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FOREST "AND • STREAM. 
[Oct. 6, 1894. 
An Episode of the Drouth. 
Editm' Forest and Stream.: 
'Twas one evening last June when on my trip from 
North Creek to Newcomb, I stopped at Minerva over 
niglifc and wandered down Jones's Brook to catch a few 
trout for my supper. I had taken about thirty and re- 
turned most of them, and by tbis time was fishing on the 
first flat through the meadow. 
Working up in a stealthy manner where the brook bent 
sharply making a deep hole under the near bank, I skipped 
my fly across it. There was a splash as of a muskrat, a gleam 
of a brown back; I struck and missed him. Once again 
I tried the same tactics, and again I struck, to have my 
line fly up, parted in the middle. 'Twas one of horse- 
hair, made by Mr, Jones, and must have been cracked, as 
I never felt the fish at all. When I returned to the house 
and told my tale, they wanted to know what the fish 
would weigh. Not over an ounce from a pound and a 
half. 
The last of July I was up again and the boys told me 
two of them had a hold of my fish but he broke away. 
I went down and tried him with fly, worm and grass- 
hopper, but he would not rise. 
Last week I stopped off on my return from Newcomb. 
Jones and one of the boys were out picking up apples. 
"Well," said Jones, "they ketched your trout." "What 
did he weigh?" "Pound and seven ounces." "Who 
caught him?" "Some of the boys down the road." "How?" 
"Turned the brook, stirred the water in the hole, and 
caught him with their hands. Never saw the brook so 
low." H. 0. Kirk. 
North Ferrtsburg, Vt , Sept. 20. 
New Hampshire Bass. 
The Weirs, N. H., Sept. 19. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
The chain "busted" the other day, and as a consequence 
I am up here getting courage for another term of impris- 
onment, during which memories of the past and Forest 
and Stream will be my only comforts. 
The lakes hereabouts are at their best now, especially 
the bass fishing to be had in them. Remote parts of Lake 
Winnepesaukee, such as Green's Basin and around the 
islands toward the eastern shore, furnish the best black 
bass fishing; but the man who has only a few days or 
hours to spare for his favorite fish, will find sport plenty 
good enough right around here. The lower end of the 
channel which connects Lake Winnepesaukee and Long 
Bay, so called, is considered one of the best places for 
bass. Helgramites and live frogs are the favorite baits used 
by local fishermen. The lake trout season just closed has 
been a very successful one. 
Gray squirrels, as well as partridges, seem to be quite 
plenty this season. The latter may be found around the 
wild apple trees in the woods already this early in the 
season, which to me seems earlier than usual, but the dry 
weather we have had may have something to do with it. 
Matterhorn. 
Vermont Fishing. 
Highgate, Yt., Sept. 26. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
Fishing in Lake Champlain and in the small lakes in the 
interior has on the whole been good, but in many of the 
streams poor, owing to the sawdust nuisance, which is 
turning many of our clear, sparkling, laughing streams 
into mere sewers of reeking filth, full of malaria and dis- 
ease. It remains to be seen what our Legislature will do 
during the coming session to remedy this evil. 
Stanstead. 
Held for Trial. 
A "Vermont paper has the following item: "N. P. 
Leach is a terror to the breakers of the game and fish 
laws. Last week he caused Hugh Green to be placed 
under $300 bonds, and Timothy Shaughnessy under $100 
bonds, to appear before the County Court for using ex- 
plosives in Fairfield Pond," 
'he MienncL 
FIXTU RES. 
DOG SHOWS. 
Oct. 2 to 5. — Danbury Agricultural Society, at Danbury, Conn. 0. 
M. Rundle, Sec'y- 
Oct. 30 to Nov. 2. — Terrier Show, by New England Kennel Club, at 
Country Club, Brookline, Mass. D. E. Loveland, Sec'y, 128 Tremont 
street, Boston. 
MELD TRIALS. 
Oct. 23.— New England Field Trial Club, Members' Sweepstake. A. 
R. Sharp, Sec'y, Taunton, Mass. 
Nov. 5.— United States Field Trial Club, at Bicknell, Ind. P. T. 
Madison, Indianapolis, Ind., Sec'y. 
Nov. 6.— International Field Trials, at Chatham, Ont. W. B. Wells 
Sec'y. 
Nov. 16— Eastern Field Trials Club, at Newton, N. C. All-Aged, 
Eastern Subscription and Selling Stakes. Entries close Oct. 1. W. A. 
(Joster, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Sec'y. 
Dec. 17.— Southern Field Trials, at New Albany, Miss. T. M. Brumby, 
Sec'y, Marietta, G a. 
Spaniel Club Meeting. 
A MEETING of the American Spaniel Club was held at 20 
Irviug Place, Sept. 27. Present, Messrs. A. C. Wilinerding, 
in the chair, E. M.* Oldham, S. J. Bradbury and R. P. 
Keasbey. 
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
The auditing committee reported that on account of the ab- 
sence in Europe of the treasurer it had been unable to hold a 
meeting. Voted that the report be accepted and the commit- 
tee be continued. The committee on revising the classifica- 
tions reported progress and stated that now that the fall 
shows were over new classes would be submitted at once. 
The secretary was instructed to write Dr. Edw. A.Smith, 
requesting him to give the American Spaniel Club an order 
on the Westminster Kennel Club for the $100 deposited by 
him with that, club and subsequently donated to the Spaniel 
Club for a special prize trophy. Meeting then adjourned. 
Annual Collie Sweepstakes. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The attention of collie breeders is called to the fact that 
entries for the sweepstakes must be made on or before Nov. 
1. Any collies born in. the United States or Canada between 
June 30, 1893, and July 1, 1894, may compete. Entry fee $5, 
to be paid to the secretary of the Collie Club at the time of 
entry; $50 will be added to the stake. Entry blanks can be 
procured by application to J. D. SHOTWELL, Sec. 
Orange, N. J. 
POINTS AND FLUSHES 
\Sy a Staff Correspondent.} 
Mr. Wells, after the Manitoba trials, spent some time 
camping on Steel River, where he enjoyed some excellent 
fly-fishing for trout. He is now a most enthusiastic angler. 
By the way, it is not generally known in the canine world . 
that, beside his accomplishments with the dog, gun and rod, 
he is a renowned amateur oarsman, holding at one time the 
championship of Canada. But all these are good enough in 
their way if cricket is not mentioned. In cricket he revels. 
At the bat he is a power. The Saturday after the trials at 
Morris, there was a cricket match at Winnipeg between the 
English and Canadian teams, the former being of men born 
in England, and the latter of men born in Canada. Mr. 
Wells was one of the chosen for the Canadian team, and the 
latter gave them an exhibition of cricket playing which won 
the game. 
I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Wells play. 
The game is quiet, and save for the pranoings of the 
bowler, is at times sleepy. 
When the umpire makes a close decision the players do 
not turn to and lick him, which in a manner detracts from 
the spirit of the game. 
The batting looks easy, but I am told that it is not so, 
there being a number of scientific swipes and swats and 
slams and cuts which one must become proficient in before 
he can hope to have the confidence of his fellow players or 
the public. When at the bat, I am told it is not a good time 
to sleep. The ball is liable to take off a leg or foot, or at 
least knock off some chunks of a fellow. 
The bowler casts the ball from him unreservedly. He 
takes a fierce run, halts suddenly, describes a mighty seg- 
ment of a circle with a stiffened arm, then lets the ball go; 
then the batsman must do the rest if he can, Mr. Wells 
did very well till he knocked the ball in the air, careless-like, 
then somebody caught it careless-like, then another man be- 
gan to bat in Mr. Wells's place. 
Mr. Wells was fortunate in not being one of the ill-fated 
party of three which were lost in the canoe trip up the 
French River, en route to Lake Nipissing. He had a most 
pressing invitation to join the party of three, namely, Messrs, 
D. M. Christie, A. B. Northwood and G. F. H. Rispin, on 
their trip. He preferred the fishing on Steel River. In Win- 
nipeg he learned of the death of the party by drowning. 
Chicken Shooting. 
Before going to Winnipeg, I had a few days' shooting at 
Eldridge, N. Dak., with Mr. W. W. Titus and the brothers 
Mr. Frank and George Richards, all of whom had strings of 
dogs in training. Chickens had been plentiful before the 
season opened, but the destruction of birds was so great 
during the first days of the open season that they ceased to 
be plentiful. 
The city shooter can no longer be justly accused of being 
the man who kills the chickens. The local shooters are 
many in every town. They are numerous enough to shoot 
out all the country adjacent to their towns. 
The Messrs. Richards and Mr. Titus were killing few birds, 
for they wanted them alive to train their dogs on. Yet in a 
few days the coveys were broken or destroyed entirely by 
outside shooters. 
I would like to give an extended description of the work 
of their dogs, particularly of two, Minnie and Mattie, both 
great performers on chickens, but as some of their dogs will 
run in the field trials, I thought it better to refrain. 
The days were fiercely hot, greatly trying to man anrl dog. 
The work was done in early morning and evening. Some- 
times Mr # Titus was up about 4 A. M., and was driving 
across the prairie at an hour long before city people were up. 
From 10 till 5 there was no attempt at training, as it was so 
hot that no dog could work. 
While I was in Winnipeg, I was the guest of Mr. Thomas 
Johnson, who made my stay there of the pleasantest. 
Being something of a patched-up wreck when I left Chicago, 
from the effects of a violent attack of pneumonia, my stay 
in Winnipeg hrought renewed health and strength, the 
larger part due to Mrs. Johnson's excellent cookery. Few 
sportsmen are blessed with a wife who is ever amiable, 
thoughtful, devoted and skillful in housekeeping, and who 
loves dogs, yet Mr. Johnson is so fortunate. 
While Mr. Johnson has given up field trials, temporarily I 
hope, his enthusiasm in dog matters is unabated. In his 
kennel is a litter of pointer puppies, lively, neat, promising 
fellows, clean of skin and sound of limb, healthy and strong, 
and withal sensible. They are far removed from the weedy, 
highly nervous and erratic beings which are the results of 
modern breeding skill, and which are expected to point 
birds. He also has a few black setters, strong, industrious 
' fellows of the Beaudesert strain. But the pride of the kennel 
is Pitti Sing, now advanced in age so far as the" years are a 
measure, but as bright of eye and swift of foot as when she 
was a puppy. Age has not shortened her range nor lessened 
her interest, though she is now about ten years old. 
A curious train of circumstances led to her recovery yes- 
terday. On Monday night last, while exercising her on the 
prairie, by an oversight she was lost. Soon afterward a dili- 
gent search was made for her, which was renewed on the 
next morning. The whole country for miles around was 
thoroughly searched without finding her. It seems that 
after beinglost she took the Canadian Pacific Railroad east 
to Bird's Hill, about ten miles away, where the brakeman 
of an incoming freight train picked her up and brought her 
to Winnipeg in the caboose. There was a young man aboard 
who fancied Pitti Sing's looks, and he persuaded the brake- 
man to give her to him. After inspecting Sing's clean, 
sound teeth he decided that she was a puppy. In Winnipeg 
he took his prize to show to a friend of Mr. Johnson, and 
she was recognized at once. A message was thereupon sent 
to Mr. Johnson by his friend, Mr. Philips, requesting him to 
call. The latter had lost the pointer dog Lonsdale a few 
days before, and a reward had been advertised for his re- 
covery. Mr. Johnson's man had met a boy leading the 
pointer presumably to safer quarters and secured possession 
of the dog. Mr. Johnson thereupon went to Mr. Philips's 
office to announce the recovery of Lonsdale and was agree- 
ably surprised to recover Pitti Sing at the same time, a most 
fortunate ending, as the reader will appreciate when told 
that dog thieves are numerous in Winnipeg. 
The city buildings were plainly in sight two or three miles 
away, on the grounds where Mr. Johnson conditions his dogs 
and where chickens were found in numbers sufficient for 
good shooting. Both the square and sharptails are found. 
The former is gradually driving the latter further north and 
taking possession of the feeding grounds. Mr. Wells informs 
me that the sharptails have been seen east as far as Port 
Arthur. Sportsmen inform me that the squaretails, in this 
climate, gradually acquire a growth of feathers on the legs 
and toes, much the same as the sharptails. 
This is a city of sportsmen. All sorts of healthy sport 
flourishes. Bbatiug, cricket, bicycling, base ball, polo, golf, 
etc., have hosts of admirers. Every one seems to be some 
kind of an athlete or proficient performer. Curling iB the 
great winter sport, and the admirers of all other sports join 
in paying tribute to this greater one. I would like to give a 
description of the trophies which Mr. Johnson has won in 
the great curling matches, he being mighty in skill in curl- 
ing, but space forbids. 
As for the shooters, they are legion. But the laws are 
good and the game violators are comparatively few. Good 
game laws supplement good effort and intention, hence 
game is abundant. B, Waters. 
WnraiFBa, Maa., Sept. 13. 
Absurd Fallacies. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
In a recent issue of a rather new monthly devoted to hy- 
giene appeared a paper entitled "The Animal Parasites 
which we Obtain through Our Food," from which the ex- 
tract below is culled as being of interest to lovers of our 
favorite, the dog. Where ignorance is bliss it is cruel to 
awaken interest and acquaint dogdom with the terrible dan- 
gers confronting those who permit man's faithful friend to 
live in juxtaposition with him, unless disinfected secundem 
artem. It is now in order to organize a plant in each city 
under the authority of the Health Board, where our dogs 
shall receive the proper and necessary hygienic preparation 
for association with man, or, alas! we may yet discover that 
he and his parasites must be condemned to extermination. 
Ob, t emporal oh, mores, cave canem. Samuel L. Fort. 
'. [Popular Health Magazine, June issue, page 337.] 
We have perhaps not noticed that the odor of meat brought our 
favorite dog into the dining room. He is practically a member of the 
family and petted by all, none except the scientist iooking upon him 
as anything except a most faithful friend, old Dog Tray I The scien- 
tist, however, is hard-hearted enough not to appreciate this friend- 
ship, and believing the proper place for a dog is the cellar, the barn- 
yard, the dissecting room or the dog-pound, he hygienically looks 
upon the dog as his enemy. Nevertheless, some of you do not share 
these opinions, and as the dog comes to you, you pet him and allow 
him to sniffle and lick your hand. But let us look for a moment at the 
animal parasites which the dog has given you during that short 
caress. 
Beloved old Dog Tray has in his nose a parasite about two to five 
inches long, a so-called tongue worm (Linguatula rhinaria~); in 
sniffling and licking your hand he has deposited there some micro- 
scopic eggs, and the next time you take a piece of bread you will 
transfer these eggs on the bread to your mouth. The eggs will be 
swallowed and the germ will bore from your digestive tract Into your 
liver, and there develop into a parasite about J4 to J^in. long. 
Or in caressing the dog you have unconsciously gotten a flea or a 
louse upon your hands, perhaps under your fingernails, and later you 
have swallowed that. It may now be a comforting thought for you 
to know that inside of that flea or louse there lives the larval stage of 
a tape-worm (Dipylidium caninurri) with which you have become 
infected. But that is not all. 
The most dangerous animal parasite which man has, is a so called 
hydatid, which is the larval stage of a small tapeworm (Taenia echi- 
nococcus), found in the dog. From the very nature of the habits of the 
dog we must not be surprised to find the eggs of this tapeworm upon 
his coat Petting him, you get these eggs upon your hands; from 
your hands to your mouth is but a short distance; you swallow the 
eggs and have become infected with the dreaded echinococcus. The 
echinococcus develops in your liver, in your lungs, in your brain or 
elsewhere and you suddenly discover the fact too late— perhaps it is 
not you who discovers it after all, but the physician who makes your 
post-mortem, that the dog is your enemy rather than your friend. I 
am not now referring alone to the miserable collections of animated 
bones and dog skins which wander into our city from Virginia and 
Maryland, but I refer to mamma's darling little poodle as well. In 
fact, from statistics it appears that this hydatid parasite to which I 
refer is most frequent among the dirty Icelanders who live in the same 
huts with their dogs, frequently sharing the same plate, and next in 
frequency in women who keep pet lap dogs. 
The following refutation will be found interesting: 
Editor Forest cmd Stream: 
It is doubtful if any country of equal intelligence has been 
the subject of so many groundless scares regarding the dog 
as the United States, for which a portion of the newspaper 
press is largely responsible. The above is a fair sample of 
how this is accomplished. "Dog Tray" is evidently the 
representative of the common house dog, the dog every one 
cherishes— and yet, sad to relate, according to this account, 
one is led to infer that "Dog Tray," i.e, your family pet, has 
parasites not only in his nose and his "internals," but in 
every flea and louse that may happen to roam over his back; 
and what is more, that you, his owner, will get tapeworm 
from your dog— only (blessed fact) you may never know it, 
nor your friends either, unless with scientific forethought 
you provide for a post mortem examination! Is it not won- 
derful that with these pests everywhere— for no one regards 
a tapeworm as a special friend— the dog of the country and 
the people of the land are not "devoured of worms?" 
After careful examination, extending' over years, it has 
been found that only the smallest fraction of mankind in 
civilized countries are infected with tapeworm. Echino- 
coccus disease is common in Iceland, it is true. It is 
extremely rare in, the United States and Canada, and diligent 
search in museums and medical literature reveals the known 
existence of only 85 cases in all up to date. From this any 
sensible person will see how slight are the chances of being 
infected with echinococcus disease; and in reality this is the 
form of parasite one is most likely to get from the dog. The 
forms of tapeworm that infest dogs are not those that live 
in the intestines of men, and vice versa. 
There is a closer relationship between the parasites of sheep 
and those of the dog. It is possible for the dog to become 
infected from sheep, even the heads of sheep, so that we can- 
not sanction the general feeding of dogs on uncooked sheeps' 
heads. Again, sheep may be infected from dogs, so that in 
all districts where sheep are kept largely dogs should be 
carefully dosed for tapeworm, whether showing symptoms 
or not. But as for human beings becoming infected with 
internal parasites under ordinary circumstances — the chances 
are simply infinitesimal. Are kennel men and those that 
associate with dogs closely more infected with parasites than 
other people? Are they generally of the "lean and hungry" 
kind, such as they would likely be if they each harbored a 
few tapeworms? 
How then do people get tapeworm? By eating meat either 
raw, which is common in certain parts of Europe, or meat 
insufficiently cooked, neither of which are common practices 
in America. Such parasites as those referred to in the article 
quoted are, so far as man is concerned, mere pathological 
curiosities. Several, in fact most, of the works on human 
pathology do not refer to them at all; while most veterinari- 
ans never saw a specimen of those forms referred to in the 
magazine article in the dog. 
Most of the parasites of the dog could not live in man, even 
if he swallowed them abundantly— a fact not commonly 
known to the general public._ Such writing as the above in 
would-be scientific journals is calculated to mislead, arouse 
prejudice and produce groundless alarm. 
But "Old Dog Tray" has survived many attacks, and he is 
to-day more firmly established in the life of the home than 
any other animal and than ever before. 
Wesley Mills, M.D. 
McGill University, Montreal. 
Thieving at Dog Shows. 
Editor Forest and St/ream: 
I desire through the columns of Forest and Stream to 
express my condemnation and detest for what I term "the 
dog show thief," the dishonest individual who makes a prac- 
tice of "exchanging" chains and other articles when you are 
not present to sanction the transaction. This purloiner saw 
fit to "exchange" with me last week at Providence, R. I., 
when I was absent from the show, by relieving me of a 
nickle-plated regulation chain which cost me $1.50 and 
leaving in its place a rusty 25 center. 
The old saying is, "Fair exchange is no robbery," but the 
exchange which the light-fingered person made with me 
must be put down as an intentional theft. It would be well 
for the superintendents of shows and their corps of attend- 
ants should give this matter more of their attention and in- 
stitute some method whereby the exhibitors may not be re- 
lieved of their nickle-plated ornaments. Robert Leslie, 
Lynn, Sept. 22. 
