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stake, open to all dogs without restriction as to 
ownership and handling. The all-age is in two 
divisions, one for dogs 15 inches or less in height 
and another for those 13 inches or less. 
The derby class is open to dogs 'born on or 
after January 1, 1913- There are five competi¬ 
tions for the puppies, regulars and specials for 
those in the 13 and 15 inches classifications, and 
a special silver trophy for the derby dog that 
combines the best field qualifications with the 
'best bench show points. Judges are C. F. Morse, 
Southbridge, Mass., and J. H. Walton, Greens- 
burg, Pa. 
Entries close October 15 with John J. Waldron, 
Jr., secretary, 29 Bucyrus street, Pittsburgh. 
COUNTRY’S BEST BIRDS’ DOGS ARE EN¬ 
TERED IN QUAIL FIELD TRIALS. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., October 3, 1914. 
The Pennsylvania Field Trial club’s annual 
quail trial to be held at Carmichaels, Pa., start¬ 
ing October 20, 1914, will prove to be one of 
the most popular trials of the season, and the 
club has received the largest number of entries 
in its history. The quality of the dogs entered 
is extremely high and assures an interesting and 
successful event. 
The professional derby and Pennsylvania sub¬ 
scription stake has attracted some o'f the best 
dogs in the country, and the dogs which are suc¬ 
cessful in these events will be strong contenders 
all over the big circuit. 
Edwin D. Garr, of La Grange, Ky., one of 
America’s foremost field trial handlers, will be 
here with the Babblebrook kennels’ famous string 
of setters, which are owned by Louis McGrew, 
of Pittsburgh, and many other famous dogs. 
W. H. Beazell, of Michigan City, Miss., 
America’s leading authority and the most suc¬ 
cessful breeder of Lewellin setters, will be here 
with some real class dogs. 
The amateur derby and all-age stakes are caus¬ 
ing much local interest and the rivalry will be 
keen. Those who have not sent their entries 
in should do so at once. Some valuable cups 
and trophies will be awarded in these stakes. 
Every one interested in bird dogs is cordially 
invited to help make these trials successful by 
their presence. 
In all probability the Grouse trial will be held 
at Penfield, Clearfield county, Pa., and will be 
started on November 17, 1914. The interest in 
this trial is very keen. Entry blanks are now 
ready and can be had, with any other informa¬ 
tion, from the secretary, H. H. Cahoon, Ben 
Avon, Pa. - 
RECORD BREAKING SALMON SEASON. 
(Continued from page 458.) 
Breeding of salmon in fresh water only is not 
an established scientific fact. Long continued ob¬ 
servation indicates that the fish ordinarily seek 
the fresh water for spawning purposes, but it is 
not 'positively known that they do not in some 
instances breed in the ocean, nor it is positively 
known in what part of the ocean the salmon live 
between the time they leave their fresh water 
birthplace and their return to the same stream. 
They are found at St. Lawlrence Island, Alaska, 
the year around, establishing it as their home 
center. 
It has long been stated as a fact that no 
salmon, having left salt water on their spawning 
tour, ever return to the sea, the 'belief being 
that they invariably die immediately after de¬ 
positing their eggs. Recent observations indicate 
that this is not the case. On the Elk river, in 
Curry county, in which the spawning beds are 
only about three miles from the ocean, dead 
salmon are never found; on the other hand, the 
fish are very numerous during spawning time, 
but immediately afterward they disappear from 
the river and have been seen passing out into 
the ocean apparently none the worse for their 
sojourn in fresh water. 
The warden is of the opinion that not nearly 
all the fish that ascend the Columbia are lost. 
Females have been observed attempting to escape 
down stream after having spawned in the vicinity 
of the hatcheries, and the males, after watching 
the nests for a few days after the departure of 
their mates, have also disappeared—down stream, 
without doubt, as a rack had been placed in the 
river for the purpose of stopping their upward 
journey. Salmon have been stripped at the 
hatcheries and then marked, and later have been 
taken in seines, drawn for that purpose, near the 
mouth of the river. 
Salmon make their way up the streams very 
slowly; those leaving the ocean in May or June 
not spawning, in many instances, until late in 
September. At that time, if they have traveled 
far toward the headwaters of some tributary, 
jumping falls and forcing their way up swift 
rapids en route, the fish are physically much ex¬ 
hausted, and in such cases some die as soon as 
they have deposited their eggs. This gave rise 
to the assumption that all salmon leaving the 
ocean never return. The deaths are due to at¬ 
tacks of parasites and not exhaustion. 
It has also been demonstrated that the baby 
salmon do not in all cases hasten to the ocean 
as soon as they are able to navigate. The war¬ 
den states that probably 50 per cent, of the 
“trout” caught in the Columbia and its tribu¬ 
taries, are in reality young salmon that have for 
some reason elected to remain in their native 
streams for a time. 
The so-called steelhea'd salmon is not really 
a salmon, but a trout, and does not live up to 
all the laws supposed to govern salmon. While 
many steelhead trout go to the ocean and feed 
there for a time, many others remain in fresh 
water, probably all their lives, certainly until 
full grown. Unlike the salmon, this variety ap¬ 
pears to desire food at all times, and can be 
caught with bait while ascending the spawning- 
streams as readily as at any other time. 
OPEN SEASON FOR WILD FOWL. 
New York City, October 1, 1914. 
President Wilson to-day approved the recom¬ 
mendations of the United States Department of 
Agriculture in making certain changes in open 
seasons on water fowl in several of the states. 
The new seasons in the states where these 
changes have been made are as follows: In 
Connecticut, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, New 
York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the open 
season is October 1 to January 15; in Kansas, 
Missouri. Oklahoma, from September 15 to Jan¬ 
uary 31; in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 
October 1 to December 31; in Texas, October 15 
to January 31 and in the District of Columbia, 
November 1 to January 31. All dates inclusive. 
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers are left open 
until January 1, 1915. 
WE, TOO, WONDER!! 
Chicago, Ill., September 30, 1914 - 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I wonder why the Forest and Stream has con¬ 
tained so much less archery matter this year than 
it did in 1913? It cannot be because there has 
been less interest in the sport, for that has grown 
apace, as shown by the fine National Tournament 
which was held in Wayne, Pa., in August. It 
cannot be because the paper has not found space 
for the copy sent it. Can it be 'because the 
archers do not subscribe as generally as they 
should for a paper which for many years has 
been so willing to help them in promoting the 
sport, and to keeping in touch with one another? 
A magazine is not published for glory, and can¬ 
not be expected to print matter of interest to 
only a certain class of readers without a “quid 
pro quo.” 
It may be because archers in Boston, New 
York, Wayne, Pa., Pittsburgh, Chicago, Kansas 
City, Atchison, Seattle, towns in California, and 
in other states, have grown “weary in well do¬ 
ing,” and contributed less copy than they had 
been doing. 
If such should be the case, we hope that all 
will increase their use of printers’ ink. Take up 
such topics as always interest archers; and also 
send in scores whether they be large or small. 
The list of officers and executive committee, of 
the N. A. A. as published in some papers is not 
correct, and we send the following: 
President, Herman L. Walker, Chicago; vice- 
presidents, Dr. Robert P. Elmer, Wayne, Pa.; 
James S. Jiles, Pittsburgh; Burton Payne Gray, 
Boston; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Edward B. 
Weston, Chicago; Homer S. Taylor, Buffalo, N. 
Y.; Dr. Calvin S. Case, Chicago; Homer W. 
Bishop, Chicago; Frank E. Canfield, Kansas City, 
Missouri. 
The following scores have recently been made 
in Chicago: 
WOMEN’S TEAM ROUND. 
Priscilla Williams . 69 377 
Mrs. Witwer-Taylor . 69 357 
Mary C. Williams . 77 355 
Mrs. Amelia Barbe . 78 334 
COLUMBIA ROUND. 
Mary C. Williams . 67 395 
Mrs. Witwer-Taylor . 62 388 
Mrs. P. S. Fletcher ... 64 349 
Mrs. Amelia Barbe . 69 325 
Priscilla Williams . 58 324 
MEN’S TEAM ROUND. 
Herman L. Walker . 89 495 
George L. Nichols. 9 1 49 * 
Homer W. Bishop . 77 , 397 
James H. Pendry . 74 3^2 
Edward B. Weston . 80 344 
EDWARD B. WESTON. 
PHEASANTS THRIVE ON ISLAND. 
Mo'bridge, S. D.—A year or more ago the Mo- 
bridge Gun Club planted several Chinese phea¬ 
sants on an island near here. There are now 
eight or nine broods of the birds, and the club 
members believe the pheasants will prove a great 
success provided hunters can be prevented from 
shooting them until they gain a foothold. The 
state game warden has promised to stock the 
large pond east of Mobridge with black bass and 
perch. 
