Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-05
How England Has Distributed Live
Stock and Game.
THRIFT AND SPORT WORK TOGETHER
The United States is Full of Eng
Iish Cattle.
THEIR HORSES HERE

riOm inc LU4uou SpectdtOf.
There are in Australia 111,Ooo,oO0 of
sheep, 100000 of cattle and 100000
horses. Except the merino sheep and the
camel, recently introduced into west Aus
tralia. we believe that there is no domesti-
Gated animal in Australia which is not Of
English stock Numbers must be consid-
cred first If justice is to be done to the
magnitude of this animal movement from
west to east: but apart from counting
heads, the list Of British species entirely
omitted from the totals given above, but
now firmly established in the new world, Is
no less striking. All other domesticated
forms-pigs, all breeds of English dogs
prize poultry and pigeons, in as great va
riety and perfection as they attain in this
country-are equally established in Austria
lasia; and with them the red deer, the
pheasant, the trout and unfortunately, the
RABBIT and the sparrow In Australia, and
still more noticeably in New Zealand the
new corners. the most vigorous representa-
tlVes OF the later types of animal, had a
clear advantage over the ancient marsupial
forms and the wiEgless birds. The pleas
ant, which could both run and fly dis
places the New Zealand apteryx, and the
rabbit gets the better of the wallaby and
smaller kangaroos.
South America.
But while the British animals, with the
native creatures of Australasia, they were
achieving a parallel success in another
continent, and among a population who
cannot be suspected of any preferential
leanings toward the animals of these is
lands. The Spanish republics of South
america We're rapidly "Anglicising" their
1ocks and herds. originally descended and
Inherited from pure Spanish stock. In Ar
gentina the demand for British-bred ami
mails first arose among the flock masters,
though cattle raising was the earlier and
national occupation. But the Improvement
in wool effected by introducing the best
English breeds was rapid and obvious
while that in the form and quantity of the
cattle was slower process. But during
the last few years the demand for pedigree
Engilsh cattle for Argentina has been enor-
nous. Shorthorns. Herefords and Deyons
have been imported weekly, and a cross
bred English stock now fills the "corrals"
OF the great beef and bovril companies of
the River Plate. In North America this
Angic1Sing process has spread to all the
states of the Union Half-bred cattle of
the states on nearly all the ranches of the
beef-producing districts and the colonizing
capacity OF different English breeds. is re-
commenting them for special districts
Thus the Devon bulls are purchased for
ranches where the search for pasture and
water needs special activity and endur-
are used where cattle are being bred for
transit by rail or ship. because the alb
sence of horns is then convenient
Jerseys in Brazil.
Even tropical Brazil follows the fashion,
and English Jersey cows are seen demurely
walking through the forest paths by the
coffee plantations and English terriers and
pug dogs 81. on the laps of Brazilian ladies'
Whether the Jersey cattle will multiply
on the planters estates time will show;
but the spread of our colonizlng animals.
which are now invading simultaneously
the plains of Patagonia ami the North
Canadian territory, does not limit it's
progress to the direction of the poles. In
India the English horse becomes a colonist
by second intention, in the form of the
waller. a sOunder and stronger animal
than the majority of British hackneys. His
value, as compared with the native breeds
CT Asia, is still undetermined, but we must
accept his presence and survival as a fact.
Close on the heels Of the purely useful
British domesticated animals follow those
carried across seas and deserts from mo-
1Ves OF sentiment and love of sport
Every week brings news of fresh and sue
ceSsful enterprises of this kind. In Con-
necticut the beginnings of a most anti
republican system of game-preserving are
seen In the success with which pheasants
are now being reared. The Connecticut
woods are being stocked with these BIRDS
and the state legislature has passed an
act protecting them for three years. In
Texas, according to the American Field,
liieie is texas state pheaSantry, and,
IN addition. private pheasant rearing es-
ADJUSTMENTS are being opened, with a
view to the firm establishment of the
pheasant as an American game bird"
Dissemination of Fish.
Fish are usually the last British crea-
lures to be established in new countries;
the means of transport of the ova is
comparatively modern discovery. But
new country must be already in process
of becoming an old one if such a contem-
plative pursuit as fishing is desired. The
most recent "state-aided migration of
English fish has been to Cape Colony
There Mr.. E. Latour has been engaged
since 1892 in Matching out SALINE fario,
Loch Leven trout, and brook trout for
stocking the Buffalo river and other South
African streams. The work was begun at
a large brewery, the cool spring which
suited the manufacture of British beer
being also adapted for the British fish
Later the work was carried on with great
success at the hatchery of the King Will
Jams Town Acclimatization Society. six
hundred miles from Cape Town. The eggs
mainly came from Guildford and Hasie-
mere, and Matched well, tens of thousands
of fry being reared. The only doubt is
whether the fish which can live as fry in
the cool upper waters of these rivers will
endure the higher temperature of The
lower reaches.
CHILDREN OF THE SEA.