Jan. 6, igoo.| 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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A^' CreditableS Report. 
The annual report of Fish and Game Warden Newell, 
of Utah county, shows that the fish and game industry of 
Utah county is much more lucrative than is generally 
supposed. It must be taken into consideration that the 
report contains only the returns from licensed fishermen 
and wholesale dealers. Deer are not mentioned, though 
in October I saw eight carcasses hanging at one time in a 
butcher shop. Nor is any account taken of the imijiense 
number of trout, ducks, geese and snipe that are taken by 
sportsmen and of which no- returns are made. This 
year, for the first time, jacksnipe have figured with the 
marketraen, and about 175 dozen have been sold. The 
warden's report is as follows : 
Provo, Dec. 13. — In compliance with Section 1039 of the 
Revised Statutes of Utah of 1899, I herewith submit my 
annual report as Fish and Game Warden of Utah coun- 
ty, Utah, for the year ending Dec. i, 1899, showing as near 
as possible the amount of fish caught, the price for which 
they sold, the number of arrests made for violation of 
the game laws, and the amount of the fines imposed, to- 
gether with a general outline of the condition of the fish 
and game within this county: 
Amount of fish caught and sold — 
Bass, 60,000 pounds, at 12}^ cents per pound. .$ 7,500.00 
Trout, 18,000 pounds, at 20 cents per pound. . . . 3,600.00 
Carp, 105,000 pounds, at 2}4 cents per pound. . 2,625.00 
Mullet and chubs, 115,000 pounds, at 2%. cents 
per pound 2,477.50 
Total $16,202.50 
Amount of game caught and sold — 
Ducks, 200 dozen, at $1.75 $350.00 
Grouse, 160 dozen, at $2.50 400.00 
750.00 
Grand total $16,952.50 
Number of persons arrested for- violation of fish and 
game law, 20. 
Number of persons convicted, 18. 
Number of persons acquitted, 2. 
Number of persons serving out sentence, 5. 
Warrants not returned, i. 
y\.mount of, fines collected, $145. 
Number of live bass furnished to stock ponds thi-ough- 
out the State, large 50, small 150. 
A.S shown by the amount of bass and trout taken, there 
appears to be an increase in the better kinds of fish of 
the county. Respectfully submitted, 
Myron C. Newell, 
Fish and Game Warden of Utah Count}--, State of Utah. 
The close season on all kinds of game came in on Dec. 
15. 'Since that tirrie there has been considerable trouble, 
especially in Salt Lake, Avith the hotels and restaurants 
Fixtutes* 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Jan. 22.--West Point, Miss.— United States Field Trial Club'« 
annual trials. B. Stafford, Sec'y. . 
Feb. 5.--Greetiville, Ala.— Alabama Field Trial Club's tourth 
annual trials. T. H. Spencer, Sec'y. 
Nov. 18.— Newton, N. C— Eastern Field Trial Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill 
Conn. 
A Week's Fox Hunt in the Vermont 
Hills. 
Few sportsmen in New England or the Eastern States 
have ever heard of the Chaniplain Valley as a game sec- 
tion, but the few that have been here all proclaim it 
grand, and for those who love the music of the fox hunt 
and the chase nothing surpasses it in this country. 
Everything that goes to make up an ideal resort for Rey- 
nard can be found—bold ledges of rocks, deep cool 
ravines, large meadows and pastures furnishing an 
abundance of mice. 
The first party that ever came to our section for a fox 
hunt dropped in Oct. 6. and a royal good time we had. 
Our first day out we decided to try Mutlen Hill, one 
mile north of town. Four dogs were taken, and turned 
loose at the south end of the hill. We didn't have long to 
wait before the little beagle dog. Tommy, gave tongue, 
followed by the others in quick succession. What a 
change came over our party of four, with the music of 
the hounds. Men of sixty became boys again, and all were 
knot. He very seldom makes a mistake ; he is not yet three 
years old, and this is his first year in the field. Out of 
fifteen killed, and eight dogs ran, Pup has had ten killed 
before him.. ■ ■ 
This was a fair sample of every day of the week, beau- 
tiful weather, from one to thi-ee runs. a day, and the cut 
tells the story. T. H. Moore. 
if 
Speaking of Dogs/' 
The Fear of Thunder. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have been reading two charming dog stories this 
evening in this week's issue. The writer of one of them 
describes Ben's fear of thunder and wonders at it be- 
cause he is not at all afraid of the sound of a gun. I 
once had a dog, like unto Ben in point of intelligence, 
who was also afraid of thunder, but not of the sound of a 
gun. Now, I was once so near the spot where a heavy 
charge of lightning descended that I was almost knocked 
oft my feet by the concussion, and ever since then I have 
been afraid of lightning. I concluded that was what was 
the matter with my pointer, and doubtless Ben has had a 
similar experience at some time. I do not claim to be 
any smarter than a dog. Who of us does? My dog 
learned to know when a storm was impending, and at 
such times would come and "knock" on my stud.y 
window, so that she might come in and be with me until 
her trouble was over. I sympathized with her, and 
always let her in, and sometimes got up in the night to 
do so, for she was but a dog and could not say to herself 
in the words of the beautiful Arab proverb, "There are 
two days when thou needst not fear death — the day 
THE WHITE BASS. 
over trout and ducks that are said to have been kept in 
refrigerators, though, heaven knows, the weather has been 
cold enough without any such plea as that. 
Heavy snows have driven the deer down to the settle- 
ments, and of course a little venison can be procured on 
the side. Nevertheless, the law is being observed better 
than ever before. 
With the new year comes the starting up of the State 
fish hatchery, with a million eggs, most of which will 
be transplanted, as little fish, into protected streams 6arly 
in the spring. The Government hatchery at Duluth, 
Minn., furnished 500,000 lake trout eggs. There are also 
50,000 brook trout and 25,000 rainbow trout eggs from 
Iowa, and a quantity of landlocked salmon eggs from 
Maine. The balance of the million lot will be brook 
trout eggs, which will have to be purchased from local 
parties. 
Warden Sharp is delighted with the hatchery site, in the 
foothills of the W^asatch, east of Murray, Salt Lake 
county. Here a 4-inch and a 2-inch flowing well have 
been purchased. It is claimed that the well water, after 
getting a liberal churning in the air to give it life, be- 
comes even better than spring water for hatching pur- 
poses. 
As the result of his election to a more remunerative 
office. Fish and Game Warden Newell to-day resigned 
his position. He has been a competent and faithful officer 
during many j^ears of service, and his only enemies are 
those whom he has caught in the net of the law. He 
was the first man in Utah to make his official business a 
profession, and to him is largely due the excellent condi- 
tion of affairs that prevails to-day. For his old shoes 
there are thirty-two applicants being considered by the 
State Commissioner and County Court. Their qualifica- 
tions vary. One is an impecunious descendant of Brig- 
harn Young, one a man who ought to know all about the 
business because he has been twice arrested for illegal sein- 
ing, several have been unable to find any other congenial 
occupation, and in addition the strong political pull must 
not be overlooked. My only hope is that the new incum- 
bent may prove half as v eil fitted for the position as his 
predecessor. He will have to foster the sentiment for . 
protection that has. only just been awakened. 
Shoshone. .' 
Provo, Utah, Dec. 27. 
A VERMONT HUNTING PARTY. 
The Forest and Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday, 
♦"^orrp^nondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
i~tr%< ■ ■ MoTif^ay and as much earlier as practicable. 
pushing up the hill for a favorable position. After two or 
three short circles in the second growth timber, and nq 
fox coming out, the older heads said that it was a rabbit, 
which it proved to be. 
- With little delay the dogs were called off, and moved 
over to a ledge just east. In fifteen minutes Hustler opens 
up, quickly the others join in, and our first fox is started. 
Straight across to the south end of Mutlen Hill, north on 
the west side, around the tiorth end, and back on top of the 
hill. The pace is hot, and Reynard starts straight west 
for the swamp. A short turn at the edge of the swamp 
and back he comes. The dogs by this time are strung out, 
Pup and Nigger well in the lead. As the leaders were 
well up it was a sure thing that his lordship was going 
to get in trouble if he did not find some place of refuge. 
On swinging around to the north end of the hill, he came 
m full view of three of our party. We watched him cross 
a pasture fifty or sixty rods in clear open sailing. Then 
he comes to the fence at the foot of the ledge. ' Now 
some one will get a shot. On comes the dogs, through 
the fence at the same opening, and all at once the dogs 
stop barking. We move up, and find the dogs working at 
a hole in the side hill. We try to dig the old chap out, 
but after plenty of hard work we have to give it up. Our • 
team is on hand and back we go for dinner. 
At 2:30, when we have finished dinner and have 
gathered for a talk, the suggestion is made that we go 
out just back of the church. After quite an argument 
(as some do not think we can start) we put on our iiunt- 
mg clothes and go. Men are posted on runways as we 
go along; and in thirty-five minutes from the time we 
started, and within 150 rods of the hotel. Pup jumps a 
fox, and for an hour we have a run such as seldom falls 
to the fox hunter, all the time in the open pastures and 
nieadows. A cool breeze comes from the north, the scent 
is lying good, and the music is grand. 
About 4 :30 the fox started south for the road, crossing 
Elhs, Torf and Butier, about twenty rods apart, who 
were eagerly watching as Reynard 'broke around the 
front of the ledge, sixty rods away. 
The chance came to Ellis, and" he held his reputation 
good by making a clean kill. The fox proved to be an old 
dog with beautiful coat and fine brush. Pup came in far 
in the lead, Tommy next and the others out. ' 
All the party were well pleased with the work Pup had 
done, and he proved to be the cracker jack of the lot. He' 
IS medium size, smooth, good feet, and as tough as a 
when God commands Azreel to pass thee by and the 
day when He commands him to strike thee." She could 
only hover close to me and tremble. If she could have 
reasoned out the utter' uselessness of fear in the presence 
of a_ thing that is too quick to dodge and too searching 
to hide from, she would doubtless have stayed in her ken- 
nel and never let the folks know she was afraid 'Tis 
better thus (!). George Kj;nnedy. 
St Louis, Dec. 26. 
Points and Flushes. 
Messrs. Spratts Patent announce that "The blame for 
delay m a number of cases of importation of live siock 
having been unfairly attached to us we 
decided, after careful consideration, to abandon this kind 
of business, believing that it would in the end be inore 
satisfactory if we recommended customers to intrust their 
property to one of the regular express or forwarding com- 
panies. We had found that intending exhibitors fre- 
quently allowed a very narrow limit of time between date 
of arrival of vessel carrying animals intended for exhibi- 
tion and the show date, and that one failure to realize 
their anticipations, due to no fault of ours, prejudiced 
our business as manufacturers' more than a hundred .s"c.- 
cesses_. We have, of course, in the past brought into 
America a very large number of famous prize wmnino- 
dogs and birds, and have received many excellent cesti- 
monials therefor." 
The calendar of Spratts Patent Limited, 245 East Fifty- 
r '1'^^^!:''^^*^' ^° ^'^^ "^"^^ ^^S'"^ standard of those pub- 
lished_ by this sterling company each year. It is most in- 
structively and artistically illustrated, and contains in- 
tormation in a concise form, which is really a di-^est of 
volumes It is in such expensive form that it is not in- 
tended for inconsiderate distribution, but those who are 
satisfied with one copy can obtain it on makino- their 
Wishes known. 
The Forest and Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday, 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday aad as mweh rarj;cr s- practicable. 
