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am sure, are killed by distemper cures alone as well as by 

 the man who " never lost a dog with distemper." The man 

 who prescribes a lump of sulphur to be put into the patient's 

 drinking-water is as innocent as his remedy; the man who 

 physics your dog when lie has the typhoid form of the 

 complaint, as well as he who insists on putting a seton 

 through your puppy's neck after he is already too weak 

 to stand on his legs, should never be employed in any case. 



CHAMPION TIM.* 

 Owned by Mr. Max Wenzel, Hoboken, N. J. 



These heroic remedies are freely recommended by many 

 members of the fraternity of '* Vets," especially of the old 

 school. 



*Dr. William Jarvis, in an article recently published in the American Stock- 

 keeper, says of this dog: " He was sired by Biz, a field-trial and bench-show 

 winner, and out of Hazel, a daughter of Elcho and Rose, the latter by the 

 famous Palmerston. Tim is a large, upstanding, powerful dog, of the correct 

 type, and very fast. His record is as follows: First, New York, Fanciers' 

 Club, 1886; third, Newark; third, New York; first and special, Hornellsville ; 

 second and special, with Chief as brace, Waverly, 1886; fourth, Newark; first 

 and special, Boston; champion, Hartford; second, champion class, New York, 

 etc., 1887; first, champion class and special, New York, 1888; second, field 

 trials, Fisher's Island Club, 1886. ED. 



