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FOREST AND^'STREAM. 



resuscitation of this lireed, the most noble of the canine race, 

 ■which would be a glory to Ireland, and a source of infinite 

 credit and satisfaction to the Irish Kennel Club. I trust that 

 some of your readers -will exert themselves in the matter, that 

 this letter will promote friendly discussion in your columns, 

 and that practical results will follow. B. St. Gkobgb. 



CANINE OVARIOTOMY. 



Editoe Fokest and StbEam i 



From the numerous letters that have appeared lately, -wish- 

 ing information as to how this operation is to be performed, I 

 send this, hoping it may be of use to some one, even after 

 reading the very apt article on the subject by "Mohican," 

 which appeared in The Country last year,'and also the equally 

 good one that was in Foeest and Stream from the pea of 

 " South Fork." If beginners would take the editor's advice 

 of first operating on the dead subject they would make them- 

 selves couversant with the anatomy of the parts which they 

 expose, and know the proper relations thev bear to each other 

 and to the operation. 



Suppose we have a bitch pup two months old, weighing six 

 pounds, which is a good size to operate upon. First see that 

 she has had no food for eight or nine hours, so that tbi 

 ach and intestines may be empty. Four about three drachms 

 of chloroform on a small piece of sponge placed in a rubber 

 sponge bag; put the pup's bend into this and hold it, lightly 

 around the neck, so that the air will be excluded. In about 

 three minutes the breathing ceases, and, without a struggle, 

 the subject is ready. 



Place it on its back ; make a long incision down the middle 

 line, which should extend from the breast-bone {sternum) to 

 the pelvis, taking care not to cut into the intestines. About 

 the middle of this incision, on each side, make a cross inci- 

 sion, and thus a good view of the parts is obtained. Care- 

 fully press the intestines upward, and at the lowest point a 

 whitish round body appears. This is the bladder, which may 

 be verified by pressing, and the urine will flow through the 

 natural channel. Immediately below this a cord-liko organ is 

 seen lying between the bladder and intestines, which latter 

 adheres to the back. This organ is the uterus, which will be 

 found to bifurcate or divide into two canals which lie at first 

 on the Intestines, afterward curve round it on each side, tak 

 ing a direction upward and backward toward the kidneys. 

 These canals are the horns of the uterus, which, if followed 

 up, will be found attached to the peritoneum or serous cov- 

 ering of the intestines, at the lowest end of the kidneys. 

 Just at their termination will be found the ovaries, which are 

 hardish, nadular bodies, about the size of a small garden 

 bean. The fingers should be passed gently along the horns 

 till they become accustomed to the feel of them, for in the 

 operation on the live subject very little is seen, everything 

 has to be felt. I know it will well repay any one who wishes 

 to operate to first study up the subject in this manner, so that 

 when they do perform, they may be able to do so with confi- 

 dence. 



I still think that using a silver probe, or a No. 1 Bougie 

 (gum elastic), through the natural opening is a great saving of 

 xime, as one can thus come at once on the body of the uterus, 

 if not on the horns, which are often difficult to find, especially 

 in fat puppies. M. B. 

 . — «. . 



BOSTON DOG SHOW. 



Boston, March 8, 1879. 

 Editor Fokest and Stream : 



Dear Sir : The prize lists for our dog show are now nearly 

 ready. We have made six divisions of the classes as follows: 



Division A comprises English setters, consisting of cham- 

 pions, imported and native. Division B — Irish setters, cham- 

 pions, imported and native. Division C— Gordon setters, 

 champions, imported and native. Division D— Pointers, 

 champions, large and small sized, for the open classes. Di- 

 vision E — Spaniels, fox hounds, beagles, fox terriers, grey- 

 hounds, deerhounds, etc. Division F—Non- sporting dogs. 



The special prize list will be a good one ; four fine breech- 

 loaders are donated by the first class gunmakers of the country, 

 besides valuable oil paintings by celebrated artists, one of 

 which is valued at .$350, besides many others which will all be 

 given to you in detail. Our show this year will be held in the 

 Music Hall, a capital place, and, as our famous Boston Com- 

 mon is within a minutes' walk from the hall, owners will have 

 a grand chance to exercise their dogs. The club will en- 

 deavor to make a pleasant time for all distant exhibitors, 

 while to visitors nothing will be spared for their comfort and 

 pleasure. The show is to be held on the 6th, 7th, 8th and 

 9th days of May. Entries close the 31st of April. Mr. Chas. 

 Lincoln is appointed our superintendent, and owners can 

 rely on careful treatment of their dogs. 



T. T. Sawyer, 

 Chairman Exhibition Committee Mass. Kennel Club. 



LAVARACK OR LLBWELLIN ? 



New Yohk, March 5, 1S79. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



1 incloae yon pedigree of my English setter Czar. By referring to 

 game you will see that both the dog Leicester and Ultcli Petrel, trom 

 Which he is bred, were front the kenuel of Mr. Llewellin : also, that the 

 bitch Petrel is out of a pure Lavarack dog and bitch, and the dog Leis- 

 ceater la out of a pure Lavarack biU;h. I have called him (Czar) a 

 Llewellin Better, and objection haa been made to my doing so, as it is 

 claimed he la three-fourths Lavarack. Will you inform me whether or 

 not I am justified in presenting Czar as a Llewellin ? P. 11. Moehis. 



We can scarcely understand your claim to call your dog a 

 " Llewellin" setter when he has three-quarters Lavarack blood 

 in him. Neither was he bred by Mr. Llewellin, although his 

 sire and dam came from the kennels of that gentleman. We 

 are of the opinion that a particular strain of dogs ehould be 

 bred for more than two generations by one pet son before any 

 one is authorized in dropping the name of the originator of 

 three-fourths of the blood and calling the strain for another 

 person. _ 



EASTERN DOGS ON PRAIRIE 

 CHICKENS. 



New Haven, Feb. », 1ST'.'. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



1 notice In yonr iasue of the SOUl a communication from " Ivanhoe," 

 •wherein he atateH that Eastern clogs are or no use in bunting on the 

 pralrlo. I am entirely at a loaa to account for the manner In which his 

 dogs tashayed, especially as he represents them to he as well broken 



and keen nosed aa any to be found within a hundred miles of Ne 

 York. Now, "Ivanhoe's" experience is entirely at variance with ray 

 own. I nave hunted two acasouR In succession, of eight weeks each, 

 on the Iowa prairie, within fifteen miles of Garner. 



The first season there were but two of as, and we took our own dogs 

 that we had hunted wiih ti r Hie pits', uiree seasons in the bush. 

 Theae dogs hail been raised and broken In Connecticut, and were 

 neither curs nor mongrela, but come of as good stock as can be found. 

 Our ttrat day'a experience with the dogs on the prairie was of a 

 highly interesting character. Prairie land was something enti rely new 

 in their experience. Tired of being shut up so long on the cars, they 

 seemed determined to make the most of their naw-found liberty by 

 lunnin;,' and racing wildly in every direction, Hushing the blrda with- 

 out the least regard to whistle or call. After whistling and shouting 

 ourselves hoarse In vain attempts to get them under control, we con- 

 cluded to let them go until they got enough of It. At last we made up 

 our minds the fun was altogether too much on one side, and it was 

 time for us to have our turn, so we proceeded to take them In hand 

 pretty severely. It required a good deal of nerve and atrength, but 

 the subduing effect was wonderful. As this performance occupied 

 the greater part, of the day, we bagged only a few chickens. The next 

 daya we had no trouble whatever ■ the dogs did their work nobly, beat- 

 ing the ground over well, and pointing their birds in every instance. 



We started from the house where we were Btopping one day, after 

 we had finished our dinner, and rode to a stubble Held about five miles 

 away. We arrived at two o'clock. After hunting around the edge of 

 the stubble and in the prairie grass until Ave o'clock, we then started 

 for the place where we were boarding, and on counting found we ahd 

 seventy-two chickens, which we called a very good three hours' work. 

 The second season there were five of us, all from Connecticut, and 

 this time we had six dogs, all raised in our own State. One of these 

 had been out before, two others were puppies. The three remaining 

 ones were old dogs and had a record at home in the bush that would be 

 hard to beat, and I can say they never spoiled that well-earned reputa- 

 tion from the first day they were let loose on the prairie until the last. 

 One of the puppies had the distemper while there and died. The other 

 one would have saved his master asmall sum of money and a good deal 

 of labor if he had died alpo. Moreover, his maater brought him back 

 to Connecticut and worked over him long and faithfully, but never 

 succeeded in making anything out of him. He was very muoh like 

 "Ivanhoe's" dogs (as Hicely to flush the chickens as he was to point 

 them), and to get any game with him you would want a gun that would 

 shoot five miles. In my estimation a dog that will not hunt prairie 

 chickens is not worth having (with all due respect to "Ivanhoe "). 



In conclusion, I would say if I was going West next fall, with what 

 experience I have had with Eastern dogs on the prairie, I would as 

 soon think of leaving my gun here aa I would my dog. 



R. W. A. 



BAMMONTOWJf, H. J., Feb. 24, 1S79. 



Editor forest and Stream : 



1 have been very much amused by reading "Ivanhoe's" article, 

 "Eastern Dogs among Prairie Chickens." He advises all Eastern 

 aportstnen to leave their binsh-broken dogs behind them if they con- 

 template going to the prairies, in order to save disgrace and $50 of good 

 money. Now, I have bad considerable experience shooting prairie 

 chickens. In my first visit to Illinois in 1S5S, I took with me a pair of 

 well-broken dogs— pointer dog and setter bitch. They had been hunted 

 here by my father, Jac. L. Sharpe, on quail, snipe and woodcock, and a 

 truer, stauncher pair of dogs never lived. They hunted prairie chick- 

 ens in Illinois as if they had been used to them all their lives. The only 

 difference l could discover was on the first few birds, the scent of which 

 being new and so strong, that, when they pointed they seemed to be 

 turned to stone, they were so rigid. They never ahowed the least in- 

 clination to break, or run in or after the birds, nor do I believe any well- 

 broken Eastern dog will do 60. Iu 1864 I went out to Illinois with my 

 bob-tailed pointer .dog Jack, well known to many of the sportsmen of 

 Philadelphia, who upon hie arrival among the prairie chickens behaved 

 nobly, iu f ac'., was admitted by every one who aaw him hunt in Logan, 

 Meuard and Mason counties aa the beat dog they ever saw. Many a 

 day have 1 hunted with Capt. Bogardua, who also admitted that my 

 dog Jack was the boss. I have had a number of dogs there, and never 

 experienced any difficulty in having them point, back and retrieve. 

 1 have bought some dogs— both setters and pointers— raised in Spring- 

 field, Lincoln and Elkhart— all in Illinois, and the majority of them 

 were hardly worth the powder and shot it would take to kill them. I 

 have a pair of dogs now that I would be willing to stake all I have m 

 the world would stand and back each other on prairie chickens as 

 well as they do now on yuali. "Ivanhoe,'' I think, is mistaken as 

 regards Mb dogs; and 1 advise all sportsmen going West to take their 

 brush-broken dogs with them, provided such dogs are well and properly 

 broken. A well-broken dog will never Intentionally chase or flush any 

 game bird. Lewis W. Sharps. 



A NEW REMEDY FOR FLEAS. 



ELIZABETH, N. J., Feb. 19, 1878. 



Editor, Forest and Stream : 



Some years ago I learned from a druggist in this city that the mana- 

 gers of our orphan asylum freed the headB of their unfortunate waifs 

 from parasites by applying tincture of flshberries to 1 he scalp. I tried 

 the same thing on my setter pup for aeas with perfect success. Since 

 then I stored another setter who was also troubled with fleas, and 

 :ion cured him. I did not use in either case more than a 

 few drops, rubbing them in on the nape of the neck and at the end of 

 the back where the dog would be in no danger of licking the place to 

 which the tincture has been applied. My oare in this regard may 

 have been excessive, but as the stuff is poisonous I preferred to run no 

 risks. This is a sure cute, and can be obtained from dr«gglsta any- 

 where for a few cents. 



I was much interested in the patterns of sporting garments printed 

 some time ago in F. & S. It was really trying to one's modesty to look 

 at the diagrams, smiths end justified the means. Allow me to make 

 an Important suggestion in this line : I never saw a satisfactory rubber 

 overcoat tor a sportsman's use. They are generally too Bhort. You 

 doubtless know the misery of Bitting In the stern of a skiff during a 

 pelting rain, while your knees are being insidiously assailed in front, 

 wheu at the same tune a small rivulet is trickling in at the waist, not- 

 withstanding the buttons. Now for the cure : Let the overcoat be made 

 long enough to reach almost to the ground. Then have a slit in front 

 reaching from the collar to the middle of the breast. Below this the 

 coat should be without any opening whatever. The affair would be a 

 little awkward to get on and off, but the Increased comfort would be 

 more than a compensation fur this disadvantage. Cannot some of our 

 manufacturers of rubber goods futnlBh us such an article ? 



A prominent sportsman of our city related to me a few clays ago an 

 incident which isperhapa more remarkable thau the story told by "Hlx"' 

 In your last. He had fluBhed a partridge, and fired at It without appa- 

 rently hitting the bird. Following it with his eye, he saw It fly about a 

 hundred yards, when it suddenly fall. On coming up to where the bird 

 lay, he found that while the bird did not have a shot in it, its head was 

 completely severed from its body. The explanation of the phenome- 

 non was this: it was about dusk, and the'.blrdihad flown against the wire 

 of an almost invisible fence with such velocity as to produce the result 

 named. Has any cue else picked up a partridge that had beheaded 

 Itself ? Cleriods. 



Irish Wolfhounds.— Editor Forest and stream : Tout- 

 readers and yourself will, I am sure, be glad to hear that the 

 Irish Kennel Club have generously made a class for this rare 

 and Bplendid breed of dogs at their coming show, Which is to be 

 held in the Exhibition Palace, Dublin, on the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 

 4th of April next. They give a first, second and third prize 

 of £4, £2, and £1, and in addition a silver challenge cup, value 

 £15 15s., and presentation medal. The rarity of the breed will, 1 

 fear, operate against the class being a largely filled one, but the 

 offer of such prizes is sure to secure entries sooner or later. I 

 intend to exhibit, and should any of your readers care to do 

 so, and will ship their dogs to me at Liverpool, I will send them 

 with mine free of expense from there to Lublin, see that they 

 arc properly shown, and bring them back to Liverpool and 

 consign them to America. It appears to me that, these dogs 

 are capable of affording much sport and pleasure in your 

 country, and I trust our American cousins will do what they 

 can to support the efforts of the Irish Kennel Club. 

 Bhevington Hall, near Wigan, Emj. Frank Adcook. 



Proper Name,— Mr. H. P. Dortch, of Goldsboro, N. C. 

 writes: " My red Irish dog is named Eon and not Rose, as 

 published in your paper of this week. Please make the cor- 

 coi rection. My Macdona-Waterford dogsare very handsome, 

 a little under the size, but perfectly built. I have written to 

 the Marquis of Waterford for pedigree of the dam." 



—Mr. W. F. Sullivan, of Memphis, N. Y., claimsthe name 

 of Dash for his liver and white English cocker spaniel, 

 whelped Nov. 20, 1878, by Captain out of Daisy, from M. P. 

 McKoon's cocker spaniel Kennel. 



—Mr. H. C. Bteadman, of Middletown, Pa., claims the 

 names of Pat the Second and Biddie for his red Irish setters 

 by York out of Countess, whelped July 29, 1877, both first 

 and second prize winners at Baltimore, 1878. 



—Mr. Jos. E. Fisher's Gordon setter bitch Border Lily haa 

 whelped seven fine dogs and two bitches ; they are by Dr. H. 

 F. Aten's Cordon dog Glen. 



— Any of our readers desiring to purchase a very handsome 

 and prize-winning pug dog, and willing to pay in the neigh- 

 borhood of one hundred dollars for the same, can hear of an 

 opportunity by applying to us. 



^Ite %mm of §1ms. 



Problem No. 47. 



Motto :— He who dares theae probs abuse, 



May Krnp-gnn, sword or pistol choose. 



White to play and glvemate In two moves. 



SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS— NO. 44. 



1— Oastles 1— Any 



2— E mateB 



Game No. 105 -STAUNTON'S OPENING. 

 We are indebted to the Canadian Spectator for the subjoined gams 

 and notes thereto. It was played in Mr. Shaw's correspondence 

 tourney : 



White. 

 J. W. Shaw. 



1-P-K4 

 2— Kt-K B8 

 3-P-Q B3 

 4-P-Q3 (a) 

 6— Q-B2 

 6-P-K K3 

 7— B-K2 

 S— Kt-R2 

 9— B-Ktt (h) 

 10— F tka B p 

 11— BtksB 

 12— Castiea 



Black. 



A. Saunders. 

 1-F-K4 

 2— Kt-Q B3 



3-Kt-K m 



i— P-Q4 



5-B-K2 

 6— Castiea 

 7— P-K RS 

 S-1U-R2 



9—p-k hi 



1D-B tka P 

 11— 14 tks B 

 12-B-KK14 



White. 

 J. W. Shaw. 

 18-kihQS! 



14-QKt-B3 

 IS-QRIksB 

 10— Q, R-K 

 W— K-B 



19— P tks R 



Black. 

 A. Saunders. 

 13— St-K8 



11— B tks B 

 15-lii-K KB (c) 



li;-Kt,-KU 

 17— Kt iks Kt 

 IS— R tks Kt (d) 

 SB 



20-P-KB4(e) 2(>-QtksRPch(f) 

 21— ft-KiB eh 



22— K-R2 22— Q (£8 B P Ch 



28-K-Kt2 



Black mates in three moves. 



NOTES. 



(«) The preamble to his future bill of disabilities ; P-Ql is the correct 

 move. 



(i>) Hampered as fie is, this move only help3 the development of Ms 

 opponent's forces. 



(e) A good move, and the commencement of a very neat comblnallon 

 well carried out. 



(rf) A very neat and brilliant sacrifice. 



(«) ills only move. 



i/) It Kt tks P. White can play i'-BS and escape. 



via 



The subjoined game was played 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. : 



"•fcVhlte. Black. 



J. A. Stephens. Dr. T. K. Davis. 



No. lOG.— EVANS GAMBIT. 



in the recent tournament held a 



1— P-K4 

 2-Kt-K B3 

 3— B-B4 

 4- P-Q Eta 



T— JP-Q4 



8-P tks P 

 9-B-Q KtS 



1-P-K4 

 2-Kt-Q B3 

 3—U-B4 

 4— B tka P 



a— p-@ 



7_p tks P 

 5— B-KtS 

 9— Kt-K2 (a) 



White. Black. 



J. A. Stevens. Dr. T. R. Davis. 



lo_p-qs(b) io-Kt-R4 



11— B-Kis eh 11 — H.(J,2 



12— B tkb B ch 12— Q iks B 



13— Biks 11 Kt P IS - H-K Kt 



14-B-KBC i4_castles 



15-P-K5 15— Q-K Rfi 



lti-Kt-R4 fcj 16— E tks Kt P eh 



17— lit Iks K 17-R-KKl 



Black matee next move, 



