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New Hampshire Trout Waters. 
Lebanon. N. H., July 27.— In my last Forest and 
Stream "Columbia," of Claremont, says: "Tell 'Von W.' 
and 'Mascony' to not give up, but try again." His advice 
came a little too late, as I had tried again. On June 31 I 
drove down into his "county (Sullivan). I walked two 
miles and caught 55; could have got more only for a thun- 
der shower coming up. The next day I drove about six 
miles over the mountain, intending to try a brook where 
formerly I had had good luck. But before I got there I 
saw a gentleman, who told me that he was there the week 
before and did not get a bite. That looked just a bit bad; 
so I turned my team and drove on to a brook "over there." 
Well, I was surprised. I caught 98, and would have 
caught just a few more only I saw a big one go down over 
some rapids as though Debs had sent for him to come to 
Chicago to sign bis bail bond. I vowed to myself that if I 
could catch him I would wind up and go home. I thought 
he stopped in some thick bushes where an ash tree over- 
hung the bank. After a good deal of bother I got my rod 
through the bresh (as the "Kingfishers" say). He was at 
home and ready for callers. I had no chance to snap up 
on him, so I started and ran right back into the field 
with him. As I claim to be a man of my word. I took 
my rod apart and left rather unwillingly. Now, if 
"Columbia" will write me (Lock Box 627), I would be 
pleased to come to Claremont and try Sugar River with 
him, or better still, would like to have him join me for a 
trip to Portage Lake, Quebec, the last of August and first 
of September, and decide which is the best man. I can 
go him one better, as I have fished for 50 years and hunted 
for 47. Mascony. 
Sunapee Bass. 
Claremont, N. H., July 25. — W. E. Jerrett, Edgar 
Noyes and Geo. Tenney, of Claremont, made a flying visit 
(Monday, July 23), to Sunapee Lake, and caught a fine 
string of bass, weighing nearly 251bs. They ranged from 
lib. to 3 Jibs., with several 3-pounders in the lot. The 
fishermen caught them in about 30ft. of water, and con- 
sidering the short time they had to fish, made a very fine 
string. Mr. W. E. Jerrett is a very successful fisherman. 
He made a short trip this summer up to the Connecticut 
Lakes and brought back a fine string of trout. 
Columbia. 
The Visitor and the Brooks. 
Toledo, O., July 25. — The American steam yachts, 
Visitor and Leroy Brooks, captured by the Canadians off 
Pelee Island, May 8, for alleged violation of the Canadian 
fishing laws, have had their day in court and been fined 
the nominal sum of $40 each. They were released on 
bonds some weeks since, and will be formally discharged 
as soon as necessary papers can be made out, which will 
probably be within five or six days. Jay Beebe. 
Canadian Angling Permits. 
The following regulations respecting angler's permits in the in- 
land waters of Canada were adopted June 30, 1894: 
1. No person, other than a British subject, shall angle for fish or 
take any bass, maskinonge, pike-perch (pickerel) or trout, in Canadian 
waters, without first having obtained therefor an angler's permit, 
issued by the local fishery officer in each district, under the authority 
of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. 
2. Each person, not a British subject, shall pay for such angler's per- 
mit a fee of $5 for a period of three months, or a fee of $10 for a period 
of sis months. 
3. One angler's permit only shall be issued to each applicant. Such 
permit shall not be transferable, and can be legally used only by the 
person whose name appears thereon. Each holder of an angler's per- 
mit shall be required to produce and exhibit his permit when called 
upon to do so by any fishery officer. 
4. No person shall use, under an angler's permit, more than one fish- 
ing line, provided with not more than three hooks. 
5. No person shall, under an angler's permit, take, catch or kill in 
one day more that 12 bass or pike-perch (pickerel), 20 trout or 4 mas- 
kinonge\ 
6. No bass or pike-perch (pickerel) shall be retained or kept out of 
the water which shall measure less than lOin. in length, and no trout 
shall be retained or kept out of the water under 6in. in length, but 
every person who takes or catches any of the fish mentioned, of a less 
Bize than the minimum measurement named, shall immediately return 
such undersized, fish to the water from which they were taken, and 
shall, if possible, liberate such fish alive. 
7. No person holding an angler's permit shall export, sell, or offer 
for sale any fish caught with hook and line. 
8. Any person or persons violating any of the above regulations 
shall be liable to the fines and penalties provided by the Fisheries Act, 
cap. 95, of the Revised Statutes of Canada. 
9. Nothing in tbese regulations Shall affect the rights of any person 
or persons holding leases of fishing rights from either the Federal or 
Provincial authorities. 
10. Foreigners, when temporarily domiciled in Canada, and employ- 
ing Canadian boats and boatmen, shall be exempt from the regulations 
requiring permits. 
It is reported that by the intervention of the Grand Trunk Railway 
the Minister of Marine and Fisheries has declared that anglers between 
Trenton and Cornwall, Ontario and Rideau waters, and in the Muskoka 
district, will hereafter be exempted from the provisions of these regu- 
lations. 
A Query for "El Comancho." 
Montreal, July 25.— In your issue of 21st is an article entitled *'A 
Day with the Channel Cat." It is an excellent article, and its words 
are like those of ancient Pistol "prave vords," but when the writer 
toward the end says, "I have tossed a fly to trout from the Rockies to 
the Pacific, fought bass among the lily pads and heard the spoon 
jingle in the savage headshake of the salmon," I want a little more 
information. I have killed salmon for nearly fifty years, and for the 
first time bear of the jingling of a spoon in the headshake of the 
salmon. Will "El Comancho" enlighten, not only my ignorance, but 
that of other salmon fishers by saying what sort of spoon he heard 
jingling— was it table, dessert or tea?— and whether it was used with 
or without a fly, and oblige 
An ex-Secretary of the Province of Quebec Fish and Game Protec- 
tion Club. 
PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 
Several New York gentlemen have secured an option on an 1,120 
acre farm near Dawson, North Dakota, and propose to form a stock 
company to be known as the "Empire Farm Association" to take it 
up. The farm had long been successfully run as a grain and stock 
farm, and is in a good goose and chicken country, and convenient to 
large game. 
Our Outdoor Scenes. 
New Orleans, La., July 19.— Forest and Stream Pub. Co.: Have 
received your premiums; they already adorn the walls of my room. 
I find them true to nature, especially the "Jacksnipe Coming In." It 
makes me feel like getting out my hammerless and letting them have 
right and left in quick succession. Tbink I could tumble three out of 
five. What say you? S. W. Schumacher. 
F. and S., R. and G. and B. P. O. £. 
I hate been chasing round the country and have been without the 
old family paper since April 28. Please send the back numbers com- 
mencing then. It's no use; can't get along without the best paper on 
earth. Diamond Walt. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Jtishmltun mid Jfish protection. 
Protection in Ohio. 
Dayton, Obio. — Editor Forest and Stream: As I receive 
so many communications from parties in all parts of the 
State I ask space in your columns to answer those seeking 
information on the subject, so the public generally may 
know the law as it is. The General Assembly at the last 
session did not amend any of the laws regulating the shoot- 
ing of game or game birds, or the fishing in this State. The 
law then remains the same as last year. A new law, how- 
ever, was enacted which will give some of the market - 
hunters and game dealers trouble if they insist on selling or 
shipping quaii hereafter. I might add in connection that it 
is the intention of the Commission to enforce the provisions 
of this act to the very letter. Game dealers and pot-hunters 
will please take notice. The following is a copy of the law 
as certified to at the Secretary of State's office, at Columbus: 
House Bill No. 12.— An act to prohibit the shipping of quail from 
the State; 
Seo. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio 
that no person shall at any time kill any quail for the purpose of con- 
veying the same beyond the limits of this State, nor for the purpose of 
sale in the markets of thiB State, or shall transport, or have in posses- 
sion with the intent to procure the transportation beyond said limits, 
any of such birds killed witbin this State. The reception by any per- 
son within this State of any such birds for shipment to a point without 
the State, shall be prima facie evidence that said birds were killed 
within the State for the purpose of carrying the same beyond its 
limits. 
Sec. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of the preceding 
section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than 
fifty dollars for each and every offense. 
Seo. '3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its 
passage. Alexander Boxwell, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Andrew L. Hahbis, 
Passed May 9, 189U. President of the Senate. 
This law, in my judgment, is a good one, and is now in 
force in the State of New Jersey. Under t he provisions of 
this act the express companies will ' be liable if they receive 
quail for the purpose of shipping to other States. Also, if 
grocers or game dealers have the birds in possession, the 
party who killed the birds will also be liable. I publish this 
new law so that parties may not violate its provisions; and it 
might be a good thing for hunters to paste this section in 
their hats. 
There are a few counties in the State where the fish and 
game laws are violated almost every day. This is due to the 
fact that the people do not understand what the Fish and 
Game Commission is doing. 
This week the writer of this article convicted eight at New 
Philadelphia. Three of these parties are now in the county 
jail and one is a fugitive, having gotten away after arrest, 
the others having settled. Not a few persons in that vicinity 
have expressed sympathy for those convicted, and ic is on 
this account that violations there are so frequent. New 
Philadelphia is in Tuscarawas county, and in this county are 
found some of the finest fishing waters of the State. Yet it 
is almost useless to go to any of the creeks or rivers with a 
rod and line, as the work of the dynamiters and seiners has 
completed the destruction of the fish in these waters. 
The creeks and rivers in that vicinity, if properly protected, 
would produce quite enough fish to supply the entire popula- 
tion; and it is a burning shame that the general publiG takes 
such little interest in the protection and propagation of fish. 
But it is because they do not understand the condition of 
such matters. They argue that if they are allowed to seine 
it will destroy the carp, suckers, mullet, redhorse and gars, 
all of which eat the spawn of the bass and other game fish. 
I will offer just one argument, that, if investigated, will 
be found to be true, and w T ill show that it is a mistake. In 
the first place the bass protects her spawn and will even 
drive away snakes and turtles from her nest. Not only that, 
but she protects her young until several weeks old. The 
bass invariably spawns at night time, and as soon as the eggs 
touch the bottom of the nest they adhere; and if other fish, 
even if they could succeed in driving them from their nests, 
would undertake to eat the spawn, they would be compelled 
to swallow all the pebbles in the bottom of the nest. Then, 
think of a gar with his long snout, standing on bis head 
trying to eat spawn. It is too silly to write about, and yet 
fishermen who have lived all their lives along the river in- 
sist that the reason we have no fish is because seining is pro- 
hibited. 
The gar does harm in the way of eating other fish, but as 
in many other cases it seems that even the gar was created 
for a purpose, when we look at the matter in the proper 
light. The game fish prey upon the minnows. When the 
game fish become scarce the supply of minnows is greater, 
and it is these little fish that do more harm than any other 
by eating the spawn of other fish. This is the true cause of 
the disappearance of the pike and salmon or pike perch from 
our waters. The pike is an elegant fish, and outside of the 
pleasure afforded the angler who succeeds in luring him to 
take a hook, and on account of his size, he furnishes a good 
supply of the fish food in places where he abounds. He 
builds no nest, neither does he guard the spawn or his 
young. A pair of these fish when they are spawning are 
always followed by a myriad of minnows that eat the spawn 
before it even touches the bottom of the stream. 
What we need is more game fish to keep down the supply 
of minnows and a willing public to protect our streams and 
lakes, and in a few years there will be no inducement to 
either seine or use dynamite, as plenty of fish may be taken 
with hook and line. 
The Ohio Commission had in June confined in hatching 
ponds at Chagrin .Falls and Waverly 2,000 marble catfish, 
300 or 400 bass and about the same number of croppie. 
There were at that time at least 300,000 or 400,000 of the, cat- 
fish hatched and at the end of the hatching season it is fair 
to presume that the Commission have several million fish 
to plant in Ohio waters. It is not policy to plant fish in 
streams where the law is not upheld by public sentiment, 
and the sooner this lawlessness is stopped the better it will 
be. If persons are seen violating the law they should be 
reported. If reported the Commission will do all in its 
power to prosecute. Send your information to me and I 
will not only prosecute but will pay a suitable reward, and 
will guarantee that your name will never be found out. If 
you send information do not be in a hurry, as it may be 
weeks before I can come, but it will be attended to. 
L. K. Buntain, Chief Warden. 
Oakfield Association. 
The organization of the Oakfield and Alabama Fish and 
Bird Protective Association, took place in Oakland, Mon- 
day evening, Dr. C. S. Pugsley being chosen chairman and 
E. F. Hickey, secretary. The chairman then introdnced 
Frank J. Amsden, of Rochester, secretary of the Genesee 
"Valley Fish and Bird Protective and Propagating Asso- 
ciation, who explained the nature and benefit of his organi- 
zation, after which an organization was organized with a 
membership of sixty-eight. The following officers were ap- 
pointed to serve until the annual meeting which takes place 
the second Monday in August: President, D. C. S. Pugsley; 
Vice-Presidents, Thomas O'Reily, Seward A. Ingalsbe, 
George H. Craft; Secretary and Treasurer, Eugene F. 
Hickey. Executive Committee, Dr. C. S. Pugsley, Thomas 
O'Reily, Warner H. Smith, Arthur J. Norton and Charles 
H. Griffin. The towns of Oakland and Alabama have some 
[Aug. 4, 1894. : 
of the finest fishing grounds in the western part of the State, 
if it can be protected from the net fiends who are drawing 
the nets nearly every night. In Oak-Orchard Creek, just 
north of Oakfield, some parties made the brag that on 
Saturday night. July 14. they caught eight-six pickerel in 
two hauls. Fish and Game Protector George M. Schwartz, 
of Rochester, succeeded in catching six violators in the act 
of drawing the seine last summer. — Rochester Democrat 
and Chronicle. 
he Mennel 
FIXTU RES. 
DOG SHOWS. 
Sept. 4 to 7.— Des Moines Kennel Club, at Des Moines, Iowa. M. 
Bruce, Sec'y. 
Sept. 10 to 14.— Toronto Industrial Exhibition Association, at 
Toronto. C. A. Stone. Sec'y. 
Sept. 18 to 21.— Rhode Island State Fair Association, at Cranston, R, 
I. W. W. Dexter, Sec'y. 
Sept. 19 to 22.— Orange County Fair, at Newburgh, N. Y. 
Sept. 19 to 22 — Stockton Kennel Club, at Stockton, Cal. John 
Hefferman, Sec'y. 
Nov. 27 to 30.— New Jersey Kennel League, at Newark, N. J. E. H. 
Morris, Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Sept. 5.— Manitoba Field Trials Club, at Morris, Man. R. J. Gallaug 
her, Winnipeg, Sec'y. 
Nov. 5.— United States Field Trial Club, at Bicknell, Ind. P. T. 
Madison t Indianapolis, Ind., Sec'y. 
Nov. 6.— International Field Trials, at Chatham, Ont. W. B. Wells 
Sec'y. 
Nov. 23.— Eastern Field Trials Club, at Newton, N. C. W. A. Coster, 
Saratoga, N. Y., Sec'y. 
The Bell— Martin Case. 
Toeonto, July 24 —Editor Forest and Stream: Much on 
the Hell— Martin case has appeared in the leading sporting 
journals of America. From one end of the country to the 
other, I have been criticised and blamed for my conduct and 
held up to public contumely and contempt. Unfortunately 
for me the case had been brought before the American Ken- 
nel Club, and its advisory committee suspended me for one 
year. This decision seemed conclusive to some that I was to 
blame; that Mr. Martin was right; that I had intentionally 
deceived him and he had been victimized by me. Unfortun- 
ately also for me when leaving the matter to the decision of 
theA.K.O, Mr. Martin threatened me with legal proceed 
ings, and my solicitors, Messrs. Macrae and Rykert of 
Toronto, w"ould not allow me to reply in any way to the 
newspaper criticisms and attacks until the litigation was 
ended, explaining that the public could form a more correct 
conclusion upon the whole case when it was proven in the 
courts who was legally right. 
The case has now been settled and I am at liberty to ex- 
plain my conduct, and I ask the public to give my statement 
a thoughtful perusal, when I am convinced my character 
will be fully vindicated. This is the only letter I intend to 
write on the Martin case; I shall not reply to any answers 
which may be made, but should any person desire verifica- 
tion of what is hereinafter stated I refer them to my solici- 
tors who will corroborate every detail of my story to the 
letter. 
To begin at the beginning. I purchased Blemton Conse- 
quence and Rejoice from Mr. Granger. I did not know and 
had never seen either of them before I bought them, and had 
to take the names Mr. Granger gave them. "Uncle Dick" 
Fellows was present at the purchase and will support me in 
this statement. I had received an order from Mr. Martin, 
and agreed to shin Blemton Consequence and guaranteed 
that she was in whelp, and agreed to take her back if she 
were not so. I .made and carried Out this bargain honestly 
and in good faith, as I have proved, and am still able to prove 
if called upon to do so. I sold Blemton Consequence as I 
thought, I believed her to be In whelp and I had her exam- 
ined, and I shipped her in the usual way. I knew that she 
was in whelp from the examination of Mr. C. J. Purroy and 
of Mr. H. P. Thomson, secretary of the Fox-Terrier Club 
here, and from my own knowledge and experience. I under- 
stood then, having done this and the dog being shipped at 
Mr. Martin's risk, that I had fulfilled my part of the contract 
and that I was entitled to the purchase money. 
The other dog was sent by me to Mr. Smyth's, in Toronto, 
where she has always been known and is now known by the 
family as Rejoice. I also exhibited Rejoice as Consequence 
at Indianapolis, March 28 to 30, and at Boston, April 4 to 7. 
I only mention this, as straws show the way the wind 
blows. 
After the sale I was notified by Mr. Martin that the dog 
was not and had not been in whelp. Some people might say 
I should have accepted his statement, received the dog back 
and returned the money, but I did not Know Mr. Martin and 
knew no reason why, a bona fide sale having been made, it 
should not be strictly carried out. I had had the dog ex- 
amined, knew her to be in the required condition, and had 
proved that she was so. All this made me believe that what- 
ever was wrong was not at my end, and I determined to in- 
sist upon the sale being carried out, whereupon after much 
threatening and abuse from Mr. Martin he laid the matter 
before the A. K. O, the charge being that I had sold him a 
dog guaranteeing her to be in whelp when she was not so. 
The A. K. C. decided that the charge was not sustained and 
it was dismissed and I was then held to be justified in the 
course I had taken. 
Now we come to the part of the story where I am chiefly 
attacked and where it is most difficult for me to reply, and I 
ask again that the readers of this letter will follow my facts 
closely. After the making of the first charge against roe it 
came to my knowledge for the first time that I had sold Mar- 
tin Rejoice instead of Consequence. My first impulse was to 
writ e at once to Mr. Martin telling him of the mistake that 
had been made and offering to exchange the dogs forthwith, 
but my solicitors, whose advice I followed throughout, 
urged me not to take any decided position with regard to the 
identity of the dogs until after the decision of the advisory 
committee, which was expected to be favorable because they 
stated that my explanation and apology to Mr. Martin would 
come with much greater force after I had been acquitted on 
the charge of fraud than if made while the investigation was 
still pending. 
This was the position of affairs at the time referred to. 
My solicitors, although denying me the right to address Mr. 
Martin or the public, press, allowed that it would be quite 
proper to communicate privately to Mr. Martin, through 
some outside person, the fact of the mistake in the dogs, and 
I accordingly told Mr. Mortimer to notify Mr. Martin and to 
offer to make an exchange, which I have no dobut that gen- 
tleman did. The A. K. C. made matters worse at this time 
by entertaining a new charge against me of having sold the 
wrong dog to Mr. Martin. This was unfair to me because 
I had had no notice of any such charge, and therefore was 
not able to do myself justice with regard to it. Had this 
charge been preferred at the first, my solicitors would have 
advised me, so they state, to explain the facts fully to the 
board, to admit the mistake and make proper restitution 
forthwith, in which case I think the committee would not 
have disqualified me, and all this trouble woiild have been 
avoided, but let it be borne in mind that at this time I was 
in my solicitors' hands, acting under their advice, which 
was to make no Offer to Mr. Martin until after the committee 
had disposed of my case. My solicitors of course had no 
notice any more than I had that this second charge had been 
preferred. 
