mM\W AMU STRWAM. 



1ST 



so this morning I have everything out on the bushes 



kits, etc. I think they had snow at 

 XrOysBUrgi for I sec this morning that old Sierra Grande is 

 white. My herds are [at and doing Well I have lost only 

 one out of 4, luO head since starting from the rairche on the 

 loth of October, and that was I 6d bj a Son night before 

 last. I poisoned the carcass and watched nearly all ni 

 night, but he did not come back. I shall expect him to- 

 night. They are a nuisance and hard to get, for they are us 

 cunning as foxes." 



In a letter dated subsequently Nov. 13th, we learn how the 

 lion above referred to fared. We quote • 



"I have at last succeeded in getting what I have so long- 

 promised you, a mountain lion (cougar) skin, and a fine speci- 

 men it is, too. It, is not. as i H ,-g e flS S i )mt . t ) iavo B een, but is 

 an average, is heavily furred, and without spot or blemish, ex- 

 cept the bullet holes. 1 hud quite a tough fight before killing 

 him. I had brought my herds into this canyon (the Gareaoso) 

 about the Oth of this month, and knowing that Uici. 

 lots of lions in this pari of the country had been very watch- 

 ful for fear they would jump the herds. They did not trouble 

 me at all until the night of the Kith, when one came into the 

 herd and killed one sheep. He bad no time to kill more, or 

 even " lug" off the one lie had killed, for as soon us the herd 

 ran I sprang from the tent, rille in hand, and in " two shakes 

 of a lamb's tail " was at the place where he had jumped the 

 herd; found the dead sheep, but it v. a? dark and cloudy, in 

 fact raining a little, and he (the Hon) got off before I could 

 get a glimpse of hi ui. Well, the next night 1 Btal OB id my 

 men around the herd and took my position dear where he hail 

 entered the night before. We watched all night long, but lie 

 did not come back. The next night, 1 made the same arrange- 

 ments, and secreted mj-self under an overhanging rock behind 

 a bunch of brush, wrapped in a blanket, for it was as cold as 

 " blazes " and the wind blew a gale. The night was clear 

 except once in a while a wind cloud would obscure the moon, 

 which was just past the full. Just after one of tin i .Inn!; 

 had passed I heard the looso stones rattle on the side of a 

 bluff just in front of where I was sitting. I just drew my- 

 self more into the shadow of the rock, strained my eyes in 

 the direction from which the sound came, and held my breath. 

 Id, there on the side of the bluff in front of me, 

 about 80 yards off, was " the man I wanted to see." I wish 

 you could have seen him as I did : I tell you it was a 

 noble sight, although it, made a fellow hare a sort of a go- 

 down-into-his-boots" feeling. He stood with his front feel on 

 a rock, broad side to me, looking toward the herd. 1 had a 

 Springfield ride in my hand (one of the men had the Perry), 

 You know they carry a fifty oall. Well, 1 asure you I had it 

 to my lace in less than half the lime I have been telling this, 

 and had a bead on his fifth rib about half-way up. When the 

 ball struck him he jumped into the air and gave one of the 

 most unearthly screams I ever heard, and came tumbling 

 down the hill. By the time he arrived at the bottom 1 was 

 there and stood over him with my six-shooter. He flounced 

 and pawed around some, and thinking he might get his "hooks" 

 onto me I gave him a shot I winch struck him 



in the flank and lodged in his backbone. So ended the bat- 

 tle. The victory was certainly not to the strong, for he was 

 strong enough and big enough to have "chawed" me all to 

 pieces. I believe about my first thoughts as I stood looking 

 at him were : " I bet Mort Kobinson would give half his lite 

 to have killed that, 'varmint.' " I skinned him this morning 

 and now havs bis hide stretched out to dry. As near as I can 

 tell by measuring with my hands the hide was 8ft. Sin. from 

 to tip of tail, and 6ft. from front paw to paw as it 

 ched on the ground, lie must have weighed 350 

 pounds at least, for two of us could only just raise him from 

 the ground by clasping our hands under' his body. A. B. 



BtrFi?ALO Potjltky Snow — Editor Forest and Stream : The 

 Buffalo International Poultry Association give their seventh 

 annual exhibition here at the rink, on January 29th, 80th and 

 31st and February 1st, 3d, -1th and 5th. Your correspondent, 

 "J. D. H.," is mistaken in staling that Mr. Coleman's pair 

 of buff Cochins were in the exhibition here last year, as the 

 association held no meeting last year, holding oil at the re- 

 quest of the Chicago association, this year the Chicago asso- 

 ciation returning the courtesy by holding no meeting. The 

 people of buffalo always look forward to the "Hen Conven- 

 tions" with pleasure, for Ihe management of them has always 

 been in Ihe hands of men who have given them their whole 

 attention. Probably more is due to tee President, Mr. Chas. 

 A. Sweet, than to any other one of the officers for the great 

 success of this society's meetings. The association is to-day 

 the only lealiy successful one in America, having given six 

 exhibitions and paid more premiums than any three societies 

 of the kind in America. One of the most interesting parts 

 of the exhibitions is the show of fish, and one in which every 

 one who visits It seems delighted. It was in the exhibition 

 of lb75, I think, that Air. Pred Mather showed some Michi- 

 gan grayling, the first 1 had ever seen, and, I believe, the first 

 ever seen in Buffalo. W T e are promised something very fine in 

 the way of fish this year. It was at one of these exhibitions 

 that I saw for the first time a pair of pure white scmirrcls 

 with black eyes. They weie the property of Mr. C. G. 

 Irish, of this town, who exhibited a large collection of squir- 

 rels. Is it not very unusual to find albinos with black eyes, 

 especially where they are all white? I shot on the 2-ith of 

 December last year (1ST7) a female red squirrel heavy with 

 young. Was not that also very unusual:' The weather that 

 day was more like September than Hecomber, being very 

 bright and warm— a slight coutrast to the same day of 1878. 

 I mail ycu wilh this the prize list and rules of tne Poultry 

 Association, showing the number of classes, premiums, etc. 

 The premiums aggregate about six thousand dollars. Will 

 advise you of any point of interest to your readers when the 

 show opens, if desired. Eabb. 



Buffalo, iV. Y-, Jan. 2, 1879, 



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BmioloI a. Gjseat Cl&m! — A California paper, the Salinas 

 Democrat, mentions the finding of a huge fossil clam-shell on 

 the farm of a Mr. Pinch, hi Tularcitos County, ll measures 

 5 feet 8 inches in length, 4 feet 8 inches wide, and S feet 5 

 inches deep. And to think that so great a clam should die ! 

 What a lost opportunity for a most marvelous evolution I 



—All that we want now is a new Homer to write out the 

 travels of the modern Ulysses. 



<J®"Pobest and SiftEAM will be sent for six months for $2, 

 or for three months for $1. T clubs of five or more, $3 pet- 

 year. 



DETROIT DOG SHOW. 



OUR over-crowded space will not, permit us to print a de- 

 tailed list of the entries for the dog show held at Detroit 

 Mich., on the 7tb, Sth, 9th and 10th of the present month' 

 The entries numbered exactly 200, of which a large number 

 weie owned in Detroit. Canada was also well represented. 

 The most prominent exhibitors were L. n. Smith, of Strath- 

 v,,y, Canada; Arnold Burgos, of Michigan, and the St. Louis 

 Kennel Olub. The English setter classes, including native, 

 imported and puppies, comprised forty-two entries, the most 

 noted being Mr. Smith's Leicester, Temple Bar, Clip, etc., 

 and Mr. Burges' Druid, Bob Boy, Queen Mab, etc. Irish 

 setters numbered twenty-nine all told, but as the list included 

 Mr. FolLler's recent purchase, Berkley ; the St. Louis Kennel 

 Club's Sting II., Elcho II. and Duck; Mr. Waller's Baca ; 

 Dr. Jarvis' Bose, etc., quality was not wanting. Gordon set- 

 ters numbered nineteen, including Bupert. The Toledo Ken- 

 nel Club was well represented in this class, and Mr. J. Weig- 

 hell, of Rochester, N. Y., was also a large exhibitor. Twen- 

 ty-two pointers appear on the catalogue, the most noted being 

 the St. Louis Kennel Club's Bow and Clytic. The spaniel 

 classes were not well filled, as far as numbers were concerned, 

 the entries averaging about four in each class. There were 

 five entries of foxhounds and twelve of beagles. The fox- 

 terriers (seven) all came from Canada. Nono of the non- 

 sporting classes were well filled. We append a list of the 

 winners and our correspondent's letter : 



Detroit, Jan. 11, 1S79, 

 Editor Fobest asd Stkeam i 



The great International Dog Show has come aud gone and 

 the canines are taking a needed rest. The judge of dogs in 

 the sporting classes— E. W. Stoddard, of Dayton, Ohio — gave 

 perfect satisfaction to, I think, all of the exhibitors in that 

 class. I have not heard a single complaint. Unfortunately, 

 the judge of the non-sporting class did not give the same sat- 

 isfaction, complaints coming from both exhibitors and visit- 

 ors. Below I send you a few comments on the dogs, etc.: 



The imported English setter class was the finest ever ex- 

 hibited at any show ever held in this country, and were a 

 grand lot, beieg represented in force by Arnold Bulges' Bob 

 Boy and L. H. Smith's Strathroy Kennels. Mr. Burges' 

 Druid won 1st in clog class and his Queen Mab winning 1st in 

 the imported bitch class, and winning the sweepstakes as be- 

 ing the best pair of imported setters in the show. Mr. 

 Smith's old-lime. Leicester won 2d in the dog class. Mr. 

 Smith's Temple Bar got a V. H. O. Jas. J. Snellenburg's 

 Thunder received an H. 0., as also did Rattler and Sport, ex- 

 hibited by L. F. Whitman, of this city, In the bitch okas 

 Arnold Binges' late importation, NilSSOn, and Win. B. Wells' 

 Star got a V. H. O., JU H. Smith's Cass o' Govvrie getting an 

 H. O. and J.N.Dodge's Rose getting a C. The puppies 

 shown, bred from imported stock, were a fine lot, Mr. Win. 

 B. W ells' Mark, by Druid out. of Star, winning 1st— a fine 

 young dog— the same owner's Dido, from the same litter as 

 Mark, gelling a V. H. O. 



In the native English class, Royal Ben, owned by T. T. 

 Sawyer, Jr., Boston, Mass., got 1st, and Don, property of A. 

 p. FellovfS, Hudson, M., getting 2d. In the bitch class, a 

 grand bitch, MelL owned by L. F. Whitman, of this city, got 

 1st, also winning special for being best native bitch in the 

 show, also for being best native bitch shown wilh suckiing 

 projeuy, being shown with six handsome puppies by Bur- 

 ges' Druid. Unfortunately three of the whelps died the last 

 day of the show. In the English setter class tor puppies on- 



lst, and he is 

 nil well pun te- 



der 12 months, Brussels if. entered, 

 the making of a very lice dog— a little 

 gfither. In the imported Irish class, E 

 1st. He is a tine dog, but I think it was well for him that 

 Berkley arrived too late to be judged, lor 1 think him the 

 finer of the two. The Gordon setter class were a grand lot, 

 Grouse, owned by the Toledo Kennel Club, winning 31 

 Bupert, who was supposed to be invincible. Grouse is a 

 grand, good dog. He arrived in this country on the 13th of 

 last August, and was known to be in this country by only a 

 few persons. He has won the following prizes : *2d, Bir- 

 mingham, Eng., 1874; 1st, same place, 1875; 1st at Alexan- 

 dra, 1875 ,; 1 a at Crystal Palace, 1870 ; and champion at Bir- 

 mingham in 1877, and now wins 1st the first time shown in 

 this country, lie seems to be almost perfection itself, if any 

 dog can be perfect. Floss, owned by the same club, won 1st 

 in the bitch class, and is a cracker for the bench, la the 

 large pointer class Belle, the champion, owned by E. M. Gil- 

 lespie, of Columbus, Ohio, won 1st. The Irish water spaniel 

 class was small, but very good, 1st and 2d going to Big Point 

 Kennel Club, Chatham, Out. Beagles were an excellent lot, 

 J. N. Dodge's Battler winning 1st and K. M. Baker's Maud 

 winning 2d. 



The managers of the show were much disappointed on the 

 non-appearance of Gen'l Bowell, of Garlinviile, 111., with his 

 kennel of beagles (he having made a number of entries), on 

 account of the death of some of his dogs. The Newfound- 

 land class was small, aud the 1st given to an inferior dog, 

 Nell, wdnner of 2d, being far the best in the class, and should 

 have been given 1st, The bull terrier class was small and oot 

 as good as it might have been. The wiuner of 1st seems to 

 have gained his place on account of having won six bailies 

 aud never having lost one, The 1st in the "black and tan ter- 

 rier was very much inferior to the 2d prize winners, and 

 should not have even been placed. In the Skyc terrier class 

 no award W;as made, the specimens shown not being worthy 

 of one. The Scotch terrier class was good, but awards mis- 

 placed. The winner of 1st should have received no notice, 

 he being a red dog, but nicely built. A much liner dog, 

 owned by W. 8. Bullock, did not receive any notice— not get- 

 ting an H. C. In the trick- di ,. hi a fine little black and 

 tan terrier, Lion, owned and handled by Mrs. Armstrong, of 

 Wyandotte, M., did some really fine tricks, such as turning 

 somersaults, climbing ladders placed in a perpendicular posi- 

 tion, and other tricks — forty in number — loo numerous to 

 mention. Below I send you a prize list in full, with the 

 awards in the regular and special classes. Dumo. 



TEE AWARDS. 



Imported English Setter Doge.— 1st, Arnold Barges, Druid ; 2d, 

 Lfi Smith, Leicester, Y h o, L H Smith; Temple Bar, He, 

 Jamos J Snellenburg, Thunder ; L F Whitman, Battler and Sport. 



Imported English Setter Bitches.— 1st, Arnold Burges, Queen 

 Mat, ; 2d. L 11 Smith, Clip. V U 0, Win B Wells, Star ; Arnold 

 Burges, Nilseou. II c, L n Smith, Lass O'Gowrie. C. J K Dodge, 

 Rose. 



English Salter Puppies (dog or bitch) nnde ,.— lsl, 



Wm U Wells, Jr. Mirk. V h e, Bame owner, Dido. H c, J N 

 Dodge, Cash. C, T V, 7 Jackson, Brush. 



/Native English Setter Dogs.— 1st, T T Sawyer, ,lr, Boys! Ben j 

 2d, A P Fellows, Don. H o, H W Sampson, JaulC. O, J R dooper, 

 Bruno : H W Lord, Bruno. 



Native English Setter Bitches.— lfW. P Whitman, Mali ; 2<I, 

 Mrs M E GibaoD, Katie. V h oj^Mh Wyckoff, Belle. O, J no 

 Thompson, Belle. ^^V 



Native English Seller Puppies (dog or bitch) under 12 months— 

 1st, P G Sheldon, Brussels. 



Imported Irisb Sett ar Dogs.— 1st, E C Waller, Race; 2d, St 

 Lours Kennel Ohio, Elcho. The, St Louis Kennel Olub, Sling. 

 H c, Toledo Kennel Olub, Don, 



Imported Irish Setter Bitches. -1st, fit Louie Kennel Club, 

 Duck ; 2d, Dr Wm Jarvis, Ruse. Y h c, A E Sterling, Pora, 0, 

 Marshal I town Kennel Club, Mag. 



Irish Setter puppies (dog or bitch) under 12 months.— 1st, St 

 Louis Kennel Club, Red. V h e, A E Sterling, .Conn ; Albert 



Hayes. Nelson . 



Native Irish Setter Dogs.— 1st, Capt Dick Ureu, Don ; 3d, 8 W 

 Griffin, Grouse. V h o, It Arnold. Echo. 



Native 'ii^li Setter Bitches.— No prize awarder!. 



Native Irish Setter Puppies (dog or bitoh) under 12 monlhs w — 

 1st, Bobt Shanks, Grouse. 



Gordon Setter Dogs.-lst, Toledo Kennel Olub, Grouse ; 2d, 

 Goldsmith Kounol, ilnpcri. V b c, Toledo Kennel Olub. Judge. 



il. e, .h,,j eel, .■:-,. ,.„„,,,. O.-u-.ire'. ' ' nbe.i-.r. .I.vl, 



Gordon Setter Bitches.— 1st, Toledo Kennel Olub. Floss ; 2d, 

 E F Mulliken, Moll. V u c, Jno JVifherspoon, Hell. 



Gordon Setter Puppies (dog or bitch) under 12 months.— 1st, 

 Toledo Kennel Omb, Bob ; 23, Wm S Pound, Kosa. V h c, Toledo 

 Kennel Olub, Dock ; W C L Gill, Gypsey. 



Poiuler Dogs over 55 lbs weight. 1st, St Louis Kennel Club, 

 Bow ; 2d, Topeka Kennel Club, Sleaford. 



Pointer Bitches over 50 lbs weight.— 1st, E M Gillespie, Cham- 

 pion Belle ; 2d. W Lnmsden, Rose. V h 0. HYi! .Saunders M 

 D, Nell. 



Pointer Doga under 55 lba weight.— 1st, A 8 Leonard &. J E 

 Alhertou, Don ; 2d, Topeka Kennel Club, Send. H 0, B li Guy, 

 Convoy. 0, Prank .1 Springstod, Dan, 



Pointer Bitches under 50 Urn weight.— 1st. St Louis Kennel Clnb 

 Olyrio ; 2d. H B Gay, Vic. H 0, Topeka Kennel Club, Nell, 



Pointer Puppies (do* or bitch) under 12 mouths —1st, t' Huw- 

 son, Lord Diirl'erm. Y h c, P Howaon, Lady Duilerin j E M Gil- 

 e ■,, i, i g Charlie. 



firth Water spaniels — 1st, Big Point Kennel Club, Mike ; 2d, 

 Big Point Kennel Club, Bridget. 



Retrieving Spaniels (other than pure Irish).— let, P A Howo, 

 Snider ; 2d, Anthony Yogel, Dick. V h c, Chaa E Miller, Chief 

 Rogers. 



Cocker Spaniels. — 1st, Herbert Brown, Gypsy; 2d, Henry 

 Warm, Plosa. II c, Francis Hewer, Floe. 



Field Spaniels (other than Cockers). — 1st, Ool G Zowski Duke- 

 2d, J C James, Track. V h c, J C James, Train, 

 _ Fox Hounds.— 1st, Francis Hewer, Wellington aud Wildfire • 2d, 

 J N Dodge, Nero and Speed. 



Beagles.— 1st, J W Dodge, Rattler ; 2d. E M Baker, Mand H c 



W D Haves, Ringold ; W D Haves, Handel . J \Y Podr/e Roxv ' 



• ' shuude.— No entriea. ' " '" 



."erriers.— 1st, J Fox, Young Spot ; 2d, Herbert Brown, 



■. H c, Herbert Brown, Punch ; C J Pox. Gjpaey. 



Grejhounds.— 1st, Herbert Brown, Ariel ; 2d, T W Jackson 



Hex. C, Jas McKay, Lord Beaconsfield. 



Newfoundlands.— 1st, B F Ranklyn, Dandy Jim ; 3d, Major Wm 

 JEancMilligan, Nell. 



Shepherd or Oollio Dogs (rough or smooth coated).— 1st, Arm- 

 strong & Crawford. Bluce : Haivev Ballautine. Jack. 



Bull Terriers.— 1st, E Helber, Beauty ; 2d, Geo W Yoorhis 

 Jack. V h c, E 1 1 e 1 her. New York Harry, 



Black and Tan Terriers.— 1st, Wm Smith, Gypsy; 2d, Wm 

 Zeese, Loafer. 

 Yorkshire Terriers. - 1st, Mrs W Wright, Daisy. 

 Scotch Terriers.— 1st, Herbert Brown, Sandy,; 2d Mrs W 

 i— day, Rough. H c, Miss May Talman, 



, e-i'.iiude.— N 

 Fox Tci 

 Boaster. 



Wright. Vbc, KebtGf 

 Topsey ; Mrs W Wright, T 

 Toy Terriers.— 1st, Mrs C J Johnson, rhikie; 2d, A Jno Wrl- 



"Lfifla T.iafelA VS,,rn 'PI,,,, 



Lizzie Horn, Tiny. 



that havo not been as- 



liams, Toy-terrier. 11 c, M 



Pugs.— Wm Stewart, Gyp 



Miscellaneous.— (For any breed of „ 



signed a regular class, silver medala will be awarded.) lat n 



C Allen, Jack, Chinese edible dog; 1st, Thos Thorlev, Enitlisl 

 Harrier puppies ; 1st, Jas Owens, Mack, imp bull dog. 



Trick Dogs.— 1st, Mrs Armstrong, black aud tan terrier Leon 

 gold medal ; 2d, Anthony Yogel, Dicu, silver medal. 



TROY DOG SHOW. 



A dog show was held at Troy, 2J. T., on Hie 10t.li, 11th 

 and 13th insts. in connection with the first annual ex- 

 hibition of the Hudson Valley Poultry and Pet Stock Asso- 

 ciation. Owing to a want of time and due notice to owners 

 of dogs, the show was not the success it might have been 

 made, but for a first attempt it deserves commendation, and 

 we have no doubt that Troy will yet havo a dog show worthr 

 of a town which not only contains so many good sportsmen 

 hut is so situated as to be the centre of a district uboundin"- 

 in good dogs and first-class sportsmen. In addition to the 

 dogs competing, a list of which our space will not enable us 

 to print, a number of celebrated dogs were entered for exhi- 

 bition only. Among them were the splendid English setter 

 bitches Bose and Nina, the properly of 1). T. Charles, 

 of Albany, winners at New York and Boston; the p'bi 

 Brush and Fannie, owned by Mr. J. Macdouakl, Mr. Adolph 

 / water spaniel nnd others. Among the campeting 

 dogs Mr. Sampson's red Irish bitch Nora was a really fine 

 animal, and did credit to her sire Elcho, so also was Mr 

 King's Victor by Rory O'Moore. Mr. Jas. T. Walker showed 

 a very fine brace of black and tan setters, the bitch being 

 particularly noticeable. The Oneida Community showed a 

 Sensation puppy, which, however, could get no better than 

 second. Mr. John Hobart Warren, of Troy, showed some 

 splendid collies, two of which were New York winners and 

 Mr. Morgan's handsome mastiff Bang Olaf and Miss Burden's 

 Yorkshire terrier Tatters, would have done credit to any show 

 The judge was Mr. W". M. Tilcston, Kennel Editor of this, 

 paper. The following is a list of awards : 



Bad or Red and YVhite Setters— Bitches.— 1st, A A S<it,rm^,r. 

 'Troy, N, Y, Nora, 18 months; 2d. T Moore, West Trov >fT' 

 JeSsie, 3 years, no pedigree. * '-' 



Dogs,— lat. Alexander King, Lansingburgh, N Y Victor lfi 

 months ; Itory O'Moore-Jemne. 



Black and Tan or Black, Tan and While Setters— 1st j. mM ni 

 Walker, Albany N Y„ Black Be- ,, \ J % ™££ 



owner, Datm, ij^ yre. Oolbum s Dash, Thompson's Belle 



Pointera-Doga.-Ut, Ji : >' -,;. 'J .,, ■, e hot , ls 



pedigree ; 2d, Oneida Community, Ssnsatipn II, 14 mo, Sensation- 



