The record-union., 1896-08-02

heads and tell you: ''Why, I caught a
trout there as white as silver and an
other as black as a bass; you don't
mean to claim that they are the same
fish," Now, as a matter of fact, the
fermentation of fish is very deceiving,
and is governed largely by their condi-
| tions. If a trout frequents a dark,
shady hole he will be found to be of a
| dark color, and should the same trout
| be found in an open. sunny rifle he will
be silvery white.
Nature has gifted them with the
power of changing their color to con-
| form to their surroundings, the better
to conceal them from their enemies as
we'll as their prey Trout kept in con-
| finement can be made to change their
colors almost at will. Take a fish and
put him in a tank with white, sandy
bottom and he will shortly become sill
very white; change him to another tank
| with black bottom and he will conform
| to that color very soon. But still he is
! the same trout and so on, at pleasure,
| you can cause your fish to appear so
different In color that the inexperi-
enced would fancy they belonged to
| different varieties.
| Their colorat ation is governed by their
vision. This has been proven by the de-
! struction of the sight. Destroy the
sight in one eye and that side will turn
| black, while the other remains light;
! destroy both eyes ard the fish turns
| black on both sides, thus conforming to
| the color he sees. This power of chang
| ing the color is not confined to fish
alone, but is found all along the line,
from the chameleon to the Alaskan
hare and ptarmigan.
| A good deal of stress is also put on the
color of the flesh. Some are pure white,
While others are pink or light salmon
tint. Now, all trout breeders will tell
! you that this is only a freak Of nature,
and of common occurrence. Eggs from
the same parents will frequently show
this variation of color about evenly di-
vided when fed on the same food and
under similar conditions. In the human
| family we find different colored hair
| and complexion in the same family
why should it not be so with the fish?
"A. V. La Motto.
| NOTES FOR SPORTSMEN.
| Thomas p. Connect, the amateur cham
pion one-mile runner, is on his way to
Ireland. He told friends that he should
probably never run another race in this
country, as he intended to enter Dublin
University to begin the study of medi-
cine.
| He has been a special student at the
Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass,
the past year, fitting himself for the
University. When asked about the re-
cent challenge put out by Bacon for a
series of long-distance races, three to
| to place in this country and three in
England Connect said he would run Ba-
con any distance for from $1,000 to
| $4,000, but he preferred the latter sum.
| He is willing to become a professional
| for the purpose of winning the cham
pionship for America.
| The Santa Barbara independent
| says that D. NJ. Culver of that county
has succeeded in raising quite a num-
Der of Japanese pheasants, and now has
q number that he wants to turn loose;
and adds that it would be a splendid
idea for the Supervisors to pass an ordi-
| nance at their next meeting prohibiting
their capture or destruction for the next
few years" There is now law on our
statute books protecting pheasants until
1898.
Coach (to college athlete)-Your mus
cles seem to be fiabby, and your whole
system needs toning up. Are you drink
ing anythingP
Athlete-Not a drop.
Then you must be smoking too
much
mo; don't smoke at ALL"
"Studying?"
"Er-yes-a little'
Indignantly you've got to stop
that. Do you want to lose the gamer
Tid-Bits.
The Eastern field trial winner Little
Ned, by Ridgeview Dazzle-Kate Clax-
ton, will, in all probability, be a COM
petitor in the California All-Age Stake
next January Ned won second to
Strideaway in the United States Derby
in 1893 and third in the All-Age the
same year. He also won second again
to Strideaway il the United States ALI
Age in 1894.
G. o. White of Pendleton, Or, states
that the Bob Whites which he imported
from the East last fall are doing well
III his section. They passed through
the winter without am perceptible loss.
and already have Matched between two
and three hundred young.
Fifteen dove hunters We're arrested at
Biggs a couple of weeks ago for shoot
ing out of season. The season was not
open until July 18th. A move is on
foot among sportsmen to get the Leg
islature to make the dove season from
August 1st to February 1st, and it
should be done.
With ardent splash it leaps along
And laughs to the neighbOring hill:
O slrelX Puck,S soul il holds impriS-