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room. And then the thought of your husband down on his 

 hands and knees groveling in the dust under the arbor vita? 

 after a long-necked black bottle. Suppose Francis Murphy 

 should chance to be riding by and ask him what he was pros- 

 pecting for. What in the world could he say for himself ? 

 Again, the wear and tear of the diamond ring would condemn 

 the treatment. That which may yet grace the hand of my 

 first born must be preserved. But worst of all 

 That top-geiirlng to ilnst overheat! 

 And a live tiling under the bed. 

 Mr. Editor, the " magnetic treatment " is a failure. While 

 I would clamor as loud as any man on election day for the 

 merits of my plan, I wish to modestly dedicate it to the wives 

 and eiigsged daughters of sportsmen. 



I claim (not yet by letters patent) a triple capacity for the 

 plan, which bears the simple cognomen of the " Button." In 

 the first place my husband is perfectly delighted with it, 

 whereby I behold his dear image three hours longer every 

 day than I did previous to its adoption. 

 • Secondly— A dog is never known to bark after a single ac- 

 ceptance of the " Button." 



Thirdly — It encourages marriage ; for the reason that the 

 woman does all the work. 



The most ordinary and least ingenious wife can sus- 

 pend a sheet from the ceiling directly across the bed you oc- 

 cupy, and about, midway between the head and footboards of 

 the bedstead. But before your sheet is put in position sew 

 upon it several strips of cloth divided off into spaces, which 

 may serve as pockets. Upon these strips of cloth you can 

 display your skill in water-colors, hand-embroidery or finish 

 by plain machine stitching. On your husband's side of the 

 curtain arrange the pocket perpendicularly, leaving a space 

 in the center sufficient to pin on a copy of Forest and 

 Stream akd Rod and Gun open. This can easily be re- 

 moved and replaced for the morning paper. In the pockets 

 you may place some bronchial troches, a few peppermints or 

 whole browned coffee, a comb, a razor and straps, a jack- 

 knife and a few fine sticks. These will generally keep the 

 man amused during his waking hours— from one-half to 

 three-quarters of an hour. I have known ray husband to en- 

 joy these articles in excess of one hour. It is also quite ne- 

 cessary to place beside the bed a small stand, upon which may 

 be placed a tankard of hot punch, a glass of water and a pipe 

 and tobacco. Under this stand you place a cuspadore, in 

 range. On your own side the pockets need not be so numer- 

 ous, neither so much space utilized. A bottle of soothing 

 syrur, a place for your false hair, when you are in a hurry, 

 and in n safe corner the " Buttons." They should on all ac- 

 counts be the " old fashioned dog buttons." At the first yelp 

 of a dog you have only to see that the " button " passes pro- 

 perly and surely down bis throat and your work is done. I 

 have treated a whole pack of hounds to these "buttons " and 

 never a one has failed to produce instantaneous relief. Believ- 

 ing the " Button " to be the blessing of the future as well as 

 the past, lam, through the medium of the fraternity, one of 

 the daughters, Rebecca. 



The Boston Dog Show.— One of the most notable features 

 of the second annual dog show of the Massachusetts Kennel 

 Club, which is to be held the first week in May, is the fist of 

 special prizes. One of $500, for the best pointer or setter in 

 the show, heads the list. It is a magnificent prize, and would 

 go far toward paying the cost of some recent importations. 

 The members of the Massachusetts Kennel Club are most en- 

 ergetic, and their show will be a signal success most thorough- 

 ly deserved. This club does not confine itself to bench shows 

 or breeding, but interests itself in everything pertaining to 

 field sports. 



The Von Culin Kennel.— This celebrated kennel is of- 

 fered for Bale. There are good dogs in it, and any person 

 wishing a trusty hunting companion who will go with him, 

 find and fetch all the birds, and do all the work except firing 

 the gun, will do well to run down to Delaware City, where 

 the kennel is located, and pick one out, for money. We are 

 sorry that ill health compels Mr. Von Culin to give up his 

 kennel. Mr. V. has done much for sporting interests and 

 breeds jof good dogs in his section and in others. May the 

 good that he has done live after him, and may his dogs recog- 

 nize many of their get and kith. 



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Eastern Dogs on Western Game.— Mr. Ethan Allin, of 

 Pomfret, Ct., has now a kennel of eleven dogs, all of his 

 own breeding. In a private note to us on the work of East- 

 ern bred dogs on Western game, Mr. Allin very pertinently 

 remarks : 



" Our dogs are generally broken for close or cover shooting, 

 and do not range as wide as required for the West; but a 

 well-broken, steady dog here will work equally steady there, 

 and if he back-sets here steadily, I can see no reason why he 

 would not do equally well there. Then again, if the dog is 

 of the best blond he would not forego his natural propensity 

 to stand his game under any and all circumstances. A well- 

 bred puppy, as sDon as he notices scents, will come to a 

 staunch point the first scent he strikes. I have shot in the 

 West, and took my own dog with me, and I saw no differ- 

 ence in her work there from here." 



The gist of the whole question lies in these first three lines. 

 We have editorially claimed what Mr. Alliu affirms, and 

 nothing beyond. Some of our correspondents may have gone 

 farther, but we think the points given by Mr. Allin cover the 

 case thoroughly. 



Enolisu Pointers fob Amkbioa,— Sell's Life of March 

 15 has the following: Mr. Pilkington has sold Faust to the 

 St. Louis Kennel Club for X250. This is one of the largest 

 prices ever paid for a pointor, but we heartily congratulate 

 the members of the St. Louis Kennel Club on their very ex- 

 cellent purchase, as our country correspondent has, from the 

 first time he saw Faust, pronounced him to be the best 

 pointer in England, and his successes last year at the Crystal 

 Palace Birmingham, and the Alexandra Palace quite cor- 

 roborated the opinion. Faust is a magnificent liver and white 

 pointer possessing immense power and bone, and he is beauti- 

 fully put together from head to stern. His credentials as a 

 performer in the field arc quite as good as they are on the 

 bench aB he ran very well in the only field trial he has com- 

 peted 'in | and he went so well with Gamut on grouse last 



season that the brace was kept down together three days in 

 succession in preference to a fresh relay of dogs. The Amer- 

 icans are going in strong for pointers, but they insist on the 

 highest pedigree, good Jooks and first class field perform- 

 ances. The St. Louis Kennel Club last year purchased Bow, 

 by Champion Bang, but not until he had been tried very 

 highly on the prairies, and we hear now that the same society, 

 besides purchasing Faust, have bought. Jaunty, Bister to 

 Fancy, out of Mr. Pilkington's kennel, and Zeal and Lassie, 

 own sisters to Bow Bells, out of Mr. S. Price's kennel. 



Good you Ont^, QooS FOB All. — Mr. Editor: I think 

 your correspondents ought to " let up " on " Ivanhoe " after 

 the explanation made by him. My experience is that, a 

 thoroughly broken dog is good anywhere and everywhere, 

 barring those occasional freaks of the " studs" that sometimes 

 overtake the best of them. But I never saw two strange dogs 

 hunt well together, no matter how well broken ; and when it 

 comes to taking a good dog in the field with curs, rice and all 

 sorts, nothing better than what happened to ' ' Ivanhoe " could 

 be expected. It would have been remarkable had it turned 

 out otherwise than he describes. Jack. 



Detroit, Mk7i., March 29,— A. Y. Ladue, Esq., of Detroit, 

 Mich., has received (March 24) from Wm. Nelson, Esq., of 

 Liverpool, England, a brace of Gordon setters, dog and bitch 

 —Hugo and Rosalind. They were held at Boston, Mass., for 

 about a week by the Custom House authorities for duty, but 

 were finally released and arrived here as above. They are a 

 very fine pair, and were bred by Geo. Wm. Wilson Slator, 

 Whitehill, Edgeworthstown, The following is their pedi- 

 gree : By Shot, 1st prize dog Dublin show, 1877, out of 

 Koragh ; Koragh by Russell, winner of great challenge prize 

 Birmingham show, out of Deuce; Shot by Valdor, winner 

 of 1st prize at Belfast, Deuce by Charlie, imported Scotch 

 dog, property of the late Robt. F. Rynd, Esq., out of Fan, 

 from Lord Charlesworth's kennels. They are now nearly 

 seventeen months old. Hugo is good size, beautifully marked 

 with tan, no white, rather large, and with age will make a 

 very fine dog. Rosalind is considerably smaller, tan mark- 

 ings not as distinct as Hugo's, and has a small white frill on 

 breast. They look a little slim now on account of their re- 

 cent passage. 



Types of Does.— Apropos of the Great Dog Show to be 

 held at Gilmore's Garden in this city next week, under the 

 auspices of the Westminster Kennel Club, the Fobest and 

 Stream has printed a full page gallery of portraits of cele- 

 brated typical dogs, which will not only be looked upon with 

 a general interest by the curious, but will be examined criti- 

 cally by those who make dog physiology and canine character- 

 istics a study. These portraits include the pointer Sensation, 

 Skye terrier Ruffles, St. Bernard Monarque, pug Rex, York- 

 shire terrier Kitty, bull terrier Tarquin, Gordon setter Lu, 

 St. Bernard Alp bulldog Duke, cocker spaniel Witch, mastiff 

 King Olaf, dachshund Diana and English setter Lark, all 

 prize winners of high degree. The Kennel Department of 

 Forest and Stream is always replete with instructive essays 

 on canine pathology, traits, breeding, training, family char- 

 acteristics, etc., the interest in all of which seems not to have 

 abated since the general subject was first, introduced into its 

 columns. 



It was through the direct agency of Forest and Stream 

 that Bench Shows and Field Trials were first introduced into 

 America, its then editor being Captain John M. Taylor, an 

 English gentleman of intelligence and good repute, member 

 of the Kennel Club, of England, and well known on both 

 sides of the Atlantic— New York Telegram, April 5. 



An Ohio Fox Stoby,— The London Sporting and Dramatic 

 News, which has just expressed great amusement at the 

 American custom of hunting foxes with fire-arms, may per- 

 haps be further edified by the account of an Ohio fox-chase. 

 We moy premise, by the way, that our English cousins will 

 doubtless make due allowance for the exaggeration induced 

 by our American climate, and will understand that the " en- 

 tire township " is an old field; the 5,000 men and boys are 

 really half a dozen urchins playing hookey,and a tramp or two 

 who happened along about that time; and aBfor the cannon — 



There was a great hue and cry over the capture of one poor 

 fox near Dayton, O. Nearly 5,000 men and boys from all 

 parts of the country formed a line around ati entire township, 

 in which many foxes were known to dwell. The arrange- 

 ments had been carefully made, and the discharge of heavy 

 cannon at three points was the signal for a general movement 

 toward the centre. Every person had a horn or bell, or some- 

 thing else with which to make a din, the idea being to drive 

 the foxes to a certain gulch and there dispatch them. But 

 one division did not start promptly, and a gap was left in the 

 line through which all the foxes but one escaped. This lone 

 victim hid in a hollow tree and was killed by a dog. 



Halloox's Gazetteer on Dogs.— Dr. Sam. Q. Robinson, 

 TJ. S. A., now stationed at Fort Missoula, W. T., says, March 

 2, 1879 : 



"I have never seen Canine Pathology and Therapeutics so 

 well treated in any work before." 



Tennessee — Nashville, April 2. — Mr. Buckholz has had 

 the misfortune to lose his pointer dog Shot a few days ago, 

 The dog was thrown from a buggy and had his thigh joint 

 shattered, which necessitated killing. J. D. H. 



An Error — Yincennes, Ind., March 31. — In your number 

 of Jan. 30 you are in error as to the puppy bought of T. F. 

 Taylor, Richmond, Va. Names should be Champion Rupert 

 and Champion Fan, not Champion Floss, as you have it. 



E. M. Kellum. 



Names Claimed.— E. F. Mercilliott, 186 Broome street, N. 

 Y., claims the name of Ed. Forest for his orange and white 

 (Grouse-Quail) dog puppy. 



—Mr. R. E. McClenahan, Pert Deposit, Md., claims the 

 name Rex for his white, with orange ears and ticked, dark 

 points, dog puppy— Royal Duke-Fleet (Snipe-Fanny)— 

 whelped Dec. 20, 1878. 



— Mr. Joseph W. Reynolds, Port Deposit, Md., claims the 

 name Vixen for his white, with orange ears and ticked, bitch 

 puppy— Royal Duke-Fleet— whelped Dec. 20, 1878. 



—Dr. J. L. Morrill, of New York, claims the name of Flake 

 for his liver and white cocker spaniel puppy by Golf's Dandy 

 out of Bosworth's Clare, whelped Nov. 3, 1S7S. 



— Dr. J. S. Niven's, of London, Ont., Gordon setter Mel 

 III. (7,250) has been bred to Toledo Kennel Club's Grouse 

 (5,097), March 28. 



—Mir. H. N. Packer, of Philadelphia, has purchased of 

 Mr. W. H. Pierce, of Peekskill, N. Tt., the setter dog Ned, 

 by One-eyed Sancho out of Horace Smith's Flora, advertised 

 in your papei. He claims the name of Royal Ned for him. 



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GAME IN SEASON IN APRIL. 



Wild ducke, geese, brant, etc. 



—Every duck shooter knows how important it is to have his 

 decoys imitate nature closely. We can tail them out into proper 

 situations in front of our blinds, just as the stage manager as- 

 signs the characters and parts in a tableau ; we can make 

 the attitudes natural, and all that ; but to make ibe birds lift 

 their wings and flap ; dive ; and perform the odd little move- 

 ments which ducks at rest and quietly feeding indulge in ; is 

 not often easily accomplished. In general the antics of de- 

 coys are so gross that they esrite the very suspicion which 

 they were employed to allay. The diving attribute set-nin now 

 to have been fully imitated and imparted by the new Ap- 

 paratus advertised in our columns under the head of " Diving 

 Decoys." If they meet the success claimed for them, they 

 will be of great service to the gunner. 



—The Card Rotating Trap, now advertised in our columns, 

 possesses qualities which arc not claimed for other ball traps, 

 It throws in all directions at random, or can be sot so as to 

 throw in any desired direction. It is rotated by a cord on 

 sleeve, and when pulled the ball is thrown in a direction that 

 it is impossible for any one to foresee, thus resembliDg the 

 flight of a startled bh-d. No screen is needed, and no per- 

 centage can be given to the shooter by the puller or attendant. 

 Each trap is furnished with a guard (which can be taken nut 

 and put in at will), which prevents the ball from being thrown 

 directly at shooter and spectators, but throws in all other di- 

 rection. 



GKKhsk—Gravenkurti, March 31.— Lakes and rivers are all 

 frozen over yet in Muskoka, and likily to be for two or three 

 weeks to come. We have a foot and a half of snow on the 

 ground yet. No spring birds arrived, so far as I have seen, 

 up to date. We have had a very hard winter. J Soott. 



Manchester Shootino Ci.cn.— Jbiiichester, N, H., has a 

 newly organized shooting- dub, with, the following officers; 

 President, C. B. Littlefield ; Vice-President; B. Frank Olttk; 

 Secretary, Julius E. Wilson; Treasurer, Cbas. B. Bradley; 

 Executive Committee, Ira A. Moore, Charles J. Darrab, Char- 

 les W- Farmer. 



Massachusetts— Salem, March 30.— Hard weather all the 

 week, One snipe seen the 2d of March. Some woodcock 

 about. I have just received a fine lot of Fulnian petals and 

 Burgomaster gulls from Banks of Newfoundland, wjjich 1 

 will sell to societies or collectors. R. L. N. 



Connecticut— Pomfret, April 2.— Quail have wintered 

 well here, and our prospect the coming fall looks better than 



the past season. 



F. A. 



New YoT-K—Jlfii/'s, April 7.— Wild geese are plenty here. 

 They light in corn fields almost every day, and go In Cayuga 

 and Seneca Lakes at night. A dock of nine lit within twenty- 

 live rods of our house a'few days since. We do m 

 them. L. E. W. 



New York— Niagara Folk, April 1.— This must be good 

 weather for ducks. By the way, there were two 

 here on Saturday from the East, returning from 1 1. Olair 

 marshes, near Detroit, and report fine sport with the ducks. 

 My next door neighbor had a visit from a woodcock about the 

 first of March. We hear nothing yet of the snipe. Spring 

 shooting does not amount to much with us, but we do have 

 glorious fishing, and we are already overhauling our tackle. 



G. 



The CoMtso State Tournament.— At a regular meeting 

 of the Monroe County Sportsmen's Club, of Rochester, N. V.', 

 held April 3d, the. Committee on Prizes reported I 

 progress in securing prizes for the coming State Tournament. 

 There aro already more than twenty prizes, valued at from 

 $10 to $350 each, and with those to be adder! before the Con- 

 vention, the list will be as large and as valuable as was ever 

 presented. The committee on birds reported that they had 

 employed Henry Knapp to secure the birds for the State 

 shoot, and that there was every reason to believe that he could 

 capture a large supply. The committee on grounds reported 

 that the Driving Park had been secured, and ike committee on 

 ways and means reported that measures had been taken to raise 

 the necessary funds. 



Cherokee Gun Club.— Rome, 6a., April 3.— At a meet- 

 ing, March 25, at this place, we organized the Cherokee Gnu 

 Club and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: 

 Dr. R. I. Hampton, President ; W. M. Gammon, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, and Joseph E. Veal, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer. We 

 start out with a dozen good members. On the 27th Frank 

 Robinson, one of the club, was out after snipe, and lagged 

 twenty- five in the afternoon. 11 at. Raouet. 



Gulp City Gun Club— Mobile, Ala., MarcJi 25— Editor 

 Forest and Stream:— At the annual meeting of the Gulf City 

 Gun Club, held on Wednesday, 19th inst., the following gen- 

 tlemen were elected -for the ensuing year: President, Dr. T. 

 S. Scales; Vice-President, F. P. Davis; Secretary, R. P 

 PrieEter; Treasurer, Dr. C. C. Sherrard. This club now 

 numbers sixty active members, and is in splendid condition. 



W. D. B. 



