May U, 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



829 



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THOTJT IN" MICHIGAN. 

 rer. i veil by one of the M 

 z..n. May 11, 1583.- 

 will, I am -in-.-, be 

 vicinity we are hu 

 number of streams i 

 ago aro furnishing 

 hundreds bavs beei 

 certain knowledge, 

 thai have not boon fished 

 is Khe fact that they ha 

 number have been taken 

 each. I have knowledge 

 ounces, another one pound 

 ope pound and three onnc 

 taken weighed tt three 



Tin: Cumin, ssioli. i- lia\i- 

 on the assured success ol 

 latuiv will be disposed tr 

 enable you to carry on the 

 Very truly yours, T. S. Ci 



-The following letter has been 



"lmrnissiouers: ICalaina- 



Esq. : My Dear Sir-It 



ring to you to know that in this 



tcellent trout fishing. A 



oh they were planted three rears 



supply. Since the 1st of "May 



rht from one brook, and, to my 



exist In several other streams 



And what surmises every one 



.e grown to such size. Quite a 



which weighed over one pound 



if one thai weighed one pound six 



four and a half ounces, and another 



w. Probably most that navebeen 



'easou to congratulate themselves 

 their efforts, ami I trust the Logis- 

 make a liberal appropriation to 

 work so auspiuioiibly commenced. 



The MtnneL 



To insure prom/it attention communications should be ad- 

 drtpsed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co.. and not to 

 .',>.'.. w».':'s. in whose absence from the office matters of im- 

 portOmce UH liable to delay. 



FIXTURES. 



Hr.NCH SHOWS. 



June 1-', 13, l-t iiml 15. 1988.— Chicago Bouch Show, Chicago, III. 



Entries close June I. (.'has. Lincoln, Superintendent. 



FIELD TIBIALS. 



November IB. is-:!. Bastern 1 tola Trials Ohlb, Fifth Annual Trials. 



the Derby close July l: for Hi.? 



c.- 



No 



• All Aged Stake. Nov. 1 W. A. 

 I.-laa.l, N. V. 



[and 'lull's second Annual Flow 

 lor members ODly. Entries close 



.)!..■■ 



TRACHEOTOMY IN A DOC. 



r and Stream: 



■f tracheotomy in a dog for supposed 



laryngeal obstruct 

 am not familiar enougb 

 to know whether the case is a unique one. 

 the 6th tost,, a valuable red Irish setter 

 year old, while playing on the grass, l 

 with violent coughing and dyspnoea, aru 

 lay almost moribund of asphyxia. He _ 

 symptoms of laryngeal obstruction, ami his life 

 the time only by the prompt action of h: 

 called, thrust his finger into the larj nx a 

 out, however, to his knowledge, having 

 with any foreign body. The dog imme. 

 breathing, and was soon able to stand, though 

 from severe dyspnoea or difficulty in breathing, 

 tinuing his violent attempts to eject something 

 passages. I was colled to see the C»6e at this jn 

 By laryngeal inspection I could detect uothi 

 tense congestion of the cpiglottidean folds at t 



iter, who, being 

 ,ir as possible, with- 

 it come into contact 

 liately recommenced 

 hough still suffering 

 ithing, and still con- 

 ictaing from the air 

 this juncture. 



5 except in- 

 .. 3 entrance to 

 oiild I feel any obstruction in the trachea 

 The dog was standing, and, but for liis violent 

 l good condition, wagging his tail, and with 

 -ubinittiug to be cxaminpd without 

 htesl resistance. Physical exploration of the 

 ■ealed on auscultation the presence of loud 

 ie and fluid character deep in the trachea and 

 resoj ring ki tin' usual methods in such cases, 

 eat l>v the hind legs in an inverted position, 

 ;. etc.. I cave the animal an hour's rest, as ho 

 and was in no immediate d. 



characteristic inte 

 making the slight, 

 ills reven 

 ■ rales of a uracoUe I 

 bronchi. Attar re 

 hold inn the patien 

 giving an e uu t ic. i 

 seemed to be imp 

 During this interim he. ejected three 

 quantity of frothy 

 color, and evidently 

 contained Quito a li 

 oi mo-s. 1 made a 

 irritation by points 

 tioii was comparati 



usiderable 

 of bright rec 

 3. The rnattei 

 e or two shred: 

 e glottis duo to 

 odles. Exoira- 

 ition somethiug 



The breathing soon became more labored, and it was found 



long forceps with sponge attached. The dog began to show 

 evident signs of exhaustion, and I now saw that operative 

 procedure would shortly be called for, and at once dispatched 

 a messenger to the nearest drug-store, about a half milo dis- 

 tant . for a tracheotomy tube. About fifteen minutes later the 

 dog ceased 

 thrown upc 

 made throv 

 iucisi 



,|..v. 



the 



uid. He 

 inches in leu 

 i to the trachea 

 :oid 



ato 

 :rth mi: 

 a, tin 



Tin 



trtilage. 



„ the larynx with the left hand, 



ing the integument over the parts 



ichea were cut, and as the iustru- 



! sucking sound 



.pushed b 

 holding it firmly, th 

 tense. Four rings oi 



ment entered the windpipe the characterist 

 was heard. 



Unfortunately, no tube had arrived, nor were toothpicks or 

 goose 'inills ar. hand, and it was impossible to keep the opening 

 I. . i-.ii- .ii passage* patulous; besides this, the animal was 

 now oi orlirulo mortis, his heart alone showing by its Butter- 

 ing pulse th it life was not vet gone. At this critical moment 

 ■nger with the tube arrived, and although I pro- 

 nounced the dog beyond hope, yet I inserted the tube at once, 

 fastened it and started artificial respiration and gave hypo- 

 dermics of whiskey. After ten minutes the animal "was 

 breathing naturally through the new opening. All this seemed 

 Strongly to confirm the previous diagnosis of a-dem.-i glot- 

 tidis. The question now .nose as to the best means of keeping 

 the- animal quiet for the next thirty-six to forty -eight hours, 

 and this was attempted by sewing him securely on his back in 

 bagging and suspending him in this position. This being ac- 

 complished, two men were appointed watchers, relieving each 

 other every six hours. The adventitious opening was covered 

 with a large :ii.in..:- wrung out in a weak carbolized solution, 

 and this was ordered to be changed every hour. About one 

 ounce whiskey was. administered hypodermieally, and ten 

 minims of Magendies' solution of morphia. 



had -lipped from the trachea durin; 

 self from his fastenings, The tub. \ 

 and ten minims of Magendie ad. .inn 

 and pupil indicated no toxie effect; 

 this time there was no breathing w 



that the tube 

 ms to free hiru- 

 ately replaced 

 ie respirations 



teen 



after 



iperi 



nostrils could 



ounces of milk, one- ounce ol whiskey, with twenty aropaof 

 laudanum were now administered per rectum 



At noon the dog was breathing quite freely through the air 

 passages. The urine and feces had passed during the morn- 

 ing. 11. art. pulsations strong and regular, eight minims Ma- 

 gendie given, Prognosis good. At 6 P. M, everything had 



improved. The breathing through the larynx was strong. 



and upon closing the tube for n few moments bv means of a 



small sponge, the dog gave no evidence of dyspnoea, bul 



bi eat bed contcntedh through his nose and mouth. The 



■ma ..I milk, whisky and laudanum was repeated, and five 



niins of Magendie' given hvpodennicallv. Everything 



iked Favorably. At. 1(5:30 P. M. I was summoned suddenly 



with the announcement that the dog had ceased to breathe. 



I found the brute in a comatose condition, markedly cyanotic 



and evidently dying of apneea. He was at on -nt loose from 



his hammock and artificial respiration kept upfor over half 

 an hour, while whisky and ammonia were; administered 

 hvpodeniuealh. At the end of this time the heart had 

 beat, ii being impossible to force more than the 

 Smallest quantity of air into the lungs. The animal died just 



An autopsy was held at once, and the. following conditions 

 presented thdmselVBsi The laryngeal mucous membrane and 

 vocal cords showe I evidence ol recent intense congestion and 



inflammation, considerable hymosis about the incision into 



the trachea l"poii slitting up "the trachea, a hard foreign 

 body was encountered .pist at its bifurcation. It proved to 



older ones, so that bench show managers are placed In a 



difficulty. 

 This is the only time mode of proceeding (a paper war onh 

 in make suggestions, it can never carry them out), audi 

 ■n quite sure il will commend itself to ail sportsmen as the 



proper- way out of the difficult;; which ai present surrounds 



the Gordon setter. J. S. JJiven, 



CANINE TENACITY OF LIFE. 



llY 'I. I). ALEXA.NDKH. 



r HE first year of the surrender in the. late civil war found 

 the old planters of the Arkansas River ip mosl destitute 



.-ire. instances. They had no prov i-ions ami no money to pnr- 



had returned fro 



prepare far aero 



be a large acorn, with a transverse diameter slightly exceed- 

 ing that" of the trachea. It was rather firmly impacted, with 

 its point downward over the entrance to the left bronchus. 

 and completely occluding its caliber. The base of too acorn 

 lay diagonally over the entrance to the right bronchus. The 

 left lung was'completelv collapsed and carnified, and of dark 

 reddish color. The right lung showed signs of recent collapse, 

 but was of normal color. Neither lung contained any air. 



The division Of the trachea into the two bronchi was some- 

 thiug over eight inches from the lower border of the lnmyx, 

 lying deeply below and behind the episternal notch, and 

 beneath the thick muscles of the neck. The conditions at thi 

 time of operation seem to have been as follows: The linin; 

 mpinbrane of the larnvx was the seat of an acute inflaminu 

 tiou or oedema glottidis, brought on by the passage through 

 it of this large body, increased doubtless by the various 

 manipulations by forceps and fingers to which it had been 

 subjected. Undoubtedly the acorn had. by the violent inspi- 

 rator)- efforts, been forced down to its final resting place, the 

 bifurcation of the trachea, the moment it had passed through 

 or possibly been pushed through tlio unyielding walls of the 

 larnyx. It must nave completely occluded the left bronchus 

 from the beginning, but resting diagonally (as per diagram), 

 had allowed the air to cuter and make its exit from tin- 

 right lung. The deep breath which the watcher stated 

 the dog had taken just previous to his collapse, must have 

 sucked the hase of the acorn over the entrance to the right 

 bronchus, thus ocoiuding them both. Local inflammation 

 around the acorn aided in narrowing the caliber of the trachea 

 at this point. 



The fact of the operation giving relief at once from the as- 

 phyxia, was almost proof positive that the obstruction was 

 laryngeal and not below, and hence exploration of the chest 

 for physical signs, except in a superficial manner, at first was 

 overlooked. Had this been done, the absence of all sounds on 

 the left side might have raised suspicions. In all probability 

 no. oeraiive procedure could have saved the dog's lite, evon 



had a complete diagnosis been made. How so large; Iv 



passed the chords vocales is a mysterv. After death I could, 

 with diilieultv, force the tip of mv index finger through the 

 larynx. Tlie'aniinal was in the habit of playing with a small 

 rubber ball, tin-owing it into the air and catching it, and while 

 thus engaged with an acorn the accident must have happened. 

 The operation in itself is a simple one, and in all cases where 

 the obstruction is laryngeal, would be called for, and I am sat- 

 isfied, with proper care, be highly successful. 



Morton Grishell. M.D. 



New York, May 10, I8B3. 



THE CORDON STANDARD. 



MR. DIXON'S letter in your last issue, on Gordon standard 

 is very pleasing to me, and I thank him for its character, 

 and I trust that our united efforts may be crowned with suc- 

 cess. Mr, Dixon says I ignored stern in my standard, I 

 certainly did not place any value on it. I left it to rank iu 

 general appearance. A setter with, a teapot tail ought to be 

 very heavily penalized; in fact, I should disqualify him on 

 show bench, but at the same time I think this point'should be 

 considered in the general make-up of the dog. 



Pilot, when 1 saw him in jSew York last year, I considered 

 the best of the Gordon setters by long odds, yet I did not 



sider him . 

 for 



led of the pr 



style. I would suggest that a . 



nitt.ee be 



lruuent breeders of the Gordon setters ii 

 lould take into consideration the 

 standards now before "the public— i. ft, Btouehenge's, Vero 

 Shaw's, Malcolm's, Dixon's and my feeble effort— and bv doing 

 Mil think a cone, ; and useful standard would be framed, that 

 all bench show managers would consider if their duty to have, 

 used, and at the same time breeders and the public would reap 

 the benefit of it. 



This is the only true mode. As it stands at present, exhibi- 

 tors who do not indorse any but the old Stonehengo standard 

 will not exhibit under the' later productions; and vice versa, 

 those holders with the later views will not exhibit under the 



• I" 



v.-Ck bis wild hogs to their bed... and lay 1 

 nieat for the impoverished family. It commen 

 about bedtime, and I lay awake a greater part, c 

 planning with niv nephew. Samuel .Moorman All 

 had recently arrived from Lynchburg, Va.. to h 

 wild iU)g hunt, the next. day. My park of hound 



- •-■ -uii i wanted Miem to pu - 



7 fell. ]| 

 is enabled 

 supply of 

 I snowing 



■he night, 



lull r, who 



' a grand 



_.. vould run 



from the cotton-tail 



By 



was fully thi 



led man, Thediliiculh in the woj was to gel 

 track before striking that of a deer, boar or 



2e inches deep. The 

 aueneed falling, and 

 very tree, shrub and 

 a snow as I desired, 

 i a Ejenl !•■ mule, and 

 rlinen, I f tartcd to a 

 ere. certain to have 



:lg the snow 

 ground was dry and froze 

 a ? there was no wind during the night 

 cornstalk was covered. ItwasjUSl St 

 and before sunrise 1 was in the saddle 

 accompanied bv my nephew and two f. 

 big cancbrake Where the wild hogs we 

 bedded in this deep snow, 



It was not over a .piarter of a male Iron 

 rear of the field, where there was a gati 

 could pasi 



11-..-I.V 



about a uii 

 anglos until 

 both road ai 



Fortunately, 

 tracks of t w 



tracks to 

 track of a 

 I got the i 



the ,-,.,.(] , 



in the wo. 

 eral bund 



1 I, a 



>hc 



M-al ve- 



il aisappi 



as I pa- 

 in, tie., Iin 



old. My 



irite hound bit. h tlui 

 iivthing I wanted her to run. a 

 mire pack in fullpui-tlit. ii 

 s far as it extended by the. Ii.-: 

 id to the bayou After follow 

 had crossed, an 



ong tie f..uce there 

 wood, that extended 

 en diverged at right 

 ,i. which it lead until 



ii?ega&, I discovered 



i liat tbey 

 nounted, showed the 



would open on the 

 ud by a littlo coaxing 



hogs had fed along 



^ nogs mm n;ii aauei 



1, ami then continued 

 ng the b<iyou for sev- 

 I from the direction I 

 nfidont thev had made, forthe eanebrake. Being minus 

 niv left arm, which 1 had left on the banks of the Potomac 

 during the late unpleasantness, it was not so easy for me to 

 ride through (he d.-nse. woods and keep upwirh niv pack of 

 dogs- I directed my nephew, who was a superb shot with 

 both pistol and rifle, having served the entire four years of the 

 war as a member of .Munford's First Cavalry Regiment of Vir- 

 ginia, to follow the pack and keep up with them, and to take 



the tw 



1 In- 



•ilne-Ii 



with hi 



m, as 1 sh( 



as I coi 



.1 .. 



1 III'' p 



ace whi 



re I knew 



Saiu 



.I„.\ 



ed on 



■ is. and half an 1 



hearin 







's, that 



V6XB tl"'l 



dense t 





a II 



' 



pp.d.ou 



he did 



not t 



nder- 



and m.. 



asdiie.li 



before 



I should ar 



uve. 1 



iuslnicf" 



ride to the. 



opposite side o 



1 thi plae 



III. 



ake my wayasto'at 



hogs would be found, 

 ur s ride brought ma iu 

 baying the hogs in this 

 ii for me to come up, as 



nue to 

 lhogs 



Inuks, 



t tie. 



•e fused to 



fighting. The two freedr 

 and a single blast of my horn was to be the signal fo 

 go into where the hogs had bedded, and shoot the: 

 sible. 



One of mv houud bitches on i his a 

 hog tracks and she had followed l.-l 

 different to the tierce struggle, that ^ 

 which thev had selected for their lai 

 for then- ■defense. Two Is 

 blown down in some storm durin; 

 one across the other. Iu this cross 

 bed. The trees were not less than 

 under the upper tree was the bad. 

 eanebrake as I ever got into. The. I 

 boars. Of all the wild animals I ha 

 country! consider the old wild b 

 It was simplv impossible for the d< 

 these hogs. 'They were ius impregm 

 dogs as if they held a The: 

 fuilv conscious of the dangi 







lg on. The place 

 ie most admirable 



th 



ii'. 



■ ii.'.o 



trees had been 



ir, and had fallen 



had nni.de their 



in diainet. i , and 



tern 

 ous. 



tai 



hOeS. 



da> 



th 

 ibly fortified against the 

 rise Pass. 'I'm- dogs were 

 :l kept at a respectful dis- 

 mt and some behind the 

 ts of a hog hunt, in tun 

 ! masses of snow from tho 

 wot and cold, and in the 

 luiost impossible to keep a 



The actions of my'bitch. Venus, had puzzled me not a littlo 



the pack. I have often thought .-he ii.uh have had a spiritual 

 warning that some great mishap was going to take place, aud 

 it had thrown a damper over her buoyant "spirit. At any rate 

 she stuck to the heels of my mule, and it proved the worst, 

 thing she could have done, as the sequel will show. 



1 had reached the point I di^ired and the signal was given. 

 It was some little tune before the. sharp report of SaiuTs rifle 

 was heard, and then followed his loud shout, "Look out! He 



d ft 



In a moment, 1 heard th 

 bursting through it and 

 on my mule. The dogs we 

 as if in great terror, a 

 distinctly audible. 51 

 and I could neither t 

 mule. I heard Venn 

 felt tho shudder of 

 look, I saw the large; 



ball whirled tin 



lanche. I a 



mLeJ l 



paid no attention to Ve 

 me. as I got my rnnle in positioi 

 few i ods when I heard her giv 

 vinced she was wounded, and o 

 was mv astonishment to perct 

 my mtilc's tracks. Looking i 

 spurting from his hind leg, and 

 long bamboo briar. Dismount 

 mule was not a fatal one. and 

 Her entrails were dragging and 

 thus preventing her going any : 

 — my mule badly cut, ny litch 

 wounded, s 



Sat 



ut of hei 



Hi 



into her belly: and then 

 the body, covering the c . 

 boar, and With the aid of my i 

 and then tightened the knot 



a iioppiug as if a huge bear was 

 ng direct to where i wus seated 

 lull cry; theboarwas "booting"' 

 oashiog of his great tusks was 

 ud got tangled in a grapevine, 

 If in the saddle nor move the 

 i whine, and at that instant I 

 . Turning as well as I could to 

 iar I hud ever seen, plunging 

 logs except Venus at Ins heels. 

 :., e.Mt was like some gigontio 

 ■mi ii lithe force of an ava- 

 so eager to follow him that I 

 f noticing her coming on behind 

 to follow, i had gone but a 



looking back to see her what 



ve the snow crimsoned along 



down I discovered the blood 



I pool V. id- u it- fastened to a 



ig [found li '■'■ ound of the 

 I went to the relief of Venus. 

 I the bamboo had .-aught them, 

 further Here was a dile m ma 

 , one of the best I had, mortally 



i .n!, one hand— what could I 

 ii that, condition would never 

 from home, and iu this dense 

 .as many resources under such 



[aisLotiied to the woods would 



an the bamboo, put them hack 

 ipped my hnnrhWchiel around 



gash made, bv the tusk of the 

 ane hand find mouth I tied it, 

 svith a stick. I determined to 



