102 



FOREST AND STREAM 



ing. with a quick appearance; neck thin and deep at set- 

 ting in on chest, moderately long and slightly arched, with 

 no appearance of throatiness; shoulder blades long and 

 well receding at the points, with a flatness at shoulder sides 

 not noticed in any other dog: narrow at shoulder point, 

 tint great muscular development in the shoulder blades and 

 forearms; chest very deep, not over narrow between (he 

 forelegs. It is seldom you find the setter with such a 

 round, cat-like foot as' the pointer Forlegs strong and 

 muscular in the fore arm; leg straight, with a slight, elas- 

 tic-like appearance; foot moderately round, but oftener 

 fiat; back wide, deeply ribbed, lowering slightly from the 

 shoulder to the hip; loins wide and very muscular; stifles 

 full and well developed; hock well bent; stern carried al- 

 most level with the back, a moderate length, well flagged 

 from the root, wearing off to nothing at tip of stern; coat 

 wavy or straight, fine'and silky, free from curl, especially 

 on hind quarters. The colors most in fashion at the pres- 

 ent day are Bolton grey or blue Beltons; black, white, and 

 tan; lemon and white-,' and white and lemon ticked; some 

 whites show just the least lemon color on the ears. Black 

 is not objectionable, and now and then a good liver and 

 White IS seen. 



POIMTo IN /CTDOract. 



Head ailFeet 5 



Neek lOtOlna 10 



Shonlders , 15 Coat. 10 



Irf^s 10|.Stern 15—100 



— Fancier's Gazette. 



THE GORDON SETTER. 



Editor Foi 



\ letter In 

 tarestintr cot 



a few t 



Yi 



Delaware Citt. Delaware. September Kith, 1874. 



it number of the Forest and Stream from your in- 

 dent, "Tlomn," and your comment? on it, prompts me to 



tell ns that the Mack and tan setter existed in Eng- 



land before the present head of thi 

 the true color of the Gordon setter was n 

 1 bat that it Is black, white, and 

 Gordon, Mnrrayshire. Scotland irti 

 setters hears, is dead. If living he won 

 beyond dispnte. Idstone, la his work < 

 the black and tan setter «- 

 ago or more. Stouetierfge Bays "the colo 

 The black should be a raven black, with 



its. The tan a rich red, or bnrnt 



objection to a white shirt MIL, alt] 



thinsr." Laverock snys, ''orfeinally the Gordi 

 tan;" gndallof the acknowledged anthoritk 

 four colors, namely — black and tan, bl&Ck, wl 

 They also all asrree that the doge which made 

 were the black and tau tn color. The same 



born, and that 

 it black and tan. as usually nu- 

 :an. Now. Alexander Duke of 

 tame this far famed strain of 

 rl probably nettle the question 

 a the dog (page 100), says that 

 ,- the Gordon family fifty years 

 of the Gordon i* a great point. 

 a bine or plum bloom on the 



color. There I- [Hi 

 :e of white is a tzood 

 •rs were all black and 

 t that the Duke blBd 

 I tan, red, and black. 

 lake's -train tammis 

 ities also tell ns that 



the black and tan, and black and red dogs, are one and the same strain, 

 and that either color would throw tbe other two. but that black and tan 

 was the prevailing color, and that the black, white, and tan, which you 

 speak of as being the true color, was bred by a cross with black and white 

 Miches., and prized by the Du!: Jit It gayer, and not so 



ek on the hillside as the dark colors, in your quotation 



Trotn tie- /" ■ Would "i: Lperimenter lose sufficiency 



of point by crossing with the spaniel! 1 think thai this cannot be the 



!,, h the Gordon setter originated, for the reason that of all the 



Lie acknowledged second to none 



(leas on the point, IffatJ breeder! .'f other strains pick at 



htm. but I have never seen him accused tn this respect, and if there was 



-.- in Htm, beside giving him insufficiency of point, would it 

 not .jive him a disposition to tongue? There is no strain of the setter 

 3 of the spaniel characteristics in It, which characteristics 

 all of the successful breeders have done all in their r>owc-r to obliterate, 

 and for which resemblance in coat alone tbe self liver and liver and white 

 setters have been excluded from the show bench. 



To my mind, the Scotch colley argument is equally as far fetched. 

 They in no way resemble each other bnt in color' and tail, and in color 



not so much as they do the black and tan fox hound. Accord [6 



stone, the black and tan Scotch eolley has a white collar, while legs, and 

 white belly. The head is generally marked with a regular white leaf in 

 the forehad, and a white blaze down the nose. The .-. -■ | i., naini m- 

 thor, nothing is more characteristic of pare colley origin than a sharp, 



foxy, pointed face. There is not the slightest plea for a rcsembl Bin 



faces. The colley ears are small, half pricked, and son]..-::..- ■ Ihs 

 Gordon is known to have the largest, most peodnlous. and handsomest 

 ear of the setter race. This fact, together with their keen nose, graceful, 

 bounding gallop, power of endurance, and sliced, with the knowledge 

 that fox hounds make a short point (and sometime- i onfeath 

 ered game especially, are argument* in favor of the fox hound cross. Mj 

 opinion is that he has not a drop or spaniel, colley. or hound blood in 

 him. bnt that be is a cross between a black English und a red Irish seller, 

 with blood the richest and bluest of the Hoe. Idstone s uV <= mnch has 

 been written aa to the color (and 1 add origin) of the-.' fainom setters, 

 but. no dispute has ever been raised as to their quality; and he says that 

 he has seen bettor setters of black and tan than of any other breed, and 

 says they are very beautiful dogs, and that be baa seen many good ones. 

 In speaking of the merits of the. Gordon seller I speak from experience, 

 as I have shot over several, and now own dogs bred from the Duke's ken- 

 nel, both black and tan and black, white, and tan. Yours respectfully, 

 Von. 



MONTREAL FOX HOUNDS. 



The first "meet" of the Montreal fox hounds took place 

 on Saturday, 14th September, at the residence of D. Lorn 

 McDougal, Esq., MontreaL The Gazette of that city gives 

 the following sketch oL their early history. It is the only 

 pack in America: — 



The first record of their '*meets" was as far back ae the year 1889. when 

 the following geDtlemen of well known names were .appointed to manage 

 the affaire of the club then formed, viz:— the late F. Wcntworth Monk 

 John Jones, Br. Arnold!, John Molson, and Edward Jones (brother of 

 the late Hon. Robert Jones), who is now tbe only survivor. To give the 

 names of those wbo then followed the bormdaj and rode rig* ■ puld 



only recall sad feelings, as nearly all have lonjj ago gone ro their rest In 

 . the year 1835 the late William Forsyth, of the old and respectable house 

 of Forsyth, Richardson & Co., wbo had always taken a great interest in 

 the pack, became "master," which position he held for some yeare, and 

 on his retiring from the firm to reside in F.ngiaurl left a property an 

 the Papineau road for the use of the huntsman and pack, and which 

 was occupied by both nntil a few years past. Many, no doubt, will re- 

 member old Kennedy, the huntsman, who is stilt living, though quite 

 vniiam Forsyth, his brother John took his 

 place, and remained master until he also left to reside in England, in the 

 year 1848. For some years after this date it was a hard struggle, and 

 often the question was mooted as to the advisability of selling off the 

 now reduced, and almost worn out pack, the priucipal snpporters being 

 the military and a very few civilians, but among the latter was our much 

 respected and true sportsman, D. Lorn McDougall, who, when things 

 were darkest, came to the front, and at his own expenfc, in the year 1S52, 

 imported fifteen and a half couples from the best strata 

 and not only acted as master, but huntsman, for a period of five years, 

 which necessarily took up much of bis time, and no inconsiderable 

 amount of bis money. To turn, then, alone is doe tbe credit of there 



being to-day in Montreal the only regularly organized pack of fox hounds 

 in America. In 1858 Mr. McDougall offered inducements to Sir. Allowav 

 to come and reside in Montreal, and take charge of the pack and bunt 

 them. Mr. M. still retaining the mastership until the year 1865, when, feel- 

 ing that he had done his share towards the maintenance of the hounds, 

 resigned his position, much to tbe regret of all the members, who, us a 

 slight, token of their appreciation of his efforts, presented him with a 

 piece of plate. 



From that time till now the membership has been yearly increasing, 

 owing to the prejudice which existed among a few of the straight laced 

 beine overcome, and it is a fact worthy of note that many of the strong 

 est opponents a few years ago are now the jinntipnl supporters of the 

 hunt. 



In the year I860 John Crawford. Esq ., of Veiduu, was unanimously 

 elected master, and it is unnecessary to say how efficiently he filled his 

 office. In wet or shine he was found at bis post, and whether in "covert" 

 or "run" he kept the field moving. Last rail, feeling be should give place 

 io some other member, his resignation was very reluctantly accepted, 

 when Sir. Audrew Allan, with one consent, was elected master, and from 

 the interest he has show in the hounds forjsome years cast we fee] > Brta! n 

 the prestige of the Montreal hunt will not, fall away under his charge. 



It is expected that the steeplechases, under the auspices of the hunt, 

 which are to come off on the Hth and 17th of October, will be superior 

 to those formally years post: a number of pin - ling spot - men bav« par- 

 chased first clas> horse-, and we hear a rumor that "Somebody" intends 

 inaugurating his first yee- : . .A onie cap, 



Shelbyvuxe, Tennessee, September 15th, 1874. 

 Editor Fokest and Streak: — 



O. H. H., in a letter published in a late number of your paper, tells of 

 how his dogs, on one occasion, pointed a tortoise. The same thine hap- 

 pened to me this afternoon. I had my dogs out in the field for the purpose 

 of training one of them—a pointer pup seven months old. We were in 

 some stnbble. when I perceived 

 point for an instant, only, 



He held 1 



•nil thtjn i 

 ey of quail. 



■. ■;■■: 



I advi 



ined the ground more closely, and found righl under the dog's nose a box 

 tortoise: Hoping this new point in '-Dogology" may be of rome interest 

 to you. I remain, very respectfully, Bedford. 



[Pointers standing to the scent of a tortoise is had; the 

 bucking of the pup was all fight enough.— Ed.] 



— .Mohawk requests us to state that his imported bitch, 

 Brosna, has a handsome litter of puppies. These are the 

 only slock of Macdona's Banger in the United States. As 

 only two dog puppies will be sold, those that want Ihem 

 can apply to Mohawk at this office. 



Rational j§a£time8. 



■Secretaries and fruiuis of AljJtth; Base-Ball, Cricket and other 

 out-door Cluhx wilt kiiidlu uiml tl„ \r .:r.,,t rihatii.m.i h,,i :,a, r thai, Maud <t ii 

 in each week. 



— But three championship games were played on the 

 professional arena during the week ending September 19th, 

 four days of rain having stopped play in tiiis vicinity. 

 The. games played since onr last issue were as follows: 



September 14— Chicago v». Boston, at Boston 10 to 



September 15 -.Mutual vs. Athletic, at Brooklyn 6 to 3 



September 16— Boston vs. Chicago, al Boston 13 to 7 



September 21— Philadelphia vs. Boston, at Boston ..10 to a 



September 31— Mutual « . Chicago, at Brooklyn 14 to t 



September 21— Athletic, vs. Mutual, at Philadelphia H to ; 



The full record showing how many games each club lias 

 won and lost with every other contestant, is as follows: — 





> 



> 







Club. 



B; 





3 

 § 



| 



I 



1 



1? 



< 





1 



4 



2 



■I 



: 



a 



4 1 7 



24 



Atlantic 









2 



2 



a 



■i 



1 1 a 



11 



Baltimore 



I 2 



1 





1 



.4 3 



1 1 



7 



Boston 



a 



4 



3 





5 4 



32 





4 



u 



3 



1 2 



24 



Hartford.... 



1 2 1 3 





I) 



1 1 - 



2 | S 



13 





«3 



6 



6 



6 



1 



2 

 



7 6 



B a 



— 1 



4 ! — 



31 



Philadelphia 



! 



23 



Games Lost 



1 13 1 28 48 



10 26 23 



17 1 20 



165 



This leaves 115 games to be played within the period of 

 thirty-six week days still left before November 1, the close 

 of the season. The Chicago nine have finished two of 

 their series of ten games, and the Boston and Baltimore 

 clubs one each. 



— The President of the Knickerbocker club, Mr. James 

 W, Davis, is desirous of getting up a game of base-ball, in 

 which none but veterans of not less than 40 years of age 

 shall take part. In a letter on the subject, lie says 1 

 want you to say that the Knicks over forty desire to play 

 with any vets over forty who have, been members of the 

 old Gotham, Eagle, Excelsior, Putnam, or Empire nines, 

 and those desiring to participate, to send to my address; 

 and then if I have sufficient answers, I will arrange the 

 match on our ground the latter part of this month or the 

 first of next." Mr. Davis' address is No. 43 Clinton place, 

 New York. Mr. Dick Stevens, of the 'old nine of the 

 Knickerbockers, is desirous of playing in this match. His 

 address is Long Branch, care of N. J. Southern R B. 



—On the 2Istult. the Chicago Cricket Club played with 

 the St. Louis club at St. Louis, and were defeated by a 

 score of 107 to 67, the Chicago eleven scoring but 47 off' the 

 bat. On tbe 22d they played the St. George eleven at St. 

 Louis, the score being : St. George 51 and 36, to Chicago 

 45 and 41, only three Chicago wickets being down when 

 the stumps were withdrawn, the first innings score deciding 

 the game. Coutrell's 20 was the best St. George score, and 

 Street's 12 the best on the part of Chicago. 



— Weston has again failed to walk 500 miles in six con- 

 secutive days. At Barnum's Hippodrome last week lit: ac- 

 complished 323 miles. He will make another attempt 

 during the week commencing October 5th. 



— Rudolphe and Cyrille Diou played a game of billiaidsat 

 Tammany Hall lust week, 600 p"oints up, $500 a side. 

 Kudolphe won by a score of 600 to Dion 338. 



— Wm. Cook, the champion billiard player of England) 

 who at rived in this country last Saturday, is matched to 

 play against Rudolphe, the French billiard expert, for 

 $1,000, 400 points, French game on an English table with 

 English bulls. Cook brought a table from London, which 



uiu the- American in being considerably Is 

 having six pockets. The men are to play between ae ' 

 and 10th of October. 



— The annual meeting of the Germantown Cricket Club 

 was held on Monday, September 14th, 1874, when the fol- 

 lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi- 

 dent, Thomas McKean; Vice-President, Samuel Welch, Jr.; 

 Secretary, Wm. H. Castle; Treasurer, Ellicott Fisher; 

 Ground Committee, F. E. Brewster, H. W. Browu, John 

 W. Hoffman, James Large, Joseph Hargraves. 



— James Adams, of England, a pedestrian, walked in tbe 

 Wigwam Hall, Haverstraw, September 19th, a distance of 

 115 miles in 23 hours, 31 minutes, and 30 seconds. He 

 made the fourteenth mile in 7 minutes and 44 seconds, and 

 the last mile in 8 minutes and 58 seconds. 



—The New York Athletic Club's annual* fall meeting 

 will take place on their new grounds at Mott Haven on 

 Saturday, September 26th. 



ffachting and Routing. 



HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. 



Sept. 24 . 

 Sept 23 . 

 s.-p-.-y, 

 Sept. 27 

 Sept. 28. 

 «, |it 29 

 Sept. 30. . 



Boston. Xew York. Chat tee/or 



: 16 

 B 30 

 » IS 



10 3 

 10 B8 



Eastekn Yacht Club.— The prize for sloops not having 

 been awarded upon the occasion of the regular regatta, from 

 1 he fact that according to club regulations two vessels in 

 each class must start, "in order to constitute a race in the 

 class. Wednesday hist, the 16th instant, was appointed by 

 the committee for another race. This amounted to simply 

 a match between the Yindex und the Coming, as these were 

 the only entries. The Vindex was probably the favorite, 

 from her success in previous encounters with the Coming 

 this season, but when the day broke Cloudy, almost calm, 

 and with no prospect of a, breeze, tbe stock of Ihe Coming 

 rose rapidly. Tbe start was to be from Shawmut, and over 

 a course to be specified on the morning of the race, which 

 eventually proved to be from the Slmwmiit anchorage to 

 Pig stakes, leaving them on port haul to and around Half 

 Way Rock, thence to the Harding's bell buoy, leaving Egg 

 Rock on starboard hand, a course of twenty-five 

 Promptly on the time the signals for starting were given, 

 and the Coming, trimming on the starboard tack, bore 

 down on the line, and crossed at 11:0.5, the Vindex follow- 

 ing at 11:06:30. Just at tbe start a slight breeze sprang up 

 from the S. W., and the yachts with the wind J on 

 tbe quarter, steered for the Pig stakes, the Vindex over- 

 hauling the Coming very rapidly, until when three-quarters 

 the distance had been run down she found herself close on 

 board her adversary, and a luffing match ensued, finally 

 abandoned by the Vindex, who preferred going through 

 the lee of her competitor. After passing the "stakes," the 

 course for Half Way Rock brought the wind dead aft, both 

 vessels setting their jib topsails," whiskered out to wind- 

 ward, while the Coming, set in addition a balloon fib 1 op- 

 sail to leeward. She now gained perceptibly on 1li l 



and continued to do so alb tbe way to Half Way Rock, 

 which was passed as follows : 



Coming - 12 :01 :40 



Vindex 12:03:15 



From here to the Hardings the course was to windward, 

 and the racers and large fleet, of yachts following, found 



,'ith. 

 T( 



Amon 



the 



t;i 



rind the 



they hud very little wind to get thei 



fleet of spectators, may be mentioned Hi 



less, Julia, Belle, Grade, Latona, Bri 



schooners, and the Maraquita 



tinued to gain in the very light air mowing, ine yacnts 



had been sailing lack and tack until al. about 3:18 the 



Coming tacked "to the westward, the Vindex keeping on 



until she could clear the Hardings on tbe other tack. After 



going about for this purpose, she found herself 1 



weather quarter of the Coming, and as the 1 



hauled aft a trifle, it enabled the latter to round, 



could only have done without, a stretch, except by this 



piece of good luck, and the Vindex found herself going 



down for'the buoy with a foresheet. The Hardings was 



rounded as follows ; 



Coming 3:09 :30 



Vindex 3:13:30 



From here to Egg Rock there -was little of interest, the 

 Coming increasing her lead more and more as the wind died 

 away; "both the sloops, however, creeping through the 

 fleet" of s-mall schooners. The Egg Rock was passed as 

 below : 



Coming. 4:21 -.15 



Vindex" 4 :29 :00 



As the yachts sailed into the harbor, and the Coming 

 crossed the line, tbe last breath of wind died away. The 

 trim announcing the arrival of the Coming was fired from 



the judge's boat, the schoon 

 being then about one-third 

 prospect that this race may 

 by the decision of the Comn 

 thin specifying thai a race a 

 miles an bom, c feretd as ll 



Thf. Bostox Yacht Clui 

 of the Boston Yacht Club tc 

 House, City F 

 wind blowing 

 through the water at a 

 both exciting and inter 



■ I. 1 I ■' booners 



r Fort 



at 4:42:30, the Vinde: 

 a mile astern. There is some 

 e re-sailed, to be determined 

 ittec, as to whether the regula- 

 ast be sailed at the rate of five 

 > nautical or statute miles. 

 (i.r-B.— The seventh annual regatta 

 lub took place Saturday off the Club 

 - pleasant, and a strong 

 utheast by east, sent the boats flying 

 rate of speed that made the races 

 ■sting. The flrst class comprised 

 'usuririg 38 feet, and upward, and 

 fourentries were made, a first and second prize being offer- 

 ed for schooners and also for sloops. Ti ■ 

 flying one. The whole, course sailed was 23 miles. The 

 following is a summary of this race: 



rue/;/. 



rWeas E, E. Phillips. 1 59 S3 



Grade — Tower 4 "* I s , 



Tempest J.Loe,Ji :. -- -4 1" =>0 



Ftrr-t, prize, Fearless, second prize, Grade. 



The second race was for keel and centre-board boats, 

 measuring 86 feet, and less than 86. There wer< eight 

 entrii and two prizes for each kind of boat, and at 12.50 

 o'clock a start w, made from anchor The whole distance 



Unmet 



8 82 06 



3 47 55 

 8 51 10 



