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DOG BREAKING.— No. 1. 



ALL that is really necessary in the breaking of dogs is 

 a thorough knowledge of what constitutes a first- 

 class setter or pointer, and the manner in which they should 

 work in The field, besides such a judgment of dogs as will 

 enable the trainer to determine between the different dis- 

 positions and characters he has to deal with. Few can be 

 handled precisely alike; some are timid and need encourage- 

 meats, others are headstrong and want, strictness and some- 

 times severity. An absolute command of temper should 

 be observed by the instructor in his lessons to the beginner, 

 that an unnecessary blow may not be given, for work done 

 Cheerfully and with a desire to serve and benefit the 

 master, is a hundred fold better than service rendered by 

 compulsion. 



A puppy should never have but one teacher; no matter 

 how close the methods of two trainers may be, he must 

 learn yow roice, ymr manner, your n:ry look; therefore, 

 if you determine to break your dog, do it entirely yourself; 

 do nol Stop half way and have it finished by another. 



You may safely begin in-door or house-breaking your dog 

 when he is six or seven months old, but often we find pup- 

 pics so precocious that they may be readily taught at four; as 

 with a liver and white puppy of the writer's, that retrieved 

 in a business-like manner before he reached the age of five 

 months, besides being perfect in charging by motion of the 

 hand, and ready, had it not been for physical weakness, to 

 be put into the field. 



Prom the beginning attend to the Feeding of your young- 

 ster yourself, and if possible, let all food be taken from 

 your hands. This we advise that the puppy may the 

 sooner look to you alone as his master, and attach himself 

 to you solely; for we argue that a setter cr pointer should 

 by no means ever be loaned or hunted by others than li is 

 trainer, and advocate the breaking of all field dogs by the 

 sportsman himself, if he has the patience and time to de- 

 vote to it. 



The check cork is a iar greater assistant to the breaker 

 than the whip, as the most unruly and headstrong dogs are 

 sufficiently brought to submission by it, and at the same 

 time it can be so applied as not to intimidate. We should 

 bear in mind that a dog should not be corrected for disobe- 

 dience, unless it is certain he knows his fault. Punishment 

 is absolutely necessary at limes, and that of the most severe 

 description, with certain dispositions, but we must be first 

 satisfied thai the act for which correction is administered was 

 committed with a full knowledge that, it was wrong. Show 

 us a cringing and supplicating dog on being called, and we 

 will find his master with an ungovernable temper, unfit to 

 train or manage a puppy. Such a dog has been unmerci- 

 fully Bogged, perhaps kicked, before he hits been taught and 

 made to understand his line of duty, and fearful of a repe- 

 tition of the lash — for what he knows not — obeys the sum- 

 mons crouching and creeping. How we detest such an ex- 

 hibition, pitying the servant, and condemning the master ! 



A thoroughly broken dog should systematically range the 

 •ield which he is hunting, and be staunch in his point when 

 game is found, and back his companion, no matter how far 

 distant he may be. from him, as soou as his attention is 

 called to the point; standing as it were by sight, charging 

 al (he report of the gun, or by verbal command, at all 

 events not to break short and rush for the bird the moment 

 it falls, but to retrieve only when so ordered 



We. shall endeavor in a series of short articles to give the 

 readers of the Forest aj*d Stream, who have never at- 

 tempted the training of their own setters or pointers, 

 simple plans of breaking which we have found successful. 



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CoiraHTibK ok Dobs for trace Shooting Season.— It 

 cannot be expected that hunting dogs of any description 

 can be in condition to undergo the great labor called upon 

 them to perform, when the sbootiug season first opens, 

 without having gone through a systematic course of ex- 

 ercise that will harden them, or prepare (hem for the work. 

 A dog that has had but little freedom for two or three 

 months naturally becomes gross or soft, as it is called, and 

 ou being taken into the field may dash off in grand style, 

 apparently as strong and vigorous as might be wished; but 

 the first forenoon hunt soon tells on him, and by night he 

 is completely fagged out. Ln the morning he isfound with 

 legs Si iiiened and sore, and although showing a desire to 

 accompany you again, is often in no condition to be taken 

 out. All setters and pointers for al least two weeks before 

 the season opens should be allowed to run as mueli as pos- 

 sible, and if kept in cities where it is necessary to have 

 them continually chained unless you are present, they must 

 have at least two or three hours daily exercise in the fields 

 or commons of the rural districts. They should be fed but 

 once a day, and we recommend a regular hour in the even- 

 ing as best, and the food ought to be of the most nourish- 

 ing description. We have settled down finally, after try- 

 ing everyiug else, to corn meal, finely ground.and , craps of 

 meat thoroughly boiled together and properly seasoned, 

 feeling satisfied we can give nothing more strengthening. 

 The nearer the time approaches to the shooting season I he 

 oflener and more protracted the exercise should be, if pos- 

 sible, and you will find when you enter either the stubbles 

 or the meadows, you will have dogs fit for work and plenty 

 of it, < t> 



Foot -$OKBNBS8 in Dogs.— During the shooi i .,■ 

 the feet of pointers and setters — especially pointers — often 

 -ore and tender from continued ranging over short 



cut stubbles and a stony country. To prevent this, and to 

 remedy it, we would advise the sportsman to bathe the dog's 

 feet twice a day for a few days before going into the field, 

 with a solution of alum, say a piece the size of a walnut 

 on a fpiart of common whiskey, adding to this an ounce of 

 tannin. On returning from the day's work, if the dog ap- 

 pears at all lame, it will be best to examine his feet, and if 

 they appear tender to the touch and do not contain a thorn, 

 wash them thoroughly with the solution before he is put. 

 up for the night. It has the effect, of greatly hardening the 

 pads, when they have become soft from standing idle and 

 want of exercise. We would also recommend a brisk rub- 

 bing of the limbs with plain whiskey after a hard day's 

 hunt; such attention to your setter or pointer will add a 

 great deal to his freshness in the morning. 



Does and Porpoises. — Until reading the letters of your 

 correspondents in the issue of 15th August last. I always 

 thought that of the few accomplishments dogs were not an 

 fait, at, fishing was one. Their communications, however, 

 disabused mv mind, and 1 find their evidence corroborated 

 in n most strange and amusing manner in one of the Cape 

 Coast daily newspapers for May. A gentleman, walking 

 along the beach with a large Newfoundland dog, noticing a 

 drove of porpoises pursuing a shoal of fish close in shore, 

 encouraged his dog to venture out. amongst the drove. The 

 dog instantly started off, and (to use" the words of the 

 journal) "on Teaching the porpoises he set up a terrible 

 yelping, to the consternation of the sea-pigs, for dog-bark- 

 ing among the sea residents is an unusual thing. Carlo 

 now plunged, first for one porpoise and then for another, 

 and SO excited the whole company that a grand charge was 

 made, and Carlo was obliged to beat, a retreat, which hedid 

 in great haste, followed by scores of the enemy, jumping, 

 snorting, and tumbling about, evidently much delighted at 

 putting the Newfoundland stranger to flight. The dog was 

 chased close in shore, his pursuers only retiring after gel- 

 ling among the breakers. Upon an examination of Carlo 

 after his novel venture, Mr. Carson (the owner) found that 

 he had been severely lashed in the side, and had one ear 

 partly bitten off. This, I believe, is the first instance on 

 record of a dog going out to battle with the hosts of the 

 sea." — Lund and Water. 



CimtOTJS Anecdote of a Doc;. — A recent number of 

 Le Petit Journal, of Paris, is responsible for a dog story, 

 the circumstances of which are somewhat as follows-. — 

 "Not long since a gentleman, while driving down the Ave- 

 nue de Neuilly on a dark night, was suddenly stopped in 

 his course by a man who asked him for the loan of one of 

 his lights to search for some money which the latter bad 

 lost through a hole in his pocket, the amount, being a con- 

 siderable sum in gold. Instead, however, of complying 

 with the man's request, the traveler called up a large Dan- 

 ish dog, and, after taking a coin which the man still had 

 remaining in his pocket, and holding it to the dog's nose 

 he told the animal to "go seek." The intelligent animal 

 understood what was required, and immediately com- 

 menced his search for the missing coins, which he found, 

 bringing them back one by one to his master, who handed 

 them over to the rightful owner. He, of course, was in 

 ecstacies, having been sent on particular business by his 

 employers with the money he had just previously lost, and 

 which he would probably never have got a sight, of again 

 had it not been for the extraordinary sagacity of the dog." 



— The Montreal fox bounds have been lately having some 

 good sport. On Saturday week they scored two kills in 

 one day. The noble sport attracts plenty of votaries, and 

 many of the fair sex not only grace the field by their pres- 

 ence* but ride well and boldly. This excellent hunt is de- 

 cidedly in the ascendant. — Canadian Sportsman. 



— On the fourth day of the Fa.'l meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Jockey Club six races were closely contested. The 

 first was a" dash of a mile for all ages, with penalties and 

 allowances; seven entered, viz., T. G. Moore's b. g. O'Neil, 

 ?, years; Lawrence and (4. Loriliard's ch. c. Resolute, 4 

 years; John Coffee's br. f. Ida Wells, 3 years; John F. 

 Chamberlin's b. c. Survivor, 4 years; P. Loriliard's b. c. 

 Stanford, 4 years; Dugald S. Bannatyue's b, c. Audubon, 

 4 years, and Wood Stringlield's b. c. Ravenna, 2 years. 

 Survivor won the race in 1 :46, Stanford being second, and 

 Resolute third. 



The second event was a dasn of a mile and a quarter for 

 three-year-olds, with allowances and penalties. The en- 

 tries were James Thompson's ch. f. Emma, Thomas G. 

 MooreVh. g. O'Neil, John Coffee's b. f. Nettie Norton, and 

 John F. Chamberlin's b. c. The Hoaxer. Won by Nettie 

 Norton, Hoaxer being second. 



The third race was a dash of three quarters of a mile, 

 for two-year-olds, which had eight entries; six started, 

 viz., D. D. Withers' b. c. Athlete, Lawrence $ Loriliard's 

 br. c. Hyder Ali, EL P. MbGratb's b. c. Aristides, Thomas 

 Puryear's br. c. Leader, P. Loriliard's br. c. James A., and 

 August Belmont's ch. c. Babylon. Four out of the six 

 starters were Leamington colts, and the betting by the fol- 

 lowers of the several stables was very exciting. James A. 

 was the victor in ltl8i, Arislides being second, and Hyder 

 Ali third. 



The fourth race was the most important of the day, 

 being a mile and three quarters for all ages, three-year-olds 

 to carry ninety pounds. For this there were seven entries, 

 and Ave of them answered the judges' call, viz., M. A. 

 Littells b. c. Wildidle, W. Coll rill's br. h. Littleton, Law- 

 rence & G. Loriliard's b. h. Shylock, Thomas Putyear & 

 Co.'s b. e. Gi'instead, and P. Loriliard's b. c. Stanford. As 

 Grinstead was the only three-year-old among the lot, be 

 carried the light weight* of ninety pounds, and the speed 

 thai he has lately shown tended to make him a great favor- 

 ite. Grinstead ted the field at the winning post, in 3:10, 

 Shylock being second, Littleton third, Wildidle fourth, and 

 Stanford fifth. 



The fifth race was (he .Members' Cup, a piece of plate of 

 the value of |500, and $250 in money, added to a Sweep- 

 stakes of $25 each, play or pay. Five were entered, but 

 only three came to the post— L. A. Hitchcock's ch. c. 

 Limestone, ridden by Mr. Clason; A. Belmont's g. h. Gray 

 Planet* ridden by iU Furdy, and T B & W K, Davis' 



ch. h. Fadladeen, with Mr. Gleason on his back. Lime- 

 stone won in 2:03+ by a length. Fadladeen second. 



Concluding an excellent day's sport was a handicap 

 steeple chase, which brought out four starters out of eight 

 entries. These were A. H. Torrence's ch. g. Trouble. M. 

 J. Tully's b. g. Vesuvius, M. A, Littell's gr. m. Mary 

 Clark, and A. P. Green's b. m. Daylight. At the start "Ve- 

 suvius took the lead, Daylight being second, Mary Clark 

 third, and Trouble last. In these positions they remained 

 over the first eight jumps. At the water jump in front of 

 the grand stand" Vesuvius was a length before Daylight, 

 and "he six lengths ahead of Mary "Clark, who was "the 

 same distance ahead of Trouble. The only change that 

 occurred was at the hill, when Trouble took the third place 

 from Maty Clark. The race at the finish was between 

 Daylight, Trouble, and Mary Clark. Daylight was in the 

 lead at the last hurdle, but fell and injured her jockey, 

 giving Trouble the race, Mary Clark second, Vesuvius 

 third. 



— Last Saturday closed the Jerome Park Fall meeting, 

 and the racing on that day was fully equal to the best of 

 the previous days. 



The first race oT the day was a free handicap sweep- 

 stakes of $30 each, one mile and five eighths, for which 

 there were three starters, viz., Lawrence & G. Loriliard's 

 b. h. Shylock, five years ; A. M. Burton's ch. c. Jack 

 Frost, four years, and John Coffee's b. f. Nettie Norton. 

 three years. " In the betting Shylock was the favorite, and 

 be won in 2:57. 



The second event of the day was a dash of three quarters 

 of a mile for two-year-old maidens, for which there were 

 the following four atarterB, viz.: Wood Stringfield's br. c. 

 Ravenna, P. Loriliard's ch. f. Springlet, D. D. Withers' 

 imp. ch. c. Athlete, and J. W. Hunt Reynold's ch. f. 

 Aniella. Springlet was a heavy favorite, but the knowing 

 ones this time came to grief, as the filly was somewhat 

 fractious, and got a bad start. She showed a great turn of 

 speed, however, and had she got away even with Aniella 

 she could not have lost it. Aniella was the winner in 1 :09. 



The card furnished for the third event was a pur e of 

 $500 for three-year-olds which have not won this year; there 

 were four entries : F. G. Moore's b. g. O'Neil, D. Des- 

 mond's b. f. Mollie Darling, James Thompson's ch. f. 

 Emma, and D. J. Bannatyne's ch. c. The Ghost. Emma 

 won a well-contested race in 1:58|, distance 14 miles. 



The fourth race was a free handicap sweepstakes for all 

 ages, one mile and an eighth, which brought out a field 

 of seven starters, including J. W. Weldoii's b. g. Kadi, 

 five years; P. Loriliard's "b. e. Stanford, four years ; 

 LawTence & G. Loriliard's ch. c. Resolute, four "years; 

 Johu Coffee's br. c. B. F. Carver, four years, and b. f. 

 Nettie Norton, three years ; Thomas G, Moore's gr. h. 

 London, five years, and D. D. Withers' b. c. Minstrel, four 

 years. This was a good betting race, and notwithstanding 

 that Kadi appeared" for the first time in other colors than 

 the favorite darkblue.be was I he favorite, and well did 

 be sustain his reputation, for he won in 2:00f, Resolute 

 being second, London third and Carver fourth. 



The fifth affair of the day was a dash of two miles and a 

 half for all ages, three-year-olds to carry ninety pounds. 

 This had the following three starters: J. W. Hunt Rey- 

 nold's b. c. Whisper, fcur years; M. A. Litiell's b, c, 

 Wildidle, four ycars;_aud K. W. Sears' ch. c. Acrobat, 

 three years. Of course Acrobat, with his light weight, 

 was an immense favorite, and his running proved him to 

 be the best colt on tie turf, as he came ."in 4:341, within 

 half a second of the fates! time on record. 



The meeting was brought to a close with a handicap 

 hurdle race of a mile and three quarters over seven hurdles. 

 There were five entries, and the following four came to the 

 post: L. A. Hitchcock's ch. c. Limestone, A. H. Torrence's 

 b. h. Moonstone, J. S. Cattanaeh's b. g. Impecunious, and 

 Hugh Gaffuey's b. g. Gaffney. The race was a remarkable 

 one^ as three 'of the four starters came to grief, ending in 

 the serious injury of one of the jockeys. Limeston won. 

 No time taken. 



—The following are the winnings of the different stables 

 that competed al. the last meeting: 



M H. Sandford - SS.IMOT. B. & W. E. Davi» 



K W. Sears 4-4*50 i- V. Wr-ldon 



Governor iiowk- --:■■■« ,f i n < ■,,o •■ 



John llnnter 3.350IJ. W. H. Reynolds 



D. McDanlet.... 3.000 l .Jamts Thomnson 



LuwremH! and O. Loril- 



lard.. 



A. B. Lewis & Co 



... S,050|J. McCi 



T. Fniyoar & Co 



... 1.45&IW . H. Cc 



A. H.Torrence.,- 





P. Lorillard 



975|A. H. Hi 



H. P.MeGrsrth 



900 E. \T. 1 • 



M. A. Ltttell 



.... 850 IT. Q M 



John F (timmberlin... 



800|D. Besli 



550 

 BOO 



500 

 BOO 

 •100 



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— The Sea View Park Association, Now Dorp, Stateu 

 Island, opened their half mile track on the 15th inst. The 

 first trot, for a purse of $500, brought out four competi- 

 tors, but Belle of Richmond distanced all in the first heat 

 in 2:414. 



The second trot, for a purse of $000, for horses that 

 never beat , three minutes, brought, seven to the stand, but 

 the race fell to Waterson's "Boy," be winning all but the 

 first heat. Best time, 2:36L 



— The extra day of the opening meeting at, the Sea View 

 Park Association, at New Dorp, Stateu Island, last Satur- 

 day, was well attended, although the programme included 

 only the unfinished race from Wednesday and the $1,000 

 purse for the 2:80 class. In addition to these a scrub race 

 was arranged, and sweepstake of $300, for which four 

 heats were trotted, each being very closely contested by 

 Sam and General Butler. The final heat in the unfin- 

 ished race was won easily by Sweetmeat. For the $1,000 

 purse Mary A. Whitney was the favorite, and after coming 

 in third in the first heat won the race in three straight" 

 heats. 



—At Goshen Park, last Thursday, two trotting contests 

 came off, the first being between horses that had never 

 trotted belter than 2:50, and the other by horses that had 

 never beaten 2:28. There were five starters in the first, 

 consisting of M. Roden's b. g. Rutledge, A. J. Peek's 

 b. g. George F. Smith, J. H. Haibeck Jr.'s, br. g. Wtnde- 

 mere, H. Casey's br. m. Agnes and Edwin Thorne's b. s. 

 Wild Oats. Rutledge was the favorite, and won the race 

 by winning the first, third and fourth heats in capital time 

 for a green horse, this being his second appearance on any 

 track: Beat time, 2:88±. 



The second trot bad four starters, viz., Win. II. Sim- 

 mons' b. m. Bella, John S. Baker's b. g. Tom Iveeler, Ben. 

 tisoi br, m. Carrie and H, Casey's blk. m. Lady Byron. 

 Tom Keeler was the favorite before tbe mart, tun Salle 



