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FOREST AND STREAM. 



Cit.vt.t.pnges and Fiislu TiuAl.s. — During the past year 

 not li few challenges lor trials of skill he! ween pointers ami 

 seltei'B have been published in the Forest AMD Stream 

 and other journals devoted to field sports, and, to our 

 knowledge, not one has been accepted, owing to some 

 quibble or misonde-rBtaucling either on the part of the chal- 

 lenger or the proposed acceptor; in fact, the only attempt 

 at any thing like a tield trial look place under the manage- 

 ment of the Tennessee Stale Sportsmen's Club, which we 

 understand was very creditable to the projectors. 



In tltefce published challenges there appeared to be a lack 

 of. fi&f&eatliesS'CUUpled with what 18 regularly railed "n 

 great 'leal of blllft," and a. desire fur publicity joined there- 

 to. It will be. best hereafter, in view" of keeping uniiicnn 

 ■■ng and boatful offers for mutches from the columns of 

 Spoilsmen's journals, to require some proof or earnest that 

 the person holding them forth is sincere, and we wouldnsk 

 our contemporaries to carry out some such arrangement as 

 this for their own protection. 



In regularly planned field trials under Urt» management 

 Of Kennel Clubs, and Sportsmen's Associations it would not 

 tie necessary, as the societies themselves would be ample 



proof of earnestness, 



x\.t present every sportsman's dog in the bent that ever 

 entered the field, and will be so umil systematic bench 

 shows and field trials e.au decide their real merits one above, 

 another. 



Dbo Snows.— It is evident that exhibitions of the best 

 blood of the Amtvicau kennels will be as common, ere 

 long, as thay are now in England. Some four or five ex- 

 hibitions have been held during Hie past, year, and of these 

 that held at Memphis was undoubtedly the largest and most, 

 thorough in classification. The people of the Sonlhern 

 States have always been acknowledged as leaders in all 

 matters pertaining to burning and in their appreciation of 

 ■ .1 . '■.■ i, but those of the West are now following them 

 Up rather vigorously, and promise soon to equal, if not ex- 

 cel them in the uumbor and character of their hunting 

 kennels. 



—Mr. L. IT. Smith, of Struthroy, Canada, won the beau- 

 tiful silver ice-water pitcher at the Detroit dog show, on the 

 18th inBtant, with his imported English setter bitch Dart 

 and her puppy, he also took first prize for English setters 

 with Dare. The show was a great success, nearly 200 

 setters and pointers competing. 



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71 BnoAtni-Ar, January 15, 1875. 

 Editoii FOREST asb Stream:— 



I ^ive below a remedy for runaway dogs that may bo of value to some 

 of jour readet-6. It baa worked Ih'st rate ill several oases ihar 1 know or. 

 I have .-.I.,., til.. l llton-ayoiiii2do«of my own with great. success, when 

 flogging, mid even •hooting, did no good: 



Tuko u piece of broomstick, or, r...r a large dog, a piece of a base ball 

 club, about eighteen h»68»longj suspenfl [I to the collar, so that it wilt be 



except when he attempts to run. and die.n it is a severe one. A few days 



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The remedy suggested above has long been employed by 

 the Esquimaux and the settlers along the Labrador and 

 Greenland coasts. The big suspended stick is called a 

 "clog," and is used to prevent imposition by the strong 

 upon the weaker dogs, which are kept iu large numbers 

 for the purpose of drawing the cometiques, or sleds. A 

 clog will prevent a fight quicker than anything else. The 

 more enercglic the motions of the dog, the more he gets 

 rapped npon the knees.— Ed. 



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A NECESSITY FOR PEDIGREES. 



Pau.ADELFuiA, Jannary 22, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



A prominent sportsman of onr acquaintance remarked to ns a few 

 days since that the time was fast drawing near when it wo aid be a dLfll- 

 cnlt muter to dispose of a setter or pointer in the United States, unless 

 a vouched for pedigree could >>e fnrnished with the sale. "Too many 

 dogs looking like setters and pointers have been palmed off on the un- 

 suspecting beginner as purely bred," he added, "and the sportsman is 

 rapidly becoming educated to the fact that the only certain way of pro- 

 em Iub purely im-d stock, is to require a record of the dog he purchases." 



We have ourselves noticed this increasing desire on the part of Our 

 ppoi-Setni-n to possess fairly bred field dogs, and shall continue to^nrge, 

 as we have done heretofore, the necessity of demanding a pedigree— 

 fcwoin to, if necessary— as the; only sine way of improving our breed of 

 setters and pointers ln^Vmerica. There Is no doubt but that we are a 

 great distance behind our English cousins in the breeding of superior 

 sporilsg dogs, and we have yet much Lo iearn from them; but we cannot 

 see why, iu a few years, we may not be aide to show pointers and suiters 

 brod on tills side of the Atlantic that will compete either on the benrh or 

 at a field trial with the best of theirs, if our present indiscriminate 

 method of crossing when the characteristics of the two strains are en- 

 tirely at variance with one another and nnsnited far blending, ceases, 

 and an intelligent, scientific course of breeding is followed. Not a small 

 part of onr A rnerienn stock of setters at the present writing have remote 

 pointer Wood in their veins, which, although not visible to the unexpe- 

 rienced cje, eventually crops out, showing the taint in us worse possible 

 form. We consider the crossiiu' or seams and puiuters, notwithstand- 

 ing the excellence of cither the sire or dam in the union, lo be radicully 

 wrong, from which nothing bill harm can result. Why is It, when both 

 tb.ese elapses of tield dogs are obtainable in all their purity, that a cross 

 is advised, and aue.ul.iou is not given to keeping each separate breed free 

 from any blood, excepting of its own kind'; 



We confess we should be pleased io award the palm of superiority lo 

 o.ir Ameiic.m breed of setters and pointers, if they deserved it, salt is 

 natural for us to favor them in every particular; but we cannot in justice 

 compare ihein to the finely bred animals we have lately seen sent to this 



ilt 



oppo 



Ingoi rack) records, will so often reply "His sine or dam, 

 I rorn England or Ireland?" 



.'tie loo earnest in our advice that some system aud care 

 eh"il<l he given t< breeding field dogs in America. Bench shows will 

 greatly tend to this end, where the sportsmen of the country can meet 

 and interchange notes and ideas, and select the proper animals to breed 

 from best suited for their particular stock Homo. 



canis major>nd;canis MINOR. 



Bostok, January 18, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and StbBAm:— 



I find in your issne of the 1-lth that Ethan Allin has anticipated ft few 

 ideas I had propoeed to send you on "The Dog for New England Sports- 

 men," so I content myself with a (cordial indorsement of Ids very sensi- 

 ble suggestions. He is good authority in such matters, I well know, for 

 although personally an entire stranger to me. I have seen here quite a 

 number of capital dogs from his kennel. I have a very high estimate of 

 the ultimate benefit to be derived from the recent importations ol splen- 

 did sellers by such genuine sportsmen as Dr. liowe, Mr. Raymond, and 

 Mr. Adams; bul unless then- experience differs ^wonderfully from mine, 

 wu shall find all English bred and English broke dogs practically useless 

 ror our rover shooting. Even the next generation will require, carefnl 

 ami persistent, breaking to lone down their inheritance of speed, a quality 

 Which our English cousins have assidnously cultivated in their dogs for 

 long time. In the West, possibly, you may not get too much of this 

 quality, hntiu New England, thanks to the senseless sentiment of our 

 gourmands, that a game dinner, even in July, is naught without wood- 

 cock, and the natural result of raising the price of this splendid game 

 bird to one dollar daring the last season, thereby ensuring its certain ex- 

 tinction, we are pretty well narrowed down to a doubtful" supply of Bob 

 White, and a reasonably certain one of that most wily of all game birds, 

 Ihe rnlfed grouse. For the. latter party— and I can claim some experience 

 in the matter— commend mo lo the sloin, cautious dog. On the dry 

 leaves of an Autumn woodland Lite stealthy footfall of a panther would 

 be- none too noiseless for this wary game. I have in the lust live years 

 tiled quite a number of setters, most of them fairly good on other game, 

 bur found them invariably ton rash for grouse. 1 have at last got one 

 nearly perfect on them, and I do not find myself at any disavuutage on what 

 straggling woodcock occur, or on Bob Whites, when broken up. Iu the 

 open lam unwilling to admit a faster dog would be preferable, but one 

 can't have all the good qualities in one skin. And this reminds me of 

 a sensible article on pointers in yoiir Issne of Dec. 3d, with which I was 

 much pleased. 1 shot over an admirable dog of this breed for nearly ten 

 years, Ending him, even after long periods or rest, always steady, careful, 

 and. pleasant to hunt, and; 1 am sorry lo be forced to believe that the 

 hardy and strong breeds of these dogs have nearly run outin these parts, 

 as I Still believe them lo be the best dogs for very young or very old 

 sportsmen, and in fact for all good fellows in cities who love the dog 

 and gun, but have only n yearly vocation of a week or so loludulge their 

 inclinations. Good, stout pointers, adapted to American shootingoiight 

 to sell well, and 1 hope, to see some fresh stock imported from some well 

 established and noted kennel, tike, for instance, Mr. Wbitehouse's. 

 There used to be good pointers in New York and New Jersey. Have 

 thev gone ont with the setter epidemic? It may not he out of place here 

 lo enter a protest against Summer woodcock shooting. Unless some 

 action is taken this line bird will soon be classed with the moaandthe 

 dodo. I had rather kill one woodcock than half a dozen of any other 

 bird, but would willingly Bigti off for three years to give them a chance to 

 fill np their thin ranks. 



Yonr interesting aud instructive correspondent, "Olllpod Quill,"' in tin 

 answer to Belle May, in your issue of Dec. 24th, refers to a fern, which 

 he calls Canis Minor, or the little dog fern. Now, everything in the 

 woodlands interests roe, and I dabble a little in ferns, bul do not recog- 

 nize any one by this name, nor can I find it in "Gray." Will he be kind 

 enough to in form me if it has any other name, and .[to what sub order, 

 tribe and genus it belongs? Under Grip. 

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THE DETROIT POULTRY, DOG, AND 

 FISH SHOW. 



» Detroit, Mich., January 19, 1=75. 



Editor Forest and Btjikam:— 



The fourth annual exhibition of the Michigan State Poultry Association 

 is now in successful operation at Young Mens' Hall in this city, and the 

 management, having combined with it an exhibition of dogs, birds, fish 

 culture, and pomological productions, the affair has proved one of the 

 most interesting ever held in this State, and has proved a pecuniary suc- 

 cess to the Society beyond their expectations. This is a very desirable 

 feature, as the Society are enabled to free themselves from debt and 

 place them on a sound foundation. The number of entries of poultry of 

 all kinds is upwards of five hundred; of dogs, one hundred and fifty; 

 of birds and othercntrles, over one hundred. Among the dogs, the dif- 

 ferent breeds of setters largely predominate, some splendid Irish setters 

 beinfc shown by Joseph Nell, of Buffalo; J. C. Goodenough, of Ontario; 

 John Davidson, of Monroe, Mich. A fine Gordon setter— Joseph Neil, 

 Buffalo. English setters by John E. Long, Detroit, and Messrs. Smith 

 and Sly. Mr. Davidson, of Monroe, had the largest individual collection, 

 numbering nine splendid dogs. There were also beagles, fox hounds, 

 greyhounds, stag hounds, water spaniels, clumber spaniels, Newfound- 

 lands, shepherds, terriers, Sfcc., &c. There are many fine dogs not en- 

 tered for premiums— a beauiirul Cocker spaniel, owned by Harry C. 

 Kulklev, Monroe, and a number of others of merit. The fowls, though 

 not quite so large an exhibition as last year, comprise some fine speci- 

 mens of the best varieties known, notably the coops of Mr. Wright, of 

 Detroit; A. II. West, W. H. Chapped, Dr. Clarke, E. C. Skinner, \V. M. 

 Campbell and others. The brahmas, cochins, games, and bantams are in 

 the greatest numbers, while black Hamburgh, lloudans, Crevccoeurs, 

 games and others were in fine display. There were about fifty pairs of 

 pigeons shown byE. A. Noble and A. H. West. 



To our mind the most interesting feature of the Fair was the exhibi- 

 tion by Mr. N. W. Clarke, of Plymouth, Mich., of his fish hatching ap- 

 paratus aud tanks containing fish in all stages of development, from the 

 spawn tin to full grown trout and salmon, showing the growth and 

 progress of the fish admirably, and forming a most interesting study. I 

 shall devote a paper at some future time to this interesting system of 

 Mr. Clark's, and describe at length the details connocted with this sub- 

 ject. A large tank in this department contaiued full grown specimens 

 of white fish, pickerel, bass, and other finny inhabitants of our great 

 lakes. The novelty of the exhibition attracted large numbers of visitors, 

 lam indebted to Mr. John E. Long, president; E. C. Skinuer, secretary; 

 Mr. Wm. Wright and others for courtesies during the Fair, which basin 

 every respect been a complete success. Keuka. 

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Notice to Correspondents. — Hereafter answers that 

 would properly come within the scope of our Kennel De- 

 partment will be found therein. 



Captain-, Fort Selden.— What kind of a dog would you recommend 

 ror the sole purpose of retrieving duck, and what would the dog cost; 

 Can I get a first-class W. & C. Scott gun, No. 10, in good order at second 

 hand? 



Answer— A large size spnniel is a good duck retrevier. 

 There is a strain of dogs bred on the Chesapeake, which 

 are superior. They can be bought for about $40, and we 

 will undertake to send one to you if you order it. 3. Yes, 

 a strictly first class gun at $200, Second class at any price. 

 The gun we speak of is at our office. 



tin. T., West Philadelphia.— In the Forest and Stream of January 

 14th I find a letter from Hon. Fr. von Ivernois, of the CMilU Ltiimr, 

 WaiitinatiH, giving some information about dachshunds. Will you give 

 [lie lull address of the above named gentleman, and also what lines of 

 steamers wonld bring dogs over from Germany, whutcare they would re- 

 ccive e/j mate, and in whose care .they are placed on board ship, and the 

 cost of passage? 



Answer— Dogs are placed iu cage boxes on the steamers, 

 and arrangements must be. made with the steward (with 



Company's sanction) for cave, feeding Ate, Freight charges 

 about £1. The full address of (he gentleman asked for ii 

 Fr. Von Ivernois, Editor of the Qohlis-Leipsig r^Mfti 

 of Gohlis-Lcipaig, Germany. To make special arrange 

 merit for transportation, care &c. of dogs, write to August 

 Balteu3:i& 34 Admiralitats Strasso. Hnmburg. 



E. B. of W. II.— 1 was out rabbit hunting with a beagle hound, and 

 when in the woods lint a short time the dog acted in a very' peculiar n 

 nor, running in and out among the bushes as thoueli lie scented a rati 

 and iriving two orthree yelps, he fell in a fit, as I supposed. He seel 

 to recover then, and I called him byname and he came up to with 

 few feet of me, when he foamed ! 



mtli, and begati to bark and 

 im dead. Now tills being 

 raid like to have your opin- 



Answer — No doubt the poor fellow had an epileptic fit, I 

 from which he would have recovered. He showed no evi- I 

 deuce whatever of hydrophobia. Sportsmen should not 

 act hastily in such casus, as rubies is very uncommon. 



bull terrier about, a year 

 Stiow6 some tendency 



W. F, T— What Is the best diet I 

 old, not obtaining very much reguh 

 to mope, and has lost much llesh? 



Answer — Buy Hutchinson, Dinks and Mayhcw on treat- 

 ment of dogs, and study up. Perhaps he has worms. 



J. F., Spanlding's Crossing.— A friend of mine bus a dog, which 1, 

 would be much obliged it yon would classify and give the correct cross. 

 Hellas been told thai it was a fall blooded pointer, also that he was a 



nd bul 



ak. 



L PO 



and 



black 



and while, will, sins: I,' .... -.„,:. i„ ..,,-.,. Urge blink ones; height. 22 

 inches; hair, short; lias a dew nail- a savage, looking dog iu general. 

 In general build he is massive, tail long and smooth, ears short aud 

 pointed': 



Answer— Half Dalmatian (or conch dog) and half dog. 

 Can't specify any closer. 



JP# gam ayd <Hscnr t se. 



— The following; stakes are opened to be rnn for at Ihe 

 meetings at Jerome Park during 1875 and 1870, and will ' 

 close at, the rooms of the American Jockey Club March 1. 

 For the Spring meeting' of 1875 there are' live .stakes and 

 handicaps open. The "Fordham Handicap, for all ages, of 

 $50 each, half forfeit, and only $10 if declared out,' to 

 which Ihe club add §500, distance one mile and a tpiai ier; 

 the Westchester Cup, asweepslakes for all ages of .$50, play 

 or pay, with $1,500 added, winners of $-',000 and upward 

 to carry extra weight; the Grand National Handicap 

 Steeplechase, a sweepstakes of $10.0 each, half forfeit, with 

 $800 added, only $20 if declared out, distance two miles 

 and a half; the Juvenile Stakes, for two-year-olds, of $11(10 

 each, half forfeit, with $800 added, half a mile; the Jockey 

 Club Handicap Sweepstakes of $100 each, half forfeit, anil 

 oniy $20 if declared out, with $1,000 added, two miles, j 

 For the Fall meeting of 1875 there is one stake open, a Post. 

 Stake of $200 each," half forfeit, with $2,000 added, dis- ■ 

 tanco four miles. For this stake any number of subscrip- 

 tions may be made by the same person, and any subscriber i 

 will be entitled to run horses of which he is not the owner. 

 The Annual Sweepstakes of 187(i, to be run at the Fall I 

 meeting, will also close March 1. It is a stake for three- 

 year-olds of $250 each, $100 forfeit, the club to add $1,000 t 

 to the stake; winners of any three-year old stake of $2,000 

 to carry live pounds extra; distance two miles and am 

 eighth. 



— A match for $100, to sleighs, was commenced at Ihe 

 Fleetwood Park on Saturday afternoon, but after two heats 

 the race was postponed until Monday, when it was finished, 

 Tiie horses engaged were G. Walker's brown mare Lady 

 Annie and John Hastlelt's bay mare Voting Thorn. The ; 

 betting before the race was two lo one on Lady Annie. >' 

 She won the first heat, but was beaten the second. When i 

 the horses were brought on the track Monday Young Thorn | 

 was the favorite. She wou the race quite easily by taking 

 the third and fourth heats. Lady Annie was. 'entirely out 

 of fix, and make a very poor race, pulling a shoe oft three . 

 times during the race. Best lime, 2:38. 



— The Charleston races opened on the Washington 

 Course on the 20th mst. The first race was for the Jockey 

 Club purse of $450 free for all; $400 to the first, $50 to the 

 second; two miles. The starters were Granger, Prussian i 

 and Jack Frost. The former was the victor. Time— 3.52. 

 The next race was (be Carolina Stakes for three-year-olds; 

 distance, one mile. Yolcano, Maius.iil and Pimlico, were 

 the contestants, but victory fell to the tost in 1.52. The 

 next race was for a purse of $300 by three-year olds. Bos- 

 ton, Denver, Mainsail and Warfare, were (he competitors. 

 The former won in 1.56. The second day's races were well 

 attended. The first race was won by Volcano iu two 

 straight heats, beating Katie Lee. Time 1.52J, 1.524. The 

 second was a hurdle race of two miles, in which six started, 

 and was won by Jim Hinton, Busy Bee second aud Mid- 

 night third. Time — 4.04. The third was a dash of one 

 aud onc-cigh h miles. Five stated, and the race was wou 

 by Survivor, Flower Girl second and Mildew third. 

 Time— 2.04. 



— The two mile and repeat trial, at San Francisco, of the 

 trotting stallion Sam Purdv, shows him to be one of 

 the fastest, it not the fastest, stallion in the country. He 

 was driven by Tom McClellan, and had running horses to 

 accompany him iu each heat. He is said to have trotted 

 the first; heat iu 4; 17, aud repeated in 4:45, without making 

 a break. Some parties timed the last mile in 2:22. This 

 beats any record, either pacing or trotting. 



—On the Dili of January a dash of three-fourths of a 

 mile, for a purse of $l,0O0-$G00 to Ihe first, $250 to sec- 

 ond, $150 to third— was run on the Oakland course, near 

 San Francisco, and won by Chinaman in 1:151, beating 

 Katie Pease by a head. The lime is said to be the best 

 ever made at. full weights. 



—Cracked Heels, according lo Lund ni,d Hofer, often 

 arise limn derangement of ihe digestive organs, and iu 

 many cases may be easily cured by giving the" horse ft ie\v 

 cavrots and keeping the sores free from dirt. A good lini- 

 ment to use is— Glycerine, four ounces: iodide of polaV 

 sium, two drachms" Grease or oil should be avoided. A 

 lit i |e '--iil|.liiir— say half an ounce — and about a scruple of 

 iodide of sulphur may be given daily, mixed with the 

 food. 



