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bench show at mineola. 
The Bench Show of Dogs at Mineola, held la9t week in 
connection with the fair of the Queens County Agricultu- 
ral Association, was concluded on Thursday. The entries 
in all classes were not ns large as we expected from the 
proximity of the grounds to the metropolis, which is to be 
accounted for, probably, from the fact that owners dislike 
to expose their dogs during the extreme heat. Still there 
were some rare specimens of both setters and pointers on 
exhibition. Among the former Mr. Jenkins’ recently im- 
ported red Irish dog Banger was worthy of particular note. 
Old Phil was again at the head of the pointers in the large 
class, and of the small, Mr. Jenkins was again successful 
with Sancho. In the hall of the association was a magnifi- 
cent display of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, which in 
point of attractiveness fairly divided the honors with the 
I dogs. Tho grapes aud strawberries were particularly fine. 
The awards of the judges were as follows: 
No. 2 —Red Irish Setters.— First, Banger, B. W. Jenkins, 
Baltimore, Md. ; secoud, Tom, Kenneth G. White, College 
Point, L. 1 . 
f Bitches. — First, Lady, Horatio M. Parkes, Bayside, L. I. ; 
# taecond, Belle, W. J. Bickerton, Jr , Flulhunh, L. I. 
■ No. 3 — Back and Tan Setters. — First, Shot, T. A. Jerome, 
■fijocust. Valley, L. I.;sccoud, Drake, Win. E. Leavitt, 
■Flushing, L. I. 
| Bitches. — First, Alice, W. B. Jenkins, Baltimore, Md. ; 
■t second, Diana, Chns. O’Doherty, Coram, L. I.; highly 
p commended, Bue, J. G. Ilecksha, New York. 
No. 4 — Setters of ant/ Breed except Red and Black and Tan. 
H — First, Snowball, J. B. Finlay, Boslvn, L. I.; second, 
■ Dash, orange and white, A. C. Waddell, Newton, N. J.; 
W highly commended, Dan, K. G. White, College Point. L. 
I.; commended, Punch, David G. Hart, Northport, L. I. 
I Bitches,— First, Nellie, Edmund Orgill, Brooklyn, L. I.; 
■ second, no competitor. 
No. 44 — Setter Puppy of any strain one year old or under. 
■ —Lady 2d. red, Kenneth G. White, College Point, L. I. 
' No 5 — Pointers (laryc.) — First, Phil, A. C. Waddell, New- 
s' ton, N. J.; second, Pcro, Chas. Porter, Roslyn, L. I., (this 
K dog was wrongly entered in No. 5i as a small pointer; he 
I is a large pointer;) highly commended, Cairo, W. E. Leavitt, 
I Roslyn, L. I. 
Bitches— First, Belle, A. C. Waddell, Newton, N. J. ; 
■ second, no competitor. 
No. 5J— Pointer (small.)— First, Sancho, B. W. Jenkins, 
I Baltimore, Md. ; second, no award made. 
Bitches — First, Lily, Edmund Orgill, Brooklyn, L. I.; 
I second, Fanny, Chas. Porter, Roslyn, L. I. 
No. 7 — Cocker Spaniels. — First, Shot, Frank P. Eastman, 
(this dog, though awarded first prize, having no competi- 
tor, is not considered by the judges as a true cocker;) sec- 
l ond, no competition. 
Bitches. — First, Belle, A. C. Waddell; second, Stelle, A. 
C. Waddell. Nellie (Eastman’s) entered' in this class, 
though not a true cocker, in the judges opinion, is highly 
commended as a beautiful field spauiel. 
The gold plated creasor presented by Messrs. Hall & Son 
l was awarded to Mr. Waddell’s setter pup Bang, by Col- 
V burn’s Dash. 
The prizes for shepherds’ dogs were awarded, first, to 
Mr. Miller; secoud, to Mr. Weld. For fox hounds and 
k beagles to Mr. D. C. Harle, of Northport, L. I. For dachs- 
1 humls, Mr. Folke, of New York. 
E. S. Carman, Chas. II. Raymond aud Dr. N. Rowe of- 
■ ficiated as judges. 
LAVERACKS 
For the Forest and Stream. 
PURE OR FALSE. 
I HAVE lately noticed at the many dog shows that have 
recently been held in different parts of the country the 
inordiuate number of entries of Laverack setters. Where 
did they come from, and by whom were they imported? I 
scarcely take up a sportsman’s paper that I do not find that 
some one or another has a blue Belton or a Laverack in his 
kennel. The truth of the matter is that there are only 
three pure Laverack setters in America, viz. : Pride, Fairy, 
aud Ruby, all owned by Mr. Raymond, of New Jersey. It 
is true that one or two gentlemen own pure Laverack pup- 
pies, the progeny of these dogs. 1 believe there are also 
one or two half Laveracks, and these must have been im- 
ported, as the get of Pride by native setters are at present 
too young to enter on the show bench. I had occasion to 
write to Mr. Laverack asking him if he had any puppies, 
to which he replied as follows: 
"I regret at present that all I have were bespoke more than twelve 
months ago by Mcms. Price, of Bala, and llcmtning. Ilad you applied 
prior I would have reserved one. The next litter I have I will beur you 
in mlud. Any I limy send I shall guarantee aa pure us any In England. 
I have sent but three dogs to America, namely, two, Fairy aud Pride of 
the Border, to Mr. Raymond, aud prior a bitch, named Ruby, to Dr. 
Oautior l regret to Btate that several gentlemen from America have 
written me rniylng they hnvo purchased several pure Laveruck Betters, 
and usking meif I ever sold one pair to a Mr. Matthews. I answered 
them slating I never sold any but the three above mentioned. At the 
Crystal Palace Dog Show, held on June 2d and 8d, a eon of Mr. Ray- 
mond's Pride took the flret prize in a class of forty. Indeed, every prize 
taken had more or ieea of my blood. Fairy must breed well with Pride, 
but the bitches not pure sent to Pride, viz.: crosses, cannot be expected 
to produce a progeny equal to Fuiry’e." 
Mf. Laverack continues to say: 
"Once got the pure breed In your possession, stick to it, nvoid crossing, 
and rely upon it you will find none superior, particularly for daily en- 
durance in all localities and all weathers. Mad the International match 
come off between English and American dogs in America 1 foci confi- 
dent English dog# would have been well beaten, entiiely owing lo our 
dogs not having been accustomed to your game and locality, and vice 
versa. Your American dogs on Enellsh or Scotch moors, and on our 
kind of game, would be well beaten. Diir Field Trials are no tests of 
the merits of dogs, being too short, icii or twenty minutes merely nt 
Partridges All doge require lo be uccimtomud to Iho ground and game 
■hey are required for Mntclios for four days, eight hoars a day, on dif- 
ferent ground nnd gumo are the only tests. Distinctly nndiwstand, if 
our pure bred dogs wero accustomed to your game, covers, quail, Ac,, I 
fancy they then would beat cross-brcds. My great pleasure Is breeding 
setters, and I don't approve of— crosses. The secret Is, Darwin and 
Adams and other naturalists are right respecting nntnral selection of 
races or species; the strongest and most vigorous animals beat off the 
weakly, and thus continue the specks. You are going on the right prin- 
ciple. Yon must preserve, otherwise in time yonr buffnloes, all ani- 
mals and species of birds must decrease. America is a vast, grand conn- 
try, hut unless laws to protect game are enforced she roust decline." 
I write these facts iu order to show that there are some 
unscrupulous persons palming oil handsome-looking mon- 
grels for pure Laveracks, without doubt receiving large 
prices, and materially injuring the reputation of Mr. Lave- 
rack and the Raymond kennel. I would suggest to the 
committees of dog shows that they should add another, 
and I think a most important class, to their programmes, 
viz. : The Champion Class, which should for the present 
take in setters of all breeds that have previously won a 
prize in their particular class, or, in fact, setters that have 
taken a prize at any recognized bench show in America, so 
as to bar out all prize winners except as entries for the 
Champion Class, an honorable mention or diploma not to 
be considered as a prize. Jno. M. Taylor. 
The “Retreat," Blacks and Whites, Nottoway county, Va., 
June 26th, 1875. 
— 
A Good Doo Breaker. — We have been frequently asked 
if we knew of a good dog breaker in the vicinity of Bos- 
ton. A resident of that city, to whom we feel under no 
small obligation, has helped us to answer this question 
categorically, and thus relieves us from any reluctance to 
shoulder the responsibility which we seek to avoid, of rec- 
ommending such a person to our readers. The name and 
address of the tactician to whom our friend refers isHeman 
F. Stranger, West Bridgewater, Mass., of whom the fol- 
lowing “certificate of character” is furnished us: — 
“A good fellow, capital shot, and constant reader of the 
Forest and Stream. I have given him several dogs of 
my own to break, and have sent several friends to him, 
notably Win. Jarvis, “Nimrod,” of Claremont, N. IT. ; 
George Delano, of New Bedford, the importer of Doll; 
Mr. Peabody, of Salem, and others, of our best sportsmen 
in this vicinity. They all express perfect satisfaction. 
— George H- Burnet’s dog Sport was buried last week at 
Easton, Pa., with funeral ceremonies, aged 17 years. The 
coffin was a regular casket, the grave was sodded, and a 
monument will he erected over it. 
J|«t and Oliver 
FISH IN SEASON IN JULY. 
Trout, Sal mo fontinalis. Salraou Trout. Salmo conflnl* 
Snlinon, Salmo talar Land-locked Salmon, Salmo Olovtri. 
Maskenongc, Ksor. nobilior. Bluck Bogs, micropterus nlgncvns. 
Wcakilali. Pike, esox lucius. 
Striped Bass. Pickerel. 
KiiiKiloli. Bluelleh. 
Slieepihcad . 
[Under the head of " Dame, ana Pun in Seas 'm" we can only sped 
fy in general terms (he several va rie'ies, because the laws of States vary 
so much that were we to attempt to particularize we coula do no less 
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds qf game in 
question. This would require a great amount qf our space. In desig- 
nating game- we are guided by the laws of nature, uix>n which all legit- 
iation is founded, and our readers would do well (o nroiide themselves 
with the laws qf their res/tective States for constant reference. Otherwise, 
our alternate lo assist them will only create confusion.) 
Fisn in Market. — The fish market has been abundantly 
supplied during the past week with all the choice varie- 
ties. Salmon are coming in in large quantities, and selling 
at 25 cents per pound. Spanish mackerel from the Chesa- 
peake are being received in unusually large quantities; 
they sell for 20 cents per pound. Bluefish from Newport, 
R. I,, are very plentiful, and sell for 8 cents. Striped bass 
of large size are selling for 18 cents per pound; Halibut 
are in fair supply at 18 cents. Greeu turtle are plenty at 
15 cents; soft crabs are very scarce at $2 per dozen. 
Sheepshead arc very abundant, coming from Long Island, 
and sell for 12J cents per pound. The commou varieties 
of fish are abundant, and remain as last quoted. 
—Mr. Blackford reports that on last Thursday a fine, 
plump salmon, weighiug 17 pounds, was caught in a pound 
net about 200 feet from the railroad bridge at Sandy Hook. 
It seems probable that this unusual visitor was trying to 
make his way up the Hudson or one of the neighboring 
rivers when he fell a victim to the netters. We have hopes 
for the salmon anglers yet. 
— The largest salmon in marke*. this week weighed 41 
pounds. The largest shad was received from Maine, nnd 
weighed 7} pounds. 
—Bass fishing begins in Connecticut and Massachusetts 
to-day, July 1st, under the law. The bass fishing iu Twin 
Lakes, at the northwestern corner of Connecticut, accessi- 
ble by Harlem and Connecticut Western Railroads, is rep- 
resented as very fine. There arc three good hotels in Ca- 
naan Village, one of which, Mr. Corbin’s, is advertised iu 
this paper. Sherman Pease, whose house is most romanti- 
cally situated ou the border of ono of the lakes, will also 
take a few gentlemen boarders who are willing to rough it 
in semi-backwoods style. Six miles from Canaan, at Ash- 
ley Falls, Mass., on the opposite side of Twiu Lakes, is 
the very comfortable house of F. F. Cooper, which is ad- 
vertised in this paper— a commodious farm house two miles 
from this lake on a hill commanding fine views. There 
are several streams near this locality, where a few trout 
can be taken. 
—A disinterested friend, who has regard for the comfort 
and pleasure of parties seeking a quiet resort for the Sum- 
mer season, as well as those foud of bass fishing, wishes 
us to recoinmond Liufield Lake, a delightful sheet of pure 
water, within ten miles of the city of Boston, which was 
abuudantly stocked with Oswego bass five years ago by 
Judge Saltoustull, who owns a country residence in the vi- 
cinity. These fish can now be taken (after July 1 st, when 
the law permits,) in great abundance, nnd frequently five 
pounds in weight and very gamy. Unlimited fishing is in- 
vited, as this lake is now so fully stocked that it is desir- 
able to diminish the number of fish, inasmuch as otherwise 
they will prey upon each other, and in time run out. The 
lake is accessible by the Boston and Maine Railroad to Lin- 
ficld Hotel Station, so called, although there is no hotel 
there, simply a quiet country village, where hoard can he 
obtained in private families. Parties wishing information 
thereof can address C. K. Bradford, Esq., who. we are as- 
sured, will kindly respond to inquiries. Boats can he had. 
There is a pretty island in the lake, nnd grassy shores slope 
to tho water, well shaded by luxuriant elms, maples, aud 
pines. 
Mr. J. Reed, on the bench opposite Forkod River, Ilar- 
negat Bay, has reported catching five barrels of bluefish 
single handed with the squid; number not taken. Barne- 
gat Bay is literally alive with the finny tribe. The Carman 
House, at Forked River, is a capital resort for gentlemen 
fishermen, whose wants are carefully attended to by the 
proprietor, Mr. E. H. Frame. There are pickerel in Forked 
River that weigh two or three pounds. 
— Some of the sheepshead taken iu Barnegat Bay weigh 
twelve pounds. 
— W. 8. Kimball, of Rochester, has gone to the Sehoodic 
Lakes aud remoter parts of Maine. 
—Rev. Joseph T. Duryea, D. D., O. G. Wnlhrldge and 
two sons, and N. G. Stebbins and Arthur and Rtchurd 
Gibb, all of Brooklyn, are spending a fortnight at the 
Club House, Blooming Grove Park, Pike county, Pa. 
—The fishing fleet of Newburyport will not exceed 
twenty vessels. 
— Fisb, particularly senp and bluefish, were never more 
plenty iu Buzzard’s Bay than duriug the present season. 
— On Monday last, a swordfish, weighing 800 pounds, 
got in shoal water on the beach at DcnnUport, and a man 
there seeing him jumped upon his back and took his life 
by heating the fish with a club on the head, after riding 
something less than a league. 
— On Thursday Mr, John Waterhouse caught sixteen 
weakllsli with the squill, one of which weighed nine nnd a 
half pounds — a thing hitherto unknown in these waters. 
Perhaps Forest and Stream can tell us whether or not it 
is a common occurrence elsewhere. 
On Wednesday and Thursday Mr. Wallace Reeves, off 
Prospect, Shelter Island, took in his shore seine — about 
fifteen rods long— 225 bluefish and weakfish, averaging 
three pounds each .—Greenport Flood and Field. 
— John N. Genin, Jr., took fifty-six weakfish in one hour 
off While Hills, Shelter Island, last week Wednesday, one 
of which weighed eight pounds. 
— The Cuvier Club, of Cincinnati, have become enthu- 
siastic over greenheart fishing rods, and many of the lead- 
ing members have supplied themselves or sent in orders for 
these rods. We used the greenheart salmon rods, made by 
Scribner, of St. John, and found them very admirable un- 
til we substituted split bamboo as being lighter. The 
greenheart is admirably adapted to Western fishing. 
—The Cape Ann Advertiser says the losses attending the 
fishing business from Gloucester this season are increasing 
at, a fearful rate. Already there have been eighty -live lives 
nnd uiue vessels lost since the 1st of January — twenty more 
lives than were lost during the whole sensou of 1874. 
The Fisheries. — The number of fishing arrivals for tho 
week ending June 24th was seventy-six— fifty from Georges, 
nine from the Banks, and sixteen from mackereliug voy- 
ages, and one salt herring fare from Magdalene Island. 
Amount of Georges cod brought in 050,000 pounds, liuli 
but, 50,000 pounds; Bank cod 550,000 pounds, halibut 
05,000 pounds. The mackerel seiners bring in light fares, 
about 1,600 barrels only having arrived the past week. Thu 
Georges fares have fallen off considerably, late arrivals 
bringing very light fares of cod and halibut. 
Schooner Chester R. Lawrence. Cant. Thomas F. Modg- 
don, which arrived from her fourth Bank trip last week, 
weighed off 128,020 pounds codfish, and 5,000 pounds hali- 
but, her stock amounting lo $3,821.97. Time absent five 
weeks. Capt. Hodgdn’s total stock on four trips is $14,- 
307.93, making him ‘high line” of the fleet thus far.— 
Cape Ann Advertiser, June 26th. 
Canada. — Bracebriage, Ontario, June 2 6th, 1875. — Mr. 
Higgins, proprietor of the Queen’s Hotel, in this town, last 
week took a 3} pound trout from the South Muskoka River. 
Massachusetts. — Springfield, June2\th, 1875. — Shad fish- 
ing with fiy has bceu poor this year. II. and I have been up 
some six times. Once we caught one each, and the remain- 
ing five times noue. The low water has kept them all down 
at Willamansett, three miles below Holyoke, but there art.- 
no boats or conveniences for fishing there. Have been trout 
fishing many times; day before yesterday I caught 160 fif- 
teen miles from here. There will he many partridges und 
woodcock this year. I have ruu across many broods of 
both. W. S. W. 
New Jersey. — Barney at Inlet, Kinsey's Ashley House . — 
Fish scores for the week ending June 25th:— 
June 18th- J. E. Soule and T. K. Obcr, Philadelphia, 30 
bluefish; C. Grim, 28 sheepshead. 
June 10th— Chas. Noble & Co., Philadelphia, 23 blue- 
fish; Howard Soper, 16 sheepshead; 8. Ridgway, 16 sheeps- 
head; C. Grim. 10 sheepshead; J. II Ferris and C. A. 
Neuman, Stamford, CL, 19 sheepshead; It S Laquier, 
New York, 12 sheepshead; W. Lawton, Mornstowu, 14 
bluefish. 
June 20th— John L. Smith, John Lamond, Philadelphia, 
8 sheepshead; George Knight, Otto Acker, Philadelphia, 
10 sheepshead; C- Noble & Co., 2G bluefish. 
June 21st— R. S. Laquier, New York, 12 sheepshead; J. 
C. Coullaird and brother. 13 bluefish. 
Col. Robert Orr, Chas. Close. James T«>v, Christopher 
Marion, F. Caswell, Philadelphia, 49 bluefish; Dr. Bca- 
uett, 18 sheepshead. 
Juuo33d— L. Burrows, Wm. Steele, Uriah Beunett, J, 
