•Jiirr 5. 1883.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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FIXTURES. 

 FIELD THIAbW. 

 Eastern Field Trials Club, Mtt&itoHutfl Trials. 



: I" Derby '--i" ■'' .bib, Ij for the 



. IT: Tor the All-Age, 1 Sink,, Vnv. I. W. \. 



tbusb, Lone Island, N. Y. 

 BohiU's Island Club's second Annual Field 

 i r,,i members only, Entries close 



November i 



. .,■■!,!..,■ 



Mcralim' 8t« 



DOGS AT THE NEW YORK SHOW. 



Edit 



f 

 last 



the 

 by 

 of 



Nowfoum 

 quoting f i-i 



^ply to Col. Taylors effusion in vour 

 issftfle, in SO far as it relates to' me. 

 hit out the detect.-: and deformities in 



or of Bingley's bend; and I ,, ill boeb, 

 -ell-known authorities their deserip- 



inuld belong, large * * * Abroad 

 ■ i;i.„e'ji-'.,iii|....ru. J ivel.v small, should 

 Bfcerly free from that red haw. char- 



line of the nose, e U treW shown in the case of mv [, i-.-^._-i it. 

 illustration, Mr. Mapplebeck's Leo, in which it - 

 greater extent than usual. * * *'* There ia a slight fur- 

 row down the middle of the top of the head, but nothing ap- 

 proaching to a stop. • : * * The eyes of this dog are 

 small, and rather deeply set,; but there should he no display of 

 the haw or third eyelid.'' 



Dr. Gordon StaBleS.— "The head is peculiarly grand and 

 massive, the brow is broad; * * * the eyes are rather 

 small in proportion, deeply set, not showing the. haw, of a 

 very dark clear hazel color, and extremely intelligent expres- 

 sion." 



Mr. T. Loader Brmvne of Okard.^ "Defects * * * the eye 

 showing the haw or under eyelid, leading iu some cases to' a 



flat on the skull, with the occipital hone w 

 The forehead is bold but there is no decided sV 

 I send you with this the photograph of a 

 who has what I call a good head, full of cbai 

 metrical dc.velopnjcut. As I have no interei 

 dogs for anybody, 1 withhold hi: 

 No doubt vim will gladly pcrmi 

 readers interested in the subj" 



The dog referred to is quite as 



, broad and rathf 



led. 

 Newfoundland, 



lal'g 



and ! 



in body, legs and ( 

 Mavor of" Mingle v'i 

 ioh Col. T'ayio 



r that 



name and that of lus owner. 



Col. Taylor, or any of your 

 ct, to examine the picture, 

 arge, 1 believe, considerably 

 t Bingley. and quite as good 



head. 

 nts as given in Dak'-icl's 1 -ook. 



pr, 



he is 



thirty -two and a quart t 

 half inches over his acn 

 I wi 11 endeavor to desi 

 the size. o£ a medium-si: 

 head, from which the b 

 nnd gives the skull a mi 

 as it is possible to imagi 

 dignify the breed. His 

 haw as they do of pupil, 

 and kindly look, without 



;ht at shoulder i: 



letir 



which i: 



be the Mayor's head: A lump about 

 apple fills the center of his fnre- 

 1 slopes steeply toward the tetnpl« 

 lapeu, narrow look, about as unlike 



the broad, noble brow that should 

 es exhibit, quite as much surface, of 

 jd utterly spoil the deeply sagacious 

 ill a Newfoundland is only a big 



A ridge jams up the middle of his head i 



,:,.'.,, i ,,, 



pieturi 

 Mayor 

 form i 



is Hv 

 of the 



Sutv 

 ad n'm 



m completely, and I have. 



. His head' alongside of 



If Col. Taylor will in- 



• whose, judging, he had 



1 fiddle to May, 



lightened, and. if true, 1 will assist him m pr.-iving tor more 

 qualified judges in Englandas well as America, As to the 

 Sixty prises he is said to have won. a gentleman who, I be- 

 lieve, at on, lin-.eoe, ued Mm, recently said to toe, T % don't 

 care that (snapping his fingers), for prizes won in England. 

 He i naming a certain exhibitor), never shows unless it is all 

 fixed beforehand." 



Col. Taylor works himself into quite a small storm in a. tea- 

 pot at my giving a Norfolk spaniel e 

 black, or black and white field span 

 peteaey is severely commented on 

 Mr. Taylor)! "he cadis a Norfolk sps 

 spaniel men this, must sound quite a 

 said of a setter judge, 'He calls an I 

 Tell us all you know about spaniels, 

 at the feet of Gamaliel and get wise 



Col. Taylor owned » spaniel and g( 

 York, for which 1 did not give him i 

 the Bible at my head in f„o, -eg. 



ootid i. 



■iae 



n a class for 



-Is. M 



' i/l 



iring income 



< ii-eat 



a prta 



.Set 

 .dd 



lit, a 



at Ito quote 

 ,.,a,mci:" To 

 - though he 



We will sit 



him at New 

 nd he flings 



I apt 



logi! 



e. Benedict 





T e;,k 



head, short 

 in very suc- 

 »use he has 











Jtl.awa, Can- 



told C 



d, '. 



avlor that I 



nat.t.e 



of la 



: I lii, 



- lift,] 



that I bad not the 

 tent to render a faithful, mt 

 upon. I may not. m my I ov 

 spaniels, bull-ten ies. INewtj 

 greyhounds, setters, pointer 

 lor does, in his. but I console 

 uooneeverdid la 



thinks he knows about dogs. 

 folk a, field spaniel:" My 

 phrase, 



I have not the si 

 Spleen, of wliioh h 



lit did not speak tin 

 le task of judging ( 



that 



th th 

 eh as 



L that 





Scott 



he c 



lis 



IS su 



mined 



up 



;st pe 



frc 



Love 

 chart 



8$ 



may 

 ■ 

 tend, 

 lord, 

 the 

 know 



i will probably : 



defe 



Of 1 



iranee 



al feeling toward Col. Taylor. 



is, thank Cod. far, far away 



s it is in many respects. Me 



is own dogs, and 1 knew it. 



sion lends a hundred fold 



5 only possible toward the 



rr even in the brilliant Co!. 



lulent manipulation (that 



ut 



r thro 



, stark ofiuspoi 



wallopped the hi 

 e informs, me that 

 n't pC 



"faking," 

 r little bull- 



!>. !s tloni in 



r or; 



ed, i 



s lis st.ern penalty. 1 would refer him 

 : -.he British Kennel Association in dis- 

 besl - '-•■lown exhibitors for being caught 



Taylor's loss of confidence in my 



•eed of dogs, ("Great Srottd he calls a Nor- 

 "t and will he proud to exhibit under him 

 is. judge. J. P. Kirk. 



Editor Forexi and Stream: 



The readiness with which those interested iu dogs en- 

 gage in battles with the pen has more than once impressed 

 me. And perhaps- there never was a more, remarkable ex- 

 emplification of this, than is shown by the flood of replies 

 called forth by Col. Stuart Taylor's recent letter about the 

 New York Show. 



I have no intention of offering myself as an ally to tins gen- 

 tleman, who is abundantly able to take, care of himself His 

 knowledge ,■' < L -A-,, A. and his command of the, English 

 languago, fully qualify hiin to hold his own against his oppo- 

 nent, ;i,el enable him to return each blow t.l.al is aimed at 

 him with telling eifcet. It seems to me very extraordinary, 

 however; that so many people— instead of being glad to have 

 ,,,ir Is v. si, i d. and our dogs' faults pointed out— should 

 e ,-,, i, up in arms at the suggestion that we have not al- 

 ready attained perfection in our efforts to breed dogs up to 

 the proper state', ■•! t\ • nil understand that those who own 

 dogs and make companions of them, become so assured of 

 their mental mid mors I excellences that they wholly overlook, 

 and are even quite ignorant ,,f their physical defects, and this 

 bias is enough f,o make them fee! indignant, and to cause 

 them to take up the cudgels when the classes in which their 

 property was exhibited aie, criticised. The manifest inabil- 

 ity ot manv men to dissociate the mental and physical quali- 

 ties of their dogs is plainly shown by some of your 

 correspondents, who insist upon mixing up the field 

 performance^ and bench show qualities of their dogs. It 

 is a difficult matter for a great many people who are 

 well satisfied with their own knowledge of nogs and guns to 

 write even ,i short letter without exposing an ignorance that 

 seems most remarkable. Is it necessary for me to tell such 

 gentlemen that a 'log may br a perfect, field performer, and 

 yet worthless for the show bench; R seems like dealing out 

 yett elementary instruction, and vet some of Col, Taylor's 

 critics appear to be ignorant of this fact. It has happened to 

 ,,,,- ,,- Lav,-- seen three dogs, a collie, a bulldog and a foxhound, 

 each of which was to all appearance fairly well bred of his 

 kind, stand birds, and do BeH work on qnafl and grouse in a 

 manner that, would put to shame the. average, pointer or set- 

 ter. Should tlese three be entered iu those two classes at 

 a. (log show? 



I dt;, not agree in all points with Col. Taylor's criticisms, but 

 is it. therefore, proper— is it not even in the worst possible 

 taste for me to attack him as though he had done me a per- 

 sonal injury : The best, authorities all agree that the pointers 

 at the New York show were, a disgracefully poor lot, and this 

 quite coincides with my owu judgment in the matter. On the 



,i very poor dogs and not half a dozen vert 

 is is a fair judgment of this class we. surehj 

 »ast very highly of it, 



in ilog breeding in this country for two verj 

 i First, we have only been at "it a short tirni 

 ivhat kinds of dogs we. wish to breed, and sec 

 •et no one to tell us what we want to breed. 



mark each dog i 



judge lie- -■,,,,, 

 purison of the tv 



1 should like to have twenty good 

 wenty men, and to have each judge 

 . according to -'Stouehenge's" scale of 

 tr I should like to have the same men 

 Lie same way. 1 think that the coin- 

 ore books of' the first judging would 

 of the two score books of the same 

 judge on the two occasions still more so. I believe that in the 

 first judging there would bo at least, half a dozen different 

 dogs selected as the best, and further that scarcely any of the. 

 judges on the second occasion would select as best the same 

 dog that he had previously chosen, and that the marks of the 

 :,,,; -under the same judge, would vary in the two in- 

 spections from five to ten point's. This simply means that the 

 average, judge, lias no picture in his mind of the perfect setter. 

 A number of dogs arc brought before him, and he selects as 

 the best the one that to his mind has the few-st faults, but the 



and litis time Vhe oiin , Thick has the. fewest " iaults may lie 

 entirely different in type from the animal that he had previ- 

 ously selected ,i- ,-, first; prize winner, In this way the intelli- 

 gent dog breeder Is contused and perplexed, and is iiLLable to 



I have heard more than one experienced sportsman say 

 since the publication of the letter above referred to, that 

 "Col. Taylor is all right, of course, but, he puts things too 

 strongly, and he ought not to throw cold water on our shows 

 as he has done.'' 1'his appears to me a very short-sighted 

 view to take of the matter, for it, is only by agitating the sub- 

 ject that we can rouse breeders to the importance of learning 

 what kind of dogs we want, to breed, and how to breed them. 

 linless tht- is ,|o 1; e breeders will go tm as they have in the 

 past, raising dogs and trusting to accident to get those that 



that they must De nursed along,. 



that they may have courage to gh 

 [think not, 'It is far better that 1 

 indulged in, lest we should becorn 



r condition 

 petted so 



next year; 

 i ahoiild be 

 i things as 



ement. But 



own country 



Couples. 



DOG AND WOODCOCK.-Fort Plain, N. Y.— About ten 

 lat s ago a friend of mine found a full-grown woodcock iu 



mall sear on the back of its head, it seemed lively", but 



foot long by 

 and put, in f 

 liver, and it 



l ,vir, .. ucieiiig on one side, 

 in from ,l,e bottom of the 

 indeed, is epiiie tame, will 

 ,,g close to the box, and has 

 , from my hand. What 1 

 ■Iter dog four years «ld that 

 3k over. Since I have had 

 i [tfe j,, coutall the 



Itrili 



i, the 



i th 



11 (V 



:aritoff. Do vu think tti 



Jng so accustomed TO seeing the 



. „ .,,.-. ,ei.; nes, fall.' If you Alo I 



it is v-erv hite.e.sting to me ,,.. mi, 

 IE ahOttt in hi» cage. — A.. W. B. 

 come out all right, but as there is 



its chance that harm may ensue, we would advise that 



be be not allowed too elose an aeq-tfatatanee with your pet.] 



any danger, 

 bird that he 



shall let the 



like to keep 



[Yot W " 



Id p, 



A WONDERFUL DOG. 



:. in No. 17, present 



my former business 



Br I s la. i id. way down 



- ,, , ■.'.,., 



pj ai i trained him 

 pronounced Bowzcr, 



YOUR correspondent, Paul Devert 

 volume, recalls to memory a d< 

 partner, J. B. H. (then of South old, Sl- 

 at the east end of Cong Island!, n-,,,1 t 

 ago. Having procured him wlien a n 

 himself, Rowze (lus name was E„ 



ntel- 



lived 



• of knowing 

 Well propor- 

 ilar breed he 

 1 the count er- 



Mr. Devereux 

 klots Lode- 



is sticking 

 run over 

 in sight . 



Ig, Mr. II. 



but he was palled Bo' 



above any dog of which I have ever heard or res 

 ligeuce, reason, sense and sagacity, his equal ha 

 found. He understood ordinary conyerss lo e, :,, 

 one, as will be related further on. Mr. H. at tin 

 on a farm, and trained hiiu if it could be called i 

 a pup. The fact is, there was very little, tramin 

 He seemed to grow up with an intuitive sens, 

 what was wanted of him. He was of good size. 

 tioned, very active and quick. Of what, partita 

 was, I do not know. One, of his feats v, as a 

 part of that performed bv the, dog uieutionef 



One. day Mr. H. yvas at work in one of tin 

 ing the fence needed some, repairs requiring 

 the thought occurred to him of sending U, 

 pile at the. house for it. So he called How/., 

 "Go the wood pile at. the house, and get the 

 in the chopping log." Off went the dog on 

 the hill, out of sight, the house being in a v. 

 After waiting a long time, the dog not 

 went to see. what was the matter, knowing 

 pciieiiccs that he, would either bring the axe, or erne back 

 slowlv lookiug very much ashamed, with bead and tail down, 

 as much as to say, '"Master, 1 could not no it. " U ben M r. S. 

 got in sight of the fence around the dooi yard, he saw liov, ;.,■ 

 busy at work digging under the fence.' On coming up, ho 

 found the dog had the beetle (made of hard wood, with heavy 

 iron ring on euch end, and handle hi the middle, used tor split- 

 ting logs), on the inside of the fence. On investigation lie 

 found the do:? had been to the axe, and had tried to loosen it 

 from the log,' hut could not, for there was the pi int., of his 

 teeth iu the handle, and it was all wet with his saliva, tin, 

 being unable to get the axe. the dog apparently reasoned, 

 "Well, the beetle comes next the axe. I'll take the beetle.' 

 Having got to the fence with it, an iniforesceu difficulty pre- 

 sented its-elf, for on trying to jump the fence with the be t L 

 it would catch in the fence, and prevent I In- d g getting oyer 

 it. After trying it until he was sa.tistie ,1 ho -y-:\<\ not accom- 

 plish the feat, the dog evidently said to himself. '•Well, I will 

 dig a hole under the fence." So he jumped over on the out- 

 side , and commenced, and was hard at work at it when Mr. 

 H. came. up. 



At another time, in having. H. had re-sanded his "rifle," 

 (made of wood, smeared over with glue, then sprinkled with 

 sandiused to sharpen scythes. In those, days the farmers 

 made them, nowthev are generally manufactured and sold to 

 them. Having sanded the rifle one morning before break 

 fast, and stood it up on the handle against, the wall on the 

 ironing table in the kitchen, and after finishing his breti I; re 

 he forgot the rifle and went to the meadow, a long way from 

 the Loose, and commenced mowing, freseutlv the sc\the 



yvanted sharpening, and then he remembered where he had 

 left it. So he called Bowze, for the dog was always Ins com- 

 panion whenever he went on the farm or off of it, unless In- 

 fold him to stav at. home, and said, "I left my rifle on the 

 kitchen table, go and get it." Off he goes like a shot : in a few 

 minutes he brought it. On going to dinner the hired girl told 

 H. she was very much frightened by the, dog before she real- 

 ised it was him. She had been busy' ironing on I Letjbli wl„ ;, 

 all at onee she heard a rushing noise, and in earne the dog at 

 full speed, jumped on the table, grabbed the rifle, and was qffi 

 before site could understand what it meant. H. always wore 

 heavy boots or shoes at farm work, changing them for lighter 

 ■ones at night, and the latter for the form- ■ „-i .-; g to work. 

 The former, when not iu use, were hung up in an open shod. 

 When wanted he would cull Bowae to get the boots or shoes: 

 the. dog never made a mistake after having learned the 

 names and difference between them, and always brought the 

 respective pair of each. He knew enough not to fool away 

 time, by bringing one at a time, nor to fetch one hoot and 

 shoe. At another time, in winter H. was cutting a road 

 through the woods; the men would use I he wliei.-lonc and 

 leave if on a stump. When wanted, H. would say to BOWSSO, 



"Go get the whetstone, it is on one of the --■'. "■■,;,- .here 



back there," pointing. It would invariably L. LinoL 



Some of the men tried to send hini. alt,r iL-e i-. -,-1,,; he 

 did, but it was of no use. He would pay QO attention to them. 

 He would obey no one. but his master, or.gmi ■■ ineniL i s ol I hi 

 family. They used to hide the whetstone in all sorts of 

 places, hut he always found and brought it. exc i ,t - ,ncc when 

 it was placed in the crotch of a tree about rive feet up. and In 

 such position he could not seize nor sec it:. He was .-cut after 

 it by H., all hands watching him until he found the tree. It 

 was' a grand sight to see liim hunting for that stone, lb- 

 worked the ground over, much the same as the hunting dog 

 does for birds, was very fast, quick in his movements, and 

 keen of scent. He. was working away, getting over the 

 ground very rapidly, and under full headway- pass-d this tree. 

 As he went by, he was noticed to faltei, orpau-e. as it were, 

 for an instant. He threw his head api seeming to sniff the 

 air, but being under such headway he could not -.top for quite 

 a space. Aa soon as possible, round he came on his back track 

 to the tree, and immediately tried to jump and seize the si one. 

 Round and round that tree be went, jumping in all sorts of 

 ways, trying to reach that, stone, but finally lie gave ,f up ami 

 dame baMcte- his master slowly, head and tail down, looking 

 like a culprit. H. said "Bowze. what's the matter* Could you 

 not bring the. stone:'" The dog looked up sorroivfully and 

 wagged his toil faint! v, as much as to say, "No." "Well, 

 Bowze, did you find its' The instant the question was ask< ■ 

 he seemed a" different dog. His head was, erect. , eve, spark- 

 ling, tail nearly perpendicular, and wagging -L "tin rokes 



pel- minute., saying as plain as dog cotiltl, "Yt>." Well go 

 and show me where it is." OfJfhe went, seeming uitich p ,i 

 that he could be of some use again. Coming loth.- free, he 

 raised himself oil his hind legs against it, and reaciicd op his 

 head as far as he coidd, saving no doubt, "Here it is." 



He was a great hunting dog, too, and loved it as well us any 

 dog ever did. But well as he loved hunting, he would never 

 go out by himself, nor with any hunter except lbs toaster, on 

 less the latter told him to. Then he would go with neighbor 

 or stranger, and would hunt faithfully until night. The 

 hunter might feed him -be he. acqu.iiiji.-oi. •■ ., .■:-. ig,-, but 

 be allowed no familiarity, no wheedling-, flatten s I coaxing, 

 in such cases he was right on his dignity, showing his teeth, 

 accompanied with a low growl. When tie Lie: . , , -, , In- 

 immediately started for home. On the farm, if he lioled a 

 woodchuc.k he invariably dug him out, if the nature of the 

 ground was such that it could he done. He. never gave upany- 



t'.iieg he, undertook if it were possible to be ace, ,L-.|ed J,,, ; , 



dog. He was never whipped by any other dogr, but always 

 came off conqueror in his quarrels, mid he would not, begin' a 

 quarrel with another dog. but always acted on the dclVh-r . 

 He seemed to feel that fighting was deiogai.oi \ and heiieaili 

 his dignity. He would not notice a ,-al . nor eha.-e unr worry 

 them unless told to. His master never allowed ton to com',, 

 in the house, -unless by special invitation, ., ■ he un- 



derstood that he never offered to. Heal wax- IV- 1 i be dog and 

 i, ,, ; - oat after he was through with his own meal, lie 



would put Bowze's food on one plate and the cat's on another, 

 take the cat's plate first into the door-yard, the dog noL 

 ..-. t,o cone near nor disturb the eat m the len,.-i,. 'Thou 

 H. would call tho dog. hand him the plai, L, logl nigitm 

 his mouth, carrying it out in the. yard and eating In- meal at 

 leisure. After finishing, he would bring in th- plate. 



Bowze was a great fisherman, too, i. e., he would take hold 

 of th6 rope with his mouth and help pull m the seine, 1 1 



