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it is ODly necessary to pay $5, which is the entire expense o* 

 membership for the year 1879. 

 Respectfully, John W. MuSson, Sec. 



THE MINNESOTA FIELD TRIALS. 



St. Louis, Dec. 30, 1878. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



la replying lo the statements of Mr. Mulliken in your issue 

 of i he L'ljth inst. , wherein he attempts to whip me over Mr. 

 Howe's back, I would premise by saying that you undoubted- 

 ly recognize this matter as a personal fight between the 

 judges UaemaelTOS, and between the judges and the public, 

 but would add that 1 am convinced you will in the interest of 

 future shows and iieid trials admit to your columns such evi- 

 dence as is necessary to show the true position of each. 



I do not propose to simply declare some "facts " are false, 

 but will prove them so by testimony of a character not to be 

 impeached, and to show the position of the Hon. gentleman 

 on the 87th day of Nov., I offer the following extract from 

 his letter to me of that date : " I believe all the judges acted 

 on all decisions honestly and according to their best judgment, 

 and outsiders have nothing to do with the matter," and adds : 

 " 1 have the kindest feelings toward you and Mr, Davidson, 

 ■whatever may be said by any one hostile to either." All of 

 which is in strange contrast with his allusions to me in his 

 statements concerning Mr. Rowe. From the way he speaks 

 of that gent, eman walking arm in arm with one of the judges, 

 one would think he considered such an act a crime ; it this is 

 the case we would like his objections, and as I plead guilty of 

 being the judge this is aimed at, I not only acknowledge the 

 charge, but will say with pleasure, that on more than one occa- 

 sion I was so close to the editor of Forest add Stream that Mr, 

 Mulliken could not tell upon oath whether or not we also 

 were •' arm in arm," and, as many will bear me witness, there 

 were times during the trial that this Hon. gentleman could 

 not have told whather we were two or a myriad. It is an 

 actual fact, Mr. Editor, that 1 sat on the ground with Mr. 

 Hallock while he made a plan of the battle over Nellie, and it 

 is with a high appreciation of that, gentleman's worth that 1 

 take pleasure ia recording the fact that he favored my posi- 

 tion and complimented me for having convinced a Scotch- 

 man. 



The version of the controversy in regard to Nellie's point, 

 as given by Mr. Mulliken, must appear to those of your 

 readers that have ever witnessed a field trial, either a poor at- 

 tempt to cover a fraud, or an error of judgment that a school- 

 boy sboud blush to commit. It is easy to see how there 

 may be a Difference of opinion between a point and a flush, 

 or a false point and nothing ; but between a point and a false 

 point there is no room for discussion, as it is positively one 

 thing or the other beyond a doubt. The one is a point where 

 no bird is found, and the other a bona fide point on game, 

 which iB proven by the presence of a bird within reas mable 

 distance of where the point is made. Now, the facts in re- 

 lation to the disputed point made by Nellie are strictly as fol- 

 lows : She waded a bird into a slough and for a long distance 

 down wind, finally making a firm stand, which Mr. Mulliken 

 wks first to accept, saying to me: ''There, I call that a 

 point,'' to which 1 agreed. As Mr. Sanborn walked in to put 

 up the bird his dog ranged off to the right, having passed the 

 bird lying about twenty feet to the left of her point; Mr. 

 Mulliken, taking it for granted that there was no bird there, 

 proceeded to mark the dog a demerit for a false point, to 

 which Mr. Sanborn objected. I then said to give the dog a 

 Chance to find the bird, and told Mr. Sanborn that unless she 

 did find a bird we should be obliged to score her a false point. 

 Before I had finished the sentence, Mr. Davidson, who had 

 been some distance to the rear and right of us, came up be- 

 tween Mr. Mulliken and myself and flushed the bird within 

 wenty feet, of where the dog had established her point. This 

 of course was the nectssaiy proof that the point was not false, 

 anil i :it once gave her credit for it. Mr. Davidson, who evi- 

 dently had not seen the whole work, appeared very much 

 surprised t hat, I should give a dog a point for a bird he had 

 flushed while the dog was in motion, and he became so en- 

 raged at the idea that it was some time before I could inaue 

 him understand that the dog had once established a point on 

 the bird and we were looking for it as be came up and flushed 

 it. Mr. .Mulliken, it would seem, had already scored the 

 false point that he expected she would get, and had not changed 

 it when the bird was found; so just as Mr. Davidson began to 

 see through the matter he looked over Mr. Mulliken's score, 

 found Nellie charged with a false point and marked the same on 

 his own. I endeavored to show Mr. Mulliken how he had 

 erred, and about all he had to say was that he had ordered 

 the dog to road up the bird. He was willing to acknowledge 

 that the dog hud established a point, and a bird was found 

 thai "might have been " the one she pointed, but he seemed 

 to have an idea that this particular dog should have walked 

 straight to the bird aud put, it up. Mr. D. again put m his 

 oar and gave me to understand that it was two against one, 

 and in repW I think he understood me to say I saw clearly 

 through his little game and did not propose to see the dng 

 fraudulently dealt with; and I am sorry to say it was only 

 after much emphaiic language on my part that he consented 

 to see l he matter as it really stood, and changed his score to 

 as»ree with mine Mr. Mulliken's statement, that the point 

 was granted by two judges against one to heal the disturbance, 

 ■would come with a poor gracs from him even if it was true ; 

 for two judges that would so far forget their duly to other 

 competitors as to grant what they were positive a dog was 

 not entitled to must surely have a poor opinion of themselves, 

 lo say the least, of it. And now, to draw as mild a close as 

 possible on Mr. Mulliken, 1 can truly say 1 fully agreed with 

 Sir. Davidson in the early part of the trial, that it would not 

 do tu depend on his judgment, Mr. D. considering him 

 wholly unfit for the position. This fact became more ap- 

 parent as the trials progressed, which Mr. Davidson thought 

 lo turn to account by changing bis tactics to bidding for his 

 vote, hoping thereby, according to the plan of eight to seven, 

 to sit down*on my score and place bis favorites with the con- 

 sent of his colleague. For the damage done I hold Mr. 

 Davidson personally responsible, and pity Mr. Mulliken for 

 Ids weakness. 



On the Bmall target Mr. Davidson set up in a recent issue 

 of Foukst and Stream, right here let me makes "bull's- 

 eye " with shells of his own loading. He says, and declares 

 he can prove it, that his score in the Nursery stakes was 

 copied from mine, but in his manipulations to establish 

 another point his right hand so far loses its cunning that he 

 semis for publication in the Chicago Field an entirely differ- 

 ent aeoro Hud. he swears is mine. Now, according to his 

 statement as recorded in the Fouest and Stream over his 

 own signature, and his other statement as recorded in Chicago 

 Field under "Shamrock," it becomes apparent that he has 



lost bis little hatchet when we look at the official score; for 

 he olearly says his score is from mine, and our scores must. 

 according lo his showing, be official ; and since this score, 

 which he paraded at Detroit for the purpose of proviug his 

 honest capacity to judge their show and afterward sent to 

 "Shamrock" for publication, is not like the official score, he 

 no doubt will take back one or the other of his statements 

 rather than stand convicted of a falsehood by bis own testi- 

 mony. T have still another stick of his own rearing, and will 

 use it precisely as I found it, additional weight not being 

 necessary to break it to atoms. This is word for word what 

 he wrote to a competitor; "Mr. M. and I think you were 

 unjustly kept out of a point which you were entitled to, by 

 Mr. Whitford, on his responsibility alone, without speaking 

 anything to the other judges about the matter." 



He strengthens his statement by assuring the gentleman 

 that both himself and Mr. Mulliken saw the whole matter. 



Does Mr. Davidson wish us to believe he was writing what 

 he knew to be false, or would he have it stand as" above. 

 quoted? Tell me, ye lovers of justice, your opinion of a 

 brace of judges that will stand quietly by and permit men 

 whom their honor should bind them to'protect to be unjustly 

 robbed of a point honestly earned ! What would our field 

 trials come to if this sort of proceeding was permitted to go 

 unnoticed? They would 'die an ignoble death, from which 

 they could not be resuscitated. And it were better that it 

 should be so than to have trials ran as Mr. Davidson attempted 

 to run the Minnesota event. 



In conclusion, I beg to assure Mr. Davidson and Mr. Mulli- 

 ken that, though they join forces and attempt to kick against 

 their fate, that I have still more nuts for them to crack, which 

 I will promptly present if they willjgive rac the opportunity. 

 0. B. Wbitiord. 



FROM M R. DA VIDSON. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



Iu regard to assertions made in a Chicago paper about the 

 score in the Nursery stakes being changed at. the Minnesota 

 Field Trials so as to place Tempest before Jennie, and that 

 such could be proven, the facts in the case are as follows : 

 When Mr. Lincoln came into the tent iu which we were 

 figuring up the scores of the puppies which had run in the 

 Nursery stakes and asked for the score, Mr. Whitford stated 

 to him that his score was too much crossed up to give him, 

 but that if he would give him another blank ho would make 

 out the score for him. Mr. Lincoln then procured for him 

 another blank, on which be made out the score and gave it to 

 Mr. Lincoln. I was in the tent while this was being done. 

 My score was never out of my possession (in the Nursery 

 stakes), neither was it changed after being made, and I defy- 

 any one to prove that it was. I supposed then, as I do now, 

 that the duty of a judge was to give each dog the respective 

 figures of merit or demerit that he considered him entitled to, 

 whether or not it suiied an imaginative reporter. To conlra- 

 dict the impression that those insinuations might lead some to 

 entertain that I had changed my score or that my score was 

 the one given to Mr. Lincoln in the Nursery stakes, is my 

 reason for again briefly trespassing on your ganerouscolumns. 



Like many others, I can testify to the gentlemanly, unofli- 

 cious and courteous behavior of the representative of the 

 Forest and Stream at the Minnesota Field Tiials. 



Monroe, Jan.. 3, 1870. John Davidson. 



The blanks above represent the name of a professional gen- 

 tleman well known to us, who prefers, for reasons of bis own 

 for the present to remain incog. Although he resigns flic pen 

 name over which he has been writing, we trust that we shall 

 nevertheless still have the pleasure of providing our readers 

 with more of the admirable articles with which, as "Mo- 

 hican," he has enriched our columns.— Ed. 



Hrotor. — /Cdi'lvr Forest, and Stream : Through your 

 columns I would respectfully ask A. Pope, Jr., Esq., to 

 change the name Hector, which, iu your last week's issue, he 

 claims for his red Irish setter, as the name has already been 

 claimed for my black aud white setter, whelped Jan. 7,' 1878, 

 and recorded in the National Kennel Register. I am sorry to 

 say that on yesterday I lost by death my liver and white 

 pointer bitch Lady Francis, caused by blood poisoning. 



Yours faithfully. ft. 0. Hamiito^.-. 



The Rectory, Sort's Fall*. N. Y., Dec. 37, 1878. 



Owner of Jessie.— Mr. W. H. Bryant, of 1,237 N. Broad 

 street, Philadelphia, writes, in answer to the inquiry of " W. 

 C. B.," of Boston, ia our issue of Dec. 13, that he baa owned 

 for the last four years the imported Irish setter bitch Jessie. 

 He also has her pedigree. Is not a member of the Philadel- 

 phia Kennel Club. 



To Keep Fleas trom Doas— Editor Forest and Stream : 

 I have seen at different limes inquiries in your paper bow lo 

 keep dogs free from fleas. I have ke t dogs all my life, but 

 no fleas. Take common tobacco stems, such as vou can get 

 at any cigar factory, and put it iu I he. dog's bed, and you 

 will have no lleas. In the winter I make beds of equal quan- 

 tities of hay and tobacco stems, fu the summer nil stems. 



Yours truly, H. W. Bbadi.kv 



li'Muo, Mich., Dee. 27, 1878. 



Dog Baskets.— A corrrespondent recently wrote for in- 

 formation regarding the manufacturers of the wicker baskets 

 for transporting dogs. They are made by the Wakefield Rat- 

 tan Co., 98 Canal street, Boston, or 814 Broadway, this city. 



— The managers of the Pittsburgh, Pa., Dog Show, which 

 is held in connection with the Eighth Annual Exhibition of 

 the Western Pennsylvania Poultry Society, have invited Mr. 

 John Davidson, of Monroe, Mich., to act as judge. This 

 show, which is rapidly growing into importance as a regular 

 annual occurrence, commences on the 13th inst., the entries 

 having closed on the 3d. 



Death of Phil, Jc— It is with great pain that we an- 

 nounce the daath of the fine black pointer dog Phil, Jr., the 

 property of G. G. Barker, Esq. Phil was bred by Mr. A. C. 

 Waddell during the time he resided at Newton, N. J., and was 

 by Coil's Old Phil out of Fanny, a very fine bitch, once 

 owned by Mr. Jacob Glahn, Of West Meriden, Conn. He 

 was a splendid field dog, and for several successive years had 

 been taken by his owner to Florida, where he died a few 

 weeks since of the congestive disease peculiar to that climate. 

 As a mate for Phil, Mr. Barker aud the writer purchased in 

 the spring of '77 from Mr. Chas. Lincoln the tine young black 

 pointer bitch Princess, by Dilley's Ranger out of Columbus 

 Kennel Club's Fan ; and as there are two litters— the result of 

 the union— Phil, Jr. 's blood will be perpetuated. It is the 

 intention of the owners of Princess and her puppies to send 

 them to England to be entered in the dog shows there, as 

 black pointers are extremely rare on that side of the water. 

 « — < 



Sbton fob Distemper.— A correspondent Writes: "A 

 month ago the writer was the happy owner ot two fine Irish 

 setter pups. They were taken with distempei or pluiopiuu- 

 mania, symptoms as described in Hallock's Gazetteer. 

 Thought 1 would try the Seton remedy, did sj, and both 

 puppies fill untimely graves. They had good ca.-o ind proper 

 food. Am a bttlc off* on Setons. L. O. Rawson. 



The seton remedy was suggested by a correspondent, who 

 was corroborated by several others as to its efficacy. We 

 have never recommended it from personal expericne ■-, nor 

 soould we ever even suggest it for puppies. 



Detroit Notes.— Our Detroit correspondent writes that J. 

 N. Dodge, of that city, has sold to F. W. Savage the pointer 

 dog Don, Don is the first dog to win a first prize at a bench 

 show in this country, winning first, prize at the first Detroit 

 bench show. Jos. Hatch lost by death, Dec. 26, the pointer 

 bitch Flora. Had she lived until Jan. 1 she would have been 

 eleven years of age. She was one of the best stock dogs in 

 this section. 



—Dr. Luke Corcoran's pointer bitch, Bess (Springfield, 

 Mass.), has been bred to S. B. Dilley's Champion Ranger! 

 This 13 Hie third time she has made the trip to Lake City, 

 Minn., and will remain and be bred in the Lake City Kennel. 

 Dr. Corcoran writes that the progeny is the finest aud hand- 

 somest he has ever seen. Bess is the dam of Psyche, winner 

 of first for best bitch and special for brood bitch at the late 

 Now York Show. 8. B. D. 



—Mr. J- W. Muns u, of St. Louis, writes that his large 

 lemon and white pointer hitch Queen whelped .,, 

 mas Day thirteen to Bow. Three dogs and three bil 

 liver and white, aud four dogs and three bitchw are Jemon 

 and white. The whelps are large, strong and healthy look- 

 ing. "Queen is in splendid condition, and with •. 

 can get for her I want to save the whole litter, as Bow's pups 

 are scarce." Mr. Munsou also writes: " I lost, my black and 

 white setter bitch Graceful, 10 months old, out of Rose ( 'Rock- 

 Pickles) by Stafford (Rake-Dart) by distemper. She was at 

 Kay's Boarding Kennel near this city." 



The Nosi dk Plume " Mouican."— Editor Forest, and. 

 Scream In regard to the above nom de plume, all the articles 

 over this name in the Country,&s well as the recent articles in 

 the Forest and Stream on "Breeding for Sex," issueof Uct. 

 34, 1878-j "A Hint for Breeders," issue of Nov. 38,1878; 

 "Canine Skin Diseases— Eczema," issue of Dec. 13, 1878, and 

 "Canine Ovanhtomy," issue of Dec. 26, 1878, were mine. 

 With this explanation that they may not be supposed to be 

 from your correspondent Mr. Joseph E. Fisher, of Brooklyn, 

 and th it be may not on my account have to father anything 

 which does not belong to him, I resign any future claim to 

 the name of " Mohican, 1 ' and allow him its full use, either to 

 write ads. for a nameless Chicago paper, 01 to cover his indi- 

 viduab'ty when trying lo defend a powerful corporation, or 

 in anv way wlrch may seem to him to bring to it the most 

 credit. ' Yours truly, . 



—Mr. W. H. Holabird, of Valparaiso, Ind., writes that his 

 Blue Daisy ( Beton-Dimple), litter sister to Sanborn's Nellie, 

 was bred to champion Joe. Jr., on the 24th of I 



This cross will combine the finest field qualities on the conti- 

 nent, as Dimple, the dam of my bitch, is sister to champion 

 Drake. 



—Mr. P. Dunham's (of Leeds, Mass.) red setter bitch. 

 Belle U., whelped. Dec. 30, twelve puppies-seven dogs and 

 five bitches ; sired by Mack (Carrie-Pluukett '). 



—Mr. Jarnes Hfiuley's red Irish bitch Juno (formerly Ad- 

 cock's) whelped, Dec. 31, eight, all red pups— six bitches and 

 two dogs ; sired by Dr. Jarvis' Champion Elcho. 



— Mr. T. F. Taylor's, of Richmond, Va., champion Gordon 

 setter bitch Fan, bred to Champion Rupert, has whelped 

 eleven puppies — eight dogs and three bitches. 



SAGACITY OF SHEPHERD DOGS. 



Mr. Editor— Major Campbell BrowD, of Maury County, a noted 

 sheep breeder in Tennessee, was lelflng me some evidences of sagacity, 

 as shown by hU shepherd dog*, which are worthy of notice. On one 

 occasion two of tils dogs noticed three atrange;eattle in among Ills herd 



of Jersey*. Without an order from aoy one, i 



the intruders and aitempted to drive them out. Finding It Impossible 

 to get the three together, they drove them one at, & ti.jie to the gate, 

 aud then attracted attention by barging until some one catue to open 

 the gate and let. them out. He also stated that he had been amused at, 

 noticing the manner in which one of his dogs would attack a strange 

 unile. He would steal up behind him, bite him on Ihe pastern joint 

 and drop on hla belly, thus avoiding the certain kick. h 



RANGER II. 



Barrnsi, .,■■ I Q 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



Mr. William Mallerd'a orange and white English setter bitch Belle 

 (she by Tombllnson'a Dandy out of Mallerd'a Maud) gav 

 litter of sis beautiful orange aud while puppies, sired by Riingei Li. 

 (he by Macdona's Hanger out of hla Wor,. 



Mr. p. w . Donner. iiu'i at, present is being oil Kennel 



hi this city. Knowing full well 1 1 good (log in the Held 



us vreli as on MM bench, 10 Chi 

 proven mis seii«on noe of the most staunch i _ 

 is very fast, and since the second week out he htia not mado a false 



