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Thf. following letters were received from various roads too 

 late for reprodi i ClieJ ' i Grleal Western of 



Canada is printed for the na1e 



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wsv of Canada, ") 



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i.'.n . I] -,i 58,1817. J 



Tf-AjiSra.— Ihave to acknowledge tbi roooipt ••( your letter of the 

 SOtb instant. Ymir request as to the free transporlatie . 

 tended for exhibition at New York, when accompanied by tbeii- owners, 

 hns beau considered, and for various reasons this company will not be 

 able to moot your view*. Vans truly, K Hunrcntis, for G. K. M. 

 CBAG. LINOOI.N, Est}.. B«pt, WWtmtOBtBr Keaue! Club, Box 2,332, N. Y. 



Missouri, KAB9A8 INd TEXAS Rut/wat, 1 

 Bfc Lovis, Mo., ipril 27, 1877. ) 

 Cftcu. Lincoln, Est}., Fvpt. W«fl r.u-A- £r?ic'» Show far Dags, Who Tori; 



DkabSib.— Tour esteemed communication nf the 13th Instant would 

 have received attention sooner, but 1 have beou absent on a long trip 



through Texas; !i.;.ti 

 only given me an opportu 



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Kansas & Texas— will Iran 



In : 



siting : 



and ebo 



I y'OUll 

 to know that 

 tbe Missduri, 



by their own- 

 gi-Htvt Etonoll 

 nportBLnen of 

 tbe people of 



- ers, or pro] - pers. - n .''.'■■.,:■., 

 Show to take plaor. in N»v, V.-.i': :-.-■, mrnm 

 the Southwest will turnout in goodly numb. 

 your good city that they nro out far behind y 

 the dog and. gun better than J, and I lake a deep Interest in yoi 

 work. BeafeotluUy, Jas. D. Browm, 



i i i -ii era! Passenger Agent M. K k T. Railway. 



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New York Cenijial & Hvnso* Rrren E. B. Co., ) 



Office or Ons. Pass . Agent, Gkand Central Depot, } 

 Nr.w YoKIt, April 10, 1B78. ) 

 Chat. Lincoln, Esq., Supl. Westmintttr K'nnd Club. 



Mx Df.ab Sia.— I wrote Dr. W. S. Webb, March 15th and 19th. saying 

 there was bo charge on tho road for transportation of dogs when ao- 

 companled by owners with regular passage tickets. Tours truly, 



O. B. Meexeb, 

 General PassBnger Agent. 



Ohioaoo, Milwaukee! 4 St. Pacx Batlway. ) 

 GER'r> Baggage Agent's Office, V 



Milwaukee, Deo. 1,1876. ) 

 funeral Order to Train Baggagemen, 

 lit. No Train Baggageman will demand or receive pay from Passen- 

 gers for tho carriage, or care of their Baggage or Extras. 



id. No Train Baggageman will demand compensation for tho oarriago 

 or caro of a Dog or Gun belonging to a Passenger, nor refuse to receive 

 same on request of owner or person in charge ; suoh owner or person 

 in charge being at the time n Passenger on this road. 

 3d. General order of Nov. 16th is rescinded. 



D, M, OHBtSTTE, 



General Baggage Agent. 

 A. V. H. Oarfekteb, 

 ^pprnuai, Gen'l. Past, and Ticket Agent. 



B, S. Mkbbiu,, 



General Manager. 





IMPORTED GORDON SETTER BITCH, LOU. 



Rover.— We have reproduced from the London Meld the 

 portrait, of Mr. Maedona's red Irish setter, Rover, own 

 brother to Pluuket. We landed Rover from the. steamer on 

 Monday, and. are fain to say that he comes nearer toonr idea 

 of what, an Irish setter should be, barring perhaps the white 

 on his breast, than any dog we have seen. He is much larger 

 than Plunket, with immense bone and power. Tho word 

 " grand " expresses his general appearance better than any 

 other. His bead is simply perfect. Any gentleman who de- 

 sires to see Rover before "the. show commences can obtain 

 permits from Mr. Tileston at this office. 



Lou. — One of our illustrations this week is a portrait of 

 Mr. W. M. Tileston's imported Gordon setter bitch Lou, 

 drawn by Mr. Runge (the artist who drew the dogs in the 

 article' in the April number of Scribner's Magazine), and en- 

 graved by Mr. McDonald. Lou was brought to this country 

 when a puppy by Mr. H. N. Munn, who purchased her at 

 Buxton, near the aeat of the Duke of Devonshire, from a 

 former footman of tho Duke's, with whom her dam had been 

 placed to whelp. Lou was sired by Dr. Turner's Prince. 

 Sir. G. Lowe, Secretary to the Kennel Club, has written to 



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MR MACDONA'S RED IRISH SETTER, ROVER. 



Mr. Tileston that he will shortly send her complete pedi- 

 gree over. With the exception of her head, which is a trifle 

 short, Lou is probably as fine a specimen of the black and 

 tan Gordon as can be found in the country. Her last litter 

 all dogs, sired by Squire Smith's Monarch, turned out re- 

 markably well. She whelped again on the 1st inst. fonr 

 dogs and five bitches, all black and tan without any white, 

 and sired by Mi-. Marble's Grouse. Lou has been exhibited 

 fonr times, winning first prize at Springfield, Genesee 

 imd Baltimore, and the empty honor of a Centennial 

 medal. 



A Challenge.— Mr. L. H. Smith of Stratbroy, Canada, has 

 published the following challenge in the Chicago Field : 



I will show at the Westminster Kennel Club Bench Show, at Gilmoro*s 

 Garden, New York, on tho 8th, 9th, and 10th of May next, three braces 

 of English sctUrs of the Field Trial and Laveraok breedB from my 

 kennel against the same number of nalive English setters, to be se- 

 lected by tho acceptor of this challenge from the native English setter 

 benches; no dogs having any Field Trial or Laveraok blood In them 

 to be allowed to competo on the native side. 



I will name my dogs before any judging is done at tho show, and the 

 acceptor of this challenge must do the same. Should one or more of 

 my dogs bo out of condition or not be at tho show, I claim the priv- 

 ilege of making up the number of the same blood and breeds at the 

 show. 



I will make this match for a pieoe of plate or any trophy the winnor 

 chooses to select, to cost $100 gold, to bo paid for by the loser. Tho 

 dogs to be judged collectively and by tho same judge or judges as may 

 be selected to judge the English setter class at tho show; and for fear, 

 Mr. Editor, that I may be put down as another blue blood blatant, I 

 accompany thiB challenge with the needful $100 in gold, the acceptor 

 to cover it with a like amount, and place it in your hands. Tho winner 

 to rooeive back his money; and the trophy which shall bear a suitable 

 inscription. This challenge to stand open till May 1st. 1877. 



L, H. SMITH. 



Why Mr. Smith should have selected that paper in which 

 to make his challenge we are at a loss to imagine; but, how- 

 ever, by some lncky chance, it mot the eye of Mr. 

 Theodore Morford of Newton, New Jersey, who, notwith- 

 standing the shortness of the time, has duly accepted the 

 challenge and forwarded a deposit of $100 in gold to cover 

 Mr. Smith's. This is a veritable trial of native against im- 

 ported. ^ 



St. Bernards.— Through the oourtesyof the Faneiei'g G#- 



zellx we are enabled to present our readers this week with 

 portraits of two line St. Bernards, Monk and Hedwig I1X 

 Monk is ft son of Mr. Macduua's Tifier, the winner of tho 

 first prize at. Crystal Palace, 1874. His mother was imported 

 from tho Alps" "Hedwig III" emu.' from Mr. Maedona's 

 kennel; she is from the purest . prize blood ; a descendant of 

 ..Tell." 



(Rn\othcr i'f«r ,el85). 



