Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-14

and drops him in the basket. If for any reason. either through the line becoming caught On a snag, or the fish swallowing the hook, he can't handle the fish he will go back to where Mark is and bark twice. If his distinguished master has in the mean time gone to sleep he will lick his face a couple of times and that will serve to awake him. Two barks on top of that will indicate in the fish hound code just what is wanted The future Arizona senator then goes and takes care of the situation. rebaits the hook and returns to shade and to Morpheus
 Some of Their Fine Points.
 While this brief recital of the won aerful cleyerness Of the fish hounds will give one a general idea of what Mir. Smith has accomplished it is the little details about these dogs that fully enlighten one on the subject. The understanding that has been generated between these two dogs and their master is very broad and piscatorially generic in scope and on account of this much of the trouble and anxiety the ordinary fisherman encounters is obyiated. For instance. with the fish hound about there is DO occasion to be continually pulling the line, even if it is desired to be constantly watch ing it, for the reason that with the penetrating powers of vision which he has inherited from his gfeyhound blood the fish hound can see whether the fish is really on the hook or wheth- CT he is just nibbling at the south end of the worm
 Mir. Brophy noticed this He ob- .seryed Singles cork hcbhing up and down with the hound looking intently into the water but making no noise and he thought the fish hound was four fiusher. So he pulled the line out of the water-and found nothing on it. The cork began to bob violently again and Single this time parked fur iously. It was a three-pounder.
 Another clever stunt of the fish hound is to swim into the lake and scare away an undesirable school of fish. If he sees a lot of little suck CTS playing about the hook be scares them away to give away to big fish.
 Still another advantage from having the fish hounds is that one always knows just when a bite is imminent While always looking intently into the water, the dog is generally recum- bent. But just as soon as a big fish heaves in sight the bird dog instinct of the fish hound unconsciously asserts itself and he rises and points" the fish, whining slightly at the same time.
 Fight With Monster Fish.
 The marvellous precociousness of the fish hounds on this trip was evi- denced when an unusually large fish began to play about Statehood's line. The hound realized that the fish was a monster and that he couldn't handle him alone, so in advance of an actual bite he began to bark lustiIy. This should have attracted MF Smith. but he had fallen asleep. Eidently the hound was afraid to leave the line un- attended to go and awake his master. for he did net leave the spot as was his custom. However. knowing that he couldn't hold the line in his teeth and realizing that something must be dohe to hold it. should the fish get on the line, he pulled a part of the line up on the bank and cutaugled himself in its coils. He then stuck his feet down firmly on the ground and braced himself, awaiting developments.
 The action of the hound was none too soon for about then a monster fish weighing fully fifty pounds swallowed the hook and dashed away with It. The first stretch of the line all but took the fish hound into the water but he braced himself a little more firmly and then. according to Mir. Bro phy, who was nearby but out of reach. followed the most peculiar and the most exciting tug of var he has ever seen. The great fish lashed the waters in his efforts to get away and for awhile it looked as if he could, through the breaking of the line. But the silken cord held firm.
 Fish is Overpowered.
 Statehood all this time was trying to back up, thus pulling the great fish onto dry land. but try as hard as he could he could not budge. The strength of the hound and that of the fish seemed about the same. It was at this time that Mir Brophy heard Statehood give utterance to a most peculiar whine or yelp and in answer he noticed that Single left his own line and came to the assistance of State hood. Taking hold of the latter's thick matted tail he secured a firm grip on the caudal appendage of his strug- siing partner and by throwing all his strength into the tug of war the two dogs managed to drag the great fish out on dry land where it at once be- came limp and devoid of fight Both the dogs then gleefully ran to where their master was sleeping and after identifying him by hearing their mas ter's snore and smelling their masters breath they awaked him in the usual manner
 When he saw what a magnificent fish he had caught Mark it is said. naturally swelIed with pride It was found when the fish was weighed that the original estimate of fifty pounds was an underestimate and that his real weight was sixty-five pounds. All the oldest citizens of that part of the country declare that it is the largest fish ever caught in those waters.