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FOREST AND STREAM. 



rcS 8, 18 . 



H10 WAS A FOXHOUND,— Boston, Feb. 3a— On e 

 Available holiday 1 would take (Jcvgn the ancient gnu. wr 

 up old Botiey find off wo would go trudging throng! 



(she 



lbor, I always anterts 

 ■oumil. of hisBtriotlv no: 

 ,nif bisstes eoi Id yl 



■ likel 



quietly at my I. eels t': an anywhere else. Occasion 

 stop and strain my ears, and if perchance a parfr 

 r-red up near bjOTtmck fever" was no coin pari 

 was ,,ne dark, solitary spot, Whore the trees wei 

 grown and covered with grape vines, and here 



stop and rest. 1 always thou ;ht tlmr. was -amo 



do- could only h dm to » But he wi 



tioiisly oppc " 



belonged to , 



tempt for hn 



pies— any on 



wide look! i pictures in u 



I cum- across a perfect likeness 



hound." and he immediately rose i 

 estimation. I novs >--.-■ readily fo 

 once he hn Lshowi -■ eraJ ooca 

 out to him a nice fresh rabbit trac 



all the known at ten, 



vain atli'h ptto tart him From 



Ml j,- iK-siiv 10 g"t ' 



i i 

 orchard in the woods 1 ■ 



strange track Just discernabl 

 quickly as possible, wondering 



weigh, and terribly anxious, lest tne noj suoum nave mm de- 

 voured before 1 came up. I finally reached him. barking furi- 

 ously at the foot of an old chestnut, on the topmost branch of 

 which was perched — a fcom Cat, I OUt the cur's acquaintance 

 from that moment. Theoretically. 1 am a keen sportsman, 

 but practically— nlas for circumstances.— Mohton. 



THREE DOG DECISIONS.— (1) John M. PI 

 ark, K. J., recently ot 

 Kaimlah. of Hobokei 



i B. Tippets, an a- 

 re her pug do, u , , 

 •r house, and inti 

 ed him to eXBTCll 



,v«,.,ld pay him f 

 ho offer, and won 



liltei 



through tile old deserted 

 : off with a yelp on a 

 mid. I followed on as 

 v much the fox would 



The boy wil 



dogs. 'Wlie 



Tippets bee 



fchi 



f had be 



irdny tin 



r Street Police 



finding then, 



sold to a Brt 



offli 



Hi. Mast Second street. 



Bathe hoy -who stole he 



lice Court sheappearcd 



default of ! 



BcWi 



• Po 



.) bail. 



'si i 





I SI r, 



leltv to 



illips, of New- 

 jainst Herman 

 Which the de- 

 ed to return. 

 iress, of No. ill 

 t airing, called 

 sling her valu- 

 ■ them in the 

 • his services. 



away with the 



specified, Miss 

 rets aud went 

 .ted the aid of 

 v teamed that 

 ii.UO. On Sat- 



n of the farm's 

 r this borough, 

 ?n dollars and 



KENNEL NOTES. 



NOTICE TO CORKESPON DENTS. 



Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of: Charge. To insure 

 publication of notes, correspondents yitJST GIVE the following par- 

 ticulars of each animal: 



ed. 



C. Nan 



•2. Br 



i. Age, or 8. Owner of 



.-.. Pate .of birth, of breeding or 9. Dam. will 

 of death. )0. Owner ot 



All rtames mnsl hr p/uiV,/ >■, rif Loo. Coiuiin 

 paper only, and siirnei! with writer's name. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 



.' if head ofihia oolnnr 



P. B. Tirrcll. Weymoulli. 

 tped Dee. IT, isssj, by eh 



• ? ,-,s.,, 



rtfRAft Bv Mr. G. "W. 



>eki':r spaniel hitch, v 

 .lout of Blaokle n fa 



Jy Mr. t'ti nrv May! Ai 



eij fe 



■I ■■■ ' I owner, 

 ire aud dam. 



r Crush II. 

 ted white. 



THE OTTAWA (CANADA) DOR SHOW.— Continuing our 

 -pecial prize list, we oHer the following to date: OO.— The 

 publishers of Turf, iVlrl and Farm offer on- year's -.ui,-, n, .- 



tinn to the paper fur the best clumber ipanie] pi Hess of 



that has never won a prize. i J R — Messrs Qreener & 

 Son. ot Ihrmingham. England, have donated twelve copies oi 

 Crooner's "dun and its Development," value $90, m of 



which will be given with the soeond prize in el; ! .,. ' 



■ .. . . .uid !■'. t,> 'i. -The Marquis ,.| ' ,--. ■ 



-i collie. R R.-The Marquis of Lome 



offers xr.Yi for the best beagle. S S.— The Hon. E. Dewduey 

 i i I. he best Newfoundland-— B. H. G. Vicaks, Sec- 

 retary, 



A special committee of the Dominion Keuuel Club having 

 waited on the Marquis of Lome, Governor General of 



Canada, His. Exo.olh-uey has consented to become the patron 



au bench show. A. special prize— K E— will be given by 



Sis Excellency, which the committee propose to devote to 

 the class of Si'. Bernard. His Excellency has requested tile 

 Lieutenant Governor of the northwest territories to have a 

 team of sleigh do us fully equipped sent down, in order to ex- 

 hibit the manner of traveling m the Northwest. He ha- also 

 wired the Governor of Newfoundland to send to the show a 

 pair of the celebrated diving dogs of that island. Those 

 animals are trained to oateh fish by placing a paw in the 

 water, inoA in- it gently until some tish is attracted by the 

 maueiivre when lliev dive alter and seldom fail to secure the 

 fish. They dive as deep us sixty feet. They are particularly 

 fond of the water and fishing. Very few American gun 

 makers \\ ill cxhil at their manufactures. Weather very cold. 

 -W 



rHTOTDER'S t ' ONI) 1TION.— Philadelphia. March :.'.— Edi- 

 tor /''ores/ and slrram: The Eouicst and Stream came duly 

 lohaud this A. M., and 1 beg leave to take a few exceptions 

 from your report of Washington Bench Show. Ill first place. 



ii state that Thunder was in a deplorable condition and 

 showed -ljiis ,,i mango, etc. Thunder was in good flesh, in 

 fair ooal and t -ni her (not hard in flesh) and showed no signs 

 of man - avi to call your attention to Lady Romp 



II. L,ol\ Romp II. was entered at show, but did not go to 



Washington. l'i-a,- ire, i statement iu relation to her, I 



think you sav in report she was too fat. ot-., and was with- 

 drawn, etc.— A, H. Moore. [We wrote of Thunder at the 

 Washington show just as lie appeared to our eyes. Perhaps 

 the striking contrast between his appearand' there and his 

 heretofore blooming condition when shown, ma\ have caused 

 us to write as we did. So far as Jack of condition is con- 

 corned Mr. Moore's 'letter amply proves the truthfulness of 

 our report, for "fair coat and feather," and "not hard in 

 flesh" is not bench-show form, especially for a champion 

 class. Regarding the mange, we have been taught to believe 

 that the red discoloration of the hair, - iplainlj apparent 



the spine of Thunder, w a, an indication of what is com- 



nioniv known as mange. With reference to Lady Romp II., 

 we find that our notes are almost precisel] the sameofher, 



i. i .unless Bang, which leads u» to believe that the latter, 

 : .I- i one mistake, did double duty.] 



costs, amounting in all to about $15 

 party, or a near relative, is suspected of shooting several dogs 

 before now, and it is a great pity he was not move severely 

 filled; but possibly he may profit by tho lesson as it is.— 



A RATTLTNO RETRIEVER.— The Albany, Georgia, tiw>s 



nml Arlm-tisrr has this: "Last Monday, While Messi * 



Story nndD. H. Davi 

 iiu, 'they met with a 



.'ell 



B out bird hunt- 



Instead c 



they had "spotted." After 



latter two they started on in the 

 d bird, and when in about fifty 

 him fall their dog struck a warm 

 trail and pursued it straight to the spot where the wounded 

 bird went down. The hunters supposed that the dog was 

 trailing another bird, but in this they were evidently mis- 

 taken ; for instead of finding their wounded game in com- 

 pany with another quail, they found it in possession of two 

 iat-i eiitlcsnakes. lioth snakes had hold of the bird, each 

 nt upon swallowing it. One of the reptiles dropped h 



hold upon its pr» 

 other quietly sir 

 the bird, isoth 

 one of them had 

 nine. Mr. Stor 

 the 



bef\\ 



ista: 



made light at th 

 n-d himself to the ta 

 es were promptly she 

 n i attles aud a butti 

 , informed the AVies , 

 that not more than fi 

 ime the wounded bi 

 Ohes of the snakes." 



trade] 

 sk of swallow 

 * and killed, 

 m, and the o! 

 tnd Advertise 



th, 



DANDIES AT WASHINGTON,— The winning Dandie Din- 

 mout terrier at Washington was Mr. Wa R. Hill's dog Bob, 

 and not the bitch Judy. Roth came into the ring minus their 

 tags, and the steward referred to the catalogue to tell Which 

 was the number of the dog, he being the one I selected for 

 first. The other two in the ring were bitches, so the -nor 

 may have occurred in the wrong number being called off the 

 catalogue. — Jas. Watson, Judge. 



terrier hitch, whelped Aug. 1, 1HK2, Ivy imparled Mock 

 OUt of fan iSpliei-r-NW-a). 



Laihf BHdqet. Bv Mr. t\ M. walrath, Albanv. N. 

 setter bitch, whelped May Jr,, ism, he Rorv O'More o 



X-..1I1 I hV!,.'l-..j-:-"l'-ol1v:. 



•k and white 

 rk s Bessie), 

 r black, white 

 i-rar's Plunket 



. of IdsCvp, 

 k for Irish 



olio Midgel 



,'e//e. bv 



r. H. It. Wilkii 



Oolehel Stubbs (Captain-Flirt) out of Fa. 



Prince Berkley. By Mr. X. L. Leigh 



Irish setter dog, whelped November, 1882 



Hebe. 



BBF.D. 

 IS~ See instructions at head of this mi 

 /mra Dale— Bush lit Mr. F. C. Kerce 



setter bitch Hoi-a Dole to Mr. A. X. Tuck, 



■lake-Cashier. Mr. .1. J. Scanlan's (Fall Hi 



Brooklyn, N. Y„ 

 hi Tiiiulisn setter 

 It of Clio. 



lord, Mass.) English 



etter 



. 28. 





-Psvehe to Mr. 

 -Doii. Mr. P 



r bitch Jene (I 



r— Royal l-'n 

 ,T. H. Mi 



'urdv's Station. N. Y.) 

 M. Tucker's Dash I'll., Feb. 20. 

 t. IJ. J, Rice's, Brooklyn. K. Y. 1 

 Princess Mix iDruid— Jolly May) 



THE NEW COCKER CLUB.— Mr. M. P. MeKoon writes 

 us to announce that, having accepted the temporary chair- 

 manship of tho organization committee of the proposed new 

 cocker club, he will call a meeting in March or April, probably 

 at Buffalo. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 

 tft— No Nolice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



H. B., Columbus, Qa, See answer fo Constant Reader. 



NEW ENGLAND FOX HUNTING.— So 

 28.— Mr, Setli P. Gurney. president of th 



Sportsman's Club, and Mr. David H. Howe 

 itiir-said dub. recently had a verj ■■ -n if 



10 mill 1 in a very tmsatisfacto: 



uditifiti, 



track. In tin 



le fox. The. 

 and it was 



• vicinity of 



Stump Fond, Halifax, the dogs started 



hours reyiuird had -ill ho could do to keep ahead of D -' >ld 

 black. After a lough run. in which neither hunter got a 

 sho't, the old red surrender, id ; and the town of Halifax is one 

 oior- dollar Out on bounties. If is hard tob-lieve. but certain 

 rabbit, hunter- have circulated the scandalous report that 



David will never gel a toa unle a the dogs xuh him down; and 



once in a while David is asked what he shot that ni-ht he. was 



ivie a |i-ri — 1 0:1-0 1,1 a ; .]-iel,. whileTJOOT tired Beth, with 

 the liounds. lii-noJil up the rear. Quite a number of foxes 



have been killed about here, and Mr. Seth &urney, withtae 



aid of hi.-, log. has captured a number of mink. At the. close 

 1 In season I will try and give you the number of foxes, 

 etc, killed by the club during the winter.— SASSAOWk 



HUNTER. -Oxford, Me. , 

 ih: Yonrissueof Feb. loere- 

 ie sporting fraternit v in this 

 fox hunt." Yon ask if it, 



—ANOTHER VETERAN 

 March L— Editor Forest an 



a fed considerable CXoitemc 



re!ai'-- to 'the hum of V\ 

 hunts that are too good 

 sportsmen, around your tl 

 aud laugh heart-' at the jc 



shire. Perhaps -Mr. Km , ■ nHdentlaL ■■ i , n- 



gun hiiiig tire. 1 saw that "Reynard" tetches up the old vete- 



oyer forty foxes since last, fall, with nothing but a last sum- 

 10-1 's PUPPY to drive them tor bin 1. Who , an beat that?— 

 L. N, E. 



RECENT IMPORTATIONS. -Mr. E. B. Golrlsmith informs 



1 has just received a very fine pair of greyhounds, 



dog and bitch, from Mr. .!. .1, Reid, Halt on, Eng., which he 



I.- . then owner, iln Thomas H. Noble, hit Rapids, 



Mich. Mr, BohUiunl' 1 -.., - : '■''■■: -1 !-,,mi a niastiif 



hitch recently purchas •■■ hj '•■'■<■ Dha lee $ BSI av pi ■ M .o - 

 mass., from the kennel ot Mr, James Hutnrangs, E seter, Bng 



A L,, London, Out,.— Show the dog to Dr. J. S. Niven, of your 

 place, Ha car, inform you regarding the points you wish to know, 



W. B. P., Washington Heights.— 1. There will probably be no Trials 

 in September this year. •:. Give- him a talilesiioonful of cod liver oil 

 twice a day. 



G. E. M. and Wav.vk.siioho will understand why their communi- 

 •ations are not aitemled to if Icey will read the notice at the head 



place with a weak solution of carbolic a 

 script! on of his condition. 



p. II. MoK., North Platte, Neli, -The Gordon setters are rnostlv 

 black aud ton. with but little while. There is oceasienahy a brown 

 or liver colored Gordon. Their progeny are gc uerally black and tan. 



W. S , Hrooklyi 

 eonditiou. As tl 

 grow his t 



[,'->," or: 



Drop i 



allied c 



! Be. 



nd n 



ml gently taiead the has 



live ,lii.\ 

 to t-a tl 

 results. 



'be distemper has left your clog in bad 

 eather comes on he will probably ouc- 



iii-,'-- .- o---io-,r diet with plenty of 



1 daily five drops of the following: Borax 



someti 



lion of arsenic 

 :1 continue for 



iv Black Prince 

 Nina tl. Mr 



Nina It. , Major- 

 Ruby (Elcho-Rr 



l: ,-.- i ■ 





- - — m ," ■';', 



by Mr. '('has'. K. 

 N. th). 

 .hid,/. White I 



SI, aw ,,CI 

 nil hitch 



id" 

 ut, 



, Wil, lair" DOlly), Feb. U, sO, H'.eo dogs) 



an.eCs', Hamilton, Itfase. Better I'iodi 



,, |,,. jighl -,-- -" I, .-OS-, by Capt. Hisby's 



SALES. 



I'l'.J.v.-hetp'ed Jan! io. 1SS3 (I>uke— Pridei, 



11, 3Iass.) to Mr. II, E. Harris ( V olfbnro, 



•s. old, by Mr. John P. Barnard ^Boston, 



™et 'spaniel bitch, whelped Jan. S, 1883 

 the Cuinimngs Docker Spaniel Kennel 



hi Bed' Irish setters, whelped Jan! 18, 



r.reeni out of Svr.-i; IJ, EleLo III. - 

 oolo , Li. well, Mass.ia don- to Mr. Prank 

 l:iteh to Mo i.'. l-r-i-l. Crawford, same 

 Moise it'-iund Falls, R. L), and a bitch 

 'lass 1. 



iff dot.', whelped Jan. 10. 1ES-I (Duke— 

 aw (C'liutou. Mass.l to Mr. Gardiner 



„ ' whelped Jan. 10, 1888 (Duke— Pride), 



by Mr. i.-h.u- E Shaw 1 Clinto a. Mass.i to Mr. J. Frank Lindsley 



Snaf-ilT Fawn mastiff dog, whelped Jan. In, I8S3 (Duke— Pride), 

 by Mr. Chas. E. Shaw iCllnton, Mass.) to Mr. .1. K. McCrea (Keuovo, 

 Pa. 1. 



I'ri.le 



PRI 



iXTA-J'i, i 



Dashing 



(Itasliiug 

 City, Del.) 



li'/ri 



Eac-hsh setter bitch puppy 

 ohn ('. Biggins (Dehiware 

 •en, Conn.). 



fifh nml j$tap gfwotmg. 



, five and stop. Let 



W.V7, P., Bidgewood, N. J.— I. Where can I post, mysele on the 



points of English mastiffs: I mean the standard used by jnd-es at 

 ■' '' r a fox-terrii " """ 

 f her back 

 want of such a patch or spot of color 

 show? Ans 1. "The Dogs of the 

 a. No. 8. No. 



W. U., New Brunswick, — I have a fine thoroughbred Irish setter 

 bitch, bin unfortunately she got warded hy some mongrel; she had 

 eight pups. 1 urn. going ta get her warded to a thoroughbred dog. 



Will the pups go hack to the mongrel stock, or will they be full- 

 blooded' Am-,. Then- are well-a.ul lieutieated instances showing 1l1.1t 



shut up': Ans. 1. A deep 

 hough nl this age they ar 

 twelve months old. 3. Aboi 

 e taken not to give her loom 



To instii'i 



ororrvoi atU ntioti <-, 



,, munication 



shoald be. ad- 



, ,- 







i.'o., and, not to 



individual 







matters of im- 



parlance a 











MUZZLE vs. 



BREECH. 





Editor Fort 



sittnasfreom.' 







1 will em 





)roblema and 



■ ,-|'i,:*--!i,:ii:s pro- 



pounded hi 

 published 1 



May 11. vv. Merrill in 





urnishes us with 





noli lie made, ■ —11 di 





- says were pnb- 



lisheil lo -V 









muzzle-Ioad 











:aovds. The nrusae-load 







the breech 



loader flfleen. Were t 

 a bad showing for the 



m^ri !-'-" : ' 



-' !j ib 



M. gives of thii 



pounds or less. If bv 1 h- word "cluster" lie means (he best lime 

 shots. I acknowledge that, it, stands unrivalled; but. hi my opinion, 

 the fact, that four oft he shots are liu-ther from the center of the bulls- 



