Jan. 23, 1897.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
71 
In tlie New England Magazine, writing of New England 
bass, Charles F. Danforth. says: "la lakes and ponds, after 
spawning on the shoals or along the shore, he may be found 
in the same localities through July. Then, as the weather 
becomes warmer, he retires to deeper water, visiting the 
shoals anfl shores at night and morning for food. In Sep- 
tember look, for him an the shoals and reefs, where be stays 
the most of the da,y, unless in shallow water. Later in the 
fall, in October and November, these fish begin to congre- 
gate on sunken reefs and around logs and rocks in very deep 
water, and hibernate and lie dormant." 
Shooting and MsMng says, Sept. 3: "At Lake Madison 
the bass are rising to the fly early and late in the day. * * * 
The bass taken are small-mouth.' 
In Forest and Stream, Oct. 17, E. Hough reports; 
"Mr, G. Harris has been having some late fly fishing for 
bass, taking ten nice ones one day last week in the Kankakee 
River near Davis, Ind. ; he used scarlet ibis." 
1 wish readers would give their experience, stating what 
part of September and October they found the best time, 
naming flies and circumstances under which the bass were 
taken 1 am inclined to think that bass fly-fishing in the 
autumn would be better on rivers than on ponds; that the 
late afternoon would be best; that from Sept, 15 to Oct 3 
would be the beat time, and that the larger bass will not 
take flies. Lord Milfokb. 
The Kankakee River. 
KA-Nkakeb, 111., Jan. 5. — The fishing in the Kankakee 
River has been first rate the past season, better than usual. 
Somelhing out of the ordinary was fishing on New Year's 
Day. Mr. J. Will man thought he would try his luck on 
tbat day and caught four black bass that weighed over 
81bo. total weight. The weather had been quite warm for a 
week; New Year's was cloudy and rainy. He has had fine 
sport the past season, some of his catches running as high as 
thirty-five and forty fish in one day, mostly black bass — 
some fine salmon, 4 and 51bs. One of his nicest strings was 
nf seventeen black bass weighing 381bs. He knows every 
hole in the river. • A F. O. 
"Men I Have Fished With." 
Mk. IMather's next sketch will be printed in our issue of 
next sveek, Jan. 30. The subject will be Francis Endicott. 
"Angling Talks." 
We have a very few copies of George Dawson's "Anglins Talks," a 
series of chapters of enterrainingr cbat about men, fishermen, fish, 
fishing and fishing places. Cloth, 50 cents. Forest and Stream Pub- 
lisliing Co. 
' FIXTURES. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Feb. 3 to 5.— New England Kenuel Club's annual show, Boston, 
Feb. a3 to 25. — Westminster Kennel Club's twenty-flrst annual show , 
New York. James Mortimer, Supt., Boom 813, Nos, 66-70 Beaver 
street, New York, 
March 2 to 6.— St, Louis Kennel Club's shOTT, St; Louis* W. Hutch- 
inson, Sec'y, 
March 10 to I.S.— Mascoutah Kennel Club's eighth annual show, 
Chicago. John L. Lincoln, See'v. 
March 17 to 20.— Kentucky Kennel Club's show, Louisville, Ky. J. 
A, Heaves, Sec'y. 
March 17 to SO.— Milwaukee Kennel and Pet Stock Association's 
bench shoiv. Louis Steffln, Sec'y, Milwaukee. 
March 23 to S6.— Baltimore Kennel Association's second annual 
show. Dr. G. W. Massamore, Sec'y. 
BRUNSWICK FUR CLUB. 
The eighth annual winter meet of the Brunswick, Me , 
Fur Club was held at Brunswick, Jan. 11-16. The absence 
of any snow on the ground had a great deal to do with the 
attendance, the hopelessness of anything like a successful or 
satisfactory week of fox hunting under the existing circum- 
stances being apparent to all. With the ground frozen as 
solid as a rock, with a sandy dust flying into the air on the 
slightest provocation, with the thermometer hovering around 
zero mark and with a strong wind blowing, it was slight 
matter for wonder that many members stayed at home and 
prayed for snow instead of venturing out into the wide 
world with the idea of landing finally in Brunswick and 
of being in at the death of one of her red foxes 
Still there were several that came to Brunswick, and, if the 
weather was bad for fox hunting, spent a pleasant few days 
under the roof tree of Brunswick's popular hotel, the Ton- 
tine. Among the number were: Dr. A. C. Heffenger, 
president of the club, and W. A. Bragdon, of Portsmouth, 
N, H. ; N. Q, Pope, of Portland, Me. ; A Macgregor, of 
Poland, Me., a gentleman who has charge of Mr. Pope's 
kennels at Poland, and who knows as much about hounds, 
their ailments, etc., as any man living — at least that's my 
opinion of Mr. Macgregor based on informatiou and belief. 
G. R Hunnewell, of Lewiston, Me , was also on hand, as 
wag C. L. Higgins, of Bar Harbor. Others present were 
Bradford S Turpin. of Roxbury, Mass.; R. D. Perry, of 
Philipston, Mass.. the club's M. P. H. ; Noel E. Money, of 
Oakland, N. J.; J. H CJaft'ney, of Petersham, Mass. ; Chas. 
L. "Wellington, of Waltham, Mass. ; S. Williams, o"f Maldon- 
ville, Mass, ; T. H. Gledhill, Lewis'on, Me. ; Marshal Parks, 
of Bradford, N. H., and others whose names slipped my 
memory and my pencil. 
Being unable to leave New York earlier than Monday 
night, I missed not only the annual meeting and election of 
officers, but also the first day's hunt and the competition for 
the meerschaum pipe presented by Mr. Perry to the club, 
the pipe to go to the party teUing the best hunting story 
during the evening sessions of the week. For a report of 
the annual meeting I am indebted to Mr, Turpin, the club's 
secretary. 
Annual Meeting. 
The annual meeting of the club was held on Monday even- 
ing, Jan. 11, in the "Green Room" of the Tontine Hotel. 
Dr. A. 0. HeUenger, of Portsmouth, N. H,, president of the 
club, occupied the chair. Bradford S. Turpin, of Roxbury, 
Mass., secretary of the club, performed the duties of his po- 
sition as usual. 
After the reading of the secretary's and the treasurer's 
(W. A. Bragdon) report, three new members were, elected. 
These were: Chas. P. Wendell, of Portsmouth, N. H. ; C. 
L. Higgins, of Bar Harbor, Me. j A, Macgregor, of Poland, 
Me. 
Election of ofiicers resulted as follows: President, Dr. A. 
C. Hefienger;^Vice-Pre8idents, L. O, Dennison, Waltham, 
Mass. ; 0. F. Joslin, Oxford, Mass. ; E. A, Graves, Bruns- 
wick, Me.; Secretary, B S. Turpin; Treasurer, W A. 
Bragdon, Portsmouth, N. H ; Master of Foxhounds, R D, 
Perry, Phdioston, Mass. ; Executive Committee, Dr Heffen- 
ger; A. G. Hall, Brunswick. Me.; Noel E. Money, Oakland, 
N. J. ; A. B F. Kinney, Worcester, Mass ; George E. Carr, 
HoUiston, Mass. 
The following committees were also appointed : 
Field trials: R. D. Perry; H. W". Stetson, of Brunswick; 
and L. O. Dennison. 
Committee on judges: W. A, Bragdon; S Knight, Jr., 
of Brunswick; and G E. Carr. 
The annual field trials of the club will be held on Oct. 2.5 
next, and Barre, Mass., was named as the scene, provided 
satisfactory arrangements can be made. 
Medals for competition at these trials were promised as 
below: Endurance, W. A. Bragdon; hunting. Dr. A 0. 
Heffenger; trailing, N. E. Money; speed and driving, O. F. 
Joslin. N. Q. Pope also donated a medal to go to the- win- 
ner of the Derby. 
It was also decided that the Brunswick Fur Club should 
give a special prize— a gold medal— to be awarded to the 
best American foxhound,^ dog or bitch, shown at the next 
bench show of the Westminster Kennel Club in New Ydk. 
President Moore, of the Buckfield Fur Club, of Mon- 
mouth, Me. J who was present at the meeting, tendered a cor- 
dial invitation, on behalf of his club, to the members of the 
Brunswick Fur Club to attend his club's annual meeting at 
Canton the following week. President Moore also urged 
that the Brunswick Fur Club take action with a view to 
the better protection of foxes A motion was made and car- 
ried that a committee of three be appointed to go to Au- 
gusta and to act in conjunction with a like committee from 
the Buckfield Fur Club for the purpose named. The com- 
mittee appointed was: F. H, Wilson, H. J. Given and F. 
E Roberts, all of Brunswick. 
Another feature of the evening's business was the presen- 
tation of a meerschaum pipe to the club by R. D Perry 
This pipe was donated as a prize for the best hunting story 
told in the "Green Room" during the week of the club's 
meeting. The meeting, having no further business before 
it, adjourned in order that the competition for the pipe 
might be commenced. 
First Day's Hunt. 
As nearly as 1 can gather, twenty-three hounds were taken 
out the first day, Tuesday, Jan. 12. These were awned as 
follows: Dr. Heffenger's Torment and Joe Forest; Noel 
Money's Welsh foxhounds Medlar and Madcap, both fifteen- 
months-old puppies; N. Q. Pope's Clay, Samson and Strive; 
W. A. Bragdon 's Doc, Sancho, Scot and Gypsy; Marshal 
Parks's Billy; C L Wellington's Dot; T. H. Gledhill's 
Badge; J. H Gaflrney's Goss and Sport; Dr Fred Wilson's 
Wanda and Drake; R D. Perry's "little white hounri" (I 
never knew her by any other name); C. L Higgins's Don; 
S Williams's bitch, and a handsome dog known to me and 
others as the "Thompson boys' dog;" he was a Brunswick 
dog, as were also Dr Wilson's hounds. 
The hounds were taken out about a mile along the Dur- 
ham road, a trail being struck a short distance beyond the 
staudpipe. This fox was jumped and the hounds did their 
best under the adverse circumstances to keep him moving 
Other foxes were also jumped, the pack soon getting split 
up, a few; hounds finally landing in what is known as the 
"thousand acre" swamp, where one or two of them ma'ie 
a night of it. One of the foxes made a circle or two around 
by Rocky Hill, but no one managed to get a .shot at him or 
any other fox that day ; thus the pool for the first fox was 
carried over until the second day, 
During the evening a special meeting of the club members 
present was called to order by Dr. Heft'enger, the president 
of the club. The object of the meeting was to consider the 
advisability of paying all entrance fees at the annual field 
trials into the club's treasury with a view to defraying the 
expenses of the trials, A vote on the subject was taken and 
a motion to the above eiSect was carried unanimously, the 
general opinion of the club seeming to be that if a man 
would not run his hounds for medals and certificates, the 
trials could get along without him. 
All the club's meetings during the evenings of the week 
were held in the "Green Room," a room the walls of which 
were hung with pine and spruce boughs until not an inch of the 
paper underneath was visible. The resinous odor of the pines 
was delicious, that is, until the dozen or more cigars had 
gotten in their fine work. In regard to the decorating of the 
room, this was only one proof of the interest taken in the 
club and its guests by the management of the Tontine. Mr. 
L. P Huntoon, the proprietor, and Messrs Harmon Orr and 
George Knight, the clerks, all did their utmost to make 
things comfortable. (I want to go there again.) 
Second Day. 
It was just about 5" above zero when we started out on the 
second morning. The wind was not so strong to-day as it 
was on the first day, but there was enough of it to make it 
hard to hear hounds when they got away down wind. It 
was far pleasanter, too, to hug the sunny side of a stone wall 
instead of standing on a runway and freezing to death. One 
lox was killed to-day, Mr. Higgins, the new member of the 
club from Bar Harbor, being the lucky man As nearly as I 
could learn, he killed the fox in front of Mr. Perry's Clinker, 
a black hound that was not out on the first day, and Billy 
and Dot, two hounds that were never far apart 
We started out to-day with only eleven hounds; Billy, 
Dot, Clay, Samson, Sancho, Scot, Badge, Goss, Sport, 
Clinker and Medlar. Dr. Wilson's hounds and "the Thomp- 
son boys' " dog were not taken out to-day. Of the others 
that started on the first day, the following were still missing 
at roll call on this Wednesday morning: Torment, Madcap, 
Strive, Doc, Gypsy, Don and Mr. Williams's hound 
. The bulk of the pack went with us to Rocky Hill, but 
Messrs. Wellington and Parks walked out from town, and 
Billy and Dot soon had a trail that turned out satisfactorily 
later on At Rocky Hill a hot trail was struck and the fox 
was jumped in less than ni time. Being a stranger in the 
country and a complete stranger to the hounds, it was a lit- 
tle hard to know what to do and to tell what hounds were 
doing the best work when they did come my way. As I 
want to tell the story of this and Thursday's shoot in detail 
next week, I will only say that thanks to good luck and to 
Rich. Hunnewell's guiding hands I had lo s of fun and saw 
about all there was to be seen — except foxes. I heard a 
good story too about Noel Money's fox hunting in the vicin- 
ity of Lewiston last fall, but that story will keep a day or 
two and lose nothing if I can help it, 
Several fo:^es were jumped to-day, there being apparently 
no lack of them around Brunswick. A special feature of 
the day was a sight race that was enjoyed by Noel Money, 
Turpin and, I believe. Perry. It was late in the afternoon 
when Money spied what be thought was a fox crossing be- 
hind a house about 100yds. from him. It was a fox, and 
Sancho, who had just come up, saw that it was just what he 
had been looking for. The sight race started at once, with 
the fox well in the lead and apparently gaining at the start. , 
He went straight for the river, a mile and a half away, and 
disdained to enter a wood until he had covered that dis- 
tance, althoueh he had plenty of chances to do so By the 
time he took to the woods Sancho was close at his brush. 
Other hounds joined in and it was only a short wh'le before 
he went to ground. 
The evening session in the Green Room was marked by the 
narration of some excellent hunting stories. Dr. Wilson being 
answerable for more than one good one, among the number 
a goose story. 
Third Day. 
It is only necessary at present to mention briefly the hap- 
penings of the third day's hunt. The thermometer was 
down to zero, but there was no wind to speak of, making it 
much more favorable for hearing the hounds. Twelve 
hounds and twenty men made up the attacking force. The 
men were: N. E. Money, S. Williams, Jr., R. D. Perry, A. 
Maxjgregor, W. A. Bragdon, C. L. Higgins, M. Parks, C. E. 
Wellington, E. H. Bragg (a. new arrival who hailed from 
North Sidney, Me.), Fred H. Wilson, E. B. Nickerson, H. 
.1. Given, Oscar Nason, Ed Toothaker, Fred Shaw, Will 
Stetson, S. A. Knight, two of "the Thompson boys" and 
Edward Banks. 
The body of the pack, consisting of the following hounds, 
were thrown in at Rocky Hill: Clay, Samson, Scott, Doc 
and Sancho. These hounds had a fox going at once, and 
carried him well over to South Durham, bringing him right 
up to the main body of men who had gone in the second 
wagon with Billy, Dot and Medlar, starting in at Coffee 
Hill, near a cross road known by various titles. Billy, Dot 
and Medlar had a good trail, and were working up to their 
fox when the other pack could be heard running lo the 
northeast; Medlar harked to them and had lots of fun while 
Billy and Dot stuck to their trail and jumped their fox, 
taking him over to the village of South Durham. What 
became of them after that I cannot say, but I understood 
they had a fox going (along with other hounds) in tlxe 
"thousand acre swamp" when the shades of night had 
fallen. 
Dr. Wilson came out with his two hounds, Wanda and 
Drake, and "the Thompson boys" came along with him, 
birnging their hound. They arrived on the field rather late, 
but were in evidence when it came to the final round-up and 
"apple social," near Coffee Hill. 
'The story of how Billy stalked Will Stetson, how Nicker- 
son missed the fox, the trials of Doc Wilson when his 
hounds were working out a cold trail and other people 
would bother them, the hunting of the bob-tailed black fox 
by some of us, etc., all this shall be told. 
The proprietor of the Tontine, Mr. Huntoon, made this 
evening one of the pleasantest of the week. Besides unlim- 
ited music from the throats of City Marshal H. E. "Teal, of 
Lewiston, and Ed Snow, assisted by others with good lungs 
and tuneful vocal chords, Mr. Huntoon sprung a surprise on 
the boys by calling them about 10 :30 to a supper of steam- 
ing hot clams, dragged that very day from the bottom of 
one of the arms of Casco Bay. 
Fourth Day. 
Business compelled my return to New York on this day; 
Noel Money also had to leave for the city at 11 :25 A. M. A 
snow squall was holding out hopes of an inch or two of 
snow when we left, but as far as I can learn hopes were 
about all thai it amounted to. 
Bragdon and Macgregor did not go out with the hunting 
party this morning, but went on a hunt after some of their 
missing dogs about 10 o'clock. When the bunting party 
left the hotel at 7 :30, nearly all the dogs that had been miss- 
ing the night before were still absent. Chnker, Orator and 
Linda were all that were ready to start; Billy, Marshal 
Parks's dog, arrived at the hotel just as the team was start- 
ing, so he was taken along to make another. Billy's firm 
friend, Dot, was still out. I am indebted to Mr. Ed. 
Toothaker for the following brief review of the day's sport: 
"Threw in on the high bill west of where we ate the ap- 
ples yesterday afternoon, given the name of Coffee Hill by 
members of the club. Our dogs were Clinker, Linda, Billy 
and Orator. They winded a fox on the side of the hill, and 
drove him for one hour toward the northwest. They sepa- 
rated out there, and came back with two foxes ahead of them. 
At 10:45 Rob Perry shot at a fox ahead of Clinker, and 
scored a miss. Clinker quickly driving the fox to ground. 
Billy, Linda, Orator and Dot (who had joined the pack) sent 
their fox to earth at 1 :30 In the same burrow tbat Clinker 
had previously driven his fox. 
"At 2 o'clock the boys were cal'ed together and it was de- 
cided to dig the foxes out. Securing the proper tools, we 
started for the den, which is the same den into which a fox 
was driven on Wednesday by Mr. Graves's Hunter and an un- 
known hound. We dug until dark, and then, securing a 
lantern from a resident farmer, and building a large fire at 
the mouth of the den, kept on digging until 7 P. M., when 
the tunnel caved in upon us, nearly pinning Capt. E. B. 
Nickerson and Perry's hound Orator. 'Thinking it danger- 
ous to dig further, we started for home, reaching the hotel 
at 8:10." 
A postscript to the above letter states that ihe meerschaum 
pipe was awarded to Dr. F. H. Wilson for his story of the 
"three geese he didn't get." Mr, Toothaker also adds that 
Capt. Nickerson has started a cheese factorjr at Coffee Hill. 
Edward Banks. 
Irisli Terrier Club of America. 
Boston, Jan. 12. — The Irish Terrier Club of America has 
been organized. The following officers were elected: Presi- 
dent, Oliver Ames; Vice-President, W. L. Beadleston; 
Treasurer, Samuel D. Parker, 50 State street, Boston; Sec- 
retary, O. W. Donner, 70 State street, Boston. The gover- 
nors of the club are; Oliver Ames, W. L. Beadleston, Samuel 
D. Parker, 0. W. Donner, G. M, Weld, Edwai-d Brooks, B. 
L. Sacktlt and W. A. Thom,son. 
The outlook for the club is very encouraging, a large num- 
ber of applications for membership having already been 
received. Printed club lules and other particulars can be 
obtained by application to the secretary. 
O, W. DoNNBB, Sec'y. 
