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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 12, 1903. 
National Fish Culture. 
{From ike Boston Globe, Aug. 8].) 
As ONE course along the shores of our seas, bays and 
rivers in these days, he cannot but notice the extent to 
which our "infant industries" are spreading as they per- 
tain to fish. 
We used to think that nature had filled the waters of 
the earth with a supply of fish for all ages and that all 
we had to do was to catch the store, but we now see 
our mistake, and find that the waters, like the land, must 
be replenished with animals if we would not have the 
stock fail us. 
The great whale was the first marine animal to show 
signs of running out. We have not corrected the deple- 
tion yet, for the whale, being classed among the mammals, 
is not so easy to restore by artificial methods. Next to 
the whale there has been a gradual falling oflf of all the 
food fish that inhabit the seas as well as the lakes and 
rivers, for the fish are no exception to the universal law 
that constant consumption of nature's products followed 
by no restoration must inevitably result in depletion. To 
this must be added the barbarous practices of seining, 
and even stunning fish by concussion, which are resorted 
to by fishermen in order to supply the market. But ex- 
haustion could not go on forever without an effort to 
counteract it. 
The Government has taken hold of the matter with 
very commendable zeal and with gratifying success. There 
are now scattered along our coasts and rivers thirty-five 
national fish nurseries, located in twenty-five different 
States. The two devoted to marine species are on the 
New England coast. Eleven for the cultivation of river 
fishes, on the eastern and western seaboards, now deal 
with the important species of the Great Lakes, and fifteen 
are situated in the interior regions, devoted chiefly to the 
rearing of trout and bass. Besides this a large steamer 
is employed as a floating hatchery on the eastern rivers. 
Upward of thirty different species of fish are bred 
at the Government stations, but a very large portion of 
the energy of the commission is applied to the great com- 
mercial species used as food, the cod, the salmon, the 
shad, the whitefish, the lake trout, the pilce, the flounder, 
and the lobster. The total annual catch is worth 
$17,000,000, and one and three-quarter billions of young 
are often liberated in a single season to swell the world's 
great fish reservoir. The number of eggs taken is almost 
innumerable, and every egg taken is capable of providing 
a healthy fish if nothing overtakes it in the process of 
hatching. 
There is no infant industry in the world that compares 
with fish hatching for the size of the return. A large 
proportion of the eggs' handled are taken from fish which 
have been caught for the market and would have been 
lost, but for the commission's efforts. In the case of the 
lobster, the shad, the lake trout, the pike, perch, and 
some other species, every egg taken, every fry hatched, 
represents a clear gain over nature. From 1885, when the 
largely increased plants of fry began to produce results, 
until the present time, the trend of the fisheries has been 
steadily upward. 
Results are already apparent. Against a product of 
18,000,000 pounds, worth $995,000, in 1880, we now have 
an annual catch of over 50,000,000 pounds, valued at 
Si,70o,ooo. The Government is every^ year increasing the 
number and scope of its plants. Artificial clam cultivation 
is new being prosecuted in Rhode Island. Lucrative cod 
fishing is being established on grounds that had never 
contained cod in noteworthy numbers within the memory 
of the oldest inhabitant. The shad, the lobster and the 
Irout are being multiplied everywhere and but for the 
barbarous methods of the seining and trapping fraternity 
the effect on the nation's fish supply would be more ap- 
parent than it is. 
x\nd yet the reader may ask the very natural question, 
if all this is so, why does the price of fish still continue to 
reach such sky-scraping prices? If the Government has 
almost unlimited power to increase the supply of fish 
food in the country, has it no power to curb the rapacity 
of the fish dealers so that the price of fish may no longer 
be kept within hailing distance of beefsteak? Here we 
fall back upon the power of the trust to hold the people 
by the throat. But the people will in the end prove 
mightier than their plunderers. 
At School. 
The bees in the meadow, 
And the swallows in the sky; 
The cattle in the shadow 
Watch the river running by, 
The wheat is hardly stirring; 
The heavy ox-team lags; 
The dragon-fly is whirring 
Through the yellow-blossomed flags. 
And down beside the river. 
Where the trees lean o'er the pool. 
Where the shadows reach and quiver, 
A boy has come to school. 
His teachers are the swallows 
And the river and the trees; 
His lessons are the shallows 
And the flowers and the bees, 
He sees the flj'-wave on the stream. 
The otter steal along, 
The red-gilled, sIoav, deep-sided bream. 
He knows the mating-song. 
The chirping green-fly on the grass 
Accepts his comrade meet; 
The small gray rabbits fearless pass; 
The birds light at his feet. 
I 
He knows not he is learning; 
He thinks nor writes a word; 
But in the soul discerning 
A living spring is stirred. 
In after years— O, weary years! 
The river's lesson, he 
Will try to speak to heedless ears 
In filtering m.instrelsy! 
• ' - —John Boyle O'Reilly. 
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New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper 
Fixtures. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Sept, 15-17.— Ottawa, Can., Kennel Club show. Robert McAlIcn, 
Sec'y. 
Oct. 6-9. — Danbury, Conn., Agricultural Society's show. 
Oct. 20-23. — Frederick County, Md., Agricultural Society show. 
J. Roger McSherry, Sec'y- 
Nov. 17-19.— Boston, Mass.. Terrier Club show. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Oct. 26. — Clare, Mich. — Sportsman's Field Trial Association 
trials. E. C. Smith, Sec'y, Midland, Mich. 
Oct. 26. — Washington Court House, O. — Monongahela Field 
Trial Association trials. A. C. Peterson, Sec'y, Homestead, Pa. 
Oct. 27. — Paradise Valley, Nev.-r-Nevada Field Trial Association 
trials. Dr. C. E. Wilson, Sec'y, Elko, Nev. 
Nov. 2. — ^Washington Court House, O. — Ohio Field Trial Asso- 
ciation trials. G. R. Haswell, Sec'y, Circleville, O. 
Nov. 3-6.— New York. — Annual show of Ladies' Kennel Associa- 
tion of America. 
Nov. 9. — Fourteenth annual beagle trials of the National Beagle 
Club of America. Charles R. Stevenson, Sec'jf. 
Nov. 9. — Missouri Field Trial Association trials. L. S. Eddins, 
Sec'y, Sedalia, Mo. 
Nov. 9.— St. Joachim, Ont. — International Field Trial Associa- 
tion trials. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y, Chatham, Ont. 
Nov. 9. — Hutsonville, 111. — Independent Field Trial Club trials. 
H. S. Humphrey, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Nov. 9.— Western Irish Setter Club trials. Dr. T. L. Fenn, 
Sec'y, Chicago, 111. 
Nov. 10. — Hampton, Conn. — Connecticut Field Trial Club trials. 
F. W. Smith, Sec'y, New Haven, Conn. 
Nov. 16. — Robinson, 111.— Illinois Field Trial Association trials. 
W. R. Green, Sec'y, Marshall, III. 
Nov. 23. — Robinson, 111. — American Championship Field Trial 
Association trials. H. S. Humphrey, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Dec. 1.— Clay City, Ind.— Indiana Field Trial Club trials. C. F. 
Young, Sec'y. 
Dec. 5. — Thomasville, Ga. — Continental Field Trial Club trials. 
John White, Sec'y, Hempstead, N. Y. 
Nov. 16.— Holmdel, N. J. — Poi-ater Club of America's trials. 
C. F. Lewis, Sec'y, New York city. 
Nov. 30. — Chase, City, Va.— Virginia Field Trial Association 
trials. Charles B. Cooke, Sec'y, Richmond, Va. 
Nebraska Trials. 
The second annual field trials of the Nebraska Associa- 
tion, held out in Holt county, near O'Neill, recently, were 
undoubtedly as interesting as any trials on chicken ever 
held in the country. Barring the sultry intervals, the 
weather was most satisfactory, and many of the old dog 
men present said the competitions were the greatest ever 
held in a prairie country. They opened with the Derby, 
in which there were 32 starters, the largest number that 
was ever known in a Derby before, and in the All-Age 
there were 42 — 44 being the record in this stake. The 
judges were W. J. Baughn, of Ridgeville, Ind., and Wil- 
liam Elliott, of Selma, la., and those present from outside 
the State were Nat B. Nesbitt, Chesterville, Miss. ; W. 
D. Gilchrist, Courtland, Ala. ; A. B. Caldwell, Caledonia, 
O. ; Asher Cody, Holland, Mich. ; George McLinn, 
Mexico, Mo. ; W.' W. Henry, Butler, Mo. ; E. R. Sheeley, 
Clare, Mich.; W. J. Wilson, Sparta, Hi.; E. S. Munger, 
Clyde, O. ; Tucker Brothers, Staunton Depot, Tenn. ; J. 
A. Gude, Bruceville, Ind. ; Edward Garr, Louisville, Ky. ; 
W. B. Stafford, Trenton, Tenn.; Chas. Askins, Marion, 
111.; D. C. White, Courtland, Ala.; J. T. Jones, Wheeler, 
Miss.; James Pease, Chicago, Ilk; Dr. Hickerson, 
Moberly, Mo. ; together with a representative of the 
Forest and Stream and other newspaper men. 
On account of the large number of entries and the high 
class of the dogs there was considerable dissatisfaction 
after the Derby, and handlers representing ten dogs in 
the All-Age declared they would not start, as the judges 
had shown partiality in their decisions. But they were all 
on hand the next morning, and there was not a single 
deflection from the list. I do not believe there ever was 
a Derby or All-Age stake run with as many high class 
puppies in them. 
There was $500 in each stake; first, $150; second, $125; 
third, $100; fourth, .$75; fifth, $50. The Derby was run 
with Ossee O. against Buckle ; Rodfield with Pioneer, 
Kate Cyrus with Dixie's Pearl; Dervish Girl with Lake- 
field's Pride, Phrebe Rod with Baby Ale, Keno with 
Topsy's Dots, Belle Oakley with Chevalier's Pride, Brett's 
Sport with Chesterfield's Sue, Countess Sue with Kent's 
Ruth, Kate Jingo with Trap, Ortez Masterpiece with 
Ruby Stone, Sport's Dan with Lady Mealley, Genis Oak- 
ley with Rachel Rodfield, Copper Coin with Oakley Hill's 
Pride, Rap's Pointer with Jingo Rock, and La Belle with 
Plain Rex. They were all run the first day with the fol- 
lowing prize winners : 
First — Plain Rex, English setter, owned by Thomas 
Griffith, Grand Forks, N. D., and handled by Nat Nesbitt. 
Plain Rex is by Dan Bo-ex-Thelma S., not a wonderful 
dog at all, but with impressive style. 
Second — Lad's Meally, pointer by Lad of Jingo-ex- 
Margaret, W. P. Austin, Mansfield, Pa.; handled by A. 
B. Caldwell. Fast, stylish and steady. 
Third^ — Brett's Sport, English setter, by Sport Count 
Gladstone, ex-Pride Belle; owned by William Brett, Ava, 
111. ; handled by Charles Askins. Ordinary good ranger, 
but far from strong. His opponent, Plain Rex, a fair 
ranger with good pace and stylish. Decision unsatis- 
factory. 
Fourth — Ossee O., English setter, by Count Rodstone 
ex-Marie's Dot ; Dr. Hickerson, Moberly, Mo. ; handled 
by Ed. Garr. Good speed, ranged well and a handsome 
looker. 
Fifth — Divided; Chesterfield's Sue, English setter, by 
Jack, ex-Tigner's Vick ; J. C. Tigner, Richmond, Va. ; 
handled by W. D. Gilchrist, and Dervish Girl, English 
setter, by Robert Count Gladstone, ex-Fleety A., owned 
by the American Llewellen Kennels, Robinson, 111.; 
handled by W. W. Updike. Both good goers, Chester- 
field Sue a trifle the more impressive, 
AII-Agc Stake. 
Four pairs of the All-Age were run in the afternoon, 
finishing just Isefore dark; eight pairs the next morning, 
and the balance the next morning— a dubious piece ^of 
work. To run an All-Age stake of 42 starters and finish 
and announce the decisions in less than two days is hard 
to accomplish in August and give all the dogs a fair and 
equal qhance ai)(<3l ^^twrn verdicts §?tisfs^9^ory to all, A.s 
they decided and ran the stake, a dog lucky enough to be 
put down in the cool of the day, or where the birds were 
plentiful and made a point or two and had class, was a 
.sure winner. A great mistake in this stake was not call- 
ing Sir Rodney into the second series. He is a capital 
going dog, with plenty of class, which he showed off to 
an advantage in his heat with Dan Stewart. He went 
wide and fast, hunting his ground well, pointed twice and 
handled his game superbly, and was anxious for more of 
it when called to by the time limit. But another dog was 
carried in this series that did not have the class that Rod- 
ney did, and when he did have an opportunity on game 
went bang into them. I also think Lad of Jingo should 
have been taken into this series, for he is a high class 
dog, and was put down first brace after dinner in high 
cover where his work could not be viewed. But it has 
come to pass that a dog without style cannot win in a 
modern field trial, no difference how much bird sense he 
possesses, or how well he hunts. This high class business 
in a way is farcical, and should be eradicated in measur- 
ing the worth of bird dogs. Bird sense, hunting qualitie?, 
and speed should be the disideratums in determining the 
valuable qualities of a hunting dog, which are desirabl-t 
for service, not ornamentation. 
Dr. J. E. Summers, Jr., of this city, started two dogs in 
the All-Age stake which I know are magnificent bird 
dogs. They found the chicken, pointed, held, and did 
everything that is expected of a thorough shooting dog, 
but they were shy the high class the judges were look- 
ing for, and which controls the bird dog market above 
efficiency and genuine capacity for the field. Parties in- 
terested in the sale of dogs, or any particular strain, 
should never be selected to fill the important position of a 
judge at a field trial. Call on the int-elligent, practical 
sportsman, the hunter and field worker, aloof from ken- 
nel influences, and you will receive justice for your dogs. 
High class dogs, in blood and looks, are all right, but to 
win my money they must do high class work afield also; 
then they are really high class, a class of their own. 
There are too many high class dogs with poor noses and 
little bird sense that get rank over the real thing with 
the modern field trial judge. A gentleman at O'Neill 
offered to bet $100 that one of Dr. Summers' dogs would 
find more birds in a half day than any dog on the grounds 
in a whole day, and yet he found no takers, not even 
among the erudite judges. 
The AU-Age with Gracie's Rod and Elgin's Sport, 
Dod's Frank with Question, Jessie Rodfield's Ct. Glad- 
stone with Patentee, Sport's Boy, Jr. with Repstone 
Jingo, Victor Okah with Abdullah Rodfield, Sank with 
Ortez King, Northern Huntress with Lakenfield's Rod, 
jingo Jones with Alford's John, McKinley with Alpine 
Lad; Dan Stewart with Sir Rodney, Chief Other Day 
with King Dodo, Sam B. with Lad of Jingo, Prince Dan- 
stone with Jack D., Fantasma with May Fly, Hal's Pearl 
with Slap Dash, Prince Lyndon with Blue Danstone, 
Jingo's Lady with Sport's Lady, Sure Shot with Sport 
Webster, Jingo's Mike with Cap Jack, Boy Blue with 
Mascot, Pride of Rodfifeld with Count's Clip. 
First — Prince Lyndon, English setter, by Marie's Sport, 
ex-AVest Wind, owned by John Crowley, Milwaukee; 
handled by E. R. Shelley. The Prince is eight years old 
and never started in a trial before. Good range, good" 
speed, good nose. 
Second— Alpine Lad, pointer, by Lad of Jingo, ex- 
Fanny Flash; owned by Charles Proctor, Union City, 
Ind. ; handled by Garr. Fast and stylish, down thirteen 
times, a good one, and a former eight-time winner. 
Third — McKinley, English setter, by Hickory Glad- 
stone, ex-Thelma S., owned by Thomas Griffith, Grand 
Forks, N. D. ; handled by Nesbitt. Very fast, admirable 
ranger, drops to point, good finder, steady, intelligent. A 
winner before on chicken. 
Fourth — Dad's Frank, English setter, by Matt Eliis, ex- 
Belle Wilson II. ; owners, Booker and Kennard, Louis- 
ville, Ky. ; handled by Garr. First start, wide worker, 
speedy, handsome, staunch and all-round winner. 
Fifth — Blue Danstone, English setter, by Count Dan- 
stone, ex-Fairland Dot; T. A. Tucker, Peoria, 111.; 
handled by owner. A high class dog in all details, a win- 
ner by a tremendous margin, the very best dog that won 
a prize, according to my judgment. 
The Nebraska trials next year will be held again during 
the last of August, when the card will be an All-Age 
stake, $500; Derby, $500, and a subscription stake of $300; 
total, $1,300. These trials are bound to become immensely 
popular, owing to the great grounds, and in 1904 I expect 
to see here the largest stake for dogs ever assembled in 
this or any other country. 
Sandy Gkiswold, 
Nebraska Coufsingf. 
Omaha, Neb. — The Nebraska State coursing meet, 
which for many years has been the one big event in the 
annual routine of life out at Friend, will be held near 
the city of Kearney this fall, opening on Monday, Oct. 
19, and throughout the week. The meet this autumn 
will be under the auspices of the Mississippi Valley 
Futurity Club, of which Dr. L. D. Ravencroft is presi- 
dent; W. D. Turner vice-president, and George Daj^ton 
secretary and treasurer. All of the preliminary ar- 
rangements, the securing of the rabbits and so forth, 
will be attended to by the Kearney Coursing Club. W. 
H. Roe, president; W. C. Chase, vice-president; N. 
P. Hansin, secretary, and J. S. Adair,_ treasurer. Ne- 
braska jacks will be used at this meeting, and if there 
are any bigger, stronger or swifter on earth I'd like 1 
to know where they come from. The Montana or 
Nevada rabbit isn't in it. The managernent intend to 
make a big thing of this meet, and prominent coursing- 
devotees will be here from all pai'ts of the countrjr. 1 
Sandy Griswold. 
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