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altogether out of proportion to the cost of instituting the 
work. 
As a favorable opportunity presented itself for obtain- 
ing small-mouthed bass in Sussex county, 188 of these fish 
were placed in Culver's Lake, making a total of 236 adult 
small-mouthed bass placed in that water during the past 
year. — Protector Shriner's Report for September. 
'POPSKINNY." 
In Forest and Stream of Sept. 12 Mr. A. C. Stott, of 
Stottville, N, Y,, kindly corrects my phonetic spelling of 
the name of the creek where we boys fished, and gives it 
"Popscheny," as taken from an old map published in 1776 
"by act of Parliament." He writes me under date of 
Sept. 18 as follows: "I have been much interested in 
looking up the earliest recorded spelling of this word. In 
the 'History of the City of Albany, New York,' by A. J. 
Weise, published in Albany in 1884, 1 find a full account 
of the early Dutch settlement of that part of our State. 
* * * Again, quoting Weise's own words: 'In order to 
possess an extent of land on the east side of the river equal 
to that which he [Killian Van Rensselaer, the original 
Patroon] had purchased on the west side, the Patroon in- 
structed Jacob Albertyen Planck, thejfirst sheriff of Rens- 
selaerwyck, to buy from the Indians the tract of land 
called Papsickenekas, extending southward from a point 
opposite Swack Island. This additional land was pur- 
chased on the 30th of April, 1687.' According to Weise, 
■Castle Island is the one directly in front of Albany, on 
which the warehouses now stand. This being correct, the 
distance from a point opposite Castle Island to a point op- 
iposite Swack Island, on the east side of the river, covers 
the present site of East Albany and Greenbush. As Pap- 
sickenekas was the name by which this tract of land was 
then known, is it not more than probable that your 'Pop- 
skinny' and the English 'Popscheny' are derived from the 
•original Indian or Dutch name? The name does not ap- 
jpear in the 'Index to Documents Relating to the Colonial 
History of the State of New York.' " 
Now enters into the field my lifelong friend Col. David 
A, Teller, of Greenbush, whose ancestral estate lies upon 
iihe banks of the water with the disputed name. He had 
been invited to look up the old titles and see if any of the 
lawyers who drew the deeds for his family in the long 
ago could spell a word of three syllables. His answer 
was delayed so long that I began to think he would not 
areply because of a certain transaction in apples some 
years ago. He claims that John Atwood and 1 did felo- 
niously and with premeditation despoil his favorite apple 
tree of its fruit in A. D. 1847. Generously overlooking 
private animosities, he writes: "I have been so crippled 
with rheumatism that I could not hold a pen to write you 
until now. * * * As to that creek, concerning which 
there has been a discussion about the spelling of its name, 
I will try to settle the point for all time. You are wrong. 
You always did march left in front and I am not sur- 
prised that you did not get this right.* 
"After a thorough and exhaustive search through the 
old deeds of my farm I find that all who have engaged in 
this spelling match are wrong. It isn't a creek at all and 
never was one. It is a 'kill' pure and simple, and this is 
the way it is spelled in all of our old papers: 'Papskanee 
Kill.' Paste this in your hat to preserve in case you put 
your reveries in book form." 
There you have it! Who shall decide when doctors 
disagree? It is safe to say that when Col. Teller's mind is 
entirely diverted from apples he would pronounce the 
name "Popskinny," as I have used it; but if he should 
have that valuable fruit in mind he might say: "The 
name of that kill— it is not a creek, sir— is Papskanee, sir! 
Emphasis on the 'pap,' sir." 
Here in the hands of these eminent investigators of 
musty records I will leave the question, only to be re- 
newed when Col. Teller and I fifi;ht our battles over in 
his mansion on the banks of the Popskinny. F. M. 
* The apple transaction Is eyidently in mind. 
AT LAKE WEBB, ME. 
Boston, Oct. Z.— Editor Forest and Stream: I reported 
my luck a few weeks ago, and pretty poor luck it was, 
too. I now report that of a friend. Mr, J. S. Duncklee, 
the chairman of the Boston board of assessors, is an ex- 
pert with both rod and gun, and I have passed many en- 
joyable days with him following the streams in Maine 
and New Hampshire. He is one of the few men here- 
abouts who always get several messes of trout in the early 
spring from the brooks within a dozen miles of the gilded 
dome on Beacon Hill. In 1887 he made his trip with me 
to "Ward's camps on the Dead Diamond River, and he 
liked the region so well that he went there half a dozen 
successive years. Last year and this, however, he passed 
his vacation at Lake Webb, 'way down in Maine, taking 
Mrs. D. along. It is of the trip of this season I propose 
to speak. The weather was not of the best for camp life 
in the woods, but he always got trout when he went out 
for them. 
On the last day in camp, however, Sept. 22, he had a 
short period of excitement that was alone worth the 
journey. Toward night he and Mr. Chase, the proprietor 
of the camps, took the little steam launch and went up to 
on© of the favorite pools to try for the speckled beauties. 
They had hardly got the anchor down before the wind 
began to blow and a young gale was soon making white- 
caps all over the lake. Mr. Duncklee used three flies— a 
Montreal, a coachman and an Alexandra— with a light 
bethabara rod of his own make. Of course with a wind 
such as he encountered casting was difficult, but he soon 
had a strike and brought a pound trout to the net, and 
for the next three-quarters of an hour he had more sport 
than he ever before experienced in double that time. He 
caught five trout that weighed as follows: lib., 2lbs., 
Slbs., Slbs., Silbs,; total ll^lbs. He was satisfied, and he 
ought to have been. During his stay he caught one land- 
locked salmon that gave him plenty of excitement before 
he was brought to the net. 
By the way, let me say how pleased I was to read in 
the Forest and Stream of July 25 Mr. Barney's brief 
account of his trip to Ward's old camp on the Dead Dia- 
mond. It brought vividly to mind the many happy days 
I had spent there with Mr. Duncklee and my old camp- 
ing partner. Jack Riedell, of Manchester. For eight suc- 
cessive years the latter gentleman and I, with Peter Ban- 
nett as guide, boated up the river to that beautiful spot, 
where we caught all the trout we wanted, and where we 
found all the enjoyments that any reasonable men could 
expect or desire. Wm. B. Smart. 
New Jersey Coast Pishing'. 
AsBURYPark, N. J., Oct. 8.— It would be a relief to 
record something of interest in relation to surf fishing. 
Never has September been so devoid of results. The most 
experienced have been unable to make any catch worthy 
of note. The bays and rivers have, however, given good 
results, particularly is this true of Barnegat. Whenever 
night fishing has been prosecuted weak fish, kingfish and 
sheepshead have been plentiful; and now the striped bass 
are working in from the ocean and are biting freely, 
Much the same course should be pursued in taking the 
bass as I have recommended for night weakfishing, with 
this difference: the bass is best taken along the sedges 
where the channel runs close in; pay off to the tide with 
line but little loaded, and results are nearly certain, 
Charles Atkins, proprietor of the Ocean Hotel, has just 
returned from a week's trip at Harvey's Cedars, a favorite 
fishing resort along Barnegat, and succeeded in taking 
four red drum or channel bass, of 34^, 32, 35 and 42lb8, 
respectively. He reports that fishing for all other 
varieties is pretty poor yet, as the fish are still in the 
upper portion of the bay. 
The cool evenings have started the pickerel biting, and 
some good catches are being made from the lakes. This 
usually lasts until freezing weather and gives good sport 
with proper tackle. White perch, too, are now at their 
best and are taking the hook freely. Leonard Hdlit. 
'he Mmml 
F IXTU RES. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Dec. 1 to 4.— City of the Straits Kennel Club's local show, Detriot, 
Mich. R. H. Roberts, Sec'y. 
Dec. 8 to 11.— Augusta, Ga.— Georgia Poultry and Pet Stock Associ- 
ation. J. W. Killingsworth, Sec'y- 
Deo. 15 to 18.— Central Michigan Poultry and Pet Stock Associa- 
tion's show, Lansing, Mich. C. H. Crane, Sec'y. 
FIELD TIUALS, 
Oct. 19.— Brunswick Fur Club's annual hound trials, Barre, Mass. 
Bradford S. Turpin, Sec'y, Roxbury, Mass. 
Oct. 26.— Hempstead, L. I.— National Beagle Club's trials. Geo. 
W. Rogers, Sec'y, 250 W. Twenty-second street, New York. 
Oct. 28.— Greeue comity, Pa.— The Monongahela Valley Game and 
Fish Protective Association's second annual trials. 8. B. Cummines 
Sec'y, Pittsburg. 
Nov. 3.— Oxford, Mass.— New England Beagle Club's trials. W. 8. 
Clark, Sec'y, Linden, Mass. 
Nov. 2.— Carlisle, Ind.— Union Field Trial Club's inaugural trials. 
P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Nov. 10— Columbus, Wis.-i-Northwestern Beagle Club's trials. Louis 
Steffen, Sec'y, Milwaukee. 
Nov. 10.— Leamington, Ont.— Peninsular Field Trial Club, Leamme- 
ton, Ont. " 
Nov. 10.— Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.— Central Beagle Club's 
trials. L. O. Seidle, 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. 8. 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. 23.— 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. WaUace, Sec'y, Huntsville, Ala. 
COURSING. 
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, Sec'y, Trenton, Tenn. 
C. F. T. C. DERBY ENTRIES. 
The entries to the Continental Field Trials Club's Derby 
on quail number fifty three, of which twelve are 
pointers. All wefe born in 1895: 
Robert Emmett— J. P. Green's b., w. and t. Eaglish 
setter dog (Sam Gross — Bess R ). 
Sarsfield— J, P. Green's b., w. and t. English setter 
dog (Rod field— Opal). 
POTOMAC— Fox & Blythe's b., w. and t. Eaglish setter 
dog (Antonio — Countess Rush), 
Caroline- Fox & Blythe's b,, w. and t. Eaglish setter 
bitch (Antonio — Countess Rush). 
RowE F.— John T. Mayfield's lem. and w. Eaglish setter 
dog (Antonio — Nellie Hope). 
Anthony F.— John T. Mayfield's lem, and w. English 
setter doa: (Antonio — Nellie Hope). 
JOSIE Freeman— May field & Gude's b,, w. and t, English 
setter bitch (Antonio — Nellie Hope). 
RODFXELDS Boy— John T. Mayfield's (agt.) b., w. and t. 
English setter dog (Radfield— Sue Gladstone). 
Stella Hope— John T. Mayfield's (agt.) 1. and w. Eag- 
lish setter bitch (Antonio — Nellie Hope). 
Billy T.— W. R. Holliday's b. and w. Eaglish setter 
dog (Revenue — Daisy Bondhu). 
Keno N.— C. E. Nathurst's b., w, and t, English setter 
dog (Count Lucifer— Dashing Mamie). 
Saragossa Belle— p. M. Essig's b., w. and t. English 
setter bitcb (Gleam's Pink — Maud E ). 
Dave Earl— Theo. Gjodman's b,, w. and t. English 
setter dog (Count Gladstone IV.— Dan's Lady). 
Albert Lang- Theo. Goodman's b., w. and t. Eno-liah 
setter dog (Count Gladstone IV.— Dan's Lady). ° 
Tartar— S. L. James's b., w. and t. English setter doe 
(Count Gladstone IV. —Rod's Sylph). 
Gleam s Roy— J. J. Kinnane's b , w. and t. Eaglish 
setter dog (Gleam's Sport— Marie Avent). 
Florence Gladstone II.— J. D. Poston's b,, w, and t. 
English setter bitch (Antonio— Florence Gladstone), 
Abdalla Cressa— J. B. Turner's liv. and w. pointer 
bitch (Rex— Tinney Kent). 
Rods Pell— H. R. Edward's b., w. and t. Eaglish set- 
ter bitch (Rodfield— Opel). 
Minnie P.— A. C. Peterson's o. and w. English setter 
bitch (A_ntonio — Nelly Blv). 
Pin AIoney— Charlottesville F. T. Kennels' b. b. English 
setter bitch (Count Gladstone IV,— Daisy Croft). 
Shadow— Coarlottesville F. T. K-^nnela' 1. and w. Eng- 
lish setter bitch (Count Gladstone IV.— Daisy Croft). 
Sahib— Charlottesville F. T. Kennels' liv. and w. pointer 
dog (Delhi— Selah). ^ 
Rupee— Charlottesville F.T. Kennels' liv. and w. pointer 
bitch (Delhi— Selah). ^ 
Deacon— Charlottesville F, T. Kennels' b. and w. pointer 
dog (Rip Rap— Dolly D.). 
Sam Hill— Dr. Jas. McDowell's b., w. and t. Eaglish 
setter dog (Rodfield— Indiana Belle). 
Agnes Wiokfield— H. S, Bevan's b., w. and t. English 
setter bitch (Whyte B. — Rosa Bavan). 
DiNGLEY Dkll— H, S. Bevan's b., w, and t. English 
setter bitch (Whyte B.— Rosa Bavan). 
Jenny Wren— H. S. Bevan's b., w. and t. English set- 
ter bitch (Whyte B — Rosa Bavan). 
Ripple— H. S. Smith's hv. and w. pointer bitch (Rip 
Rap— Pearl's Dot). 
Merry Maiden— P. Lorillard, Jt.'s, b., w. and t. Eng- 
lish setter bitch (Eugene T.— Maiden Mine). 
Luta L —P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, b., w. and t. English setter 
bitch (Fugene T.— Beryl). 
Olivette -P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, b., w. andt. English set- 
ter bitch (Eugene T.— Beryl). 
Count Gloster— P. Lorillard, Jr.'e, b., w. and t. Eng- 
lish setter dog (Eugene T,— Gloster Girl). \ 
Maid's Lad— P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, b., w, and t, English 
setter dog (Eugene T.— Maiden Mine). 
Tyrone— Edward A. Burdett's b., w, and t. Eaglish 
setter dog (Oincinnatus Pride— Gossip), 
Abbotsford Marion— Edward A. Burdett's b., w. and 
t. English setter bitch (Cincinnatus Pride— Gossip). 
Firefly— Jas. S. Crane's liv. and w. pointer bitch (Rip 
Rap — Glipiway II). 
Alice B.—W. H, Beazell's b., w. andt. English setter 
bitch (Whyte B. — Rosa Bevan), 
Walter Gladstone— H. B. Ledbetter's b., w. and t. 
English setter dog (Gladstone's Boy— Nat's Queen), 
Alloysia— Dr. C. I. Shoop's liv. and w. pointer bitch 
(Rip Rap— Dolly D,). 
Fairy Kent— Paul H, Gotzian's liv. andw. pointer bitch 
(Lad of Beaufort — Daisy Kent). 
Allie W. — Del Monte Kennels' b, and w. English set- 
ter bitch (Prince Lucifer— Clare). 
Tick Tick— Del Monte Kennels' liv, and w. pointer doe 
(Tick Boy— LulaK.). 
Moerlbin— T. W. O'Byrne's b. and w. pointer dog (Rip 
Rap — Belle of Ossian). 
Red Skin— T. W. O'Byrne's liv. and w. pointer dog 
(Louis Kent — Fleety Fay). 
Rodstone— N. B. Nesbitt's (agt.) b,, w, and t, English 
setter dog (Cinch — Rod's Florence), 
HURSTBURN Zip— D, E, Rose's (agt.) b,, w. and t. Eaglish 
setter dog (Tony Boy— Dimple), 
Count Odum— d, E Rise's (agt.) o, and w. English set- 
ter dog (Count Gladstone — Marie Avent), 
Christina— D. E, Rose's (agt.) b., w. and t. Eaglish set- 
ter bitch (Blue Ridge Mark — Lou R.). 
GuENN— D. E Rose's (agt.) b,, w. and t. English setter 
bith (Blue Ridge Mark— Lou R.). 
Alabama Girl— D. E, Rose's (agt,) 1, and w. pointer 
bitch (Von Arrow — Lady Mull). 
Rod Gladstone— Wm. Pollard's b., w, and t. English 
setter dog (Rodfield— Sue Gladstone). 
P. T. Madison, Sec'y-Treas. 
CHICKEN TRIALS. 
With the admonitory and expensive experience of the 
Continental Field Trials Club in giving trials on chickens 
at Kennedy, Minn., recently— an experience which, it is 
safe to say, will deter it, and all other clubs whose mem- 
bers are non-residents of the chicken country, from ever 
giving a trial on chickens again, at least on any financial 
policy which contemplates guaranteed purses — a lesson 
may be learnt. The club paid a large deficit out of its 
treasury in settling the chicken trial accounts. 
The guaranteed purse, given so many years and so dis- 
astrously by most of the field trial clubs, gave the Conti- 
nental Club one of the discouraging blows which such 
purse sooner or later, generally sooner, gives to any club 
which guarantees it. 
Speaking generally, there never was at any time any 
sound financial reason for giving the large guaranteed 
purses which have been given. Most of them were the 
outcome of club rivalries, and the large purses, so engen- 
dered, reduced the policy and action of the club to the 
purely commercial, instead of being an institution for the 
encouragement of wholesome field sports with dog and 
gun and the improvement of the dog, as the clubs pro- 
fessed their purposes to be. For when the secretary was 
confronted with a fixed amount of club liabilily on the 
one hand and a vague and erratic support on the other, 
he had to devote all his energies to securing a revenue. 
In some successful years the club might have a few hun- 
dred dollars to its credit, and after several successful 
years there might even be a few thousand; but the faulti- 
ness of the system in the end was sure to work a harm, 
and not infrequently ruin. 
There is no reason why a body of men should guarantee 
a fixed amount in purses. The field trial clubs are not 
money-making concerns, and none of them own any 
property, so that when a member joins, the assets are 
simply the enthusiasm and good-fellowship of the mem- 
bers, and a common interest and purpbse in sport with 
dog and gun, and the better improvement of the dog. 
Forest and Stream pointed out some years ago the fal- 
lacy of the field trial clubs' financial- policy, but at that 
time, as the troubles were not directly at hand, the mor- 
row could care for itself. At present all the great clubs 
of the United States are confronted with possible deficits, 
and have faced others to the damage of their treasuries — 
so much so that there is very little treasury left. 
It is folly to ignore such important matters on the as- 
sumption that they are but temporary and will soon 
pass away; on the contrary, the clubs pass away and the 
trouble is constant. 
A few years ago, when there was a boom in field dogs, 
and the swift-galloping dog was eagerly sought because 
such a dog was the fashion, and his brothers, sisters, 
cousins and aimts sold at high figures because thev had 
the same blood and color as the dog jwhich had the' swift 
gallop, a large support was brought in by the commercial 
possibilities. The dog which ran fast was many times 
found to be an imitation dog, which had the appearance 
of seeking wide and fast, when, as a matter of fact, he 
was running because he felt in high spirits; and more- 
over tbiose times have passed away. The boom has had 
its rise, progress and decline, and it is the part of com- 
mon sense to accept the situation as it is. 
Field trials should be encom-aged, but it should be done 
on a sound basis. Make them a sweepstake. The com- 
petitors then make their own rewards. 
