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FOREST AND "STREAM. 



IUOUth 



grains of the 

 grains more, 

 ■ liini another 



following i3 i 1 under chaira etc., and during the 



night was again restless. Tie- third day was worse, and on an 

 old and intimate friend snapping his lingers at him lie jumped 

 and tore his rest. I now chained him securelyin a horse stall 



in the Stable and barricaded the stall. Convulsion- i i 



ou the latter part of the fifth day, and he hung himself across 

 the partition of the stall the morning of the sixth day. This 

 dog had pups horn to him on the 37th of June following, and, 

 so far as we knew, developed the disease spontann - ■ 



In August, 1868, a little mongrel Mack and Ian dog a me ll 



my office and seized a tine, well-trained setter dog I had lying 



under a settee and hit him in the nose. I was nearly sure' the 



cur was rabid and followed him around a block, when a num- 



; mally killed him. Mydog 



was scratched a little iutlie bulb of the nose, being saved from 

 a more severe wound by a wire muzzle. 1 washed tie- nose 

 with a solution of chlorid of ammonia, also wiped him all oyer 

 with the same, and gave him internal prophylactic treatment, 

 aial kept him well muzzled. In October, seven weeks after. I 

 noticed the symptoms. On the third day the symptom 

 so manifest that I concluded to shoot him, and Took him down 

 to the meadows with that intent. On letting him loose hi ll 

 once struck out for a hunt, and in five minutes made as line a 

 point on an English snipe as a man Ever saw. I shot at and 

 missed the snipe, took the dog home, cleared out a bed-room, 

 put downa heavy doubled rag carpet lor him lo lie on. chained 

 him to an old settee frame and concluded I would be sure la- 

 had rabies, but on the morning of the fifth day of tin- disease 

 he had a convulsion. Afier' the convulsion, though he was 

 obedient to me, he exhibited signs of derangement .and would 

 have bitten a stranger without doubt. 1 killed him with 

 strichuine. And this killing wit li slrichuiue developed a fact 

 that 1 had not before observed and that was, that the dog did 

 not swallow at all at this stage of the disease. At command 

 he came the length of his chain, and took it 

 Hat piece of iron, on which I placed 1e 

 drug; in twenty minutes I gave 

 and after again 'waiting twenty minutes I g 

 fifteen grains, and from the lime he took the first dose he lived 

 two hours, seeming to grow better under the influence of 

 the poison until within a few seconds of Ids dealh. The drug 

 was good, and after death the dog's tongue and 

 mouth were white with it. 



Mild dispositioned dogs that have a master to Whom they ore 

 greatly attached will often warn them of their danger by 

 snapping short— their masters being the last things they will 

 respi and they will often exhibit a regard for them until 

 neerrlyunconscioiiB. They are not very much inclined to attack 

 ■;-on> in the street if undisturbed. Dogs in the 

 ,,., stage ol rallies exhibit their likes and dislikes • will bite 

 one person and not another : will go some distance - rol rji 1 1 j - ■ i ; 

 way to bite one animal and not another. Their sem 

 continues until tin. 1 disease is far advanced. Persoi 

 dogs should secure them on observing the feverish sn 

 ing of the kernels or glands in the throat, sliorj lot 

 drooping of the head and tail, and easy disposition 

 noyed by the buzzing and sight of Hies ; and when I hey become 

 n il - tuni Ha' saliva begins to tlow no time should be lost in 

 destroying them, as delays are dangerous. There is no season 

 of the year, or climate, where dogs arc exempt from 



■I and lam told in Hudson's Bay, in mid-winter, the fin- 

 hunters are annoyed with their dogs becoming rabid. The 

 dogs used there are large and intelligent animals, and not in- 

 clined to bite those with whom they are acquainted until the 

 disease is well developed. la this 'climate- there is very little 

 difference in the number of the .n-.i ,-.,.. e ;iii : , ej.-',-.,., ,- 

 the seasons. The impression lm- _ i, i broad thai more ocx-m- 

 in summer; but the records of actual eases where pel 

 animals have been bitten and developed the disease, will give 

 the preponderance to cool weather Straight Bom:. 



c of smell 

 is owning 

 tell, swcll- 

 , languor, 



THE WEBSTER SETTERS. 



■\Ve print with pleasure the following letter from our old 

 friend, Ethan Alliu, regarding the Webster setters. Perhaps 

 another valued Connecticut correspondent, " Scuex," can 

 throw further light on the subject : 



Pom ■titT Cexikb, .May 2$, 1877. 

 Editor Fobest and Stkkam : 



In the issue of the Forest and STREAM of the 10th of May 

 I notice a letter from George YV. Blunt, in regard to the 'Web- 

 ster setters, Rake and Pachel.in which bespeaks of them in 

 glowing terms as something superior and desirable. Nowy 

 what 1 have to say is all in reference tu RacheL Rli 



ugh the shooting seaso 

 iiiundance of OppOJ mi" 



-"li ick and ruffed grot 

 Idaat here. The 



A prut 



tie, that 

 by the 



my possession through the shooting season of 1S47 

 M1848. I had abundance of opportunity to test he 



field on q 

 game were then ; 



Mr. Blunt uses, 1 can appreciate; but what he 

 term steadier, as applied to Rachel, 1 cannot fully under- 

 stand, unless it is that she hunts diligently, with nose raking 

 thfi ground, and steadily flushes each and every bird she is for- 

 um hi- enough to find, without showing the least inclination 

 to point them. 1 never saw her make" but one point during 

 her stay with me, and that one on a bevy of quail, when she 

 stopped, and gave a long, anxious took before springing iu on 

 them, lean imagine a well-bred setter becoming unsteady by 

 bad usage, but 1 never saw what was originally a lirst-elass 

 dog, however badly he had been managed," but that would oc- 

 forget his wildness and make a staunch point. 1 

 have seen plenty of fox hounds, without a drop of either 

 pointei Dr »ttei blood in them, that would make more de- 

 cided points than Rachel, and make them oftener on quails 

 than she woidd. 



Either Mr. Blunt is not well posted on the requisites of a 

 good setter, or else Rachel must have deteriorated rapidly 

 after she left him. 



I bred Rachel to a steady, staunch dog, and her progeny 

 did not compare with the, sire, and not until the second or 

 third laoss did her stock prove of any value. We had then 

 several native setters far anead of either her or her progeny. My 

 present kennel has a slight admixture of her blood, but I do 

 not attribute any of their good qualities to the Webster cross. 

 1 go in for first-class field totalities, and if a dog does not pos- 

 sess these qualities, it. matters not by what titled nobleman he 

 was bred ur how ancient his pedigree. 1 want none of hi* 



bbiud. li is i h t hi get up a reputation on paper than 



in the field. The former may have a short run, but the latter 

 is of tin- only public value. Thirty years is a long time to 

 look buck on, and very few arc now living: that can testify to 

 the field qualities of the original Webster dogs. Yet, I am so 

 fortunate as to be able to prove the above assertion 

 witness. Ethan Axjjn. 



ENGLISH SPORTING AND KENNEL 

 NOTES. 



FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. 



SINCE I sent you an account of the large and excellent 

 bench show held in the Scottish capita], we have had a 

 busy time of it on thisside the "herring pond," about a dozen 

 shows, a good many of them importanl ones of 300 to 400 en- 

 tries, have been numbered with the past. Add to this our an- 

 nual setter and pointer field trials at Shrewsbury and 

 under the auspices of the Kennel Club at. Horseheath, Cam- 

 bridgeshire, and it will be seen there has been no idle time for 

 exhibitors, breakers, judges or reporters, and the sporting 

 British public have had their choice of treats. 



As 1 think it more than likely that some one of the numer- 

 ous friends of Forest ,\.nd Stream more capable than I am 

 have already sent you an account of the field trials, I will con- 

 fine myself to brief remarks of a general character I 

 them. 



These two sets of trials are conducted in different places 

 which has caused and stilll causes much wordy war. 



The Kennel Club adopts the plan of running in heats or 

 rounds as in coursing. This plan is staunchly advocated by 

 numbers of sound practical sportsmen, who argue that it is 

 in the highest degree improbable that a faulty, imperfectly 

 trained dog, or one indifferent in nose, range and style, 

 should get through a stake undefeated. No doubt this is 

 true as far as it goes, but at best it is but a one-sided view of 

 the question, for, on the other hand, the two best in the 

 stakes maybe drawn against one another in the first round, 

 when, as a matter of course, one — and through ill luck it 

 may be the best — is at once Tion tie combat, f remember a 

 notable instance of this at a Waterloo coursing meeting, 

 where Bendimeu and Bed of Stone, both public favorites for 

 the cup, were the first couple drawn, and ran there unde- 

 cided, when the noble owner of Beudimen drew him in favor 

 of the little bitch ; and at Horseheath we had a glaring in- 

 stance of the injustice of this rule, where Mr. It. Purcell 

 Llewellyn's Norma, a first-class puppy that ran up to Banger 

 at Shrewsbury the week before, was, with Ranger, the first 

 brace down, and her chance put out in a trial in which both 

 performed well under the great disadvantage of little or no 

 scent. Now, under the system on which the dogs arc rim at. 

 the Shrewsbury trials, Norma's chance would not have hee-u 

 put out. She would have been put down again with another 

 competitor, and if she performed well might possibly again 

 have been run with Danger, At Shrewsbury' the dogs' 

 merits tire reckoned on a scale of points originally drawn up 

 by Mr. Erailsford, and are as follows: Pace and range, 20; 

 obedience, 20; style in hunting, 15; merit, in backing, 10; 

 game finding, 20 style, in pointing, 15; total, 100, and the 

 winning dogs are placed in the order merited by their average 

 performance, for instance, if a dbg has run three times, 

 making totals of 70, 80 and 90 points, he would be credited 

 with 80 points. This system, too, has the advantage of per- 

 mitting the judges to call out and run together any brace 

 whose individual performances have been so near that it is 

 desirable to pit them against each other, the better lo com- 

 pare their style and general merits. 



Of dog shows, as I have already observed, we have had 

 quite a platter, and it would be wearisome to more than briefly 

 refer to the principal feature of the best. Swindon is anew- 

 aspirant to lame, but the Wiltshirotown promises to become 

 popular. Although we have been at the game of dog show- 

 ing for many years in this country, we are still a long way 

 from perfect ; and it is very noticeable that whenever a show 

 is started in a neighborhood new to it, a large proportion of 

 rubbish makes its appearance, until the owners -of the mon- 

 grels learn, by repeated failure, thai, it is needless to show- 

 half breed curs— and many of them very wisely go iufor good 

 ones, finding them quite as easy to keep and much more cred- 

 itable companions. 



Thus, at, Swindon, one-half the exhibits were utterly worth- 

 less ; but Swindon is in its infancy, anil will do better— even 

 now we had such an array of bloodhounds as, I venture to 

 say, was not to bo seen at the great international at New 

 York. The winner here ( Rival) is by the famous Regent, out 

 of Sylvia. As in all good dogs of the breed, his splendid 

 head attracts the eye and commands our admiration ; his high, 

 domed skull, deep jaws and capacious nose; his thin, deep 

 flews banging down below the under jaw, while round the 

 deep set eye the plentiful supply of loose skin lies in wrinkles ; 

 and 1he long, thin cars and abundant dewlaps fall far below 

 his ample throat like folds of gracefully arranged drapery. 



Hival is not, you must understand, our best bloodhound ; 

 he would not stand a chance with Brutus, Rollo and others. 

 Still he is a good one, and his head, although truly grand, is 

 not to lie compared with that of Mr. Kay's St. Hubert, so ex- 

 cellently portrayed by Mr. Baker, the artist in The Fidd of 

 May 12. St. Hubert's head far surpasses that of any blood- 

 hood I have seen. It is simply magnificent 



Wolverhampton, situated in the heart of the "black coun- 

 try"— as the mining districts of South Staffordshire is called— 

 is a very old anil favorite show, and one of the best managed 

 ones we have; but there was an unaccountable falling off. 

 both in numbers and quality, this year. Above all thing's visi- 

 tors were disappointed by and could scarcely realize the fact 

 that there was only t 

 bull terriers— the latti 

 the locality. Jim 1 li 

 few others being the : 

 and from them have « 

 tors, Princeses, etc. ; 

 incomplete without 1 

 box. The fighting dog, poi 

 enough bull dog I 

 much, or the truncated muz 

 punishing powers. The gre 

 and ironworkers in these dogs is shown iu an exaggerated 

 fashion in the story of the Dudley man who went to tlornal, a 

 neighboring village, to inform his brother of the death of their 

 mother, when he saluted him with "Ah, Bill, fond woman's 

 de-cad." And then, as a happier and more important thought 

 flashed across his mind, he added, "An', by gosh, lad, bitch 

 has whelped nine on 'em, and ne'er a Dudley faced un." It is 

 not thai dog lighting has ceased that there was a paucity of bull 

 terriers at Wolverhampton : but the fact is the show is so much 

 more carefully bred and reared, and, consequently, bo much 



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common lot of 



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 success! 



Rihtmi, 

 uf breet 



Mi 

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Godlree and a 

 Of this variety, 



an 



iled the 



whole a 



mi; 



Of Fusses, Vie- 





r, the Staffordshire miner is 

 ind he must have one that can 

 •xcellence, is the terrier— with 

 gc and endurance, and not too 

 ie appears and destroys their 

 2st taken by the miners 



handsomer, the aui mill used in this deb 



no chance with him in the ring. Our show hull tea 



rting in courage, hut rather too full of it, and 

 i . of th in are uncertain in temper. 



Among other special clubs lately formed here I may name 

 the Bull Dog Club, the Daudie Dimnonl Terrier Club (of 

 which 1 have the honor to be oue of the secretaries :. the Skve 

 Terrier Club, and last, though not least, the Fox Terrier 

 Club. These have been each and all called into existent 

 the highly unsatisfactory awards of prizes, each judge doing 

 what seemed right in his own eyes, and consequently indulg- 

 ing in absurd vagaries and contradicting each other and them 

 selves after the most approved fashion. To remedy this evil 

 these clubs have drawn up a standard of excellence and valua- 

 tion of the several points of the breed they take under their 

 protection, and as the club's description and points may in- 

 terest American readers I give it. 



This club held a special show of fox terriers in London on 

 the 2d and 3d of May, when over 800 of I he best of the breed 

 in the world competed, and Ihe whole affair was a sreat suc- 

 cess, the grand challenge cub, a truly magnificent trophy of 

 great artistic merit, executed by Elkington & Co., being won 

 by Mr. Benbidge's uuapproached Nettle. This cup is of £50 

 value, and will become the absolute property of the fortunate 

 exhibitor who wins it five times. 



Our great summer show- will not be held at the Crystal 

 Palace this year, but a month later than usual — that is, the 



first week in Jury— at the Agricultural Hall, late th ol 



the match between the American pedestrians, O'Leary and 

 Weston. It is sure to be a large affair, but it will not, be so 

 popular with our country cousins, who are large supporters of 

 our London shows, and who glory in a week iu that nearest 

 approach to fairy land, the Palace of Crystal and its beauti- 

 ful grounds. 



In concluding this rambling letter permit me to say that I 

 will be pleased to give information through y T our columns to 

 any of your dog clubs, or on any subject connected with ken- 

 nel matters which lies in my power, and my facilities for 

 gaining information are great" as I am in constant communi- 

 cation with a great majority of otil most noted breeders and 

 exhibitors. 



Permit me to say there has been a widespread feeling of re- 

 gret among English exhibitors that the short announcement 

 of the International Show at, New York did not permit them 

 to send specimens, and 1 feel certain that should a great inter- 

 national show be held next year, and transit facilitic. 

 it would be largely supported from this country. H. D. 



The Providence Dog Show.— The following is a list of 

 the prizewinners at the dog show held in Providence last week. 

 Mr. Tilestou judged all classes. 



Providence Bench Snow.— Repobt of the J took. — 



Glass 1.— Champion English setters— No entries. 



Champion Irish setters— Thomas Adcock, the only 



entry. 



Glass :!.— Champion Gordon setters— No entries. 



Class 4. — Champion pointers-Isaac Campbell, the only en- 

 try. 



Glass 5. — Imported English sellers or their progeny of fchfl 

 first generation*— No entries. 



C&wr6.— Native English sellers —11 G. M. Randall, 1st 

 prize: 45, T. it. Hedlc-y, 2d prize- 41', Win. Tubman, high- 

 ly commended, Bitches— 20. T. Aldrich, fst prize: 31, \V. 

 If. Wales. 2d prize. Puppies— Wm. Tallm.m, best dog pup- 

 py; Win. Tollman, best bitch puppy. 



Clam 7. —Imported reel or red and* white setters ortheirpivi. 

 geny — 49, C. A. Davis, 1st prize; SI Johu Sec, 2d prize p60, 

 Thos. Adcock, very highly commended. Bitches- S) 

 Smith, 1st prize; puppies"— 1110, (I. W. Ur, 1st prize."' 



Glass &.— Native red or red and white setters— 54, W. II. 

 Sheldon, 1st prize; 50, P. E. Day,' 2d prize. Bftl 

 L. H. Cutler, 1st prize. 



Class 9. Black and Tan, or Black, Tan and WMti 

 Setters— No awards made. Bitches— W. Tallmau, 1st prize ; 

 Frank Gay, 2d prize. 



GbUS l6. -Pointers over 50 pounds weight— 20, W, W. 

 Austin, 1st prize; 15, Gordon Bold, 2d prize-. 8, II. C. Rus- 

 sell, very highly commended; M, Frank Carpenter, highly 

 commended- 13, C. E. Hart, highly commended; 11, A. L 

 Mason, highly commended; 10, T. Aldrich, highly com- 

 mended. Bitches— R. Eaves, 1st prize.: 2, H. ft. Gardner, 

 2d prize. 



Glass 11.— Pointers under 50 pounds— Dogs, no entries. 

 Bitches— 10, W. T. Start, Isl prize; -^ .}_ \\. Cox, 3d prize, 



( 'lass 12.— Pointer puppies. 28, It. Finder, prize for best 

 Dog Puppy. 



Glass 13.— Retrieving and Field Spaniels, other than pure 

 Irish. 2. Arthur Gardner. 1st prize; (HI, Thomas Miller, 2d 

 prize. 



Gltmli. Cocker Spaniels. E. W- Davis, 1st prize. T. 

 Aldrich, 2d prize. 



Glass 15.— Fox Hounds- 75, Charles Burlingame, 1st prize. 



Glass 17. — Mastiffs — E. Carririgion, Jr., 1st prize. 



Glass IS. -St. Bernards— C. D. Wiepcr, 1st prize. 



-Newfoundland— 3. Clancy, 1st prize. 90— Win. 

 Clancy, 2d prize. 



O&ss 20. — Coach Dogs. — Joshua Iloylc, 1st prize; D. Cur- 

 ran, 2d prize. 



Glass 81.— Scotch Collies.— 114.— I . W. Snow, 1st prize; 

 115— J'. Hoyle, 2d Prize.- 



Clam 24.— Skyc Terriers.— W. B. Mathewson, 1st, prize. 



Class 25. — Yorkshire Terriers.— E. F Hiiger, 1st pri* 

 Gordon, 2d prize. 



Glass 28.— Bull Terriers.— 12S— Mrs. L. A. Davis, 1st prize ; 

 132, Josh Hovle, 2d prize. 



MiscEiXANF.or.- Duo.-.— The judge suggests thai 

 given to this class be divided between Mr. H. Phillips, for his 

 remarkably fine greyhound, Rover; Mr. James T. Potter, Cor 

 his Japanese bitch, Bijou; and Mr. A. J. Hopkins, for his 

 greyhound, Ned. 



Sreciax Phizes. 



The Smith & Wesson revolver, presented for the ileal 

 tcr in the show, is awarded to the red Irish setter Limerick, 

 owned by C. A, Davis. The fly rod, for Hie- best pointer, is 

 awarded to Dan, owned by W. "W. Austin. 



' prominent sale made is that of the Irish Better 

 Limerick, owned by H. A. Davis, to a n embei of ihe West- 

 minster Kennel Club, of New York, for $300. Lite 

 be sent to Syracuse, N. \". Air. Grant, ol the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, offered $500 for Mrs. L. A. Davis' thoroughbred 

 English bull terrier (Goldsmith stock), hut the dog was "not 

 for sale." Ned, the St. Beruard-Newfouodlai Ldi 

 by the Adams Express Company, who is only thiii 

 old, is a very valuable dog. He weighs 160 pounds, ami is of 



