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FOREST AND STREAM 



THE FIELD TRIAL DERBY. 



THIS, one of the most interesting of English canine events, 

 was decided during the second week in May. The list 

 of entries "was the largest of any of the five years during 

 which the stake has been run, numbering twenty-nine. The 

 judges were Mr. Geo. Brewis and Maj. Le Gendre Starkie. 

 The following is a list of the entries and winners : 



Frrra Field TJnAi Debet, for pointer and setter puppies bred 

 in 1878 ; the winner received £50, the second £25, third and 

 fourth X'5 each, and the best of the opposite breed £5. 



E Lloyd Price's lem w d Lnck of Eden Hall, by Drake— Sail, 14 

 mos (pointer), 1st. 



Barclay Field's liv w b Sail, bv Riot— Keino. li mos (pointer), 

 2d. 



E Purcell Llewellin's lem w b Countess Bose, bv Count Win- 

 dem— Noma, 10 mos (setter), 3d. 



E Arniatroug's rd b Antrim, bv Charlie— Jane, 15 mos (setter). 



H Lowe's bk w b Countess Kate, by Tam O'Shanter— Meg, 12 

 mos (setter). 



G Pilkington'8 liv w b Keswick, by Faust— Faith, 13 mos 

 (pointer). 



A P Heywood Lonsdale's bk w t b Janette, by Oount Dan- 

 Belle (Better). 



Elias Bishop's bk w d 'Duke, by Count Dan— Belle, 12 mos 

 (setter). 



Prince Albert Solm'e liv w b Firefly, by Joker— Ply, 11 mos 

 (pointer). 



Sir T B Lennard'a liv w b Melissa, by Mallard— Belle, 1+ mos 

 (pointer). 



G de Landre Macdona's bk w d Ganger Bab, by Champion 

 Banger— Moll, 14 mos (setter). 



S E Shirley's w lem ft b Scarlet, by Tam O'Shanter— Troll, 11 

 mos (setter). 



Viscount Downe's liv w d Speak, bvDot— Snake,13mos (point'r) 



E Lloyd Price's liv w b Belle Faust, bv Faust— Belle, 15 mos 

 (pointer). 



E Pnrcell Llewellin's bk w b CountesB Nellie, by Count Windam 

 —Novel, 11 mos (setter). 



"W Allison's bk tbBelle, by BonalS— Ruth, H mos (setter). 



T Iseard's liv w d Claret, by Naso— Mite, li mos (pointer). 



J Macdona's liv w d Crotetb. (lste Seftou), by T Bang— Jane, 

 IS mos (pointer). 



C F Fauntloroy'a rd w b Pun, by Pain— Prue, 13 mos (setter). 



J H Salter's bd liv w b Eaucv, bV Mike— Bomp, 14 mos (pointer) 



W Arkwright's liv w b Tinkle, by Champion Bang— Belle, 15 mos 

 (pointer). 



E Bishop's lem w d Frank, by Banger— Lady, 13 mos (setter). 



S E Shirley's w fk b Silkeo, by Tam O'Shanter— Troll, 11 mos 

 (setter). 



S Price'a liv w d Guy, by Champion Bang— Juno, 12 mos (point- 

 er). 



Staple Browne's bk w b Flirt, by Tam O'Shanter— Fussy, 13 

 mos (setter). 



A P Hey wood Lonsdale's bk w t b Juno, by Count Dan— Belle, 

 12 mos (setter). 



B Lloyd Price's liv w b Tick (late Tick Louse), by Drake- 

 Nimble Ninepence, 12 mos (pointer). 



Sir T B Leonard b liv wd Magnet, by Mallard— Bello, 14 mos 

 (pointer) 



J H Saltora' liv w b Lily, by Mike— Bomp, 14 mos (pointer). 



Our space will Dot permit us to give details cf the running, 

 which, for youngsters, appears to have been very fair. BelVs 

 Life says: " As I prophesied last week, the pointers heat the 

 setters, and Mr. Lloyd Price could have won with two in his 

 kennel, as Tick has always been better than the dog ; but Mr. 

 price took 50 to 1 about Luck of Eden Hall for this event 

 when he was a email puppy, so preferred winning with him. 

 Both the first and second are descendants of Old Drake, the 

 winner, who will make a very grand performer, being a son 

 of the old champion, and Sail is a grand- daughter, and also a 

 grand-daughter of Price's champion Bang. We warmly con- 

 gratulate Mr. Price on his success, which is a big feather, 

 considering the number of the competitors and the quality of 

 the field." The next stake run was 



The All-Aoeu Stakes (Sweepstakes) of £6 10s. each, for 16 

 all-seed pointers or setters, dogs and bitches : £60 for the winner, 

 £20 for the Bacond, and the third and fourth a-10 each ; if the 

 stake does Dot fill, the prizes to be given in proportion to the 

 Dumber of entries ; all dogs or bitches competing must be the 

 bona fide property of the persons entering them. 



Whitohouse'E I i tar) beat Uoyd Price's Bow BelTfl. 



Llewellin's Count Wnrdern (setter) beat Macdona's Banger 

 (setter). 



Lord Downo'a Sam (setter) beat Piatt's Bhyl (setter). 



Barclay Field' I eat Sir T.Leunard's Priam (point- 



er). 



E Armstrong's Dan (setter) beat East's Viscount (setter). 



G Prikington's Garnet (pointer) beat Arkwright's Don Jose 

 (pointer). 



Major Piatt's Darkie (setter) beat Fatmtleroy's Phillo (setter). 



E Lloyd Price's Dit-mal Jimmv (pointer) beat T Bower's Blue 

 Belief.-:, 



Ties— Rapid beat Count Wiudem ; Eiot beat Dan ; Garnet beat 

 Bam ; Darkle beat Dismal 



Second Ties— Rapid beat Eiot ; Darkie beat Garnet. 



Major Piatt's setter Darkie, by Rhyl (son of Banger)— Dolly, 

 beat Whitehouse's pointer Rapid, by Chang— Bomp, and won. 



The last event was the Kennel Club Challenge Cup, which 

 had been won for two years by Mr. Macdona's Ranger, and 

 had he won it this year it would have remained at Hilbre 

 House, but the old dog was compelled to succumb to one of 

 his grandsons. The following is the detail of the running: 



TnE Kehkel Club Challenge Cut, value £'M, for all-aged 

 pointers and setters ; the cup (held by G de Landre Macdona) to 

 be won three years to become absolnto property, added to an 

 optional sweepstake. 



Barclay Field's Biot (pointer) beat Sir Thomas Leonard's Priam 

 (poiDter) 



Major Piatt's Darkie (setter) beat G de Landre Macdona's 

 EaDger. 



G Pilkington's Keswick (pointer) beat J Piatt's Bhyl (setter). 



Lloyd Price's liv w pointer Tick beat Whitehouse's Rapid 

 (poiDter). , _ 



Ties— Darkie beat Riot : Tick beat Rapid ; Darkie beat Kes- 



Second Ties— Major Piatt's Darkie, by Rhyl— Dolly, beat Lloyd 

 Price's pointer Tick, and won. 



The scent throughout the day was very bad, and the extra- 

 ordinary Dose exhibited by the setter Darkie exactly suited 

 the state cf (lairs, and pulled him through these two big 

 stakes. Major Piatt becoming holder of the Cup. 



with the hounds all day, and bark every jump, and shows 



extraordinary sagacity in picking up an old trail when the 

 hounds are at fault. How is this for high ? H. 



Springfield, Mass. 



COCKER SPANIELS IN BUFFALO. 



Buffalo, N. Y., May 20, 1870. 

 Editor Forest and Stream ; 



In your issue of May 15 I notice an article with the above 

 heading signed by one John Hammon, of Clifton, Canada, 

 which casts reflections upon Mr. J. B. Harrington, of this 

 city, and his dogs, which in my opinion is really unjust. 1 

 have known Mr. H. for some time, and have seen his cocker 

 spaniels, and so far as I am competent to judge I should pro- 

 nounce them tine, well bred dogs. Mr. H. is manager of the 

 American District Telegraph Co. here, and has his office 

 located at No. 20 East Seneca St., and has been with the same 

 company in that capacity ever since its organization. Last 

 winter I was so unfortunate as to have a fine little spaniel 

 stolen from me. Mr. Harrington having heard of the fact 

 (and who by the way has held a special police commission for 

 the past five years) traced Ihe dog to a bootblack and recover- 

 ed him. Mr. H. did this out of pure love for a good dog, as 

 I had offered no reward nor held out any inducement for his 

 recovery. Hoping you will give this a place in your valuable 

 columns in justice to Mr. H., I remain yours, E. B. J. 



Buffalo, N. Y. May 20, 1879. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



Dear Sir— I was very much surprised on taking up your 

 issue of May 15 to find such a letter as the one you published 

 from J. Hammon, of CliftoD, Out., about " Cockers in Buffa- 

 lo." In the first place he couldn't have made much inquiry 

 for J. B. H. at 20 E. Seneca Bt„ as he is there ever 

 7 p. m., and is well-known. As to his dogs being half fcer 

 spaniel, that is ridiculous ; one of them docs snow a slight 

 trace of a water spaniel cross, but his liver and white Floss is 

 a fine thoroughbred cocker from as good stock as can be 

 found in the States or Canada*. In regard to the J. Neill 

 spoken of. he is not "the largest owner of sporting dogs in the 

 East " (although he deals in them), not very much. In the 

 estimation of sportsmen in this vicinity who know him— and 

 some of them know him to their sorrow — he is not the owner 

 of any sporting dogs. I think Mr. Hammon's letter entirely 

 uncalled for, especially as the tone of it is such as to reflect 

 wrongfully on J. B. H, whom I know to be a conscientious 

 gentleman, and always ready to farther the interest of the 

 canine race, especially the sporting class. I am sure if G. X. 

 i D., when he is in the city, would see the black cocker J. B. 

 H. speaks of he will find it all that he says it is. C. B. 



Buffalo, May 16, 1ST 9. 



EDITOK FOBEST AND STREAM : 



In your last Issue, May 15th, I find an article signed by one "John 

 Hamrnon" and headed " Cocker Spaniels in Buffalo," which casts a 

 alur on my dogs and also plages mo somewhat in st;. 

 close you with this letter, one a'so from Mr. s. A. Roberts, Proprietor 

 of -Bod and Gun," which in Justice to inyse'f and dogs I hope you 

 will publish with this. In your issue of April 24, I thoughtlessly 

 wrote an article in answer to One siguel " &. At. D." of Toronto, Out. 

 I did not Intend it as an advertisement, as I have no uogs for sale, nor 

 do I breed dogs for a living, hut inasmuch as the article in question 

 did prove an advertisement, having feceivefl 



letters from parties all over the States (which goes to show plainly 

 that your journal is a valuahh [medium); and spm&oiaaid 



parties have in second 1 1 aongl n rue and my 



dogs to engage pups iu Coming 



Buffalo, Mat - 

 editor forest and 8tkbam : 



1 notice In your lasue of May 16 an article headed "Cookers In 

 Buffalo," signed by one John Hammon, ot Clifton, Out., and in said 

 article lam reported as giving my opinion that Mr. J. B Harrington's 

 cockers were not cockers at all, hut half i/ri befog early 



coated. Mr. Hammon, by the way a perfect stranger to me, called at 

 my place with a mutual friend and asked me about Mr. n. 

 I told him Mr. H. had some One ones, but one indicated ■ cross with 



water spaniel, as his coat was somewhat curly, and this one Mr. 

 H. does not claim to he a trtorongh-bred cocker but a alight 



;r. I have seen Mr. H.'s cocker bitch Floss to-day, and in my 

 opinion pronounce her a Dae specimen, with a beautiful coat, soft, 

 silky and wavy ; no curls.'but a beauty. 



S. A . Robebts, Pro. Hod and Qrfli. 



Buffalo, N. T., May 1tt, 1ST!). 



Mb. J. B. Harrington : 



Dear Sir— On reading my Forest and Stream of thi3 weelc, ray eye 

 lit, almost the first thing, on an answer to your late communication to 

 F. & S. concerning cockers. I write you in regard to I his to off ar yon 

 my sympathy as a lover of a good do?. I have seen your :~ 

 and have especially admired your liver and white Norfolk, and to be 

 dragged In the mire before the public a3 Hammon has dragged yon I 

 consider deplorable. Jodiimg from the minner In which : 

 Neill, I think he must be a pai 



feather, etc." I have no domt Hammon is fully as bail is 

 Neill, who I presume you know has tne reputation of being the largest 

 dog thief in the East, as H. has it. He has been convicts 

 valuable dogs from sportsmen iu this vicinity more than once, and 

 many a lost setter and pointer have been traced through his hands to 

 parties in Canada. I an sorry Forest and Stream's columns should 

 i ted by such stuff. 



Yours truly, Charles Bittet, 3S2 Mich st. 



— The imported red Irish setter bitch Stella, owned by Mr. 

 Chas Denison, of Hartford, Conu., whelped on Saturday 

 week 14 puppies, sired by Champion Eloho. 



—The setter Perl V., owned by Mr. Wm, Vie, of St. 

 Louis, whelped on the 6th inst. six puppies — 4 dogs and 2 

 bitches— sired by the Topeka Kennel Club's Brussell (Lei- 

 cester-Dart). 



—Mr. W. M. Tileslon's Gordon setter bitch Lou whelped, 

 on the 20th iost., eight puppies— five dogs and three bitches- 

 all black and tau, without white: sired by Young Jock, by 

 Jock out of Mr. Emerson Foote's Mab, she by Jerome's Shot 

 out of Dutchess. Four of these puppies will he sold. 



—Mr. Leonard, of Boston, has bred his bitch Elorric ("Cope- 

 land's Pete-Eassett's Bess) to Mr. Geo. A. Thayer's Daniel 

 Webster. Plorne is own sister to Mr. Lathrop's Dick, and 

 her owner says she cannot be made to flush a bird. 



Mr. Ba; 





journal rinds me tar: 



turn my assistants informed m 



reference t i ad 'hey told a 



would llnd me. In regard to Mr J. Nei 



the EaBt, I will merely say that I e never 



knowledge, in his life, aud 1 pray I 



I am with them, for I have a great desi: 



use. Several times I have i: >ei 



tcription of this man's "Dog Vt 



he would out of revenge poison : 



story told me to-day by " our eat* 



Roberts, and who gives his 001 



to what kind of a man this "great flog o 



m i •;■! 



II 



ran," S. A_ 

 an idea as 

 is, the story 

 much loved 

 ecess, was told 

 ; Neill'B "Dog 

 lant did so, and 



—Mr. E. C. La Montague, of thi3 city, has had the mis- 

 fortune tn lose his promising setter puppy Cremorne (Promise- 

 Abbey), and his pointer fJuppy Mac (Sensation-Juno). Cause 

 in each instance, distemper. 



—John E. Long, Esq., of Detroit, has sold his justly valu- 

 able dog to Mr. Fay, of Boston, for the great pjOce 

 Such sums are seldom realized on either side of the Atlantic. 



A Good Axl "Rodsd Dog.— Mr. Editor : A friend of mine 



that I can vouch for as to truthfulness, tells me that he has a 



well-bred black setter that is first rate in the field, pointing 



i.aunchly, and retrieving them nicely, and doing 



well all that is required of him. He will also follow a fox 



d the Bast " 

 is this : A prominent merchant here lost a valuable and 

 setter, and after repeated trials to regain it with* 

 by a " knowing one" to get a detective and visi 

 Factory " and see what lncfc he would have. The i 

 thtre found his setter on adut !», buj Md not let Neill discover it. The 

 merchant admired that dog above all others, and asked tils pedigree. 

 He was bred by tne Duke of Newcastle and imported direct from his 

 kennels. The merchant: asked Neill to let him loose to observe his 

 actions. As soon as the poor d >g was unchained he showed his gratl 

 tude by fairly jumping all over his master, and it was soase time before 

 he could be nuleted to allow an explanation. Joe finally " weak- 

 ened" and owned up; the Offlc tepj d >• to do his duty, but I he 

 merchant took pity on Nelll's family and "letup" on him. This can 

 be corroborated If necessary over the bona fide signature of the mer- 

 chant himself; and friend Roberta offers to wager a bottl his 

 best" thaf no genuine sportsman in Buffalo would buy a dog from 

 Neill at any price. So much for the " greatest dog owner of the East.'- 

 My dogs are good enough to perfectly satisfy me, and Borne of them 

 are far better specimens than some I have seen on fliflerent Biow 

 benches, and I fancy Mr. c. W. Nash, of Out., who owns the famous 

 Btud cocker Rake, the fire of my Floss and ten otiier well-bed 

 cockers, will not fancy the sldrs Mr. Hammon sees fit to throw out 

 against the breeding of my cockers Tee '»cnrlj 

 Roberts refers to belongs to a lady of my household, and 

 10 be a "cocker," although a tine dog. I had supposed .: 

 mon to be a gentleman, as I have a letter in my i.ossesaion from Mr. 

 Chas. Lincoln, Supt., giving me an lntjodmtion to him in ease 1 

 wished to call on him. if I can find leisure I may use it yet, ana 

 should I di cover a fine dog among his kennel with a curl or Iwo on his 

 back, I will not publish through the Forest and Stkeam that he is net 

 a cocker until I at least learn whether he claims him to be a cocker. 

 I think if Mr. Hammon had paid less attention . 

 thief in the East," and more to the truthful saytngs of ban 

 Roberts, he would have had no occasion to have written his article 

 on "Cocker Spaniels in Buffalo." The cocker dog Roy, whom 1 bred 

 my Floss to last April, Is as Due a specimen as can be found anywhere 

 in tils vicinity. He is solid liver (dark), with a magniacent wavy coa' 

 without a curly hair iu it. Bitches have been sent to him from all 

 parts, and one from New York City. 

 Yours truly, 



J. B. Habbington, '20 E. Seneca st. 



Rational ffastimqs. 



Btjtjjotjb Athletics.— We extend our thanks to the Jour- 

 neymen Plumber's B. P. Society for their courtesy in sending 

 us an invitation to their Tenth Annual Afternoon and Even- 

 ing Picnic aud Athletic Games, at Harlem, next Wednesday. 

 We must confess, however, that we are somewhat startled by 

 the announcement on the programme of two or three contests 

 in these games. For instance, gold and silver medals are of- 

 fered for the first and second men in " a grand three-hours' 

 contest (' Go as you please')." Do not the promoters of this 

 enterprise see that such a race is directly subversive of the 

 plumber's trade ? A plumber trying to go a long distance in 

 a short time ! The idea is simply ridiculous, nay, more than 

 this, such mad efforts should be discountenanced by every in- 

 telligent member of the craft. It means ruin. Noahere 

 could the pedestrian craza be attended with such dire results. 

 As plumbers go, it is not the plumber who hesitates that is 

 lost, it is he who makes haste moat slowly that comes in ahead 

 — in the bill. The only sensible way for our friends to in- 

 dulge in competitive trials of walking and running is to see 

 who can consume the most time ingoing the shortest distance. 

 — Messrs. Peck & Snyder, 124 Nassau St., publish a series 

 of handy 25-cent manuals of Lacrosse, Lawn Tennis, Arch- 

 ery, Pedestriauism and Gymnastics. The books will be 

 found very complete and convenient. 



Rifled Arrows. — The question of rifled arrows has already 

 been quite fully discussed. To show that the idea was not 

 novel, we add this note from a Fayetteville (N. C.) corres- 

 pondent : 



When I was a boy, alas ! these many years bygone, we used 

 to make very choice arrows of what we call the ' ' sour wood, " 

 which grows very straight and without a knot. We would 

 make a hole in the arrows about, five inches from the part fit- 

 ted to the string, and another about four or five inches higher 

 up, then take a feather and split it lengthwise, leaving only 

 the leathers on one half. Insert the end in the lower hole, 

 and then wrap it around the arrow to the upper one, and in- 

 sert. Here you have a rifled arrow, and they shoot with 

 greater accuracy. Put a little peg to fasten the feathers in. 



Harvard AiulivTIii-. — Tne winners in the first aDnual 

 spring games of the Harvard Athletic Club, last Thursday, 

 were as follows : 

 One Mile Walk— Eiveleotties— Hindekoper, 'SO, 7m 59^s. 

 Qnarter-mile Kun— Four entries— .Simons. 'SO, o.j l-5a. 

 KuDniug Broad Jump— Thompson, 's2, 17ft 4in. 

 One Mile Dash— Six entries— Ball, '81, 4m 56s. 

 Throwing the Hammer— Brandegee, 59ft Sin. 

 Hurdle Race, 120 yards— Cowdin, '79, 18 1-58. 

 Half-mile Run— Simons, '80, 2m S 2-Ss. 

 Two Hundred and Twenty Yards -Wendell, '82, 25 3-6a. 

 Three-mile Bun— James, '79, 18m oas. 



