FOREST AND STREAM. 



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ig had a different sound. It was a piteous cry, one of 

 canine grief and agony. The room is divided into kennels 

 of convenient size. On the left side of the building Is a 

 long alley, where miscellaneous dogs are. huddled together. 

 Such a wretched, miserable assemblage of dogs, with one 

 single exception, we never saw. Off crosses from spitz dogs 

 predominated: some few were fat and gross, but the ma- 

 jority were lean and miserable ; innumerable poor brutes 

 were mangy. As we mounted on a kennel overlooking the 

 motley assemblage, contemptible as were the dogs as to 

 breed, a feeling of piLy was uppermost in our mind. As we 

 gazed on them, many a poor wistful pair of eyes were turned 

 on us. fiiquisifive, tar, deep Seeking CJ 1 B K 1 I i Iny, which 

 seemed to say, "for pity's sake, keep us from death ! Are 

 you my mastery Ho, you are not; but for goodness sake find 

 my owner, and tell him what a sorry plight I am in; and 

 bid him come— quick, quick— and save me." There is a joy- 

 ful cry from the young girl along side of us, who has 

 climbed on the top of a kennel. ''There is Mina — our 

 Mina! There, there— get hct quick.' Poor old faing." Wo 

 see a miserable cur oil which the pretty girl's affections are 

 centered, and a little trembling bjute is fished out by an at- 

 tendant, who delivers it to the girl, who puis the dazed 

 Mina into her basket. The dog is mangy, not worth three 

 cents, but the pretty girl would not take a thousand dollars 

 for it. Since the dog is then saved, we volunteer to the 

 comely lass some advice as to how Mina's mange is to be 

 cured, and, with a winning smile, the girl trips away to the 

 clerk's office, where she pays her three dollars (may be the 

 money she had saved to buy her a new dress) and then she 

 goes on her way rejoicing. With a really saddened heart 

 we look again at the dogs, There is but one animal worth 

 anything, and that is a spotted coach dog- But he shows 

 age, and is possibly eight or ten years old. There are fully 

 300 dogs in the house. We ask how many are redeemed, 

 and are told hut a very small percentage. Dogs remain in 

 durance forty-eight hours, then if not reclaimed are drowned. 

 We look at the instrument of death — an iron cage hung from 

 a crane, which can be swung into the river and then 

 lowered, and we thought it a merciful way of concluding 

 the sad business. The cage fits exactly into one of the long- 

 alleys, and one side being opened, the dogs are swept into it, 

 and thus go to their long home. Of course the man with 

 the flintiest heart must have some sympathy for these poor 

 brutes. Still ninety-nine one-hundredths of them are per- 

 fectly worthless creatures and encumber the earth. We 

 found no dog which we could save from death, and our 

 errand of mercy, we regret to say, came to nought. 



said Monseigneur, "here is a mouthful with the compliments 

 of Bismarck." A huge bit of cake was placed under the 

 nose of the dog, who refused even to look at it. Being urged 

 tp est it, he turned away and retreated in the deepest disgust. 

 "The Pope sends it," cried Beppo's master, and the words 

 were scarcely uttered when tho cake disappeared in a flash. 

 "Three cheers for P10 Nono," cried the host. Beppo sprang 

 to a table under a fine portrait of the Pope, put his forepaws 

 upon it and barked thrice with enthusiasm. Nor would the 

 dog, who bore upon his collar this legend, " Beppo, Friend 

 and Protector," quit the room, although ordered to do so, 

 until Monseigneur had passed out before him. 



The fine large Newfoundland dog of the well-known grocer 

 of Mamaroneck, being stung by the wasps, sought him out. 

 the abutment of a railroad bridge, whence he plung-ed in, 

 shoved his nose under the water and died. So perished the 

 "valuable and intelligent " Newfoundland of the well-known 



grocer of Mamaroneck The meanest dog that ever walked 



on four legs knows the difference between a dog and a rabbit. 

 Thai's more than some men know : 



In England, the other day, a lecturer on natural history was 

 called upon to pay for a live rabbit, which he had in a basket 

 in a railway carriage, and which the ticket collector said 

 would be charged the same as a dog. The lecturer vainly ex- 

 plained that he was going to use the rabbit in illustration of a 

 lecture he was about to give in a provincial town, and, in- 

 dignantly taking a small live tortoise from his pocket, said, 

 '! You'll be telling me next that this is a dog, and that I must 

 pay for it also." The ticket-taker went for superior orders, 

 and on his return delivered this lecture on natural history: 

 " Cats is dogs, rabbits is dogs, but a tortus is a hinsect." The 

 professor had to pay dog fare for the rabbit. 



MORE CURRENT JOTTINGS BY A 

 STRAY DOG. 



IT'S a poor dog that cannot wag his own tail Every well 

 ordered kennel should have a bay window and a Skye- 



parlor There is a dog, "out West," who keeps his master's 



household supplied with fish. Thirty pickerel in one day is a 

 fair average catch for him. He came originally from Terra 

 del Puego. where the people live almost exclusively upon 

 what they can fish up out of the sea. The dogs are taught to 

 bark and flounder about in the bays and creeks, thuse driving 

 the fish into shallow water to he caught by the fair Fuegan 

 maidens Scotch dogs are very moral cauiucs. No New- 

 foundland dog trainer " need apply whose ability and charac- 

 ter will not bear the strictest inquiry" " 'Tis sweet to hear 



the watch-dog's honest bark bay deep-mouthed welcome as 

 we draw near home." Byron never had his pants mutilated 

 as he was climbing fover the back fence or he would not 

 have written that. . . .Correct information wanted concerning 

 Bismarck's dog Sultan. There are two stories current at 

 present : 



Last year, when Bismarck's favorite dog, Sultan, was dy- 

 ing, he walched beside the poor animal with such manifestly 

 deep sorrow that Count Herbert, the Prince's eldest son, at 

 last endeavored to get his father away. The Prince took a 

 few steps toward the door, but on looking back, his eyes met 

 those of his old friend. "No, leave me alone," he said, and 

 he returned to poor Sultan. When the dog was dead, Bis- 

 marck turned to a friend who was standing near, and said : 

 ''Those old German forefathers of ours had a kind r> 1 ... 

 They believed that, after death, they would meet ugain in the 

 celestial hunting grounds all the good dogs that had been their 

 faithful companions in life. ... I wish I could believe 

 that." Bismarck's love for his dogs can be traced back to his 

 earliest youth, and is very peculiar. It does not in the leaBt 

 resemble the commonplace liking most people are able to feel 

 for some pet animal, it is a real affection, deeply rooted in 

 his lai ge heart. Very fine. The other story goes : 



Bismarck, at last accounts, intended parting with his big 

 dog SulLan. The animal, while devouiing his ration of meat, 

 was troubled by a bone in his throat, which seemed to give 

 him pain. The Princess Bismarck immediately began slap- 

 ping the dog's neck in order to facilitate the passage of the 

 bone, but Sultan, being very much out of humor, and not un- 

 derstanding the demonstration, rushed at his mistress and 

 knocked her down. The bone disabled him from biting, or 

 she might, have been much hurt. So long as Sultan bit the 

 servants or strangers Bismarck had no fault to find, but an 

 attack upon a member of his own family necessitated the ban- 

 ishment of his trusty companion and protector. 



This Sultan has or had, it will be remembered, very strong 

 religious and political prejudices. Here is another dog who 

 has antiphathieB : 



Monseigneur Capel, whose portrait is drawn in "-Lothair" 

 under the" title of Moneeigueui • Catesby, has a Catholic dog, 

 to whom Charles Warren Stoddard was recently Introduced 

 at Cedar Villa, the former home of Mr. Sothi ' th. 



San Francisco traveler was formally presented Beppo put out 

 a paw and saluted the visitor with a short, low bark. ' ! 



What a Poo is Worth.— Huntingdon, Tenn., Sept. 9.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream : A dog case was tried in the Circuit 

 Court at Huntingdon on the 6th inst., which developed the 

 following facts : On the 2tst of December, 1877, a brass band 

 wagon had been perambulating the streets of the town. 

 Manuel Hampton, a colored man, was driving, ne was the 

 owner of a yellow cur dog which was playfully running 

 around after tho wagon. On the team returning to Court 

 Square, Hampton got out and and passed through the court- 

 yard. As he passed in at the south gate his dog likewise 

 passed in, and the gate closed behind them. Hampton moved 

 in, and passed out at the north gate, the gate closing behind 

 him, leaving the dog on the inner side. He paid no further 

 attention to his dog until he discovered him in the agonies of 

 death. The proof disclosed that between the gate post and 

 the fence there was a crack, narrow at the bottom and inclin- 

 ing to the top. One of the witnesses discovered the dog hang- 

 ing in the crack in a precarious condition, and called to E. 

 Strange, a saloon-keeper, to go and "get his dog." It was, 

 perhaps, five minutes before Strange went to his relief. He 

 states "that he was hanging by the neck, and that he raised 

 him up, and let him fall on the inner side of the fence." The 

 dog for a time appeared lifeless, but soon commenced to kick 

 and foam at the mouth, and bite at the ground. Witness had 

 never seen a mad dog, but supposed he acted like a mad dog. 

 Several parties came up, and the cry of "mad dog" was 

 raised, and the Town Marshal was called for. He soon came, 

 and, upon the advice of the by-standers, shot the dog. A 

 man then handed him a billet of wood, with which he finished 

 him. This man testified that he had seen several dogs with 

 rabies, and that the dog in question appeared to be affected as 

 they were, and he thought he was mad, and "a car load of 

 such dogs would be worth about one dollar and a half." On 

 cross-examination he testified that he had neither bought nor 

 sold a car-load of dogs, and did not know how many it would 

 take to make a car-load, and could not state if a car-load would 

 be worth $1.50, what one dog would be worth. O. C. Giles 

 first saw the dog in the dilemma, and was the man that called 

 Strange to relieve him, though he thought the dog was 

 fastened just back of the shoulders. His testimony did not 

 materially differ from Strange's statement as to the action of 

 the dog after he had been loosened. The other witnesses 

 testified that they saw the dog, and thought that he was mad. 

 Licurgus McCracken testified that he lived near Hampton's 

 house, and knew the dog. He was accustomed to go with 

 aud take care of Hampton's children. He would bark at 

 people passing the house, and he had seen him attack people 

 in the alley near the house, but had never known him to bite 

 any one. He was worth ten dollars. Hampton testified that 

 his dog was valuable ; there was nothing the matter with 

 him that evening ; his peculiar action was only caused 

 by reason of his being choked down. The dog was worth 

 twenty-Are dollars, though he would not have had him killed 

 for any amount of money. The counsel for the prosecution 

 introduced as a witness Attorney-General R. A. Pierce, who 

 testified that he was somewhat of a dog man and knew some- 

 thing of the worth of dogs. He placed the value of good dogs 

 as ranging from fifty dollars to one thousand dollars. The 

 clog in controversy was not of his kind of dog, though he was 

 brought up on a farm and knew cur dogs to be very valuable 

 to a farmer, if this dog had been taught to mind the chil- 

 dren of Hampton, and did so, he was a very valuable dog and 

 would be worth a considerable sum of money to the owner. 

 The evidence of_ the value of the dog was voluminous and 

 variable. His Honor Judge Ayres charged the jury : " That 

 a right of property in dogs wasa settled question in Tennessee. 

 That if the proof established that Christenberry had killed 

 Hampton's dog, and should then slop, Hampton would be en- 

 titled to recover in damages the worth of the dog, whatever 

 the proof might show that to be. But the plea of justifica- 

 tion was admissible, and if it appeared from the proof that 

 the dog had rabies, or that he was a vicious or dangerous 'dog, 

 and in the habit of biting people on the street, then the def. ' 

 ant was justified in killing him, and the plaintiff could 

 coyer damages." The jury retired, and, after deliberation, 

 returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for ten dollars. 

 This verdict carried with it the cost of suit, which will prob- 

 ably reach fifty dollars. A motion for a new trial was ably 

 argued by counsel for the defendant, which was by the court 

 overruled. His Honor stated that the issue had been sub- 

 mitted to a jury in a charge of which the defendant could not 

 complain, and that under the circumstances he did not feel 

 justified in disturbing their verdict. H. 



off entirely, although I did nothing to them. I advise him 

 not to trod* I put them. 



We have known warts to disappear of their own accord in 

 time, but this is not always the case, and sometimes caustic 

 is necessary. 



Names Claim&p.— Mr. C. J. Stoddard, of Washington. D. 

 0., claims the name of Grand Dnchess for his Gordon bitch 

 out of Malcomb's Malcorub and Bothcheldor'B Bella. Whelped 

 May 10. 



"Rozb."— The name claimed for Mr. O. L. Whitman, of De- 

 troit, for his liver and white bitch as mentioned in our last 

 issue, should have been Roze, and not Rose. 



—Mr. H. P. Doitch, of Goldsboro, N. C, claims the fol- 

 lowing names for the pups whelped by his red Irish bitch, 

 Gussie, out of Tate & Hobart's Joe, July 38,1878: Sam 

 Roynll, property of J. F. Doitch, Goldsboro, N. C; Dan No. 



, property of Capt. Sam Hodges Portsmouth, Va.-. Shot 



No. , property of Arnold Borden, Goldsboro, N. Oij 



Doitch, property of T. D. Gillespie, Columbia, S. C; Pansy 

 (bitch), property of H. P. Doitch, Goldsboro. 



Visits.— Will, first prize pup at the N. Y, Bench Show, 

 1878, the property of E. F. Mercilliott, 186 Broome street, N. 

 Y., served the celebrated bitch, Julia, the property of E. E. 

 Hale, both red and white native English. 



—Pet, E. F. Mercilliott's native English setter bitch, visit- 

 ed Theo Morford's Don, at Newton, N. J., Aug. 38, 1878. 



fachting nnd Ranting. 



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THE EASTERN YACHT CLUB. 



Boston, Sept. 13, 1878. 

 Editor Forest and Stream-. 



The fall regatta of the Eastern Yacht Club came off on the 

 11th, after being postponed from the 4th, on account of an 

 easterly storm. The morning was hazy, with a light air from 

 the E. N. E., which strengthened as the day went on, and it. 

 blew hard in the afternoon. There was a good show of yachts 

 at the start. The Halcyon did not put in appearance as ex- 

 pected, much to the disappointment of the Foam nnd America, 

 especially the latter, as her sailing master says the owner of 

 the Halcyon has made statements concerning the sailing of his 

 boat and the America which are not correct, and he was there 

 ready to sail with him and prove them so. Considerable curi- 

 osity was aroused on the judges' boat before the start by an 

 ensign displayed in the main rigging of the Brenda. It was 

 found, however, as she drew up across the line that she had 

 no member on board, the rules of the club requiring that a 

 competing yacht should have such a one on board. After a 

 short deliberation she was scut on her way, but could not 

 have taken any prize had she won it. The start was as fol- 

 lows: 



first-class schooners. 



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Warts OS Puppies.— A correspondent, "S. H," writes us 

 as follows : 



Somebody has asked you how to cure warts on a puppy's 



lips. jMy puppy, at the age of nine months, had about half 



nffl waa two months ago, and they have now come 



Names. 



Magic 



Foam..-.. 1 

 Kebecea.... 



Bremla 



SECONII-OLASS schooners. 



Fearless.. E B Phillips r>i 15 



Latona DLI'ickmaa. 65 so 



Anna David Plague ,, 47 00 



Dream - GSCurtls 48 M 



SECOND-CLASS SLOOPS, 



Shadow John. Bryant 33 80 



White Cap J M Forbes 35 00 



The Magic was the first to cross the line, and was closely 

 followed by tho Foam. The race really in the first-class cen- 

 tered in these two, and they hung on to each other all through 

 the day, there only being five minutes difference between 

 them at the eud of the race, by actual time, making a gain of 

 three minutes for the Mtwic The thrash down to Half Rock 

 was done in the same order as above, but in the long run 

 across to Harding's Ledge, before the wind, there was a slight 

 change. The Fearless, which had gained on the big schoon- 

 ers in the beat down, held her own. The Rebecca, Latona, 

 White Cap and Brcn-da ..loped up iln- gap considerably. The 

 latter schooner made tint: failing here and passed White Cap 

 and Latona, and closed on Rebecca. The latter, however, 

 hoisted two staysails, one above the other, which, according 

 ., j to the rules of the club, would rule her out of the race had any 

 __id- one protested. lu rounding Harding Magic, Foam and Fear- 

 t re- Zees were close together, but On the thrash back Magic proved 

 too much for Foam and came in leading boat. /,>,'.. 

 Brenda, rounded neck and neck, but the former gain.:.! oil the 

 latter on the way home, as the wind blew rather i 

 the smaller schooner. They were I oil owed 1. 

 Shadow, Whit* Cap and Dream, the latter giving up here as 

 she had not rounded Halfway Rock, and had been virtually 

 out of the race for some time. The actual and corrected 

 times are given as follows 1 



Yacht, iofc I 



Magic i 48 80 



Foam 'i 03 111 



Brenda 5 us r.j 



Rebecca ,. I ' 



Feailc-s 4 Bo 13 



Dream Gaveup. 



Lttlons B 13 27 



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