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B. H. H., Bath.— My cooker spaniel pnp, tour months old, USE 



large lamp on the right side of his neck, and I wish yon would tell me 

 what the trouble Is ? Ana. The lump will probably disappear. Give 

 your dog araild aperient. 



Aix SrosSA, Rushvtlle, Ind.— Ib there any one of your subscribers 

 who answers to the name of "Aix Sponsa?" As I am a new sub- 

 scriber 1 do not know, and do not want to take any one else's name. 

 An?. We thtnu not. 



W- D. S., Harlem.— We can supply you with an Adirondack Guide, 

 price Jl.Te, which gives the name of every hotel keeper, guide, route 

 Ashing locality, etc., In the wholo Adirondack wilderness, with a large 

 detail map of the same. 



C. S. B., Phtla.— Please inform me where I can obtain a copy of the 

 game laws of the State of New York. Ana. Address Thos. N. Cuth- 

 bert, Seoretary New York Association for Protection of Game, 20 

 Oourtland street, New York. 



S. E. N.— We never Intentionally encourage nor abet any violation 

 of aoy game laws in any Slate. But aa we have repeatedly Btated, 

 we cannot follow nut every detail of every correspondent who writes to 

 us, and hunt up the laws to see If the game he killed was in Beason or 

 not. 



D. W. C. P., Manchester, N. H.— From mo symptoms described we 

 believe your dog is troubled with worms— possibly a tape wt 

 Should at all events give him areca nnt, say two grains to each pound 

 of his weight, on an empty stomach, following In four hours with one 

 ounce castor oil. 



JSrtuNA.— Your poetry is very good, exceedingly good, only that yon 

 will persist in spelllug " Forest" with a double •• r." Now, we don't 

 gpell it that way ourselves, and we Irealiy couldn't.vpublish your dear 

 little poem with our own name in it misspelled. So you will write It 

 all over again, and speliit right. Now, won't yon, Evlltna ? 



Skth, Baltimore.— Are the blue Scotch terrier and the Skye terrier 

 the same! if not, how can I tell the Skye? Ans. The Skye can be 

 distinguished by its long, low body, and intensely thick coat of coarse 

 hair. A Skye terrier is necessarily a Scotch terrier, but a Scotch 

 terrier may be one of several varieties. 



J. W. H.,New Brunswick, N. J.— I kerosened my dog (setter) on 

 Saturday the 16th for Hoe. Will a second application be necessary, or 

 will one application kill tha eggs as well as lice 7 If a second Is neces- 

 sary, how soon ought it be made 7 Ans. Once should be sufficient, but 

 you can easily tell by watching your dog. If he continues to scratch 

 you can do it again. 



B. H. P., Vicksburg.— Please state the beBt means of removing the 

 lead from guns that have.become loaded, without destroying the high 

 polish on the interior of the barrels. Ans. Put some kerosene oil into 

 the barrels and let It soak in. Then use a scratch brush, or use the 

 scratch brush alone. 



Inquires;, New York.— 1 have a pet cat which is affected with some 

 skin disease (principally in the head) which causes the animal to be per- 

 petually.soratchlng. It Is not produced by lice, but Is something like 

 mange in a dog. Can you snggeat a remedy 7 Ans. Give your cat 

 Fowler'B Solution of Arsenic, commencing with doses of two drops 

 each day and increasing to Ave. Hub the bare places with crude petro- 

 leum. 



ad Sablb, Quebec— l. Is the gun manufactured by Hyde & Shattuck 

 reckoned of good quality and shooting powers, and is the workman- 

 ship good 7 2. Can you give me the average price of a good lancewood 

 Ash rod for general purposes by any of the good makers, a nd is there 

 much duty on such articles coming into Canada? Ans. 1. As good as 

 we know of. 2. $15 ; no duty if you bring It for your own use. 



K. P. W., Hartford, Conn.— San yon tell me where I can procure 

 the beat map of the Adirondack region, and price of the same 7 Ans. 

 Vou cau buy a map w the Adlrondacks at Coltou's, 172 William street, 

 thisoity, for 75 cents. Would advise you to buy Wallace's " Adirondack 

 Guide," 300 pp., for sale at this office. It contains the same map, with 

 the names of all guides, hotels, routes, distances, geography, and all 

 possible information. Illustrated. Prloe $1.15. 



Subscriber, Macon, Ga.— My pointer dog will not retrieve when a 

 quail is shot, but retrieves well lu the yard. I did not train him en- 

 tirely, and think he was punished for mouthing birds. Can you sug- 

 gest a way by which he can be taught to retrieve a bird when shot ? 

 Ans. We cau only suggest constant trying and making much of him 

 when he does it ; practice him on retrieving before feeding. If this is 

 not Anally effectual the spike collar might be. 



J. S. S., Corry, Pa.— l. I am a carpenter. Would you advise me to go 

 to Colorado? I am a young man, and wages aro very low here. 2. I 

 have a No. i Gordon setter and io-gauge breech-loader. Should I take 

 them with me? Would it pay me to take a Winchester riAe along, as 

 I am fond of hunting and can make a good target ? Ans. l. If you can- 

 not make a living at home we should advise you to go. 2. The expense 

 of getting your dog there would be pretty heavy, but we should advise 

 you to take both shot-gnu and riAe. 



G. A. B., La Fayette, Ind.— 1. My Better pup, six months old, coughs 

 continually, as If a bone were lodged in his throat, and occasionally 

 throws up a slimy substance. Hi3 eyes run constantly, and he will not 

 eat. 2. Can I obtain a good water spaniel cheap, and, if so, where 7 

 DeBire one well broken ; about two or three years old. Ans. l. Give 

 your dog a Dover's powder, composed of one grain each powdered 

 opium and Ipecac every six hours. He must be kept dry and warm, 

 and fed with beef tea, which must be given with a spoon if he will no 

 eat it. 2. Do not know of water spaniels for sale. You must advertise 

 for one. 



P. H. J., Oil City, Pa.— I have a cocker spaniel that is getting sore 

 around the eyes ; hair fahiug off, etc. ; also a small spot on the muzzle 

 hair is coming off. He scratches considerable, and hair is falling off, 

 but can't notice any other sors spots on body except head as men- 

 tioned. He is not quite a year old. I think it's mange. What is the 

 best thing to do for him 1 What Bhall I feed him and how cure him - 

 Ans. Give your dog four drops ol Fowler's solution of arsenic twice a 

 day. Rub crude petroleum on the bare places. Ceaao the arsenic 

 when the eyes begin to swell or the whites to assume a reddish appear- 

 ance. 



Holloway, Williamsport, Pa.— I have a pointer pup whelped in July 

 last. Is It too late 10 dock his tall? If It can be done without Injury to 

 the dog I wish to Improve Ills appearance by taking about three Inches 

 off his tail. Please give directions how to do the Job. Ans. We doubt 

 if you oan ImprovB the appearance of your pointer by raking off three 

 IneheB of his tall ; It will probably leave a thick stump. It should have 

 been taken off, if at all, when he was about six weeks old. However 

 It you do take it off, turn back the hair as well as possible, take a sharp 

 chisel and mallet and out it diagonally. 



Ontario, Hamilton.— In the latter part of April, 1378, a large number 

 of Bquaw ducks arrived In Burlington Bay. Shortly after their arrival 

 here large numbers were found dead and dying. Several fonnd and 

 examined by me were in flue condition, being exceedingly fat and m 

 the best of plumage. Will you kindly say If your attention has been 

 called to a similar occurrence, and what you think was the cause ol 



them dying In such large numbers. Ans. We cannot account for the 

 occurrence without fuller information than is furnished by our corres- 

 pondent. 



H. P.. Maine.— 1. My dog got a small bone in his throat when eating 

 his dinner. I noticed him at the time choking. It occurred two weeks 

 ago. He keeps haoking and trying to throw it up, bnt cannot do it. I 

 gave him a large piece of fat pork, which he. swallowed whole, but it 

 did not dislodge 11. Can you suggest anything ? 2. I saw a notice in a 

 paper of an auction sale of coins lu New York. It gave dates and 

 prices paid. I have several flue specimens of dates mentioned. Could 

 I realize anywhere near the amount for miue ? Ans. l. A raw egg 

 swallowed might relieve him, but we would suggest that you tak* him 

 to a sargcou. 2. You probably conld. 



Dick, Harrlsbnrg.— A valuable English terrier dog, aged seven years, 

 has a fearful cough, at times a shriek, which will not yield to/any of the 

 remedies administered. I have had him attended by veterinary sur- 

 geons, who pronounced It pneumonia. Had it been tills disease he 

 would have been dead long ago, as he has been suffering Einoe last 

 August. Ans. The following remedy will probably cure your dog, as 

 it has been effective in some most obstinate cases of chronic cough : 

 Friar's balsam, 15 drops ; syrup of poppies, 1 drachm ; diluted sul- 

 phuric aoid, 5 drops ; mucilage, X oz. ; waiter, )i oz. ; mix and give 

 two or three times a day. 



Chessman Querist.— Games are reported by annotation, which you 

 will And in English chess works. A King cannot check a King as per 

 diagram sent. On chess, the following works : Staunton's " Praxis' 

 nnd "Handbook," price abont $3 each; German Bandbmh, best, about 

 $9.50; Staunton, Wormold, Gossip's "Manual," and Gossip's " Theory 

 and Pratico" (shortly to be Issued), all of which cost from $3.50 to $5 

 Cook's "Synopsis" is also good, about $2. Your stationer can ob 

 tain them for you— if he cannot we will do so. On checkers : " Drum- 

 mond's,"4Ui edition, $5; "Anderson's," 3d edition. Address A. ,1. 

 Dnulap, las Franklin st., New York. 



SuBSORiBBit. Port Kowan, Out.— l. I notice, in answer to my ques- 

 tions about the breeding of woodcock, yon say they hatch twice while 

 In the North. This 18 something new to me, aud I think is a mistake 

 The season comes in here July 1, and surely they could not hatch 

 twice before that. 3. In your Issue of the 13th you say Sapanule is 

 good for Aeas on dogs. Where can I get Sapanule 7 In what shape is 

 It put up? Ans. 1. Doss not our correspondent know that woodcock 

 are about the Arst birds to nest in spring ? There Is good evidence 

 that woodcock hatch twice when they are permitted to. Last spring 

 we saw full-grown young woodcock April 25, hatched in Connecticut. 

 2. Sapanule Is advertised in our columns. 



Oology, Newton, N. J.— Can you inform me whether there are any 

 works relating to this subject about Now Jersey or the Middle States, 

 and, if so, what Is the price and where can they be obtained ? Ans. 

 Tiiero are no speolal works .on oology referring to your section. Dr. 

 T. M. Brewer's "M. A. Oology " (nowout of print), published in Smith- 

 sonian contributions, treats of the "Raptores" and-"Fisslrostres." 

 Two works on this subject are now In course ol publication. One is by 

 Mr. Ingersoll, prloe 50 cents per part, published by the Naturalists' 

 Agency, Salem, Mass., and promises to be an exoellent work. The 

 other is by two Ohio ladles, bnt as we have not yet seen it we hesitate 

 to recommend it at present. 



Wash Springs.— 1. The (treat Xatttrn steamship was begun in 1854 

 and launched in 1869 by J. Scott Russell, on the Thames, England ; 

 built by English capital altogether. We believe her trial trip was 

 undtrtaken to some French port. Her flrst trans-oceanic trip was to 

 New York. Is now owned by an English company, who propose tnrn- 

 tug her into a cattle steamer at Sheerness, Thames, England. 2. The 

 "strongest man in the world" was Samson; but he is dead now. 3. 

 We were not there when the "French Giant" was shot from a cannon ; 

 nor do we know who ever lifted the most dead weight. The enthusi- 

 asts who are working out the World") Easter questions might help you. 

 We are willing to answer almost any reasonable query, but when it 

 comes to such conundrums aa " Who is the strongest man in the 

 world?" we give in to the McDuffers and cry, "Enough?" Besides, 

 Homer died trying to guess a conundrum. That's where we differ 

 from Homer. 



A. F., Fort Riley.— For 15ft., Aat-bottomed, fast sailboat, follow these 

 figures ; Beam, 5ft. 6iu. ; depth at side amidships, 14in. ; Aare to sides, 

 Sin. each ; sheer forward, Sin. ; aft, sin. ; sideboards, 314 inches thick ; 

 let them spring to their natural curve and they will give a very hand- 

 gome model. Sternboard or counter-piece should be 36in. wide and 

 22in. across, placed at an angle of 45 deg. Round up bottom aft till It 

 meets this board ; put skag of lin. stuff under the round-up art. Oak 

 for stem, counter, skag and mast step ; pine or other soft wood for 

 rest. Sail, 18ft> on foot, 12ft. hoist, 8ft. gaff.; latter peaked to an 

 angle of 60 degs. ; regular cat rig ; mast, 15ft. deck to trunk, stepped 

 18in. from bow ; diameter at deck, 8}tfin. ; boom In centre, 2Jiin. ; gaff, 

 2in. ; deck boat over with Hln. stuff ; deck beams about 2In. deep, J„in. 

 thick; crown to deck amidships, 4In. For construction of centreboard 

 and well see back Ales. Board should be 4ft. 61n. long, 21in. deep at 

 after end, and 18in. forward. Centre of board when up should be about 

 in centre of length of boat. For leeboard, hang board of two-thirds 

 the area of centreboard over the lee side. Pin the upper corner of the 

 board to the side of boat near the deck aud use a guy from forward to 

 maintain it in position. Centreboard is handier and more effective, 

 and In so small a boat iho well Is easily made, being nothing more than 

 a slot cut through bottom and narrow box ; spike down above it with 

 wood cleets on side to itlffen and form efficient connection between 

 the casing and bottom boards. Or you may use a keel 4In. deep. It 1b 

 not as good aa the board In a boat of this class. Sail of 8 ozs. duck. 

 See back Ales., ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



A. Raymond & Co., Clothiers — This -well-known and 

 long- established house invariably gives its customers satisfac- 

 tion. Its sale and custom departments are both well sustained 

 at moderate cash prices. We can add our own personal tes- 

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—Valiant hunters who cannot beard the lions of Florida in 

 their native dens may at least secure the beards of the beasts 

 which others have bearded.— See the advertisement of Florida 

 curiosities in another column. 



Mb. Chaki.br Folsom : 



Sear Sir— We would like to tell you what we saw one of 

 your single fourteen bore guns do. Last fall one of our cus- 

 tomers shot at an eight inch ring, 125 yards, and hit it 

 twenty-five times out of thirty shots, getting twenty-five tur- 

 keys. We have no doubt but that you make the best shoot- 

 ing gun in ihe world, and think that to take one hundred just 

 as you make for the market and one hundred of any one make, 

 worth $150 each, your guns would bo sure to win. 



Yours truly, Ramsdeli. & Neal, Bangor, Me. — Adv. 

 .,,«., r^»'*fe 



Fbajtk Foreesteb. — An unpublished work by Wm. Henry 

 Herbert, is now being issued weekly in Afield and Afloat. 

 Office, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia. Specimen Copies, 5 

 cents.— [Adv. 



ghe %®m of §hess. 



Norton.— Chess exchanges, communications and solutions should be 

 addressed " Chess Editor Forest and Stream, P. O. box 54, Wolcott- 

 vllle, Conn." 



Problem No. 49. 



Motto: Manrico. 



White to play and give mate in two moves. 



SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS— NO. 46. 



1— Any 



Game No. 108.— MUZIO GAMBIT. 

 A smart affair between the Rev. G. A. Macdonnell and Mr. Lindsay 

 Hon. Secretary of the St. George Chess Club. The notes are by the 

 Chess Editor of the London Sportsman: 



White. 

 Rev. G. A. M. 

 1— P-K4 

 2-P.K B4 

 3— Kt-K B3 

 4-B-B4 



Black. 

 Mr. L. 



1-P-K4 

 2-Ptks P 

 3— P-K Kt4 

 4-P-Kt5 



5-Kt-Q B3 (a) 5— P-Q B3 (b) 

 0— B tks P ch (o) S— K tts B 



T— Kt-K5 ch 7— K-K sq 



8-Q tks P 8— Kt-K B3 (d) 



9— Q tks P 0— P-Q3 



10— Kt-KB3(e) 10-P-KR4 



11— Oastles 11— B-K R3 



White. 

 Rev. G. A. M. 

 12-Q-K R4 

 13-P-Q4 

 14— Q-K B4 

 15-Q K tks B 

 16-Kt tks Kt 

 17— Kt-K5 (h) 

 1S-Q-K B3 (i) 



Black. 



Mr.L. 



12— R-K Kt 



13— R-KKt5(f) 

 14— B tks B 

 16— KttksKPfg) 

 16-Rtk8Kt 

 1T-Q-K!* 

 18— R tks Kt 

 19-B-KKUS 

 20— P-R4 

 21— K-Q Sq 

 Resigns. 



NOTM. 



(a) An invention of Mr. Macdounell'a great namesake. Though not 

 considered so strong as the more customary lines of P-Q4 and Castles, 

 it requires very careful play In answering. 



(6) By no means the best reply ; 5— Kt~Q B3 is certainly better. 



(c) A fair sacrtilce under the circumstances. 



(d) This seems to place Black's game in security, but Its safety Is 

 more apparent than real. 



(e) This seems to be the only safe retreat. 



(/) Black's game now seems preferable, but nothing Is more deceptive 

 than position in chess. Very speedily the second player, by a remark- 

 able series of moves, is completely routed. 



(g) Very rash, but Black's game is so undeveloped that hardly any 

 satisfactory course remains open to him. 



(A) Very Ane. There is no reply to this coup. 



(i) Now Black must take the Kt, with immediate destruction as the 

 consequence. 



.— KITT LOPEZ ATTACK. 

 Elson and Judd in the Philadelphia 



Game No. 109.- 



First game 



between MesBrs. 



Tournament : 





White. 



Black. 



Mr. Bison 



Mr. Judd. 



l—P-Ei 



1-P-K4 



2-K Kt-B3 



2— Q Kt-B3 

 8— Kt-Ka 



3— B-Kt5 



4— Castles 



4-P-K Kt3 



5-P-QB3 



6-B-KI2 



6— P-Q4 



«— P tks P 



T— P tks P 



7-P-Q R3 



8— B-R4 



8— P-Q Kti 



9-B-KtS 



9— P-Q3 



10— P-K R3 



10— Castles 



11-Q Kt-B3 



11— B-Kt2 



12— Q B-Kt5 



12— P-K R3 



13— K-K3 



13— K-R2 



14— B-B2 



14-P-K Bl 



15— Kt-K2 



16— Kt-Kt6 



White. 

 Mr. Elson. 

 16-Kt-Q6 

 IT— Q tks Kt 

 18-KttksP 

 19-Q Kt-Kt3 

 20— Q R-K 

 21-B-B 

 22— R-K2 

 23-Kt-Kt5 ch 

 24— R tks R ch 

 26— Q tks B P 

 28-0 tks B 

 27-Q-K4 

 2S— k tkB R 



Black. 



Mr. Judd. 

 16— Kt tks B 

 IT— P tks P 



18— Kt-Q4 

 19-Q-R6 

 20-Q R-K 

 21— BtksQP 

 23— R-K2 

 23-P tks Kt 

 21- Kt tks R 

 25— R-B2 

 26— Q tks Kt 

 2T— K tks B P 

 23 -Q tks R oh 



Game No. 109.— PETROFF DEFENCE. 

 A game in the International Tourney between Rev. 0, E. Ranken 

 of England, and William J. Berry, of Beverley, Mass. : 



White. 



1— P-K4 



2-K Kt-BS 

 3— Q Kt-B3 (a) 

 4-B-Q Kt5 

 5-P-Q1 

 C-Kt tks P 

 7— Castles 

 S— Kt tks Kt 

 9-B-Q3 

 10— P-K Bi (C) 

 11— Q-K B3 (d> 



is- p-QKts 



13— BK3 

 14— P-K5 

 I5-Q-Kt3 



16— Q R-Q 

 17— B-KB5(e) 



Black. 



Berry. 

 1-P-K4 

 2-K Kt-B3 

 3-Q Kt-B3 (b) 



4-P-Q.3 



5— P tKS P 



6-B-Q2 



7— B-K2 



8— P tks Kt 



9— Castles 

 10— P-K R3 

 11— B-Q Kt 

 12— BQ B 

 13- P-Q B4 

 14— B-£ta 

 lS-Kt Q2 

 16— P-Q Hi: 

 17— B-li B3 



White. 

 Ranken. 

 18— Kt-K4 

 19— B tks B 

 20— B-Q5 ch 

 21— B-K6 



tS-p.KKH 



24-B IKS Kt P 



25— P-BS 



26— K-R 



27— P tks P ch 



28-B K B5 



29-R tks R 



30— R tts RP 30-Kt-Kt2 



«h(g) 

 31— R-KKt 31— QKSch 



32— R-Kt2 32— K-B2 



33-QtksKt Resigns, 



Block, 

 Berry. 



IS— B tks Kt 

 19— P-K B4 

 20-K-R2 

 21-Q-K 

 22— P-K KtS 

 83— B P tks P 

 24-R-Q 

 25-P-g H4 

 26— Kt tks K P 

 2T-Q tks P 

 2S— R tks B 

 29— Kt-KtS 



N0TE8. 



(a) The usual move here is Kt tks P. 

 (6) Already out of the books, the regular move being B-Kt5. 

 (e) An aggressive move, recalling to mind Morphy's style of play, 

 (d) Thos early we prefer White's game. 

 («) All of. this is well played by White. 



CO White seems to prefer this ni:>ve to winning the P by 22— B tks Kt 

 (g) Black's game is hopeless. Mr. Berry has played much bBlow his 

 strength.— Hartford Timet. 



-Dr. Zukertort, of Paris tournament fame, whose health for soma 

 tune past has been delicate, has somewhat recovered from a aerion 



lin ess that prostrated him at Dublin. 



