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The Af wcan JTiger FisK, 
A CORRESPONDENT of the LondoH Field, writing from 
British Central Africa, says: "The fish par excellence for 
sport is what we term the tiger fish, a bright silver 
species, with large scales, a very broad tail, bright red 
pectoral and ventral fins, and the sharpest and largest of 
teeth I have ever seen in a fish of his size. The largest 
I have yet seen was one I caught myself, and it was 12 
pounds. He takes a spoon with a dash that almost 
plucks the rod out of your hand, as if to say "Come on 
—who is the better man?" Very often you find he is the 
better. Coming out of the water directly he is hooked, 
he will take out 20 yards of line almost before you realize 
you are fastened, and if your tackle holds you have the 
very best of times for ten minutes before you can get the 
gaff in. The very stoutest and best of tackle is re- 
quired, for his teeth play havoc with anything of an 
ordinary description. A small boat, paddled gently by a 
couple of natives, with your spoon spinning some 20 
yards behind the boat when you find deep water, is the 
easiest method for sport. On two occasions while play- 
ing a tiger has it been taken by a crocodile. The first 
time he took the fish right on the top of the water; a 
hungry snap it was,- and I brought up head and shoulders 
of my fish only. The second time I thought I was fast 
in a snag at the bottom, and I backed my boat down 
over the top to disengage it if possible by working the 
line with my hand; but in leaning over the side of the 
boat and peering down into about 10 feet of water, I saw 
a small crocodile of about 6 or 7 feet long, with my 
fish in his mouth. He moved of? slowly, but soon 
stopped. I made my boys splash well with poles, and he 
then left the hold of my fish." 
Vermont Pike Eggfs. 
Acting for the United States Fish Commission, Mr. 
Livingston Stone took 130,000,000 pike eggs at Swanton, 
Vt. Of these 100,000,000 were sent to the Cape Vincent 
hatchery and 30,000,000 were distributed to Vermont 
waters. Mr. Stone thinks that Swanton is the best place 
in the country to take pike eggs, which means that sooner 
or later a permanent hatchery will be located here. With 
a larger force of men Mr. Stone says he could have easily 
taken double the number of eggs he did, but as the pres- 
ent capacity of the Cape Vincent hatchery is only 100,- 
000,000 eggs, and but 30,000,000 could be hatched here, 
he had enough. 
Mr. Stone thinks Swanton would also be an excellent 
place for the propagation of sturgeon, if it can be suc- 
cessfully done. He made some experiments last year, 
but was unable to secure any ripe eggs. He intends to 
try again this year, and hopes for better success. 
Then again, Mr. Stone says a hatchery here would be 
a most excellent place for experimenting with the black 
bass and muskallonge. This fish is one of the best game 
fish of the country and the best that inhabits Lake 
Champlain. If the number in the lake could be in- 
creased it would attract many sportsmen to these waters. 
Florida Tarpon. 
, From March 12 to April 29 thirty-seven tarpon were 
taken at Fort Myers. The largest one, taken by Mr. W. 
Ashly Jones, measured 7 feet 2 inches, and weighed 170 
pounds, but one of 7 feet i inch, also taken by Mr. 
Jones, weighed 176 pounds. The heaviest catch was a 
jewfish of 220 pounds taken by Mr. T. H. Martin. 
From Punta Rassa, from March 8 to April 26, twenty- 
five tarpon were taken. The record fish as to weight was 
taken by Mr. Frank Trishmuth ; it was 6 feet 6 inches and 
weighed 143 pounds. 
At Boca Grande Pass, from May 3 to 13, Col. R. T. 
Halloway, of Kentucky, took eighteen tarpon; the largest 
and the record fish for 1900 on the West Coast meas- 
ured 7 feet 2 inches and weighed 190 pounds. 
Fish Commissioner C. W. Willard, of Rhode Island, 
took two tarpon of about 90 pounds each at Sarasota. 
A Bigf Brook Trout. 
Fish Commissioner Babcock received yesterday from 
Sierra county the largest brook trout on record. It meas-' 
ures 19H inches from head to tail and weighs 7K pounds. 
The fish, with four others of its kind, all weighing in the 
neighborhood of 5 pounds, will swim in the aquarium at 
the fair to be held in the Mechanics' Pavilion next month. 
"The fish," said Mr. Babcock, "came from a lake in the 
woods in Sierra county. They were planted there in 1891, 
having been taken from Eastern waters. Sportsmen and 
people interested at all in fish should surely go and look 
at them. They are simply m.arvelous for size. I never 
saw, except in the Smithsonian Institution, a fish of this 
kind larger than 2j4 pounds. The biggest specimen I saw 
in the Chicago aquarium weighed 15^2 poimds." — San 
Francisco Call. 
Fred Mather's Library. 
On Monday, June 4, there will be sold at Bangs' auction 
rooms, gi and 93 Fifth avenue, a collection of books, in- 
cluding the library of the late Mr. Fred Mather. 
To persons interested in angling, fisheries and fishcul- 
ture, this sale will present unusual attraction, and no 
doubt here there wiU be opportunities to complete sets of 
works which have long been out of print. Besides this, 
Mr. Mather's library contains many works relating to the 
war of the rebellion of 1861-65, together with other Amer- 
icana, such as tracts, local histories, old almanacs and so 
forth. There are besides pieces of rare sheet music. The 
list contains also many presentation copies and works of 
modern authors on a variety of subjects. Catalogues may 
be had of Bangs & Co. 
On the Main Elkhom. 
Frankfort, Ky. — The gamiest fish in the world are 
the black bass of the Elkhorn. The fishing points on 
Elkhorn are easily reached from Frankfort or from the 
village Forks of Elkhorn, situated on the forks of the 
stream, four miles from Frankfort by pjke or rail; the 
village is also easily reached from Cincinnati via Ken- 
tucky Midland Railway. There is no more beautiful 
scenery than here abounds. B. 
Pennsylvania Fish Propositions. 
The Pennsylvania Fish Protective Association^ 1020 
Arch Street, Philadelphia. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
The Legislative Committee of the Pennsylvania Fish Pro- 
tective Association have been instructed to prepare a 
general fisheries bill to be submitted to the next session 
of the Legislature and would like an expression of opinion 
from your Pennsylvania readers on the following points : 
1. Should not the legal size of brook trout be made 
6 inches instead of S inches as at present? 
2. Would you think it advisable to extend the open 
season for trout until Aug. i or Aug. 15? 
3. Should not the legal size of black bass be made 8 
or 9 inches instead of 6 inches, as at present? 
4. Inasmuch as black bass in many parts of the State 
are not off from their spawning beds until well into the 
month of June, would it not be well to make the open- 
ing of the bass season. June 30 instead of May 30, as at 
present ? 
5- The barter and sale of brook trout is prohibited in 
five counties of the State — Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, 
Sullivan and Tioga. Would you advise a general law to 
this effect? 
6. What provision should be made, in your opinion, 
regulating the furnishing of fish or fry by the State for 
waters. not strictly public waters? 
In addition to replies to the above questions, the com- 
mittee will be pleased to receive suggestions regarding the 
drafting of a general fisheries law. 
Very respectfully, 
Howard A. Chase, 
Marion G. Sellers, 
J. R. Sypher, Committee. 
7?^ MenmL 
Nets in Inland Waters. 
Sayre, Pa. — Editor Forest and Stream: Dr. Morris 
when writing in favor of licensing nets probably had 
Cayuga Lake, among other inland, waters, in mind, and as 
one long acquainted with local sentiment and local parties 
who would very much like a licensed privilege for net 
hauling in waters adjacent to Ithaca, I would pronounce 
the schem.e a surrender to a class operating from selfish 
motives alone, and with only pecuniary considerations in 
mind. Dr. Morris' idea, if put into effect, would create a 
monopoly and annihilate the supply. Give the net hauler 
an inch and he will take a mile. M. Chill. 
Canandaigua, N. Y., May 24. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The plan proposed by Dr. Morris of licensing 
fish netting in inland waters, officially supervising the 
netting, and using the proceeds to restock the lakes, is 
certainly a proposal in the right direction. There are fish 
in these waters which are good for food, and which under 
the present system are going to waste — whitefish, for in- 
stance. Do the defenders of the present conditions mean 
to tell us that in this day it is impossible and beyond the 
ingenuity of man to devise a way to use the food fishes 
which are not game fish without at the same time destroy- 
ing the game species? Is the problem so complex? To 
me it appears simple in the extreme. The new Commis- 
sioners ought to give it attention. Let us utilize the great 
food fish resources of our inland waters. 
Presbyterian. 
Eastern Adirondack Notes. 
Essex, N. Y., May 16. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
The streams are swollen with the last of the Adirondack 
snows. Some good catches of trout were made two weeks 
ago in brooks that were supposed to be ruined by last 
summer's drought. The spring has been verj^ dry so 
far, and no rain of any consequence has fallen — nothing 
since the heavy snows in March. 
It is said that in one section of Essex county last 
fall deer were run with hounds from which the tonsils 
had been removed, thus making them voiceless. The. 
offenders are said to have been Vermonters. If a fact, the 
expedient deserves to rank with the Connecticut nutmeg 
and has the true Yankee flavor to it. J. B. B. < 
[Why "Yankee flavor" ?] 
No Free Fishing on Connecticut Highways. 
New Haven_, May 26. — In the town of Winchester, this 
State, a few days ago, a fisherman, after being ordered 
away from a posted stream by the land owner, continued 
fishing on a highway bridge and refused to move. The 
land owner had him, arrested, and in the town court he 
was fined $10, the judge quoting law and precedents to 
show that the bridge, as part of the highway, could only 
be used for highway purposes and that there could be no 
free fishing on highways in this State, — Correspondence 
New York Evening Post. 
New Jersey Black Bass Season. 
The last session of the New Jersey Legislature made 
an amendment to the black bass law moving the opening 
day from May 30 (as under the old law) to June 15. But 
under a provision of the New Jersey statutes by which a 
new law (unless specially stated) does not go into effect 
until July 4 next after enactment, the new bass law is not 
in effect'this season as to the opening date. The «season 
will open on May 30. 
A Large Togue. 
Mt. Veknon, Me., May 24. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
May 23 a monster togue was caught in Flying Pond. 
Vienna, by Mr. M. F. Eaton, of same place; it weighed 
15H pounds; length, 33 inches; girth, 18 inches. I saw 
the fish myself this A. M. and can assure you that it is a 
beauty. ' • Geo. L. V. Tyler. 
A Large Sturgeon* 
The New York Aquarium is to have an 8-foot sturgeon 
from the Fannington River, Conn, 
Fixtures. 
FIELD TRIALS, 
Nov. 13.— Chatham, Ont.— Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 18.— Newton, N. C— Eastern Field Trials Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill, 
Conn. 
Manitoba Field Trials Club. 
The Secretarj'--Treasurer of the M. F. T. C. has issued 
the following circular : . 
Winnipeg, May 21.— Dear Sir: Herewith I have the 
pleasure to inclose you a blank form of entry for the four- 
teenth annual trials of this club, commencing Sept, 11 
next, the stakes to be three in num.ber, viz: Derby, All- 
Age and Free-for-All. 
Not for years has the spring been so favorable for the 
nesting of prairie chickens. Great numbers of birds were 
left over from last fall; this, coupled with the stringent 
game laws of this Province, will no doubt give lis the 
greatest supply of birds ever known since this country was 
settled up. 
I have much pleasure in informing you that Mr. Simon 
C. Bradley, of Greenfield Hill, Conn., has kindly consented 
to judge the trials. His long experience as a judge will be 
a large feature in the success of our trials. 
Handlers desirous of training in Manitoba can obtain 
good quarters in the best game localities at very moderate 
charges. 
A committee of the club is now engaged in selecting the 
best possible grounds for running the trials, particulars of 
which will be announced as soon as possible. 
We trust that you will favor us by sending your entry 
or entries before the dates ef closing. 
Points and Flushes. 
In our advertising columns the Eastern Field Trials 
Club, through its able Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. S. C. 
Bradley, announces its twenty-second annual field trials, 
to be held on the club's preserves at Newton, N. C, com- 
mencing with the Members' Stake on Nov. 16, and fol- 
lowed by the Derby, All-Age and Subscription stakes, 
open to the worid. Messrs. Theodore Sturges and Arthur 
Merriman, both of large experience in everything which 
pertains to field trials, have accepted the position of 
judges, and the third judge is to be selected later. Entries 
to the All-Age Stake and Eastern Subscription Stake close 
on Oct. I, positively. The club has issued a neat brochure, 
which contains information in respect to the stakes and a 
list of the club oificers, etc. The able Secretary-Treasurer, 
Mr. S. C. Bradley, Greenfield Hill, Conn., will take 
pleasure in giving all pertinent information on applica- 
tion. 
The Honorary Secretary-Treasurer of the Manitoba 
Field Trials Club, Mr. Eric Hamber, Winnipeg, has 
issued the following circular concerning customs arrange- 
ments of igoo: "'Should you contemplate entering dogs 
in the Manitoba Field Trials Club 1900 events, I beg to 
call 3'our attention to the following arrangements that 
have been made in ordep to prevent expense, trouble or 
delay at any of the customs ports of entry — viz., Neche. 
Pembina and Gretna. All dogs that have been duly en- 
tered in any of the Manitoba Field Trials Club events are 
allowed to enter Manitoba and remain for ninety days 
free of all duty. In order to benefit by this arrangement, 
an accurate description of each dog is absolutely neces- 
sary, giving name, breed, sex, color, event entered in. 
owner's name, name of person having charge and line of 
railway traveling by must be mailed to the undersigned 
one week previous to date of arrival at port of entry. 
Dogs unless entered in the trials will be detained by the 
custom house authorities." 
Yachting Fixtures, J 900. 
Secretaries and members of race committees will confer a favor 
by sending- notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 
MAY. 
."0. California, annual, San Francisco. San Francisco Bay. 
30. South Boston, open. City Point, Boston Harbor. 
30. Harlem, annual, City Island, Long Island Sound. 
30. Bridgeport, special, Bridgeport, Long Island Sound. 
30. Indian Harbor, spring, Greenwich, Long Island Sound. 
oO. Oregon, opening, Portland, Columbia River. 
30. Atlantic, opening, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
30. Corinthian, Baltimore, opening race, Chesapeake Bay, 
JHNE. 
2. Royal St. Lawrence, 5-rater, 22ft. and 17ft. classes, Dorval, Lake 
St. Louis. 
2. Knickerbocker, annual. College Point, Long Island Sound. 
2. Hull-Massachusetts, club, HuJI, Boston Harbor. 
2. Queen City, 22ft. knockabout class, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
3. Hudson River, spring, open. New York, Hudson River. 
9. Manhasset, annual. Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 
9. Royal St. Lawrence, 22ft. cruising, 5-rater, 22ft. and 17ft., Valois, 
Lake St. Louis. 
9. Canarsie, first championship, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay, 
y. Oueen City, 17ft. class, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
9. Atlantic, special. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
U. Atlantic, special. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
12. Atlantic, annual, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
12. Atlantic, annual. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
14. New York, annual, New York Bay.' 
16-17. New Bedford, annual cruise, Buzzards Bay. 
16. California, Wallace trophy, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay. 
16. Larchmont, spring, open, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
16. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
16. Royal St. Lawrence, 22ft. cruising, 5-rater, 22ft. and 17ft. 
classes, Pointe Claire. 
16. Queen City, 16ft. class, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
15. Hull-Massachusetts. 
18. Quincy, handicap, Ouincy, Boston Harbor. 
19. New York, Glen Cove cups, Long Island Sound. 
23. Seawanhaka Corinthism, annual. Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
23. Royal St. Lawrence, 5-rater, 17ft. and ainghy classes, Dorval, 
Lake St. Louis. 
23. Queen City, Dodd cup, 20ft. special class, Toronto, Toronto 
Bay. 
30. New Rochelle, annual. New Rochelle, Long Island Souijd, 
30. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
30. Queen City, cruismg race, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
30. Royal St. Lawrence, cruise to Carillon, Lake St. LonJs. 
SO-Jnly 1. California, cniiae to Paradiae Cove. 
