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[Ocf, 13, igoo. 
Another memory added to my store— a beginning to those 
of the chicks. 
"'No joy, dear fellow, can e'er be thine, 
Like the curving rod and the whistling line.' " 
Heavy Dressings of Flies. 
Anent the mooted "Taylor system" of fly-casting and 
lly-cutting, and the once-mentioned Japanese fashion of 
riy-fishing, here is something from an English angling 
iournal, the Fishing Gazette, which may prove interest- 
ing to such of the Western readers of the Forest and 
Stream as have acquired the habit of cutting off about 
iwo-thirds of the feathers of the average fly: 
"On the Wharfe, as on neighboring streams, we fish the 
wet fly, and that wet fly is mostly of what is known as 
the 'spider' variety. I don't think this is a very happy 
name for a Yorkshire hackled fly. Such spiders as I am 
personally acquainted with have a decided tendency tp 
ombompong' — a podgy, plum-pudding kind of body — 
and our so-called 'spider' flies are as spare and lean in the 
body as a charity dinner. They more nearly resemble a 
miniature umbrella without cover, and when dry and 
new have about as much likeness in shape to the natural 
insect as the umbrella frame has to a barn-door rooster, 
composed as they are merely of a wrapipng of colored silk 
on the shank of the hook, and a turn or two of the hackle 
at the head. Yet, once in the water, it is wonderful 
what close resemblance they then bear to the drowned 
insect, with its wings and legs clogged and clingign to its 
body by reason of their water-logged condition. True, we 
occasionally use a winged fly, such as the March-Brown, 
but the spare, t:ny hackled flies are our great stand-by." 
This comports entirely with the Japanese idea of a fly. 
The little Jap hackles which Mr. J. Otis Averill sent me 
are strikingly similar to the "spider" above mentioned. 
A great many of our Western anglers have long ago made 
this discovery pretty much independently; The average 
artificial fly bought in the stores has three or four times 
as much feather as will cast well or will look well_ to the 
eye of a trout that is a connoisseur on drowned insects. 
A wet bug is not a very imposing looking object. 
E. Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, 111. 
Tarpon and Mahseer. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
In this week's Forest and Stream I see Mr. Cheney 
brings up Kipling's remark in the "Brushwood Boy" about 
m.ahseer fishing in India. On a P. & O. steamer going to 
India in February, '95, I heard the Anglo-Indians talking 
of the mahseer and the sport they had taking it. Being 
fond of fishing I made minule inquiries about this fish. 
The account you copy of the fishing must have been on a 
small stream, as the weights were 2 to 6 pounds, and the 
gentlemen I met (army oflicers and civil servants) spoke 
only of fish running from 15 to 125 pounds. The fish 
giving good sport were those of 15 to 25 pounds, for they 
would "give fair play after the first grand rush ; but the 
very heavy fish tnake one terrific run of 500 or 600 feet 
and then go to the bottom and sulk for an hour or 
more, finally yielding and coming to gaff as the result of 
the long, tiresome strain kept on them with a large hook 
and heavy line. 
My admiration for Kipling is very great, but when, as 
Mr. Cheney quotes him, he speaks of the tarpon as being 
as a "herring beside the mahseer," I think he is talking 
of what he knows not. The anglers I talked with in 
India said the mahseer was their best large game fish, 
but the sport was small as compared with salmon fish- 
ing, and they enjoyed it as being the nearest to that grand 
.sport of anything India afforded. 
Gard. T. Lyon. 
And Odd Thinsrs Happen in Salt Water, Too. 
Mr. James H. Cochrane, of Brooklyn, tells this story 
of an experience in salt water fishing the other day 
which goes very Well with our correspondent's record of 
unusual happenings on the river side. Said Mr. Cochrane, 
"My so:i Harry was fishing in Jamaica Bay, when he 
hooked a weakfish, and after some play the line parted 
above the float, and line and float disappeared. This 
was at 2 o'clock last Friday afternoon. The float was 
one which had been borrowed from a friend, Mr. Stol- 
ler, and Harry had to make the best apologies he could 
for the loss of the tackle. 
"The next day, Saturday. I went fishing with my son 
in the same waters: and finding no success in the bay, we 
started to go around Coney Island outside. I was 
doing the rowing. When w^e, were off Coney Island 
Point we saw something coming in, bobbing up and 
down against the tide, which was going out. We made 
after it. and when we got up pretty close Harry ex- 
claimed, Tt's my float.' We got almost up to it, when 
it disappeared, to bob up again some distance off. Again 
we approached it. and again it disappeared and then re- 
appeared. This kept happening over and over again, 
until I had chased the thing for an hour and a half, had 
blistered my hands and was pretty well done for; and T 
began to reflect that I was making a fool of myself by 
chasing this bobbing, anpearinsr and disappearing lure 
all over Jamaica Bav. Finally Harry saw the float down 
iust below the surface c'ose to the boat, plunged his 
■hand down and .arrabbed it two feet under water. Sure 
enough it was his float. He hnnled in the line, and on 
the end was a five-nmid weakfish. Then I felt repaid 
for rnv hour and a lialf at the oars. 
"That night Harry took the float to Mr. Stoller and 
restored it with the remark, 'I do not let any weakfish 
get the better of me.' " 
Moscallong-c at Gananoque. 
Gananoque, Ont., Oct. 6.— Mr. :Myer. of New York, 
staying at the International had great luck fishmg on 
Monday. With Frank Latimer as oarsman, he spent a 
httle over two hours on the river and was fortunate 
enough to secure one of the few muscallonge caught this 
season. It weisrhed 34 pounds, was ^,4 inrhes long and 
2434 in girth. It was sent to Mr. Spanner. Toronto, to be 
mounted. In addition to the muscallonge, Mr. Myer 
caught five good sized pike. 
Shootingf and Fishmgf Resorts. 
The proprietors of shooting and fishing resorts will 
fij^d it advantageous to have them registered in the 
Forest and Stream's Information Bureau, that they may 
be brought to the attention of sportsmen. We are con- 
stantly in receipt of inquiries for good resorts, and are 
constantly giving such information. 
A Handsome String of Bass. 
Mr. James Churchward sends us a photograph of a 
handsome string of black bass caught by Mrs. Robeson, of 
Central Park West, this city, in Greenwood Lake. The 
catch pulled down the scales at 32 pounds. 
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, Mich. — Third annual field trials of the 
Michigan Field Trials Association. E. Rice. Sec'y, Grand Kapids, 
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 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'y, 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. 
V. — The Best Lessons of Puppyhood. 
As intimated in preceding chapters, the most useful 
education to the puppy is that in nature's own school. His 
best development, mentally, physically and educationally, 
comes from his own powers of observation and action. 
The training which he receives in domestication from 
association with his master, and in the more special school- 
ing in working to the gun, is but a mere incident of his 
education, considered as a whole. But, as the puppy 
develops, the trainer can do much to strengthen the tie's 
of friendly association and evoke therewith enthusiastic 
effort _ ' ' 
If the trainer gives the puppy a run in the fields every 
day or two, feeds him regularly, and joins him more or 
less in his plays, he becomes to the latter an object of 
distinguished consideration. 
Furthermore, the puppy thereby is gradually dominated 
and accepts his master as the one who is in authority. 
His association of ideas, if pleasant, impel him to seek 
his master's society whenever his self-interest is aroused, 
whether' in respect to wandering about through the fields, 
pursuing his prey or looking to him for food and 
shelter, or enjoying the peace and comfort of mind which 
come from agreeable comradeship. By such association 
he forms a friendly alliance with his master, which, after 
a length of time, becomes a habit of life, and if properly 
cherished, a true second nature. 
By joining the puppy betimes in his plays, and when 
afield by permitting him to revel in the delights of 
stragetic stalking and chasing young birds and butterflies, 
circumventing frogs and admiring and studying all na- 
ture through the organ of scent as his master studies it 
through the organ of sight, he becomes waywise, gains a 
knowledge of the things of the outer world, besides being 
afforded the freedom of action so essential to his physical 
development and well being. 
A puppy kept constantly on a chain or in confinement, 
as many puppies are. can learn nothing of value to his 
master or himself, simply because under such conditions 
no opportunity to learn is afforded. The mature city 
dog. which for the first time experiences the delights of a 
visit to the country, displays the most unbounded igno- 
rance, though overflowing with amazement and ecstacy. 
The common domestic animals excite both his predatory 
interest and apprehension of danger. Even at the sight of 
a cow in the pasture, though his instinct may impel him to 
make a bold front, he is filled with the gravest alarms, as 
shown by his waverings in alert retreats and reluctant 
advances, near by the strange monster. Again he romps 
about in a foolish manner, doing a thousand trivial 
foolish things, at cross purposes with every happening, 
with his poor mind ever tilled with wonderment. 
The dog which has his liberty learns the meaning of 
everything withm his environment and adjusts his de- 
portment accordingly. 
The dog which is confined constantly, besides being 
ignorant, is mentally dwarfted and physically inferior, 
more or less misshapen, with a soured temper and an 
impaired canacity for companionship. In fart, if he is 
kept in confinement till he matures, there is likely to be 
a general lifelong depreciation of his faculties and 
capabilities. 
While permitting him to enjoy in his own natural, riotous 
manner the ecstatic pleasure of exnendine the surplus 
energy, which nature has so wisely implanted in voung ani- 
nials for their htst development, the trainer will have no 
difficulty in maintaining his own domination. Many 
obiectionable nattifa] , tendencies may be suppressed inci- 
dentally, such as an inclination to chase sheep or poultry. 
There is no harm in pursuing them from the puppy's point 
of view; indeed, he could not know that they were not 
objects of legitimate pursuit and capture till he was so 
taught by experience. From the siandpoint of puppy- 
hood, every living thing found in the woods and fieids 
is there to be chased by him. if he feels in that humor, or 
to kill it if he wishes to compass its death. 
In this connection, by considering how easily he can 
teach the dog to blink sheep, etc., the trainer will the bet- 
ter comprehend how he may unintentionally teach the 
dog to blink birds. He, when blinking, merely associates 
some painful experience with them. If the painfulness be 
from scoldings and whippings, he quite reasonably con- 
siders that they were administered for taking notice of the 
birds at all rather than for flushing and chasing, the latter 
being acts which from his standpoint are at first quite 
fight. 
It thus will be noted that a certain degree of freedom 
and association with man is essential to the dog's best 
education as a servant to assist in the interests of the 
gun. 
The training of a dog to obey a few commands in con- 
finement, when his understanding is dormant and his 
bodily powers urideyeloped, is nothing toward fitting him 
for active, practical service. 
Nor are all the advantages of companionship to be 
charged to the puppy, in the matter of training It gives 
the trainer the best of opportunities to study the puppy's 
peculiarities and abilities. He will note whether the 
puppy is intelligent or stupid, timid or bold, diligent or 
lazy, calm or excitable, etc. In fact, it will be a distinct 
advantage to the trainer if he cultivate a habit of close 
observation of the traits and doings of his pupils at all 
times. 
No two dogs have precisely the same talents, nor the 
same methods of accomplishing their purposes, and in- 
deed most dogs vary widely in their powers and the ap- 
plication of them. Each dog has an individuality of his 
own, and he can best perform in his own natural manner. 
Nothing therefore will be gained by any at-empts to 
make him work up to some ideal, even though it be the 
most famous ideal ever imagined. The idea of the ideal 
can never be communicated to the dog. The most that 
the trainer can do is to make the best of such powers as 
the dog is endo-wed with by nature. That is the standard 
every time. The trainer develops the puppy to the ex- 
tent of its abilities, and hav'ng done that he can do no 
more. Having done that, he has done well. If the puppy 
have not the powers of greatness within him'^elf, it is as 
impossible to develop him beyond its limitations as it is 
to develop a man into a great orator, music'an. artist etc.. 
if he has not the natural talents for any of these accom- 
plishments. 
As to house training or house breaking, as it is more 
commonly called, the puppy acquires most of it bv vir'tte 
of scoldings and the broomstick. If he mistakes the 
best bed and bedroom for a dog kennel, he feels that a 
lashed hide, scoldings, cold looks and unfriendly surveil- 
lance are matters worth noting and heeding. Also driven 
from the parlor at the point of the broomstick, he avoids 
it as a place of pains and discomfort. The dnrng room, 
the table and the food placed upon it are. by virtue of the 
broomstick, conceded by him, sooner or later to be for his 
betters. Banished repeatedly from the house in disgrace 
and deprived of the friendly regard of its members for 
the time bemg, he suffers pain and deprivation, and hi? 
own self-interest prompts him to learn sooner or later 
what the household regulations are as they concern him- 
self, what the penalties are if they are violated and there- 
fore what privileges are accorded to him on the lines of 
least resistance. B, Waters. 
Three of a Kind and Another. 
This picture is a reproduced photograph of the Pret- 
zel-Brown family and Rex, the Setter. The names of 
the Pretzel-Browns are these: Beginning at the right 
hand of the picture comes first, Fritz Pretzel-Brown. 
Next and to his left, Maximilian Pretzel-Brown, father 
of Fritz, and at the extreme left stands Grille Pretzel- 
Brown, mother of Fritz. Between Maximilian and 
Grille reclines Rex. the English settei, W'ho is the digni- 
fied friend and counselor of the P.-B. family. 
Maximilian Pretzel-Brown was born on a stormj'^ 
September night, in the fall of i88g. His ancestors were 
of blue Saxony blood, his father claiming to have barked 
at the king one day as he passed his kennel. His patri- 
cian origin possibly accounts for his somewhat over- 
bearing conduct with other dogs, for, from earliest 
youth, he always seemed to be spoihng for a fight. He 
was what, in the=e degenerate days of slang, might be called 
"scrappy," and after his monthly birthdays had reached the 
number of eight, it made no difference to him whether it 
was a fox terrier or a St. Bernard that trespassed ; he would 
attack it tooth and nail, and generally put it to flight. But he 
never attacked a dog smaller than himself. He was very 
jealous of prerogatives, and when the setter Rex was 
introduced into the family in 1891, Maximilian was 
determined to indicate at once his position of head of 
the canine household. Rex being exceedingly good 
natured, excepting when aroused, acquiesced in this ar- 
rangement, and it was only when Maximilian deliberat-ely 
started to take Rex's chop bone from him that Rex 
turned and put a small hole through Maximilian's left 
ear with his sharp canine teeth. 
Max, as his intimates call him, is very stubborn, as 
well as slow in obeying orders from his master and 
mistress. If engaged in making an excavation on the 
smooth lawn in search of a mole, no amount of ordinary_ 
speech will cause him to desist, and it is only when the 
head of the house, with stout whip, starts toward him 
that he will look up in the mildest surprise and seem 
to gay: "Oh! was that you? Am I wanted?" And only 
then, at last, will he saunter slowly toward the house, 
stopping from time to time to smell after some imaginary 
aniaml. At the advanced age of eight vears he fell 
desoerately in love with Grille, and married her. 
Grille Pretzel-Brown was born a little lady in the late 
fall of 1897. She was a gentle girl from the start, but, 
as she grew apace, her fierure developed into the finest 
lines. Her color is jet black, with tan markings, and 
