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DOG BREAKING. 



SfOttsylvjlnia, Va., March S3, 1879. 

 Editor Fobest and Stbeaji : 



Has it never occnrrea to you that a good deal ot nonsense has been 

 written with regard to the breaking of dogs 1 I -write of bird doga. J 

 am thoroughly satisfied in my own mind If the fourth part of ihe money 

 expended to have doga broken was expended by the owners of dogB to 

 have themselves taught what they should require a dog to do and what 

 a dog has a right to require of them, the money would be more judi- 

 ciously expended. 1 contend that a well-bied setter or pointer, 

 whether bis blood be. blue or red, if ho has been bred and grown by a 

 man who knows how to hunt a dog, la half broken the first time he ia 

 taken Into the field. It Is not reasonable to expect a dog to obey you 

 If you put yourself on a level with him, ami allow him to play with and 

 all over yon for, say, ten months, or until he should be taken to birds. 

 If a pup hae been treated as above while being grown for the field, It is 

 impossible ever to break him, as he should be broken, without great 

 cruelty. A person can be kind to his dog without at all making him 

 his frlena until the animal has earned mat distinction by hard work, 

 fidelity and perfect sbedlence— qualities which are a dog's by nature, 

 bnl frequently eradicated by injudicious treatment during puppyhood. 

 To show you that dogs— 1 ' even oars of low degree"— are observant 

 and delight to do their master's will whonever they know what his 

 will Is, I will cite you a case which a short time sinoe passed under my 

 observation ; and this ease I will follow by giving you another, which 

 shows plainly, to me, that dogs understand very many things which 

 we are in the habit of thinking they do not understand : 



Some I'ntlo lime since my attention was called to voices and the bark- 

 ing of a dog in a piece of original growth timber, owned by me, with 

 now and then a shot 10 be heard. I rode over to where the parties 

 were, in order to see by what authority they were there. I soon found 

 it was a party of negroes who were out squirrel hunting, but were not 

 across my line. The party consisted of four men and a dog ; they 

 were, however, divided, the dog not being with his master. Upon 

 getting to where I heard the dog barking, I found he had treed a gray 

 eqnirrtl, and the negroes who were with him had phot at the squirrel a 

 time or two, and failed to hit, it. They were also kicking and beating 

 the dog to keep Mm from barking, so that he might not lead his master 

 to the game. The dog was a great, lusty brute, of no particular breed, 

 but showed great intelligence, and I found out afterwards where his 

 master was by great courage. The dog was very nneasy, often turning 

 His head from the tree to look for his absent master, and, despite 

 threats, kicks and cuffs, would ever and anon give a deep bark. The 

 owner of this cur seemed to divine what was in the air, and would call 

 out, " Hark 1 speak for ole mars." Then would come the barks, quick 

 and loud, and then would be repeated the crashing kicks and blows. 

 Again would come from the dog's master, " Whoop ! tell ole mars 'bout 

 It " and again would the faithful animal respond, until finally his mas- 

 ter came up, when snch a change took place, it would have done your 

 neart good to have seen the brute, so abject a moment before. He 

 seemed to have grown two inches taller, every bristle was up, and 

 every muscle swelled to bursting, while his eyes were glassy, green 

 and gold with anger : it only required a word or sign lroru his master 

 to have sent hltn with a tiger-like spring at the throats ot his former 

 assailants. Even an Ill-bred brute like the above only wants to uader- 

 6 and what is wanted, to do it. This cur wanted his master to kill 

 that squirrel. The negro had never taught him to call him, more than 

 the other negroes, then why did he look so wistfully for his master? 



Not long since I was on a visit to an old relative who lives some ten 

 mileB from me, and who, up to the last y ear of the war, kept and hunted 

 the largest and best pack of dogs I ever rode to. This old gentleman 

 Is a deacon in the Presbyterian Church, and therefore is bound to love 

 a good dog. While talking to me about the peculiarities of certain of 

 his old pack, and asking me if I remembered them, hesald : " By the 

 way, 1 have now the finest setter I have owned for forty years ; how- 

 ever lam too fast, hois not mine, but belongs to my daughter, M., 

 who now lives at Rapidan." He went on to say-the dog lying under 

 the table, asleep, the while—" I think Dudley understands all that Is at 

 all necessary for a dog to understand, and something it were quite as 

 well he should not understand. Dudley required no breaking in the 

 field, and 1 never saw him show any disposition to flush birds nntii told 

 io go' oa, orto chase or mouththem." My old friend then told me to 

 open the door and windows. He then called, as though some one was 

 approaching the house, " Come on, the dog shan't hurt you," wheE, in 

 an instant, Dudley was out, and from the vicious barks and snarls 

 which proceeded from him, a person with weak nerves would have 

 been very much put out, notwithstanding the assurance that they 

 "Bhonld not be hurt." Who that lives in the country has never seen 

 Ms setter or pointer spring from his Bleep, and rush out of I he house 

 when a hen squeaks at a hawk? I have often had my dogs to do so, 

 and nearly get the gentleman before he could rise with his prey. 



"O. C. O," in an article headed "Fire Uunling in Texas" {vide 

 recent iBane.F. A- S.), wrlttng.from Brenham, Washington Co., Texas, 

 sayB that " old J. G. was of the party." Now, I am pleased to know 

 lhat old J. G. is still permitted by Providence to hunt deer in the 

 Zegua— not Zegna (" spell It with a u, Sammy ")-bottom. With Ed. 

 Basley at the Mound in Burleson, and 3. G. at or near Brenbam, the 

 does cannot brag they raise their two fawns a year ; but, friend John 

 Griset make the youngsters pay the BurleEon County folks for that 

 mare and foal they killed. I know, John, it wasn't you ; no horse 

 brute's eye coMd fool you , nor Ed., nor Birdshot. 



EPIDEMIC AMONG DOGS. 



M0TTVJt,LE,N. Y., March 29, 1S79. 

 Editob Fobeht and Stbeah: 



Replying to "Jack's" letter from Staunton, Va., in regard to canine 

 epidemic, 1 wonld say that my dogs, ami also my brother's, ware 

 attacked precisely as ho says Ms dogs were, my old dog being nearly 

 blinded and so sore about the head lhat he could not bear to be 

 patted. ' He had severe fits of coughing and sneezing, would take no 

 exercise nor eat anything. 1 gave Mm a handful of table salt, which 

 operated within five or ten minutes, both as an emetic and purge, and 

 relieved him greatly ; a large clot of phlegm, half the size of my 

 hand, being ejected from his throat. As he would not run or even fol- 

 low me, 1 took out my horse, with whom he is very intimate, and drove 

 ubout a'mlle, the old dog following to the best of Ms ability. I put Mm 

 In a warm, dry room when we returned, and he begad to recover at 

 once, I gave a tablespoon! nl each of sulphur and ca3tor oil, and he la 

 as good as new now. My pointer and my brother's dog were taken the 

 same as the old dog, but the disease had not progressed so far, and salt 

 relieved them at once. F - A - Sinclair. 



Epidemic Distemper.— Stanton, Va,, April 5.— A few 

 days after I wrote you my letter of the 14th ult, describing 

 the epidemic among our sporting dogs, my bitch had a re- 

 lapse (owin;? to neglect and exposure), aud lor several days 1 

 despaired of her life: but upon receipt of your valuable paper 

 of the 27th, informing me that the Dover's powder and calomel 

 treatment, at first adopted by me, was the correct thing, I 

 immediately resumed it, alternating between calomel and 

 iallap and Dover's powder and tartar emetic. The 

 result 'was that, after two doaes of each, she was greatly re- 



lieved, the inflammation being copiously Dischargee' through 



the nostrilB and eyes by vomiting, and from the bowels. She 

 is now in a fair way to recovery, the only bad symptom re- 

 maining being the paralysis of the hinder parts. I only 

 regret that the treatment followed by me was not more gener- 

 ally known before the disease hud run its course, as the great 

 bulk of the dogs have gotten through with it or died. I am 

 satisfied that it saved her life ; and one other ease in which it 

 was tried proved equally efficacious. You can safely recom- 

 mend it in all such eases. It seemed to he much more violent 

 •with setters than pointers, which seems a little singular, as 

 the latter is generally regarded as the more delicate dog. 



Jaok. 

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An Importation. — We had the pleasure of lauding on 

 Monday, from the steamer Republic, of the White Star Line, 

 the Irish water spaniel Barney, the crack dog of his breed in 

 Great Britain. Barney is imported by W. B. Shattuc, Esq., 

 of Cincinnati. He has won the following prizes ; 1st, Birm- 

 ingham, 1875 ; 2d, Stoke, 1877 ; 2d, Oi-ystal Palace, 1878 ; 

 2d, North Shropshire, 1878; 2d, Creeve, 1878; 1st, Bristol, 

 1878 ; 2d, Sleifual, 1875 ; 1st, Birmingham, 1878, and cup as 

 best, spaniel in the twelve class, i. c, in the show, 1st, Alex- 

 andra Palace. At Crystal Palace Barney was beaten by 

 Limerick, hut beat Patsey and others at Birmingham ; how- 

 ever he easily turned the tables on Limerick and has beaten 

 all the cracks, Wallace, Sailor, etc., etc. He is now a little 

 over three years old, is 22 inches high, about 55 lbs. weight, 

 upstanding without appearing leggy, legs straight and very 

 heavy feathered, both fore and aft. Coat very good, ears 

 well shaped, huDg low and well fringed, but not now at their 

 full length, although they are now about 24 inches long ; his 

 top-knot is simply perfection, being the largest and best 

 shaped ever seen on a dog of his breed. His face is perfectly 

 smooth and of good length , his tail is well set on, well carried 

 and good in every way ; in fact this is the dog that no mortal 

 man can find a fault with. Mr. Skidmore writes: "1 have 

 not sent a dog to America half as good as Barney." 



Importation.— Mr. Wm. Bradbury, of Nason, Va., has 

 recently obtained a magnificent English mastiff bitch, im- 

 ported from the kennels of Rev. Buckley Jones, who bred 

 Turk, the well-known prize-winner in England. She was 

 brought here by the daughter of the above named gentleman, 

 who is the wife of a son of Sir Robert Brisco, of Cumber- 

 land. The bitch has been bred to an imported dog, owned in 

 Richmond, that is a grandson of old Turk. 



Coon Stock.— We are informed that Mr. Grinnell's Bess 

 has given birth to eight puppies— five dogs and three bitches 

 —by Mr. Jarvis' Champion Elcho. Bess is ouo of the finest 

 native Irish setters in the country, and is the mother, by 

 Champion Plunkett and Champion York, of a number of very 

 fine field dogs. Bess was bred by the late Mr. Saltus, and is 

 by his Dash, out of Dr. Strachan's Belle. She is noted for 

 her exquisite nose, great staunchness, and ability to work day 

 in and day out through the season. Elcho is too well known 

 as a getter of bench show and field trial winners to need any 

 word of praise. 



—Mr. E. S. Wanmakcr, of Cool Spring, N. 0., claims the fol- 

 lowing names for a litter of four red Irish puppies, three dogs 

 and one bitch, born Feb. 15, 1879, by imported Blarney 

 (champion Basto-Capt. Lamprier's Sal) out of his Leaf 

 (Plunket-Stella). For dog pups, Style, Halt and Ease ; and 

 for bitch, Wreath. 



— Mr. Chas. E. Coffin's (of Muirkirk, Md.) pointer bitch 

 Kate, by Sensation out of Dodge's Dolly, whelped, on the 

 12th inst., seven pups by his pointer dog Bragg. Bragg is 

 half brother on dam's side to the pointer Bounce, who was 

 II. C. at the W. K. C. show. These puppies are : 3 dogs 

 white and lemon, 1 dog lemon ticked, 1 bitch white and 

 lemon and 2 bitches lemon ticked. 



—On April 6, the black and tan Gordon setter bitch Wrag 

 (Pat-Kinney's Fan), belonging to N. T. Parker, of New 

 Brunswick, JN. J., whelped ten black and tan puppies— six 

 dogs and four bitches— sired by Dr. 8. Fleet Speir's black 

 an5 tan Gordon setter Borneo (Gypsum- Daisy). 



—Mr. Wm. L. Bradbury's (Nason, Orange Co., Va.) setter 

 bitch Czarina, by Horace Smith, Esq.'s Czar, out of Dr. 

 Bands', oi Rhode Islaad, imported blue belton, whelped eight 

 pups, March 22, by Scout ; bred by Capt. Foster of Leesburg, 

 Va.,he by imported Rock, out of Capt. Foster's imported 

 Kirby. 



A Summer Fees Bed.— A lady writing to the weekly Tri- 

 bune gives these directions for a fern bed : 



H there is a wet or uusightly place under the tree that never 

 can be made to look well, all the better; choose that spot for 

 your ferns. An airy place, shaded by the house, will do 

 nearly as well. Choose a bundle of stakes two and a half feet 

 long, an inch and a half in diameter, aud which still tightly 

 retain the bark ; drive these into the ground in a circular or 

 oblong form, as you may wish the bed to be ; the stakes may 

 stand from twelve to eighteen inches above the ground ; now 

 weave in and out about the stakes, basket fashion, grape vine 

 until the top of the stakes is reached, l'ou then have what 

 appears to be a rustic basket. Fill in the bottom with sod, or 

 earth rubbish of various sorts, hut leave room enough in the 

 top for a good layer of forest mould, in which plant the ferns, 

 which may be taken from the woods as soon as the fronds be- 

 gin to peep above the ground. 



It is better to choose the ferns from a plot where they grow 

 thickly, and take them up so that they nay be as little di- 

 vided as possible, aud with plenty of soil unbroken about the 

 roots. Fill your basket full of them, and if you water them 

 well in a few weeks you will have a thing of beauty to glad- 

 den your eyes for many a week to come. The basket may 

 be further ornamented by slipping seeds of the cypress vine 

 or morning glory between the interstices of the grape vine in- 

 to the Boil. They will sometimes grow right merrily, and if 

 trained about the basket beautify and illuminate it in a very 

 dainty and exquisite fashion. In lieu of the stakes and grape 

 vine (wild grape vine cau nearly always be procured in 

 abundance) a basket which has lost its bottom may be used, 

 which, if not already browned by exposure, may be painted 

 any desirable color. H the fern basket is sufficiently pro- 

 tected in the Fall with leaves it may be relied upon for a 

 thrifty crop of ferns the following Summer. 



|#wu of fUshms. 



Problem No. SO. 



Motto: Manrieo. 



'-MAMAMA 



White to play and give mate In three moves. 



SOLUTIONS TO I'KOISLEUS— KO. 47. 



l— Kt-B4 l-Any 



2-Matea 



Game No. lll.-SICTXIAN DEFENCE. 

 The subjoined game was played In the late Manhattan Chess Club 

 tournament between Messrs. L. Cohn and Chas. Mohle, Feb. s, 1ST9, at 

 Manhattan Club room, Cafe Logeling, 49 Bowery : 



White. 



L. Cohn. 

 1-P-K4 

 S-Kt-li B:i 



3-P-Q4 

 4-Kt Iks P 

 6-B-Q3 

 6-B-K3 

 7-P IKS P 

 8— Castles 

 I-P-K B4 (b) 



Black. 

 Chas. Mohle. 

 1-P-Q B4 

 2— P-K3 



3-FtksP: 

 4— Kt-K B3 

 5-Ki>QB3(a) 

 ti— P-Q4 



l-P i ks P 



S-B-Q3 

 9— Castles (c) 



10— Q-Kt3 

 11— K Kt-K5 

 12-P tks B 



10-P-K H3 

 11— K-R 

 12— B tks Kt 



13— Kt ika Kt(d) 13— Q tks lit 



14— Q Kt-B3 14— Q B-K3 



15— P-b5 fe) 15— B-Q P5 



18— Q-K Kt4 (f) 18-13 tkf it 



17— It tKS B IT— F-B3 



1S-B-R6 IS— R-B2 



19— lit tks P 19— B-K4 



20— P-B3 M-K-K 



21-B-K3 21-P-K13 



White. 

 L. Colin. 

 22-Q-KB3 

 23— R-Q 

 24-B-Q4 

 25— P tks B 

 Hi -Kt-Ktu 

 27— Kt tks Q 

 28— R-Q Kt 

 29- V its P 

 SO— P-Q K3 

 81-P-Q5 (g) 



33— Kt-e+ 



23— It tkB R 

 84— K-R2 

 35— Kt- Q BO 

 S6-Kt tks P 

 37— iit-Q Bi 

 38— P^Q fi4 

 39— KUQfl 

 40— Kt-Q B3 

 Resigns 



Black. 

 Clias, Mohle. 

 22— R-Q B 

 23-R-Q2 



26— Q K-K 

 26-QTta Q 

 2T— R-KJ 



23— P-K. KI3 



I 



30— R.q as 

 SI— KB-QB' 



32— R-Bs eh 

 83— K tks ft el 



3*-H-qa 



35— K tks P 

 36— R.QJ 

 BT— R tks P 



3S-K-K:.a 

 r,9-lt-Kir, 

 40-K-B2 



NOTES. 



(a) White" has thus far made the best moves according to the Banti- 

 buch, we believe, but since the publication of mat work tlilaoponing 

 has, if we are not mistaken, received the attention of analja is, especi- 

 ally Anderssen. We are not only without our authorities at hand, but 

 also labor under the disadvantage of playing over this and the D. 

 Graham Balrd vs. Mohle match game on a pocket chess board while 

 we rest ourselves now and then beside a brook. 



(6) We have a decided preference for White's game. We do not 

 think it a mere appearance of an advantage. 



(c) P-K R3 hereabouts, we are Inclined to think, is ia order. 



((() Kt-K.0, it requires but a glance to see, would be disastrous. 



(<!) If Q-Q4, then Black could reply P-K B4. 



CO Mr. c. rarely relies on an lnipetu'ms bnt unprofitable attack. Kt- 

 K2 appears to be better than moving R to another file. Q p, for the 

 exchange, is not at all safe in this position. 



(g) White does not make the most of his paBsed P, stii', iho result 

 would have been the same. We can only regret that lit . 

 played this game In th»t skillful and brilliant manner common with 

 him. 



Game No. 112 -KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED. 



Manhattan Chess Club, Cafe Logeling, 49 Bowery ; first match game 



played between Messrs. Chas. Mohle and D. Graham Balrd, March 19 : 



Wnite. 

 Chas. Mohle. 

 1— P-K4 

 8— P-K B4 

 3— K P tks P 

 4-K Kt-B3 

 5-B-QKt5t 

 6 _ Q_K2 t 

 7— Castles 

 S— P-Q4 

 9— Q tks B 

 10— O Kt-BS 

 11— Kt tks (J 

 12— R-K 

 13-P-Q B4 

 14— B tks Kt 

 15— K tks P 



16-Q.Kr.-B3 

 17-KI-K4 

 IS— Q, R-K (0) 

 19-P-Q H3 



Black. 

 D. G. Balrd. 

 i_ r-K4 



2-P-Q4 

 3— K P tks B P 

 4-K Kt-B3 (a) 

 5— B-Q2 

 0— B-K2 (b) 

 7— CSBtles 

 3-B t.Ks B 

 9-CJ tks Q P 



10-Q tks Q, 



11— Kt-Q4 



12-q Kt-K3 



13— Kt-K« 



14— S tks B 



15— B-B3 



16-P-ti B3 



17— JM? 



1S-B-B2 



19— Q R-Q 



20-Kt-K B2 (d) 20— P-K H3 



21— R-K7 21-K-R2 



22— Kt-K Ktl 22— B-Kt.1 (e) 



23— P-B5 2!— B-Q1M 



24— Kt for Ktl- 21— K-Q4 



K5 



26— P-Q Kt4 (I) 26-K-Kt Sq 



mute. 



Clias. itolilo. D. G. B»tr<±, 

 20— KI-Q7 3 ft — R-Q 



27-P-Kst 2T-R tk8H 



28— nUtsS-f 2S-K-B2 

 29— Kt-B8 t 29-K-Kl 



30— Kt-KS dis t SO -K-112 

 31— Kttks li 91— Kt tks Kt 

 S2-R.K7 32-Kr-Kt.j 



33-RtksQKtP 33-P-K B3 

 £4- P-Q H4 (g) 3 t_Kt Its Q P 



35— RtkaQRP 36—1 



S6— H-QKr.7 30-R-QU 



87— P-Q KI5 37— R-Q.J 



38- R-Q B7 3i-Kr-Q KtB 



89— P-Q KtC 39— Kt-R3 



40— I; ti;? Q Tip ii)-Kr tits QB P 



(a) JI-KI-K5 



42- B K R3 -i'i-,; us Q Xi P 



43-Ki-Qi 43-B.-B8-T 



44— K.R2 44-Jt-QKt3 



45-KtrKC 45-P-K iil 



40-K-QB7 4.i~P.rl; s KtP 



47— R tss Kt P t 47— K-E 



48- K-KK16 4S-F-KH4 



4'J-Kl-K B4 48—11 its 1-; 

 51— Kt tk3R* 



Drawn by consent (i) 



NOTES. 



(a) Q tits P or B-Q3 we are In: : preference here. 



(6) Tho Interposition of the Q here is, It Btrikes us, preferable. 



(e) White has now obtained a superior and attacking position. 



(it) This Kt ia now in position for active work. 



(/) Up hill and down again. 



\f) We think that this is a better move than to attempt to win a p 

 in fact, we arc quite of the opinion that it Is the move. 



Gj) White cannot safely exchange R for Kt, as he cannot Q either of 

 the passed P's, his K being too distant from the scene of action. 



(ft) nere WUite should have played Kt-Qi. if Black captures Kt, 

 then R tks Kt wins. If Kt tks P, then P-Ki7 wins, and if Kt elsewhere 

 Is not difficult to see the proper line of play. 



(») This game ia by no means a fair specimen even of the aklu of these 

 worthy representatives of the Manhattan Chess Club. This matoh, we 

 doubt not, wUl be productive of a number of fine games. The players 

 have not, however, warmed up to their work yet. 



