FOREST AND STREAM. 



thirty vessels. Sixty thousand Siamese -were in line, all with 

 clean, white', moral pocket-handkerchiefs to mourn his loss. 

 "What is most important to us in a natural history way is that 

 H. R. H. Elephant was bora in 1770, and when he expired at 

 Bangcock he was 108 years old. We hope this record of his 

 birth and death is correct, though we canDot vouch for it. 

 Our own Siamese correspondent is instructed to get at the 

 bottom facts. 



N. B. — ThiB elephant must not be confounded with the one 

 which died a year ago last June ; nor with the one which died 

 the year before that. It is another one. There are three 

 more left, enough for three more Junes. 



j and THEra Yodng — Joggins' Mines, N. S., Aug. 



2S. — Mr. Editor : Here is an item for the discuBBion of num- 

 ber of bears whelps : There were killed last February, at 

 Spring Hill, in this county, an old she bear and four cubs. 

 There were no other bears in the den, so all must have be- 

 longed to the one mother. Hunters here say they never knew 

 of such a thing before. Els. 



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PRINCE SOLMS' KENNELS. 



THE attention paid on the Continent at present to the 

 breeding of choice dogs is very manifest. The late 

 bench show at Paris brought together a very fine collection 

 of animals. The finest strains of English animals have been 

 selected, and the utmost care has been taken in their rearing 

 and training. There are certain breeds of dogs on the Con- 

 tinent which are indigenous to the locality. If the wolf dog 

 is to be found occasionally in England, he is kept as a curiosi- 

 ty rather than for use. In France, Germany and Russia 

 there exist numerous fine breeds of wolf dogs, which are 

 trained to hunt the devastator of the sheep flocks, The boar- 

 hound is common in France and Germany. There is a pecu- 

 liar breed of pointer, which we have seen in Hanover, which is 

 worthy of a passing comment. Huge in size, weighing per- 

 haps double that of our breeds, he is nevertheless very 

 staunch, docile, and has a keen scent. According to our taste 

 this dog is overgrown, and his bulk, we think, would prevent 

 that activity and endurance which is one of the finest quali- 

 ties in the pointer. Of course we all are now thoroughly 

 acquainted with that really fine little dog, the dachshund, 

 which is of German origin. 



Prince Solms Braunfels has been among the first in Prussia 

 to devote particular attention to the rearing of choice dogs, 

 and has an extensive kennel attached to his domain. The 

 kennel is situated about two hours from Ems, and midway 

 between Wetzlar and Oberlahnstein. Nine acres of pasture 

 land, with water running through the grounds, are under en- 

 closure. There are houses for the kennel master, with a 

 separate building where the food is prepared. In a large 

 house, the hoBpital is located, where the sick dogs are cared 

 for. Ample arrangements are made for bitches and their 

 progeny, and a warming apparatus is introduced in one of the 

 houses in order to protect the puppies from the severity of 

 the winter. The plan adopted by Prince Solms seems to be a 

 very wise one, that of constant division of the animals and 

 their respective families. Following out this idea, there are 

 innumerable smaller houses, with grounds through which 

 water is constantly running, where the various dogs are kept. 

 Prince Solms has shown exceeding care and good judgment 

 in originating these kennels, and the success he has already 

 met with, not only with his finer breeds of English dogs, hut 

 with the native strains of dogs, is quite remarkable. In fact, 

 the Prince may be said to be developing the true German 

 dogs, and rescuing them from ultimate dispersion. Among 

 native breeds which show the most marked improvement are 

 the Vorstehhunde, the Hanoverian Schweiszhunde and the 

 Dachshunde. A numerous family of pointers, setters, fox- 

 hounds, deer-hounds, Yorkshire terriers, all of the best 

 EngliBh stock, have been bred in the Solms kennel, while the 

 St. Bernards, mastiffs, bloodhounds and boarhounds are the 

 be6t in Europe. The St. Bernard Courage has been a prize 

 winner in London, Manchester, Darlington and Birmingham. 

 In Germany, at the bench shows, perhaps more first prizes 

 fall to Prince Solms' kennel than to any other establishment 

 in Europe. Late numbers of the Ober Land und Meer and 

 the Sport contain full accounts of this kennel, and we are in- 

 debted to Prince Solms Brauenfels in person for some of 'the 

 facts. Americans going abroad might do well to visit these 

 kennels, and make selections of German dogs for use in the 

 United States. 



LEGISLATION IN REGARD TO DOGS. 



We have frequently been called upon to frame a series of 

 lawB for the licensing of dogs in a city. One of our corres- 

 pondents, who was instrumental in drawing up the dog ordi- 

 nance of Brooklyn, has kindly furnished us with the follow- 

 ing, which we think fully covers the case : 



an' act in belation to dogs. 



Section 1.— Every person who shall harbor, possess or keep 

 a dog in the City of , shall take out a license there- 

 for from the Mayor's office, in each year, for which a fee of 



dollars shall be paid, which license shall be dated 



from , and continue in force for one year thereafter. 



8ection 2.— All dogs so licensed shall wear a collar, to 

 which shall be attached a metal tag, to ba furnished by the 

 city, bearing the number of such license. 



Section 3.— It shall be the duty of the person in charge of 

 said licenses to keep a record of all payments with the dates 

 thereof, and the name, color and sex of each dog, and the 

 name and residence of the owner and possessor of the same. 



Section 4. — The t mayorJ shall ^appoint dogcatchers, 



who shall be provided with a badge, to be approved by him, 



whose duty it shall be from the day of until the 



day of , in each year, to capture all dogs found 



loose or at large in the streets or public places of said city, un- 

 muzzled and without a collar with its license tag attached, 

 and deliver the same at the pound, which shall be designated 



by the Mayor ; said dog catchers shall receive cents for 



each dog so delivered, upon satisfactory evidence that such 

 dog was captured by them as provided by this act. 



Section 5. — The Mayor shall designate a pound master, 

 whose duty it shall be to take charge of the dog pound and re- 

 ceive the captured dogs when delivered to him, and kill the 

 same ; provided that any dog may be redeemed on the pay- 

 ment of dollars within days after it shall have been 



impounded. 



Section 6.— It shall be the duty of the police of said city, 

 from the lflth day of September until the loth day of June, 

 in each year, to seize all dogB found running at large in the 

 streets or public places of said city without the license tag as 

 aforesaid, and deliver the same at the pound designated by 

 the Mayor, to be dealt with as provided herein. 



Section 7.— The pound master aforesaid may sell such dogs 

 as he may deem advisable, after the same shall have been im- 

 pounded days, and he shall expose such dogs as he may 



select for sale to public view for the further space of twenty- 

 four hours before killing the same. But no dog received at 

 said pound shall be secreted or given away by said pound 

 master or any of his assistants, under a penalty of twenty 

 dollars for each and every offence. 



Section 8. — If any dog shall attack any person, or any 

 horse in acarriage, or upon which any person shall be mounted, 

 at any place within the city limits, other than upon the en- 

 closed premises of the person or persons who shall own such 

 dog, and complaint thereof be made to the Mayor, or to any 

 justice of tbe peace or police justice of said city, the said 

 mayor, justice of the peace or police justice shall inquire into 

 thecomplaint, and if satisfied of its truth, and that such dog 

 is dangerous, he shall order the owner or possessor of such 

 dog to kill him immediately, and the owner or possessor of 

 any dog who shall refuse or neglect to kill him within forty- 

 eight hours after having received such order, shall forfeit the 

 sum of ten dollars, and the further sum of five dollars for 

 every forty-eight hours thereafter until such dog be killed. 



Section 9.— No person shall have, or keep, or permit to be 

 kept on any premises owned or occupied in whole, or in part 

 by him, or them, within the city limits, any dog which by its 

 howling, whining or barking shall disturb the neighborhood, 

 under the penalty of ten dollars for such offense. Upon the 

 complaint of any citizen the Mayor is hereby authorized to 

 issue a summons to the owner, possessor, or harborer of such 

 dog to show cause why such dog should not be killed. And 

 every howling, whining or barking dog so found, contrary to 

 the provisions of this act, shall be liable to be seized or killed 

 by order of the Mayor. 



Section 10. — Every dog that shall become mad, or have 

 rabies, or any symptoms thereof, shall be at once killed by its 

 owner or possessor, and any dog that shall have been exposed 

 to such disease shall be at once confined in some secure place, 

 and there kept until all evidence, of its having contracted such 

 d sease shall have passed. Any dog that shall have died while 

 mad, or having rabies, shall be at once buried not less f our 

 feet under the ground, and at least five hundred feet from any 

 bnilding. 



Section 11.— Any dog muzzled as aforesaid and wearing 

 the tag herein before provided for, shall be permitted to run 

 at large in the streets or public places of said city, and any 

 person willfully or maliciously injuring or destroying the 

 same shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dol- 

 lars, nor more than fifty dollars, or, in default of payment 

 thereof, to imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than 

 thirty days. 



Section 12.— II any person shall put, or cause to be put, a 

 collar with the license tag aforesaid around the neck of any 

 dog without having first obtained a license for keeping such 

 animal, he, she or they shall forfeit the sum of five dollars 

 for each and every offense. 



Section 13.— Any person who shall remove, or cause to be 

 removed, the collar to which is attached the license tag, or 

 either of them, from the neck of any dog, or shall entice a 

 properly licensed dog into any enclosure for the purpose of 

 taiung off its collar, or license tag, or either of them, or shall 

 for such purpose decoy or entice any animal out of the en- 

 closure or house of its owner or possessor, or shall seize or 

 molest any dog while held or led by any person, or while 

 properly muzzled, or while wearing a collar with a proper 

 license tag attached, or shall bring a dog into said city lor the 

 purpose of taking up or killing or selling the same, shall for- 

 feit a sum of not less than twenty dollars nor more than thirty 

 dollars. 



Section 14 — All moneys which shall be received for licenses 

 and fines, and the redemption and proceeds of sale of dogs, 

 under the provisions of this act, shall be accounted for month- 

 ly and paid to the City Treasurer, and, upon requisition of the 

 Mayor, applied toward the payment of costs ol enforcing this 

 act. 



Section 15. — All acts or parts of acts inconsistent or con- 

 flicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 

 Section 16. — This act shall take effect immediately. 



Epidemic Among Aeotic Dogs.— Dr. Kane mentioned in 

 his book as early as 1853, the peculiar disease his Arctic dog 

 suffered from. Sir George Nares repeats almost Dr. Kane's 

 words. In his recent "Voyage to the Polar Sea," Sir 

 George states that by about the middle of October, 1875, a 

 heavy mortality had occurred among his dogs, fifteen out of 

 the thirty originally embarked having succumbed to disease, 

 run away, or been neccessarily destroyed. Though the ani- 

 mals had been selected with great care from districts in 

 North Greenland supposed to be uninfected, the mysterious 

 disease which of late years had prevailed amongst the dogs 

 in the Danish settlements soon made its appearance in the ex- 

 pedition's packs. Apparently healthy dogs were suddenly 

 seized with this strange disorder, generally falling down in 

 fits not unlike epilepsy. The spasms of the poor animals in 

 these cases were, it is stated, most painful to witness. Dur- 

 ing the intervals between the frequent fits they roamed about 

 unconscious, foaming at the mouth, and snapping and biting 

 at the other dogs, or at any one who came in their way. 

 When in this condition they would go overboard into the 

 water, or try to run on thin ice, which in their healthy state 

 they would never have ventured on. The Eskimo dog has a 

 great horror of getting into the water. ''I have, "says Sir 

 George, "seen an animal resting on a sloping snow-bank 

 near the sea suddenly taken with a fit. Evidently aware- of 

 what was coming, it made the most desperate efforts to es- 

 cape up the incline, and howled dismally as its limbs refused 

 to perform their office. Finally dropping into the water, it 



would have been drowned had it not been rescued. The 

 medical officers of the expedition, Drs. Thomas Golan and 

 Belgrave Ninnis, paid the utmost attention to the outhreak, 

 and in several instances animals that were severely afflicted 

 with fits recovered under their treatment, Bud afterwards 

 did good work. We are, I regret, " continues Sir George, 

 "unable to throw much light upon the origin of this mvste- 

 rious malady, which in some of its phases is dot . 

 description given of rabies, but there is no instance 

 in C4reenland of human beings who have been bitten having 

 suffered from hydrophobia, and the recovery of the animals 

 in some instances is entirely opposed to the recorded expe- 

 rience of true rabies." 



Minnesota Kennel Club Field Trials. — Editor Forest 

 and Stream : Mr. Beaupre, the President of the club, re- 

 turned from Sauk Centre last Saturday and reports that he 

 has secured good grounds for the field trials, with plenty of 

 game. The St. Paul and Pacific Railroad will cany passen- 

 gers from St. Paul for $5 the round trip. Traiu leaves St. 

 Paul at 7:30 a, m., September 9. Entries close September 5, 

 Circulars are now redely. Yours truly, 



St Paxil, Attgust 23. Cdab. Lincoln, Supt. 



We shall be glad to furnish these circulars on application. 



Pbecociods Settees. — Editor Forest and Stream : Here- 

 with I take the liberty ami pleasure to send you the, perhaps, 

 first Wilson snipe of the season in this vicinity, a line old bird, 

 shot Saturday evening, August 24, by a friend of mine, John 

 Berkery, near this city. In presence of another friend, Nathan 

 Gotschiow, a veteran sportsman, I held the freshly-killed 

 bird before the noses of a litter of my Irish setter pups, then 

 three weeks old to the day, and all of them stretched out their 

 heads and tails and began to ruffle the feathers of the snipe, 

 and showed great delight in doing so. Max Wenzel. 



Hoboken, N. J., August 26. 



The Doos oe Brooklyn. — Dogs licensed in Brooklyn so 

 far, 3,900; dogs killed, about 800 ; uutnber of dogs estimated 

 to be in Brooklyn, about 7,500 ; license fee, $1 ; tag, 10 cents. 



Dogs impounded three days may be redeemed ou payment 

 of S3. 



The Price op Dash 11.— Editor Forest ar.d Strewn: In 

 your issue of last week you gay I offered 350 guineas for Dash 

 II. on the part of a gentleman in New York. These are the 

 facts : After the Horseheath Field Trials I told Mr. G. Brewis 

 that I would give him £300 for Dash II This off t 1 was for 

 myself and not for any one else. I then understood that Mr. 

 Teusdaie Huckell, hearing of my offer, had offered £850 for 

 him, and so 1 closed by book. If I had purchased Dash If. I 

 intended to have let Mr. C. H. Raymond have one-half inter- 

 est in the doe if he chose, but I had no commission from Mr. 

 Raymond or from any one. .InfflM. Tayloii. 



The Retreat, Nottoway Co., Va., August 26. 



Two Docss Murdered. — We are informed that two promis- 

 ing setters, owned by Mr. S. J. Coleman, the proprietor of 

 the Lake House at East Hampton, Conn. , have been poisoned. 

 We are anxious to have some of these dog thugs caught and 

 severely punished. 



Whelps — New York, August 22. — Mr. Charles De Rouge's 

 and H. Inman's Glen, Pride of the Border- Dimity, whelped 

 on the 17th seven pupnies, sired by same owners' Promise, 

 Pride-Hash. There are five bitches and two dogs in the 

 litter, and the colors run as follows: Four orange and white, 

 two black and white, and one white with liver markings. 



Whelps — Springfield, Mass., August 27. — E. H. Lathrop's 

 setter bitch, Luna, whelped six puppies to his Dick the 24th 

 inst. 



Name Claimed— New Dorp, August 27.— Mr. W. A. Gal- 

 loway claims the name of Tope for his black setter pup out of 

 Killarney, Grouse-Brisk, imp., by imp. Milo, Dan-Venus. 



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CRUISE OF THE NEW YORK YACHT 

 CLUB. 



(CoNTrNBED.) 



IT had been determined to make harbor at New Bedford on 

 Monday, there to hold the sloop and boat races, then sail 

 across to Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard. Alight northwest 

 breeze sent out most ol the fleet early Monday morning, and 

 they ranged themselves in a north and south line from Bien- 

 ton's Reef Lightship, ready for a run " Without delay " to 

 Clark's Point, at the entrance of New Bedford Harbor, dis- 

 tance about thirty-five miles. The wind dying out, it was 

 some time before a start could be effected, as some of the 

 yachts which did not make an early start lay becalmed on 

 the road from the anchorage to the starting line. Two min- 

 utes past eleven the gun went from the flagship, head sheets 

 were drawn, and all hands commenced making the best of 

 their way for the next mark. Clio got, away first, with Foam 

 following and Estelk well up to windward. The sloops in 

 the light breeze had rather the best of it, Hegina leading, unci 

 Vixen, Active and Vision following, Volants and / 

 on Clw'n weather. Dreadnought and Intrepid a In 

 and to leeward, and Olytu next, Madeleine- and Nereid bring- 

 ing up the rear. Again it was a run with lifted sheets, and as 

 yet no opportunity was offered of comparing the weatherly 

 qualities of the different craft on the cruise. The southerly 

 wind freshened as the day grew older and light canvas was 

 in order. Olio, Foam aud EsteUe had a brush for the lead, 

 the former two keeping to windward and running out from 



