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in tlie United States, and attempts have been made to 
provide some European waters with American catfish 
with uncertain results, however. A detailed account of 
the results of the attempts to acclimatize catfishes in the 
Pacific States may be found in the Bulletin of the U. S. 
Fish Commission for 1895, 379. The catfishes handled 
were Ameiurus nehidosus, Ameiurus catus, and Ictalurus 
puncfatus. In California the catfishes have become very 
.■abundant and widely distributed. In the lower Columbia 
and Willamette rivers they are also very numerous. In 
1884 ten individuals, presumably Ameiurus catus or nebu- 
losvis. were transferred from the Potomac to the Colorado 
River in Arizona (Bull. U. S. F. C, 1884, 212). The 
shipment consisted at first of 100, only ten of which sur- 
vived the journey. Their status in those waters at the 
present time is unknown. Some spotted cats (Ictalurus 
punctatus) have been placed in the Potomac, of which 
species one or two now and then make their appearance in 
the catches of the fishermen. 
A number of years ago, at different times, small con- 
signments of Ameiurus nebulosus were sent to Europe. 
They survived transportation very well and the last ac- 
cessible records show that they continued to do well after 
reaching their destinations. What the ultimate results 
have been the writer has been unable to ascertain. 
Catfish are preeminently a poor man's fish. They not 
■only afford him a cheap food-fish, but become so abundant 
in time and there is so much demand for them that they 
afford .1 paying industry, notwithstanding their cheap- 
ness. They may be raised in artificial ponds or in ponds 
utisuited to other fish. They propagate rapidly and pro- 
lifically, and grow fast. Therefore there can be no ob- 
jection to the introduction of them into waters unsuited 
to other fishes or in which other fishes do not occur, pro- 
vided there is no danger of escape into waters where 
Ihey would prove an undesirable acquisition owing to the 
objectionable characters already enumerated. The past 
attempts to introduce them into European waters, from 
the records cited, would seem hardly extensive enough 
to prove their adaptability or unsuitability to those 
uralers. 
Rainbow Tfout in Missouti. 
St. Lours, September 17. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
We are in receipt of following letter from Mr. Ed- 
v.'-ard A. Smith, Vice-President Missouri Safe Deposit 
Company, St. Louis, relative to California rainbow trotit 
\vhich were planted last fall in the Black River on line 
of Iron Mountain Route: 
"While down on the Black River this summer we saw 
a number of the rainbow trout put in the Spring Branch 
last fall ; we found that they have grown considerably 
and seem to be thriving. 
"'! he fish expert who went with the car said that this 
Spring Branch was one of the best places for planting 
rainbov/ trout that he had ever seen. 
"I hope, now that the good work has been started, that 
you will keep it up and get the Government to plant a 
fresh supply each year, so that ultimately we will have 
fine trout fishing in the Black River. 
"If I can be of any assistance in the matter, command 
me." 
I believe this a matter of interest to your readers, and 
therefore advise you of it H. C. Townsend. 
AU conimunications intended for Forest and Stream should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 
iNew York, and not to an> individual connected with the paper 
FixttireB. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Oct. 6-9. — Danbury, Conn., Agricultural Society's show. 
Oct. 20-23. — Frederick County, Md., Agricultural Society show. 
J. Koger 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. — W ashington Court House, O.— iSlonongahela Field 
Trial Association trials. A. C. Peterson, Sec'y, Homestead, Pa. 
Oct. 27. — Paradise Valley, Nev.— Nevada Field Trial Association 
trials. Dr. C. E. Wilson, Sec'y, Elko, Nev. 
Nov. 2.— Washington Court House, O. — Ohio I'ield 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 Xational Beagle 
Club of America. Charles R. Stevenson, Sec'y. 
Nov. 9.— Missouri Field Trial Association trials. L. S. Eddins, 
Sec'y, Sedalia, Mo. 
Nov. 9. — St. Joachim, Ont. — International I'ield '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.— ilampton, Conn.— Connecticut Field Trial Club trials. 
F. W. Smith, Sec'y, New Haven, Conn. 
Nov. 16. — Robinson, 111. — Illinois Field Trial Association trials. 
VV^ R. Green, Sec'y, Marshall, 111. 
Nov. 23.— Robinson, 111. — American Championship Field Trial 
Association trials. H. S. Humphrey, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Dec. 1.— Clay City, Ind.— Indiana F'ield Trial Club trials. C. F. 
Young, Sec'y. 
Dec. 5.— Thomasville, Ga.— Continental Field Trial Club trials. " 
John White, Sec'y, Hempstead, N. V. 
Nov. 16.— Holmdel, N. J.— Pointer 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, \'a. 
Behavior of a Foxhound 
New York, Sept. 5. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
Some time fn the early part of last month I thought 
that I would have a fox hunt on a small scale. Not 
to disturb the quail with their young broods, instead 
of taking the whole pack, I took one dog only, an old 
hound, good for a three hours' chase any day. To my 
knowledge a dozen foxes have been killed ahead of him. 
1 started at 4 o'clock in the morning, with lots of 
dew on the ground. I loosed the hound in an old 
clearing of about eighty acres, an old grass lot with 
a buckwheat patch in the center. In the spring of this 
year I had noticed ten old quail in this same lot, and 
this is the reason I took only one hound, rjgt \q disturb 
the quail. At the edge of the buckwheat patch, the 
hound took a trail, and within five minutes he started 
his game at full cry. The dog ran for five minutes 
and then stopped; although there was no reason for it, 
the ground being wet and damp with the morning dew. 
As soon as the dog stopped, I walked toward the spot 
where I had last heard him, to try and help him out. 
It was something unusual for the hound to stop, there- 
fore I went to investigate. The underbrush was thick, 
intermingled with cedar trees and chestnut sprouts. 
All of a sudden and within twenty yards of me, I heard 
the barking of a fox, and at the same time the hound 
came up to me, and as I said above, within twenty 
yards of where the fox was barking, although he could 
not be seen on account of the underbrush. I coaxed 
the dog, and encouraged him by talking to him, but he 
would not leave my heels. I was disgusted, and if I 
had not known the dog to be a good foxhound, I 
would have killed him right there and then. 
Two weeks later I started for this saine locality, but 
took another dog along, that is to say I took two 
dogs. I was in a wagon, with two friends. After we 
reached the spot where we intended to go, the dogs 
started another fox and carried him off out of hear- 
ing. We waited for over three hours, and finally one 
of the dogs came back, the same one I had had with 
me two weeks before. Then we drove tOAvard the 
vicinity where I had been two weeks previously. 
We were driving along a regular country road, but 
in the middle of the woods. For a half mile it was a 
straight road, we could see a quarter of a mile behind 
us and as far ahead of us. All at once the dog started 
at full cry, ran 200 yards, then stopped. I said to my 
friends, "This is a fox," when the dog stopped. We 
stopped the horse, looked up and down the road, and 
listened. All at once I heard the barking of a fox, the 
same barking I had heard two weeks previously. There 
was no mistake about it, I recognized it, and I drew 
my friends' attention to it. Nearer and nearer this 
barking came. It came toward the road where the 
team was standing with three of us in the wagon. 
Suddenly one of my friends in the wagon with me, 
an old fox hunter, a man over seventy years old, 
looked over his shoulders toward the direction where 
the barking was, and said to me, "Hallo, Mr. W., 
there come the two dogs. Sport (the other hound) 
has found us." With that I turned my head, and 
looked back, but instead of seeing two dogs, I saw 
one dog, and one fox about twenty-five yards behind 
the dog and chasing the dog for all he was worth. 
Within ten yards, in the middle of the road, in plain 
sight of the horse, the wagon and the three of us, 
the dog stopped very unconcerned, and wagged his 
tail. The fox ran about five yards closer, within five 
yards of the dog, and also stopped, and looked at us. 
I grabbed the gun and killed the fox, which dropped 
dead in his track and. never moved. At the report of 
the gun the dog looked around and saw the fox lying 
withiti five yards of him; then walked away. He 
would not look at it. "We went to the dead fox, and 
it proved to be a young male fox, fully groAvn. 
G. Walter. 
Brunswick Fur Club. 
The Brunswick Fur Club, of which Mr. Bradford S. 
Turpin is secretary, has issued circular letters con- 
taining full information concerning the conditions gov- 
erning its field trials, and first annual hound show, on 
Barre Green, Mass., Oct. 12. Following is some in- 
formation presented in said letters: 
In order to make the trials of 1903 as interesting as 
possible, and to bring together not only the hounds 
owned by the members and those interested in fox 
hounds about New England and the Middle States, the 
club this year has by aid of a fund subscribed to by 
Randolph Crompton, O. F. Joslin, Harry W. Smith 
atid others been able to ask three celebrated fox 
hound breeders of the Central, Southern and Middle 
States to come as its guests for the trials, britiging 
on the choicest representatives of their breeding that 
they may own or obtain, for entry in the Derby and 
All-Age stake. 
oj.. H. Walker, of Hammack, Ky., the well-known 
breeder of the Walker hounds, has signified his inten- 
tion of being present; John C. Bentley, of Sandy 
Springs, Md., has accepted the club's invitation, and 
Major S. A. Crump, of Macon, Ga., who owns a most 
representative pack of July hounds, has also advised 
the master of fox hounds that he will be present. 
Judges: Bradford S. Turpin, George B. Appleby, C. 
J. Prouty, D'Orsay Williams, F. B. Whidden, F. W. 
Okie, James M. Appleton. 
The Derby will be run the first day of the meeting, 
Monday, Oct. 12. The winner of the Derby holds the 
R. D. Perry Cup for one year, and wins outright one 
of the club cups. 
The All-Age stake is open to all fox hounds and is 
started on Tuesday, Oct. 13. It is divided into five 
classes, as per "Field Trial Rules." The winner of each 
class receives a club cup, and the hound making the 
highest general average in all classes is adjudged the 
winner of the All- Age stake, and holds for one year the 
Hitchcock Challenge Cup and the Woodstock Kennel 
Cup. The latter cup will become the property of an}'- 
one having won it twice; the wins need not be suc- 
cessive, nor made with the saine entry. 
The Pope Memorial Cup is held for one year by the 
hound showing the best combination of trailing, speed 
and driving. 
By the vote of the club, an owner may make one 
entry in the Derby or four in the All-Age stake. 
The Derby shall be open to all fox hounds Avhelped 
on or after Jan. i of the year preceding the trials. 
The hounds shall be judged on average all-round work. 
The All-Age shall be open to all fox hounds. There 
shall be five classes: 
Hunting — By hunting shall be understood the gen- 
eral ranging and starting qualities of a hound. 
Trailing — Trailing shall be considered the manner iti 
which a hound follows a trail before a fox is jumped. 
Speed and Driving — Speed arud driving shall be con- 
sidered rapidity of movement while actually carrying 
th- scen^, ^n4 therefore the houfld doing the greater 
part of the leading and kiiown to be carrying either 
the ground or body scent, is the speediest. 
Endurance — By endurance is meant the capacity of 
a hound for continuous maximum work during a num- 
ber of successive days' trial. 
Tonguing — By tonguing is meant the use a hound 
makes of his voice after he is let loose for the day's 
trials. 
The fox hound having the highest general average 
shail be adjudged the winner of the All-Age stake, and 
in computing the highest general average, the first 
prize in any class of the All-Age stake shall count 50, 
the second 30 and the third prize 20. 
Westminster Kennel CItib. 
Hempstead, L. I., Sept. 19. — Will you kindly an- 
nounce in the next issue of Forest and Stream that 
the Westminster Kennel Club's twenty-eighth annual 
dog show will be held in Madison Square Garden, New 
\ ork, on the loth, iith, 12th and r3th of February, 
1904. Jas. Mortimer, 
Secretary and Supt. 
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Yachting Fxtutes for J903. 
.\1 embers of race committee will confer a favor by sending notice 
of errors or omissions in the following list, and also changes which 
may be made in the future. 
SEPTEMBER. 
26. Riverside, Y. R. A. of L. I. Sound, fall regatta. 
26. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club, Oyster Bay. 
26. Chicago, handicap, Lake Michigan. 
27. Williamsburg, open, fall regatta. 
OCTOBER. 
3. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. Oyster Bay. 
3. Columbia, special, Lake Michigan. 
5. Southern, fall. New Orleans. ' ' 
10. Columbia, special, Lake Michigan. " ^ 
17. Columbia, special, Lake Michigan. 
For Cruising Yachtsmen. 
With the purpose of stimulating the interest in cruis- 
ing, and the keeping of a detailed log by cruising 
yachtsmen during the season of 1903, the publishers of 
Forest and Stream offer prizes for the best stories of 
cruises submitted to be published in Forest and 
Stream. It is belicA'cd that these will form not only 
entertaining records of pleasant summer days spent 
afloat along our coasts and waterways, but will furnish 
information of practical value to other yachtsmen mak- 
ing subsequent cruises on the same waters. 
Prizes will be awarded to the three best stories as fol- 
lows: 
First prize, $75.00. 
Second prize, $50.00. 
Third prize, $25.00. 
Contributions are invited under the following condi- 
tions : 
1. The cruise must be made in waters of the United 
States or Canada in the season of 1903. 
2. The cruise must be made in a sailing yacht, ro\/<T 
to be used only as an auxiliary, if at all. 
3. The story must be prefaced by a description of the 
boat. Cruises should be treated in as interesting and 
readable a way as possible, but should be practical and 
contain all possible information and data that would be 
of value to men going over the same route. A descrip- 
tion of the handling of the ship in all weathers will be 
regarded \'ery favorably in making awards, and it is 
suggested to Avriters that an accurate accoitnt be kept 
of all incidents happening while under way. 
4. Photographs of the boat and of the country passed 
through, not smaller than 4x5, should, if possible, ac- 
company each story, and they will be considered in 
making the awards. 
5. An outline chart of the trip drawn on white , aper 
in black ink (no coloring pigment to be used) should 
also be sent in. 
6. Competitors should avoid the use of slang or in- 
correct nautical expressions in their stories, as it will 
count against them in awarding the prizes. 
7. The story should contain about seven thousand 
words, written on one side of the paper only, and must 
be received at the office of the Forest and Streain Pub- 
lishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York City, on 
or before Nov. 15, 1903. 
Indian Hatbof Y* C. 
GREENWICH, LONG ISLAND SOUNP, 
Saturday, September 19, 
The special race for steam yachts given by the Indian 
Harbor Y. C. for the one thousand dollar cup offered by 
Commodore Frank Tilford took place on Saturday, Sep- 
tember 19. The conditions governing the contest required 
that yachts competing, for the cup should not be over 100 
tons gross, and that they should not be over isoft. or 
under looft. waterline length. Before the race Commo- 
dore Tilford stated that should his yacht win the race the 
cup Avould go to the club as a challenge trophy. 
The race was started at one o'clock, and there was no . 
time alloAvance. The course was from the red spar 
buoy off the western end of Great Captain Island E. ^ 
N. to the spar buoy at the N. end of the Middle Ground, i 
one mile N. of Stratford Shoal Light, and return, a dis- ] 
tance of fifty nautical miles. 
Only three boats came to the starting line, Norman, 
Commodore Frank Tilford; Inga, Mr. Charles H. 
Matthessen, and Seminole, Mr. John N. Robbins. 
The steam yacht Oneida had on board the Regatta 
Committee, which was made up of Frank Bowne Jones, 
chairman; Charles E. Simms, and Charles F. Kirby. 
The preparatory signal was given at ten minutes of one, 
and at one o'clock the starting signal was heard. The 
boats were given five minutes in which to cross. Semi- 
nole was first aAvay, and she was timed at i :oi :32 ; Nor- 
man was next, and she crossed at i tor :45 ; Inga was the 
la§t pyerj juid l^er tim^ was 1:02:12. Sonitiole was the 
