FOREST AND STREAM. 



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gS Field TbiAxs.— It is conceded" tjy all that this 

 journal was the first newspaper in the United States to call tiie 

 attention of the sportsmen of this country to the splendid and 

 , --port of dog field trials. 



The letter that will he found below, headed "Honor to 

 whom honor is due," is all very proper as far as it goes. We 

 do not wish for a moment to take' away from that clever sports- 

 man, Capt. Lightburne, ol Memphis, any of bis hard-earned 

 honors, in carrying out in a practical manner the. instructions 

 laid down by this journal as regards field trials, and that we 

 M i given ti 1111 repeated credit for the same, the former issues 

 of this paper will thoroughly testify. Pardon us, hut Capt, 

 Lightburne did not propose field trials in the State of Tennes- 

 see. He carried out the data given to him in the. most 6xemp 1 

 Jury and sportsman-like manner, but the projumtwn came from 

 this paper (see " V. & S..," page 136), which is further proved 

 by a letter in our hands from Capt. Lightburne, asking for 

 detailed advice, information and papers as to how field trials 

 were worked and organized, which numerous documents w T e 

 willingly sent him. 



It is also an error to suppose that Mr. Horsfall " revised and 

 remodeled" the English rules, as they were altered in this of- 

 fice ; and the State Sportsman's Association and other private 

 matches ran all the dogs under the "P. &S." rules. It is due 

 to Mr. Horsfall to say that, with his kind co-operation and 

 masterly activity, a great deal of the practical work was put 

 to sound use in the field. It is again a mistake to state tbat 

 the kennel editor of the then Chicago FiihU li^li) had very 

 much 10 do with field trials, as he published editorial after edi- 

 torial in direct opposition to setters retrieving, which editorials 

 called forth letters from Capt. Lightburne and other gentle- 

 men, staling that they did not indorse the editor's views. 



It was in October, 1873, that we first published an account 

 of a dog field trial. Since that time column after column of 

 this journal has been devoted to agitating and bringing about 

 this sport, and giving all information we possessed to our 

 readers, so as to demonstrate, if possible, the fact which is the 

 better, pointers or setters of a club. State or United Stati 

 At that time we did not. spare labor, trouble or expense in car- 

 rying out: this interesting sport ; but, in order to familiarize the 

 public with these novel narrations, we lithographed and photo- 

 graphed 1,000 pairs of the champion pointer Belle — also 

 printed the points, laws, etc. — which portraits and papers 

 were cased and sent free to every newspaper in the United 

 States and Canada having a circulation of over 5,000 copies. 

 For all of the above facts see the records in FoBBffr and 

 Stream: Vol. 1, pages 100, 396, 313, SIT, 'M 860,377,392, 

 39-1,410, Vol.11, 0, 20,41, 43,53,71, 134,130, 15-1, 197, 

 214. 233. 



We here repeat thai it was through the influence of Capt. 

 John M. Taylor that, dog field sports were originated, first 

 brought about, or " inilated" in this country ; therefore, we 

 think that we were not in error in claiming for this journal 

 the honor of having introduced them to the public. 



"HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE." 



Dear Forest— While I acknowledge, and Hie world accepts, your 

 facile ja^wcjisin sporting news, yet you, like manj others, sometimes 

 getastray. Tlm.-iy. 1 iiot!6e in your issue of Jane 21 thatypu Have done 

 Beveral of our MemphlB gentlemen quite an injustice, in a-sumiug 

 something that does not rightfully licloug to you. I refer to your notice 

 of 11 paragraph-clip from the llural Sun, Nashville, relative to Tennes- 

 see Field Trials. In your notice you say.' tarongl ittiein nceol 



Cain. .Hi". M. Taylor. ii> • - J"' 1 T. ' l " ,_li " ■''tin-; : '. .U- Tm- 



neWo Field Trials were initialed. In In- issi-rion y,« are ^-t-jiiv 



i.eneli >liiiw and Held trials, and through his indomitable nu 1. in- '' ■01- 

 gablB energy, and the assistance of one or two fn- D Bforsfal 



aii'U.W. Alley, he. initiated and carried ttrou rtne Best 



bench show ol dogs ever held ill Tennessee, and the t.rsi a eld trial of 

 dog ever held iii America under an organized hody. "The 1 enneBSi e 

 state Sportsman Association" ami even t.ins association Hire frame.l 



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:ed 



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man a.ny other person, ao 

 remodeled the English rem 

 .11,.,. M. Taylor. Capt. bit 

 English rules, and wrote li 

 also, at the same time, givi 

 was going 011 and what wa 

 Capt. Taylor very prompt 

 hearty support 111 tin- ma 

 The Rural Sun commits 



Mr. Sin 



vised ar 

 1 by Cap 



ill error by claiming that the Tennessee lie 

 Is stale live years ago. The lirsl trial a 

 d the prize lor best seller or pointer w- 

 Knight. Tour subscriber, had a good or 



A Vn ri -1 '■ : 



Tokomto Doo and Brno Snow,— We arc in possession ol 

 very full notes of this exhibition, but the late hour of their ar- 

 rival precludes giving other than a mere synopsis. The open- 

 Log on July -lib was a decided success, though the second day 

 was the best. The Secretary of the Association says: 



"Uui success has been beyond all our expectations, and I 

 have no hesitation in saying that: il was mainly due to the 

 valuable assistance- of Mr. Cbas. Lincoln, lb: has labored 

 must assiduously from the day he arrived in our city, and we 

 are quite unable to express our grat.il tide to him. Our Ex- 

 hibition building was perfect in every particular, and from 

 what Mr. Lincoln tells us will more lhau favorably compare 

 with most buildings used lor the same purpose in p Itu ;i 



"I fear that the promoters will have to pay somewhat, 

 dearly for the imitation, but that is trilling in comparison 

 with the great good it is sure to do. Already gentlemen are 



discussing the propriety of at 5 starting an association, and 



11 ace mould follow the endeavor you may look for a 

 m i' '-■. In fore long. As a lover of sport 

 and sporting dogs 1 sincerely hope toy expectations may be 

 gratified. 



The results of Wednesday's judging are as follows 1 



lettera— lBt, T W Jackson, Chatham; 2d, J C Lander 

 Yorliville . highly commended, HVincsnt Merefl.tb, London. 



English Setter Puppies— 1st, E H (.Ml man, Detroit. 



Judges-Stephen Howard. Christopher Ttohinson. Q C ; Edward 

 0. Jones, Clarkson Jones, Toronto; Charles Lincoln, Detroit. 



Irish Bettors— 1st, Cap: l'rince, Toronto; 2d, Robert Se-well, 

 Toronto; highly commended, John Bo we, Jos Brent, Toronto, 

 very highly commended, Stephen Howard, Toronto; Bertram Spen- 

 cer, Gueiph: James Kennedy, Toronto. 



Irish Wetter Puppies— 1st. D C Plumb, Toronto; highly com- 

 mended, E Langdon Willis, Gait ; Stephen Howard, Toronto. 



Judges— Christopher Kobinson, (J C ; Edward O Jones, Clark- 

 son Jones. Charles Lincoln. 



Gordon Setters— 1st, J D Thompson, Toronto; 2d, Clarkson 

 Jones, Toronto. 



Gordon Setter Puppies— 1st, Clarkson Jones, Toronto. 



Judges — Christopher liobinson, Q. C, Stephen Howard, Charles 

 Lincoln. 



Pointers— 1st, George Hare. Toronto : 2d, James Chandler, Tor- 

 onto ; highly oommended, J McCowey, Toronto. 



Pointer puppies — 1st, W C Beddome, Toronto; highly oom- 

 mended, YV C lioss, Toronto. 



Judgen— Stephen Howard. Christopher Bobinson, Q C, Edward 

 C Jones, Clarkson Jones. Charles Lincoln. 



Chesapeake Bay Dogs— 1st, E II Cullman, Detroit. 



Same judgos. 



Tuesday morning the judging and awarding of prizes was 

 completed. 



Water Spaniels— 1st, Bridget, Big Point Kennel Clnb, Chatham ; 

 2d, Dash, James Underwood, Toronto ; highly commended, Bowdy, 

 D Walker, Toronto; Nell, James Kennedy, Toronto. 



Judges — Messrs. Stephen Howard, E C Jones, Clarkson Jones 

 and Charles Lincoln. 



Cocker Spaniels— 1st, Adolina Patti, E K Cilliman, Detroit; 2d. 

 ltose, L H Kobertson, Toronto ; highly commended, Jeff. J Bich- 

 mond, Qnoeu's Hotel { Twopenny, W A Phippa, Toronto ; Cob, A 

 W Smith, Toronto. Mr Laltimer, of Toronto, entered Jtover, a 

 beautiful cockor spaniel, in the wrong class, the mistake being dis- 

 covered too late to be rectified. 



Field Spaniel— (Clumbers, Sussex, ete)— 1st, Duke, B dc JIanin, 

 YVoaton. 



Judges— Same as last. 



Fox Hounds— 1st, Jewol, A Purse, Toronto : 2d, Major, J S Mer- 

 edith, Gait; highly commended— Biugwood, A Purse, Toronto. 

 Same judges. 



Fox L'en iers -1st, Vic. Jas M Forsyth, Kingston ; 2d, Tip, Gam- 

 ble Geddea, Toronto : very highly oommended— Sting. John Halh- 

 gan, Torouto ; Beauty, YV ft Mi figays, Kingston; Vic, John Mar- 

 shall. Markham ; no name, Capt. Grant, Government House, Tor- 



Greyhounae— 1st, Clumo, W B Butler, Toronto ; 2d, Jeff Davis. 

 ilisH M J Me.N'ahh, Toronto: highly commended— Little Nell, H 

 Piper, Toronto ; Phantom, E C Kerr, Hamilton. Judges same. 



Scotch Deerhouiids — let, Lyall, B P Palmer, Consolidated Bank, 

 Torouto. Judges same. 



NOX-Sr-OROINC, CLASSES. 



Mastiffs— 1st, Lion, J Timms, Toronto. 

 St. Bernards— 1st. Major GE Cooper, Toronto. 

 Newfoundland— 1st, Lion, John W West, Toronto; 2d, Fannv, 

 Cool Burgess, Toronto. 



Dalmatian, or Coach Dogs — 1st, Spot, J A Donaldson, Toronto ; 

 2d, Major W P Hubbard, Toronto ; highly commended, Gipsy, W 

 P Hubbard. 



pherd Dogs— 1st, Driver, C G Harston. Davisville ; 

 2d, equal, Gipsy. John MiUroy, Bi an U'ord ; highly commended, 

 Boso, 1'McGaw. (Queen's Hotel, Toronto; Jell', W *C Brown, To- 

 rrnto; Lad, .TMcXeiu, Toronto; Masco. W A Baldwin, Masquotch. 

 Bull Dogs— 1st, no name, W Kerr, Toronto ; 2d, Bull, A Mc- 

 Lean Howard, Toronto ; highly commended, Nellie, James Beer, 

 Toronto. 



Bull Terriers— (large size)— 1st, Jack, John Collins, Toronto • 

 2d. Ben. James Bromley, Toronto. 



Boll Terriers— (small size)— let, Matt, J S Meredith, Gait; 2d, 

 Billy, George Mull, Toronto; highly commended in both elasseH, 

 no name, W J LoveniiL. i. r,.,:i ■■- .,■'.-. J , ,i , 1 . : 1 1_ . 1 , ■ , ■ . I ■ ,_.-.,, i . 

 Soda, J M Mitchell, Toronto; Julia, T J Harris, Government 

 House; Boney. W Keid, Toronto. 

 Pugs- 1st, "Puuch, Miss Maedonald, Government House, To- 

 Black and Tan Terriers— 1st, no name, John Boyle. Toronto ; 

 2J. Daisy, Fred Gaudin, Torouto ; highly commended, Lady, John 



Skye Terriers— lsr, howdy, Jtias C L Wilkes, Crooltstone Park, 

 Gait; 2d, Gyp, Alex Deans, Toronto ; highly comnended, Donald, 

 John Conroy, Toronto. 



Scotch Terriers— 1st, Jerry, It A Booth, Toronto : 2d, no 

 name, YV Kerr, Toronto; highly commended, Nellie, Miss Polly 

 Newhall, Toronto ; Snap, A P Milne, B N A, Toronto ; Tidy. 

 J G Evans, Toronto; Pip, J J Evans, Toronto; Jadpio, Charles 

 Borland, Toronto. 



Toy Terriers— 1st, Josie E A Wood, Toronto; 2d, Francis B 

 Wilkie, Toronto. 



Pomeranian, or Spitz Dogs— 1st, Bruno, D Hayes, Toronto ; 

 2d, Dufferiu, H Piper, Toronto; highly commended, Flos J 

 Goodlellow, Toro.do. 



Poddl - -1st, no name, John Bailey, Toronto; 2d, Byron, J 

 Covle, Toronto; highly commended, John Bailey, Toronto, three 

 specimens; Topsy, Mrs R Wilson, Toronto. 



Japanese Poodles (Special Prizes)— W H Bowland, Toronto. 



Italian Greyhounds -1st, Beauty, H C Gibbs, Oshawa. 



Mexicans -1st, Jack, J D Irwin, Toronto. 



Cross between Russian Terrier and Mastiff— No name, James 

 Spence, Toronto. 



Judges in above Classes— Messrs Stephen Heward, D C Plumb 

 and diaries Lincoln (Detroit). 



The Association officers were . Cornrnittee, — Haver Mor- 



1 lerinan Bail, Alderman Close, Alderman Dill, Alder- 

 man Small, Alderman Piper, ,1. Man glum, Jr., W. C. Bed- 

 dome, Al. A Thomas, Dr. Valentine, .1.11. .Marsh, J Si - 



P. Pedes, W. H. 3, Cosn, D. Walker, T. Met Jaw- \Y c. 

 Beddome, Secretary ; 11. Piper, Treasurer; Charles Lincoln, 

 Bapcrlnlendeat. 



SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 



To our customers and the public :— In reply to the damaging 

 reports winch have been circulated respecting the qualify of 



our split bamboo roils, by "dealers" u ho are unable I irrjpete 



with us at, our reduced prices, we have issued a. circular which 

 ■\ ' - I i-d! in pleased to mail to any address, proving flic falsity 

 of their R6S 





'- QStEOY, BlSSETT & MallKSON, 



famf §,HQ nntl §>un. 



GAME IN SEASON FOR JULY. 



July is a close month for game, except as to woodcock, in certain 

 ■States, lu New York shooting is prohibited until August 1. 



Pigeon Shooting vs. Obdemy to Animals.— In the case of 

 Capt. BogardtiB, who a year since gave an exhibition of his 

 skill in trap shooting upon the Abbey Pace Track in Ohio, 

 and for which he was arrested and prosecuted in th -,,,,.- 

 Criminal Correction by R. S. McDonald, President of h- 

 Sociely for Prevention of Cruelly to Animals, and fined $50, 

 Judge llayden has given the following decision, sitting upon 

 the bench of the Court of Appeals: 



State rs. A, 11, liugardm— The complainant in this case 

 charges that, the defendant "did unnecessarily kill certain 

 living creatures by shooting them with a shot-gun, for the pur- 



'• die 'laying his skill as a marksman, to wit: twentj 



ligeons, contrary to the form of the statute," etc. The 

 defendant was arrested and held to bail on the charge, tried, 

 convicted, and fined .■jtoO, and has appealed to this Court. 



The question in the case involves the construction of the 

 act to be found in the session acts of 1874. p. 112, entitled 

 '•An act for the prevention of Cruelty to animals." It is 



I nsd that an Offensewas committed under that part of Sec. 

 lion 1 which provides that "if any person shall needlessly 

 kill any living creature, every such offender shall." etc. The 



evidence tendc - ,v I ,i tl e Abbey Race Track a man 



threw up pigeons I wo at a time, and that the defendant, in 

 !ii iresence of a number ot persons, shot the pigeons in the 

 air with a gun to show h.s skill , thai the birds dropped dead 

 when shot; that they were tarnished by the owners lobe 

 shot ; that pigeons like these are eaten as food and bousrhtand 

 sold for that purpose, ; that these wen bo eaten when snot 



The object of the act is to prevent unnecessary suffering to 

 animals. Human beings are not included under this expres- 

 sion, but with this exception, the act, in its terms, is broad 



to inquire how low in 1 ia- order of creaC 1- , , 1 1 :;-.-- ,,f this 



, ml, as 1! is to ask what IS needlessmut illation or, 

 witlur. the meaning ot the net. All needs are comparative 

 The flesh of animals is not necessary for the subsistence oi 

 man, at least in Ibis country, and by some people it is not so 

 used. Yet it would not be denied thai the killing of oxen for 

 food is lawful. Fish are not necessary to anv one, nor are 

 various wild animals which arc killed and sold in market - yet 

 their capt urc and killing are regulated by law. The words 

 "needlessly" and "unnecessarily" must have a reasonable, not 

 an absolute and literal meaning attached to them. As it; 

 would not be claimed flint the angler, who catches' fish for 

 pastime, and neither sells nor cats tiiem win .1 caught is with 

 in the prohibition of the law. so the marksman who, 'as an ex- 

 ercise of skill, or as a diversion to himself or to others, shoots 

 ui is, either from a trap or as they fly wild in the woods, 

 does not violate the essential obje, \« of the act. When tho 

 prevention ol cruelly and suffering is concerned, there isplain- 

 ly a difference between instantaneous and lingering death. 



Ihe formers generally, it nol always, painless. Yefin favor 

 ot those sports which are considered healthful recreations and 

 txercises i ending to promote strength, bodily agility and 

 tourage, the pain which comes Kith a lingering death "in the 

 owcr animals is often disregarded in the customs and laws of 

 humane and highly civilized peoples. In England an act of 

 Parliament has been passed to restrict vivisection, a practice 

 which has high scientific ends. Ycl fox hunting which is a 

 .eruel pastime, would no doubt be upheld by the common law 

 JJ is certainly the policy of every government to encourage 

 those recreations which serve as manly exercises, and yet 

 do not necessarily or generally lead to protracted pain 

 in the lower animals. The efficiency of the services which 

 the citizen is called upon to render to the State in exigencies 

 may largely depend on the qualities acquired in manly sports • 

 and from some of the most, attractive of these a certain 

 amount of injury to dumb animals seems inseparable 



Jn the present case-there was no inundation, or anvthin"- 

 approaching to if. The birds were killed in a more humane 

 way than by wringing their necks, which is an ordinary 

 method of destroying lite m pigeons, when they are killed 

 merely with a view to then being eaten. Though we think 

 that the first section of the act cannot properly" receive the 

 construction placed upon it by the appellant, by which its op- 

 eration would be confined tg beasts of burden and suimals 

 ejimlcm gentry we are of opinion that, in the present case, 

 there was no violation of the act, and that the appellant's in- 

 struction to the effect that the evidence was insufficient to sus- 

 tain the charge should have been given. Accordingly, the 

 judgment will be reversed and the complaint dismissed All 

 the Judges concur." 



The above, furnishes a law precedent which is undoubtedly 

 satisfactory lo the devotees of trap shooting. 

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For Fared and Stream arid Bod and Gun 

 GUN IMPLEMENTS. 



THP invention of lite breech-loader was not only the intro- 

 _ diictio,, of new gun mechanism of the most beautiful and 

 varied devices, Inn, also of implements as various and beauti- 

 ful Probably no one pattern of action or grip for the g,m 

 itselt would obtain general use, lltongh demonstrably the best 

 Of all. Men like variety.- things different from til i 

 bom iXo one form ,-! action has lis excellence with 

 pensative lo-s, ■-,■ M , , -,,,11 prefer one or the oil,,-, -. il- 

 peculiar excellence or the compensation weighs with them 



1 : I quickness and automatic quality 



while the grip action claims more entire solidity and durabil- 

 ity Jn-i. nsoueor the other of these are made ihe ruling 

 quality, will be the choice of action. 



The entire displacement of the muzzle-loader by the breech 

 loader was shown by the Knglisli guns of all actions displaced 

 at the Centennial. All the exquisite finish and costly median 

 ism that has characterized their guns for a century have been 

 boldly transferred to the breech-loader, as if no risk were in 

 currcd, as, indeed, there is none. Of all Centennial cases 

 like "liecapper. I was struck by none so much as r 

 case; and, ol all the nmllifnriousi articles of the Great Expo- 

 sition, I have to admit, that what, I left behind with most re- 

 luelaiHv, was a -; I '70, 10-gauge, :j:i-inch Tolley. 1 never felt 



'■■■!■"-' "■ " '-■■ ' ' :,"*'<>■ donu -the lack of dimes— more 



than in letting thai, gun go back to New York or Kmdand 



e, Eriend "KeoapperP 1 that is not the only thine 



' (3 lane 1 ngtees with you ia-your Wfitingj 



