reached and the oppor- 
tunity to record mine lost. Had I voted on the question 
the result would have been but one vote short of a two- 
thirds majority in favor of the rule. The above consti- 
tutes my entire public record in the matter. 
I have neither even been interviewed by any newspaper 
nor written either private letters or letters for publication 
on the subject. The public can judge for themselves of 
the extent of my "persistent and unreasoning assaults" in 
the matter. On the contrary, shortly after I voted with 
the rules committee, as above mentioned, a member of 
the Bull-Terrier Club saw fit to publish in the kennel 
press what I think any unbiased reader would consider a, 
virulent attack and vilification of myself. Undismayed,! 
I expressed my views at the following meeting, I am . 
proud to say, as my conscience dictated, The result is the! 
resolution herein referred to. 
I quote further from the same resolution: "Beitfur-'l 
ther resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to I 
Dr. Foote, Mr. Schellhass and the American Kennel Club,, I 
also to the various press mediums for publication." 
In plain, every delegate to the American Kennel Club \ 
is hereby warned that no matter how inactive a part hel 
may take in the cropping question, if he shall dare to vote! 
on the same at the coming A. K. C. meeting or express 1 
his conscientious views contrary to the wishes of thej 
Bull-Terrier Club, he is liable to be formally advised thai! 
he is to be paraded and advertised by misrepresentation! 
in the kennel press throughout the country. 
From the above resolutions there is therefore only one j 
inference I can draw, and I trust that no delegate to th^l 
American Kennel Club will allow himself to be intimi j 
dated and coerced into voting otherwise than his con I 
