Apjjii 28,1881.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Jd scout like a bloodhound. Lion, the second prize taker, 

 eighed 1-45 pounds, wm dart gray, black and white, and stood 25 

 sues lllgh.-witi a -«'.-,' inch head; His fault was weak biud- 



laricrs. J. F. ( 'a i. roll took a first villi Spray a. liue-lnokum im- 

 d. The shepherd dogs and eolleys wore a 



ii.' 



Ml da: 



th( 



a the show in point of quail 

 great Danes, arnone which J. P. Ames' bine and Mali 

 ii ■-. Seto totikfil-Bt prise. Colonel Stewart M. Taylor' sBruca came 

 second, owing : , a sl'iabl defect in coat ami logs. Bruce also took 

 the sr.esi.,1 prize tor the biggest dog in the show. He stands 

 thirty-two nud a hall inches at the shoulder and measures seventv- 

 Ebw i , iea from tip to -tip. R. W. Theobald - * Uelert took first 

 among the Landswr Newfoundlands. He is a splendid Specimen in 

 even- respect excepting that bin ears are u little ton small. There 

 were sixteen Si Bernards entered, all dogs, and all thoroughbred 

 one:-., ti.'.. .1, TV. S;,n Iter's Major . the .-. iriiw-'f. -ivss a bose black 

 and taiwiey do* thirty inches high, sevcnie-nyc, inche- irccn lip in 

 tip and weighing in 'condition 185 pounds. Hih head, coat and 

 limb; siin-fd the perfection cf the breed, though his black coat 

 was thought, by Home to indicate a Newfoundland cross, and a few 

 on this side of" the big river would like seme English expert like 

 the Hey. Macdeua. to Bay through the columns of the FoELSr AMD 

 BTJUSAMttii is possible for a purely bred St. Bernard to be nearly 

 all black cf a reddish tinge. A lather small specimen there re- 

 ceived favorable mention and had the most perfect head markings 

 that any San Francisco experts had over seen. He was tawney and 

 white with a perfect whito line up the pole, but his head was too 

 flat and small and his body so poorly shaped that with all his ad- 

 vantages of coat and color be failed to secure a prize. Upward of 

 efi.OTW was taken in at the gate during the exhibition, but that only 

 just paid for the prizes given and other necessary expenses. An- 

 other show will be given by the elub next year. 



STOLEN DOGS. 



NEVER before was there raging such an epidemic forstealing dogs 

 as there is at present,, in both town and country, and it is full 

 time that there was a stop put to the nefarious practice. To adyance 

 words of caution seems to be simply useless, t or our exchanges 

 from all parts of the country continue to cite casos of the disap- 

 pearance of the canines, which, as far as we know, are seldom re- 

 turned to their owners. Nor does the system of offering rewards 

 seem to produce the desired insults, for. in many instances, we have 

 seen more than twice the value of the lost animal offered by a fond 

 master or mistress, and yet no prodigal returned. Although a 

 great number of these dogs are lost, yet a far greater number are 

 stolen. There are few dogs of yalue that do not have on a collar, 

 hearing the name of the owner and his address, and in our- eities a 

 dog worth keeping has always a collar about his neck. The steal- 

 ing of dogs is a business just a- distinct from the other branches 

 of crime as poekot-picking is rrom masked burglaries. There are a 

 dozen expert judges of dogs m our metropolis who prowl about 

 with no other object in view than to stea 1 the best looking subjects 

 they can tied. These professionals at ouce "spot" a dog of 

 quality, follow the animal and his owner to his residence and. bv 

 awaiting their chance and by frequently using a bitch in season', 

 the 1,,, :-, „,:i-.hsd avav, and ai'tei beine cooped up for a. while be. 

 hair a/eh peed, bis color changed bv artificial means and tho dog 

 shipped to oome confederate in a far-off eitv, where the dog is 

 placed on the market, with a considerable amount of safety and a. 

 fair amount of profit Tho sporting dogs are. of course, the most 

 difficult to handle, as almost, every setter and pointer has some 

 recognizable marking ; but in the non-sporting classes, where so 

 many animals of the same breed so closely resemble each other, 

 and 'their size i naf.les the thief to secret the victim in his pocket, 

 it is no very diiticult thins to understand why so many fashionable 

 dogs, such as pugs, Skyes, etc., are constantly disappearing. It 

 was only a few months ago that a dog thief was pointed out to us, 

 and upon entering into ennyereation with him he produced throe 

 Yorkshire terriers, a la Hermann, from an inside skn-t pocket, 

 where he confessed in a very iniprestidigiratorial manner to have 

 thus differing somewhat from a light- 



always cautious, rarely pass a bird, and consequently are Icsb 

 speedy than their more, showy companions. As a general rule high 

 speed and caution don't go baud in band. Tat it be understood I 

 am not advocating the ob. -e of the poftr.rer, than which nothing 

 is more abominable. But with all thee good qualities a. In: I go 

 toward making up a first-class spoil man's dog. what obwice. I ask 

 you, would such a dog have when put down with an animal of the 

 present racing type of character— broken, probably, with an eye 

 expressly to field trial form, as we have had it. So, therefore, by 

 all moans let the experiment be fried of owuers running and hand- 

 ling then- own dogs in something like tho sportsmanlike manner 

 one would like to see bis own hunted in an actual day's sport, and 

 free from the hippodromiug which has heretofore too frequently 

 characterized field trial exhibitions. It will lie refreshing. 



And now let me give you a kennel note or two, to speak in an 

 entirely literal sense. There are, no doubt, many of your readers, 

 who, like myself, beep hutouodotr. At first, sight it duos not seem 

 as if the kenneling of a single dog should be worth mentioning, 

 and I suppose it isVi to ihr.se worthies who stable their dogs with 

 their horses, or cramp them in an old sugar hogshead; but if we 

 can provide a kennel which combines cleanliness, comfort and easy 

 locomotive qualities at the same time and with little expense, whv 

 not adopt it ? My excuse for givmg you the benefit of my expe- 

 rience is that I have nee er seen anything of the kind but my own, 

 which any one with the " laste taste" of the carpenter in his 

 anatomv citu make for himself. Mine is an ordinary single ken- 

 nel 4s inches by 33 inches, with an A roof, but— and here the 

 patent comes in— with a detached bottom of the same size as the 

 outside ground measurement of the kennel. This bottom is hinged 

 bv two stout strap iron hinge* to the side of the kennel, and is 

 provided with two wooden axles, to which are fitted four wooden 

 wheels, say four inches in diameter. When closed it looks like any 

 other kennel on wheels. It can bo easily moved by one person 

 from damp spots, etc.: and by turning the kennel back upon its 

 hinges the bedding can be daily sunned and aired and the kennel 

 washed and purified without trouble. The wheels also serve to 

 keep the bottom clear of the ground, and allow of a free circula- 

 tion of air beneath. While it may seem a laughable idea to see 

 a kennel 'on wheels, yet made as above, its handinees is indisputa- 

 ble. W. W, B. 



othei 



af his 



■ disc: 



a-ed i 



chicken house, which history tells of as follows: "After beiug 

 searched and not even a nest-egg beiug found on the premises, a 

 young stagg was distinctly heard to orow in the neighborhood of 

 the gentleman's wool ; on removing a high-crowned hat which 

 decorated the darkey's pericranium, a fine rooster fluttered out 

 much to the apparent astonishment of the owner. 'Bressde Lor',' 

 said the darkle, ' How did hegettharr Why, he muf t a-tlewuup 

 my trousers' leg."' 



Flinch, years ago, pictured the dog-stealing art iu a rather strik- 

 ing way. In was in the time of the Crimean War. A dog-fancier 

 refuses to sell to an officer going abroad a brisk-looking Skye, be- 

 cause the dog is worth two pun a week to the hawker if sold only 

 in London. This trade is now being carried on on this side of the 

 water. 



It is much easier to find a complaint than it is to find a remedy ; 

 bfit as long as rewards are offered by those who can afford to pay 

 them, and thefts are condoned, we will continue to read notices of 

 logs that have been lost, when the owners know that they have 

 been stolen, to the end of the chapter. At all times, however, qui 

 friends would do well to promptly notify us of then' losses and we 

 will aid them as far as publishing a description of the dog and the 

 encuinstauces of his disappearance without charge. 



Before us is a letter from a correspondent in Hartford, Conn., 

 who recently lost a native-bred setter dog with black head and 

 ears, white star on forehead, one large black patch on right side. 

 back of fore-shoulders, rest of body spotted black and white. He 

 was taken from his home on February 19, carried to this city on 

 the f aet express, N. Y. N. H. and H. E. B. The dog was taken to 

 Trenton, N. J., and there offered for sale, but not purchased, and 

 here the clueends. The dog has seen his best days and wbb cared for 

 more for what he had done than for what was expected of him in 

 the future. A liberal reward was offered, but as yet no sign has 

 been made. We purposely avoid giving the names of dogs m 

 these cases, and would advise our friends to omit publishing them 

 m their notices. We sincerely trust that ere long some one will 

 detect a miscreant in tho act of stealing his dog and that he will 

 make an example of him in such a way as wdl have a demoralizing 

 effect on all creatures of his kind. 



FAST AND SLOW DOGS— A PORTABLE KENNEL. 



I THINK your idea of presenting a cup for field trial competion 

 among dogs handled by their owners is an excellent one, and 

 about hits the nail on the head. It is absurd to suppose that any- 

 thing but a very small percentage of the good field dogs are ever 

 represented at the trials, and it is an undoubted fact that many men 

 owning first-class dogs are deterred from entering tbem, because 

 they are either unable or unwilling to place their dogs in the hands 

 of professional breakers for the purpose 1 of running them ; and 

 do not care to handle them tliea^seb. es against men who make it 

 their business, as they would be heavily handicapped by want of 

 knowledge of just such "tricks of the trade" as were developed 

 by the late Robins Island trials. 



"Besides, who would care to do their shooting or break their dogs 

 after the manner of the ordinary "devil take the hindmost" style 

 Of field trials. 



Speed and style are no doubt desirable qualities in a dog ; but 

 don't it hist strike you that in cultivating those Very qualities to 

 the pitch of the. present required— or at least prevailing— field trial 

 standard, another and very Important facbar— namely noHe, has 

 been sacrificed. As almost every one can testify who has shot over 

 setters or pointers, tie: steadiest and most reliable doge are gen- 

 erally those feliorvs who strike into an easy, swinging, all-day 

 hand-gallop; just fast enough to be checked at the first whiff of 

 scent, without tumbling head oyer heels into the middle of the 

 bevy." They are the dogs be has bagged most game oyer in a 

 day, witb the fewest mistakes aud the most pleasure ; for they are 



DICK. THE BLIND CUB DOG. 



IF I may speak from my own experience hi partridge-shooting in 

 the woods of Maine with a dog, I should give a most decided 

 preference to the common cur over and above all others. I have 

 owned and shot over pointers, setters and cockers; and while I 

 would not undervalue these beantiful and high-bred dogs, I do 

 not think them a match in the woods to the small, yellow-haired, 

 prick ed-eared cur. I must not be understood as olaiming this 

 superiority for every cur ; on the contrary, he must be to the 

 "manor horn." and' have a natural taste for the business. The 

 nearer a enr dog resembles a fox in size aud color the more useful 

 he will be. I have always observed, when hunting partridges in 



* that 



nods, that, when 

 lot a fo: 



the 



ire put up by a lai 

 enrauoe, the ' 



. fly to 



are put up I 

 i they ruav ] 

 1st high 



,cute 



mti 



afro 



isti 



ictually blind 



' did : 



i who 



id be 



611 seen, they 

 .ugh to get out of his 



;e of intelligence aud 



I did not own him, 



was " good for part- 



at the dog was fourteen 



tind out, I was looking 



the woods of Northern 



ot tell 

 years old and blind, but left it for 

 for partridges on the Fish River r< 



Maine, when, leading the dog with a sn-mg. r saw in tne road a 

 small covey of partridges which were in plain sight of the dog 

 and within shooting distance. I instantly released him and waited 

 for his action, but to mv surprise he did not appear to see them, 

 I thought him stupid, and suspected bis owner of playing a trick 

 on me. but I soon found my mistake. Tho partridges had crossed 

 the road and entered the hushes out of sight ; but when the dog 

 had come to then tracks he suddenly stopped, wagged his tail, 

 snuffed the air. and rushed furiously into the bushes, and in less 

 time than I can tell it had every bird in a tree. I did not at this 

 time suspect h's blindness, but as be continued to act fever after in 

 the same manner, I saw- what was thecause of bis strange conduct, 

 and that he had a film oyer each eve. I do not think he made a 

 single mistake or failed to put lip a bird where the track was in 

 " ' degree fresh. With this dog I shot one hundred 



,ot 'o 



partridge- in less than b 

 der or fault of his. When I returned hi 

 that he was blind. He said, "X 

 was sure pop every time ;" aud 

 him for the next fall shootini 

 " Dick" was dead. 

 Bongor, 1881. 



othrt 



a to bis 



it made no difference, be 

 J I had found him. I engaged 

 but when the tame carno poor 

 J.G. 



"WHEN THE SPRING TIME COMES." 



Clinton, Conn., April 20, 1881. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



Dogs are ho numerous, and. whether wo like tbem or not, we 

 meet them so iiequently that their habits must be of interest to 

 all. Dog-fanciers and those who like to have a "blooded" dog 

 about tbem, are often distressed, and, I may say, mortified, in the 

 spriug of the. year at seeing their aristocratic canines evincing the 

 very bad tasto of eating carrion, and often rolling in it and thereby 

 making themselves extremely offensive. The true reason why 

 dogs show this disposition may not be generally known, and I write 

 this to inform your readers why dogs act in this way, and how 

 they may be prevented from doing it. 



Lu the spring they-, like all other animals, feel the need of a pur- 

 gative. Decomposing animal matter serves as a cathartic. It is 

 very eaBfly digested, and carnivorous animals in their wild state 

 often bury portions of their food so that it may be partially decom- 

 posed, bocauso the process of decomposition is really a cooking 

 process, and cooking food, as a rule, makes it tenderer, as every 

 one knows. Again, in the process of decomposition of animal 

 matter, sulphuretted hydrogen — the gas that makes the odor of 

 bad eggs so offensive— is largely given off. The sulphur in this 

 attenuated form is the active principle that makes decaying meat 

 so powerfully cathartic. This is to a great extent what the dogs 

 are hankering after. 



Now for the remedy. Give dogs meat that has been cooked, and 

 also give them some sulphur on it. The sulphur can be put in the 

 meat so that they will not hesitate to eat it. 0. W. B. 



CHABLES KINGSLEY'S DOGS.— The following pleasant chat 

 about Kingsley and his animal friends is from an English exchange: 

 The picture of Charles Kingsley at home would show a serious gap 

 if his dogs w ere not in the foreground. His love for them, and 

 for animals generally, was strengthened, it appears, by his belief in 

 their future state— a belief he shared with John Wesley and other 

 historical names. Kingsley had a wonderful power of attracting 

 the affection of dumb creatures, and likewise of quelling then- 

 fury. He was known to have more than once driven large savage 

 dogB, quite strange to him, back into their kennel by nothing be- 

 yond eye, voice and gesture, cowing tbem still with his look as 

 they growled and moved uneasily from side to side, and on one 

 occasion, after having thus forced an infuriated brute to retreat 

 into his lair, he even pulled him out again by his chain. Muzzio 

 waahis dog at Magdalen, a clever, sedate-looking gray Scotch terrier; 

 Kingsley was devoted to him. We hear of Dandy, Sweep and Vic- 

 tor at the EversJey Rectory, Mr. John Marti'uean, who spent 

 eighteen mouths at Eversley as Kingsley's pupil, thus concludes 

 his description of the study: "On the mat. perhaps, with brown 

 eyes set in thick yellow hair, and with gently agitated tail, asking 

 indulgence for tho intrusion, a long-bodied, short-legged Dandie 



wt faithful, most r 



omorable of 

 3f Dandle in 

 linitcence of 



falls after his lathe 



eld be 



side i 



"Srn, 



, had Kii 



el.l nisei," 



ihts of tb 



•etri 



s, and 

 a fa- 



Hittle 

 bids a 



: "lea 

 ic etrod 

 le, Swet 



thegi 



.ut of the 



N. A. K. CLUB DERBY.— Colm 



Mr Kingsley 

 e of those 

 ■den-gate 

 that had 

 iow stood 

 p. hoping against hope that he 

 id there he the dogs, buried side 

 es on the rectory lawn— Dandie, 

 if but telling inscription on the 



HI 1!>, 1881.— 



s Kennel Club 



of Mitre's birth will 



St. Le 



Club 



whelped Ap 

 St. Louis nennet umu i 



dog, whelped April 26, 1881 



St. Louis Keriuel flub ei 



April 1, 1880, out of Dot b' 



ers Mrs 

 jf Jilt 1 



nd: 



■ (if 



id white pointer dog 



r and white pointer 

 met. 

 bitch, whelped s 



Metct 

 t of Jilt bv 



Ipedsi 

 Dew, 



Secretary N. A. K. C. 

 [The above list was received too late for publication in our issue 

 of April 21 : it is in addition to the list of forty-eight entries which 

 appeared in the Feutzsr aSD Siheau April M, and increases the 

 number of entries to bf(o one in all as against one hundred and 

 fourteen lastyear.] 



BORY O'MOKE.— We learn from Mr. W. N. Callender, of Al- 

 bany, N. Y„ that his champion Rorv O'More winner of first prize 

 at the New York show iu 1877. of the championship at the New 

 York show in 1879, and of the gold necklace at the New York show 

 in 1880, will make his appearance in the city again at the coming 

 show. 



A FORTUNATE CURE.— The celebrated Laverack setter dog 

 Don Juan, owned by Mr. James H Goodsell, of Orange, N. J., 

 which was taken seriously ill some few weeks ago has, as has been 

 seen at the show, completely recovered under the skillful treat- 

 ment of Dr. J. H. Dancer, of East Orange. N. J. Mr. Goodsell in 

 writing us about the case, in which we were much interested, says : 

 "Dr. Dancer resile deserves great credit. He was verv attentive, 

 and when he took hold of the ease, late at night, the dog was al- 

 most in a dying condition, so that I can truthfully say that Dr. 

 Dancers treatment was very successful." 



LAYERACKS IN AMERH'A. — We si 

 pure Laveraclis in America, published ii 

 printed without the supervision of our 

 bis absence several errors crept into ti 

 ' dials an 



tor 



■uld be C. P. Taskei 



,.,„ 



ialr 



entic 



Othe 



ould state that the list of 

 our issue of April 21, was 

 eenncl editor. Owing to 

 i article which should be 



b. Li. p. ; c P. Parker 



it errors are so obvious as 



The dog Hanger w. and liv. by Pride of the Border out of Fairy, 

 ooru in 1875, is now owned by Mr. Frederick Austin, of Ottawa, 

 Canada, 



DEAF AND DUMB.— The Sacramento Bee describes a deaf and 

 dumb dog. unable to burl; or hear. He has a bead like a coyote, 

 and white iu color, making him oasilvkuown from the other canines'. 

 Where he came from or who he belongs to nobody knows, though 

 he looks like an Indian dog. Ho seems to be a lunch fiend and 

 lives upon what he can beg or steal. Owing to deafness he has 

 narrowly escaped being run over on different occasions. 



THE COCKER CLUB.— Philadelphia, April 22.— Please publish 

 in your next issue that I nave resigned from membership of tho 

 Cocker Club.— A. H Mooee. 



Cookkti CijUB.— The Westminster Kennel Club baa kindly offered 

 the use of a room at the Rink for the use of tho Cocker Club Com- 

 mittee and Cocker Club on this Thursday afternoon and evening. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



V Breeders and 

 of names claimed, brea 

 IPs mafe no charge fvr 

 ease the notice be made 

 both cwrmr and dog he 

 which the animal belvi 



Prince Rake-Mr. 1 

 itueor Prince Rfll 

 r of Phyllis, whel] 

 Pui.iu-J. Marill, 



each 

 ,ne of 



IS sir 



i Faust, 

 name of 



Fannie fur red ln-h seite. hitei-. om ot Bridget. J luukot, (Plunket- 

 Stetlaj by Did. Hstbersiek(i-;icUo-N'ell). 



J3«iW— Mr. Abner Fuller. Jr. Pine Hush, Orange no.. N Y., claims 

 i lie lunie el bi.i ij 1 1 .er ms me i rial w ibe liel.'d Mia I .s.i -h isr en nnv 

 whelped July 13. ls.~e, nnroi kadi by Oakley's Frank. 



Venture— Mr, James Page siiluojn. ).e„ yeimoi 1 h, Kansas, claims the 

 name ot ventuie toi fox terrier bitch wlictned .\ugnst iu, lSsu, by 

 Ytlier out or Lily. 



Phalli* Mr. James Pf 

 name ot Phvihsiorfox 

 II. out ol Judy. 



Names Changed. 



Nellij to Thomdah Nettie— We 3. II. Winslow, Baltimore, Md,, 

 changes the name ot liF cocker hitch Nellie to Thorn da le Nellie, she 

 by Bub out of Jenny, champion Brush (,7371 > champton Rbea (i'jas). 

 J3HEB. 



Maude More)U--Rake—Mr. J. H. Kkodes' lemon and white Laverack 

 bitch Maud Motetie to .Mr. le <_'. Urrguinliinps Inns rted Rake. 



Prince** Pen Rake—Mr. o. F. GllddeiTs Lie-welkin's setter bitch 

 Princess Peg (Uruld-Peg) to air. p. c. Bcigundtliols ttnportect Hake. 



WBEI.F3. 



(juceii— Mr. J. F. Kirk's (Toronto, om.) black cocker spaniel bitch 



Queen whelped tour pniii:ees,te, u ,] li js and two bitches, by Ms Baron. 



Maud— a. K. o-born's Near Haven, Conn... bnghsli setter bltcli 

 Maud (Fancy France', whelped ely.l.t pupph s, a dog, and two bitches, 

 .\iiialas. l,y II 1. i 'dwells Jocko tUaer's, Lie e-Uiu" Li ,, ,i Saaeeol. 



Flu- -Pr H. h. \\'ygj!ir;:i.dckerspiifiteif>hch fly. Peskslctll, N. v., 

 whelped Oh Wednesday. ,i|iui ye, [loco docs: and three bitches, by 

 Dr. J. w. s. Arnold's music. 



Kit— Mr. J. F. Johns tfbivcrliHl, .Mas?.';- cordon setter bitch Kit 

 whelped April ;J. Ibe puppies, four does and one bitch, by his Gor- 

 don dog Lock, all black ana la u e i .1 a, ..lie un breast, sad doing ffnely. 



' n'help-Mi: D. c. Bergundtliot, Indianapolis, Intl., 

 fr. Juo. W. nolltday. Aduardeen, Miss;., a nog nunpy. 

 .nd tan, by l-iake out o. 1'lr. II s. '■'• helned Feb. :. issi. 

 . 11. Window, bSJbnoie. Md., lias 'old to 11 r. Frank If. 



Mr. E. Knell, Woli tie, lib, the null i en lor Luke Senonierafn (BUI Sykes- 

 Grfpper). 



KU.i Kirtct—Mc. .7. II YYi'n.-.lc.w , bail i lmoi c lid., has sold to Mr. E. 

 Kifl-.ll, Moline. Ilk, the cocker bitch Jibe Klrte (Uon-tlypsy). 



