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FOREST AND STREAM.; 



posed. It was the writer's privilege to shoet quail and 



snipe over him last fall, and a better dog in every respect 



he would not wish to own. In the stud he has no superior 



his progeny turning out as well as could be desired. Few 



doga in this country have had more game killed to them 



than Dash. The ifallowingfis his pedigree:— 



Colbnrn's 



Dash. 



black, taa and white. 



Putnam's 



Dun. 



red and white. 



Valentine's 



Fannie, 

 black and tan. 



Putnam's 



Nell. 

 o. and w. 



Fiilcott's 



Sport, 

 o. ao<t w. 



Talcoll's 



Hell, 



black and tan. 



W Watson's Mnnkittrick, 

 black and tan white & black 

 dog bitch. 



We cannot express complete satisfaction with our cut of 

 Dash, for while those who know the dog would recognize 

 feim at once, a stranger would receive a wrong impression 

 as to his general form. The fault is not that of the en- 

 graver, but is owing to the extreme difficulty of getting a 

 correct portrait of a dog when the picture is an exact copy 

 of a photograph. The effect of the latter is to give undue 

 size to that .portion of the dog nearest the camera, so that 

 it the dog is not standing exactly "broadside on" the fore 

 ■shortening in the picture makes him look short, and en- 

 larges the fore part of his body at the expense of his hind 

 ■quarters. 



Sleafohd.— We had the pleasure of landing, on Mon- 

 ■d»y from the steamer City of Richmond, for our friends 

 •of the St. Louis Kennel Club, the pointer Sleaford, winner 

 ■of the first prize in the small pointer class at the late Bir- 

 mingham Bench if how. Sleaford is a liver and white dog, 

 bred by J. H. Whitehouse, Esq., and is by his celebrated 

 dog Macgrcgor, out of his Nina; she by Haruiet out of 

 Lorl's Sal. For a "small class" dog, Sleaford is a remark- 

 ably large one, weighing, we should think, considerably 

 over 50 pouuds in his present condition. He is not a tak- 

 ing dog at first sight, but grows on you. He is decidedly 

 coarse, with very muscular thighs and good legs, but his 

 head is inferior to Sensation's, and we think the latter 

 would beat him on the show bench. Sleaford shows more 

 quality in his stern than elsewhere, and although being 

 scarcely up to our preconceived ideas of a Birmingham 

 first, prize winner, is undoubtedly a high class dog, and 

 looks like a workman. 



Importing Dues.— For the benefit of such of our read- 

 ers as may meditate importing dogs from England, we 

 ^vould say that we have been notified by the Custom House 

 authorities that a strict compliance with the law will be 

 .hereafter required. Dogs imported for stud purposes are 

 admitted free of duty, x>rovided, a certificate to that effect 

 from the II. S. Consul at the port of shipment accompanies 

 the .application for a free permit to land. The dog must be 

 on the ship's manifest, and a bill of lading be made out for 

 him. Unless these conditions are complied with he will 

 be liable to seizure, or at least to payment of duty. 



— Capt. Foster, of Leesburg, Va., has presented our 

 friend Dr. Kllzey, of Blacksburg, Va., with his elegant 

 setter bilch Minna, by Rock out of Kirby, first in her class 

 at Baltimore. Dr. Ellzey thinks of breeding Minna to 

 Pride of the Border. 



The Kennel Begisteb. —The following is a list of the 

 dogs whose pedigrees have been entered in the Kennel 

 Register since the list was last published. Next week we 

 shall publish the table, giving an abstract of the pedigrees 

 of the third one hundred dogs registered:— 



SKTTE11S. 



'(•W. J. Farrar. 



Dick, red, Ed. l.ohman. 



Plunket, red, ] 



Carrie, do. I 



Nell, black A !ae. 



Rapp, do. j 



(jrouee, black & tan. W, b. Sutton. 



Luke, black &t»n, J. G. Skinner. 



Bate, white. F. B. Parnsworth. 



Frank, lemon Belton, A. C. Rogers. 



Forest Hose, blue Helton, J. H. 



Cariff. 

 Guess, wh. & chestnut, F. Steams. 

 CooHtesa, do. E. Bennett, 

 Wynne, wB. ch., .T. N. Dodge. 

 Hose, blue Belton, F B Tarn-worth. 



do. 



uce Rob. bine Bellon, Jos Cook. 



ocess Belle, or. & wh. J. N. 



Dodge. 



acess Rose, wh. & or. L. H 



Smith, 



Nell, red, \V. Grinder. 



Climax, C. IT. Elliott. 



Dick, red, L. C. Mct'lay. 



Kite, red. If, B. Plumer. 



Bess, red A. w'i.. it' C. Glover. 

 :Marquie. til & wh . do. 

 :Sbei!a. red. 15. F Dorranco. 



frumps, red* wh.. C. J.Smith. 



torn, red. Kenneth G.White. 



Lady, red & tan., do. 



Dan. ch. & wh., do. 



Marquis, bl. & wh.. W. J, Wright. 



Kathleen, red, Wm. Jarvia. 



Kate, lem. & wh., F. Ft. Putzenon. 



Iieeorrah, red, P. Noel. 



Duke, black and tan, G. C. Colburn. 



Dash, 



do, - do. 



do. 



do. 



CM. Pond. 

 G. C. Colburn. 

 F. 3. P. Dixey. 

 F. F. Taylor. 



—Mr. Wm. M. Williams, of Springfield, Mass., has 

 received as a present from George Delano, of New Bed- 

 ford, one of his Doll-Charm pups. Doll, the mother, is of 

 field trial breed, and of Mr. Delano's own importation. 

 Charm, the sire, is a pure Laverack out of Pride of the 

 Border and Fairy. 



Mb. Macdona's Dogs.— It will be seen from our advertis- 

 ing columns that Mr. Macdona is offering.at very low figures, 

 his kennel of Irish setters, including Rover, Ruth, Ralpu. 

 and River, all entered for the Field Trial Derby. As these 

 dogs possess the same blood as Plunkett it is an excellent 

 opportunity offered to our breeders. 



—Mr. Win. Jarvis writes us from Claremont, N. H.,lhat 

 the following names are claimed for the puppies by Plun- 

 ket out of his Kathleen:— Mr. Geo. A. Bugney, of Stuy- 

 vesant Falls, N. Y., claims name of "Kathleen II," for 

 his bitch puppy. Mr. C. A. Hayden, Rochester, N. Y, 

 claims name of "Musett," for his. Mr Treat Potter, of 

 Manchester, N. H. , claims name of "Patsey," for his dog 

 puppy. Mr. B. F. Clark, of Manchester, N. H., claims 

 name of "Tarn O'Shanter," for his. Mr. Franklin Sum- 

 ner, of Milton, Blue Hill, Mass., cairns name of "Rtd 

 Wood," for his. 



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Countess. — We have received from Mr. Gillespie the 

 following letter, relative to hiB claim of the name of 

 Countess: — 



"My attention has just been called to Mr. Dilley's letter 

 in your issue of the Bth iust., asking me to show a prior 

 right lo the name "Countess for my liver and white 

 pointer bitch, than December 20th, 1876. I would state 

 for Mr. Dilley's information, that my claim is recorded 

 about two months previous to that time in Forest and 

 Stueam, Mod and (run. and Chicago Field, 1 regard Mr. 

 Dilley's request a very proper one, and would feel obliged 

 to surrender the name to nim were I not able to show a 

 prior right to his (December 20th). Yours, 



R. H. Gillespie. 

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Mr. Chas. E, Ccffiu of Muirkirk, Maryland, writes us that 

 hi* orange and white Keller bitch "Belle," whelped on the 

 14th inst., 7 pups by Reyburn's orange and white setter, 

 "Shot," four dogs and three gyps; since then she overlaid 

 one of the dogs, leaving three of each kind, 



Bob. 



Trump, do. 



Pomp, do. 



Dash. II. do. 



Turk, 



Robin, no. oo. 



Diuah, bl. A- tan, GeoC. Colburn 



Fannie, do.,. do. 



Ned, red. W. H. Hamilton 



Sport, red A wh., do. 



Brush, do. do. 



. _jto, red, C, W. Johnson Jerry, lem* wb.. Ward McAllister 



Jennie, red. J . Gnyger. Hex, bl. & tan, Morton Griunell. 



Lou, red, J. Stovell. Put, red, J. B. Bergen. 



Zip, red, G . J. Elliot. 



POINTKBS. 



Tell, lem. & wh., A. J. Hnyler. .Countess, do. do. 



Tina, liv. & wh.. J, P. V. Has. Don, do. do. 



Fleet, liv. & wb.. S. B. Ditty. Belle, lem. & wh., G. C. Colburn. 

 Iioyal Fan, liv. & wb., tk., do. I 



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El Cazadokon Retrieving — Our Los Angeles (Califor- 

 nia) correspondent sends us the following description of 

 the doings of his "bull purp";— 



"I have seen recently in your paper several notices of 

 retrievers, and if in order would like to speak a good word 

 for my dr-g Roze. Boze was sired by a Russian terrier, and 

 is out of a full blooded Euglish bull biteh, has no educa 

 tion except to keep his mouth shut anil follow wounded 

 deer and sich; is now about seven years old, and weighs 

 about fifty pounds. Last year on the mountain I shot at 

 with my rifle and wing-tipped a mountain quail. The bird 

 ran off into thick brush. I found a spot of blood on its 

 track, showed it to the do n , he took the trail, followed about 

 two hundred yards, and brought me the bird in his mouth. 

 We then entered into articles of agreement by word of 

 mouth and tail shake, (did you ever hear of a dog with "u 

 speaking tail?") he to retrieve all quail shot by me. I to 

 have all with the heads shot off, he to have all shot through 

 the body. (He got more than 1 did, you bet!) ne stuck to 

 his contract like mud, and one day when 1 tried to (being 

 short of meat) cheat him, took the quail out of my hand 

 and eat it. One evening last spring he followed me to a 

 snipe ground near the ranche house, and retrieved in just tis 

 good style as any setter could have done, and without break- 

 ing a feather, thirteen jack snipe. Last week when quail 

 shooting about half a mile from the house, I found 1 had 

 forgotten one of my gloves; showing him the fellow and 

 my bare hand, I sent him to the house, and in twenty min- 

 utes he returned with one of Tom Brown's gum boots. Let 

 facts be submitted to a candid world. El Gazadoh. 



PROPERTY IN DOGS. 



A correspondent writes us fromLibby's Neck, Scarboro, 

 Me., regarding a case of cruelty to animals, as follows: — 



"Many of your Boston readers know 'Piout's Keck' of 

 old as a fishing and shooting ground, and a favored few 

 perhaps remember when Cale Loriug, the crack shot of 

 Massachusetts, and others, assembled at the shanty on 

 Scarboro marshes during the fall shooting. The rocky 

 promontory is now knowu as Libby's Neck to most visi- 

 tors from Sew York and Boston who go there because it 

 is not a fashionable place, but affords all !he attractions of 

 good sea bathing, fishing and shooting. It is within a con- 

 venient distance for excursion parties from Portland. Bass, 

 cod, pollock, tautog and dinners are taken with hand lines 

 from the rocks. The place iiself is all that one could de- 

 sire as a cool and quiet retreat during the summer, and 

 were it not for an incident which lately occurred at the 

 Libby House might be called perfect. 



One would suppose that the resident natives, from asso- 

 ciation with cultivated people, would not show traits of 

 barbarity in their treatment of guests. The killing of a 

 pet dog — a skye terrier of value attached to a family from 

 New"*ork — has caused intense disgust aud indignant re- 

 monstrances from all here. But 1 will give the facts as 

 related by a lady : — 



"About five o'clock the rain stopped a little and Johnnie 

 took Jip out for an airing, ile had hardly been gone ten 

 minutes when he ran breathless back to my room to say 

 Jip was dying. He had chased and killed one of Tom Lib- 

 by's chickens, upou which he took his gun and shot him, 

 poor little Johnnie standing by and begging him not to do 

 it, telling him he would pay for the chicken. But he 

 would not listen, he was so angry, aud the little fellow 

 was dead when we reached him. All the people in the 

 house aic perfectly indignant at such brutal conduct; all 

 liked Jip, and he made us no trouble from the time we 

 left New York." 



This may serve as a warning to sportsmen who visit 

 Libby's, and make them cautious about trusting valuable 

 dogs near Tom Libby's house, where chickens are high- 

 priced and pet dogs shot on sigbl. J. A. 



To Clkax Brass Shells.— A correspondent sends us the 

 following receipt for cleaning brass shells: — 



"One ounce Cyanuiet potassum, one pint of soft water, 

 "dissolve;" put this into a quart, preserve jar with a glass 

 cover. Set it down by tte tire where it. will get warm, put 

 the shells into if, as many as it will hold, for twenty min- 

 utes or half an hour; take out with a stick and souse with 

 warm water two or three limes; Ihen dry the shells before 

 a hot fire; they will come out perfectly clean, Set this mix- 

 tureaway for ititure use and mark it "poison/ 1 W. P. W. 



— Seth Green has put over 100,000 salmon trout into 

 Lake George the past week, and will add 50,000 brook 

 trout by the middle of March, 



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RIFLE NOTES, 



Latest I A new theory on "Choke-bores." Wanted! A 



solution of the cause of the unaccountable rhlssc to I 



range shooting-. 



The American riflemen, with but few exceptions, are in 

 favor of challenging an Imperial team from "Great Biitaiu. 



The straight shells are advocated by many rifle makers, 

 in place of Ihe "bottle-nocked" ones for the long-range 

 rifles. 



The scores should be well kept during the approaching 

 season. No less than twenty different, score-books are 

 offeted for sale. 



Washington's birthday was celebrated at Creedmoor by 

 Weber, Fulton, Jewell, Henuion, Limb, Wallers and 

 Fisher. They shot over the eight hundred, nine hundred, 

 aud one thousand yards ranges. 



Conlin's duplicate score cards, similar to the ones used 

 in the competition for the selection of the American team 

 aud the International matches of Inst year, have been 

 adopted by a number of rifle Clubs throughout the country. 



Hyde, one of Creedmoor's crack shots is south, intro- 

 ducing one of the popular rifles of this part, of the country. 

 His ill-health prevented his being on the American team 

 last year, 



A meeting of the members of the Amateur Rifle Club 

 is called to take place this week. The object is to 

 settle the preliminaries for the. coming matches of this 

 veal', Major Letch's proposition, and the propriety of 

 challenging an imperial team will be discussed, 



Shooting Clubs are "all the go" among the various busi- 

 ness bouses of this city and Brooklyn. The dry jj inrl 



insurance men take the lead. A Club formed of" gentle- 

 men, employed in the building of Arnold, Don 

 Co., enjoys the reputation of having the best team. They 

 are open to challenge from any team, to be composed 

 entirely of gentlemen connected with business houses of 

 litis city or vicinity. 



At the Moisemore rifle range a fish-pond has been con- 

 structed, and yoMng trout, are being raised inil. In a 

 short time the rod will be a companion of the rifle with 

 the frequenters of this range. 



At Conlin's Gallery the following excellent shooting has 

 been made lately— string measurement of twenty shots 

 from the center of bullseye to the centre of shots:' (I.E. 

 Blydenburgh, 14± inches; William Hayes, 1.(1 5-10 inches! 

 C. A. Cheever, 17 1-lti inches. 



Several new things on position are finding favor among 

 the long-range Creejmoriaus. One of them is to bring the 

 left arm in fro id instead of behind the head I" 

 "heel plate" of the rifle, so as to protect the eyes from Hie 

 glare of the sun. Dr. Shaw, »ne of tho "crack" 

 New Orleans, is believed to be the originator of this novel 

 and, many think, valuable idea. 



C, D. Hodgeman made at (be Creedmoor range forty 

 consecutive bullseyes with rifle, lying down position, dis- 

 tance five hundred yards, during the wiuter. 



The N. R. A. will issue their shooting report for '70 

 noon. Peihaps the delay in getting it out is owing to the 

 bad taste of advertisers. 



The Jamaica Rod and Rifle Association of Long Island, 

 had a match on Washington's birthday. The shooting was 

 extra tine. J. Crane made 48 out of possible 50, off-hand, 

 at two hundred yards range. 



The Helvetia Rifle Club, of New- York, celebrated the 

 day by having a prize shooting mutch in Sehutzen Park, 

 at Union Hill, N. J. C. Moltmau made the highest score 

 of twenty-five bullseyes. 



—A special meeting of the Amateur Rifle dub will be 

 held at the Seventh Regiment Armory, corner of Third 

 avenue and Sixth street, this evening at 8 p. rn. to i m 

 sider the iuvitaliou of the Irish National Rifle A 

 to send a team to Ireland during the present year, and to 

 transact such business as may be brought before '.he meet- 

 ing. 



—The Executive Committee of the N. R. A., at, a meet- 

 ing held on Saturday last resolved to notify the teams 

 which shot in the Centennial championship Watch and the 

 British Rifle Association that the next match will be shot 

 at Creedmoor in September, 1877, unda 

 tions as the first match. A letter was read 1 1 

 Leech, in which be suggestod that the next match for the 

 medai be shot. on neutral ground 



The Galleky Championship. — Messrs. Cheever and 

 Blydeuburgh organized, last Monday evening, February 

 1 9 1 h , the tirst of what may be in a short space of lime very 

 popular and interesting matches to the "indoor" riflemen 

 of this city for the "championship." The conditions for 

 the matches are as follows. The contest will consist of 

 live minor matches, to be shot on the same evening, viz. ■— 

 10 shots; rifle '32 cal.; 110 ft., 200 yds. Wimbledon target. 



" " " Beady me 



" " " " 75 *' 800 yds. Wimbledon " 



" " " " Ready measurement " 



" " " " " " Most bullets hit. 



Ties will be decided on the Wimbledon targets accord- 

 ing to the rules of the N. R. A. On the ready measure- 

 ment target, the one with the shot farthest from the 

 center of the bullseye to be last. On. bullets, by shooting 

 five more shots. 



The winner of three more of the above minor matches 

 to be the champion gallery shot in this city till challenged 

 and defeated, accoroing to the following terms: — 



The matches will be for a valuable gold budge, to be 

 held by the winner, who is subject to clmlleriLo i 

 one. The challenger to deposit fifteen d 

 Conlin's Shooting Gallery, 930 Broadway, from which 

 amount the expenses of shooting will be deducted, aud 

 balance with badge go to the winner of match, and such 

 winuer be open to challenge on conditions as above, at 

 Conlin's Gallery. 



Challengers must give at least one month's notice, unless 

 otherwise mutually agreed upon between challenger and 

 .■challengee. No challenge to be given which will make it 

 necessary to have the mutch shot between June 1st ant' 

 October 1st of any year. 



