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greater speed or more determined resistance when hooked 
their contour and fin equipment suggest at a glance the 
idea that speed is one of their qualifications. Taking it 
altogether the bonito is a fish with a future for the table 
and for the angler. Leonard Hulit. 
Barnegat Inlet, N. J., Aug. 24.— The fishing in our 
locality is almost unprecedented, large catches being 
reported from all points along the bay. The night fish- 
ing being especially fine, from 150 to 200 bluefish to a 
boat being a common occurrence. 
Last Monday Messrs. Brouwer and Bunnell, of Forked 
River, caught nearly l.OOOIbs. of large bluefish by using 
tiie squid from the shore on North Point of Beach. 
All captains unite in saying the run of bluefish at pres- 
ent is the greatest of the season, nearly every boat having 
fiae sport. 
Large catches of weakfish, kingfish and sea bass are re- 
ported in the vicinity of the inlet. 
An event which will interest sportsmen who visit Bar- 
negat Bay during the gunning season is the opening of the 
Great Sedge Islands for the accommodation of sportsmen. 
Previously this was the private shooting and fishing prop- 
erty of Dr. L, W. Warner, of New York. It has been 
leased by two New York gentlemen, who will conduct it 
as a first-class gunning and fishing resort. In 1895 large 
quantities of geese, brant and ducks were killed from its 
shooting points. 
The prospect for wildfowl for the fall of 1896 was never 
better, owing to the extraordinary growth of wild duck 
grass and other food. The law permits gimning for wild- 
fowl Sept. 15. Sea Dog. 
Salt-Water Fishing Near New York. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 24.— Bluefishing in the vicinity 
of New York is practically at a standstill. Not a bluefish 
has been caught by the Sheepshead Bay or Canarsie boats 
during the past week. Two weeks ago bluefishing was at 
its best, but the fish have suddenly disappeared and refuse 
positively to be caught. 
Because of this state of affairs the captains of the fish- 
ing boats have confined themselves to fluke fishing, with 
only fair success. Capt. Bob Greenwood, of Sheepshead 
Bay, and a party on board the Annie C. brought in fifty- 
six fiuke last Monday and a smaller mess the following 
Sunday. Nat Wilson, sailing the Pacific, had eighty on 
Sunday, and on the same day Capt. Will Cowdrick, of 
the Cricket, and his party captured seventy- six, one of 
which weighed fully 10 lbs., so the captain avers. These 
fish are caught by drifting in the vicinity of Sandy Hook. 
A rumor to the effect that a large number of the small 
bluefish, weighing 2 to 3 lbs , and commonly called snap- 
pers, had been captured off Manhattan Beach went the 
rounds of Sheepshead Bay last week. On the strength of 
this report Will Fox and myself spent last Saturday 
chumming for them from Will's speedy little Hope. We 
neither saw nor caught a fish of any kind, although we 
covered all the ground possible for a fast boat to cover. 
The smaller snappers, which are caught in the bays and 
creeks, have not come in yet. Everybody is anxiously 
awaiting their arrival. 
Sand porgies, usually so numerous in the month of 
August as to be considered a nuisance, are not caught in 
large numbers this year. 
To sum up, salt-water fishing in this vicinity is about as 
bad as it ever has been, and old fishermen attribute this 
condition to the stormy weather of the past month. 
G. F. DlEHL. 
Susquehanna Notes. 
Thursday, Aug. 13, we called on the genial correspond- 
ing secretary, James A. Dile, of the Pennsylvania State 
Fish Commission, at York, Pa., and from him learned of 
the serious illness of the late Henry C. Ford, president of 
the Commission. Mr. Ford, for a number of years the 
head and to a considerable extent the soul of the Pennsyl- 
vania Commission, served the State well; his loss will be 
deeply felt and his place will be hard to fill. Under him 
in fishcultural matters the State has taken first rank; to 
him angling was the chief of recreations, and the frater- 
nity has lost one of its most honored members. 
The bass fishing in the Susquehanna had been fair be- 
fore the July run of bad water, and during the week end- 
ing Aug. 15 the fish were biting ail along the river. 
There is usually very good trolling for pike perch 
(salmon) in deep water from October to Christmas, even 
when the slush ice is running. Complaints have been 
made of salmon being caught in fish pots in the lower 
part of the river. Favorite resorts are found along the 
river from Bainbridge to Fites Eddy. At the latter place 
Capt. Dannar looks out for the fishing, welfare and com- 
fort of many guests. Bart. 
Bass Near Philadelphia. 
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 24 — I have just returned 
from a very pleasant ten days' fishing trip at Blackwood 
Lake, Blackwood, N. J. , where I found black bass, pike, 
large catfish and perch abound. Was out fishing every 
day, and landed all the fish that were wanted for our 
table. The largest bass caught was 4ilbs. 
The last half day I succeeded in landing one bass 3 Jibs., 
one 2ilbs., and one lib., which was returned to the water; 
also twenty-eight large catfish and one yellow Ned. Not 
so bad for a half day's sport. 
The lake is a very fine body of water close to our city 
and only about lOOyds. from Blackwood Station. There 
are also boats to hire at a nominal price, and live bait is 
furnished by Mr. E. L. Wilcox. Any one wanting a day's 
outing and pleasure could not do better than go there and 
cast his luck. , V. V. D. 
The Giant and the Beetle. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
1 wish to thank Mr. Stewart for his correc- 
tion of my misquotation. It came from pure care- 
lessness in not looking the matter up, for a vol- 
ume of Shakespeare is always on my desk to be picked up 
at an odd minute, opened and read at any accidental page, 
and when Mr. Stewart's note was read I opened the vol- 
ume at Measure for Measure, and read Isabella's words in 
Act III., Scene 1. Of course one can't tell why he did 
such a thing, I knew where that quotation could be 
found, and will try not to offend in this manner again. 
.Fred Mather, 
Round Mountain Lake. 
Boston, Aug, 17, — There is still some fly-fishing for 
trout in the more distant and less frequented lakes and 
ponds in Maine. Mr. L, M. Crane is back from Round 
Mountain Lake, and though going with many misgivings 
and expectations of "no luck at all," he is most happily 
disappointed. He says that they caught trout, with the 
fly only, nearly every morning and evening; taking all the 
camp could possibly use. The trout are small, to be sure, 
from i\h. to IJlbs., but he says that the lake is full of 
them. On his way home, leaving his son and wife at the 
camps, he met Dr. Creardo, with his son, at Rangeley. 
They were hunting for a spot where they could tak** trout 
on the fly with some sort of success. Round Mountain 
Lake was recommended by Mr. Crane and they went 
there. A letter Thursday from the younger Mr. Crane 
says that they are having great fishing. The Doctor is 
much pleased and is taking all the trout he cares to catch. 
They fish mornings and evenings and take thirty or forty 
at a trip, the smaller of which are returned to the lake, 
all, in fact, that are not wanted for the camp table. 
They also speak in high terms of the fare they get at the 
camps. Special. 
FIXTURES. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Sept. 1 to 4— Kingston Kennel Club's bench show. H. C. Bates, 
Cor. Sec'y, Kingston, Ont. 
Sept. 7 to 11.— Rhode Island State Fair Association's fourth annual 
show, Providence, R. I. 
Sept. 7 to 11.— Toronto Exhibition Association's eighth annual show, 
Toronto, Can. C. A. Stone, Sec'y of bench show. 
Sept. 8 to 11.— Binghampton Industrial Exhibition's sixth annual 
bench show. C. H. Barrett, Supt. 
Sept. 14 to 17.— Montreal Kennel Association's bench show, Montreal. 
Or. Lanigan, Sec'y. 
Sept. 15-18.— Orange County bench show, Newburgh, N. T. Robt. 
Johnston, Sec'y. 
Sept. 22 to 24.— Milwaukee Kennel and Pet Stock Association's second 
annual dog show, Milwaukee. Louis Steffen, Sec'y. 
Sept. 22 to 25.— Queens County Agricultural Society's bench show, 
Mineola, L. I. J, jilortimer. Manager, Hempstead, L. I. 
Sept. 23 to 26.— Stockton Fair Association's bench show, Stockton, 
Cal. D. J. Sinclair, Sec'y. 
Oct, fl to 8.— Daubury Agricultural Society's show, Danbury, Conn. 
G. M. Bundle, Sec'y. 
Dec. 1 to 4,— City of the Straits Kennel Club's local show, Detroit, 
Mich. R. H. Roberts, Sec'y. 
Dec. 8 to 11.— Augusta, Ga.— Georgia Poultry and Pet Stock Associ- 
ation. J. W. Killingsworth, Sec'y. 
Dec. 15 to 18.— Central Michigan Poultry and Pet Stock Associa- 
tion's show, Lansing, Mich. 0. fl. Crane, Sec'y. 
• FIELD TRIALS 
Sept. —.—Winnipeg, Man.— Manitoba Dog Owners' Association's 
inaugural trials for amateurs, R. J. Gallaugher, Sec'y. 
Sept. 2.— Morris, Man.— Manitoba Field Trials Club. John Wootton, 
Sec'y, Manitou, Man. 
Sept. 7.— Kennedy, Minn.— Continental Field Trial Club's chicken 
trials. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Oct. 19.— Brunswick Fur Club's annual hound trials, Barre, Mass. 
Bradford S. Turpin, Sec'y, Roxbury, Mass. 
Oct. 26.— Hempstead, L. I.— Natioonal Beagle Club's trials. Geo. 
W. Rogers, Sec'y, 250 W. Twenty-second street, New York. 
Oct. 28.— Greene county, Pa.— The Mononganela 'bailey Game and 
Fish Protective Association's second annual trials. S. B. Cummings 
Sec'y, Pittsbiu-g. 
Nov. 2.— Oxford, Mass.— New England Beagle Club's trials. W. 8. 
Clark, Sec'y, Linden, Mass. 
Nov. 2.— Union Field Trial Club's Inaugural trials. P. T. Madison, 
Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind 
Nov. 10 — Columbus, Wis.— Northwestern Beagle Club's trials. Lotiis 
Steffen, Sec'y, Milwaukee. 
Nov. 10.— Leamington, Ont.— Peninsular Field Trial Club, Leaming- 
ton, Ont. 
Nov. 10.— Greene County, Pa.— Central Beagle Club's trials. L. O. 
Seidel, Sec'y. 
Nov. 16.— National Fox Hunting Association's third annual trials, 
Bardstown, Ky. F. J. Hagan, Sec'y. 
Nov. 16.— Newton, N. C— E. F. T. Club's trials. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y, 
Greenfield Hill, Conn. 
Nov. 17.— Chatham, Ont.— International Field Trial Club's trials. 
W. B. Wells, Sec'y, Chatham, Ont. 
Nov. 28.— Newton, N. C— U. S. F. T. Club's fall trials. W. B. Staf- 
ford, Sec'y. 
Dec. 14.— Athens. Ala.— Dixie Red Fox Club's second annual trials 
J. H. Wallace, Secy, Huntsville, Ala. 
COURSING. 
Sept. 23.— Cheyenne Valley Coursing Club's meeting, Sheldon, S, D, 
Dr. J. P. Aylen, Pres. 
Sept. 29.— Aberdeen Coursing Club's annual meeting, Aberdeen, S. 
D. Dr. F. W. Haragan, Sec'y. 
Oct. 6.— Mitchell Coursing Club's meeting, Mitchell, S. D. H. G. 
Nichols, Sec'y. 
Oct. 21 . — Altcar Coursing Club's meeting, Great Bend, Kan. T. W. 
Bartels, Sec'y. 
Oct. 28. — Kenmore Coursing Club's annual meeting, Herrington. 
Kan. C. A. Robinson, Sec'y. 
Oct. 13.— American Coursing Club's annual meeting, Huron, S. D 
F. B. Coyne, Sec'y. 
1897. 
Jan. —.—Continental Field Trial Club's quail trials, P. T. Madi- 
son, Sec'y. 
Jan. 18.— West Point, Miss.— U. S. F. T. C. winter trials. W. B. 
Stafford, Seo'y, Trenton, Tenn. 
THE HAULING DOG IN CANADA. 
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The hauling dog is not confined to barbarism or semi- 
civilization. He is used as a draft animal in many 
places, but in the vicinity of Quebec he is an institution, 
although of late years he is not so commonly used. In 
my young days, children drove dogs as they now drive a 
pony or a goat, but somewhere about 1860 a law was 
passed prohibiting the driving of dogs in the streets of 
the city and it was confined to the suburbs, especially in 
that of St. Sauveur. Large mongrels were bred and it is 
really wonderful what loads they could draw. The New- 
foundland was the favorite owing to its siza and weight, 
but when mastiffs or St. Bernards came in it was found 
that by crossing them witli greyhounds a fine hauling dog 
was the result, especially when it retained the short hair 
of the greyhound, as, in such case, it was better for the 
deep snow in winter. There was one dog, a cross be- 
tween a mastiff and a brindled greyhound, which re- 
tained the color and shape of the latter, but on a more 
massive scale, which had quite a record for its hauling 
powers. ° 
These dogs, whose harness is made like that of a pony, 
minus the bridle, and which are driven in shafts, are used 
for hauling wood and water; beggars use them to drive to 
their stations. At the present moment there is a cripple 
at the Island of Orleans who has a fine pair of Newfound- 
land dogs which he harnesses either abreast or tandem to 
a cart, and drives down to the park where he begs. 
This custom of driving dogs seems to have been followed 
in this country from the first settlement of the colony, and 
no doubt came from France, in the northern section of 
which, as in Belgium, dogs are still used as draft ani- 
mals. The Swedish naturalist Kalm, who came to Can- 
ada in 1749 and published a very interesting account of 
his travels in North America, which has been translated 
into English, has the following on the subject: 
"In man^ places here they use their dogs to fetch water 
out of the river. I saw two great dogs to-day put before 
a little cart, one before the other. They had neat harness 
like horses and bits in their mouths. In the cart was a 
barrel. The dogs are directed by a boy who runs behind 
the cart, and as soon as they come to the river they jump 
in of their own accord. When the barrel is filled the 
dogs draw their burden up the hill again to the house 
they belong to. I have frequently seen dogs employed in 
this manner during my stay at Quebec. Sometimes they 
put one dog before the water carts, which are made small 
on purpose. The dogs are not very great, hardly of the 
size of our common farmers' dogs. I have seen them fetch 
not only water, but likewise wood and other things. In 
winter it is customary in Canada for travelers to put dogs 
before little sledges, made on purpose to hold their 
clothes, provisions, etc. Poor people commonly employ 
them on their winter journeys and go on foot themeelves. 
Almost all the wood which the poorer people in this coun- 
try fetch out of the woods in winter is carried by dogs, 
which have therefore got the name of horses of the 
poor people. They commonly place a pair of dogs before 
each load of wood. I have likewise seen some neat little 
sledges for ladies to ride in in winter, which are drawn by 
a pair of dogs, and go faster on a good road than one 
would think they could. A middle-sized dog is sufficient 
to draw a single person when the roads are good. I have 
been told by old people that in their youth horses were 
very scarce here, and almost all the land carriage was 
then effected by dogs. Several Frenchmen, who have 
been among the Esquimaux on Terra Labrador, have 
assured me that they not only make use of dogs for draw- 
ing drays with their provisions and other necessaries, but 
are likewise drawn themselves in little sledges." ^ 
The Indians at Lorette, the last remnant of the great* 
Huron nation, and who are in much demand as guides for 
fishing and hunting, for they are expert canoemen and 
hunters, and understand English, use dogs to haul water 
from the river and firewood from their reserve. These 
same dogs are used to haul tents and hunting equipment 
on winter hunting expeditions, as one of these dogs, fol- 
lowing on the track beaten by snowshoes, will haul more 
than a man can carry and of course it is much easier for 
the man. 
A friend of mine, whose rifle has brought down many a 
moose and caribou, and who has landed many a fine sal- 
mon, once became the happy ovsmer of a Newfoundland 
dog called Rover, which was a splendid hauler and which 
he always took with him to haul his own personal 
baggage. Once when proceeding on a hunting ex- 
pedition north of Quebec with Lorette Indian guides 
he was accompanied by Rover, while the Indians had two 
other dogs. On their way they had to stop at one of the 
camps or log-houses erected by the Quebec Government 
at certain distances along the colonization road used by 
settlers proceeding to Lake St. John before the railway 
was built. Now the keeper of the post, where my friend 
and party had to pass the night, owned a huge cross-eyed 
yellow dog which bad a great reputation far and wide. 
He was supposed to be able not only to whip his weight 
in wild cats, but also to beat any number of dogs as 
well. There was a certain amount of anxiety among the 
party as to what would be the result of their dogs com- 
ing into contact with the yellow dog, and the Indians 
especially were uneasy, for if a dog was disabled it 
meant so much more for his master to carry. When they 
arrived the canine terror happened to be away, so there 
was a little respite, but just as the dogs were about to 
partake of their meal of shorts, oatmeal and biscuit with 
some of the pea soup, he turned up and announced his 
intention of having a meal at their expense. The Indian 
dogs at once recognized his superiority, but Rover was too 
hungry to lose his dinner, so he made up his mind to fight 
fgr it, and although generally a peaceful animal, he com- 
pletely conquered the other dog, which acknowledged 
him as his master. The night was cold and my friend 
took Rover to bed with him on the top bunk. Early in 
the morning he awoke, and looking down he saw the In- 
dians with their dogs lying on the floor, besides some 
settlers, also with dogs, as there were not enough bunks 
for all. My friend, who is a prominent member of the 
legal profession and professionally as serious as a judge, is 
a regular schoolboy when out on an expedition of this 
kind, and his spirit of mischief inspired him with the 
idea of having some fun. Seizing Rover, he threw him 
on the floor on top of the sleeping men and dogs, and in 
an instant there was the biggest of dog fights on hand, in 
which dogs, Indians and settlers were all mixed up, and 
the air was blue with polyglot profanity, while Rover's 
master was choking with laughter under his blankets. 
After a while order was restored, the dogs were separated, 
and their owners, who had been drawn into the scrim- 
mage, were repairing damages, and anxious to find out 
how the row had begun. No one seemed to suspect ex- 
cept tne head guide, who knew my friend's propensity of 
old, but was too loyal to betray him. 
I used to drive a dog myself harnessed to a little sleigh 
with miniature sleigh robes, silver bells, etc., when I was 
eight or ten years old, but I have had only one experience 
of driving a dog in the woods and I do not like it. My 
friend above mentioned, two others and myself, with 
Indian guides, were going into the bush for a fortnight's 
caribou hunting and we had two dogs with us, one being 
driven by the cook and the other by one of the guides. 
After walking for some time, as we got near the lake on 
which we were to camp, the head guide went ahead to 
reconnoiter and soon returned, saying that there were 
caribou on the ice. Of course all wanted to go, but that 
was impossible, because, as all the guides were wanted, 
some one had to remain with the cook to drive the other 
dog, for the day was getting on and if we did not hurry 
we would have to camp in the dark, an unpleasant job at 
any time, but especially in a snowstorm such as was then 
raging and which is ideal weather for caribou hunting, as 
it is easier to stalk them then. The lot fell to me, so I 
made the best of a bad bargain; for, in addition to driving 
the dog, I had to carry my own pack, which was not 
heavy, but still confined my shoulders by the pack strap. 
The cook was ahead with his dog Boule (pronounced Bool, 
a French variation of Bull; nearly every big dog here is 
called Boule by the French-Cinaaians) and my dog folr 
