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Tint a few dogs will be unnecessarily condemned, on tic- 

 count, of what has appeared to be with them a want, of 

 nose in the past two weeks; but we advise a second trial 

 and a continued hunting when the state of the weather and 

 moisture of the fields will be more advantageous and prove 

 the most satisfactory for the masters. 



Feeding Time During the Shooting Season.— Dur- 

 ing the shooting season our dogs require the most nourish- 

 ing description of food, in order to keep them in any con- 

 dition to stand the immense amount of work that devolves 

 upon them. We believe that one meal a day, providing it 

 is of the proper kind, is ample, but just as much as the dog 

 will eat should be given directly after returning from the 

 field at night, after which it will be found he will curl him- 

 self up in his bed of staw and sleep comfortably until 

 morning, awaking refreshed and ready again for work. 

 We have always been feeding our dogs on four parts of old 

 Indian meal to one of meat scraps, boiled together, properly 

 seasoned and allowed to cool, but in our late trips we have 

 carried the Spratt biscuit, which we rind answers every 

 purpose, keeping the dog in excellent condition. 



'I'm; Next Bkncu Snow in Tennessee. — Our regular 

 Memphis correspondent writes: — 



"The officers and members of 111= Stflte Bportomens* Association art 

 already mnking preparations for ttic next tournament, which most likely 

 will be held here, and if the rumors circulated are correct , the nest show 

 will eclipse anything yet heard of in this country In the way of purses, 

 or. more properly speaking, prizes. The bench ahOW alone will foot up 

 a couple thousand dollars, and perbnps more, and the match prizes, as 

 well as those for the field trial, wilt be increased correspondingly, while 

 the entrance fee in all cases will bo greatly reduced. The prevailing 

 idea is to offer large prizes, and in that way make tt an object to the 

 shooters auddogowners in the Eastern, as well as Western States to at- 

 tend, and that they will do when they see the list of priaes which Will 

 goon bo arranged." 



Dead Dog. — "Major," a celebrated fox dog, owned by 

 Captain John Travis, died last week at Clarksville, Tenn. 

 lie formed too close an attachment for the rope with which 

 lie was tied, and swung himself into eternity in trying to 

 break the flaxen threads that bound him to this life and his 

 kennel. 



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— A Battle Creek Nimrod recently went on a hunt far 

 North of Howard City, taking with him a young hound. 

 One day the hound chased a deer and became lost. Alter 

 hunting for him three days the search was given up and he 

 returned home, where lie was astonished to find the dog, 

 who had crossed the State a distance of 135 miles, on a 

 route which he had never before traveled, having been 

 taken away on the railroad. 



— The national dog of Germany, which is the "dachs- 

 hund," or uadger-houod, ia beginning to make jto appear- 

 ance here. They are queer, stunted little creatures, with 

 very short legs, and are said by sporting Germans to be 

 first rate for hunting rabbits. 



THE HYDROPHOBIA MANIA. 



AN English correspondent, reviewing the ground taken 

 by some London journals as to the extent of hydro- 

 phobia among dogs, and the fate which should be meted 

 out to them whenever they show the least symptoms of the 

 disorder, says-.— 



I have had my kennel of greyhounds, the season's entry, 

 so severely attacked by the distemper that all of them at 

 one time were more or less mad. Many of them com- 

 pletely recovered, some fow died. Now, as in the case of 

 the "Durham Foxhounds," had some rash charge of "hy- 

 drophobia" been made against this kennel of greyhounds, 

 they might have been cruelly and wantonly destroyed, and 

 had I been foolish enough to give heed to the counsel, I 

 should have fewer cups to grace my sideboard by the num- 

 ber which some of these once mad dogs won. 



It is the cur, or cross-bred dog that suffers the least from 

 the distemper, and my long experience among hounds and 

 dogs of all kinds has proved this fact without any sort of 

 doubt whatever. 



Sex makes 110 difference in regard to the epidemic of the 

 "common distemper," by "muffs" christened with the term 



1 ," Any man with two ideas must be aware that the 



sexes of the human race share alike in the inflictions of 

 creation, those inflictions varying in degrees according to 

 the uses of their lives which men or women adopt. 



A canine mother having at her side- whelps when she 

 bites a man, fully accounts for 1he use of her teeth on an 

 intruding stranger, and can be no sign of any sort of in- 

 sanity whatever; on the contrary, I regard it as a proof that 

 her natural affections are predominant, and that she is in 

 all respects possessed of her senses, 



It is really much lo be regretted that a surgeon should 

 assume to describe minutely the true symptoms attendant 

 on "hydrophobia," which, in all probability, in man or 

 dog, he had never seen twice in all his lift;. 



When young dogs or puppies come in from "walk," no 

 matter of what breed they may be, unless they have Ven 

 successfully vaccinated, which k a never failing- pretention, 

 on being massed together an epidemic called distemper is 

 sure to affect them more or Jess. It is erroneous to say 

 that "hydrophobia" is "more frequent, in Winter than i'u 

 Summer;" either in Winter or Summer veritable hydropho- 

 bia seldom exists, though madness of a much more inno- 

 cent character does. The insanity among dogs that thus 

 appears in the Autumn and earliest Winter months has been 

 erroneously and foolishly termed "rabies," and "rabies" 

 has been read by ignorant people to mean "hydrophobia," 

 and on that delusion have arisen the most grievous conse- 

 quences to the human mind, as well as the greatest cruelty 

 to the canine race, viz., morbid delusion in man terminating 

 in acute insanity and ending in death. 



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Staunchness.— A friend clips the following statement 

 from the Lawrence Standard, and sends it to us with the 



request that we "score that dog some few points for 

 staunchness." Poor fellow ! he's past all scoring now : 



"A somewhat, singular accident befell Thomas Shaw's 

 dog, of Wyandotte, on Friday last. Mr. S. was out, shoot- 

 ing, when the dog, which by the way is a full blooded 

 animal, came to a point at some quail directly on the rail- 

 road track. Before Mr. S. could get up to the dog, the 

 train came along, and in spite of all the whistling and coax- 

 ing, he would not relinquish his position, and in a few 

 moments, he was cut to pieces by the train under the very 

 eyes of bis master. This is certainly a singular instance of 

 good blood and fine training." 



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FAiTfTFUi,. — An interesting instance of faithfulness on 

 the pari, of a dog is reported in connection with the last, tire 

 near Worcester, Mass. During its progress, Chief Combs 

 threw his coat on the ground and told his dog to watch it. 

 The little fellow took his position on the coat, and the 

 owner left him to work in another section of the woods, 

 but it happened that the coat was in the course of the lire, 

 and, as the tiames approached, members of the department 

 attempted to remove the dog, but it was no use, he at- 

 tempting to bite every one who approached him or attempt, 

 ed to remove the coat he was watching. Word was sent lo 

 the Chief, and he arrived in time to save both coat and dog 

 from the flames, which were within three feet of them 

 upon his arrival. 



GAME IN SEASON FOR NOVEMBER. 



Elk or Wapni. ffrvn* Canadensis. I'arioou. To ■■ ■ ■ ■ . 

 Mar.-, brown ami _• :. Red Deer, Co;-. ■• 



WiblTurkev. .!/*.'", -//*■-• '/nVapavo. SrpiirreK red Mark and "rr\ 



W h-.-k. ■-■•■i;.,/).i ■■ rusli.-nla. Quail. Orlur Virnhwimis. " 



Hurled Grouse, Tetrao umUllus. Pinnated lirou.-e! T-irno C<n,ido. 

 Wild I'i-eons. Wild Due);, Geese, Brant, jtc. 



Plover. 



I Under the head of " Game, ana fun in 

 general term* the several ran ■: ■ 

 that were we to attempt to porrteutorte »•. 

 those entire sections t/iat relate to the kim 

 would reguiie a great amount of our s/inc 

 guMed by the laws of nature, ujwn which 

 our readers would do well to vrortde Uiem 

 spectixe Utates fur constant reference. Other 

 will only create coufusuni.} 



Game ik Market. — No epicurean can now find fault 

 with our game markets, as a look at the establishment of 

 the Messrs. Robbins, in Fulton Market will readily prove. 

 The employees in that establishment were so busy that we 

 could not get a word from them. This is a pleasant cir- 

 cumstance, so we forgive them this time for their tacitur- 

 nity. The only unusual game we saw were English phea- 

 sants—gaudy birds — and as edible as they are handsome. 

 These are shipped here from England, and though not as 

 large OS an ordinary hen, bring $.5 per brace. English 

 hares are also coming over. Wild turkeys— fine, plump, 

 soft-fleshed creatures — are arriving fTom the West, and sell 

 at prices varying from $5 to §10 per brace. These fine 

 birds are reported to be quite numerous in Texas, Illinois, 

 and other places. Ruffed grouse, coming in quite pro- 

 fusely, retails at $1 55 per brace. Quails bring only $3 73 

 per brace; canvas back ducks, $2 50 per brace; red heads, 

 $1 50; black heads, $1; butter balls, seventy-five cent3. 

 Hares from Canada, and rabbits from Connecticut, are 

 abundant and cheap; and robins bring $1 per dozen. 



— Opossums are among the seasonable delicacies dis- 

 played on the door-posts of restaurants. Red-headed 

 ducks are arriving in the markets, and are selling at $2.50 

 a pair. 



— Never were there such swarms of ducks seen about 

 Long Island as are now thronging its "sea-girt shore." On 

 the great inner bays, and far out to sea, the calm surface of 

 the water has been black with them during the warm weather 

 just past — black ducks, broadbills and coots, floating in the 

 sun, and asleep with their heads tucked under their wings, 

 far beyond the sportsman's reach. Only at nightfall did 

 they come ashore to feed among the bogs and eel-grass. 

 But since the recent storms and the advent of the 

 cold snap, they have multiplied to incredible numbers, and 

 give the gunners every desirable opportunity to make 

 havoc in their ranks. The veriest tyro can come home 

 loaded. It is almost impossible to go astray in the search 

 for them, but Good Ground, Noack, and Belport may bo 

 recommended as best shooting grounds. 



— The latter part of last week a party consisting of Gen. 

 Singleton, N. D. Munson, W. B. Bull, Ed. Hope, Edgar 

 Morris, Wash Corby n, Jas. J. Singleton, E. K, Stone, F. 

 D. Sehei-merhorn, of Lagrange, Mo., Hon. A. W. Lamb, 

 Dr. Hewitt, R. Drain, and Dr. Lamb, of Hannibal, and a 

 puny I'rom Macon, Mo., in all about twenty-five persons, 

 started for a two weeks' hunt on the Red River and in the 

 Indian country. Mr. Hope took his celebrated dogs and 

 his trainer along. The party will go down the Atchison 

 & Topeka Koad for buffalo; then to Red River for alliga- 

 tors; thence into the Indian country. They take one of 

 Cole's show tents along and camp out. Mr. Hope was one 

 of the gentlemen who accompanied the Irish team out West 

 last mouth. 



» New Hampshire— South Tamworth, Nor. Wh.— Ruffed 

 grouse are very plenty and of good size, and are not very 

 wild, as they have not been hunted much. Foxes are with- 

 out number. There have been two bears killed the past 

 week not far from here, and one is ranging round the 

 mountains now with a trap on him. Very good duck 

 shooting can be had on Ossipce Lake, about six miles from 

 here. Kentcck. 



New .Irksey. — A party of hunters while beating about 

 the bush near Poniplon Plains last week started 'a large 

 and savage wild cat, which was finally shot and found to 

 be over three feet from tip of nose to tail. 



VutGmtA.— Dw Pa/rJo, Mel., "Nov- ay.— I have just re- 

 turned from a two weeks hunt on the mountains bordering 

 On "llluekwater Country," as it is called, and will inform 

 you of my success. I had good shooting mid lived on 

 grouse, turkey, squirrels and venison almost all the lime I 

 was in camp. Grouse were thicker than they had ever 

 been within the memory of the " oldesl inhabitant." I 

 bagged 23 in three hours the last day I was out. We killed 

 two deer llie first day, but were nnl"as lucky afterward, as 

 we got. but six in all. Immense fires have swept through 

 the woods where we were, and I think that accounts for 

 (he Scarcity of deer. The grouse we found in the alder 

 Swamps dear the creeks. I killed four turkeys one day 

 and three the next. I saw other's, but did not get a shot at 

 them. Quails were scarce, but, we got a few shots. A 

 friend of mine Shot 33 grouse in a few hours (4), which is a 

 good bug for this country. Ducksi are on the creeks and 

 ponds in larger numbers than usual. One gunner shot 23 

 day before yesterday. R, L. W. 



Tennessee.— M ■,;?;>/«>, Nov. 18.— Bird hunters have 

 had rather tedious sport during the past week, owingtothe 

 scarcity of game on this side of the Mississippi, and gener- 

 ally the best bag that is brought in is taken from not over 

 twb or three coveys that are started during the day. The 

 weather has been quite warm, however, until to-day, 

 which accounts in a measure for the scarcity, but now an 

 improvement in the supply is looked for. Arkansas is 

 sending a splendid supply of venison and ducks, and I be- 

 lieve one or two bears, Showing that gunners over in that 

 wild State are having plenty of work. 



Wisconsin.— MmMo, Nov. 13.— The shooting in this 

 vicinity is gradually growing poorer, as the ducks are 

 leaving dally by thousands fox more congenial climes. I 

 \iino I'uckitwny Lake a few days since, arid only succeed- 

 ed in bagging thirteen ducks in three-fourlbs of a day, and 

 these were mostly shot at a "fly-away." The rice is lodged 

 down, and affords no cover for the thicks; hence they all 

 flock into the open river and bayous, so that it is almost 

 impossible to obtain a shot at them on these places. The 

 ducks rise in myriads at the discharge of a gun, and fly for 

 miles ere they alight again. Wild geese are quite plentiful, 

 though but very lew are shoton account of their extreme 

 wariness. Quails are very scarce, and I have seen but one 

 covey this season. Knifed grouse are plenty, and in the 

 northern part of the Stale deer are reported in large num- 

 bers. "Fred." 



Missoiiu.— Wild pigeons are so plenty in some parts 

 thai they sell for ten cents per dozen. 



Louisiana.— New Orleans, November 15.— Miller's Bayou 

 is one ,,f many club shooting places near here. It is twen- 

 ty-live miles distant; fare there and return$l.50. I returned 

 from there this morning with fifty-three ducks, all killed 

 from daylight to eight o'clock. Among them were 4 

 canvas-backs, 8 teals, 8 summer ducks, 11 mallards, 6black 

 ducks, 2 Sbevellen ducks, 4 widgeons, and the rest ffrey 

 ducks, (Gadwall's.) Twenty-five other hunters were there, 

 and altogether we had about, one thousand ducks, all killed 

 on the wing over decoys The quantity and variety are 

 astonishing. No better Winter sporting centre than New 

 Orleaus can be found. J. E. L. 



Texas.— Millions of wild pigeons have occupied some 

 portions of Texas, and so destructive have ihoy been in 

 some cases as to be considered nearly as bad as the grass- 

 hoppers. 



Can aha. —Deer are reported very plentiful nearHalibur- 

 ton Ruffed grouse were scarcely ever before known to be 

 so abundant. Jas. Esdalle and Johnny Gait, of Montreal, 

 returned on Monday "from a week's duck shooting on Lake 

 St. Francis, with a bag of 280 ducks. The ducks were 

 principally blue bills and red heads, with a few whistlers, 

 deaf ducks and buffel heads, 



Chicago, November 21.— Kennicott Club shot for club 

 medal at Dexter Park November 18th, T. W. Wilmartn. 

 holder, Abe Kliuemann winner, with twenty contestants. 

 Wind cold, raw, sun shining baightly. Tame birds, strong 

 and quick. If. J, Edwards, referee, Win. Wat-liter, 

 scorer. Nearly all of our. local sportsmen attended, it be- 

 ing one of the last evculs of this description for this season. 

 Shooters were handicapped according to their past record, 

 and the winner was the person wiio shot the greatest dis- 

 tance, namely, 31 yards with nine birds. We will print the 

 full score next week; im Space this Week. 



— Capl, Bogaidus gave an exhibition of skill at pigeon 

 shooting last "week at I be Driving Park at. Newport, Kv. 

 lie bad been announced to kill thirty-eight pigeons out of 

 fifty sprung from two traps, twenty yards rise and eighty 

 yards boundary; the traps to be placed forty yards apart, 

 and the shooter to stand between them, both Imps to spring 

 ;il, I be same moment. The following is l he score. By it 

 will be seen that the Captain won his wager, with eight 

 birds to sparer- 

 Trap So. 1 11111 11111 10 110 I 1 1 1 1 1-19 



Trap No. a 1 1 I 1 1 110 10 11111 11111 l-]9 



—P. J. Casler, of Litlle Falls, and Barney Gillott, of 

 Mohawk, shot a match at pigeons for one hundred dollars 

 a siOc at Little Falls, N. Y., on the 31st instant, which re- 

 sulted in a victory for Casler, he having killed 17 out of 20, 

 fjillott 14 out of 20. 



Custer 1 11 01 too 11 111 11111 11 1—1? 



010; i 11 10; I 1 1 10011101-11 



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Pens Tan, N. T., November IBtb, ISM. 

 EoiToii Forest ano Stbrax:— 



A trap BtOOt came off hero on the lltli teat., leu birds each, 81 yards 

 rise, BO yards boundary, «*■& '»<-' followinj! result:— 



Pr,,, "Sheldon 5 



!,,..,„,, ..... 7 Gilbert 3 



Coryell 7 1 



Xohts, C. E. 



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Philadelphia, November 20th, 1S71 

 Editor Fobest and Strham:— 



A number of gentlemen of Fra.ikford, Bridaabnrgh, and vicinity have 

 r, .riiied. this Kail, n society, the name of which will explain its objects. 



, , 1 ', ,; 1 he North Philadelphia Society for the Protection of Game, 

 and the Prevention of Sunday Gnnnim,'. President, H. K. Allen; Vice 

 I'lv.-icleni, T, Mar, Mni-inil; Secretary,.!. Emory Byram. As yet the Sc- 

 ri ||, having about thirty or forty members, but I thTnk it will 



1, ,: mi, mcess. So far, they have been unable to prevent Sunday 



,j ,,,, the Delaware, Trot 0" eltore 1 believe our society has done 



come good, 1 cannol help complimenting the FOREST asd Stream. It 

 U the only sporting pnper I ever took regularly, and 1 desire no better. 



