490 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 21, 1902. 
had a good time fty-fishing, when the weather permitted-. 
But one morning the trees were covered with snow, 
fallen in the night. They experienced a snow storm May 
29. Catches are falling off somewhat at the several 
Rangeley resorts. At the Rangeley Lake House Mr. 
Quincy A. Atwood, of Boston, landed a salmon of 8" 
pounds. With his brother and a friend he has gone to 
Kennebago for a few days' fly-fishing. This seems to 
be the popular trip this season; first to the big lakes 
below, for trolling and big fish, then to Kennebago for 
fly-fishing. At the Upper Dam there are a good num- 
ber of guests, but no big catches are reported. At 
Haine's Landing, Proprietor T. L. Page, of the Moose- 
lucmaguntic House, landed a salmon of 6 pounds the 
other day. This seems to have awakened considerable 
enthusiasm on his part, and he has made some good 
catches since. On Wednesday Carl Gray, of Boston, 
caught a fine string of fish, the largest a salmon of 4J/2 
pounds. The same day Oscar Nettam, of Boston, landed 
a 6-pound salmon. Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Gilmore, of 
Lexington, Mass., have been having good sport with 
rod and reel. They have taken about seventy-five trout 
and salmon, but have returned the most of them to the 
water. 
The Maine Fish and Game Commissioners gave a 
hearing last week, at the Rangeley Lake House, on the 
question of making the open season for fishing on that 
lake to begin May 20, instead of when the ice is out, 
as at present. The commissioners declined to do any- 
thing about the matter, but referred the petitioners to 
the next legislature. On the matter of screening Range- 
ley Lake, and also that of making a fish way, so that 
the fish may come up from the lakes below as well as 
go down, a committee was appointed to look into the 
matter. The Union Waterpower Co. was represented at 
the hearing by an attorney. The company is well aware 
that under the existing law it would be obliged to supply 
fishways at all of its dams on the Rangeley system, dam 
at Rangeley Outlet, the one on which the hearing was 
had. Upper Dam, Middle Dam and Errol Dam — at a 
very great cost. For reasons political, ur some other, 
the commissioners have never insisted on these fishways. 
and now they have thrown the responsibility off on to a 
committee of three. Probably the company will not 
find it hard to handle this committee, and no fishways 
will be provided. Anybody can see that they are needed, 
if anywhere in the world. Mr. L. O. Crane, of Boston, 
is absent at the Megantic preserve fishing. He writes 
that he has not yet taken any '"big ones." His expe- 
rience going in was not of the most pleasant sort. The 
corduroy road was overflown and floated out of place. 
The horses got into the slough, and the buckboard had 
to be abandoned. There was nothing to do but to foot 
it through the mud and water for several miles. 
High water seems to have stopped the salmon fishing 
at the Bangor pool for the present. It is expected to 
start again, with another good turn, before the hot 
weather of summer. Fishing at Moosehead is good, 
with some good catches the past week. Fly-fishing is 
good. At Grand Lake, Debsconcag and Schoodic fish- 
ing is at its best. At Square Lake some good catches 
are being made. A Boston party consisting of H. W. 
Lawton, T. H. Fitch, H. E. Jealous and M. G. Baldwin 
has returned after a most successful fishing trip to 
• Square Lake. Their biggest day's catch was fourteen 
salmon, of a total weight of 77^ pounds, the largest 13 
pounds. The largest "square tail," taken at Square Lake 
this season, weighed 7$i pounds, and the largest togue 
1/ A pounds. 
Prof. C. H. Wiswell, of the Boys' School, Boston, has 
completed arrangements to take a party of fifteen of his 
boys to the Middle Dam for their vacation trip. The 
time will be spent in fishing and camping at different 
points under the direction of competent guides. Mr. 
A. B. Rockwood, of Lewiston, Me., made a splendid 
catch at the Middle Dam last week. At Pond-in-the- 
River he landed, on the fly, four trout and four salmon. 
But not satisfied with their size, he tried again after sup- 
per. He had a magnificent strike and hooked his fish, 
a fine salmon, which started across the pool, taking out 
25 feet of line. The salmon then came out of water a 
foot or two — falling with a splash. Just then a trout 
darted for the upper fly, a brown hackle, and was hooked. 
Such a catch was a test of the strength of the rig as well 
as the skill of the angler. Both fish were at last brought 
to the net and landed; the first, a salmon of 6J/3 pounds; 
the other, a trout of 2 pounds. Mr. Rockwood believes 
that there is no pool in the world equal to that below the 
Middle Dam. Special. 
Fishing in Canadian Waters. 
Mr. Peter Baldwin and Mr. Arthur Baldwin, of 
Brooklyn, have just returned from a most successful 
trout fishing expedition to Lake Edward, where they 
actually felt compelled to stop fishing sooner than they 
had intended to, because of the large number of big fish 
which persisted in coming to them to be taken out of the 
water. Next year these gentlemen propose to come again 
with a large party of friends. 
Extraordinary success in both fishing and hunting is 
reported by Mr. Fritz Schroeder, paper manufacturer of 
Golzern, Saxony, who is on a two years' trip around the 
world, and has been for three weeks in the country north 
of St. Felicien, within sixty miles of Roberval. He brings 
back With him the pelts of four bears, all of which fell to his 
own rifle. He used the .30-30, and in every instance killed 
his bear at the first shot. It was only after considerable 
persuasion on the part of friends that Mr. Schroeder, 
when outfitting here for his trip, consented to take rods 
and fishing tackle with him, having but small expectations 
of the angling to be had in that territory at this time of 
the year. Nevertheless he had magnificent trout fishing, 
and describes killing one pair of three-pound fish on the 
same cast. He also got ouananiche up to three pounds 
each, 
There has been but little ouananiche fishing yet. 'The 
season in the Grand Discharge seldom opens till June 
12 or 15, and this spring the weather continues very cold 
and backward, and as a consequence of this, and also be-., 
cause of the recent heavy rainfalls, the wafer in the Dis- 
charge is still reported very high. Mr. and Mrs. Louis 
Rhead, of Brooklyn, have wired that they are on their 
way here to renew their old-time acquaintance with the 
ouananiche, and a party of New England anglers, bent 
upon opening the season in the outlet of Lake St. John 
have already crossed to the Grand Discharge, They have 
not yet returned, and -no report of their success has yet 
been received here. There is little doubt that by the time 
this letter can appear in print, the fish in the Discharge 
will be engaged in their summer occupation of picking 
out the flies from the scum that eddies around in the 
various pools below the rapids. 
I fear very much that many of the early salmon fisher- 
men are having a rather uncomfortable time Upon their 
rivers. My advices are to the effect that some of the 
north shore rivers are fully eight or ten feet higher than 
is usual at this time of the year. The cold rains which 
have prevailed with such persistency for some time past 
must make life in camp anything but pleasant. 
Messrs. Edson Fitch and Morton Paton have left for 
the Trinity, and Dr. Seward Webb passed through Quebec 
yesterday for his salmon fishing privileges, The Chamber- 
lain Shoals party are now on their pools in the Risti- 
gouche, and several members of the Ristigouche Salmon 
Club have been for some time at their preserves. Messrs, 
Mershon and Harvey, of Saginaw. Mich., have passed 
down to the Cascapedia, and Messrs. Davis and Hum- 
phrey, of the same place, have gone to the Little Pabos, 
which is a recent acquisition of Mr, Davis, 
In referring to ouananiche fishing I omitted to state 
that the summer time table of the Quebec & Lake St. 
John Railway goes into effect on June 16. arid that the 
hotels in connection therewith opened for the season on 
the 10th. E. T. D. C. 
Cruelty to Carp. 
A humane decision, rendered by a competent court, on 
the ground of manifest justice, is always preferable to the 
enactment of a positive and specific law, because a crimi- 
nal or penal law must always be strictly and narrowly con- 
strued, while a judicial decision must be construed to 
cover all cases in which the same principle is involved, 
That is wmy the law of the State of New York, -which is 
general and inclusive in its definition of cruelty, is So 
much better than the best code of specific laws that the 
wit of man could frame; and we rejoice that the Royal 
Society of England has recently secured from the Mad- 
borough Street Police Court a construction of the recent 
act for the protection of animals in captivity, under which, 
we doubt not. many forms of cruelty will hereafter be 
punishable. This case seems to us to be of sufficient 
importance to be stated in full, our authority being the 
London Lancet. 
A fishmonger was charged by the R. S. P. C. A. with 
the offense of causing unnecessary suffering to several 
hundred carp. Early in the morning of December 23. 
1901. 700 of those fish were put into a tank measuring 
33 inches long by 15 inches wide, and containing water 
of a depth of from four to six inches. At 10 o'clock at 
night many of them were lying dead on the bottom of 
the tank. They had been brought from Holland, and on 
the voyage they had not been kept in water, but had been 
packed in trays with perforated bottoms, the uppermost 
being filled with ice which, as it melted, trickled down 
upon the fish beneath. Evidence was given to the effect 
that the fish had died of suffocation, as fish require a 
good supply of water, without which they cannot obtain 
sufficient air for respiration. 
Counsel for the prosecution said that this was the first 
case under the Act for the Prevention pf Cruelty to Wild 
Animals in Captivity, which defines an animal as any "bird, 
beast, fish or reptile" not included in the Acts of 1849 and 
1854. Under this act an offense of cruelty might con- 
sist in permitting unnecessary suffering, and might be 
punished with a fine not exceeding £5, or imprisonment 
not exceeding three months. This defendant was fined £2 
with £3 3s. costs. 
In a similar case a similar fine was imposed. In the 
window of a "naturalist" were thirteen bowls contain- 
ing goldfish, some, of them being dead, and the water be- 
ing dirty. This state of things continued several days, 
during which the place was locked up. The defendant 
was fined £2, with £2 4s, costs. 
We congratulate our friends of the Royal Society on a 
decided step forward in the protection of animals which 
cannot be classed as "domestic" animals. — Our Animal 
Friends. 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club* 
Medal contests, series 1902, Sunday, contest No. 7, held 
at Stow Lake June 8. Wind, west; weather, fair: 
Event Event Event 
No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, 
Distance, Accuracy, , Event No. 3. . Lure 
Feet. Per cent. Acc. % Del. i Net % Casting % 
W. K. Brooks.... 
98 
93 
84.4 
76.8 
80.6 
90 
92 
81 
70 
75.6 
Daverkosen 
106 
89.4 
91.4 
87.6 
84.5 
H. F. Muller. , , 
98 
91 
91 
75 
83 
T. W. Brotherton 
120 
91.8 
91.4 
82.6 
S6.lt 
84.0 
H. Battu 
98 
88 
80.8 
77.6 
79.1 
77-1 
92 
93 
76.8 
84.10 
A. M. Blade 
86 
77 
82 
74.2 
78.1 
I. B. Kenniff . , 
115 
92 
S7.8 
82.6 
85.1 
93.6 
F. M. Haight 
81 
91.4 
89.4 
80 
84.8 
94.8 
S8.4 
78.4 
83.4 
109 
96.4 
88. S 
79.2 
83.11 
C. R. Kenniff 
101 
S9.4 
81.4 ' 
74.2 
79.3 
96.4 
76.4 
83.4 
74.2 
78.9 
P. T. Tormey 
8+ 
88 
93.8 
F. H. Reed 
105 
93.4 
86.4 
78.4 
82.4 
H. C. Golcher.... 
121 
91.8 . 
92.4 
80.10 
86.7 
91. S 
91.8 
81.8 
86.8 
96.9 
S. A. Heller. .. 
S7.4 
89.4 
80.10 
85.1 
83.8 
sr. 
56.8 
81.8 
68.4 
75 
Judges. Turner and Daverkosen; referee, Brooks; clerk. 
A'Vilson. 
Saturday, Contest No. 7, held at Stow Lake, June 7. 
Wind, west; weather, fair: 
C. G. Young 
. 96 
90 
90. S 
S'5.10 
88.3 
11. F. Muller 
102 
96 
90.8 
82.6 
86.7 
W*. Mansfield... 
92.4 
.94 
85.10 
89,11 
96.6 
G. C. Kdwards.. 
'. 94 
94.8 
90. S 
78.4 
84.6 
93.2 
W. E. Brooks... 
. 102 
92. S 
S4.8 
80.10 
82. 9 
T. W. Brotherton-.124^ 
85.4 
93 
84.2 
88.7 ' 
90.3 
H. Battu 
. 96 
90.8 
91. S 
78.4 
85 
85.2 
If. C. Golcher... 
. 117 
91.4 
88.8 
81. S 
85.2 
S..A. Heller 
, 94 
89 
88.4 
88.4 
88.4 
79.9 
II. E. Skinner. . 
S9.8 
91. S 
83.4 
87. li 
F 14. Reed 
.' 'so 
90.8 
93.8 
82.6 
S8.1 
F. Everett 
. 10s 
Judges, Brooks and Everett; referee, Mansfield; clerk, 
Wilson, 
Fooling a Trout* 
The ear was crowded and those who cotlld not get 
straps leaned upon his fellow passenger every time the 
man in ffoiit turned on the current or put on tile brake. 
It was the sardine problem applied to humanity, and no 
one seemed Very happy over the close quartets, but my 
neighbor, who greeted me with a wide grin. His face 
showed some tan, there Was a suspicion of redness 
around his neck, and his nose was slightly peeled. The 
mosquitoes had marked him repeatedly for their oWii. 
"Fishing?" said 1. "Yes,'' said he, "and I fooled him." 
And he Went on snickering between breaths and hugging 
himself in such ecstacy as one might imagine a stock 
broker doing who had bought 1,000 shares of N. P. 
at ioo and closed them out at i.ooo. His good humor 
was as a sunburst in the midst of that crowd of dis- 
gruntled, uncomfortable passengers that had moved up 
toward the front Until there was no more move in thenl. 
And here is about as he told it, with the joyful excla- 
mations unfortunately left out. 
"I could see him just under the bank slowly sway- 
ing his spotted tail back and forth. He was a big one, 
a post-graduate. Although I lay flat upon my stomach 
and handled my rod as if it Were of glass and allowed 
my worm (Lord bless your soul, flies were persona noil 
grata to the trout in that brook that day) to ever so 
gently float down and right over him, but no: that 
leader appeared to him no doubt as large as a hawser 
on an ocean liner, and very likely he had met leaders 
before. 0hl but it was tantalizing. Again and again 
did I arrange my worm anew, even putting on two or 
three great wriggling fellows, but with the same result, 
I imagined that fish to be laughing at me and flouting 
me with every swish of his tail. How I did covet that 
fish! Could I have walked to his lair and reaching in 
my hand transferred him to my creel, I believe I would 
have done so. I guided that wormed hook past hij 
nose and dangled it in the air to no avail. I threw it 
on the bank over his head, waited patiently avvhile arid 
then slowly and eatitiotisly drew it free from the bank, 
allowing it to gently drop into the water above him. 
Further than giving a little stronger twitch to his tail 
he took no notice of it. Allowing my rod to rest out of 
sight, 1 lay there and thought of many things of greater 
or lesser impracticability. To move to another spot and 
continue my fishing, leaving my wary friend for some 
more fortunate angler, was out of the cmestion. But 
there seemed to be neither help for nor solution of the 
problem. 
"Where I lay I had a good view of the stream, and 
floating down close to the other bank was a piece of 
sod. Like a Hash I saw my opportunity. Carefully 
poising my rod I guided the baited hook in front of the 
floating sod and then allowed it to continue its course, 
the wriggling worm showing just beneath the floating 
substance- Down it floated with the leaves and twigs, 
slowly but surely toward my coveted prize. It seemed 
minutes instead of seconds. I held my breath as the 
moving bunch of grass and earth passed over him — and 
then! Well, wasn't he fooled! He missed the leader; 
he saw the worm struggling from the soft black grass 
roots and he struck, and in one gulp the worm and hook 
were down his gullet! I struck and jumped to my feet 
and at once got into the stream and to work! What a 
fight he gave me! Here, there, nip and tuck, up and 
down the stream, but I held him! Oh, but he was a 
mad trout! Every time I got him where I could look 
him in the eye he went right up into the air! I think 
he was mad enough to swear at me, and he certainly 
pronounced my success a mean, low down, deceiving 
trick. Ha! Ha! But 1 had him and I played him and 
I landed him! Great Scott! but I was pleased to think 
that I had fooled him!" 
And when we left the car and we parted at the next 
corner, lie left me laughing and exclaiming, "I fooled 
him ! I fooled him !" 
And I presume months from now when Jack Frost 
has glazed the streams, ray friend will light his after 
dinner pipe as he rests in his easy chair by the grate 
fire and listening to the razor-like wind disporting itself 
outdoors, will dream of spring and brooks and mossy 
banks and overhanging alders, and again will he catch 
that wary trout and wake himself up out of his doze 
exclaiming, "I fooled him! I fooled him!" 
Charles Cristadoro. 
— _<§) — . 
Fixtures. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Oct. 7-9. — Danbury, Conn.— Danbury Agricultural Society's show, 
John W. Bacon, Treas. 
Oct. 21-24. — New York. — Ladies' Kennel Association of America's 
show. Miss M. K. Bird, Westbury, L. I., Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 26-29. — Philadelphia. — Philadelphia Dog Show Association's 
show. M. A. Viti, Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Aug. 19. — Emmetsburg, la. — Iowa Field Trial Association's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fifth annual trials. Louis 
Stuehmer, Sec'y, Emmetsburg, la. 
Aug. 26. — Salem, S. D. — South Dakota Field Trial Association's 
(member of the American Championship Club) third annual trials. 
E. H. Gregory, Sioux Falls, S. D. 
Aug. — . — O'Neill, Neb. — Nebraska Field Trial Association's 
inaugural chicken trials. M, H. McCarthy, Sec'y. 
Oct. 27. — Paris, Mo. — Missouri Field Trial Association's (member 
of the American Championship Club), sixth annual trials. L. S. 
Eddins, Sec'y, Sedalia, Mo. 
Oct. 27. , Pa.— Monongahela Field Trial Club's field 
trials. A. C. Paterson, Sec'y. 
Nov. 3.— Robinson, 111. — Illinois Field Trial Association's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fourth annual trials. W. 
R. Green, Sec'y, Marshall, III. 
Nov. 3. , Mich. — Michigan Field Trial Association's 
(member of the American Championship Club) fifth annual trials. 
C. D. Stuart, Sec'y, Benton Harbor, Mich. 
Nov. 10. — Bicknell, Ind. — Independent Field Trial Club's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fourth annual trials. 
H. S. Humphrey, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Nov. 10.— Ruthven, Ont. — North American Field Trial Associa- 
tion's (member of the American Championship Club) fourth 
annual trials. Richard Bangham, Sec'y, Windsor, Ont. 
Nov. 11— St. Joachim, Ont.— International Field Trial Club's 
fourteenth annual trials. W. B: Wells Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 17. — Elizabethtown, Ky. — Kentucky Field Trial Club.'s (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) third annual trials. F, 
W. Samuel, Sec'y, Louisville, Ky. 
