Jitn-e 81, 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



409 



• except iu the direction 

 ing'. but in the garde: 

 i.f th" numerous ref re 

 doors and out, humai 

 its wav in the effort b 

 ■esting things which « 

 (i wiUberaadilj un 

 anee show- the popu! 

 adds greatly to it. Qni 

 drawback. In the mi 

 one is borne along wit 

 pi „.. opportunity tor 

 lection ul Obiei t-9, wh 

 however, this might 1 



|.. -pi- '.,.:•. vi~il this 



do not realise the i 

 have yen indefinite 

 possible that tbey ma 

 vided witli some sort 

 and that fishing 

 a convenient excuse t 

 the count rv. bu( it is 

 as to whether his rod 

 Their idea of a sea 

 ocean monster, or at 

 soyed individual, urn 

 and who is in the Hal 

 though he. like Mica' 

 up. In a word, it is 

 does not know bow t 

 a'iv idea what they ^ 

 specific knowledge cc 

 that conduces to dr 



spend ile- shilling wl 

 trance. For, not on) 

 the fisherman enoQuxi 

 while gathering the' 

 Old Jolin Bnuyau wn 



shment stands, in fact everywhere, in 

 itysurged. swayed, pushed and elbowed 

 i behold the many wonderful and intor- 



derstond that while such a large altend- 

 iril.v of tin- exhibition, and, of course, 

 inei'al success, there is, nevertheless, one 

 dst ot such a den.-- gatherinj; of people 

 li the. tide, ajid. Consequently, has little 

 studying any particular object or col- 



or i 



th hit! £eue. j.Nr cefcci uoihing : 

 e. to get away for a pleasant aft 

 LB doubtful il Iliev have the. ghost 

 ..,1 is madBofcasI (rbhoiof splil 

 ea fisherman is that he is some 

 riiat he is n heavy boolc 



jabit of gazing ai the distant I 



awhor. was waiting lor somethi; 



is the old story that "one-half of 

 ,- the other half lives," if, indeed, 

 y are like. It is. perhaps, this ve: 

 concerning the Bsh 



Wh 



ich 



e of the danger which 

 it me lie meets with 

 is," but here also, as 



"Yon see the ways the fisherman doth take 

 To onteh the fish': what ermines .lot li he make: 

 liehold how he rngruKi-lli all his witi: 

 .Ms, i l-i.. snares, hues, angles, hooks and m-is." 



hat is both instructive and 

 sr they be specialists or not, 

 that the exhibition halls are 

 continued popularity of the 



ppurlUlliU It) 



:s. But. even 

 a novice fiv- 

 ' i ntirely al 

 do. It is true 

 and contains 

 but it is easy 



So much, iudi 

 interesting to e' 

 that one "can t 



thronged. As an instance of the co: 

 exhibition, it may be mentioned tha 

 fortnight after the opening, the nun 

 This shows that the public interest 

 the fact that upward of ^0,000 u 

 ■copies of other official publications 1 

 obtainable only within the exBIbitfo 

 idea of how r.h'oroughlv the people a 

 how eagerly they ;,vail thems.-Ivc 

 gather knowledge concerning the vu 

 with these, aids to the seeker for ki 

 ■quently finds himself very much be 

 a loss to know what this or that o 

 that the official catalogue is a bill 

 •quite all that could be expected iu si 



to understand that, at best, it can*, as a rme, ueai oniy won 

 generalities. And these general descriptions aie often as be- 

 wildering as anything can be to the landsman. Hut. mingled 

 with the'erowd— especially during tho first week then nave 

 been more or le-s fishermen, men who have pulled the line 

 and net, and who .-.-in tell l,.n_- varus ol [alesorwon- 



derful hauls of tishes. It is sran-ely accessary to add that 

 when Fisherman Jack condescends to explain certain kinds of 

 apparatus, or to give an opinion as to thette^ or sea-going 

 qualities of this .a- that craft, he immediately become- th. 

 center of an attentively listening throng. His words, mispro- 

 nounced and imgrammatical thonghthey may be, hat 

 crthe.less an interest to his audience, which could be scarcely 

 excelled by the eloquence of the most aecoiuphshed orator. 

 And why: Simply baeauae he tells them of things which 

 they know little or nothing of, but with which be litis been so 

 long familiar that he is able to give much pleasure to his list- 

 eners by imparting to them some portion of the knowledge 

 which they seek and he alone is possessed of. 



But it is not, perhaps, too much to say that even the most 

 expert fisherman, though ho may be well versed in all the 

 tackle, boats, vessels, etc., which are employed in the waters 

 of his native land, may, nevertheless, soon find in an exhibi- 

 ' i at South Kensington, much that he 

 If. however, he is of an Inquiring 



tion, so exte: 

 will fail to nude 

 turn of mind, he soon gather 

 himself as to Whether i r nog! 

 such methods or uot. Fishei 

 .and, like many other worthy 

 they should adopt foreign me 

 why the people of other coin 



light. I have ir i.-ntlv be 



men did not use the beam tri 

 pert fishermen her., that thuj 

 on the coast of the United 8. 



that there is lit r i 



sdetaand t 



price of such fish 

 here, and that < 



is not mm. 





catch as many c 





in a beam trawl 





conditions neces; 



il.ilo I !k a 



to obtain the des 



ired results 



expert or otherv; 



ise, has he 



knowledge oi th, 



inhabitan 



manifold devices 



for their e 



this kind brings i 



ut so mam 



boats, and doing 



thousands 



the mind becomt 



s dazed an 



prehend them. 

 by many thing.- 



4-nd even J 



which he s 



fancy, i. 



Defore drca 



either, that he si 



ould some 



soundings, for. i 



i a collects 



and which euib 



aei's marl 



sea. trom an Ind 





or from Eshculti 



re to devic 



steamer, there is 



much that 



./. W. OotWnsiri 



Boston, Ex 



ug with line (yawls, can 

 .ne dav as could be token 



,, begin to see that ecriam 

 if methods best calculated 

 matter of fact, every one, 

 iportunitv to increase his 

 , lake and river, and the 

 Indeed, an exhibition oi 



es here, aud which, in his wilde 

 ued of. Audit is not surprisin 

 im.es feel that he had gotten i 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



Tho proportions of the human figure are se 

 the foot. This is identically Ihe prorjortinn 1 

 breadth of :m listerhrook commercial jje-u.— 



A. Michigan Lauy writes: "The folks he 

 come in every week to borrow mi hu-b-iui! 

 None of them have the nerve to subscribe toi 

 They borrow his gun and rod. too." 



interested in seamanship. _ 

 Book and Yachtsman '.= Manual," uo\ 

 timely. A description of the volume v 

 columns.— Atli: 



tion of the -'bailor's Handy 



"As V 





_ Inking, the worst of it i 

 the kidneys," remarked a .skilled Ne 

 Capefne Porous l']r, s r.-r alleviates these 

 cure is possible. Unlike all other est 

 ougiily and at. Once, Clean aud plen 

 price 35 eenU.-.-i.-/. 



\ht Mennel. 



To in 

 Oressed 



imliriil 



portan\ 



'"'•' /"' 

 to thi 1 

 llilx. in 



,,„,./ attention Wijtywnieaiion-s should baad- 

 'ortst and Stream Publishing Co.. rind wot to 

 whose absence from the office matters of im- 



FIXTURES. 



FIELD THI.U .«. 



' 



\.T P 



-st iJastern field Trials Club. Fifth Animal '1 rinls. 

 c Entiles for it. .• Darta cflose July J; for the 



Nov If. for the All A.:-.l stake. Noy. 1. W, A. 



iaSa-Bobin's Bland Ohib's 'seconcl annual Field 



■ Island. I.. I., foe members only. Knlries close 



mnmer. Secretary. 



).— National American Kennel c.'luii. I'ifih Annual 



.iunction. Tenn. P. Kryaon, 8eeretafy, Memphis, 



Tenn. 







THE DOGS AT THE NEW YORK SHOW. 

 Editor Forest andStrt 



cent letter in you 



I 's nest: And all I 

 the a 



nt.-di 



.Ma 



.lav sol May. Well, I c 



'them. I have nothing to retract in :,, 

 contrary am more fully convinced thu 

 rect in my estimate of the quality- of t h 



' happv to know from their published le 

 with i 



t. it only 

 eel a little 



s (lev see 



on frank sjq 



Of whi.h I pi 

 what, of a sat 

 lance far the 

 is the pain iu 



reckless knig 



l.v a frieii.lli 



. When the iOX 



After all sc 

 chivalric Cot 



pointer's tail, 

 alitl\ in adva 

 aon't believe 

 r opin 



assuaged 



spectator 



and general knowledge of canine . 

 they now permit me to. Nor do 1 

 were in such raptures over the scve 

 to iu our letters as to think they eo, 



doga! ' l will 



myself, and i 



the honor to 



This makes 



Il is not to. 



if WeCOU'.ds 



1 tnist. to indulge the thought that 



In 



ath 



•>:i I,..,,,-!, >l„, 



•en Beaufort. I might choose him. as I hear he is grand. 

 !■ to those 1 closelv inspected. There may have been 

 .'specially excel lent ones which escaped my observation, 



or a pointer that Ibis taken first hone 

 is not faulty where I found him so, 



settle this pari Of th" question. iloV 



ing, and how amusing, that, when aue 

 his pen, teel.lv il may be, but none, tl 

 interest of improvement in dogs, an 

 hard and lind fault, be is held up 



le:t. • 



to do something with 

 33 earnestly, in the 



compelled to strike 

 ost to ridicule and 

 ■s.i f.'i.v, , rite's path- 

 f. Not a line of my 

 igatiouas to what 1 



Among tho pointers I excepted Rue from tho "sweeping 

 charge" I made, but asserted that this bitch was not faultless. 

 If enthusiasts and men of intelligence and observation, and 

 possessing the critical faculty. lind every dog with bright eyes, 

 ■ i and a good color, handsome and typical, and 

 therefore valuable that is yanked up and jerked around by 

 the tail for our gaze, where will owners and exhibitors ever 

 see any need for improvement J It is only by severe criticism, 

 not fulsome adulation, wo can put men and dogs on the right 

 track. I'., do ' bis one muse incur censure and abuse and be 

 laughed ei. 1 know, but his course is none the less clear. In 

 the end he will win thanks instead of thumps. 



In 1 1? th. as one of the presidential electors, I stumped the 

 State of California from one end to the other iti be- 

 half of the present "Sage of Uroy stone." Of course 

 it fell to my lot to have a great many amusing experi- 

 ences, but the funniest part of the whole campaign in certain 

 parts ot the country was, that if I did not kiss every dirt v- 

 faced little baby (I love clean ones) that a doting mothers 

 arms held up to mo, and vow it was the sweetest, cleanest, 

 loveliest little darling ever burn, that mother went for me, 

 and "there was trouble in the camp," the ticket lost a vote or 

 two! 



So it is with one who takes up pen about a subject which 

 he has studied for years, aud has a passion for from boyhood. 

 Just let him say one word against a favorite dog or breed of 

 dog, or fail to pronounce perfection everything iu connection 

 wiih a beach show, and to declare each and btbtj mongrel the 



finest, nicest, handsomest specimen ever seen, and down come 

 thesnarlezs and grumblers with their storm and tempest of 

 umbrella, or dodge between 



tails of ray Utile bull-le 



sling don't bit m.-: The Uttlt 



were never touched by any hand ot muio, or with inv con 



sent. I do not believe m .v. .ri s||,-,v ing th. ii ears ..- 



thev do in Kttglaiid. Kit I i-'s tail was shaved hv a big lout 



of a lubberly boy, tbwnose tender mercies I entrusted ber 



for., be, dav. eot believing he would dare meddle with il 



He was mi ..h to suffer, r.-: assured, for his deft handiwork. 

 That of Pegasus was operated on. witl-out my knowledge 



or lent, b\ a mend's coachman who fcepl hftn forme, and 



lor which he was soundly rated. Anothei tried t,. 

 it and made it worse! So far as I am nesgooally concerned, 

 the fling falls short. Tin- < lever and discerning Mr Kirk is 

 also referred to this explanation of the appearance of the 



aforesaid tails in the Jtodging ring. I - Mr. Kirk know that 



ii e the '-'.1-10111 itt the "old country " to " fake," as he calls it , 

 ihe ears and tails of bull-terriers, no matter how fine n,.- 



whole thing! 



e English 



her opine 

 len he re- 

 ion there 



e ppend igea may beJ 



I. for one combo 



I. lout, believe in shav 



"c cil her ears or 



were lino enough will 



out it and a- the 



either iu England or h 



ie trheu their tai 



Stands to reason there 



was no demand f< 



Now. a word or two 



about Mr. Dalziel 



told him in 1880 that ' 



we could beat th 



v Particular! 



very el.-i" of dog the; 

 setter." I do not doubt .\ir t om« 

 Mr. Dalziel was quizzing! For ] 

 turned to his native heath he did i 

 le, am means. \..r woiv hi- e.\ tpi 

 all flattering. In London, when a 

 published in or about .tunuarv. 1 

 the tiisl number, entitled "f.-.bvl. 

 visit (here, it being thi lie.-id.pi.ii t 

 nel Club. Perhaps Mr. Cornel] h 

 not quote from it. He, also wrote 

 letter mi "Disappaiuted Exhibit 



but here a follow 



which 



he had not ax 



world 



'• Thai was 



rneiit. 



Mr, Dalziel 



kuowl 





breed 





Now 



. a- l.ir :• . I -.- 



aiitv of dog? ' 



knocks it off. non't let us 1 1 . , i , k 

 and can touch tie. stars! i mi 



country, her progress and her pi 

 brains and bravery, proud of In- 



to bet him ftiOO that ui* pug, to 

 a prize, "wa- the best pug in the 



eve. pretended to no very great. 

 I the chapter in his book on' that 

 -ot from Mr. linn tain's. 

 oiuent of our shows is concerned, 

 ,r K. -i.ii. I Club's, 1 think we diR- 

 nded across ihe sea. All arrange. 

 psed those I saw made over 



t find 



front and pitching in 

 our dogs the kings at 

 say. and you cau tak 

 called "dog dealers" 

 puffed up with our o 



te. his 

 isider- 



all that she ,s-avs w 

 Is no! her flight an e 



e' 1 



having few really gr; 

 of dogs spend lavish^ 

 of all kinds. Let the 

 upon by the ablest a 



"on'tlet 

 m who 



- ladder 



, and blow, 

 ' And hero 

 nine: to the 

 don't think 



of your so- 

 , il" not too 



plB, SVfll BS 



t in nearly 

 irt of pluck? 

 But, let ma 

 ussion, that 

 1 our stock, 



,- humble, opinion, and 



five dollars for one. when in England tin 

 dollars is a common price." Then who 

 sires and dams, lot our breeders and o 



ind four hundred 

 e have, these as 

 udges stand by. 



words ol a 



here to try 



paper of ill 



,nd St. Bernard 

 secure him fo 

 late, alcllow w 



"J" 



ea. Iii n contenipora.v 



isconrteonsry alludes Wi 

 it liis owner, Mr. Smith, 

 u a letter— now in mv 

 ud which Mr. ft. kindly 

 ons of admiration about 



Let 



me tell the individual, whose rudeness i- shcllercd behind tho 

 name of "Canonicns," that the expression is a proper and sig- 

 nificant one, aud is quite commrfn ,,f use- by breeders, when 

 they wish to refer to a large, massive dog whose limbs are 

 straight and strong-, Mr. Sydney W. Smith is a great 

 breeder on the other side. By it ho means to convey 

 the idea, plain to any clear-headed man, that this huge 

 fellow is as firm and' straight on his Ic-s. in proportion 

 to his size, as is a well-built terrier, for your smart, sturdy 

 mile terrier is never cow-hocked, and you seldom find him 

 knuckled, 



The same writer also pitches iutu Mayor of Bingloy, all of 

 which is aimed at me. I presume because I condemned the 



. .-ilk-ism in the. paper for 

 hound Friday Night— winner 

 late show here— which was 

 coursing ground 1 wiiu.-t M 

 ot tins person's effusion, as he 

 old favorite, aud his 



Inch he 

 if ftn 



hail-drops, 

 And bare 

 proving na 

 dages of 



void with Mr. Cornell about ''iin- 

 s it, referring to tho caudal appen- 

 'egasus. That pebble from his 



lushed fo. 



The tone oi this fellow 

 that it is unworthy of fi 

 kindness and not malevi 

 lent ion oi wounding ai 

 written iu the vein a dw 

 to one of his own kin 



man of delicaey 



wi-ites upon thogrey- 

 . tho open -.lass at the 

 'parlor dog, not tit for tho 

 . H. Mason reply to this part 

 uite capai.de to defend his 

 chase from the wanton at- 



tid ill-natured 

 arther notice, I wrote iu a spirit of 

 ib-ii. -. and had not the. faintest inten- 

 nybody's fcelinga Tliis person has 

 e'ller iii the sluius might iudnlge in 

 and if there is anything iu this world 

 eut of feeling should avoid, it i 



to indite remarks intended to be. insulting, from behind a 

 task. Come out boldly and strike, and strike, hard, and you 

 be respected, although your blows may be painful. But 



a hiddei 

 men. I had 

 Ik.- times, in 

 lasted for se 



; is despised ot all 



.1 mikes' Spirit of 

 1 Yachting." which 

 ampliehed yachte- 



- I (jid also. !)y- 



d. I dropped my 



Oh! no, he would 



