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[Oct. ^,1900. 
stream. About i o'clock the take was over. Fourteen 
fish, total weight a little over 40 pounds, the largest 6 
■ pounds, the smallest i^— nothing very great in the way 
of size, perhaps, but they gave me a morning's real gOod 
sport. Tiffin over, it was time to be of¥, as we had a long 
ride before us, and it would not do to get caught m the 
dark ; so I tramped back to camp. On seven subsequent 
occasions within the next month I fished this river. 
My biggest catch was three fish, and I had three absolutely 
blank days, which I think bears out to a certain extent 
my previous remarks on the "cussedness" of the mahseer. 
^ ^ R. C. B. 
Smelt Fishing in Boston Waters. 
Boston, Sept. 28.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 
smelt fishing season has been on tor some weeks in this 
vicinity, and large numbers of this highly prized fish have 
been taken. Several of the personal friends of Com. 
John N. Roberts have been playing in great luck re- 
cently. The Commodore (he gets his title from the 
South Boston Yacht Club) has a cottage on Peddach's 
Island, where he passes the greater part of his time 
from May to December. I have described it before in 
your columns, and it is only necessary to add that it 
is all there, with a substantial addition built last fall. 
The members of his family, children and grandchildren, 
having relumed to the city, his fishing friends are now 
being" entertained in turn.' 1 have been down twice 
thus far. 
Col. Henry W. Wilson was down for one fishing, and 
got all he wanted. Both he and the Commodore went 
to the city Wednesday, while I remained alone at the 
cottage, with suggestions from the "Com." as to the 
course to be pursued the next morning. Mr. George 
Lakin, another enthusiastic fisherman, who occupies a 
cottage nearby, was to go out with me, and as the 
boss didn't want us to miss a good thing he set the 
alarm clock for 3:15 A. M., and it went off accordingly. 
A good breakfast was soon disposed of. and at half 
past five we were at our anchors on the fishing grounds 
off Bunkin Island. The day before there were eight 
boats there with fourteer. fishermen, but this morning 
we had it all to ourselves. After a few minutes they 
began to take hold, and for three hours we had all the 
fun we wanted. We weru obliged to stop shortly after 
10 o'clock, as Mr. Lakin was to go to the city on the 
noon boat. We had 29)^ pounds of smelts, which is 
the record for the season so far as known. The Com- 
modore returned on the afternoon boat — dinner was 
ready when he reached the cottage, after which I took 
a walk over*tbe island and gathered a good sized basket 
of mushrooms. The next morning the three of us took 
about 25 pounds of fish, and I returned home in the 
afternoon delighted with my trip. 
The Commodore is a sportsman from the word go. He 
has been an active member of the governing board of 
the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association for many 
years. He is a big bodied, big-hearted man, and he en- 
joys having his friends at his hospitable board. There is 
nothing about the place too good for them, and the 
only condition he exacts is that if they come to fish they 
shall get up in the morning and be ready for breakfast 
when he gets it on the table. The man who wouldn't 
do that ought not to be allowed to go fishing, much less 
to land on the island. We go again next week. 
Wm. B. Smart. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Fox River Region. 
Chicago, 111., Sept. 29. — The Fox Lake, 111., lake 
and river region is showing good sport this week, the 
best for many days. Ben Stilling, of Pistakee Bay, says 
that the fishing is better there now than it has been for 
years. Fred Peet, A. Wolfarth, E. R. Letterman and 
A. C. Smith are among those who have tried Fox River 
runs lately, from Mclfenry down. ,and they report the 
fish biting freely. They used the spoon hook, and 
though the weeds are still bad thej' got fine strings of 
pickerel and bass. 
Dr. Burnett and three friends report fine sport on 
their trip at Bluff Lake,, near the Fox Lake Chain. 
Near the came country. L. F. Crosby has taken 20 bass 
in one day, Harry Miner 14. Harry Babcock 8. N. P. 
Riley at Sand Lake, the same chain, has had good sport 
with bass and pickerel, and so has Chas. Oik at Cedar 
Lake. Fronr the Lauderdale Lake, further north in 
Wisconsin, Walter Sharp reports the largest bass of the 
season, 6 pounds. 
In the Mttscallunge Country. 
Mr. Geo. Jenney. of this city, is just back from a 
flying trip to the Manitowish and Spider Lake. country 
of Wisconsin. He had good luck, and got one of 26 
pounds, one of 17 pounds, and several of weights such 
as 10 pounds, 12 pounds, etc. He tries to look modest 
about it. but really this is the best muscallunge score of 
wMch I have had word for some weeks. 
Messrs. C. T. Farson, H. Wayne, Jas. W. Hyde and 
Dr. OIney are back this week from a trip in the Fificld 
country. They got no great fishing in the lakes, but on 
trying the Flambeau River discovered that all the 'lunge 
in the country seemed to be congregated there waiting 
for them. They had fine sport indeed. Though nothing 
of very great size turned out, they had one of 27 pounds, 
one of 15 pounds, etc. Mr. Hyde reports 16 partridge 
and 17 muscallunge. which is a good mixed bag. 
Mr. G. K. Thompson, city agent here of the Wiscon- 
sin Central Line, is, at this writing, up in the Fifield 
country with Rev, -Mr. L, Potter and wife, and they are 
having good sport. The deer crop is reported by every- 
body as extremely good, the fishermen seeing deer 
almost hourly. 
Messrs. Chas. and Louis .-Xntoine, who were this week 
up at Squirrel Lake, Wis,, after 'lunge, bring back al- 
most the only hard luck story of the week. They .hit 
the lake when it was in bloom, though it was the last 
week in September; certainly a most unusual occurrence, 
for the bloom is S/Upposed to run mosth- in July or 
August, But here it was, and no doubt about it, and 
l;liaU|^h they fislied three day? tl^ey ^id not get ^ jriiis- 
callunge. The whole shore was turned green by this 
scouring of the lake, the decomposition of the vegeta- 
tion sending out such a cloud of particles that one 
could hardly see an oar a foot deep in the water, 
.Harry Hascal and John Waddell had some fishing on 
their trip to Platte Lake, Mich., but met rough weather, 
so that they could not go out on the lake much of the 
time. 
For the next two weeks we shall probably have the 
best fishing for bass and mttscallunge since early spring. 
The One-Eyed Bass of "Washington Park. 
For many years the guards and watchmen of Wash- 
ington Park, one of the big playgrounds of the south 
division of this city, have known a certain big bass 
which lived in one of the park lakes, and which was 
known among all the local guards and, also some of the 
visitors, as the "one-eyed bass." This old fellow had 
lost an optic in some way or other, and yet he seemed 
to have enough brains to get along safely in this world 
with only one eye. 
liad this bass been in a wild water and open to assault 
all the year through, perhaps his 'finish would have 
come before now. In the parks of the city no angling 
is permitted except for a short time in the fall season, 
when anglers are allowed to fish for a couple of hours 
in the morning. Yesterday morning there was an angler 
patiently flogging this particular lake where the old 
one-eyed bass lay. He got a fierce strike on his spoon, 
and after. a steady fight of some time, he landed his 
fish. There were several park laborers watching his 
figlit, and when the bass was brought up the bank to 
where they couid see it, they all exclaimed. "He's got 
old One-eye!" The angler did not stop to give his name, 
but ])ut his bass in a basket, and started down town 
with him. He took the fi.sh in tn V, L,_ & A.'s. and 
that must have been at Ica.st an hour after it was caught. 
At that time the fish was still alive in tlic basket, and 
no doubt v;ould liave liyed if retnrned to the water. 
It was a big-nrouth, and it weighted 5 pounds. The 
name of the man who caught this old fellow is not 
known, as he disappeared before any newspaper man had 
seen him. The lakes at Washington Park are turning 
out some nice bass this week. At Jackson Park there 
have also been some good takes made of mornings 
lately. 
E. Hough, 
Hartford Building, Chicago, 111. 
he Memel 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
Medal contests, series of 1900, Stow Lake, Sept. 15. 
West wind, warm and mild. 
Event Event Event 
No- No. 2, No. 4, 
Distance, Accuracy, , Event No. 8, , Lure 
Feet Per cent. Acc. % Del. % Net ^ Casting^ 
Battu 89 85.4 85.8 70 77.10 
94 88.4 92.8 71. S 82.2 
Everett 10.5 9.3 92 79.2 85.7 
92.8 86.8 7G.8 81.8 
Edwards 102.6 89.4 90.4 70.10 80.7 
Golclier 92 92 75.10 83.11 
87.4 89.8 75.10 82.9 
Mansfield 91.8 94.4 70.10 82.7 
87.8 91,8 79,2 85.5 
Young 99 89,8 93,4 74,2 83,9 
Everett 91,1 
100 84.8 
Fowler 105 87,8 76 (i0,10 68.5 
Haigbt 86 71,8 88,8 64.2 76.5 
83 71.4 84 66.5 75.4 
Huyck 95 90.8 93.8 69.2 81.5 
96 91 89.8 71.8 80.8 ■ .. 
Mansfield 95.4 92.4 84.2 88.3 96.4 
93.8 92 85 88.6 
Muller 102 93.4 76.4 80.10 78.7 
Battu .. .. •• 77 
.. .. .. 67 
Brotheii:on .. •• .. •■ 79 
.. .. .. 72.1 
Judges. Mansfield and Muller; referees, Brotherton and 
Battu; clerk, Huyck. 
Whose Was the Salmon? 
TiTE angler who hooked the fish, the varying story of 
which has been related in the last two issues, sends us a 
■new version, but there is so little likelihood of there being 
any general agreement on the facts that it is clearly im- 
possible to express any further opinion on the subject. A. 
informs us that after the salmon broke his line, B,, .who 
was fishing close to him. fished it up accidentally and got 
it above the water, but the combined efforts of A, and B, 
were insufficient to bring the line to the bank, C, on the 
other side, was then asked to throw his line across and to 
tie it to those of A, and B, (I say 'ours,' " writes A., 
"for B, and myself were acting in unison.") C. appeared 
to be doing this, but it was seen that he had tied his own 
line on to the broken line. A, and others had to throw 
stones in order to make the fish move, and C's line had to 
be assisted off rocks, C, claimed the fish on the grounds 
that he had killed it. Neither B, nor D,, who gaffed it, 
claimed the fish, but said it was A,'s fish, A.'s grievance 
clearly is that C. was requested to attach the broken line 
to B.'s, instead of which he attached it to his OAvn. Flad 
he done as it is alleged he was asked to do, a new ques- 
tion would arise, would the fish have been A,'s or B,'s? 
The '^■'atter has now been sufficiently threshed out, — Lon- 
don Field, 
Ftench Interest in Ottr Tackle. 
FiVUBG. St. Hokore, Paris, Sept, 5. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: I again read in the last issue of your very in- 
teresting paoer of the Leonard rod being used by some 
of the leading competitors in the Chicago ily-casting 
tournament, I have sent to the manufacturers for a 
catalogue of their Leonard rod, which I have heard of 
as'one of the best, if not the best, of American brands, 
I am told that T, J, Conroy, of New York, is another 
very good maker ; and, by the way, I might say I deplore 
that none of the best American fishing tackle makers have 
giA^en us a chance of seeing specimens of their goods here 
this year. Like myself, many French anglers I know 
would be anxious to try the best American fishing tackle 
and .compare it wfth the best Enghsh. of whiclj we find 
very good specirne^is here. L- 
Fixtures. 
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, Miclj.— 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.— Newton, 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 Oub's annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec'y, Louisville, Ky. 
Nov. 27.— Paris, Mo. — Fourth annua) 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. 
IV.— Punishment and Bad Methods, 
Fear in all its forms,' bird shyness (commonly caljcd 
blinking), whip shyness, man shyness, gun shyness, or 
a shyness in taking the initiative in anything', is the 
common result of harshly repressive and tyrannical 
methods. Accordingly as the fear is associated with a 
particular object so one kind of shyness may be c±- 
hibitcd; but fear may be associated with several objects 
if there is cause for it from the dog's point of view; 
and badlj- treated dogs may show all the different forms, 
with a general apprehensiveness that something dread- 
ful is likely to happen at any moment. Sometimes a 
form of shyness may result from the mistake of a mo- 
ment, but generally it is the result of systematic harsh- 
ness. 
Whatever the cause, shyness of any kind 'is more or 
less a serious check on the dog's training, and if it is 
of the kind known as blinking, it may go far toward 
rendering him worthless. 
The trainer who succeeds best must have a genuine 
liking for dogs, else he is predisposed to habitual harsh- 
ness or indifference. Those who have no fondness for 
them are rarely much of a success as skillful educators, 
and generally the dog which is so unfortunate as to be 
under their schooling has met his misfortunes of life 
at its very outset. 
While a dog may misbehave and therefore need*pun- 
ishment as a preventive, it must ever be considered 
that there are degrees of it, times foi- it, and a manner 
of applying it which renders it most effective. One 
trainer may whip a dog severely without therebj' losing 
his confidence or abating his ardor; another one may 
give a less punishment and still evoke shyness. The 
one had the dog's confidence and affection; the other 
had but a small part of them. 
There are dogs which are by nature timid, but 
shyness in the average field dog is a euphemistic term 
for fear. When the dog is shy he is afraid. There arc 
some painful associations of the past which he con- 
siders may become the realities of the present, and being 
a reasoning animal he is shy. He is afraid of the whip 
because it is associated with painful memories. He is 
afraid of his handler because the latter is a being of 
superior force and dangerous in certain moods. He is 
afraid of the gun if the concussion of it has strained 
and pained his car drums, if the flash has hurt his eyes, 
if the .sif^ll of the foul gases has offended his delicate 
nose, and if he has been thrashed in a way by which 
he reasoned that the noise of the gun was associated 
with the thrashing. He is shy of birds if he is whipped 
concerning them before he well knows what they are 
or what he is whipped for; the pain then is associated 
with them, and when he catches scent of them he blinks. 
He becomes shy of taking any independent action if 
he is constantly nagged and balked and scolded and 
bedeviled, and it is a fair assumption that his master 
would be so if subjected to the same treatment,' besides 
having a large fund of hard luck stories witli whitih to 
edify his friends. 
While it is not possible to conduct the training of 
all dogs without evoking a feeling of shyness at times, 
it is quite possible to keep the feeling within bounds 
which are not harmful, if not to dispel the shyness as 
a phase of the passing moment. But if the dog's fears 
dominate him, his thoughts are concentrated on his own 
safety, and in that frame of mind he is not a promising 
pupil, 
A dog may be trained too much as well as too little. 
The true theory of training is, in working the dog to 
the gun. to -preserve all his natural enthusiasm, industry, 
knowledge and self reliance as in manner he naturally 
exercises them for himself free from all control. 
When a dog is trained too much, he is said to- be 
over-trained, but this term does not properly convey 
the meaning of the results of over-meddling, namely, 
the suppression of his proper educational development 
and the slavish subordination of his will, which make 
him a mere unthinking machine in the hands of his 
master. By way of contra.sting the difference between 
arrested mental development, let us consider the inde- 
pendent action, the resourcefulness, the vigorous indus- 
try of a hound or hounds in pursuit of a fox, of grey- 
hounds in pursuit of a jackrabbit, of self-hunting setters 
and pointers when freely ranging alone through field 
and forest in pursuit of prey. These qualities, then at 
their best — that is as the dogs use them for themselves— 
are at the degree they should be after the dog is trained 
to apply them in the service of the gun. But, if the 
trailer exergises and enforces his 9wn jtidginej;it 
