New York Fish Commission

234 FOREST AND STREAM.

^[Oct. 8,1891,

FLY-RODS FOR LADIES.

IT

^{has been}

^my

^{good fortuneduring the pastfishing}

seasontomeet

many

ladiesengagedinfly-flshingon waters

where

trout of 21bs.or overwereof notuncom-

mon

occurrence. Onlyto anglingon suchwaters, beit

understood,dothe followingremarksapply.

Ihave almost invariablyfoundthese ladiesprovided withrodsoffrom_4Jto 6oz.inweight,varyinginlength from8|to O^ft.

Now,

ifsuchatool

was

insucha place putinthehandsofa

man, would

henot be consideredas greatlyhandicapped? If he were a novice,wouldnot every experienced angler regardhisequipmentasabsurd?

Is sticharod,ifadvisableatallunder suchcircumstances,

fitforanyexceptanexpert?

Reasoningin thisway,Icould but conclude that the whole thing

was

fundamentally wrong.

He who

pub- lishesa

wrong

assumesthe obligation of

making known

a

remedy

if within his power. I,therefore, offer this solutionoftheproblemfor

what

it

may

be worth.

Now,

anoviceshould begivenall possibleencourage-

ment

inthe

way

of success. To this end alonger and heavierrodthan suchasanexpert

would

preferisdesir- able. Butthe labor requiredtouse therod

must

be well within the physical powerof theoneusingit,orphysi- calfatiguewilldefeat theveryendin

view—

the pleasure oftheuser.

Itseems to

me

the following coursewillmeetall the requirementsandwillproveofadvantage all round

—

to theladyin that shecan accomplish

more

with greater ease,and to

him who

provides the rodonthe scoreof economy.

Take a good8| or 9oz. rod,cutitjustabovethehandle andinsertaferrule. Therodcan then be usedjust as before,the

new

ferrule, to

my

mind,being a very decided improvement.

At any

rate, beyond itsweightit isno detriment.

Now,

provide adouble-handed handletofit,

withthereelnear the middleof the handle,just likea miniaturesalmonrod.

The

ladycanuse therodwith the double-handed handle andbothhands.

When

the hus- bandorother provider wishestouseit,hesubstitutesthe single-handed handle.

Notonly doesone rod thusdodouble duty,but itwill be foundthatmostladiescan handlearod of lOoz.with bothhands,withfar

more

easeandprecisionthan oneof 5oz.with onehand.

The

artofcastingwill be acquired in

much

lesstime than with asingle-handedrod,

more

water can be covered, and greater success will give greater encouragement to persist. But onething must be

remembered

hj one usedtoasingle-handed rodonly.

In castingwith a double-handedrod,thelower

hand

"is

the center ofmotion andtheupperhand

must

conform

—

that is, the lower hand remains comparatively still,

whiletheupper

hand moves

withthe rod.

Henry

P.

Wells.

New

York, Oct.1.

Death

of Dr.

Charles

A.

Kingsbury.—

Philadelphia, Oct. 4.

—

Editor Forest

mid

Stream: It is with deep regretthatIhavetoannounce thedeath ofDr. Charles A. Kingsbury,of this city,

which

occuiTed Oct.3,and

which

willbeasevereshockto his

many

friendsandac- quaintancesonthis sideand across the water.

He

had passedman's allottedtimeof three score yearsandten, but

was

a personofsplendidphysiqueandanenthusiastic sportsmanoftheoldschoolinitsbroadestandbest sense,

and

a greatadmirer of Forest

akd

Stream, and other sporting papersofgood moral^tone.

He was

apersonof unusualcultivation,hadtraveledfarand wideinforeign lands,

and was

a wonderfullyentertaining companion afield or afloat,and probablyone of the most expert anglersintheUnitedStates, Thewriter has spent with

him many

nevertobe forgotten daystrampingthefields dui-ingtheopenseasonsorawaiting thecomingofthesly waterfowl,asporthe

was

passionatelyfondof.

He

was oneofthe kindestand mostconsiderateofmen,a friend through stormaswellasthrough sunshine,anda prince

among

his fellows.

—

Levi Hedges,Jr.

Lake Matamisoontis.—

Ihave

made

abrief visit to

my home

in

La

Grange, Me.,andgathered alittleinformation about

Lake

Matamiscontis.

A

good

many

fishing parties

went from

our

town

tothe lakeduringthesummer. The greatest

number

of white perch takenthatIcould hear of

was

500by apartyofthreeor four.

My

son went, but spent part^{of his}time bunting,and caughtonly 30 or 40.

No

^pickerelwere taken as far as Icouldleain,andthe white perch have beenfished so

much

of lateyears that they averagesmaller insizethanformerly.

The

lake is situated less than one-half mile

from

the settlement called

Whitney

Ridge,

and

is entirelysurrounded bya thick forest.

The

road to the lakeisquite rough,al-

thoughcarriages drivetoit.

Two

orthree boats only are tobelet,andat a verycheaprate. The

"home

shore,"

so-called,ishighand^suitable for camping.

Teams

can be put up at

Whitney

Ridge at very moderate prices.

The

shapeofthe lakeis

more

nearlycircularthanoblong, I judge,and it is probably four miles acrossit at the widestpart.—A.C.

Adams.

Juniata

Bass.—

Port Royal, Pa., Sept. 30.—Thishas been astar

month

forsmall-mouthed_{black bassfishing.}

The

fishare taking thebaitbothintheriverandthe Tus- corora Creek. In the latter stream Mr.JohnRobinson,

some

four milesfromits mouth,took25and35goodfish

on^{differentdays.}

At

Mifiiintown,ontheriver, basshave been takenthis

month

inlargenumbers, oneboat

making

a day's catch of 41. Another party from Patterson, directlyacross theriver fi-om Miflflintown,tooktwo fish aggregating91bs.lOoz.,the largerone beingof51bs.,the best bass

we

have heard of thisseason;3^1b, fisharere- ported almostdaily.

The

river is very low and clear, andthe basshave takentotheholes.

—

Onyjutta.

I

Prepared Bot Not Ready.— Among

the oldwhaling captains are

some

quaint characters; and none of

them

probablyisbetter

known

orlovedthanCaptain Jerning-

ham, who

waseleven yearsagointhefleetthatharbored inPloverBay,Siberia. CaptainJ.toldagoodstoryand

we

listenedeagerlytohis talesof adventure anddanger.

He

told of

many

narrowescapesfrom suddendeathby crushingofaboat or beingcaughtin thejawsofasperm whale. After hearing one of his most thrilling tales

some

one asked

him what

werehissensations_{at the}criti- cal

moment.

"Well, boys,"hesaid,"I felt thatI

was

preparedto diebutnotquite ready."

A

-Large

Ohio "Salmon."—

Bridgeport,

Ohio.—The

State

dam

ontheTuscarawasRiveratTuscarawas,O.,is

afamousfishing place. It can be reached bythe

Pan

Handle toUrichsville, from which it liesthree miles west. Iwentfishing tothe

dam

andarrived thereabout 4o'clock P. M., and began to cast with minnows. I caughta great

many

bass,oneof

them

weighing51bs.

2oz.,and

some

"salmon"of61bs. The largestcatch

was

a 15-pound "salmon,"and this

was made

ona9ounce splitbauaboo. Thisisthelargestfishofthekindthathas been takenhere

by

rodandlinein

my

experienceoffif-

teen years, and Twish to haveitmentionedfortheen- couragementof Ohio fishermen. The "salmon" (pike- perch) is

now

frozen in a great block of ice and on exhibition atthe

Stam

Hotel,Wheeling,

W.

Va.

—

Nick KUHN.

Excellent

Bluefishing can beobtainedby goingout withanyofthefishingboatsfromSeabright, N.J.,along thebeach in that locality.

Two

gentlemen last

week

killed 130onrodand^reel,andthere are plenty

more

left.

One

has onlyto gooutaV)outa mile anda halffromthe shoreand

we

understandthat the charges are veryrea- sonable.

Mr. Nye's Fingers.

—

In our account of "Sharks in Northern Waters"last

week we meant

to say that the shark "tooktheclamandlacerated threefingers ofthe

hand

that fedit." Mr,Nye's

wounds

werepainful, but fortunatelynot dangerous.

NEW YORK FISH COMMISSION.

THE

twentieth annualreport oftheFishand

Game Com-

missionof

New York

showsthe resultsofan unusually successful year'sworkinstockingpiiblicwaters with native andforeignfoodand

game

fishesandinprotecting fishand

game

fromunlawful capture. The

amoimt

of

money

ex- pendedin this diversity of dutieswaslessthan$35,000."The

number

ofyoungfish hatched and deposited was nearly .55,000,OC0,anincrease of15,000,000overlastyear,andthe ex- tentofprotectivemeasureswasgreaterthanever before. The zealandenergyofthe chief protector,Mr.,J. W;irrenPond, have

won

for

him

apublicacknowledgmentof hisvaluable servicesinbehalfoftheState. Exceptwiththeshadthere wasag;reatlyincreasedoutput from thehatcheries.

Owing

tothelowtemperatureofthewaterintheHudson anditsroily condition,duechiefly totheillegaldumpingof offalby^scows,the

number

ofsjpawningshad taken wasre-

markablysmall;butthis declinewasmorethan

made

upby thedepositofabout nine millionsoffry in theHudson by theU.S.Fish Commission. Thedistribution offishbythe Stateis

shown

inthefollowingtable:

Shad 2,424,000 Frostfish 7,400,000

Landlockedsalmon.. 49,000 Smelt 7,400,000

Rainbowtrout 310,500 Channelpickerel 2,000.000

Browntrout 596,296 Mascalonge 1,750.000

Lake^{trout 9,678,600} Yellowperch 13.000

Brooktrout 4,225,000 Pikeperch 4,000,000

Whitefish ^9,000,000

Tomcod

3,200.000

Ciscoes 3,000,000 Lobster 27,700

A

notableIncreasewas

made

inthe plantingoflaketrout, whitefish,cisco, frostfish,smelt,channelpickereland mas- calonge. The famousCaledonia hatcheryunderthesuper- intendenceofMonroeA. Green haseclipseditsbest pi-evious record in trout culture. TheCold SpringHarborstation, in additiontoitsworkwiththesalmonfamily,has rearedup- ward^oftenmillions of smeltandtomcod and hasdemon- stratedthepracticability ofhandling the weakfish and the lobster initslocality.

At

theSaeondaga and Adirondack hatcheriesthestockofeggsisto beincreased by building rearingpondsforthespawningfish,andiftothese theCom- missionwilladd pondsforthecareoftheyounguntilthev arriveattheageof yearlings

we may

hopefor better results fromtheiroutlayoftimeandmoney.

The Commissioners repeat and emphasize their recom- mendationfortherevisionand codification ofthe fishand

game

lawsintheinterest of intelligent interpretationand enforcementoftheir provisions,andtheyrenewtheir pro- testagainstthe spoliation oftheAdirondacks, bycorporations as well as Individuals, in^tliefollowing vigorous language:

"The Commissioners^regretthatafter so

much

agitation, andevenspecial noticebytheExecutive, measures have not beentakenforthepreservation of the Adirondacks. This question shouldreceivetheattention ofthe Legislatureat once. Thepeople havebutone

mind

in this matter. The sentimentin favor ofimmediatesteps forthe establishment ofa Stateparkisuniversalthroughoutthe State. Itshould not bedelayed,andthenext Legislatureoughttoact atonce inthe matteror thiswonderful wildernesswill existbutin the

memory

ofitsfrequenters.

"Those

who

are familiarwithitdeplore already theserious inroads thathavebeen made,andafewmorej^earsofneglect

may

destroyitentirely.Those

who

have driven from Boonville toFultonChain

ortoWoodhuU

can understandwhatwillbe left

when

theAdirondackshave been deprivedoftheirtim- ber,andthose

who

have enteredby

way

of theChateaugay Roadcan appreciate the^effects of a railroad irpon sxxch a country. In place of avirgin forest filledwith beautiful lakesandrunning steams,thereremains butabarrendesert ofblackenedstumps anddriedupwatercourses.

"Thevalueto the Stateofthisnaturalparkinitspresent conditionmiistbe apparenttoall.

When

treesaredestroyed andthe

game

killed ordrivenawaytheland that remainsis ofvaluetonoone. It isnot capable of cultivation, andit

may

be truthfullysaidthatthe old clearingssurroundingthe Adirondacksarefilledwithdesertedfarmhouses.Thehealth- givingproperties of thisgreatforest are in themselvesso valuable thatitshould be preservedforthis alone, asidefrom itsvalueasthe watershed fortheHudson, the Saeondaga, andotherimportantstreams. Legislationshouldbeenacted at once,andthisgrandpleasuregroimdforthe peopleofthe Statebe keptforfuture generations."

OYSTERS

IN

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.-While

at- tached to the Fish Commission steamer AlbatrossProf.

Charles H.Gilbert

made

some investigations in southern California relativeto theplantingof oysters. Thesmall sizeoftheriversandtheirIntermittentflow,togetherwith thelow winter temperatureofthewaterinthe bays,

make

the propriety ofstockingthe region. If,however,the ex- periment should be made, themost promising areas are to befoundinAlamitos,Newportand

Anaheim

baysandthe

mouth

ofLosBolsos Creek,inall ofwhich nativeoysters arereported in greater or less abundance. Thereportis gublished with illustrations in the Bulletin of the Fish

ommission,

"RAINBOW TROUT PLANTING.

"—BcJiior forest

and

Stream: In

my

articleon"Rainbow TroutPlanting," pub- lished Oct. 1,I

am made

to say thatMr. Ford caught a laketrout at Egypt Mills,Pa,,"butIwrote that he took a rainbow trout. Please

make

the correction. Everybody

knows

thatlaketrout willnotthrive inDelaware River.—

JOHK GAY

(Washington, D. C).

Dogs:Their

Management and

TreatmentinDisease. B^/

Ashmont. Price,$2. Kennel Becord

and

AccountBooll.

Price $3. Trainingvs. Breaking.

By

S. T.

Hammond.

Price$1. FirstLessons in

Dog

Training,with Points ot allBreeds. Price50 cents.

All

communications must reach us by Tuesday

ofthe

week they

areto

be

published;

and should be

sentas

much

earlieras

may be

convenient.

F

I

XTU R ES.

DOG SHOWS.

Dec.4to8.—Sixth.AnnualDog Showofthe Northern Illinois PoTiltryand PetStock Association,atRockford,111.

Dec.10to11.—InauguralDogShowofthe Freeport Poultryand PetStock Association, at Freeport,III. T.E, Taylor.Sec'y.

Dec.30 toJan. 2.—Fourth AnmialDog Showof the

Mohawk

Valley Poultryand Kennel Club, at Gloversville,N. Y. F. B.

Zimmer,Sec'y.

1892.

Jan.ato8.—The

New

York and

New

EnglandPoultryandKen- nelClub'sDogShow,^atAlbany, N. Y. W.C.House,FortPlain, N.Y., Sec'y.

Jan.5to9.—AnnualDogShowoftheSouth Carolina Poultry and PetStock Association,atCharleston,S.C. Benj.Mclnness, Sec'y.

Jan.13 to16.—SecondAnnualDogShowofthe SouthCarolina KennelAssociation,atColumbia,S.C. F.F. Gapers, Secretary, Greenville,S.C-

Feb.9to12.—FourthAnnualDogShowoftheMascoutah Ken- nelClub,atChicago.lU. JohnL.Lincoln,Jr.,Sec'y.

Feb.23 to26.— SixteenthAnnualDogShowoftheWestminster KennelClub,at

New

York. JamesMortimer, Supt.

March1to4.—DogShow^ofthe PhiladelphiaKennelClub,at Philadelphia, Pa. F.S.Brown,Sec'v.

March15to18-—Second Annual Dog Showof the Duqnesne KennelClub,atPittsburgh. Pa. W.E, Littell, Sec'y.

April7to10.—SeventhAnnualDogShowofthe

New

England KennelClub,atBoston. Mass. E.H.Moore.Sec'y.

April30 to33.—FourthAnntialDog ShowoftheSouthernCali- forniaKennelClub,ntLnsAngeles,Cal. C.A.Sumner,Soc'y.

May

4to7

—

AnnualDog ShowoftheCaliforniaKennelClub, atSanFrancisco,Cal. H.L. Miller, Sec'y.

FIELD

TRIALS.

Nov.2.— Inaugural TrialsoftheUnitedStatCH FieldTrialClub, atRicknell. Ind. P. T.Madison. Indianapolis,Ind.,Sec'y.

Nov. 10.—Second AnnualTrialsoftheluterualionttlField Trial Club, atChatham,Onfc. W.^B.Wells.Sec'y.

Nov.16.—Eastern FieldTrialsClub'sThirteenthAnnualTrials, at High Point, N. O. Members' StakeNov.13. W.A. Coster, Serretary.

Nov. 23.—IrishSetterClub's Field Trials,at HigliPoint,N.O.

G. G. Davis, Secretary,Pliiladelphia,Pa.

Nov.3H.—GordonSetterCltib'sFieldTrials,atHighPoint,N.

O. L.A.VanZandt, Secretary.Yonkerg, N. Y.

Nanuet,

Nov.3u.

—

i-'IKIU iiiin^.JIUUD JLIlllU .£l.UUUi--ll i.flllia,MiL

Lexington, N.C. C.H.Odell, Sec'y, 44and46 Wallstreet.

New

Yorkcity.

Dec. 14.— PhiladelphiaKennelClub'sFieldTrials. Charles E.

Connell, Secretary.

1893.

Jan. 10.—Second AnnualTrials oftheBexarField Trial Club, atSanAntonio, Texas. G. A. Chabot,Sec'y. Amateursonly.

Jan. 18.—TviiilHofthePacificField Trial Club,at Bakersfleld.

Cal. J.M.Kilgiirif.Sec'y.

.—FourthAnnualFieldTrials oftheSouthernField Trials Club, at

New

Albany, Mies. T.M. Brumby,Sec'y.

OTTAWA DOG SHOW.

ISpccialBefmrLI

THE

^Canadiansfinished their circuit ofbenchshowsthis week, the ^lastone beingat Ottawa, held Sept. 29to Oct.1. Theweatherwasnot verypleasanton thefirstday, neitherwasthe attendancesolarge asmighthave beenex- pected. It isnot necessarytogointo a detailed report, as thedogs have beencommented upon so m.uchat previous shows. Entries were very smallin

many

classes,notably the larger breeds,thebest ofthedogs returning

home

from theMontreal show. The^entries,numbering260,were,how- ever,allthat could beaccommodatedinsuchasmallbuild- ing. Judging commencedon thefirst day. Spanielswere judgedby

W.

B.Palmer,ofWoodstock, Can. The rest of the classeswere handled by Mr..TohnDavidson,ofMonroe, Mich. Thebenchingandotherarrangements werefarfrom satisfactorytotheexhibitors.

Onlyone entrywas shownin mastiffs,not a very good one butmighteasilyhave beatenthose exhibited atMontreal.

InSt,Bernards Othello, shown at Hamilton,

won

first,

andhe can holdhis

own

in pretty

warm

competition. In bitches

Nun

Nicer was lucky not to meet with stronger company, thoughthesecondprizewinner, not so goodin coloraiiilquaUty,isbetter insize.

KEWFOUKD

LANDS.

Dan

O'Shealedtheclass,withLeoCzarwinnerofsecond, hasbeennoticed before.

GEETHOUNDS.

Thechallengeclassbroughtoutthreeentries,

Gem

ofthe Season beating Scavengerand

Maud

Torrington. Inopen dogsJustinian, a

new

face,won.

He

shows plentyof beef, iscoarseandfarfrombeingasgood as the secondinbody and ^loin. Pious Pembroke, taking second, barring his head,isagood greyhound. Elcho

won

thirdprize,Ornatus beingabsent. Jetsam

won

first in bitches, Second Sight takingsecond,Bestwood Daisy "winning third, is full of qualityandshould have beenhigher.

HEEEHOrNDS.

Deerhoundswere afairlygood show. Robbin,firstprize,

wasthebest of the lot. Hilda,secondprize, isnotsogood inboneor head;andDuffispoorinheadandears.

FOXHOXraDS

hadtwo^classes. In dogsKingwon, secondprizegoing to quite a differenttypein Genius,one of theold stock,but does notmovenor standwell in front. Bitches saw Vexa- tionto the front;sheisthesame typeas thesecond prize winnerindogclass. Counte.ss,second,isweakin

make

up.

BEAGLES.

In the challengeclassRacerwasalone. Indogs Courier won, butDanO'Sheasaysit isamistakeinname.

Roy

K., second,has beennoticed, Donovan,third,isnotcorrect in head formation. In bitches,Stella,noticed atToronto,

won

here,with

Emmeline

second.

6BEATBANES.

ThehrindleJuna, notgoodinheada,ndlame,wasplaced over the small buttypicalMinerva'sFawn.

POINTERS.

The well-known

Pommery

Secfirstin challenge,Ossining getting thereserve card,andintheladies'divisionFan,Jr., ea.sily beatBelle Randolph inhead,shouldersand body;

both have beennoticedvery often. In open dogs Tempest beatKing Bow's Bow,plscedequalatHamilton; hegetsit in body and front,

Bow

is also coarse. Frivolity

won

in bitches,herheadisnot good, otherwise ,sheis anicelittle bitch.

SETTERS.

The same ^{old faces.} Edgemark in the challengeclass.

KentII.,firstiaopeadogs,with Viscouut,Tony.Gladstone