July 23, 1881.3 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



517 



Chss. A, fitone, T. W. Davev. Thos. H. Smalhriau, George Jlac- 

 beth. Laohlau Maedonsld, Wm. Lind, Bailey Harrison, Ti'.eonbnrg, 

 and Bichard Gibson, Ildertou. On motion the Executive Com- 

 mittee were empowered to main arrang«menk with Mr, Chas. 

 Lincoln to officiate as siipermt, mlsnt of the »Ww. A imbaeriptjon 



beeu already entered into with lcadii 

 nets on exhibition- Everything pc 

 ever held in the Dominion. - ToronU 



FJiAXELK, PENS., BOG SHOW. 



I-'HIS bench show of dogs will bo held at Franklin, Penu.. on 

 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. September 21, 22 and' 23, 

 under the auspices of the Franklin Spoitsnieu'e Club and tiame 

 Protective Society. It will be gnen in a building on the grounds 

 of thu Venango County Agriouitnr.' I society at the samo time as 

 their sefcond annual Jftir. luetuanae t of tbe show (rail be in 



the hands of the folio 

 president: Mr. Alex. Y, 

 G. Lamberton. J. G. '£ 

 man and W. A. Mav.au 

 O. E. Taylor. P. R.' 



gentlemen : Mr. C. I), Elliott, 

 ary and treasurer ; Messrs. B, 

 larlea Bowman, Jas. L. Hind- 

 it' Appeals will consist of Hon. 

 . L. T. Wilt, Hon. j". H. Osmer, Hon. J. 



. Dr. I. St. Clair. Mr. Thos, D. 

 ndeut, his address being P. 0. 

 lowing gentlemen have con- 

 named : Mr. .1. J. Snellenburg, 

 iud setters ; Mr. Charles H. 

 _ lasses other than pointers and 

 Aleadville, Pa., for non-spnrting 



AY. Dee, Hon. C. W. GilBlla 

 Adams has. been appointed s 

 box CI, Fraukliu, Pa., and 

 seuted to act as judges in tin 

 New Brighton, Pa., for p. 

 Duncan, Oil Citv, Pa., foi si 

 setters ; Mr. Harry Peirso . 



classes ; Mr. John Dickson. Waterloo. Pa., and Mr. Emd Uhler 

 Titiisvilie, Pa., for fox chase. Het'eree, Mr. E. W. Echols, Frank- 

 lin, Pa., Mr. 8. It. St. Clair, Aledo, 111., and Mr. a. M. Lupher, 

 Hannaville, Pa„ for collie trials. Referee, Mr-. S. S. DeArmau, 

 Franklin, Pa. The printed premium list contains the rnles and 

 regulations u uder « hieh the exhibition is to be held. A fox chase 

 is to he given each, day at 3 o'clock, p. it, in the forty-acre enclos- 

 ure. A sheep drive is to come off at 10 a. n. on the second day. 

 Some trick dogs are to perform on the third day. The express 

 companies charge full rates on all dogs going to the show, but 

 return them free. The premium list contains forty-live classes. 

 First and second pris-.es will vary from S-fi to ?1, but diplomas are 

 expected to heal the sores of all third best animals. One hundred 

 dollars has been offered at. a special sw eepstake for the best dog or 

 bitch exhibited. In addition to the above, thirty-eight special 

 premiums have beeu donated, the prizes ranging from a Reming- 

 ton breech-loading rifle down to a dog collar and chain and Hal- 

 lock's Sportsman's Gazetteer. All tbe variety of sporting dogs 

 will have a chance to win something, and the best churn dog will 

 not be left alone in his glory. A handsome silver cup, valued at 

 1910, will be donated to tbe ugliest dog or bitch on exhibition, and 

 the show promises to be well managed, lacking not of variety, 

 which is said to be the spice of life. 



NEBRASKA FIELD TRIALS— 1831.— The second field trials for 

 pointers and setters will be held at Norfolk, Nebraska, commencing 

 August 30. 1H81, and continuing four days on pranie chickens, 



The first races will be by puppies under twelve mouths old, 

 pointer- and setters native" and imported. Entrance fee, $5 00. 

 First prize, fifty per cent, j second, thirty per cent. ; third, twenty 



The second races will be limited to pointers and setters of any 

 age owned in Nebraska. Entrance fee and prizes same as above. 



Entrance tee UJ |i., m - above. 



ine faces' will be conducted under the National American Kennel 

 Club Rules. 



For details Bddre&B J. F. McCartney, Seoretary, Neligh, Neb., or 

 B. E. B. Kennedy, Omaha. Entries will be received up to the 

 time of drawing for places. 



LOUISIANA STATE FIELD TRIALS— New Orleans, July 23. 

 —From present indications there will be a large number of entries. 

 and our first attempt at field trials will surely be a success. The 

 matter of judges has not been yet decided upon ; but thorough 

 sportsmen 'will be selected, who will render just and honest 

 divisions. The prospect for game, deer, turkey and quail, was 

 never better and the exceeding dry weather is very favorable for 

 "Bob White." Northern sportsmen can, in Louisiana, rind in the 

 space of a mile, deer, chickeu, quail and snipe shooting, and to get 

 a number one bag, only good aim and the assistance of a dog is 

 required. Along Morgairs Louisiana and Texas E. R. fine shoot- 

 ing is to be had, and in any of the country houses there is ample 

 accommodations. I should be glad to locate brother sportsmen 'm 

 tine game sections— should any wish to visit Louisiana. 



Ebwaed ODE1.L. 



BREEDING AND REARING. 



[From Vera Shaw'B Book of the Dog.] 



AGBEATdeal of a breeder's success depends upon the state of 

 health in which the stud dog is when he begets offspring; for 

 a delicate or unhealthy dog is more than likely to transmit his de- 

 fects to hie puppies, who are in consequence more difficult to rear, 

 and of less value when they attain maturity. Considerable at- 

 tention should therefore be paid to the comfort of a dog who is in 

 the habit, of receiving a. large number of stud visits. He should, 

 if possible, be well exorcised morning and evening, either by a 

 country walk, or a run round his owner's yard ; and his diet must 

 be wholesome and liberal. A plunge in cold water materially as- 

 sists in keeping a dog iu vigorous condition, and in warm weather 

 ' ■.:■'-: i :.' - ... :e _!, fro borne in mind, too, that it is al- 



ways well to have your stud dogs look clean and tidy, both when 

 out of doors and when iu the kennels. Much depends upon the 

 first imjjress.ii.ms formed by the owner of a. bitch who coulee I; 

 breeding from him, and many a dog is passed over whose services, 

 hadhe been in better fenke might have been resorted to. Care 

 should be taken not to overtax the energies of a young sire by al- 

 lowing him to reeeive too many stud visits ; the result of excesses 

 in this way being both sickly offspring and his own ultimate 

 failure at the stud. Fifteen or twenty bitches a year are quite 

 enough for a dog not iu hie prime, and about twice the number 

 for a dog in the lull vigor of his strength. As a rule, dogs under 

 months old are not likely to do themselves or their 

 uch good if bred from ; and availing one's self of the 

 services of a very old dog is always risky. It is extremely hard to 

 state an age at r.hieh a dog can ho said to be " ~ 

 the vigor of their youth up to ten years and re 

 decrepit and break up at six or seven. So 

 constitution and careful aliendauce that it is 

 upon the age at which a stud dog 

 should see the dog for themsel 



eighteei 



"old ;" some retain 

 ire, while others get 

 much depends upon 

 impossible to advise 

 s to be of use; but breeders 

 , it they do not know him, and 



iciijDcuca, il liicj uu iiui, lim.MV ill ili- ana 



judge, from his appe.ci.eaee u.ed mml'lion, v, kelJier he is likelv i.o 

 suit their wishes. 



A sire should be looked upon with suspicion if his services are in 

 too great request, and the number of his receptions unlimited, as 

 it is only reasonable to expect sickly offspring from a dog whose 

 stud experiences are practically unrestricted. A very old dog, unless 

 mated to a young and vigorous bitch; is more than likely to fail to 

 beget stock at all ; and if he succeeds iu doing so, the puppies are 

 very frequently of bad constitution and delicate in their earlier 

 days. It is often the case that the services of a successful show 

 dog are most eagerly sought after by breeders, and the merits of 

 hie /otter entirely overlooked : and this is certainly a fact which 

 must puzzle all practical men when they reflect upon it. A Sire of 

 good pedigree, who can produce stock of superior quality to him- 

 self, is better worth patronising at a low fee than his successful 



son who has yet to prove himself the success at the stud which he 

 is on the bench or in tbe field j especially as in the latter instance 

 the sum charged for his services is sure to be a considerable one. 

 Many of our champion dogs have turned out complete failures 

 from" a breeder's point of view j while their plainer-looking fathers 

 or brothers have begotten offspring of a far better stamp, though 

 - I onlj i ill ' t i.e. ohances 61 success. A. golden rule' in dog- 

 breeding is, for the owner to satisfy himself that his bitch really 

 does Visit the dog he has selected for her. In rnauy instances we 

 Leev. . , k :ka to have been played upon owners who have sent their 

 bitches to dogs at a dibtance ; and we have ourselves been applied 

 to for the services of a dog. standing at a low fee. by an owner of 

 a stud dog, for a bitch sent up to the latter. Unfortunately, in 

 ignoranoe of the fact, we granted his request, and only afterward 

 discovered what had occurred, and that the bitch, the name of 

 whose owner we never ascertained, had been sent up to this gen- 

 tleman's dog, and was not one .of his own. The difference be- 

 tween the fees of the two dogs were three guineas ; and as it was 

 impossible foi us to prove that the owner was not informed of 

 what took place we were unable to take steps iu the matter, and 

 acq eepiauce still walks the streets au honest man. If the 

 distance is too tar to accompany the hitch or send one's man, it is 

 very good plan to get a friend iu the neighborhood of the stud 

 dog's' kennel to accompany her when she. visits him, especially in 

 dealing with strangers. Of course, in the case of owners whose 

 characters are above suspicion, these precautions arc unnecessary ; 

 but it wdl always be a satisfaction to the proprietor of a stud dog 

 to know that the. bitch's visit, has been witnessed by her owner or 

 his nominee, especially if she. should fail to be m pup. Iu event 



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exercised on the part of the proprietor of the stud dog, for 

 stances have occurred when puppies have been born dead, aud he 

 has been told there was no result from the union of the parents. 

 Owners of stud dogs often do, aud always should, provide the 

 owners of bitches which have visited thern with formal certificates 

 of service ; such documents are particularly useful in event of dis- 

 puted pedigrees. 



THE T3EOOE MICH. 



Young bitches often exhibit symptoms of an inclination to breed 

 at the age of eight or nine mouths, but it is undesirable to place 

 them at the stud until they have reached the age of at least eight- 

 eon mouths. The remarks wo made above against the advisability 

 of resorting to tbe services of too young a sire, apply with evcii 

 greater force when a youthful bitch is under consideration. 

 Stunted aud puny puppies are almost sure, to be produced from a 

 young mother; and the injury they are likely to do her constitu- 

 tion is incalculable. It must be borne iu mind that for weeks be- 

 fore birth her System is sorely taxed to provide them with 

 nourishment, and after the shock of labor is gone through there is 

 a further strain upon her until they are weaued. 



The first symptom afforded by a bitch that she is likely to be 

 soon ready for breeding piuposes, is a desire on her part to romp 

 and play with any dog she meets. This may possibly arise from 

 merely exuberance of spirits, but it is always well to keep a close 

 eye upon her as soou as any undue levity is observed iu her con- 

 duct. It is rtost desirable to use eveiy endeavor to keep tbe 

 animal away from all risk of being got at by strange dogs ; aud 

 when the matter is placed beyond doubt all former precautions 

 should be doubled if possible. It will be remembered that there is 

 not ouly a great risk of dogs gotting into the place where the bitch 

 is conthied. but that she wdl probably be • puiily anxious to escape 

 from her kennel, and Bonie bitches have performed almost incred- 

 ible teats in their endeavors to do SO. 



She should, if at a distance, bo sent off to the kennels where the 

 dog ib standing a day or two after the earlier symptoms appear, so 



uve'ih'at she' be securely confined m a box or basket irom which 

 escape Is Impossible. The trausit of dogs has been more fully 

 treated in the chapter of exhibiting, aud need not be further af- 

 luded to here ; but all breeders should be impressed with the ab- 

 solute necessity of exercising the greatest vigilance when they 

 have bitches by them under such circumstances. For at least a 

 week after the bitch has visited the dog, the precautions for 

 isolating her must not be relaxed, or all her owner's hopes may be 

 marred by her forming a connection with a stranger. 



The influence of a previous she on a subsequent litter of pup- 

 pies is a subject of the keenest discussion and interest among 

 breeders, and a most interesting correspondence has taken place 

 in the columns of the Live Stock Journal relating thereto. Some 

 of the statements which have appeared from time to time in that 

 journal upon this subject, aud which have been substantiated by 

 the names of writers whose positions as breeders of various 

 varieties of live stock is assured, are invested with a peculiar im- 

 portance. But having carefully read and considered the matter, 

 we find ourselves driven back on the supposition that although 

 such occurrences undoubtedly have arisen, they are not by any 

 means the matter-of-course events some of the correspondents of 

 the Live Slock Journal consider them, and in more than ono in- 

 stance we have failed to satisfy ourseh es that the influences im- 

 : i 1 1 e e ed the course of events. In making this state- 

 ment we attribute to the writers no desire to impose on public 

 credulity, but we think they have too often forgotten theinfiuonco 

 which surrounding objects oxereise over the mind of a pregnant 

 female. This opinion is shared by many breeders of live stock, 

 and it is notorious that a celebrated breeder of black polled cattle 

 had his premises and fences tarred, with the express object of as- 

 sisting Nature in keeping the color of his stock as deep as possible. 

 It is, however, quite impossible for us to go at length into tho 

 subject, and it must therefore be dismissed with the remark that 

 as many breeders firmly believe, from personal experience, that 

 such a thing as past influence, is possible, especially in the case of 

 maiden bitches, due vigilance should be exercised in the thorough 

 isolation of bitches when in season, or more than a temporary evil 

 aud disappointment may occur. 



NOTES FROM OIIll FOREIGN EXCHANGES.— "Senox," iu 

 the Livestock Journal, says : 



I have just had the pleasure of shaking hands with tho Rev. 

 J. Cumming Macdona on his return to old England from South 

 America. Mr. Macdona's many friends will be glad to hear that 

 he has been entirely earned of his attack of bronchitis, as it was to 

 get relieved of this affection the journey was undertaken. Daring 

 his trip Mr. Macdona crossed the Pampas on wild horses. Then 

 he went oyer the Andes on mules to Santiago, which journey occu- 

 pied eight days, being thirteen hours in the saddle each day. 

 From there he traveled to Valparaiso, and along the coast as far 

 as Eima, visiting numerous battle-fields en the way. At Lima .Mr. 

 Macdona was laid low with an attack of malaria, fw«r, from which 

 he has slowly recovered; but I can hardly say he looks so woll as 

 hiB friends would like to see him yet. When sufficiently con val- 

 escent Mr. Macdoua turned his eyes homeward, and came by way 

 of the Isthmus of Panama, calling at Jamaica and St. Thomas e>i 

 route. I believe that Mr. Macdona's parish church at Cheadle, 

 which has beeu restored at, a, cost of i'10,000, is to be opened on 

 Sunday next, and hence his anxiety to get back. 



I hear that three young black-and-tau Dachshunds of tho royal 

 Wurtemburg breed have just left Miss Bell's kennel in Kensington 

 for New York, U. S. A., having been purchased by a gentleman of 

 that city. Their registered names ure Grafs, Gretel II., and Lud- 

 wig, aud are descendants of tho well-knowu old dogDessauer. 



Mr. George S. Sedgwick, who was recently inEugland and has now 

 returned to New* York, took out with him a handsome rough-coat- 

 ed St. Bernard puppy, bred by H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh. 

 Tho puppy, which was presented to Mr. Sedg wick by Lord Dun- 

 more, is by Hercules, out of Abbess, by Actor, granddam by Cham- 

 Sion Hector 4,476. Duomore (as Mr. Sedgwick delights to call 

 im) is nicely marked, and a remarkably large and promising 

 puppy. He was whelped last December, and a fortnight ago be 

 weighed ninety pounds. 



The national exhibition of sporting and other dogs at Birming- 

 ham will, we are informed by Mr. Beeah, the secretary, be held in 



the Curzon Hall, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 

 November 28. 20, 30, ami December 1, 1881, being on the same days 

 as the Birmingham Agricultural Exhibition. The entries close No- 

 vember 1. 



" JACK,' 

 JJrttfiiattC : 

 public noti< 

 The last p 

 lady has pr 



THE RAIL WAX DOG.— The IVjt 



Dhun 



i to Ee 



J. P. Knight. Brockle; 



'at finnrting and 

 wtioiu tney introduced to 

 las since grown famous. 

 I about Jack is that a 

 dinted collar, with which. 



ay Dog. Please give me 

 as. This collar was pre- 



. ._. • his portrait he left Lewes by the first 

 •ain for Brighton, and then found that he had business in Ports- 

 1011th, whither he traveled. Leaving that town by the 1:30 p. jr. 

 rain, which arrives at Fort Junction at 2:25, he proceeded to 

 ittlehampton. He and the guard then determined to take a run 

 i the town, and Mr. White, the photographer, of 32 High str 



e his photogi 



at L 



Jack 



m he wanted to 

 the result of bis 

 iwos, but he does 

 tits in the waste- 



visit to Mr. White.' Jack's headquartt 

 nor. always go home, and frequenl y> 

 paper baskets at different bookmg-ouices. 



THE DOG'S AFFECTION.— We kuow ourselves to be such la- 

 mentably imperfect characters that wo long for an affection alto- 

 gether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in 

 the uncritical canine attachmeut. Women love in us their own 

 exalted ideals, aud to live up to the ideal standard is sometimes 

 rather mbro than we are altogether able to manage; ohildren in 

 their teens find out how clumsy and ignorant we are, aud do not 

 unite unreservedly respect us;' but our dogs adore us without a 

 " ■ ■ c shortcomings.— Philip Gilbert Hamerlon. 



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esE. Scott, of Schenectady. N. Y., writes us 

 tar bitch, Daisy, and Mr. G. S. Thompson's 

 bt the smallest brace of setters in existence, 

 itt a couple of our measuremeut blanks and 

 nit if the 



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KENNEL NOTES. 



mvneri* o/ (fees are invited to send memoranda. 



<,whdps, sales, etc., M insertion in (Ms column, 

 th- ptibiiedttotl r.f such notes; but reqUeet in each 

 up in accordance with our form, that the name of 



written lepiMij, or printed, and that the. atrain to 



igs he distinctly slated. 



Names Ci-ArsrED. 

 .lMm.-„ ( i Daiu— JUT. Jos H. new, ilontvlew Kennel Club, Colnm- 



bla.Tenn., claims the n.uue or American Dan tor white, black and. 

 ran serier dog puppy, wlielpsa April a, issi, by Lincoln our. of Daisy 



Old, il'ett.— Mr. Jos. H. Dew, iMont.vlew Kennel Club, Columbia, 



Tenm. claims urn lemie re ulii Weill, for white ami ernnge setter dog 



Dean. 



Claret— Mr. Geo. p.. Walker, Chicago, 111., claims the name of 

 Claretfor bis iedl!t=.h seller nog puppy, whelped June 25, issi, by 

 imported Max ecu of r'ari'ilr. 



l-'r'vr C'mye— Mr. j). \v. c. Parker, Spiinei-.,. g;-s., claims the 

 name ot Peter lilack for black palmer do j- lireu lie Mr. <;. a. Strong, 

 Jleriden, Cone, bj His c-icmpiiui fete out. ...f his Mao. 



Criiiu for red iiisli softer bitch puppy, whelped Apia t, issi, by Jock 



j.e ■■■, ./<-., fro,,, .A mi li —Cant, M. L. Norton, Grcenbush, S\. 



ST., claims the name of RoryO'More, Jr. (formerly Mr. ,T. j. Dono- 

 van's .icrry D.). mr red Irish seller puppy by Champion Rory O'Moro 



miyjS.—VK. o. u. 



!•:. for black ami Ian 

 Mr. I-'ivd. iiciimiifl 



A ■.",'. Jersey.— The Sliver l.ako Kennel's (River Edge, Dergen Co., 

 If. J..) red and while Kngllsh sirrcr birch Nettle (In. ST. S. Moore's 

 Floss- by I . O'Mooic lo Mr. V. P. Hauliers .Jii.-ey cm, N. ,J.. all red 

 Irisb setter Jerry, Pat Biddy, Pat by imported Pat-Biddy, biddy by 



Uaim ]jeu,r-J. ,,;••■!,;'.— The MoEtytew Kennel Club's Daisy Dean to 



...,r-i.;,„ohi.— The .Montview Kennel Club's Dashing 



y.\ta-n; -k. Jr.-'sir. ( nil I'iockc's (Pittsburgh, Pa.,) white, orange 

 and tan setter bm.ii Znt to Mr. J. M. Hunter's Kock ,lr. (Carlowlir- 



fielfe V.— Mr. I". n! London, BOOK Hill, s. c, has bred his Oordon 

 setter lynch Hello II. (Dr. Atcut. cieu- Unpolled belle) to Mr. T. For- 

 man Taylor's King, v h o at last New Vork show. 



Ooih Jll.-Iliuch ZftuS whelp.— lit. ,). P. Mven. London, Oul., has sold 

 to Mr. W. Class, of same place, n cocker spaniel dog puppy, whelped 

 May 23, llssi, by Hohb HI. (Peiecleu h-M-l out. of black boss (Uriish- 

 Hhea). 



Boat ill. niock Been w!,.J,k- -Dr. .1. S. Xlveu, London, Out., has sold 

 toMr. .). L. finglehari, Petrolla. Out . a cocker spaniel dog puppy, 

 whelped Mav 28, 1681, b\ liobb III. out 01 I Slack boss. 



Ilohb III.-IHack r.c-s irl,elr.*.— \n. .1. S. Nhen. London, (int., has sold 

 to Mr. George Macbeth, of same place, two corker spaniel dogpup- 



setter Piie'u i -ride of Dclaw; 



Duke.— Mr. J. A. t rcvcllot 

 Gordon set.t-r Dukoof Mr. t 



I. a mi.— Mr. A. It. llet wai 



Pioi'ee, 1-eekslCll!, N". 1 ., Ills 



b'.u-.\Mn whelps.— Mr. J. 

 Anav.aii, ilk, two solid liver 



tlase.—MX. Q. Hn liols \\ n 

 Rose) whelped. .Inly it, ele\ 

 champion Berkley. 



;. .)., has purchased the 

 •iv IliilfoiM. .Mass, 



., has sold to Mr. W. II. 

 •any (Elclio -Rose;. 

 10U1 to Mr. F. K. Pension, 



out of Neiiy. 



ScOtt. 



s Tom. 

 K'uglish 

 c pups, 



NO' 



ennel club's Imported black spaniel Topsey 

 pies, all bitches, live bl.i :k and one liver 

 I bbicK spaniel Honediot. (1st and special, 



Mudenp.— The Laehine Kennel Club's black spaniel bitch Madcap 

 pjd Montion:, ad Toronto, issig whelped, July is, live, puppies, three 

 lings, tour blacks nun one User colored withoul a white hair, try their 

 Imported black spaniel Reneriii'i (1st, ami special. New York, ls.3i). 



Jfotl lit. -Dr. J. :-. Mveu's (Loudou, Ont.,) Gordon setter Moll 111, 

 has whelped sis puppies by Blossom. 



