JlTLT 10, 1897.] 
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from a trip at Biloxi, Miss. In two days'iflsliing iie is re- 
ported to have made the following score : Mackerel 33, trout 
130, hogflsh 60, bluefish 14, sheephead 19, pompano 6, jack- 
fish 10, grouper 35, spadefish 373. 
A Woman Warden, 
Mrs. "Warren Neal, of Neal, Mch.. has just been appointed 
deputy game warden for Grand Traverse county by State 
Warden Osborne. Mrs. Neal is forty-two years of age and 
of medium stature. She says she took her office because she 
wanted to see the fish and game m Grand Traverse county 
protected, and that the men do not seem to be able to enforce 
the laws. These are stirring times. 
The Invasion of Minnesota. 
Jnne 19. — I read with much interest the comment of 
Grumbler in last week's Forest and Streaji upon the 
iuvasion of Minnesota by non-resident sportsmen. Of 
course, there is entire justice, from one standpoint, in the 
assertion that there can be no invasion of Minnesota as a new 
sporting country, since it has already been invaded and over- 
run with shooters and anglers from other regions. The re- 
mark should be understood, naturally, as one made only in 
a relative sense. Relatively speaking, Minnesota, depleted 
as she is in many respects, has more fish and game than 
those parts of Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michi- 
gan which have been the chief resorting grounds of a large 
sporting contingent from this city and this portion of the 
West. Into this once magnificent shooting and fishing coun- 
try there run three great and more than one small railroad, 
and each of these has done its best to encourage sportsmen's 
travel into that region. It is impossible to say how many 
thousand anglers for muscallonge, how many thousands of 
deer hunters have at one time or another been taken into 
the upper pine woods country by the advertisements 
and the solicitations of these railroads. The result 
has been that the resources of the region have been much 
curtailed. It is no longer so easy to get a good specimen of 
the muscallonge, nor quite so safe and easy to kill a deer as 
it once was, though abundance still remains for those dis- 
posed to be satisfied with the half loaf. The railroads have 
had to do only with the destruction of the fish and game, it 
not being their concern to replace it, though in some in- 
stances railroads have aided in the planting of game fish. It 
is the business of the railroad always to discover new country 
a little further on into which to cany the sportsman tourist. 
Thus far, the wonderful domain of the great West has always 
offered this new country or this country relatively new, a 
little further on. The railroads which took the sportsmen 
into Wisconsin wUl just as gladly carry them on into Minne- 
sota. I should call it easier now to get a good muscallonge 
in Minnesota than in Wisconsin, and 1 should rather go into 
Minnesota for a deer than to chance it in Wisconsin, though 
one could be had in the latter State with absolute certainty. 
For a moose I should have to go into Minnesota, not into 
Wisconsin, and for trout fishing I am disposed to think that 
there are streams in upper Minnesota of which we shall in 
time come to hear as intimately as we now do of those in 
Wisconsin and Michigan. 
Disgruntled Rocky Mountain Guides. 
There are guides and guides, and there is competition in 
guiding, too, even away out in the Rocky Mountains. The 
guide's season is short, and there seems a general impression 
among the craft of good guides that a man needs good pay 
for his short season. I have in the course of trade this week 
come in possession of letters from two diilerent guides out 
in Montana. J. W. Schultz, of Kipp, Blackfoot reserva- 
tion, says that Wabash, who wrote lately in Forest and 
Stream, is making the regular guides out in his country 
feel rather sore at the sort of lay-out he offers, and they do 
not like the idea of an Eastern man coming out into their 
country and "trying to knock them out of their living." 
He allows as how Wabash is a pilgrim and plenty recent in 
the mountains. A second Rocky Mountain man, G. H. Hay- 
wood, of Red Lodge, writes still more explicitly concerning 
Wabash. He allows that Wabash is new in the hills, and 
does not love his methods of trade in the guiding business, 
Mr, Haywood says he can't compete when it comes to work- 
ing for nothing, and he goes on to add that he has a good 
deal of correspondence from parties wanting to go into the 
mountains, but they all want to know about the price the 
first thing. He does not think the outlook very good, and 
remarks with comfort that he is glad he has other ways of 
making a hving, though he has a fine outfit and knows the 
country. He says, "1 won't bother much with this sort of 
thing, and the folks can take it or leave it, as they like." 
Both the above guides inveigh against pilgrimism in general, 
but more especially and particularly against pilgTimism in 
guides. And thus endeth the first chapter. E. Hough. 
1806 BoYCE BmLDiNG, Chicago. 
Ontario Fish and Game Notes. 
Belleville, Ont., June 28.— Recently a doe gave birth to 
a fawn in a barnyard in the township of Cashel, one of the 
northern townships of this county. The mother stayed each 
night with her oft'spring, which could not get out of the 
fenced enclosure, and the farmer kept the fawn, which is 
now thriving. A very large bear, which had been helping 
himself to live pork in the same locality, was trapped and 
killed a short time ago. 
Bass fishing has been but poor in the Bay of Quinte up to 
date, owing to the immense number of shad in the bay. 
Thomas McDonald, a fisherman who lives a few miles 
east of this city, has made a bass pond out of a disused stone 
quarry in which is a never-failing spring. The pond is about 
lOOtt. by 75ft., and its depth is from 8ft. to lift. Last 
spring Mr. McDonald put fourteen bass from the bay into 
this pond and now there are hundreds of thousands of fry in 
the pond. K. g. b. 
The Nepigon. 
Port Arthur, Can., June 36.— Mr. 8, H. Kerfoot of 
Chicago, and Mr. J. B. Kerfoot, of New York, have re- 
turned from a two weeks' trip up the Nepigon. They report 
very good fishing, even better than they expected for the 
early season, as they were the first tourists to go up the 
Nepigon, They got several large fish, the largest Sflbs. and 
5^1bs. each. They were delighted with their catch of Ne- 
pigon trout, and Intend to come again next season. 
Caribou are getting quite plentiful (since the closed season) 
on the North Shore of Lake Superior, The east bound 
Canadian Pacific Railway express killed a large buck, which 
ran on the track ahead of the engine, on Monday last near 
Nepigon station. Caribou are often seen by the engineers 
along the raihoad. John E, Newsojie, 
Where New Brunswick Trout Abound. 
Edmundston, New Brunswick.— Editor Forest and Sl/ream: 
Noticing your request to persons knowing of good hunting 
and fishing localities, I will say a few words relative to the 
merits of this way down east section of the country in regard 
to the chances here for these two sports. We have many 
lakes, rivers, streams and brooks near by, all well filled 
with brook trout, and the large waters have large fish. Our 
woods contain moose, caribou, deer and bear, which any one 
can secure some of in the proper season if they are good on 
the hunt, As for trout fishing, a gentleman with me last 
year took thirty-two fish (all above 21bs., the biggest 61bs.) 
in an evening and morning, about seven hours fishing. 
We have had a few of your people here who stumbled on 
us by chance, and those have come back again like the birds 
year after year. They tell no tales out of school. Years 
ago— it must be eighteen— one of the celebrated lawyers of 
Philadelphia got me to pilot him, hia wife and son for thirty 
days. The old man — ^he must have been sixty then— told 
me that that was his thirty-eighth annual fishing trip, and 
that he had fished in nearly all the available waters of the 
Northern States; but that even in their young and best days, 
the Rangeleys and Adirondacks could not begin to yield trout 
like the Temiscouata and its branches. I saw him take three 
trout at one cast, the whole weighing lO^lbs. They re- 
mained the thirty days; their boy gained lib. in weight for 
each day's stay. Seven years this man came, until old age 
stopped him. I once said to him: "You will likely tell some 
of your friends about your fine sport, when you get back?" 
With a smile on his grand old face, he answered: "Oh, no; 
let them find out for themselves," 
I have been guide here for twenty years, and am getting too 
old to follow the business any longer; and, as I have dearly 
loved the sport, and do yet, it also pleases me to point out to 
others where and how such sport may be attained. This is 
no railroad, steamboat, hotel or any other kind of an adver- 
tisement, but is just for those who desire and mean to go to 
the place where fish and game are plenty. 
S. J. Raymond. 
New Jersey Ooast Fishing. 
AsBURY Park, N. J., July 3.— I have just returned from 
a trip to Barnegat Bay and find the conditions there most 
promising. Weakflsh are abundant and are taking the hook 
freely. Night fishing gives the best results, as then the 
waters are not disturbed by the passing of boats, and general 
quiet is the order of affairs. 
Bluefish are in the bay in prodigious numbers ; perhaps 
never before has the condition of things been more favorable 
to the angler. Although they are not taking the squid as 
freely as may be desired, still chumming for them with men- 
haden is productive of the best results. I saw one party who 
returned yesterday with a catch of sixty-one fine fish, weights 
3i to 6lb3. each. The bluefishing has inspired netting for 
menhaden, which is unlawful at this season of the year, and 
complaint was made to me yesterday that great quantities of 
weakflsh were taken in the drift-nets used for menhaden. If 
this is a truth, the matter should be at once inquired into, as 
the angling interests of Barnegat Bay are of too pronounced 
a type to tolerate any netting interference. I have arranged 
for a trip during the ensuing week, taking in Tom's River, 
Cedar Creak, Forked River and Sedge Island, and will report 
my luck to Forest and Stream. Leonard Hultt. 
The Rangeleys. 
Anglers' Retreat, Middle Dam, Me., Juno '2,1.— Editor 
Forest and Btream: I am once again with "mine host" 
Coburn of this famous resort, and though the weather con- 
ditions have been most decidedly against fly-fishing we have 
had good sport, and obtained all the trout we wished to eat, 
and our ambition ceases when we reach that point in angling'. 
My only companion on this trip is Dr. L. T. Foss, of Bos- 
ton, and it is our purpose now to camp from B Pond through 
the most interesting parts of this beautiful country. Our 
trip will extend through nearly six weeks, and I shall have 
a fau-ly good chance to study recent guide legislation and its 
workings, so far as we see it. Thursday last, with Steve 
Morse for guide, we dropped down to head of pond in the 
river, where 1 succeeded in placing a 4 and a 2^-pounder to 
my credit. I believe that when we have some warm weather 
we shall 'have some fine fiy-fishing here at the dam and at 
pond in the river. Shall be pleased to send you all interest- 
ing facts. J. B. 
FIXTURES. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Sept. 1.— Continental Keld Trials Club's chicken trials, Morris. Man 
Sept. 6. -Manitoba Field Trials Club, Morris, Man. 
Sept. —.—Northwestern Field Trial Club's Champion Stake. Morris 
Man. ' 
Oct. 25,— Brunswick Fur Clnb's ninth annual trials. 
Nov, 1.— Dixie Red Fox Club's third annual meet, Waverly Miss 
Nov, 1.— New England Beagle Club's trials, Oxford, Mass ' 
Nov. 3.— Monongahels Valley Game and Fish Protective Associ- 
ation's trials, Greene county. Pa. 
Nov. 8.— Union Field Trials Club's triaL<!, Carlisle, Ind. 
Nov, 9.— Central Beagle Club's trials, Sharpsburg, Pa 
Nov. 15.— E. P. T. Clnb's trials, Newton, N. C. 
Nov. 16— International Field Trials Club's eighth annual' trials 
Chatham, Ont. ' ' 
Nov. 22.— U. S. F. T. Club's autumn trials. 
1898. 
Jan. 10.— U. S. F. T. Club's winter trials, West Point, Miss 
Jan. 17.— Continental F. T. Club's trials, New Albany, Miss 
SCHOOLING THE DOG.— VI. 
As the puppy's mind is immature and undisciplined, it is 
better to begin with the simplest parts of his education, both 
for the purpose of developing his mind and the establishing 
of mental discipline. It is extremely diflicult at first for the 
puppy to understand the simplest teachings, and also it is 
impossible at first for him to concentrate his mind intently 
on any one subject, therefore the trainer, when he commences 
the training, will find great ditficulty in holding the puppy's 
attention, and in particular if he makes the lesson at all 
uninteresting. He may not note this fact, and therefore may 
make the mistake of condemning the puppy as being stupid 
under such circumstances. 
From play, wherein the puppy joins and romps as he 
pleases, hardly any fatigue follows; but when he is held 
down closely to the study of one idea for a continued length 
of time, he suffers a great deal of nervous loss, becomes 
more or less overheated, confused, and painfully wearied. 
Being so extremely fatiguing, the first lessons should be 
short and simple. After a time the mental training will pro- 
duce mental strength and stamina, and long lessons can then 
be given without distress to the pupil. The powers of the 
mind are then so well in play that the most diflicult parts ©f 
the training are learned with greater ease than were the sim- 
ple beginnings. In these traits of the puppy, as they relate 
to the matter of learning, they are not unlike those displayed 
by the child in its first similar attempts. Study is foreign 
to every instinct of the young, child or puppy, and, if study 
it must, the result is weariness, confusion of ideas to a 
greater or less degree and a pronounced dislike to studying 
at all. And yet, the studies of the child are for his own per- 
sonal gain and advantage in life, while the puppy is required 
to learn things which wlU he applied solely to the advantage 
of his master 
When a lesson of any difficulty is ended, all further at- 
tempts at it should also be ended till such a time as the next 
lesson begins. If the trainer commands the dog to do some- 
thing under circumstances wherein he cannot enforce obedi- 
ence, and the dog then escapes or succeeds in disobeying, a 
troublesome factor is thereby introduced; for it being to his 
own profit he learns the advantange of disobedience to him- 
self and generally refuses afterward whenever he can do so, 
sometimes permanently, but at least until such time as dis- 
cipline has become habitual. Some of the lessons, therefore, 
need to be given in a room or other in closure from which the 
dog cannot escape, as will be fully described in proper place. 
During the months of the pupil's puppyhood, before 
formal training begins, a few of the more simple orders may 
be taught, such as "Cpme in" and "Go on." The latter is 
taught easily by associating it with the act of freeing the 
puppy from his kennel, or by taking him on a chain into the 
fields, then unchaining him and at the same time giving him 
the order, "Goon." He would "go on" then whether the 
order was given or not, and this is the reason why the order 
is so easy to teach and why it may be taught when the pupil 
is still a tender puppy. By associating it with the act of 
going on, the puppy soon learns its meaning, and if he is 
good for anything he takes unbounded pleasure in a com-^' 
mand which denotes that he is at liberty to romp at his own 
free wiU. 
"Come in" is not so easy to teach, as is "Go on." The will 
of the teaclaer as made known by this order comes in conflict 
vsdth the will of the dog. The latter is rarely-inclined to give 
up the pleasure of free romping or taking his pleasure in liis 
own way, so concerning the command "Come inl" force is 
sometimes necessary to secure the required obedience. Still, 
force should not be applied till the formal training begins. 
It doesn't matter whether the puppy obeys perfectly or not 
before that time. However, it is necessary to teach thorougli 
obedience to the order when the proper time has come for it. 
No slovenly or reluctant response to the command should be 
tolerated. The dog should be required to come in promptly 
and directly, and a pat on the head and a kind word when 
he does so will result in his coming in cheerfully if he has 
any amiability in his nature. And yet, easy as it is to 
teach a dog to come in promptly to command by voice or 
whistle, there are few orders so commonly disobeyed. At 
field trials where one would expect to see the greatest per- 
fection in the matter of obedience, but where one doesn't see 
anything of the kind, it often is a most laborious tasE for a 
handler to get control of his dog in a heat or at the end of it, 
and many find it necessary to keep their dogs on chain con- 
stantly to prevent them from breaking away at such times as 
they desire them to cease work. Ail this shows rank neglect 
of the necessary discipline. The handlers of such dogs have 
been satisfied to get them to come in after such fashion as it 
could be done each time in any sort of slip-shod way, and 
neglected the more troublesome but efficient method of 
teaching the command specially till it was thoroughly estab- 
lished. 
If the dog is self-willed or sulky or over-eager in his enthu- 
siasm, he may require some punishment to make him come 
in promptly. Most trainers punish the dog in the field with 
the whip for disobeying this order, and thereby increase 
instead of lessen the trouble ; for, if, when the dog comes 
in to order he receives a whipping, he will come in still 
more reluctantly the next time, when he fancies that to obey 
is an act which ends in pain. It is quite a stupid expecta- 
tion on the part of a trainer that, after whipping a dog for 
not coming in with the desired degree of obedience, he°will 
come in with greater promptness the next time, with a pos- 
sible whipping in store as a reward for coming in at all. 
With some amateurs the whip is the first and last appeal. 
How dogs perform even so well as they do under such stupid 
treatment is a source of wonder, yet they, in time, seem to 
learn what is desired and what is the proper act to adopt to 
avoid punishment, if the trainer is not too severe or too 
muddled or too inconsistent to permit of any fixed method. 
If force is necessary, nothing is better for the purpose than 
a spike-collar. The punishment, when the collar is used, is 
applied to the dog when he is in the act of disobedience and 
away from his handler. He associates it then with the act 
of disobedience. When he comes in and is whipped, he 
associates such punishment with the act of obedience. 
When he comes in from the punishment of the collar the 
trainer can pet and praise him, and thus distinctly indicate 
that he has done right. With the whip, this is impossible. 
The collar, thus, is distinctly associated with the act of dis- 
obedience; the whip, with the act of obedience. As may be 
readily anticipated, the one is promptly effective, establishes 
•intelligent obedience, and is lasting in its effects; the other 
is confusing, inflicts pain with no intelligent cause for it, 
and never accomplishes what is desired in the finished man- 
ner necessary for good performance. 
If the dog will not come in with the promptness necessary, 
put the collar on his neck. Tie 20 or 30yds. of rope to it. The 
dog may attempt to run away. Let him have his flurry at 
the end of the rope till he becomes convinced that he cannot 
escape. Make no attempt to teach anything till he has 
become quite reconciled to the collar being on his neck and 
till he has given up struggling. This may require two or 
three different lessons more or less in itself. At length when 
the collar has ceased to alarm him, give the order, "Come 
in," and pull him in with the rope at the same time. Bring 
him quite up to within reach of the hand and pat and praise 
him as if he had done a fine thing of his own motion, and 
wait till he has recovered his composure. A proper calmness 
and deliberation adds much to the efiicacy^ of the lesson. 
Hurry and unnecessary violence do much to retard the pur- 
pose of the trainer in tnis and all other branches; the trainer 
then should walk away to the length of the rope and repeat 
the order, and the act of pulling the dog in. In a short time 
the latter will observe that he is punished when away from 
his trainer and he will follow him closely so that he cannot 
walk away from him. This siiould not be permitted. The 
