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FOREST AND STREAM. 



July SI, 1881. 



of the St. Bernard hospital, expressed, in a letter to ma, his sorrow 

 that they only possessed one (log suitable for service ; and when I 

 made them a present of two dogH. the Prior wrote to ine after- 

 wards that the comiunuity of St, Bernard's Mount had desired 

 him to express their heartfelt gratitude, since they regarded the 

 present as a great service rendered l.o the hospital * Subsequent!'.- 

 a traveler was told by the Friar Christoph. after describing a snow- 

 storm iu that place, that a stranger from Wurtemburg | Essig i. an 

 experienced breeder of dogs, had, ten years ago', ma3e n pi atif 

 the hospital of a couple of his dogs who, crossed with their old race, 

 had produced an excellent breed of great perseverance, and that 

 the English Prince of Wales had got one of their dogs, for which 

 he had mado thorn a present of a piano from the factory of Ebrard, 

 which agreeably shortened then- long under ceilings. The di- 

 rector at the hospital of St. Got hard's Mount, M. Lonibordi, wrote, 

 in 1868, to a friend at Leipsie that 'in place of the Barry race, 

 which are uo longer existing, they now hud the good-natured, 

 superior dogs of Essig in Lconberg, who acquitted themselves of 

 their duties in an excellent manner.' Director Lombardi favored 

 mo with a visit iu 1S73, and took two more dogs with him to St. 

 Gothard's Mount. 



''At the first dog show in Germany the Hamburg report states 

 that Essig obtained the highest, prizes for his Leonborg dogs, and 

 carried the day over all others, which is the more remarkable 

 as English dogs repreeantniR the value of .£1,000 entered into eom- 

 petion. The honor was all the greater as there were forty or fifty 

 Newfoundland dogs at the exhibition. At all exhibitions since, 

 viz. : at Islington, (London), Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Baden and 

 Lima in Peru, mv dogs have mostlv carried off the highest prizes 

 for excellency in form and size. The UuabUm Mercury (news- 

 paper) writes November 15,1872: 'We have mentioned before 

 that the Loonberg dogs of Kssie, a re sent all over the world. This 

 autumn three went to KischiuelT, in Bessarabia, and we now learn 

 by news from Loudon that at the International Exhibition at 

 Lima, in Peru, two of Essig's dogs have won the first prize, con- 

 sisting of a gold modal and money. This large, long-haired raee 

 of dogs has, like many things, become an article of "luxury ; and 

 they are not only to bo found in the country for watching pur- 

 poses, but also in the palaces or the great, since from kind dis- 

 position they aio great favorites, espeeiallv with the ladies. 



"At the great dog show of Paris, in 1878. tnj flogs obtained the 

 first prizes of two gold and two silver medals.' 1 sell my dogs ac- 

 cording to their value, and I hope I may be considered a Judge ; 

 but I cannot send dogs on approbation nor guarantee for their 

 turning out in every point as desirable. A traveler lately wrote to 

 me: ' Lodrom, tin: dog 1 obtained from you, is dead. 'lie saved 

 my life in Australia, suffered with me hunger and heat, and ac- 

 companied me through the African deserts. He died there at tho 

 age of fourteen.' This proves that the race can stand heat as 

 well as cold. Few animals have been so widely distributed as my 

 dogs. The largest number have gone to the Rhine Provinces, 

 West Russia, Bavaria and Switzerland : and further to Yokohama, 

 Buenos Avres, Capo Town, Mexico. Siberia, Portugal, Spain, Con- 

 stantinople, Vera Cruz and Valparaiso. 



"My dogs arc favorites of the Empress of Austria who well 

 knows bow to value a dog's good qualities, and has lately received 

 the fifth dog from me. Likewise the Grand Duke Frederic of 

 Baden has five dogs ; Prince Bismark, two : General Werder, two : 

 Garibaldi, one. The zoological gardens of Brussels, Dresden and 

 Frankfort also have had nianv dogs from me. The veterinary 

 doctors of the Pioyal Institution at Stuttgart say that in or out o'f 

 Europe there are probably but few of this kind of long-haired dogs 

 who nave not originated from the Leouberg breed. At the dog show' 

 of Baden Baden, in 187."), mv dogs appeared in a moat favorable 

 light before all 'other races. ' They not only received the highest 

 prize instituted by the Princess Turstenberg but li Is ewise obtained 

 the greatest number of prizes, a distinction which I had not before 

 obtained for my dogs. They aro not subject to madness, no case 

 having ever occurred. I often have them from thirty to thirty-six 

 inches iu height and above 100 pounds in weight. While other 

 dogs are full grown at one year, mine require three years to come 

 to perfection." 



I submit that a breed of dogs having such a favorable reeoi'd as 

 the forogoing are not likely to suffer, i u the estimation of compe- 

 tent judges, by mere unsupported assertions, suggested probably 

 by imperfect information or possibly by some prejudice. I may 

 state that my knowledge of the Lconberg dogs introduced here 

 f idly sustains all that Mr. Essig has said of them in regard to their 

 beautv, size and good qualities, In all. six dogs have been brought 

 here from Essig's establishment. One of them (Diana) is admit- 

 tedly the haudcomest dog in the island, and in regard to sagacity, 

 gentleness, affection and faithfulness, ooTjld not be fmipaflsea, She 

 is over 30 inches in height and weighs 100 lbs. The 0* nor would 

 not take £50 for her. I have one of her last litter— Marko -now 

 eight months old -a splendid animal, weighing already 105 lbs. 

 Has bead is the most beautiful I ever saw, and his whole appear- 

 ance exceedingly handsome. His height la 30 inches even at this 

 early age, so that he promises when full grown to be one of the 

 finest of the breed. He ia most teachable and affectionate, very 

 fond of children, a Tigilant guardian, and the pet of tho whole 

 household. He has a splendid black coat on the back and sides— 

 the rest white, with a white ring round the neck. He has also the 

 double or split nose. It would take a very strong consideration to 

 induce me to part with Marko. Two more Leoubcrgs, imported 

 this year, promise also to be superior auimala. All lovers of dogs 

 her.) greatly prefer the Lconberg to tho Newfoundland dog, both 

 in regard to appearance and tho "possession of good qualities. 



The charge mado by the writers I have referred to is that the 

 Leouberg is a " mongrel." I snppose they are acting on the prin- 

 ciple that "to give a dog a bad uame ia to hang bun." But I 

 would ask these writers whether the finest races of horses, cattle 

 and other animals, and, for that matter, of men. too, have not 

 been produced by a happy crossing of races ? If by a skillful in- 

 termixture of three of tho finest, breeds of dogs in the world— the 

 St. Bernard, the Newfoundland and the PvTanocs wolf dog— and 

 this the result of fears of watchful experimenting, the Lconberg 

 dog is secured as a permanent new variety, aro \ve to condemn 

 him, with all his noble qualities, because" the blood of various 

 races mingles in his veins :' If by the term "mongrel" it is in- 

 tended to be conveyed that an originally good breed has been de- 

 based jry intermixture with an inferior, then this is utterly untrue 

 of the Lconberg. His progenitors are the very aristocracy of tin 

 race, and I affirm that he has only to be known to be valued. 



M. Hailvly. 



HYDROPHOBIA, LVSSA OR BABIES IN ANIMALS. 



IN opposition to a view which has had wide acceptance— namely, 

 that great beat, as of the " dog days," increases the tendency 

 to rabies— it is stated by F. Midler that in the hist epidemic of hy- 

 drophobia at Vienna (from the end of 1 873 to tho autumn or 1875). 

 with its total of 332 cases, the greatest number occurred in the 

 winter season, the least being in the warm weather. The same 

 epidemic also failed to show that deprivation of water or that tho 

 surveillance ovor dogs was influential in the development of the 

 disease. Muller also maintains ihat the evidence now in hand 

 warrants us in believing that the extension of hydrophobia is only 

 effected by direct contact, as through the bite of rabid dogs, and 

 that the extended spread of the disease is explained primarily by 

 the large number of dogs, and secondly by neglect in exercising 

 proper watchfulness over thorn. 



dicate how inconsiderable the present knowledge of the disease is 

 thought to be it will be observed from the references which fol- 

 low that data is at hand bearing upon each topic. Both from 

 them and the report of the committee itself it may be well to state 

 here that tho outlook has some cheering rays of hope in it. Ao- 

 .-onling to a recent report of a committee appointed by the "Medi- 

 cal Press and Circular," hydrophobia is not as certainly fatal as 

 most authorities have held. Additional crumbs of comfort aro 

 also to bo derived from thu following statements : Real instances 

 of the disease are comparatively rare. Of persons bitten by rabid 

 animals only about one in tbiee die. Thorough cauterization 

 seems to avert the disease in about two out of three oases. Finally, 

 a proper attention to there matters on tho part of our Banitary 

 authorities will cheek the spread of the fearful disease, while 

 there even is a possibility that well concerted efforts roav be suc- 

 cessful iu stamping it out, as plenro-pneuniouia in cattle has been 

 stamped out in certain localities by the energetic action of our 

 State authorities. 



OOJUIONIOATISO THE POISON. 



Sometimes the dog may have, the power of communicating the 

 disease to man and yet have the disease undeveloped. The poison 

 seems never to have been transferred otherwise than by the diroct 

 bite, and it seems to have no force when apart from the system. 



Hertwig suceeedod in conveying the disease in 37 per cent, of his 



cases. Seine dogs, aro known to resist it, as a favorite poodle of 



his was inoculated nine times iu three years, and alwaysnnsuccess- 



fully. 



Hydrophobia has been denied as a disease by some writers who 



or ascribed the symptoms to fright or an injury. Prominently 



noug these are Gerard, Bogsuillon, J. Simon, Masehka and R'. 



White. Tho latter inoculated several cats, rabbits and other ani- 



itils, and finnlly himself, without results. 



itained in the saliva and foam, alsi 

 glands, is not volatile, that is, from the; 



lilood and salivary 

 lity of beiug trans- 

 oreiun, etc., surrounding 

 ! infected creatures. As to the nature of the virus and its mode 

 conveyance through tho blood, milk, meat, efa, Fleming regards 

 • pi i :i .i. ,i a organic substance, but whether fixed or "volatile," 

 is undetermined. He is also uncertain whether the disease can 

 communicated bv eatiug the flesh of a rabid dog, though he 

 OS with Chairou in believing that tho vims of a contagious 

 order may be absorbed by the digestive organs. The same nu- 

 ■tainty exists, he claims, hi tho matter of cooked or uncooked 

 nea.l. yet rabies has ensued after the applications of the flesh 

 and blood of a rabid animal to tho wounds of a healthy one. 

 White, also, is as doubtful whether the milk can convey the disease. 

 Bollinger Cites the following incident, stating, at tho same tune, 

 that the mode of communication is uncertain : A bitch, having 

 contracted hydrophobia, nursed her three puppies and eontinned 

 to manifest affection for them though the dL- ease was well marked. 

 After an interval of nine days two of the puppies died of hydro- 

 phobia, and five weeks subsequently the third puppy, The same 

 author states that since the virus is'not transportable in the ordi- 

 ,ry sense, its purported transforrence by intermediate bearers is 

 it supported by facts. In this category belongs the story of the 

 girl who received a wound from a needle while" mending a cloak 

 torn by a rabid dog. She is said to have died two months after- 

 ward from hydrophobia. 

 inoculation" tests of the cjanlnf. virus upon otbeb or' the 



Among the methods that have been prepared to determine 

 whether the disease is real or not is that by inoculation. Accord- 

 ing to Galtier, hydrophobia in the dog is communicable to tho 

 rabbit, and from tho rabbit to other of its own species, the pre- 

 dominating symptoms in theso cases being paralysis and convul- 

 sions. The animal may live from a few hours to three or even four 

 days after the disease has become pronounced. The period of 

 incubation is shorter iu them than in other animals, averaging 

 only eighteen days, as shown by a study of twenty-five cases. 

 Further, the saliva of a rabid" dog taken from the living 

 animal and preserved in water retains its virulence for twenty- 

 four hours. This last fact, it is urged, has important bearings 

 in the matter of post-mortem examinations, where due cau- 

 tion should bo exercised by the operator and those in attend- 

 ance. Tho utensils used by the animal prior to death should 

 either bo sedulously avoided or (scrupulously cleanBod. It 

 will also be seen that if these statements receive proper substantia- 

 tion they will be strong proof against the statements of Bollinger 

 that the disease cannot be communicated through an intermediate 

 object. 



As beating upon a kindred topic — viz., whether the lower ani- 

 mals can contract tho disease from man by inoculation, Bollinger 

 states that he took somo bloody saliva from a hydrophobic subject 

 four hours after death, and thou inoculated it upon a large num- 

 ber of animals (three rabbits, three dogs, two goats and one 

 horse), but gained only negative results. 

 pos.smn.rrv of itydhopjiihiia j:i'.i>"o phoiiuokii ny niF. btte of a 



Don IN THE [NiTI'Vim. M V.I'. 



Bollinger has not been able to collect any evidence on this point, 

 but since, he claims, it has been proved of another inoculablo di- 

 sease— varivla - that it may be communicated during the period 

 of incubation (see vol. ii. of Ziomssen's Ovclop.edia, Am. Ed. p. 

 335) there is no reason to doubt that infection mav tako place 

 similarly in hydrophobia. From this standpoint one of tho most 

 6bBrn.ce topics' i n rl.oologv of human and animal rallies is thought 

 to bo rendered cnqneln nsibie. 



It is said that, ihe sullen hydrophobia las a less infectious prop- 

 erty than the violent specie:-. Mill; and lloi-h may he consumed 

 without ill effects. (Gohior, h< in-over, states to the contrary.) 



good punishing head, marked black and tan. and a good jacket. 

 He is now six years old. but is as good as ever. He is very game, 

 and weighs a trifle over- 18 lba 



NAIT.F.K, by Buff out of Activity, v.b.e. puppy class, New York, 

 1880, and v.h.c. Pittsburg, 1831. He is from Hie same kennels as 

 Royal and Bowstring, and is a thorough terrier, but might have a 

 better skull. HiB get is very good. 



Joker, by Nailer out of Active, v.h c. Pitlsbuvg, 1831, and lirst 



New York, 18S1, in puppy class. A promising young dog, 

 mr old, marked black on head, and has cxce'lleut bone and coat, 

 The grown bitches are Tussle. Active, Chance, Sallow Mighty, 



Trieksie, Cricket, Torment and Prink— an excellent lot. 



Tussle, by Rutherfurd's Joe out of Venus, A bitch with excel- 

 lent head and body, marked black and tan on head and ears, with 

 two blaclsTspota on body, is now two vcara old. She won first at 

 Pittsburg, 1881. 



Active, by Gamester out of Gipsey. First, Now York, 1880. A 

 bitch of very good head and ears, and has good coat and muscle. 



She is now about four years old, and is the dam of the ing 



puppy in New York this year. 



Chance is a four-year-old bitch, of good head and ears, but 

 rather small in bone and light of coat, ffer markings are black 

 and tan on head. She was awarded second New York. 1880. 



Saleev, bv Flash out of Tussle, A fair bitch, but we would 

 like a little more bone and coat. She is one year old, and marked 

 black and tan on head. H.c, puppy class, Pittsburg, 1831, and 

 second, New York, 1881. 



Ft.tohty, by Old Twig out of Raby. V.h.c, Alford, England, 

 1879, and New York, 1880. A little bitch of the cobby stamp, ,.<ry 

 low on the leg, with good bone. She is three years old, and marked 

 ' in on head and stern. 



Tbicksie secured v.h.c, New York, 1881, and is a Eato three- 

 year-old bitch, marked black and tan on head with black patch on 

 back. She is in whelp to Joker. 



Cricket, by Nailer out of Active, is a good stamp of terrier, her 

 only fault being under-sized. Her ago is twelve months. Iu whelp 

 to Royal. 



Torment is a little two-and-a-half-yeiir-old bitch, by Old Rattler 

 out of Fly. A nice-looking little bitch, but too small. She is iu 

 whelp to Joker. 



There were also three puppies. Prattle. Clipper and Scissors, two 

 months old, by Bowstring out of Flighty; two ,: oga and a hjton 

 with remarkably good bodies arid coats, i in-. - : ! -g, uv Bow- 

 string out of Chance, with a good head and something of the old 

 dog iu him. In addition there were six puppie iei i the 



Ktb iust.. by Royal out of Tussle, remarkably pi ourifdng looking so 

 far as coats are concerned, which is al. nut ally main say of llioui at this 

 writing. The stock was lnfine condition, and wo oomplimt at I lie 

 owners on their kennel management, which is simply perfect. 



Iu a critique on the report furnished by the inedi 

 Bions appointed by the " Medical Press and Circular " to investigate 

 hydrophobia, Sir Joseph Fahrer enumerates special points which 

 had invited attention. Among them were the following: 1. Can 

 the human species communicate the disease from one to another 

 or to animals ? 2. What is the essential nature of the disease ? 

 3. How long is the period of incubation V i. What parts of the or- 

 ganism are affected ? 5. What remedy or remedies should be em- 

 ployed ? Though the number and breadth of these questions in- 



ME8SRS. L. AND W. ItUTHF.nFTJRDS.' I'iiX TEBKIEB 

 KENNELS. 



AT the northward end of tbo-yale of tho Bequest, at a little vil- 

 lage called Allamoucno, in Warren Conntv. N, J., the kennels 

 of the Messrs. Kutberfnrd are located. The old estate, which has 

 belonged to the liutbcrfurd family for over a coutnry, reaches 

 across the wide and fertile valley and is naturally one of the bet 

 game preserves in the State. I'oud of shunting and of dogs, tho 

 brothers have always bad the best of slock about them, and 

 within tho last few years have taken up fox terrier breeding rather 

 extensively as an amusement. Being gontlemon of large fortune, 

 their stock has not been poked at. the public after the " letter-writ- 

 ing dodge" so commonly nwi ted to by impecunious dog dealera 

 in tho American sporting press, and hence their admirable kennel 

 is not as well known as it should be. We thoreforo take pleasure 

 in giving a complete list of the terriers, many of whom are well 



oi .v, i. on the English and American show bench. 



The grown dogs arc champion floval, champion Bowstring, 

 Nailer and Joker. 



BOYAl . by Echo out of Urickot, is a well known Euglish winner, 

 having secured first in puppy class at Maidstone; third, Doric; 

 fourth, Lillie Bridge; first, Nottingham, and extra cup presented 

 by the. Fox Terrier Club Tor the best dog in Ihe show, with 171 

 competitors ; fourth. Bristol -. third, Kennel Club Show, 1877 

 Alexandra Palace, under 18 lbs. weight ; first Oxford, 1878, and 

 extra cup presented by Fox ferner Club for tho best dog in tho 

 show, with ls-1 competitors : first, open class under 18 lbs. weight, 

 Kennol Club Show Cxyata] Palace, 1878 : first, champion class, 

 Dublin, 1870 : first, champion class. Kennel flub Show, Alexandra 

 Palace, 1879, and second, New York, 1881. Itoyal is a dog now 

 six years old, but does not show his ago. He weighs H^/ lbs. 

 when in condition, and is marked tan on ears and head, and has a 

 black Boot behind his right ear. He has a beautiful head and oars, 

 good body and a good hard working jacket, and is, as Mr. Weller 

 would say, "as game as pheasants." 



Bowstring is by Turk out of Vexer, and won first at Pittsburg 

 in January last, and first champion class, Now York, iu May. He 

 is a very compact little dog. of immense bone and mtisple; he has a 



TO MY DOG "BLANCO. ' 



BV ,1, G. ITOLLANO. 



MY dear, dumb friend, low lying there, 

 A willing vnssal m my i- i, 

 cl.nl pari nor of my Homo .mil fan-, 

 My snadow la the street. 



1 look Into your great brown eyes. 



Where love and lowd honing*" sliiuc, 

 And wonder where the fllfrarenci Ilea 



Between your soul and mine : 



r human kind, 



■ined and crowned 



:•• and ml nd. 



iroafl earth around 



ni which, leal and true, 



rithont end or bound, 



jr sc.fr of pride, 

 ungeon-bars, 



Din iny r-.lilo ! 



v- naj Christian .-aim of old, 

 As gentle as d lamb with, me. 

 But wtih your brothers bold; 



More playful than a frolic boy. 

 More watchful than a sentinel, 



liy day and night your constant joy. 

 To guard and please me well. 



I clasp your head upon my o.<- -' 

 The while vou whine aod Hck rny hi 



And ItniH our friendship is conl'o-sed, 

 Ami Miiis we understand l 



Midsum tner Siritmcr. 



NOTES FROM OURFOREK.N FXCIIANGF.s.-Sknkx. hi 77<e 

 I.ti-e Hlorlr Journal, says: A Wolverhampton paper has been 

 handed to me bv my editor, which contains a paragraph of con- 

 siderable interest" to' doggy men. It appears Mr. ,1. D. Tinker's 

 well-known St. Bernard bitch Man, a noted pri/ft winner, has boon 



a great sufferer tot sometime from an affection ,J the bladder 



On Saturday last Professor Woodroile lldl. of WoltBrhampl 



skillfully removed, bv the operation of lithotomy, 202 nt ■ iron. 



hor bladder. The stoma varied from the rize of a millej seed to a 

 potato, tho four largest weighing respectively three ounces, two 

 ounces, one ounce and half an ounce, and the lot m 

 ounces. They aro chiefly triangular in shape, perfect 

 and white. The oporation was performed mid<=r chloroform. No 

 unfavorable Bvmptoms have as vet resulted from 1 1 • i — formidable 

 operation, but Mr. Hill does not anticipate a successful issue. Tho 

 case, however, is unique in canino surgcrv. I am Bon ■ to ■■•' Mi 

 Hill's anticipation has been realized. Poor Mat is d-ad. 8h<f was 

 about six or sevau vears old, and was bred by Mr. F. (Jroaham, her 

 dam being champion Abbess, Mab was sold as a pup to Mr. Tinker, 

 with whom fanciers will sympathize. 



RESEARCHES INTO THE SL'BIECT OF RAJ3] 

 Pasteur is still conducting iesearches into the subject of rubies 

 which promise to show much needed light upon this obBCure and 

 dreadful disease, lie has already demonstrated that the brain 

 substauco as well as tho saliva contains (be virus and w ill produce 

 the disease as effectively if used to inoculate healthy wtnals. 

 Matter from the MiihdUt oblongata and the frontal portion of one 

 of the brain hemispheres and tho liquid of the brain have been 

 used with success. The uncertain development of the disci •• attoi 

 inoculation, and the variable and often very long period of incu- 

 bation have been among the chief difficulties in tlie investigation 

 of rabieB. M. Pasteur is now able to communicate tho disease 

 surely, and to shorten the time of incubation. HiB method ii- to 

 inoculate directly the surface of the brain having recourse to Iru- 

 pauation and using as inoculating matter the cerebral -nbsiauce of 

 a mad dog us puro as possible. In that ease it i- said the lirst 

 symptoms of rabies appear infallibly iu a week or two and di ith 

 ensues in less than threo weeks. In these rcsoaiehe:, M*. I'-.-t-nv 

 had the co-operation of MM. Chainberlitnd, Bonx and Thullier. 



SLIPS.— Mr. J. J. Snwlleuburg. of New Brighton. Pa., writes us 

 that he will run two youngsters in tho National American Kennel 

 Club's Derby, and intends also to bo represented at Robin's Inland. 

 Some time since Mr. S. was presented with Prince Laveraolt, by 

 Thunder out of Peeruas, ho was thon two years old. and had oever 

 seen a bird or been afield. He was sent to Mr. Short to train, and 

 the most encouraging reports have come to bio owner. May I .avei - 

 ack is now in Mr. Snellenbuig's kennels, aud will bu run DJ boi 



owner in the Eastern Field Trials Club Association stakes Part 



23 of Vero Shaw's Illustrated Book of the Dog contains the intro- 

 ductorv chapters on Canine Medi. in, mil 3rirgery, by VY. Gordon, 

 Stables, C. M., M. D., R. N. Wo shall publish these li 



time The Newark, N. J., dog pound is now in full blast. Fifty 



curs were destroyed on Thursday, and over one hundred on Satur- 



