Peb. 26,- iM-i 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
1896-7.,., Woodmont Potomac 1S)!)2 
1896-7.... Riverf on Shcnando.^h 500 
1896-7.... Hancock Potomac 750 
1896-7.... Zoo Kock Creek 2000 
1896-7.... Great Falls Potomac *150 
1896-7, .. .JLittle Falls Potomac *100 
1896-7.... Woodmont Potomac 1000 
1896-7.... Cabin Tohn Potomac 75 
1896- 7.... Loudori Co Little River 1075 
1897- 8.... Kensington Rock Creek 670 
1897-8.... Woodmont Potomac 500 
1897-8.... Woodmont Potomac 700 
1897-8.... Woodmont Potomac *309 
1897-8'.... Overall .Shenandoah *1000 
Total "...23519 
* Small-mouthed black bass. 
Besides these there were returned to the waters of the 
Potomac last year from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 
about 12,500 bass, and this year already in the neigh- 
borhood of 1,000. 
There are bass plenty in the river. The embouchure 
of ever}'- creek in the Lower River fairly swarms with 
large-mouth black bass. Tide water gi\res them feed 
in abundance, and a 7-pounder was' captured at Chop- 
pewamsic last year. With clear water there will always 
be '-■■ood fishing to be had below if the small bass can be 
protected. 
Above something must be done toward introducing 
feed. The minnows are gone and scarcely anything 
but carp remain, and these soon outgrow the small- 
mouth bass. The mills and mines help kill off the feed. 
The situation mathematically stated is that if w^e can 
add to the feed and subtract the pollution the bass will 
mtiltiply in a geometrical ratio, and of course we'll have 
more to divide. Q. E. D. Henry Talbott. 
Game Qualities of the Rainbow. 
Traverse City, Mich., Feb. 7. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: I have been a subscriber to Forest and Stream 
for more than ten j^ears; and as I like to hunt, fish and go 
camping, and have paddled, rowed and sailed on Grand 
Traverse Bay for nearly thirty years, it is needless to say 
that I read it from cover to cover with keen pleasure; 
but I sometimes come across things that make me shake 
my head, and I am tempted to get up and speak in 
meeting; but I find that the more I learn the less I seem 
to know, especially about fishing. 
But when one writer saj^s the rainbow trout lacks ill 
gaminess, I boil over. There are lots of them within five 
miles of where I am sitting, and there would be more 
if I were not, and if my tackle had been stouter there 
wovild be less, so I feel confident in asserting that for 
downright fight they lead my list of the acquired. They 
have sma.shed my rods, broken my leaders, and run off 
with my bait, as well as reduced my stock of flies to 
hardly more than a few ends of gut. I have known a 
3-pounder to go out of water fifteen times, clear around 
my boat three times and under it once, all inside ten 
mintites. 
Now let not somebody bob up and say I don't know 
what other fish can do, because I do know, having 
gathered in trout along a hundred miles of the North 
Shore of Lake Superior, and bass and pickerel and perch 
and bluegills and sunfish, muskalonge and herring and 
whitefish and suckers and — and there are others. Still 
the rainbow, like the Ben Davis apple, may differ in 
different localities. The apple grown in ]\'Iissouri is 
said to be of fine flavor, while here even an Indian won't 
steal one. 
I was much pleased with Shaganoss' article in the 
issue of Dec. 18 last. Surely he in his old age has ar- 
rived at wisdom. He knows more than I do. for I don't 
know that as a rule bass and tro'ut won't bite just be- 
fore a severe storm. On memory's wall there is a vivid 
picture of an evening on the pond just above the Board- 
man River Electric Light Co.'s dam. My wife and I 
were out just at dark. There was not a breath of wind, 
and all arotmd there rested that ominous calm that is 
only met on the eve of a furious rain and wind squall. 
In the east the moon rode serene, while high above the 
opposite horizon towered dark masses of clouds, seamed 
and jagged lightning, and occasionally the earth fairly 
trembled with the distant thunder. 
Fish were rising occasionally, and Mrs. M. hooked a 
rainbow that weighed over 3lbs. the next day. Then 
there was fun fast and furious. It was the largest trout 
she had ever tied to, and he went into the air, under the 
boat and back, and finally in desoeration started for the 
bottom. Now, there are logs and brush about 6ft. down 
in that neck of the woods, and I shouted — yes, fairly 
hollered — to her to hold him up, which she immediately 
tried to do by slipping her right hand up to the middle 
of the butt, and — the second joint let go. Did we lose 
that trout? Not much. I seized the line and hauled 
him up, gaffed and had him ttnder me in the boat before 
he knew what the trouble was all about. 
When we had time to look up the storm was' almost 
upon us, and we made a break for camp, where we put 
in some lively work keeping the canvas over our heads. 
And there are other pictures. One I remember is of 
two of us clad in oilskins, standing on either end of a 
i6x36in. canoe and hauling in bass after bass while it 
thundered and lightened and rained till we had to go 
ashore and empty the water out of our boat, as it made 
her rather unsteady under foot. 
Now, this does not prove anything except that fish 
don't bite unless they feel like it, and then they Vv'ill at 
any hour of the tw^enty-four. 
My experience has taught me just one thing for sure, 
which I wish every beginner would paste on his nose 
where he could feel it when it is too dark to see; and 
that is, if you are going fishing, hunting or sailing before 
breakfast, eat breakfast first, and a good breakfast is a 
cup of good, hot coffee with bread, butter and a couple 
of eggs. I spoiled many a morning's pleasure before I 
learned this. V. E, Montague. 
undoubtedly have them \yith us in the early part of 
March. While the perch are taken during the entire 
winter in some localities, still their movements in es- 
tuary waters appear to be governed largely by the her- 
ring, as they are much together and ascend the streams 
at the same time. While their food undoubtedly is of 
an entirely dift'erent character, still nature's prompting 
has something in common for both species, and where 
one is the other may be looked for. 
The recent assertions in metropolitan publications that 
the perch does not descend to salt water is of a most 
absurd character, inasmuch as they are often talcen in the 
nets and fikes of our local fishermen, and I have taken 
hundreds in our tidal streams, using shrimp bait. As if 
to more particularly emphasize the fact, one was picked 
up on the beach at Belmar on the 6th of the present 
month, and was still alive. Besides, hundreds are taken 
every spring by the boys in their dip-nets in the surf 
when they are plying for herring. Leonard Hulit. 
A Labrador Opportunity, 
Dr. Morris has given us permission to publish this 
note, telling of a Labrador opportunitj'' which we are 
sure will be eagerly embraced by some reader of Forest 
AND Stream: "I have given up my plans for an outing 
in Labrador next summer, and my two good men will 
be out of employment. Don't you know of some one 
who would like to make use of them? Their charges 
are $3 per day (for both together), and they furnish the 
big trap boat that I knock about in. They are both 
good rough cooks, tireless and cheerful workers; and 
they know the whole coast and the entrances to the 
rivers. Salmon and sea trout and brook trout are to- 
be had in abundance, with plenty of shooting at seals, 
bears and caribou, if one cares to hunt for them in 
the summer time — I do not. I will give particulars to 
any one wishing them. Robert T. Morrts." 
'he Mmmt 
* Fixtures. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
March 1. — Baltimore Kennel Association's third annual show- 
Baltimore. W. P. Riggs, Sec'y- 
March 8.^ — Northwestern Kennel Club's dog show, St. Paul, 
Minn. C. E. N. Howard, Sec'y, St. Paul. Minn. 
March 15. — Kansas Citj' Kennel Club's second annual show, 
Kansas City, Mo. A. E. Ashbrook, Sec'y. 
New Jersey Coast Fishing;. 
AsBURY Park, N. J,, Feb. 14,— Indications point to a 
very early movement of coastwise fishes. Already the 
herring are on the move; quantities have already been 
taken in the lower waters of Barnegat Bay. Perch and 
bass also are in evidence in that paradise of waters for 
the angler. Should the warm weather continue we will 
Alabama Field Trials Club's Trials* 
The second annual trials of the Alabama Field Trials 
Club, run at Madison, Ala., were distinguished, from 
every point of view, as one of the most successful ef- 
forts ever attempted by any State organization. They 
were run at Madison, Ala., beginning on Feb. 7. Four 
stakes, a Derby, all-age, puppy and champion, were 
hotly contested, and were good exhibitions of their re- 
spective classes. 
The attendance was large, not less than from thirty tO'' 
forty horsemen following the dogs each day. Among 
the visiting sportsmen present were Messrs. H. H. May- 
berry, C. F. Eastham. T. H. Spencer, F. W. Dunham, 
T. T. Ashford, Drs. George Eubank and G. Chisholm, 
Birmingham; Hon. R. H. Lowe, W. E. Everitt, A. 
Moore, J. H. Wallace, Jr., Huntsville, Ala.; W. H. 
McKleroy, Anniston, Ala.; D. E. Rose and J. Myers,.. 
of Tennessee; E. J. Hudnall. Pratt City, Ala.; W. J. 
Allen, Bessemer, Ala.; Gen. H. T. Peebles, Mooresville, 
Ala.; H. and C. S. Tiney, Swancott, Ala.; Caleb 
Toney, Triana, Ala.; William N. Plundley, Greenbriar, 
Ala. ; George G ray, Appleton, Minn. ; J. B. Stoddard, 
Thomasville, N. C; Dr. Darwin, C. E. Meglemry, C. 
Scruggs. 
The judges were Messrs. W. B. Hamilton, Columbus, 
Miss., and W. B. Stafford. Their decisions were in every 
instance well received. 
The weather was fine throughout. On Wednesday it 
was exceedingly warm. The fields are broad and open, 
and so free from ditches and creeks that riding in them 
is a pleasure, although in regard to this it may be stated 
that the horses were poor performers under the saddle. 
Madison is in Madison county, a county in the center 
of the northern part of the State, and bordering on the 
Tennessee boundary line. It incloses a part of what is 
called the garden spot of Alabama. Level in character 
about Decatur, as one approaches Huntsville the sur- 
face is noticeably rolling. There is' too much cotton for 
J first-class bird country. There is also a scarcity of 
feed, and the ground being so free from cover, the 
hawks make an easy prey of the birds. It is hardly 
necessary to add that birds were scarce. Nevertheless,, 
be the horses uncomfortable to ride and the birds scarce, 
everybody had a most enjoyable time. 
A meeting of the club was held on Feb. 8. It is in 
good financial condition, with a large membership. Sev- 
eral new members were elected. The following distin- 
guished gentlemen were elected honorary members: Ex- 
Gov. R. W. Cobb and Gov. J. F. Johnson, of Mont- 
gomery; J. S. Cox, Birmingham; Mayor W. T. Gar- 
ner and Capt. J. H. Floyd, Madison; Col. R. Barwell 
Rhett and W. M. Holding, Huntsville. 
T. T. Ashford was elected President; First Vice- 
President, Hon. R. H. Lowe; Second Vice-Presi- 
dent, W. H. McKleroy; Secretary -Treasurer, H.. 
H. Mayberry; Game Wardens, Monroe Hardage and' 
F. G. Hertzler; Veterinarian,' Dr. A. Gibson; Board 
of Governors, Dr. G. Chisholm, T. H. Spencer, Dr. G, 
Eubank, H. H. Mayberry, H. S. Smith, J. J. Odom,. 
R. H. Lowe, W. H. McKleroy, F. G. Hertzler, W. M.. 
Hundley, C. E. MitcheU, W. E. ColHer, Dr. R. S. Henry.. 
The club decided to hold another trial next year. A vote- 
of thanks was extended to the judges. 
The conditions of the Derby as to entering were $2.50 • 
to enter, same amount to fill. The all-age stake condi- 
tions were the same. No entrance was required in the 
puppy stake. 
Monday— The Derby. 
The cGJtiftetition. was begUlT in the Dcf by first. Fcizes, 
so, 30 and ad pei- cent, of entrance money. 
T. H. Spencer's b., w. and t. setter dog Tmt Dick 
(Tony Boy— Blue), owner,, handler, with J. B. Rosen- 
stilil's b. and w. pointer dog Dan R. (Love's Kent- 
Brook's Belle), W. M. Hundley, handler. 
R. 11. Lowe's b.andw. pointer dog Mack L. (Ripsaw- 
Cricket), owner, handler, with W. M. I-Iundley's 1. and w. 
pointer dog J. J. O. (Ripsaw— Cricket), owner, handler, 
J. W. Beard's I. and w. pointer dog Jack Spratt (Mil- 
ner's Jack— Cleo Kent), W. M. Hundley, handler, Witli 
Nat Stanley's 1. and w. pointer dog Hull Gull (Von Gull 
— Mack's Juno), T. T. Ashford, handler. ... 
W. E. Everett's b. and w. pointer dog Dick the Devil 
'(Lad— Cricket), W. M. Hundley, handled, With W. J. Al- 
len's b., w. and t, setter bitch Volena (=»=-^— ' ) 
■■owner, handler. 
C. E. Meglemry's 1. and w. pointer dog Rex of Bir- 
rmingham (Old Top — Lou H.), W. M. Hundley, handler, 
,A bye. 
First Round. 
Tony Dick and Dan R. — Down at 9:40; the heat 
'lasted 45m. The country was open and favorable for 
:good ranging. A bevy was flushed by horses. Tony 
pointed a bunch of singles and was steady to shot. The 
ibirds were scattered along a fence, where the handlers 
might have secured more points had they handled their" 
•dogs better. The setter made the better showing. 
Mack L. and J. J. O. were cast off at 10:45; down 45m. 
The brace Avas worked near woods most of the time. 
A bevy was' seen to flush ahead, both dogs running about 
at the same time. J. made a point on one which flushed 
wild. Mack made a Hush and chase, and gaA^e tongue. 
Next Mack made game, but failed to locate. J. made a 
flush. Both were fairly good goers, Mack the better. 
Both had puppyish ways. 
Hull Gull and Jack Spratt ran a very ordinary race 
'of an hour's duration, no birds being found. They were 
.•put down again after the first series was finished (2:45) 
;and then ran 17m. Spratt flushed a bevy and dropped. 
INo points were made on the singles, though the dogs 
T\'ere worked on them. 
Dick the Devil .^ind y.olena were cast off at 1:32. Dick 
made a point on a "beiyy jn ^um thicket and was un- 
:steady. Next Dick chased a bevy. The performance 
was ordinary, Dick Wiis tlig best mover. 
Rex ran alone froai aag to 2:42. Soon he pointed 
a bevy and wag uns.b.t;a4y to f^itjsh.- He showed good bird 
sense and his rangg w.a§ quite fair, 1 
Second Round, 
Tony Dick and J. J. O. began at 3:15. They ran nearly 
an hour without any success in fitiding. They hunted 
diligently and their range and speed were good. 
Dan R. and Mack L. were' cast oft' at 4:15 and ran 
.30m. Mack made a point in a plum thicket and drew 
about, showing some timidity when working on the 
trail. He stopped on the bevy. It flushed and he 
■chased, after which he chased one of the singles on his 
return. Each made a point on the singles, but on the 
whole it was poor work. 
Re.K and Volena were started at 4:53: down 32m. 
Rex showed the better speed, range and judgment. 
The winners were: First, Mack L. ; second, Tony 
Dick; third. Rex of Birmingham. 
Tuesday — The All-Age Stake. 
There were 19 entries in the All-Age Stake, and out 
'of these 7 started. Prizes, 50, 30 and 20 per cent, of 
■entrance money. 
Rex of Birmingham with H. H. Mayberry's. pointer 
bitch Alabama Girl (Von Arron — Lady Mull), owner, 
handler. 
T. T. Ashford's I. and w. pointer bitch Llessie D. 
■(David of Hessen — F itz's Fay) with W. B. ToAvnsend's 
pointer dog Kent Elgin II. (Kent Elgin — ^Julia Paine), 
Dr. G. Chisholm, handler. 
Wm. M. liundley's 1. arid w. pointer dog T. T. A. 
■'(Kent Elgin — Cleo Kent), owner, handler, with Tony 
Dick. 
-R. H. Lowe's pointer bitch Cricket (Osborne Ale — 
iX^ueen ¥im}, owner, handler. A bye. 
First Round. 
jRex and Alabama Girl showed some plaj'fulness at the 
.'Start, but soon settled down to hunting. Girl pointed 
:a small bevy at the edge of woods. Sent on. Girl 
pointed a bevy, which flushed ahead. Rex was close by 
it, standing. (3n the singles in woods Girl made two 
points; Rex one. Girl was the faster ranger and the 
steadier worker. The heat lasted 35tn., ending at 9:37. 
Hessie D. and Kent Elgin II. were started at 9:45. 
They ran 29m. Kent made a poirt on a bevy and chased 
it. On singles he made a point and a chase. He showed 
good speed and range. In working for himself he 
seemed to have good capability, but he was not trained. 
T. T. A. and Tony Dick started at 10:16; down 36m. 
Dick pointed a bevy, and afterward made a point on 
■ one of the single birds. His nose was keen and he was 
industrious. 
Cricket was worked alone. He was steady, reliable, 
' heavy and fat. He pointed a bevy in woods. The birds 
were not followed. Down at 10:55. 
Second Round. 
Tony Dick and Alabama Girl started at 11:30. Dick 
- pointed a bevy in sedge. Girl made the better display 
of speed and range. Dick was industrious, however, 
.but he seemed to be weary. Up at 12:05. 
The Puppy Stake was run in the meantime. 
Rex and Tony Dick were cast off at 3:00. Rex pointed 
■ a bevy in a plum thicket. A lot of time was devoted to 
■ work on the singles without any success. The birds were 
in very thick cover. Sent on. Both pointed and drew, 
but failed to locate. Sent on. Rex made game and 
went on, and the birds were afterward flushed by the 
horsemen. Poor work. Up at 3:43. 
First, Alabama Girl; second, Rex of Birminghatn; 
third, Tony Dick. 
Dick showed better work in locating the birds. Lie 
did not abandon the scent when he found it if the birds 
were there. 
