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muzzle-loading rifle was Fully tested on thy Syracuse Rifle 

 The weather was certainly not favorable for fine 

 irirtd was sweeping across the range, 

 ami besides the deep blinding Bnow made the sighting 

 difficult'; still, under these tnosl unfavorable circum- 

 Stances, the shooting \yas excellent. At one thousand 

 yards, the geofleman who Bhot this rifle male eighteen 

 bullseyes in. twenty shots. This same party added a teles- 

 cope, to the rifle, and shot at two hundred and twenty 

 yards, ten shots, string measuring, from center of bullseye 

 to center of ball, in all ?-• inches. According to the shoot- 

 ing of this new ByBtem ritie, the breech-loading men iiiuh1 

 look to their laurels nest spring. The rifles are made by 

 Messrs. Nichols & Lefevcr. G. 



Russians at the Taught,— A San Francisco corres- 

 pondent sends us the following score, made by Commander 

 V. Terentieff, of ILL R., the gunboat Gosnostai, at one 

 thousand yards, oft hand, in eighteen shots: 3, 5, 3, 4, 5, 

 5, 5, 5, 5, 5,5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4,4, 5. Total, 80 out of a possible 

 00. Five hundred yards, S, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 

 4. 4, c, 4, 5. Total, 8ti out ol possible 90, made at Smith's 

 Forest, (cillery, Ban Francisco. We were not aware that 

 they had a one thousand yard gallery, or even oue of five 

 hundred yards in San Francisco. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



The Executive Committee of the N. R. A. is preparing 

 a programme for the spring meeting, usually held in May, 

 at Creed moor. It is to be submitted at the next meeting 

 of the Board of Directors. 



The California Rifle Associatiou will hold their spring 

 meettngat San Bruno. It will probably take place during 

 the month of May. 



The Long Island Railroad Company agree te reduce the 



fares for members of the X R, A. and the National Guard 



to Creedmoor during the coming season. The charges are 



o lie reduced to thirty-five cunts a round trip, which 



is almost too good to believe. 



Gen. T. S. Dakin is greatly in f wor of inviting an Im- 

 perial team to come and shoot against us. 



The patent on the breech action of the Sharp's rifle has 



expired. 



Gen. W. E, Strong, of Chicago, is in this city. He is a 

 "crack" shot gun and long range shot, being one of the best 

 marksmen of the Dearborn range. This is the range rep 

 resented by J. A. Shaffer in the competitions for 'the se- 

 lection of the American team. 



The next annual meeting of the Irish Rifle Association 

 is proposed to be held at Dundalk. The association has 

 been offered better facilities there by the residing gentry 

 than at any other place. 



To Pkeskrve a Rabbit Skin.— Tack the skin quite as 

 tightly as you can stretch it on a board without tearing it, 

 and wash it with a solution of alum and water. Of course 

 the far side is tacked next the board, and the solution used 

 on the other side. 



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THE NEW YORK BENCH SHOW, 



It is with much pleasure that we announce a Bench 

 Show of Dogs, to be held at Gilniore's Garden (the Hippo- 

 drome), iu this city, on May 8th, 9th and 10th. The show 

 will he held under the auspices of the Westminster Kenuel 

 Club, a Committee having been appointed to attend to the 

 details, and Mr. Chas. Lincoln will act as Superintendent. 

 The prize list will he on a much lafger scale both as regards 

 the number of classes and the value of the prizes than has 

 heen customary at any show heretofore held, and all cash 

 awards will be paid iu gold coin, a capital arrangement, as 

 any gentleman having prejudices against contending for 

 money, may, if he wins, have the face of his coins planed 

 down and convert them into medals. There is no place in 

 this country, and probably in any other, which is so ad 

 mirably adapted for the purposes of a Bench Show as 

 Gilniore's Garden. The judging will be in public, and on 

 the immense band slaud iu the center of the ring, where 

 Gilniore's one hundred musicians. found room. The judges 

 have not yet been named, but the Rev. J. Ciimmiug Mac 

 douahas been invited to visit us and act asadvisoryjudge, 

 and he will probably accept. This will be particularly 

 valuable in assistiug us in establishing a standard for cer- 

 tain classes which have hitherto not received much atten- 

 tion, but which will be very fuliy represented at. the forth- 

 coming show. We allude to the St. Bernards, mastiffs, 

 etc., among the larger classes and the skyes, dandies, 

 pugs, etc., among the smaller. We commend the Hew 

 York Bench Show to our readers, and hope to see on that 

 occasion a larger gathering of sportsmen than this country 

 has ever before witnessed. English breeders have been 

 invited to compete, and it. is not improbable that we may 

 have some of the "cracks" over. The Premium lists will be 

 read}' in a few days, and can be had from this office or by 

 addressing Chas. Lincoln, P. O. Box 2,832. 



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Our junior illustra- 

 tion this week repre- 

 sents a pair of liver 

 and white cocker 

 spaniels, Captain and 

 Flora, the property of 

 Mr. M. F. McKoon, 

 of Franklin, K. Y. 

 They are "blue bloods," being bred from very tine imported 



NON-SPORTING DOGS. 



Our object in this article is to draw the attention of those 

 who are interested in the canine race, also those who would 

 like to be, and are not what are generally termed sports- 

 men, to the faithful animal— the non-gporling dog. We 

 propose, as circumstances will permit, to publish from 

 time to time the portraits of the most celebrated dogs in 

 their classes of the day, giving a short history as to breed- 

 ing and their supposed origin; also the " Club points'' as 

 they should be judged oh the show bcuch, and other inter- 

 esting matters. 



Our Register for pedigrees is open for all breeds, classes, 

 and distinctions of the canine race, so as to take the word 

 Kennel in its most comprehensive form, and not be con- ' 

 fined to the pointers and setter classes and other sporting | 

 dogs. 



There are a large number of gentlemen who arc not field J 

 shots, yet who take a great interest in and propose to pay 

 some attention to the rearing and breeding of non-sporting ' 

 dogs. During the last year wc have received quite a 

 number of letters from prominent persons, who assure us 

 that they intend to be very particular iu the selection of dogs, 

 and have asked us to give the latest information, so that they 

 canchoose the proper and most fashionable type of animal. 

 People may say, what is the object to be attained by this 

 new excitement in d»gs? We answer: fancy aud amuse- 

 ment; the latter being about the most essential thing, and 

 something which all people resident of large cities re- 

 quire. Taking the word amusement in its proper dictum, 

 it is perhaps the most satisfactory "exhilirator" of the day. 

 An old story, but nevertheless true, is that that the dog is 

 the companion of man, and we are not quite sure but 

 that the animal does not make better men of us. What 

 handsomer sight is there than a gentleman taking his 

 morning walk, accompanied by a majestic St. Bernard, a 

 noble mastiff, or a clever Newfoundland, or again, if his 

 fancy dictates, the gamiest, most beautiful and symmetri- 

 cal animal of the day— tbe fox terrier. 



The breeding, handling, and educating any of the large 

 variety, kn iwn as the terrier class, is in our opinion one 

 of the most pleasurable of recreations. Just look at the 

 wonderful endurance and intelligence of the bull terrier, 

 tbe Bedlington, the wire-haired, not forgetting tho=e 

 grand little rascals the skyes, dandies and Scotch — with 

 the couiage of tigers, and yet as diminutive as rats. 



Iu introducing this new T matter to our leaders, we shall 

 take great, pains to obtain the best and most reliable infor- 

 mation from the many canine societies of England and 

 elsewhere, and at all times will be pleased to place any of 

 our friends who anticipate purchasing dogs in corres- 

 poudence with the clubs which make an individual claws of 

 animal a specialty. 



At tbe forthcoming Bench Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, which is noticed elsewhere, fanciers of the 

 non-sporting classes will have an excellent opportunity of 

 comparing notes, as those classes will be more largety 

 represented than they ever have been before. At that 

 time a standard will also be established for this country, 

 by which fanciers can in future be guided. 



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Sleaford.— We give this week a portrait of the liver 

 and white pointer dog Sleaford, imported from Mr. White- 

 houses' kennel by the St. Louis Kennel Club. Sleaford 

 took first prize in the small pointer class at the recent 

 Birmingham Bench Show. 



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— Mr. Burdett Loomis, President of the Connecticut 

 Stock Breeders Association of Hartford, purchased while 

 on a visit to Switzerland some fine St. Bernard's. He is 

 al90 a fancier of the smooth-coated variety. 



A Rat-Terrier Catches a Wild Crow.— Many of out 

 readers will recollect the account published in this paper 

 some two years ago of a sharp little rat-terrier named 

 Joker, the property of Miss CoraE. Peirce, of "Aquadale," 

 Wenonah, N. J., the fish farm of Capt. Peirce, the South 

 Jersey fish culturist. Besides catching immense numbers 

 of mice and rats, Joker has caught several musk-rats, 

 weasels, opossums, rabbits, and stranger than all, scores of 

 large eels, plunging into the water for them, though his 

 general aversion (o wa'er is scarcely equalled by a cat. But 

 the crowning feat of this little dog was performed on Tues- 

 day, March the 5th. At Aqundale whenever a fish dies it 

 is thrown upon a compost heap near the ponds. During 

 the past winter an old crow has become emboldened by the 

 pangs of hunger, to make numerous visits daily to the com- 

 post heap to secure a meal of fresh fish. Whenever little 

 Joker saw the crow alight he would give chase. At first 

 the crow was very wil I and would generally fly out of 

 sight, but hunger finally emboldened him and after a few- 

 weeks ho would only fly lazily to some neighboring tree. 

 Joker keeping directly under him, and barking till he 

 changed base. Of late the crow would not fly till Joker 

 was within a few feet of him, and then barely keep out of 

 his reach. A crow is generally accounted a pretty good 

 calculator of distance, but this over confident specimen at 

 last miscalculated and while flying apparently about five 

 feet above ground the nimble little Joker sprang up aud 

 caught him aud shook the life out of him as quick as if ho 

 had been a rat. Miss Peirce has prized her pet dog highly 

 as being a safeguard for her chickens as against weasels, 

 and now thinks that he may be inclined to look after hawks 

 "and such." 



The Kennel Reg ister. — List of dogs whose pedigrees 

 have been enlered in the Kennel Register for the week 

 ending March 12th: — 



sEr-TEits Gipsey -Red with white. 



Otroiise-Black and white; W. B Jmaie— Blackand tf 



Duke of Orange-Red; T. A. Fo\ 



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Dash- Black and tan; J.T. Walk 

 Topsy-Black and tan; John Uilhs- 



!«n, Jr. 

 Prince-Black, tan and white; Dr. 



Henry McUlderry. 

 'Don -red; J. C. Hubagh. 

 Bertha Von Hilieru -orange and 



white; Ethan Allin. 

 Black Bess-Black; James T. Walk- 



Gwendolin— Black, tan and white; 



C. A. Cowles. 

 Tom— Black and white; J. Arthi 



Be.: be 



A. Ki 



'.e— Orange and white; Dr. C 



Kale— Orange and white; J. W 



Shulu. 

 .\n,fu[ I lodger —Red; S. .1- tlughea 

 I'iasher— Black. do. 



Nauuv -Black. do. 



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 Jocko— Blaok, tanaad white; J. 

 .engerke. 

 .. _ x— Lemon and white; do 

 Leda— White and black: J. Voa 



Lengerke. 

 Nettie— Red; J. T. Allyn. 

 iJess -or and whiteiDr. W.H.Daly. 

 Chevy-Orange and white; .1. Ar- Pedigree— Or. &, wh.; C.S.W esicoit 



thurBeebe. M ague; -Blue belton; do 



Counter— Red; II B. Vondersmith|Pairy II— Lemon belton do 



Dash— Red; L. A. Montague. I cockers. 



Irene— Red; P. II. Morris Fannie— Liver and white; J. Otis 



Kirkmau -Tan; f. D. Shaw. I Fellows. 



— We print this week the abstract of the third one 

 hundred pedigrees registered. The object of printing this 

 table is that any errors or omissions may be rectified, and 

 thus save considerable correspondence in preparing 

 Stud Book 



Ouy.— Can any of our readers supply us with informa- 

 tion regarding a dog named Guy, the property of J. H. 

 Roberts; by whom bred, color, and when whelped? We 

 have a pedigree of this dog, by Itys out of Flora, but it is 

 wanting in all the above particulars. 



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Elcho. — This grand specimen of the red Irish setter has- 

 been purchased by William Jarvis, Esq., of Claremont, 

 N. H., as a fitting mate for his Kathleen. We hope to 

 see both Elcho and Kathleen at the Hew York Bench 

 Show, and their genial owner as well. 



— The following bitches have visited the St. Louis Ken- 

 nel Club's stud dogs Demuth's Kate, to Rock, Mr, Cohau- 

 ne,s Gordon bitch aud Henry Grifflith's imported Iiisa 

 bitch Pan, II, to Erin. 



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

 Zip for his red Irish setter by Tuckerman's Don out of 

 Pearl, instead of Rip, as printed by us last week. 

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— Mr. Geo. F. McCleane, of Pittsburgh, returned from 

 Europe, on the steamer Germania, on Saturday last. Mr- 

 McCleane, while in England, purchased from G.de Lon- 

 d're Macdona, Esq., the setter bitch Pera by Blue Prince out 

 of Rhoda by Dan-Rhoda. Pera was in whelp to Mr. Mac- 

 dona's Banger, and on the voyage whelped eight puppies, 

 of which one-half are dogs. They are nearly all marked 

 like their sire, white with black about the head. One bitch 

 is all white, and to her Mr. McCleane has given the name 

 of White Star, in honor of the steamer on which she 

 whelped. Regarding Pera Mr. Macdona writes us as fol- 

 lows: — 



Liverpool, March 1st, 1S77. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



I have just seen off on board the Germanic, steamer, Mr. McCleane, ot 

 Pittsburgh, with my first prize English setier bitch Pera, due to whelp 

 to champion Ranger on March 1Kb. Should all go well, soon after lit r 

 arrival upon Amei lean soil, she ought to preeentyo your country as 

 grand a litter ot pure English setters as over were whelped, She is a 

 daughter of Mr. Laverack's Bine Prince, out of Mr. G. Lowe's Rhoda. 

 Rhoda by Mr. Statier's Field Winner Dan, (sold to Mr. Llewellin, lor 

 £ M) out of Mr. Llewcllin'e Rhoda. Mr. McClean had the option of 

 purchasing Pera or Magnet, that ran in the puppy stakes at last Field 

 Trial Derby , at the price advertised, £75, but chose to risk the bilch in 

 whelp. Champion Ranger, I am happy to inform you. Is in grand spirits 

 and streugth, aud is now in training to compete again foi the challenge 

 cup and other pnz'-s ot the ensuing Field Trials in April and May next. 

 This grand dog the hero of many a well fought figbt wilt lead his com- 

 petitors many a merry dance yet. I am yours truly, 



G. de Landre Macdona. 



—Mr. John Jackson, of Hunenbcrg, Virginia, has pre- 

 sented "Don" by Foreman Taylor's one-eyed ".- 

 Mr. TomEpps, of North Carolina. 



