March 8. 1888, J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



118 



MR. C. H. NIXON'S LIVER AND WHITE TICKED POINTER DOG "BEAUFORT.' 



Winner of First Prize in Open Pointer Class, 'Washington, 1868. 



, ,, forest 



The atteutu 



many years h 



tag of pointers 



a : e- king 



over many a v 

 every geutlem 

 sporting presi 

 remarks I m 



THE GREYHOUND. 



m.l Stream : 



i of American sporting gentlemen has for 

 en directed to the improvement in the breed- 

 ing doj 



Elben on March 1. 

 oblige the Pittsburgh 

 kindness.— Jas. Wat 



sry much regret that I could not 

 mittee in return for t heir la st, year's | 



J h 



ill and e 



,- tramp 



This 



blood 

 lorwrl 

 looke 

 DeUin 

 kenn 



wil 



ell-kl 



tornpamon 

 red game. But 



e the privilege of 



or good game country. With these few 

 respeofuHy introduce' to the. American 

 r the. "crack shot" or the "just for fun," 

 I little used English coursing greyhound, 

 of dog. whose vocation, like" that of the 

 ret gone, and whose antiquity is such that, 

 ling of Magna, Charta, his de'struct 



THE RED IRISH SETTER. 



Kilitor 1 



In voi: 



letter oi 



a states 



setter, I 



words i. 



feel CO 



. deiensi 



nd Stream: 

 ial of the 11th ult, 1 

 i and Trials," by "P 

 his, which I 

 led i 



•ad with deep interest a 

 •lous Jecms," and owing to 

 ii- a libel on the Irish red 

 you for space to say a few 



the 



of I 



something "fast 

 gentleman eann 



equipment, but 

 upon a far more i 

 Imsis, maintain his 

 nominal cost. 



In 1591, England's 



tressed ihese lleet d< 



■ursingniee 



•II lerby, ( 



at Donald, Misterto 



Bdsol - ■" 



to the fore on many 

 are the winners of I 



The greyhound it 

 have plenty of fine, 

 cities, coursing, as i 

 rhiced. The Englisl 

 defa •'■' ' 'i "jack-i- 

 will gl\ •■ many age 

 and bring out his pt 



As a fancier of grc 



climated and b 

 We have in tin 

 show.-:., iheopr. 



higher, and let 

 share of >purti 

 the coursing n 

 tion and thou 

 "well slipped,' 

 by" and the'k 

 or some other 



or, degrading 

 : keep his rac: 

 veiy America 



economical, 

 i brace of 



gre 



nds at . 



ueen, from the turret of the castle, wit- 

 sin r heir coursing, and to this day the. 

 of England are. as well known as the 

 ks or Goodwood Cup. And the names 

 Contango. Judge, Buccaneer and hun- 

 ave carried their noble owners' colors 

 "pumping course," arc as celebrated as 

 8 racing calendar. 



5 or courses only by sight, and as we 

 vel tracts in close proximity to our large 

 '■jjiivmanly sport, can lie readily intro- 

 lare is not difficult to procure, and in 

 >bit" of the West, a "host in himself." 

 1 greyhound all the running he can wish 

 its of endurance and iieetness. 

 lounds I wouldsay that freshly imported 

 1 in this country until they have become 

 matic changes", but they are easily ac- 

 hardy, easily kept and perform. Well. 

 greyhounds now shown at our bench 

 :y of introducing greyhound coursing, as 



o raise our greyhound standard still 

 ttetl dog come in for a 

 come when 



f An 



And may the da; 



OCllI be 



ehs 



.■iiilni 



that 



the be 



" but the 

 experience 



$& 



l it ha' 



option o 



Change 



mie uirlei 

 any of w 



bench shows 



BtlCKKlOHABI 



PlTTSBUi 

 appearing in 

 classes, i wo 

 8, requesting 

 year. I rep] 

 sible for me 

 their kind in 



bad ao . 

 Elben, who I 

 a • ,■ ■ i . 

 bility 

 ever, 



lit, 



•lythe "ti 

 Then the eoursin 

 ,'ill have its regit 

 ■ught for as the < 



Joseph R. Peirson. 



IGfH DOG SHOW.— It 

 the Pittsburgh premiu 



explanat 

 n list as i 

 :1 a letter 

 ; I had p< 

 that I felt it 

 business and 

 mod the matt 



I found it impossible to do s 



a of certain 

 ;d February 

 :1 upon last 

 as impos- 

 isrjond to 

 ter rested, as 

 sit from Mr. 



r i lie possi- 

 mme. How- 

 nformed Mr. 



dispute the assertions, 

 vavs were a failure at 

 ade on my mind is 

 it have been very 

 ited indeed, or he could not possibly have so maligned tlie 

 finest breed of sporting dogs in all the world. No doubt long 

 ere this some friend of tho Irishman has come to the rescue 

 I know one at least who knows and appreciates his worth and 

 who will be quite ready to break a lance on his behalf. I 

 allude to the well-known "Mont Clare." who, as I am aware, 

 has a few good ones in his kennels. Held trial winners, too, 

 and if "Pious Jeems" has not seen them the sooner he does 

 Jeems" adds further, "That with the 

 ;11 strain of red Irish, etc., he knows 

 something very wrong here. Either 

 other side of the Atlantic has caused 

 r ery rapidly or the specimens which 

 is's" observation were of that class so 

 id for the market nowadays, weedy, 

 Biuirej luuiigicm ui i.ue first water, utterly unlike, save in 

 color, the pure bred, handsome and dashing Irish setter. 

 That numbers of this class of so-called Irish setters do cross 

 the Atlantic I have had abundant proof, having seen many 

 of them shipped at Queenstown during a residence of some 

 years thei e. That they could not he. the. same animal about 

 which "Idstone," "Stonehenge," "1)1," and hosts of well- 

 known sportsmen have written, is, however, certain, frr the 

 former, a well-known authority on the subject, says, ' That 

 he had seen and known a good many Irish setters and he 

 candidly confesses that he never knew or heard of a bad 

 one;" but this most wonderful "Llewellin," whence does he 

 trace his descent? Prom the Laverack, "whose crowning 

 glory" it is, says "Pious Jeems." And does he not know by 

 this time that the Laverack has Irish blood in his veins and 

 that to this fact, beyond a doubt, he is indebted for some of 

 his best and Quest qualities? I notice that "Vitus" in your 

 journal, in alluding to the fact that the Irish are so much 

 crossed with other breeds and the produce entered as a pure 

 bred of either one country or the other gives this as the cause 

 ■why the Irish setter has dropped to the low standard he holds 

 in America, but it seems to me that there is a further cause. 

 and it is this: That your countrymen spare no expense in 

 procuring the very best Laverocks or Llewellins from this 

 country. Thev are the rage at present, and I do not for a 

 moment attempt to deny their excellence, but I do most 

 emphatically deny that for style, pace, nose or stamina they 

 exceed the merry Irish red, he being the oldest and pures't 

 ;ed for the purpose of 



ietter, has 



some breeds and forming others, with what good results is 

 well known, whereas, if any part of the time, care ami money 

 lavished on other breeds had been spen t in improving him, 

 sportsmen would be in possession of a setter, in color 

 gorgeous, in form a model of grace and beauty, and in all the 

 qualities necessary in a sporting dog, holding a position second 

 to none in the world. I need scarcely say that I am an 

 ardent lover of the. breed, and I have bred some good ones in 

 my time, the celebrated Plunket to wit. For some years past 

 the exigencies of the service to which I have the honor to 



;entleman and 

 I calls for my 

 . brief hiatus 



that that pa 



IN RE BEAGLES ET AL. 



their heads are hung 



With ears thai sweep away the. morning de\v . 



Slow in pursuit, but maieh'il in mouth like bells 

 Each under each. — HfldsWHMer Nigld'i 



WHEN such a genial 

 hounds as "Dorkin" 

 am constrained to make 

 angling and write a few 

 yclept the beagle, as by ' 

 breed is meant. "Dorkin. _ 

 decline to ^ive, in uitnitKeo,*iny beau ideal of a be 

 person's ideal of any thing, animate or inanimate, i 

 picture of perfection, and as one man differs in n: 

 fiom another so does his ideal. This is evident and 

 have, been expressed, but pens and hounds will ' 

 sometime. 



I claim to be no judge of dogs, of any breed, but I 

 admire them— veal I respect them, and a' -a' "1. 

 one near me. I very seldom use one in the field tos 

 for I very seldom shoot, being albver of t he ang le 1 1 

 of the gun. Of all sporting dogs I prefer the bengl 

 he is petite, pretty, companionable and affecticu 

 furthermore, because lie is : of ancient lineage and , 

 of royal patronage. Of coiu-se there must be a st; 

 excellence, and I have no doubt that ii "Dorkin" ai 



kennel of a common friend and find more than one 

 fill its requirements. With Ringwood, Elmore's < 

 stud dog, and with some whelps of his "get" I have 

 lege to be acquainted, as also with King. laiey, J 

 imported "basket" bitch, and others i.f -'that ilk." 



Now, I venture to join with "Dorkin" in the hop, 

 constituted judges at bench shows may fully know i 

 are expected b/ judge, and that such' an honest si 

 ■ : adopted as shall Vie beyond 



•ated 



. the 



\vni 



'Dorkin" c'las] 

 beagle is an "interes 

 of the hare, " or as a 

 bound to come "to tl 

 "Every dog has hi 

 doth the fashionable 

 with "Dorkin" in his 

 "blood" thoroughly, 

 flowing in the veins ■ 

 There are too man 

 pedal) in the world i 



Intelligent and judii 



you e 



at< 



.•h 



my "idea 



pu])].;, 



to 



fr 



end Elm 



t less, 





it 





hound 



a 



id 



I doubt 



m, in 



ni 



id 



when he 



nted 



belong have, howev 

 merely [.reserving the 

 of being able at no dis 



worthy the faith I hay 



Robt. O'Caixakajj, R. N., Chaplt 

 „ Netley, Southampton, Eng.. Feb. 3, '1SB3. 



nt da- 



doing more than 

 ■d. but I cherish the hope 

 rove that my favorite is 



3 H. M. S. Hector. 



"to the fore." 

 not he bad a 

 if them, in mind when he wrote what I 

 have made the caption of this paper. 



"Good Queen Bess" was an ardent lover of the beagle and 

 especially of the "basket" breed of which she had some very 

 tiny and perfect specimens. I hold the Forest axd Stream 

 to a "lang syne" promise to give an article on the beagle, and 

 join with you in wishing well to the breed and breeders. An 

 remir. ' O. W. R. 



THE COLLIE AWARD: 

 of awards last week in Class 54, Mr. 



Orange, N. J.) Jean, black and white, 10 

 been first instead of Mr, J. W. Lindsay's 

 vhc. 



WASHINGTON. -In the list. 



