Aug, 19, 1899.] 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
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Black Bass at Hendefson Harbor. 
Mr. H. H. Gill, of the Gill House, Henderson Harbor. 
N. Y., writes under date of Aug.io: "Yesterday was a 
very good day for bass and pike. Mr. J. D. Woods, of 
-New York city, caught about fifty bass. Twenty of them 
averaged i^lbs. each, the rest were returned to the 
lake for future use. Mr. Burgoyne brought in seventeen as 
good bass as one could wish for. His total catch was fifty- 
one bass. Prof. Roucher and wife, of Oswego, caught 
thirty-six bass weighing from i to 3lbs. each. This is the 
way the angler whiles away the time at Henderson Har- 
bor. Mr. John Hart, of New York, caught seventeen 
pike yesterday, largest 7^1bs., smallest 3lbs. 
"The fishing here never was better. The catches made 
are all the law allows, and most of the fish are large ones, 
ranging from 2 to 4lbs. A singular thing occurred Mon- 
day. Mr. J. D. Woods caught four bass in one-half hour 
that Aveighed I3lbs. ; the wind came up so that he had to 
leave the fishing grounds, and they were the only fish he 
caught. I do not want you to think that we get no small 
bass, for we do. but the singular part of it is that he got 
only the four fish. H. H. Gill.-" 
Lake Ontario Fishing, 
Mr. -J. Lt Davxson, writing from Lakeside Park, N. Y., 
sa3'-s: "Last week here we had splendid black and silver 
bass and perch fishing. Monday morning I rowed the 
boat for my nephew, who, by trolling, caught eight silver 
bass, two black bass and one perch before breakfast. 
Tuesda}^ morning he caught eight perch, two silver and 
one black bass. Wednesday fifty-three were taken of the 
three different kinds. Thursday he took forty-five, and 
Fridaj'^ morning about a dozen, six of which I carried on 
my wheel to Lockport, thirtjr-four and one-half miles, be- 
fore 2 o'clock P. M., having left here at 10 A. M. Of 
all the fish taken, we used but eight ; the balance I cleaned 
and gave to the neighbors — summer residents. 
"Forest and Stream knows that I am no angler, as I 
am too lazy to fish; but will row a boat all day for another 
to do the fishing, if they will use the trolling bait, that I 
may keep the boat in motion. J. L. Davison,"" 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club. 
Chicago, Aug. 8. — The sixth competition resulted to- 
day in the following scores : 
Long Distance Accuracy Bait 
Distance and Accuracy, and Delicacy, Casting, 
Fly, Feet. .Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. 
J. D. Belasco ... 90 70 2-3 93 1-6 82 1-5 
L H. Bellows. . . 119 912-3- 95 9614-15 
H. Greenwood. . 92 78 1-3 93 1-2 85 3-5 
H. G. Hascal 93 93 1-3 9i 14-15 
E. Letterman 86 8-15 
H. Newkirk 83 952-3 S9 t-15 
F. N. Peet 115 841-3 94 5-6 91 7'i5 
Holders of Medals. — Long-distance fly, I. H, Bellows; 
distance and accuracy, H. G. Hascal ; accuracy ^itld deli- 
cacy, H. A, Newkirk; bait-casting, T. H. Bellows. 
An Exhibition Bass. 
■ New PoinTj Amityville, L. Aug. 13. — The largest 
striped bass ever caught in this vicinity was on exhibition 
for a time at the New Point Hotel. The fish was 45in. 
long, gin. thick and I2in. deep. Its weight was estimated 
at 4olbs. The monstrous fish was caught by Captain Naff 
in the South Bay, near Fire Island. 
. Quahaug, 
Mrs. Burge/s Ouananiche* 
Roberval, Que., Aug. 11. — Mrs. Henry P. Burger, of 
Long Island, has been favored by good luck. On a day's 
outing down the famous rapids at Roberval, she caught 
one round dozen of the famed ouananiche, those land- 
locked salmon of -the North, using rod and fly. The feat 
is -very remarkable for a ladJ^ 
Long Island Fishing. 
QuEENswATER, L. I., Aug. IS. — Fishing during the past 
week has been good. No phenomenal catches are re- 
ported, but the parties who went out to the wreck of the 
Iberia and the fishing banks made good average catches. 
QUAHAUG. 
"That reminds me." 
It is strange how things change about in this world of 
ours. Yesterday I was fishing off the rocks on the end 
of CrotOn Park, unmindful of everything but a certain 
commotion at the hook end of my line, when kerswash! 
a big swell from the Mary Powell bowled me off the 
slippery rock on which I was perched. My rod happened 
to get underneath, and the results could be ascertained 
very handily by equations in this manner: goz. rod : 
20olbs. : : gravitation : X- 
Anyway, I have part of the butt and the ferrules left 
The other incident occurred some years ago. We were 
on the way home from a trip to the Thousand Islands 
in a 6oft. launch. We were obliged to run under one 
bell through the Erie Canal. Our old engineer, Ben 
Davis, being of rather a humorous turn of mind took 
upon himself every once in a while the responsibility of 
letting out another notch. Just before we reached Rome 
an old man was espied sitting on a low beam fishing. 
He was totally oblivious of everything but the fish which 
was dallying at the end of his line, Ben opened her up, 
and there was a vision of a tangle of white whiskers, arms 
and legs, a flying fish-pole surmounted by a flying chubb, 
The old fellow slowly crawled out from the wreck, and 
shaking a bony fist in our direction, said: "You are too 
Jod ding fresh," Chas. G. Bi4WPF0ftp. 
Fixtures. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Sept. 4-7.— Toronto, Can.— Toronto Industrial Exhibition Asso- 
ciation's ele\-enth ann\ia] show. 
Sept. ]2-15,— Milwaukee, Wis.— Milwaukee Kepnel Club's fifth 
annual bench show. Edward Meisenheimer, Sec'y, 
Oct. 2-6.— Dallas, Tex.— Texas Kennel Club's second annual 
bench show. Sydney Smith, Sec'y. 
Oct. 3-6.— Danbury, Conn.— Danbury Agricultural Society's eight- 
eenth annual show. G. M. Rundle, Sec'y. 
Oct. 10-13.— Providence, R. I.— Rhode Island State Fafr Asso- 
ciation. E. M. Oldham, Supt. 
Nov. 15-18.— Philadelphia, Pa.— The Philadelphia Dog Show As- 
sociation's first annual bench show. Marcel A. -Viti, Sec'y. 
Nov. 29-Dec. 1. — New York.— American Pet Dog Club's slaow. 
S. C. Hodge, Supt. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Aug. 31, — Emmettsburg, la. — The Iowa Field Trial Association's 
second annual field trials. M. Bruce, Sec'y, 
Sept. 4. — La Salle, Man. — Western Canada Kennel Club's annual 
amateur field trials. A Code, Sec'y. 
Sept. 6.— Morris, Man.— Manit6ba Field Trial Club's thirteenth 
annual trials, 'William C. Lee, Sec'y. 
Oct. 31.— Greene Co., Pa. — The Monongahela -Valley Game and 
Fish Protective Association's fifth annual field trial. A. C. Peter- 
son Sec'y. 
Nov. 7.— Washington C. H,, O.— Ohio Field Trial Club's trials. 
C. E. Baughn, Sec'y. 
Nov. 8-9. — Lakeview, Mich. — Michigan Field Trials Association's 
second annual trials. E. Rice, Sec'y, 
Nov. 12. — Bicknell Ind. — Independent Field Trial Club's first 
annual trials. George D. Maxfteld, Sec'y. 
Nov. 14. — Chatham, Unt. — International Field Trial Club's tenth 
annual trials, VV. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 17. — Newton, N. C— Easfern Field Trial Club's twenty- 
fir.5t .mnual trials, Simon C, Bradley, Sec'y. 
Nov. 21. — Lawrenceville, 111. — Illinois Field Trial Association's 
inaugural trials. O. W. I'erguson, Sec'y. 
Nov. 28. . Mo. — Missouri Field Trial Association's third 
annual trials. L. i3. Eddins, Sec'y. 
Dec. 8.— Newton, N, C— Continental Field Trial Club's trials. 
Thos. Sturges, Sec'y. 
1900. 
Jan. 22.— West Point. Miss.— United States Field Trial Club's 
annual trials. W. B, Stafford, Sec'y. 
Feb. 5.— Greenville, Ala.— Alabama Field Trial Club's fourth an- 
nual trials. T. I-J. Spencer, Sec'y. 
Irish Setter Club Prizes* 
Philadelphia, Aug. xi.— Editor Forest and Stream: 
The Irish Setter Club of America offers $40 to the first 
Irish setter winning an undivided first, second or third 
prize in th eall-age stakes in any of the following trials: 
Iowa Field Trial Association, Western Canada Kennel 
Club, Manitoba Field Trial Club, Monongahela Val- 
ley Game and Fish Protective Association, Ohio 
Field Trial Club, Michigan Field Trial Association, In- 
dependent Field Trial Association, International Field 
Trial Association, Eastern Field Trial Club, Illinois Field 
Trial Association, Missouri Field Trial Association, Con- 
tinental Field Trial Club. United States Field Trial Club 
and .Alabama Field Trial Club. 
Guo. H. THOMSOi*,. Sec'y. 
Field Trial Winners. 
Mr, R. S. Waddell. the Cincinnati general agent of the 
Hazard Powder Company, is sending out on request a 
handsome booklet, illustrated with excellent engravings of 
the leading field trial winners of the country. The en- 
graving on the front cover shows an etching effect, and is 
taken from a very celebrated painting by the late J. M. 
Tracy, illustrating the closing part of a field trial, where 
the judges have directed one of the handlers to endeavor 
to kill the bird and test the pointing dog on retrieving. 
An Unusual Litter. 
Mr. E. E. Millard sends us a photograph of Mr. A, J. 
Gers' cocker spanial bitch Daisy, and her litter of eleven 
pups, all of them, dogs, a record quite unusual. 
1 1 
My Old Canoe. 
When the morning sun peeps o'er the hill, 
And the summer air is cool and still, 
When the river currents swiftly glide 
Without a ripple from side to side, 
Then over the waters clear and blue 
I gently paddle my old canoe. 
Many a happy hour has fled 
While on and on I'm gently led 
By Nature's soft, resistless hand. 
Along by shores of sparkling sand, 
Or past the banks of tempting shade 
With now and then a cooling glade; 
There in the reeds still wet with dew 
I stop and anchor my old canoe. 
The gray November skies hang low. 
And chill winds whisper of coming snow; 
No more along the grassy brink 
I list to the merry bobolink; 
No more green fields and summer ski6s 
And shady woodlands greet m.y eyes. 
But stretching meadows brown and bare 
With a dreary aspect everywhere. 
The days grow short, and the chances few 
For me to paddle my old canoe. 
My thoughts go back as I behold 
The frozen river bleak^and cold, 
And still remember the last sad daj- - .i 
That my little craft I laid away 
Despite its age, 'twill ever be 
What it has always seemed to me; 
A friend, companion— good and true— 
.\nd eyer I'll long for my birch canoe. 
J. S. SEABtmY. 
American Canoe Association. 
Twentieth Annual Meet. 
hay island — ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 
Aug. 4-18., 
After many beautiful places visited by the American 
Canoe Association within the past twenty years— Lake 
George, its birthplace; Lake Champlain, Long Island 
Sound, the Hudson River and the different points on the 
St. Lawrence — none will compare in convenience and 
natural beauty with Hay Island, the site of the present 
camp. The general location is open to one objection, it is 
within full view of a town, barely half a mile distant, its 
houses, factories and wharfs being always within sight. 
The sense of solitude and isolation which is one of the 
great charms of the two weeks' outing to the city man is 
to a great extent impaired by this constant proximity of 
brick and wooden buildings, but at the same time there are 
many things to offset this disadvantage of the .site. In 
the first place, the town, or city, is an old friend, the spires 
of Gananoque are easily visible from Grindstone and Stave 
islands, and the trip of half a dozen miles has always been 
a favorite one, not only with those who took a scientific 
interest in the nature and construction of Canadian 
whisky, but with the ladies from the original Squaw 
Point on Grindstone in 1884 and the following years. The 
quaint little Canadian town was always visited by campers 
from the States, whether intent on sampling the drinkables 
or shopping for articles of a solid, rather than liquid, na- 
ture. It has been in every way the least objectionable city 
neighbor that the meets have ever had, its inhabitants are 
hospitable and used to camp life, the hotel and transit 
element is small, it offers very convenient transportation 
facilities by rail or steamdr, and it is a good base of 
supplies. 
Apart from its close proximity to civilization, Hay Is- 
land is beautiful and convenient within and without.^ It 
can be reached more readily than either Stave or Grind- 
stone, even from Clayton, and apart from that short row in 
a skiff there are several small steamers between the 
* island and Gananoque. As it happens, the absurdities and 
inconsistencies of the U. S. Treasury impediments to 
travel among the Thousand Islands are less when the 
meet is entirely on a Canadian island than when on the 
American side of the line. Coming from New York atid 
Boston, the general arrangements are the same as in 
former years, while the many clubs in Ontario and the 
St. Lawrence River between Buffalo and Montreal have 
been able to secure very reasonable transportation by 
steamer. 
The location of the island, surrounded by other small 
islands near at hand, all rocky and wooded, and with 
Stave and Grindstone plainly visible, is one of the most 
picturesqtie on the river. By turning the back on Ganan- 
oque, to the northwest, one can command a most beautiful 
outlook over river and islands in all other directions, with 
no suggestion of civilization except an occasional cottage 
among the trees. The rocky formation of the islands, the 
smallest rising to a height of 30 to 40ft. in tlie center, with 
low beaches and abrupt walls of rock in alternation and 
an abundance of trees, with the broad stretches of blue 
water everywhere, makes a picturesque outlook on ever}- 
hand. 
Hay Island itself is a typical one, differing from its im- 
mediate neighbors only in its size and in natural beauty 
It is formed practically of two large rocks, situated about 
looyds. apart, the western one being some six or eight 
acres in area, and the other about double the size. These 
rocks are in some places 40ft. above the water, while in 
others they slope to banks 8 or loft. high, or to sandy 
beaches. The west rock is covered with thin veneer of 
soil, just enough to support a thick grove of evergreens 
and large deciduous tres, offering plenty of shade for the 
main camp, which is located on the S.W. shore, where 
the ground slopes gradually. While oak trees of good 
size find secure footholds in the numerous crevices of the 
rocks, there is in no place soil enough to hold more than 
an occasional tent peg, and most of the guys must be 
anchored to the abundant small boulders or m.ade fast to 
convenient trees. The northerly shore of the island rises 
abruptly in rocky walls 10 to isft. high, fringed with 
cedars, while to the west the rocks are lower, the beach 
being covered with large boulders on which the sea from, 
a long stretch of the river breaks in big waves with a 
fresh westerly wind. 
The larger island boasts of enough soil to carry fields of 
grain on its easterly end, where the ground has a 
pleasant sunny slope ; but to the west the rocks rise in one 
place to a sheer height of 30ft. or more above the water. 
The ladies' camp is located on this wooded ridge, on the 
Gananoque side, while the mess tent and kitchens are 
toward the southerly shore. The ground is elevated, it 
pitches in all directions, shedding water quickly after a 
rain, and the soil itself is loose and sandy. Apart from 
the minor ditficulty of driving tent pegs, the whole place is. 
an ideal one for a camp of unlimited numbers, so far as the 
A. C, A. is concerned. 
From the appearance of the ground, there has been at' 
, some far distant date a clear channel about lOOyds. wide 
between the opposing rocky walls of two islands, but at 
the present time the two are joined by an isthmus of 
earth some 7 or 8ft. high, about 8oyds. across. The center 
of this space is open, but the sides, along each roCky bluff, 
are wooded, and in the shade in the west side are the head- 
quarters tents, arranged in the usual order — commodore, 
secretary-treasurer, camp site committee, regatta commit- 
tee, hospital and signal ofiicers. Opposite to these, under 
the rocks of the ladies' camp, are the camp store, barber's 
tent and a large tent for meetings. 
On the Gananoque side of the isthmus is a beautiful 
little bay, the high rocky promontories on either side 
being joined by a semicircle of sandy beach covered with 
canoes. The main wharf is at one extremity of the 
beach, quite close to headquarters, which is. as it always 
should be, between but close to both the main and the 
ladies' camps. One can get from the wharf to either 
camp, to headquarters or to the mess tent with a walk of a 
verv short distance. 
The southerly side of the isthmus is part of a little bay 
ending in a rocky point of the main camp, and from all 
of this shore the sailing and paddling courses are visible. 
The sailing courses are by " no means satisfactory, the 
winds being broken and flurry, and lonf shoab ex.tetidin'g- 
