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made by most sportsmen, which is to send two or three 
dogs to find a dead or wounded bird; no two or three 
dogs can find a bird in One-fourth the time that one good 
dog will do it, as they become jealous of each other, and 
instead of using their noses they watch each other, and if 
the bird is found at all they waste much time in doing it. 
A dog with a good nose, skillfully broken to retrieve, 
never uses his eyes to find the fallen bird, hut steadily ap¬ 
plies his nose to wind it, and never fails. If a bird is only 
wounded, as many are, and runs to cover and hides, the 
eyes of the dog or shooter are of no use in finding it. 
Everything depends upon the dog’s nose, and nothing what¬ 
ever should be done to confuse him wliiio at his difficult 
task, for if left to his own instinct a good dog will surely 
succeed. 
THE KENNEL REGISTER. 
T HE following is a list of dogs entered in the Kennel 
Register since the publication of the last list and up to 
Tuesday last. IVe have certificate^ ready to forward for 
Mr. Topham’s Brisk, Mr. E. n. Nicoll’s Bang, and Mr. D. 
G. Elliot’s Left, but have not the addresses of those gen¬ 
tlemen.— 
SETTERS. 
Ethan AUin’s Clnm, Cosey, Pansy 
and Trusty. 
Dr. Aten's Belle, Fanny,Glen, Ned 
Mr. D. C. Sanborn’s Nell. 
Mr. H. A. Topham’s Brisk. 
Dr. H. A. Rosenthal's Sport, Dash 
and Flora. 
Mr. E. M. Hoff’s May. 
Mr. E. A.Herzberg’e Ace ana Jessie. 
Mr. W. J. Conover’s Vic. 
Dr. W. E. Bnrgar’e Lady. 
Mr. Lawrence Shuster, Jr.’s Jerry. 
Mr. J. Aretas Clark’s Frank. 
Mr. E. Iloidekoper's San Miguel. 
Mr. A. Bransbaw’s (late Mr. Wn 
Jarvis’) Shamrock. 
Messrs. Tousey & Graves’ Tip, Port 
Hudson and Neptune. 
POINTERS. 
Mr. D. Knoble, Jr.’s Viley. 
Mr. D. B. Toiler’s Queen. 
Mr. Charles S. Austin's Pete II. 
CLUMBERS 
Mr. Benjamin Smith’s Bess and 
Buster. 
RETRIEVERS. 
Mr. D. G. Elliott’s Left. 
Kennel Produce.— Mr. John E. Develin’s, imported red Irish set¬ 
ter bitch, Moya, who visited Plnnkitt in March, as mentioned in oar pa¬ 
per, whelped eleven fine pups on the 26th ult., at the kennel of Mr. Da¬ 
vid G. JIartt, North Port, L. I. , and on the 9th inst. Mr. D.’s red Irish 
setter bitch Mollie visited Plonkitt at Bennington, Yt. 
— Mr. A. Branshaw, of Fon du lac, Wis., has purchased 
from Mr. Wm. Jarvis his red Irish setter dog Shamrock. 
Mr. Branshaw takes Shamrock to Texas with him in the 
fall, together with an equally good bitcli to mate with 
him. The Texans are to he congratulated upon this im¬ 
portation of pure blood, the results of which will no doubt 
soon be manifest. The Irish setter is well adapted for 
Texan shooting, having both high courage aud great en¬ 
durance. 
Remedy for Pleas. —A corrsspondent writes:— 
“In your Answers to Correspondents, Geo- H., Grant- 
ville, Mass., asks for the easiest and surest remedy for 
fleas on dogs. Five cents worth of Persian insect powder 
will rid a large dog of every flea, and it requires no wash¬ 
ing.” 
Dog Poisoning in Connecticut,— A Bridgeport corres¬ 
pondent writes, June 16th:— 
“Some one has taken upon himself to poison every 
dog hereabouts. He scatters meat wilh poison in it at 
night, and during the day; any unfortunate dog that picks 
it up forthwith ‘turns his toes up.’ Several very valuable 
dogs have been destroyed already. This has been going 
on for three weeks, and fifty or sixty dogs have vanished. 
Large rewards are offered to find out who does it, but to no 
avail. Various speculations are afloat as to the objects of 
such wholesale slaughter. 
DOCKING DOG’S TAILS. 
Ne'W' York, June 16th, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Allow me to make ft suggestion in reference to the docking of dog’s 
tails* aud especially those of pointers. In the issue of June 8th yon say: 
"There is nothing which detracts so much from the beauty of a pointer 
as a very long crooked tail. We have met with pointers having very 
long tails, with the skin completely whipped off the end for two or 
three inches. To work a dog thna is not only cruelty, but the dog 
beiug in constant pain does not work as well as he would with a good 
sound tail of proper length." With the above I agree perfectly; but 
when you suggest as a remedy tbe docking of the dog’s I ail, I beg leave 
to diffc c. To be sure it is a remedy but only palliative, for in the progeny 
it will again occur, and continue to occur as doge are bred now days. A 
butter remedy is, I think, to endeavor to improve the tails by breeding, 
as we now improve the nose, color, pace, style, etc. It is a slow method, 
but if persevered in one that will be likely to succeed; and after all 
what is the trouble when compared to the magnificent result? Now, sb 
to the mode of compelling people to breed such dogs. At present two 
methods appear to me, both of which are feasible—one is, let the man¬ 
agers of our future bench shows refuse to award a first prize to any dog 
with docked tail; five years from now they can refuse second premium, 
and ten years hence third premium. The other is to let a dog compete; 
but should liis tail be docked, let him receive 0 number of mark for it. 
The result would be that persons having a bitch to breed would look 
about for a dog with a short straight tail, and not as is too frequently 
now done, breed to any club-tailed animal that has good action and a 
good nose. The very word bench show means that a dog shall be judged 
upon according to his looks, and not for Ms qualities in the field. For 
those doge we have the field trials, in which a dog may compete and win 
no matter how ugly and deformed be ib; but in a bench show no dog 
with docked tail should be allowed first prize, or else he should re- 
ceiveO number of marks for it; for it was undoubtedly taken off to 
conceal a long, crooked, turned up tail, which to me' is a clear evidence 
of impure breeding among some of his ancestors. The little care aud 
Tegard given to the appearance of a dog’s tail was most forcibly brought 
to my mind at the last Springfield Bench Show in this manner: A prom¬ 
inent gentleman of the Rod and Gun Club said to me: "flow is your 
black pointer pup?" I replied, "He has turned out very poorly, he has 
the ugliest crook in his tail I ever saw, but in every other respect iB all 
I could wish. 1 ' He remarked: "Pshaw I a dog don’t hunt with his tail, 
does he? What do you care, provided he does his work well?" Now, 1 
would not care, provided that was the only virtue I required in 
a dog; but as 1 can only shoot a few monlhs, aud sometimes only a few 
weeks m the year, and as a dog is a constant companion I would not 
wish him to be a constant eye-sore to both myself aud friends. Many 
persons remarked during the bench show and since that if I had only 
cat my black pointer’s tail he would have stood a good chance of taking 
a prize, and 1 think myself he would; bnt certainly be would not have 
been entitled to it, because I had hidden his defect by amputation, any 
more than if I had exhibited a dropper and pulled out the long hair in 
his neck, stern, aud toil to hide his breed. In England they will not al¬ 
low a dog with a docked tail to compete, and the result is that they have 
plenty of dogs with good tails. 
Mr. Editor, if my suggestions be not acceptable to the majority of 
careful-thinking spol'tsiUcu, 1 hope you wifi make one which will com¬ 
pel those who breed dogs to breed a better specimen of the American 
pointer. As to their working qualities there arc uone better, and it Is to 
be expected, as they have been bred solely with that cud in view and no 
attention whatever paid to their appearance. Grouse. 
The remedy suggested by our correspondent should 
be adopted when breeding, not only with pointers hut 
with setters, as we are fully conviuced that by adopting 
this course we will get rid of the unseemly appendage that, 
too many of the high-bred dogs of the present day are af¬ 
fected with. This is a matter we have always takeu into 
consideration in breeding dogs, and with much success. 
From our old Bruce, a famous orange and white Gilder- 
sleeve setter, from Old Grouse and Chief Justice Beasley’s 
Itolla, from K. A. Drake’s Bock, from Hammitt's Echo, 
and our fine imported hitches Cora and Fly we bred for 
years, and their progeny scarcely ever failed to have 
straight, well-feathered tails 'which required no docking, 
It is true a dog does not hunt with his tail; yet certainly 
he does not hunt any better from having a long, crooked, 
coarse, ungainly one, and with our correspondent we could 
hardly be contented to have such an animal about us. 
THE CENTENNIAL BENCH SHOW. 
Portland, Me., June, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
I wish to indorse your criticism of the clause in the programme of the 
International Bench Show that makes a pedigree obligatory, Tor the 
same reason that I advocate the prizes being awarded before the show is 
open to the pnblic—that is, it is one more clement conducive to tbe 
awards being made exclusively upon the personal merits of the animals, 
and not ujron the reputation of ancestors, nor upon the opinions of 
others, even though they may liave been judges at previous bench shows. 
The questions asked by "Donbter;" in Forest and Stream of June 
15tli were suggested by the idea of entering doge as American setters or 
pointers, no pedigrees being given below awards, and in no case obliga¬ 
tory. After awards are made it should be optional with owners to give 
pedigrees. In the programme referred to there is no class for American 
setters to be entered under except Class 5; yot Gordon setters aud Irish 
setters have each a class, and if English setters and Russian setters in¬ 
clude only those brod in England or Russia, or whose pedigrees werB 
born there, what insignificant place is left to enter dogs bred in the 
United States, or I would say in North America, (not losing sight, of the 
many fine dogs owned by our Canadian neighbors) and so bred as to 
produce a strain of fine form, color, and other qualities, yet whose ped¬ 
igrees can only be correctly given for one or two generations. The re¬ 
sult would be inevitable, if every pedigree In this country could be 
traced back far enough, that the ancestors were brought from England; 
and in case of a strain being produced of marked desirable peculiarities 
the owner of the kennel might not wish to give away his secret by pub¬ 
lishing pedigrees. Let us not, then, make it obligatory to give pedi¬ 
grees at our bench shows, and I would also make pedigrees inadmissible 
until after the awards are made, agreeing with you that the standpoint 
of excellence should be formed and judged upon "by the appearance and 
points of the animal exhibited," and if "descent from a celebrity is to 
be the standpoint of excellence, why not send the pedigree as a proxy 
and keep the dog at home?" How few sportsmen owning fine dogs feel 
fully competent to judge of their respective merits as seen on tlio bench, 
and with the mind in doubt a rose-colored pedigree would have influence; 
yet the couleur de rose may be artificial. In fact, there is so much room 
for deception in the matter of pedigrees that they should not be allowed 
to influence the awards, intentionally or otherwise, except it be in a 
special class making them admissible; and I hope that the entire ab¬ 
sence of pedigrecsnnl.il after the awards are made may be ft feature of 
future bench shows* Ruamick. 
gjaihting and §oatin$. 
All communications from Secretaries and frtends should de mailed no 
later than Monday In each week. 
HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. 
Boston. New York, Charleston. 
Jane 32... 
June 23... 
June 24... 
June 25... 
June 26... 
June 27... 
June 28... 
Whyliamsbubgu Yacht Club. —Tlie annual regalia of 
this club ivas sailed on Tuesday weak, tbe course being 
from the anchorage off (lie club house nt the foot of Eagle 
street, Greenpoint, up the cast side of Blackwell’s Island, 
through Hell Gate, between the North and South Brother 
Islands to the Stepping Stones Buoy and return, the en¬ 
tire distance being twenty-four miles. The judges were 
Hon. Bernard Silverman, Mr. John Orr, and Mr. Joseph 
A. Lyous. The entries and results of the race are shown 
in the following table:— 
CABIN SLOOPS. 
Actual 
Yacht. time. 
Favorita....3 38 15 
Chester Arthur.3 fit 45 
Corrected 
time. 
3 32 15 
3 33 45 
Greenpoint... 
Neitie. 
Endeavor.... 
-.3 4‘J 15 
.A 03 SO 
,.4 05 DO 
49 15 
03 30 
05 00 
Mary Gibson. 
J. N. Lautluer. 
Koeinu... WM 
The race aud club colors were won by the Pluck and 
Luck, while the Favorita, Greenpoint and Mary Gibson 
won in the oilier three classes. 
—The annual regatta of the Turns River Yacht Club 
takes place July fitb. The prizes consist of, first, the 
challenge cup (now held by the yacht Cynthia, of Hew 
York); second prize, $20 gold piece"; third, $30 gold piece; 
fourth, $10 gold piece. 
Jebsey City Yacht Club,—I t having boon decided t 
sail tbe race between the Hist class yachts of the Jersey 
City Club again, owing to two of them having run aground 
on the occasion of the regatta on the 6th inst., the Plover, 
Maty, and Sea Spray sailed over the course again last week, 
with the following result:— 
Name. Start, Finish. E. Tims. Cor. Ttme. 
H. M. S. K. M. S. H. M. S. H. M.S. 
Plover. II 31 on 5 13 30 5 42 30 6 42 30 
Marv.11 26 00 a IB 30 5 48 30 5 30 41) 
Sea Spray.It 0 30 Not limed. 
The Plover, when nearly up to Bedloe’s Island, parted 
her preventer backstay, and the gunge carried her topmast 
over the side, which destroyed the chances. 
—A match race for $200, was to have been sailed yester¬ 
day between the yachts Gilbert J. Orr of tbe Williamsburg 
Yacht Club, and the Jane of the Manhattan Yacht Club, 
tlio course being from foot of 104th street East River, to | 
aud around tire Stepping Slone buoy. 
—The statement made in our issue last week that the 
Idler had won the second prize in the first class in the re- i 
cent schooner regatta of tbe Sewanhaka Yacht Club, was 
erroueous. The prize was really won by tbe Dreadnaught, 
beating tbe Idler 2m. and 2s. Tbe mistake was owing to 
an error in noting the time of the latter yacht at the 
finish. 
Centiial Hudson Yam it Club— The opening regatta 
of this club will be sailed on the 29tli inst,., and will be on 
the Corinthian principle. In addition to the regular prizes 
in each class, there will be given to the boat, irrespective 
of class, making the best corrected time over tbe entire 
course an extra prize, tlio gift of Mr. Philip Schuyler, of 
New York. It is a beautiful silk pennant twenty-five feet 
long, with tlie words “Corinthian Challenge Pennant, C. 
H. Y. C.,” in white letters on a blue field, and it is to take 
tbe place in tbe club of tlie old challenge flag, known as 
the “Champion Pennaut,” to be always sailed for as i 
challenge flag, like the old one, but upon Corinthian prin¬ 
ciples. 
The following yachts have been added to tlie club this, 
season:— 
W. K. Brown, 27 feet 5 inches; owned by C. F. Brown, 
W. R. Brown, and H. C. Higginson, Newburg. Belle, 35* 
feet.; owned by B. Prince, Peekskill. Julie, 16 feel; owned 
by P. C. Rogers, Poughkeepsie. Osprey, 19 feel; owued 
by T. F. Balfe, New burg. 
At the last general meetiug the following officers were 
elected:—Commodore, Irviug Griunell, New Hamburg; 
Vice-Commodore, C. F. Brown, Newburg; Rear Commo¬ 
dore, J. R. Roosevelt, Poughkeepsie; Secretary, F. Schuek- 
ardt. New Hamburg; Treasurer, .J. Van Wyek, Jr., New 
Hamburg; Measurer, A. Van Wyck, New Hamburg; Re¬ 
gatta Committee, Philip Schuyler, New York, James 
Roosevelt, Hyde Park, G. L. Rives, New Hamburg. 
The Centennial Regattas —Tbe first of the series uf 
Centennial regattas, to be sailed under the supervision of 
the Centennial Regatta Committee, occurs to day over the 
New York Yacht Club course. To-morrow (Friday) there 
will be another regatta for yachts under fifteen tons, and 
on Monday an ocean race from Sandy Hook to Cape May. 
The yachts entered for the first race up to our going to 
press was the schooners Eva, Estelle, Alarm, and Tidal 
Wave; sloops Arrow, Windward, and Grade. For Friday's 
race there are already twenty-one enljies. For the ocean 
race the celebrated America is entered, as well as tbe 
Alarm, and Tidal Wave; also tbe sloops Arrow, Wiudward, 
and Gracia. 
The Hablem Regatta.— The fourth annual regatta of 
the Harlem Regatta Association was held on the Harlem 
River on Saturday last. Nearly all the clubs who have 
their headquarters at this point were entered, and sent 
their best representatives to row. Tbe course for all the 
seven events on the programme was one mile straightaway 
from GateVlumber dock to Florence’s dock, McC'omb's 
Dam Bridge. Stake-boat No. 1 was anchored on tbe New 
York shore. No. 2. in mid-stream, and No. 8 on the West¬ 
chester shore, each contestant taking his position accord¬ 
ing to his entry. The referee was R. S. Bussing, Jr., of 
the Nereid Boat Club; the time-keeper and starter, C. G. 
Peters. Tbe first race was lor the junior sculls, rowed in 
heats, bringing out: H. W. Rodgers, of the Alahmta Club, 
white; W. Robinson, of the Nassau Club, red; D. W. 
Hernon, of the Nautilus Club, light blue. Rodgers was the 
favorite 2 to 1, and taking it very easily until near the 
finish he spurted ahead of RobiDson and wou in 6m. 51s. 
Tbe second race was for pair-oars, the Athletic, Atalanta, 
and Nautilus clubs each sending representatives. Dow us 
and EuStis of tlie Atalantas winning in 6in. 7^s.; NautiluB 
second, and Athletics third. 
The third race was the second trial for the junior sculls, 
the contestants being J. D. Foot, of the Nassnus, Waldo 
Sprague, of tbe Athletics, Thos. Scanlon, and E. Mills, Jr., 
of tlie Atalantas. Sprague had the lead at the start, but 
was soon passed by Foot aud Mills, the Jailer winning in 
Gin. 40s. 
Three crews appeared for tbe four oared race, represent¬ 
ing the Columbia, Atalanta and Athletic crews. This was 
a very closely contested race, the crews being as follows; 
Columbia—J. A. Sprague, bow; E E. Sage, No. 2; C. S. 
Boyd, No. 8; J. T. Goodwin, stroke. Atalanta—Edward 
Blake, bow; H. W. Rodgers, No- 2; W. II. Downs, No. 3; 
J. E. Eustis, stroke. Athletic—R. W. Rathburn, bow; L. 
S. Mack, No. 2; H. C. West, No. 3; C. H. Cone, stroke. 
The Athletics had rather the best of the start, followed by 
the Columbian. Tbe Atalantas, however, soon went to Uie 
front and the race was between them and the Columbian. 
Just before the finish the boats were almost side by side 
when a small steam launch ran into the Columbia’s shell, 
crashing in the bow and bringing tlie boat to a full slop. This 
unfortunate accident occurred just at the most critical 
moment, and lost the Columbias the race, although they 
have appealed from the referee’s decision to the Examining 
Committee. Tbe Atalantas time was 5m. 20s. 
The race for the diamond sculls brought out three well 
known oarsmen.- Ebcn Losee, Atalanta; James Wills, Nas¬ 
sau; P. C. Ackerman, Atalanta. Ackerman won in Gin, 
20s. 
In the six-oared gig race, the Dauntless, N. Y. Rowing 
and Athletic Clubs, contested, the N. Y. Rowing Club 
winning iu 5iu. 27s. Tlie Athletics only one , to'de¬ 
bind. in the final bent of the junior fviwia, Rodgers, Foot, 
aud Mills rowed, tbe first numed_^i‘ uu i u{ r ia (jm. 23s, 
Hiiuivliui.l Navy T!eg.y. ta _The regatta of the Schuyl¬ 
kill Navy was held on t3ttU r ^ ay ’ nu, instant, and the easier 
way to give your reader^ iin ic f’ ea 0 f it would be to copy 
the New York Ue/vM'^ tl , ;C0UU ( 0 f the Harlem regatta of 
