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"Evening comes, the sun sinks behind the lake, and 
against the red and gold of the sky the old oaks on the 
high dike, and the tired people, are finely silhouetted; 
the oxen groan when the whip is laid across their broad 
backs. In the temporary building bottles continue to be 
emptied to the accompaniment of song and joke, while 
the work with the heavy tubs goes on outside, and all are 
satisfied except the cashier, who counts the 'gyldon' into 
the owner's coffers." — Rugde, in London Fishing Gazette. 
New Jersey Coast Fishmgf. 
AsBURY Park, N. J.. June 23.— Bass are still taking the 
hook freely at all points along shore. While they arc not 
quite so plentiful as last week, still fishing can be classed 
as superb. Each day has produced weights of 15 to 25 
pounds. To George W. Savage, however, goes the palm, 
pounds, what is believed to be the largest ever 
landed on the New Jersey coast with rod and reel. Mr. 
Savage at once presented the fish to James A. Bradley, 
who still has it on exhibition, keeping it well frozen. The 
indications are of the best for first-class fishing from 
now on. 
To-day a telegram form Barnegat says bluefish are in 
the bay in great abundance, and are taking the hook 
freelj'. Weakfish too are plentiful in those waters. These 
reports are dear to the heart of the angler, and give 
great encouragement. 
Bluefish arc running all along shore, but owing to the 
prevailing east winds none are as yet in the surf save 
at one or two points. Off shore fishermen to-day ran 
among .schools of weakfish about four miles at sea, several 
acres in extent, and the fish of large size. They took the 
squid eagerly, and tlie boats were quickly filled. Should 
the fish Avork in shore tliey will furnish rare sport and 
will be Avelcome. All the old-timers are now on hand, and 
are plying the rod with vigor and success. Bass suppers 
arc in full vogue, and furnish rare occasions for full play 
of mirth and gossip. A most enjo3^able supper was given 
last night by Edward E. McCormack, of Newark, N. J., 
lo eighteen choice spirits of the fraternit}', which will 
long be remembered by those of us who Avere fortunate 
enough to be tliere. Leonard Huut. 
In the Dead River Region. 
Dead River, Me., June 18. — Fishing lias not been so 
good for years as this season, and never have so many big 
irout been taken as in the past week. This can be, how- 
ever, credited to the law passed by the Legislature, to 
stop all fishing through the ice during the winter. 
A part}-- of seven — ^five ladies and two gentlemen — were 
liere two days fishing; got 335 trout from Farmington. 
Jim Harlow, guide. 
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Whitney and son, of Bridgeport, 
Conn., were here a week. They got all they wanted. 
Got in two afternoons' fishing at Long Falls, thirtj^-six 
trout, twenty-nine of which weighed 25 pounds after they 
were dressed. Mr. Whitney got several of two pounds 
each. J. G. Harlow was his guide. 
Messrs. Leon. A. Bump, Dr. C. F. Rowell, of Wilton, 
and F. H. Southard, of Manchester, N. H., who are 
here now, have had great luck, getting all the big trout 
they want every day. Mr. Southard landed a 3-pound 
trout and Mr. Bump landed a 2-pound salmon at the 
foot of Long Falls. They got in three hours' fishing at 
Round Pond twenty-four trout of to 2 pounds each. 
They put back about all they caught every day. 
Messrs. D. L. Hall, of Wilton, and Ami Russell, of 
Boston, have also had great luck. They got all they 
wanted and had a full amount of beauties to take home. 
Every one declares they never had so good fishing nor got 
so many big ones before. 
Jim HarloWj Registered Guide. 
Notes from the Fishing; Waters. 
Mr. Edward Vom Hofe, of New York, the well-known 
fishing tackle manufacturer, returned on May 20 from 
a six weeks' fishing trip to Boca Grand, Fla. Mr. Vom 
Hofe had excellent success, taking twenty-eight tarpon, 
the largest of which weighed 176 pounds. From April 
22 to May 4 the weather was too stormy for fishing, but 
the remainder of his stay at Boca Grand was attended 
Avith good weather and fine sport. 
Mr. John G. Heckscher. of New York, has sent to Mr. 
E. Vom Hofe a 33-pound salmon, which he took from 
the Grand Cascapedia, in Quebec. Mr. Vom Hofe had 
the fish prepared and invited a number of his friends to 
partake of the feast. Mr. Heckscher, under date of Jtine 
22, reports that although the river has been too high to 
fish for many days, he has killed ten large salmon and 
has had grand sport. 
Mr. Franklin S. Schanck, of Brooklyn. N. Y., writes 
vnder date of June 13 from Avalon, Santa Catalina Is- 
land, Gal., that he has caught six tuna, weighing, re- 
spectively, 88, 104, 123, 116, 120 and 96 pounds. 
Delhi. 
Some Wisconsin Fishing; Ponds. 
Good catches of trout have been reported the past week 
from Evergreen (reached via Antigo and Parish ) ; black 
bass, pike and muscalonge at Eagle River, Tomahawk 
Lake and Parish. Bass Lake and Two-Mile Lake, near 
Parish, are well stocked with bass. There has been great 
fishing for pike and bass at Neenah. All these points are 
reached- by the Chicago &: Northwestern Railway, and are 
getatable from Chicago. 
Mr. Hamlin was one of Maine's noted fishermen, and 
one little yearly excursion of his used to puzzle the 
knowing ones not a little. Every year he prevailed upon 
the officials of a certain Maine railroad to let him off 
an early morning train in the middle of a dense forest. 
He would disappear in the woods, and when the train re- 
turned in the evening Mr. Hamlin would be found wait- 
ing beside the track to be taken aboard. His basket on 
these occasions was always found to be filled with mag- 
nificent trout, weighing anywhere around i to 2 pounds 
and over. Nobodj' else knew of a trout brook in the 
vicinity that gave promise of any such trout as he 
got, as the old gentleman always persisted in going alone, 
and a Maine paper says that the exact locality has always 
remained a mj^stery. . _ _ _ _ . 
Fixttttes* 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Aug. 21.— Emmetsburg, la.—Third annual field trials of the 
Iowa Field Trials Association. M. Bruce, Sec'y, Des Moines, la. 
Aug. 28.— Sioux Falls, S. D.— Inaugural field trials of the South 
Dakota Field Trials Association. Olav Haugtro, Sec'y, Sioux 
Falls, S. D. s , J, 
Sept. 34.— La Salle, Manitoba, Can.— Western Canada Kennel 
Club's annual field trials. A. Lake, Sec'y, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 
Can. 
Sept. 6-7. — Brandon, Manitoba, Can.— Third annual field trials of 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Dr. H. J. Elliott, Sec'y. 
Sept. 11. , Manitoba, Can.— Fourteenth annual field trials of 
the Manitoba Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec'y, Winnipeg, 
Manitoba, Can. 
Oct 30. — Senecaville, O. — Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association's sixth annual field trials. A. C. Peterson, 
Sec'y, Homestead, Pa. 
Nov. 7.— Hampton, Conn.— Connecticut Field Trials Club'<: field 
trials. J. E. Bassett, Sec'y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn, 
Nov. 7-8.— Lake View, Mich.— Third annual field trials of the 
Michigan Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec'y, Grand Rapids, 
Mich. 
Nov. 12.— Bicknell. Ind.— Third annual field trials of the In- 
dependent Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, 
Ind. 
Nov. 1.3.— Chatham, Ont.— Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 16.— Newton, N. C— Eastern Field Trials Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials — Members' Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Sirnon C. Bradley, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 
No. 20. , .—Illinois Field Trials Association's second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec'v, Mattoon. 111. 
Nov. 20.— Ruthven, Ontario, Can.— Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec'y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 
Nov. 20. . Pa.— Central Beagle Club's annual field trials. A. 
C. Peterson, Sec'y. Homestead. Pa. 
Nov. 22.— Glasgow. Ky.— Kentucky Field Trials Qub's annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson. Sec'y, Louisville, Ky. 
Nov. 27. — Paris, Mo.— Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Trials Association. L. S. Eddins. Sec'v, Sedalia, Mo. 
Nov. 30.— Newton. N. C— Continental Field Trials Club's si> 
xth 
annual field ti-ials — Members' Stake. Dec. 3," Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 
Old Perry the Best of Them. 
C0LX7MBLTS, O. — The love for the chase is born in a man. 
One who cares nothing for hounds never can cultivate the 
taste for fox hunting. I came by mine honestly. Many 
and many a time have I seen my father stand out on the 
front veranda on a cold, raw, sleety night for half an 
hour, with nothing on but his night clothes, listening to a 
pack in the distance crossing some well-known runway. 
When I was a small boy my father's special pets were 
Perry and Trume, two gaunt, iron-limbed specimens of 
the old-fashioned black and tan, whose muscles stood out 
like knots on a dogwood. They were brothers, and a finer 
pair never woke the echoes of the eternal hills with their 
deep-throated bay. Trume, the darker colored of the 
twain, had the finest nose I ever saw ; he cotild pick up 
the oldest trail, and when the fox was finally jumped he 
never wavered, but with head erect and nose in the air fol- 
lowed true as a die Reynard's track. Perry's nose was 
not so good. He could not work out an old trail like 
his long-eared brother, but what he lacked in that respect 
was more than made up when the fox was jumped and 
warmed up. Lie had a long-gaited lope, which carried 
him over the grotmd at almost incredible speed, and he 
could keep it up for hours. When the two were running 
by themselves (they always ran together). Perry regulated 
his speed so as not to get too far away from Trume, as 
at anj^ time he might come to a knottj^ "tangle in the trail, 
where Reynard had used all his hereditar}' cunning to 
throw them off. then he needed the assistance of his 
surer-nosed brother to straighten it out. Turn in a fresh 
dog or two and things changed ; with a yelp of defiance 
he forged ahead; nothing could hold him back. I have 
seen him go over a stake and ridered fence without touch- 
ing anjlhing but his hind feet, which were as hard as 
pieces of metal. On a steep side hill on a drizzly, slippery 
day I have seen him thrpw down lO yards of fence going 
over. 
At the Shannon Hill, well known to Fox hunters, in 
Licking count}-, a pair of foxes reared their young for 
j^ears, but their lives were cut short by a contemptible 
fat-headed butcher. About June i on a damp, still evening 
is an ideal time for a night chase near where they are 
nesting. I and my father would start about sundown with 
the two black and tans in leash for the Shaimon Hill. Old 
Toby, from down the creek, and who looks like the twin 
brother of Father Time, would be waiting at the highest 
point on the hill, where yoti could hear the dogs for 
miles. Toby slides doAvn oft' the fence as we come up. 
"I heard her bark down yonder in the pines a while 
ago. Old Fan heard her too," looking aflfectionately at a 
lemon-eared, ribby-looking quadruped chained to the 
fence. "I wish them 'are Davis boys Avould hurry up. We 
don't want to wait till dark, for we can see 'em make a 
circle or two round the hills if we turn loose before 
dusk." 
"Yes," adds my father : "if they start the old one you 
heard barking; but if they jump her riiate, he will go 
straight for Tomaky [a small stream, Walka-tomka] and 
be gone two or three hours before he will come back." 
By and by we spied the Davis boys coming, leading two 
dogs. One of them is Crowder, the pride of the bottoms, a 
bench-legged, <lea-bitten, ordinary-looking brute, but with 
an abnormal depth of chest and ears like velvet. Some 
of the numerous Livingston family were also along, with 
their pack, including old Sam, an ancient looking beast 
with gray hair around his nose, but who had a career to 
be proud' of. Old Sam wouldn't run rabbits under any 
circumstances, therefore he was used as a starter. 
"Hallow, fellers." says Toby; "hurry and let old Sam 
go. I heered her barkin' down there a while ago." 
After growling and showing his teeth at every dog 
around, Sam started down the hill, and in a few moments 
a long wailing cry came floating up. The dogs that were 
tied were trembling and impatient. Another, and still 
another, long, deep-toned bav came from old Sam. Now 
it is almost impossible to hold Perry, and Davis' Crowder 
is tugging at his chain and quivering like a native of the 
hollows below with chills and fever. Now comes a suc- 
cession of stuttering yelps, followed by numerous long 
drawn wails from Sam. 
"Let 'era loose !" cries Toby. "Sam has her going." 
The leaches are slipped over their heads and an ava- 
lanche of dogs goes tearing through the bushes in full 
cry. My heart is in my mouth. I realize that our dogs 
are up against hard game in Crowder, old Fan, Living- 
ston's Topsy and a few more. 
"Don't worry, kid," says the old man, as he notices my 
missgivings. "Old Perry is in good form ; he will lead the 
bunch before morning." 
They curved around the opposite bluff and scurried 
straight east, all in full cry and in a bunch. What music ! 
Sousa or Gilmore never equaled it. 
"They've jumped the male," said the old man, "and are 
going out of the country." 
"Yes," grumbled Toby; "we won't see them for two 
hours." 
Fainter and fainter grew the mellow voices of the dogs, 
and after going over a high point far to the east, the notes 
were still in the distance. 
"Well, boys," says Toby, "you fellers start a fire; it is 
getting damp. We will wait for them to bring him 
back." 
Soon a rousing fire was crackling by a stump. We 
made ourselves as comfortable as possible, the old fellows 
lit their pipes and sat and listened to Toby ruminate for 
the hundredth time over the superior qualities of divers 
dogs he had owned in the last half-dozen decades. I had 
fallen into a doze of uncertain duration, but was brought 
out of it with a start, as the old man jumped briskly from 
my side and walked down the fence out of the circle of 
firelight. I was once more dozing off when the cry of 
"He's coming !]' brought the drowsy party to their feet. 
"Who's.comin' ?" inquired some of the party. 
"Who's comin' ? Who's comin' ? Who do you sup- 
pose? Old Perry, of course." 
We all ran down the fence now, breathlessly listening. 
My father was standing on a knoll in the dim starlight 
with his ear to the wind. Then we all heard it — long' 
drawn, deep and mellow, like the toll of a church bell. 
Boy as I was, I could recognize it among a thousand. 
At times he gave tongue in sharp, eager yelps, which we 
knew indicated he was close on his prey. Suddenly, pit-a- 
pat, we hear the footfalls of something. It is the fox. He 
passes within a dozen feet of where we are standing like 
stones along the opposite side of the fence. As the pale 
moon pushes for a moment through a ragged cloud, we 
catch a fair glance at him. His tongue is lolling from 
his jaws; he is wet, muddy and bedraggled; probably he 
fell from a slippery log in crossing one of the numerous 
streams t3ver which he has passed. His brush is dragging 
— sure sign he is all in. He is making a great effort to 
reach his family under the big rock at the foot of the 
bluff. Not ten rods behind him comes old Perry, his;' 
bristles on end. He gives A'oice to nothing but an anxiou.'^ 
whimper, as he catches a glimpse of his hard-pressed' 
quarry as he flits through the dim starlight. On he 
comes, with giant bounds. We feel a miniature shower 
from the wet clover as he lunges past otir position. He 
is gaining at everj' jump, and as thej^ leave the clover and 
enter the bushes we feel sure the dog will overtake the 
fox before he reaches the rock. Nothing but shuffling in 
the damp leaves is heard for a moment, then comes a long, 
mournful wail of disappointment. Our chase is done, and 
the gallant old fellow is saved. The other dogs straggle 
in one at a time. Davis' Crowder was the next. As he 
came lim.ping un to the fire, he snarled ill-naturedly at 
his grant old riA-al. who had dethroned him, and who 
Avas noAv being made as comfortable as possible on a 
rubber coat near the fi_re by the old man, Avho fondled him 
like a long lo.st sweetheart, and it Avas the happiest mo- 
ment of my life. Lancewooo. 
Points and Flushes. 
Mrs. E. M. Williams, of Silver Hill, Md., announces in 
our advertising columns that she is closing out her setters 
at a great sacrifice, as her kennel of Skye terriers pre- 
cludes keeping them. 
Yachting Fixtures, 1900. 
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. 
JUNE. 
27. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester. ^ , , „ . 
SO. New Rochelle, annual, New Kochelle, Long Island Sound. 
30. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
30. Queen City, cruismg race, Toronto, Lake Ontario. _ 
30. Royal St. Lawrence, cruise to Carillon. Lake "Jt r.ouis. 
30. South Boston, handicap. City Point, Boston Harbor. 
30. Haverhill, Haverhill, NIass. i 
30. Squantum, open. Squantum, Mass. 
30. Manchester, Tucker-Boardman cup, Manchester. 
30. Duxbury, Duxbury. Mass, 
30. Beverly, Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 
30 Ouincy, club and H. O. class, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
SO. Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
30. Ouannapowitt. , . , ^ -r, -r t o j 
SO Seawanhaka Cor., Center Island cup. Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
30. Eastern, annual, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay-. 
30. Atlantic, 30ft. and cat classes, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
?/) Ouincy. club, Quincy, Boston Harbor. _ 
30-July 1. California. crui»e to Paradise Cove. 
JULY. 
2. Stamford, annual, Stamford. Long Island Sound. 
2. Mosquito Fleet, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
2. Manchester, championship, Manchester, Mass. 
2-3-4. White Bear, Seawanhaka cup trials. White Bear Lake, Mmn. 
3. Columbia (Boston), open, Boston Harbor. 
3. Roval St. Lawrence. Sir Donald A. Smith cup, yachts over 
Kft., Lake St. Louis. ^ , ^ _ , 
3. American, annual, Milton Pomt, Long Island Sound 
4. Larchmont, annual, Larchmont. Long Island Sound- 
4. Columbia, annual, open. Chicago. Lake Michigan. 
4. Boston City, open, Citv Point. Boston Harbor. 
L California, special, San Francisco, ^n Francisco Bay. 
4. Quincy, handicap, Quincy, Boston Harbor. . _ 
4. Hartford, annuaL 
4. Newport, annual. Newport. Narragansett Bay. 
4. Taunton, club, Taunton, Mass. l t> 
4. Penataquit Corinthian, club, Bav Shore, Great bouth Bay. 
4. Tamaica Bay, annual. Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
4. Beverly, open. Monument Beach. Buzzards Bav. 
4. Corinthian, championshin, Marblehead. Massachusetts Bay. 
i. Atlantic, ovster boats and yachts. Sea Gate, ^ew \ ork Bay 
4. Du.xburj-, Duxbury. Mass. 
4. American, cruise, Newburj-port. 
4. Fast Gloucester, club and evening races. 
4. Ouannapowitt. Gloucester. 
4, Portsm'^utli. club. Porf.smonth. N. H. 
.5. South Boston, open, Citv Point. Boston Harbor. 
^. Indian fiarbor. special. Greenwich. Long Island Sound. 
6. Harlem, special. City Island, Long Island Sound. j 
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