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FOREST, AND . STREAM. 
([Sept. 22, 1900, 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST, 
Movements of Western Anglers. 
■ Ghicago, III., Sept. 15.— There is quite a little exodus 
this week for the muscallunge regions of Wisconsin, 
some of our anglers going out for a try at the fall run 
of that fish, whose reticence and diffidence in regard to 
spoon victuals this past summer has left his reputation 
under a cloud. Mayor Carter H. Harrison is keeping up 
his reputation as an all-around sportsman by taking a 
nm up to Squirrel Lake, near Minocqua, Wis., this week 
after muscallunge. This is one of the best 'lunge waters 
of that much contested region, or at least it has given 
the best account of itself for the past few seasons, though 
it has shown nothing very heavy. 
Mr. Geo. Murrell and, A. Wolfarth had pretty fair, luck 
with the big-mouths at Huntley's Lake, near Lake Villa, 
.this week, taking twenty-five nice ones iii one day's 
casting. ^ . . 
Mr. J. B. Battelle, long of Toledo, O., is this week m 
Chicago on business and pays this office a call. He says 
that during the month of August he struck, quit work 
altogether, and taking his wife went up into Michigan, 
in the St. Mary's River country, and had more fun catch- 
ing trout than he almost ever did have before. He came 
hack in fine fettle and thinks the time well spent. 
Mr, Frank Washburn, writing from Cass county, Minn., 
reports muscallunge_ taken at Kabekona Camp of 14}^, 
26 and 30 potinds this season. 
Back from the Rockies. 
President Gi-aham H. Harris, of the Chicago Board oi 
Education, returned this week from the long trip in the 
Rocky Mountains of which mention was earlier made 
m these columns, and was accompanied home by his two 
companions, Mr. E. Ellicott, city electrician, and Old 
Bill Haskell, who was really the moving spirit of the 
party since he was the one who had been out in the 
coimtry before and who got his friends to take the trip. 
In every way each man camt back pleased down to the 
ground. They are all brown as berries and hungry yet 
with the real mountain appetite. They went west of the 
Yellowstone Park, fished the uppor or north fork o,f the 
Snake; also the Madison, the Beaver and other streams 
of that region, and during an excursion into the Park 
tried the Nez Perce Creek, though with little success, 
perhaps because they were too near the Fountain Basin 
and the water was too warm so ]ow down. They made 
Henry's Lake their center of operations and had many 
side trips, shooting ducks, grouse and sage liens and 
fishing to their hearts' content. They caught trout up 
to 3 or 4 pounds, all they wanted, and had all the shoot- 
ing and all the fun they could ask. 
Considerable interest was excited among the member- 
ship of the Wishininne Club, of which Mr. Harris is an 
esteemed member, by a telegram which was received 
from him' soon after his arrival in the mountains, and 
which was addressed to Dr. Bodine at his office here. 
The message asked that one '"hair mattress" be sent ouf 
to him at once. It was not considered professional foi 
any member of the redoubtable Wishininnes to sleep or 
a hair mattress while on a cam])ing trip and there was 
grave talk at the daily lunch meetings of trying Mr, 
Harris for high crimes and misdemeanors. TThis sub- 
ject was brought up delicately to-day in full meeting and 
Mr. Harris and Mr. Haskell were both asked to explain 
this mattress incident. Mr. Harris said that his telegram 
was mistunderstood and that he .«ent for an "air mattress'' 
and not a "hair mattress," and did not ask to have il 
curled, as was at first reported. There was, however, 
some very suspicious talk in regard to a couple of pil- 
lows which were also said to have been ordered, and un- 
less Mr. Harris can explain those pillows he is apt to 
rest under a very grave cloud of suspicion and will per- 
haps be formally asked at a later meeting to set the mat- 
ter right or suffer' summary penalties for the crime. In 
the Wishininne calendar a bootleg is held a good and 
sufficient pillow and is legal tender for the same. Mr. 
Haskell looks as though he could tell a thing or two and 
will probably be subpoenaed later as the leading witness. 
Lost His Grayling. 
Mr. W. J. Hunsaker, managing editor of the Detroit 
Journal, writes me describing the loss of a valuable bit 
' of property upon which he haid long lavished his idol- 
atry, a stuffed Rrayling that he had accumulated in the 
course of his sporting activities and which he classified 
as the pearl of great price among his trophies. Fire 
destroyed it utterly, and it looks now as though he would 
have to drop work and go out and get another one. He 
may be glad to note the cheering reports of the late issue 
of the Forest and 'Stream, which seem to indicate that 
the grayling is not yet altogether gone, though in a very 
groggy attitude as a species. Mr. Hunsaker will touch 
the heart of many a sportsman who has lost his pet trophy 
with his words, which follow: 
"You'll be pained to learn, I opine, of a disaster that 
overtook me July 1. For a long' time I've been filled 
with a burning ambition to catch a grayling — the fish 
that is now little more than a glittering memory in Mich- 
igan streams where once it .schooled by millions. Finally, 
last May, on Big Creek, a branch of the An Sable, T got 
one on a Parmachenee belle, in swift water, "just as the 
sun went down." It was a fine specimen. 12 inches long, 
and gave me a nipping fight. Well, I nourished it for 
three days until I got to Detroit and had it mounted. 
Then I hung it over my desk in the office and gloated 
over it and let a few friends in for a gloat or two occa- 
sionally, and fought the good fight with it over and over 
again, until I was convinced that T was a peacherina of 
an angler, without any manner of doubt. M the flood- 
tide of my pride the customary fall came due. On the 
date mentioned fire didn't do a thing but wipe out mv 
fish from sight as with a fiery sponge. Incidentally it 
burned up $80,000 worth of Journal property besides, but 
that was a mere side issue. That fish was gone, and not 
all the insurance companies this side of a hotter place 
than Detroit in August can nut that 12-inch silver dream 
back over my desk again. Factories multiply where type 
and oresses and Mergenthalers may be had for a price, 
but the places where grayling are turned out are growing 
lonesomelv feV and far between." 
Rhode Island Bass and Landlocked Salmon. 
Providence, R. I. — Editor Forest and Stream: I see 
by Forest and Stream that the Fish Commissioners of 
Rhode Island have dumped a load of landlocked salmon 
fry in Sneach's Pond, in the town of Cumberland. Some 
time ago a large lot was put into Moswansicut Pond in 
Scitnate. A few days ago the Providence Journal told of 
a gentleman named Geo. Jencks, hooking and success- 
fully landing a bass (small-mouth) which weighed 6J4 
pounds. This is all true, too, as the head was seen by a 
man whom I believe to know a great deal about fish. 
But what has become of the salmon fry which was 
planted? It is no wonder bass grow to an immense size 
when they are fed on landlocked salmon fry. 
I expect to hear in another year of its as being caught 
in Sneach's Pond of a like weight, for this pond was 
stocked with bass many years ago. The bass of Rhode 
Island will be so dainty soon Ave shall have to use small 
yearling trout to induce them to bite. There are ponds 
in this State which have never been stocked with black 
bass, which, in my humble opinion, would be better 
places to put sali'non fry into than a pond where it is 
known large bass abide. When these fry are all eaten by 
the bass, what a fine flavor those bass will be. People 
will travel from any distance to get a bass fed by salmon 
fry. Keep at it. This State, although small, has lots 
of money, and if we want our bass fed with even the 
speckled trout, we can have it done. Seldom. 
Large Adirondack Brook Trottt. 
Boston, Sept. 4. — Editor Forest and Stream: I have 
before me two articles from your paper dated June 9 and 
t6, respectively, which report that Adirondack speckled 
trout have been taken of 6 pounds weight. Mr. IPhillips 
states that he could get no definite information of any one 
taking a larger one. The last year that T camped on Bog 
River (about 1895), St. Lawrence county, my guide, Bob 
Moody, of Saranac Lake, took a speckled trout from Third 
Pond that weighed exactly 6 pounds and 4 ounces. An 
account of the first fishing after being stocked of Spring 
Pond, off Bog River, by Walter Aiken and party, would 
be interesting. Geo. Fayzette, of Dr. Webb's preserve, 
Ne-ha-sa-ne Park, can give the facts if he feels like it. and 
I hope he will. L. O. C. 
Gold Spectacles Found in Tamagamie Carry* 
Montreal, P. Q., Sept. 11. — Editor Forest arid Stream: 
In passing over the portage between Cross and Outlet 
bays on Tamagamie Lake, Ontario, on Aug. 31, I found 
a pair of gold-frame spectacles. Knowing that all sports- 
men read Forest and Stream, I ask j-ou to be good 
enough to say in your next issue that the owner can have 
them by furnishing proof of ownership to me. Address 
St. Croix, care Forest and Stream. 
'fo Menml 
* Fiztttfes. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
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's 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. 13. — Chatham, Ont. — ^Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. 'Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov; 16.— Ne\vton, N. C— Eastern Field Trials Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials— Members' Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 
No. 20. , . — Illinois Field Trials Association's second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec'y, 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 Club'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 sixth 
annual field trials— Members' Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo, 
Sturges, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill. Conn. 
Training the Hunting Dog 
For the Field and Field Trials, 
n, — Instinct, Reason and Natural Development. 
{Cotttinued from Jrage 212.) 
The life of the dog is relatively short. At ten years he 
is in old age. Few of them live so long: fewer still live 
much longer. In the first year of the dog's life he goes 
through the same relative course of development that 
fehe boy goes through in the first dozen years of his life. 
For a time.' as a puppy, he is entirely helpless and de- 
pendent. Gradualb'^ strength comes, and he moves about 
without any exhibition of intelligence. As the brain de- 
velops, the mind • begins to act, and • the puppy shows 
signs of ideas. Soon play engrosses his attention, and 
this phenomenon of his life, although by the average man 
considered frivilous and undesirable, is essentially useful. 
Puppies play furiously with each other till they are 
exhausted by fatigue. After a short rest they may re- 
sume their frolics with unabated ardor, It is to be ob- 
served that their play is a close imitation of pursuit and 
escape, of cunning attack and crafty evasion, or of am- 
bush or battle, dog against dog. They seize, wrestle and 
struggle in play as they do in actual fight, with the diff- 
erence, however, that they use their teeth in a "make- 
believe" way, and do not intentionally hurt each other. 
At times the sham battle may develop into a real battle, 
and then there is but little difference in the struggle save 
that teeth are used in earnest This exercise develops the 
dog's _ muscles, his power of actively using his bodily 
capabilities, his mental qualities and a knowledge of his 
own forces and Iftnttations, 
If the puppy has no companion of his own kind, he 
goes through much the same fierce training with an old 
shoe or. other object, which he will toss about and shake 
arid rend, following the instincts of his nature in the 
evolution as an organism, while feeling only that he is 
having a glorious diversion. All these experiences are 
ot infinite value to the animal by way of experimentation, 
and the knowledge acquired in rending, tearing, lifting, 
dodging, ambushing and in developing strong muscular 
activity, etc., is essential to him in his mature life, eithe' 
in his wild or domesticated state. In a wild state sucl 
knowledge is indispensable to his existence; in a do- 
mesticated state it is serviceable as a means of attack and 
self-defense to him. His curiosity is also a factor in 
his development. It leads him to unlimited investigation, 
and thereby his nose acquires a functional power of dis- 
crimination which is specially serviceable to liim. 
The period of youth is a period of development. Nature 
utilizes it in the most beneficent and proper manner. It 
is the preparatory stage for the tasks of mature life. 
Therefore, until the mind and body have been developed 
in their powers according to nature's laws,, the puppy is 
not old enough to attempt his education. 
It is better to let him develop in his own manner till 
he is a year old before the serious attempt at training 
is made. The trainer in the meantime can give the 
puppy unlimited opportunity to learn by taking him 
frequently into the woods and fields, and permitting him 
to range and seek and chase in his own manner. 
The trainer in the puppy's experiences represses what 
may be wrong, such as the chasing of poultry and sheep, 
etc., but leaves him to his uninterrupted pleasure other- 
wise. He learns the practical parts of life, from ;his own 
experience, and by observing the doings of his fellows, 
but he learns only from opportunity. 
Dogs are very imitative. They readily learn by ob- 
.scrving the doings of older and wiser and more ex- 
perienced dogs. They have a limited language by which 
they can convey certain ideas, and they interpret quite 
intelligently the significance of certain actions of each 
other and of their masters. 
With a purpose to give the reader some ideas, on this 
point, as well as to evoke more serious thought in respect 
to it. the following from "The Descent of Man," by 
Darwinj is presented. Treating of language, he re- 
marks: '"This faculty has justly been considered as one 
of the chief distinctions between man and the lower ani- 
mals. But man, as a highly competent judge. Arch- 
bishop Whately, remarks, 'is not the only animal that 
can make use of language to express what is passing in 
his mind, and can understand more or less what is so ex- 
pressed by another." In Paraguay the Cebus asara 
when e.xcited utters at least six distinct sounds, which 
excite in other monkeys similar emotions. The move- 
ments of the features and the gestures of monkeys are 
understood by us. and they partly understand ours, as 
Rengger and others declare. It is a most remarkable 
tact that the dog, since being domesticated, has learned 
to bark in at least four or five distinct tones. Although 
barking is a new art, no doubt the wild parent species of 
the dog expressed their feelings by cries of various kinds. 
With the domesticated dog, we hav6 the bark of eager- 
ness, as in the chase; that of anger as well as growling; 
the yelp or howl of despair, as when shut up; the baying 
at night; the bark of joy, as when starting on a walk 
with his master, and the very distinct one of demand or 
supplication, as when wishing for a door or window to be 
opened. According to Houzeau, who paid particular at- 
tention to the subject, the domestic fpwl utters at least 
a do/;en significant sounds. 
"The habitual use of articulate language is, however, 
peculiar to man; but he uses in common with the lower 
animals inarticulate cries to express his meaning, aided 
by gestures and the movement of the muscles of the face. 
This specially holds good with the more simple and vivid 
feelings, which are but little connected with our higher 
intelligence. Our cries of pain, fear, surprise, anger, to- 
gether with their appropriate actions, as the murmur of 
a mother to her beloved child, are more expressive than 
any words. That which distinguishes man from .the 
lower animals Js not the understanding , of articulate 
sounds, for, as every one knows, dogs understand many 
words and .sentences. In this respect they are in tht 
same stage of dcvopment as infants between the" ages 
of ten and twelve months, who understand many words 
and short sentences, but yet cannot utter a single word. 
Il is not the mere articulation which is our distinguishing 
character, for parrots and other birds possess this power. 
Nor is it the mere capacity of connecting definite sounds 
with definite ideas, for it is certain that some parrots 
which have been taught to speak, connect unerringly 
words with things and persons with events. The lower 
nnimals difl^cr from man solely in his almost infinitely 
jargcr power of associating together the most diversified 
sounds and ideas, and this obviously depends on the high 
development of his mental powers." 
In reference to this subject, besides giving his own 
\iews at greater length, he quotes from a number of 
authorities, Avho contribute valuable information, and 
who concur in their opinions. 
But. as remarked hereinbefore, so far as the train- 
ing of the dog for field work is concerned, no ideas can 
be communicated to him by means of speech. He learns 
from actual experience. Such things as are Useful to 
him in the struggles of life he learns readily. 
Ill his place in domestic life he learns the significance 
of what affects his own comfort or interests. He learns 
to interpret correctly his master's frown or smile, and 
learns to know b3' the tone of his voice whether he is 
pleased or displeased. His watchfulness, so much, and 
so thoughtlessly lauded as the expression of his devotion 
to man, is merely the instinctive watchfulness necessary to 
his safety in a wild .state, and is a characteristic which 
he would exercise quite as readily for his own kind and 
the preservation of his lair as he would for . the benefit 
of man. When he barks at strange dogs or gives warn - 
ing at night of the approach of strangers, it should-not 
be overlooked that he considers his own home is . dis- 
turbed, though it may be the home, of his master, l Much 
depends on the point of view. " . - . 
In this connection it may be remarked that while' the 
intelligence of the dog has been grossly underrated 'on 
the one hand by superficial observers, it has been on the 
other hand quite as unreasonably exaggerated by en- 
