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FOREST AND STREAM.? 



birds it is quite different, find the number of wing broken 

 birds is comparatively small. With regard to Oapt Bo- 



•gardus in the late match, we fancy that ihe dimensions of 

 his gun (his Scott 10 bore) were very similar to those of 

 Mr. Wood's, and il was remarked by us and a number of 

 others that from the report, he appeared to be shooliug 

 bul very little powder. Mr. Wood certainly killed Ins 

 birds in as clever and neat a style as we ever saw in a 

 match. As regards the "cannons" and canister loads of 

 -powder used by some of the contestants, we consider it 

 B practice as obsolete and old fashioned as the system of 

 'depletion is in the medical practice; and it. is our belief 

 that if some of the old time shooters would try modern 

 guns, they would find thai a pigeon can be killed as easily 

 with four drachms of powder as he can with eight. 

 Indeed, in England and on t lie Continent, where there are 

 as line shots as in this country, seven pounds, or seven and 

 a half, is the average weight of the gun used in shooting 

 pigeon matches, and three and a half drachms of powder 

 the charge— Ed.] 



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GAPT, BooaJsdus' New Trap.— Capt. Bogardus has in- 

 vented a trap lor throwing glass balls which affords excel- 

 lent, practice and promises to become 1he most popular 

 Substitute for pigeon shooting. Its best quality is itseheap- 

 n ess, the great difficulty with most other traps and gyros 

 being their cost, which places them beyond the reach of 

 most individual sportsmen, ('apt. Bogardus gives an ex- 

 hibition shoot at the Hippodrome this week, wheu he will 

 break a thousand glass halls in two hours and forty min- 

 utes. The traps are advertised in another column. 



he Mmnel. 



For Fwwl and Stream. 

 DOGS-NO. 4 



It. must he at least forty five years ago, that an emigrant 

 vessel, bound to Quebec, was wrecked on the coast of 

 Newfoundland; i think in the vicinity of Carbouear. It 

 was lain in the fall, and after a stormy night a fisherman 

 rose early to ascertain what waifs the Storm King might 

 have brought him. In the course of his search along the 

 beach, accompanied by his faithful dog, be discovered a 

 mass of human beings huddled together on a ledge of rocks, 

 lance from "the land, deep water intervening, with 

 a heavy sea in which no boat could live. He lost no time 

 iu alarming his neighbors-, who soon mustered in force, 

 and held a council of war as to the means to be adopted to 

 save the unfortunates from certain death, as unless speedily 

 hey must perish from cold and starvation. The 

 dog was fortunately thought, of; hawsers and cod lines 

 were speedily procured — the latter to fasten around the dog's 

 neck. The sagacious animal fully understood his master's 

 wishes, and, after great difficulty, he reached the rocks, and 

 was soon relieved of the cod line, which being fastened to 

 a small tope, and that again to a stout hawser, which the 

 shipwrecked men hauled across the channel, a safe means 

 oi communication was speedily established, and seventy- 

 live men, women and children, rescued from certain death. 

 The vessel bad struck, towards morning, on the outside of 

 the ledge, when the tide was falling, hence the safety 

 0l LJj ise who escaped; but had they not been rescued in 

 time, the greater part would probably have been washed eff 

 as the tide rose. A great number of persons perished, but. 



i i it i, after the lapse of so many years, remember all 



iculars. 



A sou ol one of the partners in the groat Newfoundland 

 Brooking & Co., related what I have statedabove, 

 he having, with much difficulty, become the owner of the 

 dog Hero; that i think was the name. He offered five 

 pounds at first; and finally fifteen bright sovereigns, equal 

 to seventy five dollars, tempted the fisherman to part with 

 his dog, a splendid animal, and a great favorite with bis 

 tor, who would not have parted with him for ten 

 times the amount be paid. 



I once knew a tatuier, who being a great sportsman, 

 succeeded iu training a Newfoundland dog to hunt as well 

 a;-, his spaniel, which w-as an excellent sporting dog. 1 

 also temember a friend of miuc in Southampton, Eng- 

 laud, having one who was trained to go to the baker's every 

 morning for hot rolls for breakfast. They were a numer- 

 ous family, and often had friends staying there, conse- 

 quently the number required varied occasionally. The 

 servant would couut the pence before the dog, place them 



basket with the napkins, and give it to Hector, who 



proceeded to the baker's, and watched the number of 

 rolls given as carefully as the servant would have done. 

 The baker olten put one less to test the dog's sagacity, but 

 in vain; he would growl and refuse to take the basket until 

 be had the right number. This he did for many years. 



in the summer of 1840, 1 went from London to Perry 

 Grove, iu tin- Forest of Dean, to see Carlo's mistress, who 

 was seriously ill. 1 traveled by the then favorite and fast 

 coach Quicksilver, occupying, as 1 always did, the much 

 Ltox-seat, which was by the side of the coachman, 

 who always liked that, seat to be occupied by r one who had 

 eome knowledge of driving. Ou ueariug the village of 

 Maidenhead, my friend conchy requested me to hold the 

 ribbons — reins — while he got a private letter bag ready for 

 delivery. And now, sir, said the Knight of the Whip, 

 "just notice lo whom 1 deliver this bag." A short dis- 

 tance further I saw a huge Newfoundland dog quietly 

 awaiting our arrival. Without stopping, or even checking 

 our speed, the bag was thrown to the dog, who seized it 

 at once, and darted off along across country road. Our 

 driver then informed me that the owner of the dog was a 

 large landed proprietor, whose estate was situated about 

 lea oil' the highroad, and that the animal was 

 ton eel the Coach, which he had never 

 failed to do lor several years, thus saving the lime of a 

 servant. The bag contained the London morning papers, 

 etc., which, if seal by mail, would only be received the fol- 

 lowing day. 



The driver of tin- Quicksilver, whose name I have for- 

 gotten, had been a guard in his younger days on the Ports- 

 mouth 'road, and related numerous anecdotes of meu-of • 

 wars-men traveling to Loudon from and to the great naval 

 depot, the following among the number. 



On one occasion, after the close of the French war, 

 Admiral Diffby was the only inside passenger for London, 

 but (he coach had its full compliment outside— a Warrant 

 Officer among the number, who had just returned from a 

 a foreign station— a very respectable and well behaved 

 man. He was very sleepy, and the guard feared he would 

 fall off, or. as .Tack expresses it, overboard. He, ihete- 

 fore, told him that the landlord of the next inn at which 

 thev stopped was one of the proprietors of the coach, and 

 a verv kind, good-hearted man. He would therefore, ad- 

 Visehjm to ask the landlord lo join in a glass of brandy 

 and water, and then request that he would tell the coach 

 man to put him inside. The plan succeeded, and the 

 Warrant. Officer, taking his seat opposite the Admiral, soon 

 fell into a sound sleep, and snored most lustily to the great 

 annoyance of his superior officer, who finally put his head 

 out of the window, calling on coacliy to stop. He then re- 

 mouslrated with both guard and driver, slating that a man 

 who did not pay inside fare had no business there. Ihe 

 coachman told 'the Admiral he had followed orders, the 

 man not having been placed there ou Ins own responsi- 

 bility. But in vain the Admiral insisted on his reluming 

 lo his outside seat, and no wonder, as his nasal powers 

 were, to use our informants own words, more like a log 

 horn than anything he had ever heard in the snoring line! 

 The Warrant Officer returned to the outside, but had his 

 revenge. The Admiral had stated that he could not sleep 

 on account of his fellow travelers snoring, and the latter 

 hit upon a plan quite as effective to keep him awake. In- 

 stead of resuming his seat he got on the roof ot the coach, 

 and seating himself on the luggage he began to hum a 

 tune, ami beat time on the roof with his walking cane. 

 This soon awoke the Admiral, who again popped his head 

 out to call on him to desist. "Keep inside, sir! * ou have 

 not paid for an outside berth," with a gentle pat on he 

 head with his cane, was the. ready rejoinder and In this 

 way he tormented his superior officer during the rest of the 

 night, no remonstrance on the part of the guard and 

 coachman having the slightest effect. Ill m , ust f e . P 

 watch on deck, he shall keep watch in the cabin! was his 

 reply. Being a dark night, Admiral Digby had no oppor 

 tunity of ascertaining who his persecutor was, as the 

 Warrant Officer left, the coach in the outskirts of Loudon. 

 Arrived at the Spread Eagle, Grace Church street, the 

 Admiral proceeded to the coach office to complain to Mr. 

 Edwards, the landlord, who was also one Ot the coach pro- 

 prietors. Both guard and coachman were summoned, and 

 severely admonished— even threatened with dismissal— 

 their previous good character alone saving them. 



I was personally acquainted with the Admiral as well as 

 Mr. Edwards, and had therefore an opportunity of ascer- 

 taining that the facts, as related tome, were correct. 1 

 may, at some future period, relate another anecdote, which 

 [ had from the lips of the former. Philip \ibeut. 



Perce, December 10th, 1876. 



[To be continued.] 



Tm; Kernel Register — We mentioned in our "Jh- 

 swers to Correspondents" recently that pedigrees for the 

 first volume of the Kennel Stud Book would only be re- 

 ceived for a fortnight longer. That, announcement was 

 rather premature as we find that while preparing those now 

 in hand others can be received and classified up to a short 

 time before the book goes to press. Owners of stud dogs 

 of acknowledged merit can have the portraits of their dogs 

 inserted in the book to face the bracketed pedigree at no 

 expense beyond the cost of the cut. 



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FOREST Cm Kennel.— We had the pleasure last week 

 of a visit from Mr. W. J. Farrar, of Cleveland, proprietor 

 of the above kennel, who informs us that the well known 

 dogs purchased by him from Dr. Goldsmith, of Vermont, 

 are all in excellent heal 1 h and condition, Carrie visited 

 Plunkel on the 30th of January. Nell was served by him 

 on February 13th. Mr. W. H, Wedsdale's (of Birming- 

 ham, O.,) hitch has also been served by Plunket. 

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Doo Poisoning.— The dog poisoners are around again. 

 Many valuable animals have recently been destroyed in the 

 vicinity of Ridgewood, Bloomficld, and Montelair, in New- 

 Jersey. The mischief is not perpetrated on any one class 

 of dogs, and is attributed to "pure cussedness" on the part 

 of some one. 



—Mr. C. S. Keller, of Washington, D. C„ writes us that 

 his setter bitch Mollie, whelped on Sunday, the. 25th ulto., 

 seven puppies to Gen. Beale's imported red Irish setter 

 Rock, four dogs and three bitches, and he claims the fol- 

 lowing names for four of them, viz Ponce Maria, Huron, 

 Hector, Danny Man, all fawn and white. 



Distemper in Maryland. — Mr. Clras. E. Coffin, in a 

 letter from Muirkirk, Prince Georges county, dated March 

 4th, says: — 



"Distemper seems to he very fatal all over the county. 

 3fy white and orange setter pup Snow, bred by Mr. W. 

 Jones, Wilmington, Del., died of it about {en days ago. 

 Mr. Odiome's pointer billies Snap mid Ginger each lost a 

 litter of pups from it, or Ihe extreme cold, iu January, and 

 last week his black pointer hitch Snap died from the ef- 

 fects of distemper. She was bred by me, being out of my 

 black bitch Meg, and was a fine dog in the field. So far 

 the litter of orange and white pups are coming on nicely, 

 and wc hope that they will escape the disease." 

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—Mr. II. B. Northcott's black and tan bitch Wrag, has 

 visited Rapp at the Forest City Kennel, Cleveland, 0. 



BEGORRAH. 



Mr. Djefft'nilerllfcr'B Bens. 



Dr. Strachari's Belle, Saltns' Dash. 



Imported from Hie , ■ . 



Duke of Devon- Saltus' Frisk. BnblriBon's 

 shire's kennel. , -> , Jock. 



Macdona's Gronse. 



Saltus" Dock. ItinckJe's 



Biriwhistle'e Tin). 



Dash. Nora. 



Begorrah is a red and white Irish setter dog. bora May, 1876. Bred by Mr. >icbo)»s Saltns, Brooklyn. 

 Owned - hy Mr.P. NopI, New York. He Is a deep red and white on breast and too.?; his head is narrow, winder* 

 lne In Ilia forehead: his ears a good length, well set on hack or the head; eyes, bluck; none, black; cheat 

 very deep; strong loins, well bent; siern carried slightly up; coat rather harsh and thick. 



Cocntess.— Mr. Dilley writes us from Lake City, Min., 

 on Feb. 28th, 1877, as follows: — 



"Mr. R. H. Gillespie having shown prior claim to the 

 name of Countess, I cheerfully surrender my right to it, 

 and my apology to him for making the claim is that my 

 bitch was whelped and named in February, 1876; that I 

 had not noticed his claim in Ihe Chicago Field of the dale 

 November 4th, 1870. Although I did not make claim until 

 December 30th, I now claim instead for her, the name of 

 "Minnesota." Please make the necessary alteration in 

 your Kennel Register, 'Saum cuique.' " 8. B. Dilley. 

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— Mr. Chas. Riley, of Albany, N. Y., claims the name 

 of Rip for his red Irish setter whelped iu July, 1876, and 

 got by Tuckerman's Don out of Gibson's Pearl. 

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— Our cut this week is an excellent portrait of Mr, Noel's 

 fine red dog Begorrah by Plunket, 



—A fine Newfoundland dog is advertised for sale in an- 

 other column. 



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—Mr. C. L. Austin's (of Boston) black pointer bitch 

 Belle recently whelped fourteen puppies by the Westmin- 

 ster Kennel Club's dog Sensation. Unfortunately the 

 bitch whelped a few days before her time and the pup- 

 pies not having their natural nourishment all died. In 

 color they were lemon and white, black, and liver and 

 white. This raises the question whether a cross between 

 a lemon and white dog and a black bitch will produce pup- 

 pies of natural (i. e. not transmitted) liver color. 

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— A harrier bitch is advertised for sale in another col] 

 ■nan. For the edification of the uniniiiated we would say 

 that the harrier is a species of hound, in point of size be 

 tween the fox-fepund and the beagle. 



