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River. Masf ; Vila, Amion Cheevers. Providence, R I ; Colonel, 

 ,T D Gonld, Boston ; Dash, Charles M Carietou, M D, Norwich, 

 Conu ; Boss, J F Brown, Chelsea, Mass ; Dan (formerly Sam"), D 

 F Wilbur, Brockton, Mass ; Terry, Ward McAllister Jr, Newport, 

 It I ; Marhis, Charles E Cunningham. Boston ; Grouse, David P 

 Witters. Salem Mass ; Sport, J J Soanlon. FaU Bivsr, Mass ; 

 Dash, Everett M Erskine, Sioslon Highlands ; Delta, ,TE Eveleth, 

 Brooklinn, Mass ; Sac H, W Tallmsn. rrovirtence, II I ; Stanley. 

 Alfred Schnashel, New York ; Duke, Sport and Jeff, T IU Aldrioh, 

 Providence, R I : Put,, S T Hammond, Springfield. Mass : Fred, 

 Andrew S Mitchell, Haverhill. Mass ; Shot, F M Ware, Boston | 

 Jeff, G H Ljman, Boston : Jocko, Edward K'mig. Taunton, Maes ; 

 Buy, Edmund Orgfll, New York ; Sulk, Bayard Thayer, Boston ; 

 Spy, Miss Alice p Bedlnw, Newport, F 1. 



Cia-s 7— Native English Setter Bttohes— Fly, George H Hitch- 

 obcli, Qmnoy, Mass ; Jenny, Edwin Eoswell. Lynn, Mass ; Abbey, 

 EOLaMoutagne, New York; Freeze, Paul 8 Roberts, Natick, 

 MaBB; Fanny, Robert Elliott, North Andover Depot, Mass; 

 Betsy, George Dale, Fall River, Muss ; Sari and tS.ee, Samuel 

 Scranton, Olnewille, R I ; Daisy Lincoln, John G Higgins, Dela- 

 ware Oitv, Del , , Walter F Peck, Salem, Mass; Jessie, J E 



Eveleth.'Broolrline, Ma=s ; Bessie. Homer B Richmond, Eakeville, 

 Mass ; Smut, T M Aldrich, Providence, RI, Jennie, W Tallman, 

 Providence, R I r Mall, L F Whitman, Detroit; Coaet.te, Robert 

 Long, Boston; Cleopatra, T 1! Flinn, Dorchester, Mass ; Fan, 

 and Bess, Stephen G. Currier, Beverly, Mass ; Luna, E H La- 

 throp, Springiicld, Mass. 



CIsbb 8-Native English Setter Puppies undBr 12 months— Gipsy, 

 Avery W Gore, Boston, Prink and Hags, Ethan AUin. Pomfret 

 Centre, Conn ; Creraorne, E C La MontRgOe, New York ; two 

 puppies. Edward J Forster, M D. Boston : Bust Body. Mrs M F 

 Deaue, Boston ; Shot. F A Daniels. South Boston ;' Floss, SD 

 Brigga, Boston ; Grouse Dale, John B Goodwin, Norwieb. Conn ; 

 Geneva, M K Cowing Jr. Providence, K I ; Srnolre, Wm Borroiv- 

 aoale, Boston, Bufus II.. Henry Smith. Boston , Prince. J W Webb, 

 Boston; Bovis, T W Eastman, Portsmouth, N H; Olio, Jno S 

 Bides. Portsmouth, NH; Beacon, Baltimore Kennel Club, Balti- 

 more', Md; Buddhist, H F Deane, Boston ; Blast and Brant,, H W 

 Ofinse, Wilmington, Del; Lord BoaeonBtield, E H Gilman, Detroit, 

 Mioh. 



DryiBTON B,— Ibish Settees. 



Class 9— Champion Irish Setter Dogs— Berkley. John Bottler Jr, 

 Boston ; Elcho, Dr Wm Jarvis. Claromont, N H ; Rory O'Moore, 

 W N Callenaer, GreenbuBh, N X ; Ben, G W Ogilvie, Des Moines, 

 Iowa ; Race, E C Waller, Chicago, 111. 



Class 10— Champion Irish Sutler Bitches— Loo II. and Duck. 

 John Fottler Jr, Boston ; Red Rival, Lincoln & Hellyar, Warren, 

 Mass ; Fire Fly, H W Gause, Wilmington, Del. 



Class 11— Imported Irish Setter Dogs, or their progenv of the 

 first generation— Jo, Toledo Kennel Clnb, Toledo, Ohio ; Kite, W 

 C G Salisbury. Boston ; Smuggler, J W Sproug, Albany, N Y ; 

 Bligo, George P Anthony. Providence, N J; Elcho IU., A Nelson, 

 Portsmouth, N H; Startle, Wm Munroe, Boston: Dick, JameB O 

 Knapp, Nowburyport, Mass; Pat,, W Tallman, Providence, R I; 

 Snap, Charles Carpenter. Providence, R I; Dash, Lincoln & Helt- 

 var, Warren, Mass; Shot, J S Cunningham, Dorchester, Mass; 

 "Derg, Baltimore Kennel Club, Baltimore, Md ; Bub, E F Stod- 

 dard, Dayton, Ohio : Don, n W Ganse, Wilmington, Del. 



Class 12— Imported Irish Setter Bitches, or their progeny of the 

 first generation— Doll, Toledo Kennel Clnb, Toledo, Ohio ; Ruby, 

 Capt A L Emerson, York, Me; Flora and Phantom. Lincoln ',v 

 Hollyar, Warren, Mass ; Friend, E F Stoddard, Dayton, Ohio; 

 Moya. A E Godeffroy, Guymard, N Y; Kelpie, H W Cause, Wil- 

 mington, Del. 



Class 13— Imported Irish Setter 'Puppies, under 12 months — 

 Elsie. John H Dussault, Somorvillo, Mass; Claromont. Alexander 

 Pope Jr, Boston; Doe, Malcolm C Green, Boston; May, J A Rock- 

 wood, Boston; Dash Elcho, Joseph L Lock, Portsmouth, NH; 

 Eover, Capt A L Emerson, York, Me ; May. J W Bell. York. Mo ; 

 Acho, James Carroll, Portsmouth, N H ; Brockton, W Tallman, 

 Providence, R I. 



Class 14— Native Irish Setter Dogs— Richard Casho, G W Town- 

 send, Philadelphia; Dandy, T F Smith, Boston ; Pal, W E Davis, 

 Boston ; Tom Moore, E T Flanagan, Boston ; Don, A L Tribblo, 

 Plymouth, Mass; Duke, Stephen D Salmon Jr, Boston ; Guv Man- 

 nering, Mies Viola Ryan, Dorchester, Mass j Frank, Thomas M 

 Marshall Jr, Cambridge, Mass ; Cole, Everett Smith, Portland i 

 Shot, R Sargent, Boston ; Dick, Adolph Nelson, Portsmouth, N 

 H ; Larry, OS Keller, Washington, D ; Birch, L Frank Drake, 

 Btoughton, Mass ; Arlington, Lincoln 4 Hollyar, Warren, Mass. 



Class lo— Native lush Setter Bitches— Nell, J A Davis. Boston ; 

 Kate, H B Plumer, EoBton; Cora II., Everett Smith, Portland,' 

 Me ; Flirt, Baltimore Kecuel Club, Baltimore, Md; Mag, Geo Tan 

 Wagsnen, New York; Fanny, F L Torrey, Maiden, Mass ; Fan, H 

 H Moses, Boston. 



Class 16— Native Irish Settor Puppies, under 12 months— Saxe, 

 J P Barnard Jr, Boston ; Tip, Wm Borrowacale, Boston ; Florence 

 II., Baltimore Kennel Club, Baltimore, Md ; Ned, Walter Pem- 

 ber, Walpole, Mass ; Clyde, Thomas M Marshall Jr, Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



Division G— Gordon Setters. 



ClasB 17— Champion Gordon Setter Dogs— Trump, Chaa M Pond. 

 Hartford, Conn ; Rupert, Goldsmith Kennel Club, Toledo, Ohio. 



Class 18— Champion Gordon Setter Bitches— Nellie, S W Bod- 

 man, BoBton ; Beauty, A E Godelt'roy, Guymard, N Y. 



Class 19— Gordon Setter Dogs. Either Native or Imported— 

 Grouse, Judy, Dock and Bob, Toledo Kennel Club, Toledo, Ohio ; 

 .Tim, G Gibson, Boston ; Dan, F B Stafford, Newton. Mass j 

 Duke, Lemuel Stanwood, Boston ; Duke of the East, Henry A 

 Davis, Providence, P. I ; Sam, Arthur C Mudge, Boston ; Dash, W 

 H Leighton Jr, Marlborough, Mass ; Shot, Edward H Pierce, 

 Boston; Doit, Fred A Taft, Dedham, Mass: Duke and DiBb, 

 Charles T Brownell, New Bedford, Mass ; Bang, Francis E Boyd', 

 Boston; Billy, H Truean, Dorchester, Mass. 



Class 20— Gordon Setter Bitches, Either Native or Imported— 

 Bess, Lawrence Curlie, Boston ; Bee and Bell, Toledo Kennel 

 Club, Toledo, Ohio ; Bess, Waldo E Sessions, Worcester, Mass ; 

 Dinab, Frank B Fay, Boston ; Bitch and Litter. James Wright, 

 Rockland, Me; Bessie B., Henry Ii Kinsley, Btoughton, Mass j 

 Fashion, E Harnber. Framingham, Mass ; Pansy, Frank L Gay. 

 Providence, R I ; Nellie Horton, Dr Henry F Aten, Brooklyn, L I; 

 Maud, G J Lewis, Boston. 



Class 21— Gordon Setter Popples, Either Native or Imported, 

 under 12 months— Flirt, J P Barnard Jr, Boston ; Tom, Ellerton 

 Lodge Dorr Jr, Chestnut mil, Mass ; Dolly, G W Amorv, Qoincy, 

 Maes; Duke, H W Huntington, Brooklyn, L I ; Mac," Frank L 

 Gay, Providence. R I: Jeff, Charles E Hunt, Boston ; .^imrod, M 

 G Chapman, Central Falls, R I ; Shot, Allie H CUpu. Worcester, 

 Mass; Fred, Goldsmith Kennel Club, Toledo, Ohio ; Bluech, Al- 

 bert P Burnham, Lynn, Mass. 



DrvrsioN D.— Pointebs. 



Class 22— Champion Begs— Rush, Edmund Orgill, New York; 

 Bow, St Louis Kennel Club, St Louis, Mo; Sefton, E A WUlard, 

 Jonesborongh, ill. 



Class 23— Champion Pointer Bitches— Bo6o. Edmund OrgiU, 

 New York; Gillespie's Fan, George G Barker, Boston ; Clytie, St 

 Louis Kennel Club, St LooIb, Mo ; Queen, A E Godeffroy, Guy- 

 mard, N Y. 



Class 24 — Pointer Dogs, over 55 pounds weight — Leo. Geo F 

 Davenport, Boston; Rake II.. J W Coffin, Providence, R I ; Shot, 

 Wm H Garrett, Providence, E I ; Gold Dnet, Isaac Campbell, 

 Providence. R 1 ; Res, JFisbet Howe Jr, Brooklyn; Faust, St, Louis 

 Kennel Club. 8b Lome, Mo ; Commander, Freoehy A Johnson, 

 Boston ; >ed, B AI Stood,' rd, East liiartii field, Maes ; Shot, John 

 C Lewis, Providence. B 1; Spang-,. Wm H Lee, Eoston ; Brock, S 

 T Hammond, Springfield, Mass . King, M Q Fuller. Worcester, 

 Mass | Battler, Luko Corcoran, Springfield, Mass : Mars, L Ar- 

 schlimam. Boston. 



Class 25— Pointer 'Bitches, oyer 50 pounds weight— Princess. 

 Geo C Barker, Bostcra ; Juno, Chas M Schiefflin, Mt Vernon, N Y; 

 Peg, E C Alden, Deriiiam, Mass ; Prudence, Geo E Brown, Ded- 

 ham, Mass ; Maud- Walter E Miller, West Meriden, Conn ; Bell 



and Qneen, Jno Lewie, Providence, R I ■ Psyche II, Fuller & 

 Lyman, Springfield, Mass. 



Class 26— Pointer Doga, under 55 pounds weight— Dash and 

 Tramp, A M Tufts, Lynn, Mass; Shot, W E Foot, Cambridge, 

 Mass ; Pete Jr, E C Alden, Dedham, Mass , Hector, Ivera W 

 Adams, Boston; Kit, M K Cowing. Providence, B I; Snipe. Homer 

 B Richmond. LakevilJe, Mass : Jack, James H Pullcn, St Jolu, N 

 B . Pilot. Wesley P BeIcIj, Boston ; Chiswick, Thos H Terry, Now 

 lark. 



. ass 27— Pointer Bitches, under 50 pounds weight— Jennv, A 

 M Tufts, Lynn. .Mass ; Miranda III, J W Coffin. Providence, R I : 

 Juno, C F Jordan, Winchester. Mass; Loo Lu, Christopher Roaehe, 

 Matick, Mass ; Crystal, HS Magraw, Colora, Md; Ruby, Edmuod 

 Orgill. Now York ; Fly. Jas S Burbank, Cumberland, 11 1 ; Lassie 

 and Zeal, Bt Louis Kennel Club, St Louis, Mo : Fanny, Miss Ellen 

 T H Swan, Hvde Park, MaBS ; Dutchess, George Van Wagenen, 

 New York. 



Pointei Poppies, under 12 months— Frank, Ned and 

 Lola, J W Coffin. Providence, R I ; Countess and Mac, E C La 

 Montague, New York ; Fonto, Chaa M Schiefflin. Mt Vernon, N Y; 

 Dash, Kiehard Envoi!. Providence, K I ; Venus, J W Coffin, Provi- 

 dence, R I; Smoke, E P Mottley, Boston ; Pet, R Haradon, 

 Boston. 



Division E Spobting Dogs. 



(Other than Setters and Pointers.) 



Class 29— Chesapeake Bay Dogs- Foam, Charles T Curtis, Bos- 

 ton ; Eover, Baltimore Kennel Clnb, Baltimore, Md. 



Class 30— Irish Water Spaniels— Brownie, Georga J Harris, Bos- 

 ton ; Brownie, George LFisk, New Bedford, Mass; Mack and 

 Judy, Daniel D Lawlor. Mt Vernon, N Y; Don and Juno, G B 

 Paddock, West Meriden, 'Conn : Tubby and Sport, R W Waterman. 

 Athol, Mass. 



Class 31 — Retrieving Water Spaniels, other than Irish— Jingo, 

 W S Curtis, Boston; Lady, A J Colburn, Newton Highlands, Masa; 

 Gypsy, A W Tnckerman. Hyde Park, Mass ; Sport, T M Aldrich, 

 Providence, R I ; -Fuss, William F, Wall, Cambridge, Mass. 



Class 32— Cocker Spaniels— Carlow, W E Shedd, Walth'm, Masa; 

 Grip and Rabbit, Charles Allen, Worcester, Mass ; Gip, B P Boa- 

 worth, New York: Judy, Olin M Drake, M D, Ellsworth , Jfo; 

 Punch, Henry Whiting Jr, Ellsworth, Me; Charlie. George P 

 dishing, Hingham. Mlss ; General, Al Watts, Boston ; Gip, ChaB 

 Allen, Worcester, Mass. 



Class 33— Field Spaniels of any other breed— Prince, Wesley 

 Pearce, Boston; Fido, ChaB McC'rassen, Boston: Bon, Frank 

 Dwiuan, Soinerville, MasB ; Charlie, W H Canterburry, Boston j 

 Jill, Mrs W H Lee. Roxbury, Mass ; Trimbush and Fairv. William 

 MTilceton, New York. 



Class 34— Fox Hounds— Jack and Ben, L P Bartlett, Arlington, 

 Mass ; Hector, Bugler, Hunter and Piper, Chas Brown. Boston; 

 Sankoy, Wm H Begga, Danvcrs Centre, Mass; Spot, K Link, Bos- 

 ton Highlands, Masa; Snooks, John Hankey, Boston Highlands, 

 Tyler, Henry Puvogel, New York ; Ino, E B Tinkham, New Bed- 

 ford, Mass. 



Class 35— Beagles— Rattler and Bell. Dodge & Baker, Detroit, 

 Mich ; Driver and Charm, Peter B Bradlov, Boston. 



Class 37— Fox Terriers— Turk and Vixen, AI Watts, Boston; 

 Paulo and Nettle, Prescott Lawrence, Groton, Mass; Lovely and 

 Turk, A Winsor Jr, Providence. R I; Rattler, Vixen, Minnie and 

 Tyrant, Thomas D Burke, New York ; Tort and Deacon Rasper, 

 Frank B Fay, Boston ; Tinker, Francis Welch, Boston; H 

 Walter G Cotton, Boston ; Young Trap and Nellie, Walter J Com- i 

 stock, Providence, R I ; Nim, William H Lee. Boston; four pupa, 

 George B Inches, Boston; Taps. George B Elliott, Keone, N H. 



Class 38— Greyhounds— Skip, Al Watts, Boston ; Gizela, E W 

 Cnehing, Boston. 



Class 36— Scotch Deerhounds— Maida III., Sigourney Butler, 

 Quincy, Mass ; Cid and Lupus, J R Webster, East Milton, Maes. 



For Forest and Stream and Hod and Gun. 

 DOGS— No. 6. 



SENTRY had an inveterate dislike to strange cats, but was 

 always on the best of terms with the house cat, allow- 

 ing her to eat out of hk dish. On one occasion he chased a 

 cat in the street, which naturally made for home. The master 

 of the house, who was unfortunately standing in the front 

 door, was most unceremoniously laid flat on his back. Puss, 

 running up-stairs to take refuge in her mistress' bedroom, the 

 door of which not being closed, the good lady, who was at 

 her toilet, was nearly frightened into a fit by the sudden ap- 

 pearance of the ill-bred animal. A window, opening on some 

 out-buildings in the rear, enabled puss to make good her es- 

 cape, the dog rega inin g the street before the man returned 

 with his gun. Under the circumstances, I thought it prudent 

 to make good my retreat. But I called the nest morning, 

 minus Sentry, to explain and apologize— a gratuity to her 

 ladyship restoring her equanimity. 



On another occasion, when taking a stroll in the outskirts 

 of the town, I met a gentleman— a stranger — accompanied by 

 a large mastiff, evidently a quarrelsome brute. I therefore 

 called my dog off. On my doing so, the stranger observed : 



" Tour dog is big enough to take his own part ; why not let 

 them fight ? Are you afraid of yours being hurt ?" 



"Far from it, my good sir ; but I have a decided objection 

 to men or dogs fighting, when it can be avoided." 



To which a most contemptuous Umph ! was the rejoinder. 

 The man's sneering look annoyed me, 1 am sorry to say, and 

 I observed that if he was fond of brutal exhibitions, he wns at 

 liberty to set his dog on. He would soon be glad to call him 

 off. .No sooner said than done. The mastiff llew at Sentry, 

 but was at once seized by the throat and pinned to the ground] 

 where he remained perfectly helplesB. His master looked on 

 for a few moments, but seeing that his dog was powerless, he 

 raised bis cane to strike the victor. 



"Stop!" I exclaimed; "whoever strikes my dog strikes 

 me, and if you dare to hit him I will floor you!"' brandishing 

 at the same time what ray friend Paddy would call "a raal 

 tidy shillelah." This somewhat cooled my opponent's ardor, 

 and he respectfully observed that my dog would kill Ids. 



" That is exactly what I anticipated; but if you will seize 

 your dog by the hind leg to drag him away, 1 will make mine 

 relax his hold and follow me. I have him perfectly at com- 

 mand." I accordingly grasped Sentry's collar, and with a 

 gentle tap on his fore paw, made him let go— our opponents 

 departing somewhat crestfallen, the mastiff evidently not, in u 

 fighting mood. 



My aim in relating this incident is not with a view to vaunt 

 Sentry's fighting abilities, but for the purpose of expressing 

 my abhorrence ol dog-fighting, cock-lighting, bull-baiting and 

 fighting, and all similar disgusting, cruel and unmanly sports, 

 which are a disgrace to any civilized and Christian country. 

 The men of England, 1 am sorry to say, were once noted for 

 their encouragement of the three first," v. 'hi 

 down by the strong arm of the law. I was always fond of 

 field sports, of athletic exercises of all kinds, but am thankful 

 to have it, in my power to boast that I never encoi 

 witnessed boxing in the shape of a prize.; 

 dog or cock-fighting, etc. What can be more disgustiac than 

 the following specimen of refined brutality, related to me by 



ao eye-witness, a half-pay officer in the British Lancers, one 

 who fought with Wellington at Waterloo, having served 

 throughout the Peninsular Campaign: 



"Staffordshire, the. great English county for pottery, was 

 also noted for its bull-dogs, bull-baiting and dog-fighting being 

 favorite sources of amusement with the pottery men. A 



heavy bet was made by the owner of a celebrated bull-bitch 



having then a litter of puppies— that she would pin a bull, 

 and allow her two hmd paws to be cut off without relaxing her 

 hold. The bet. was won by the owner of tbe bitch, the pup- 

 pies having been broughton the field in order to excite the 

 poor brute to defend her young." 



I believe a record of this quintessence of barbarism exists in 

 the " Sporting Annals." At all events, 1 have seen it in print. 



Now some young roisteTOus sportsman reading this may 

 conclude that the writer, if a sportsman at all, must 

 have been, to say the least, a milk-sop : one of your chicken- 

 hearted men who would quail at the sight of danger. But 

 the man who has rushed through the flames to the top of a 

 four story house to save a boy, who has twice joined to man 

 a life-boat to save others at the peril of his own life, besides a 

 few other ventures, can have been no coward ! My experience 

 has taught me that a truly brave man is always possessed of 

 no common share of the milk of human kindness, and that a 

 bully, a braggadocio, is invariably an arrant coward. A man 

 who is cruel to dumb animals cannot be a kind husband or 

 father. 



Leaving Jersey, I resided in London several years before 

 coming to Canada, living at Peckham Rye, where Sentry was 

 universally admired. He always accompanied my wife and 

 self when we took a summer evening's stroll, and I'have often 

 known a carriage pull up and the footman politely ask me to 

 stop and allow his master and mistress to get out and examine 

 the dog. On one occasion I was offered one hundred sove- 

 reigns for him. So well could I depend on the dog that I never 

 carried a latch key, the servants going to bed and leaving him 

 in the hall reposing on the front door mat. When he heard 

 me on the portico steps he would get up to allow me to open 

 the door, but he never barked or made the least noise. I 

 never knew him give a false alarm. If any one opened the 

 front gate he gave ono loud bark. Often when my wife has 

 fancied she heard a noise I have been roused from my peace- 

 ful slumber with "Phillip I Phillip ! Get up, I hear some one- 

 about." The invariable reply being, "Has Sentry barked, 

 my dear ?" " JSfo." " Theu go to sleep. " 



I always took Sentry for a run in the road about nine in the 

 evening. On one occasion I fell in with the policeman, who, 

 after admiring the dog, inquired if he was a good watcher, 

 and being answered in the affirmative, observed that he never 

 heard him bark. " Open the gate some night when you are 

 passing and the lights are out," was the rejoinder. A few 

 nights Inter a loud bark awoke me about midnight, and as the 

 dog did not leave the front door I knew there must be some 

 one in f out. _ Opening the bedroom window the policeman 

 spoke immediately : " It's me, sir ; oar Superintendent is with 

 me, and I wished him to witness the dog's wulcb fulness. I 

 have not opened the gate, but merely raised the latch. No 

 robbers cin harm you, sir. Sorry' to disturb you ; good- 

 night, !" 



We had the clog several years before my eldest son was 

 born, and for eight or nine months he was jealous of the child, 

 growling and going off in high dudgeon the moment he saw 

 him. One Sunday afternoon, the mother having laid the 

 child in his cot, went up-stairs requesting me to call her or 

 the servant if he awoke. Sentry was taking his siesta on the 

 front door mat. Hearing the child cry I went to him, and to 

 my astonishment I found the dog at the side of the cot, wag- 

 ging his tail and licking the boy's hands as though he wished 

 to pacify him. From that hour he became his friend, and 

 when the lad began to toddle he would lie on the carpet and 

 allow him to maul and pull him about without the least sign 

 of annoyance. He would put his little hand in his mouth, 

 pull at his tongue, poke his fingers in his eyes or nostrils, etc. 

 I have known lady friends come in, and being alarmed lest 

 the dog might hurt the child, they would rush to the rescue, 

 but, a growl from Sentry caused a precipitate retreat, and the 

 loving pair would continue their game in peace. 



Sentry had a decided objection to tradesmen's calls, even 

 the butcher's boy was stopped, after delivering his meat, if he 

 attempted to leave unaecomDanied by the servant. 



PercH- Gaspe, Feb. IS, 1879. Phillip Vdjbbt. 



{To be continued,) 



THE IRISH WOLF-HOUND. 



THE exhibition at the late Bench Show of a noble speci- 

 men of the Irish wolf-hound, valued at §5,000, by Mr. 

 Lester Wallack — a notable attraction among the kennels — 

 makes the following article especially interesting at this time. 

 We copy from Land and Water : — 



The question whether it is possible to resuscitate this an- 

 cient breed of dogs has for some little time been attracting 

 the attention of a certain section of liic dog-loving world. 



Of course the great obstacle in the way is the difficulty of 

 obtaining pure s] if "reed for which there has been 



foi many years, which, as a distinct variety, has, in 

 consequence, almost, if not entirely, ceased to exist. This 

 drawback, however, cynics might be inclined to say, is a 

 trifiing difficulty I lyof "a consummation devoutly 



wished for" by dog breeders. There seems to beratheracraza 

 about resuscitating old. or introducing new. breeds of dogs of 

 late years, winch generally really means little other than a 

 dog-dealing plant. Some nondescript animal or other makes 

 itsappeai , Bhnw, is awarded the prlafi on account 



of its size, ugliness, or other peculiarity, as the best foreign 

 sporting or non-sporting dog, as the case may be, by a judge 

 who, most likely, has never seen a specimen, and does not 

 know whet her or not there is such a breed as that to which it 

 is reputed to belong, The award gives the animal a locus 

 f.i.TiuU : then letters appear advocating the great desirability 

 of bringing out the breed, Generally speaking the animals 

 are thoroughbred mongrels, possessing no good qualities other 

 than those which are to be found in much greater perfection 

 in our own breeds. Such, ip all probability, is the Leonberg 

 about whichso much has of late been written : I believe he is 

 yj Newfoundland, mas- 

 iddeerhouod, ors ■■: incongruous mixture. 



Itmust not be understood, however, that in drawing atl 

 tention to the question of the Irish wolf-hound the aforegoiog 

 : ions are meant as imputations as to the genuineness 

 Of those who are making the endeavor to resuscitate what 

 was no doubt a magnificent variety of the dog. On the con- 

 trary, Captain Q. A Graham, a gentleman who has been in- 

 teresting himself in the Irish wolf-hound question, seems d>- 



