92 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



fAur.r?r SO, 1883, 



time- He would take to 

 e saved iron: drowning a 



vliausud ill swimmm". 



; rand dog oi thesame 

 t to England many years 

 it;:.,-!.-,,,.]. Bruce was the 

 I remember be hare seen 



who have ridden on his Hack 

 water-like o Newfoundland, i 

 Uriel whiob had be 

 With if" exception -if IM-ir 

 br a I bhelate Mr. Francis Kii 

 ago, and another •,,„■ I sm 

 . ■ •cnon of the Orea 

 Apropos of Ibis dog Prince, long Ijt-l'irr- uw war. wnon i was 

 living in New Vork. 1 rode on his hack sever.-, 1 times around 

 Mr Butler's lot, just outside of Brooklyn, where hi kepi nig 

 dogs, 1 recollect Mr. Butler very well. II" was the very 

 essence of good nature and courtesy to those who loved ani- 

 mals and did not maltreat them, Fororuelty or abuse he had 

 no toilerfl,tion. He was a man of culture, a writer of books, 

 and spoke well four or live languages. In old times, whenever 



he or Uie lute Ileinv (;ai-dner licoamc possessed of fin. discs of 

 any breed, they would send mo a note and dowu I would go 



seo tin w arrivals, 



I road with !.!■>.■!-• ir- tie- letter ray genial and accomplished 

 friend. Mr. James Wnteon, of New' York, published in your 

 paper aboul Mr. Butler's dogs. Prinee was spotted like a 

 leopard, and gave one the idea of a ijignutii; coach-dog. Hi- 

 stxrod '■■'■ in- -la-sat the shoulders, fair measurement, and weighed 

 oyer IS I pounds when Mr; B. and Henry Gardner took him to 

 England 1 have been ami clear a high f'ene,- around Mr. D.'s 

 loll simply by a wav, ,,;' the hand, wirh as mueli ease and 

 grace as a greyhound, Mr. Butler called him erroneously a 

 Siberian bloodhound, U Heidelberg, and in Dresden, the 

 students generaSy possess one or more of these dogs. I saw a 

 brindled one at V-vey. Switzerland, in the summer of 1881, 

 His master called htm a Hger-dog. lb- Btood a brifleover 

 fliiitv-three inches at shoulder, thirty-eight and a half inches 

 round the id,. -st. and was the possessor of the most elegant, 

 graceful figure J ever saw on.-a.dog. When aroused at sight 

 of another dog ho looked to be three feet high. His master 

 sent him over fences and gates for my- delectation, and into 

 the classic waters of Lake Geneva!, and he drew me in a iitrle 

 wagon, such as those made for goats, with the greatest ease. 

 Such n dog was a treasure to have and to hold. Nothing 

 would induce his owner to part with trim. He was right. It 

 Js generally th»s fashion to cut the c.-nsoj these d.,i;s. bin his 

 were Uncut* flud I nni-t • ..iif. -s-. lie looked all the grander for 

 it. and less ik re,-. It is a lingular thing that many of them 



hive one white eye. I !>• i- .-■:.•:.. , thisdoe. m his b,-t 



form Will be resunxsoted, n"t only in Europe, but here at 

 hue,.-. He i- nut siu-.-.g.- when properly treated and trained, 

 and is a* worthy of notice and a plane ar an American coun- 

 tir- I e..nb,.,-g; and how much umreso than the 

 C.-iniehe lioodle, lo ii,v .-y.-s one of the ugliest of dogs. Ger- 

 ,,,n„v'-ir.,ii chancellor, the brave and bluff Bismaick, thinks 

 enough of the breed to have one or two cons-fantly with him. 



even when he dines in state; and it was one of these faithful 



e.iinpanion- who. thinking hi- master was insulted when he 

 Stomped his foot, sprang at the eminent Russian statesman 

 Coitehakotr. in the gr-at chancellor's audience chamber, Wheu 

 he was pa\ ing a diplomatic visit. 

 Let me congratulate you upon the splendid cepresentatibns 



\ • pap.-r has given of the pointer Hue and the greyhound 



.-i-l.iav Night. Forest awo kiukam certainly excels in its art 

 gallery, and sets an exampte of One workmauship which de- 



No 



lie 



l.iiv. 





e,l I 



crying the merits of the form and style of our pointers— there 

 in tie- picture "t Rue you will find the likeness of a dog to my 

 p:-n nt course, few dogs look as well as their pictures. 

 That's the win I wain to »,■,• a pointer look in the ring or on 

 or in the field. Did oue of the exhibited dogs in 

 Sew- York loot like that? That's the win a head and (ail 

 -h. .iil.l l,e carried, the latter straight out instead of hkea 

 scythe or a sibklu. I have in years gone by seen dogs show 



st'vl.. like tins, i, m. with on two exceptions, aol veryr* 



oently. Show me anything approximating lo this in any 



.i.i.iied iii New York in May last. Until you do, 



Sujton resti with me, as faros the truth of mj statements go. 



.•o.-si.l". nlld breeding »nd r-a:i!,g,, 



■ -d. Mr -'■ H Mason gives excel- 

 lent aih ice in his last letter-tho Niven and Kirk aovelotte- 

 wl.i.-h will doubtless be followed by ambitious owners of 

 kennel:-. Surely, such a man - experience is worth sume- 

 i|,,,,. and I for one. congratulate lovers of pointers 

 tliat he has placed a black mark, where a black 

 marl; is deserved. Too much attention is paid In Long 

 pedigrees. ~ome men will point out to you snipey-nosed, pig- 



jawe 



loor-bodied. curly-tailed 



I. t lu- 



rid 



leii a 1 



e and c 



rials, 



aquallj 



li.iled bitch, ana. tL_. .. 

 nn.l I,.- pronounced wonderful! Noiisei 

 like, look him over well, discover his m 

 hin, in the lield, i-ake a man of expe 



"■th 



ipialifcy 



goes wi 



bin, 



i Breed to him the 

 is good points— uo matter whether he 

 IS v. air arm or not. What vou want is 

 That's till well enough if the quality 



-iii 



r the sea they are quite th- fashion, Not 

 the lighting'^ old-fashioned fellow, whose grip on a t,.. was 

 like that Of some rich men on a dollar, but the modern beuch- 

 ,1'oved pattern, mud nnd docile as a dove, and affec- 

 tionate to their musters and their inistre.s.-es a.- is any spaniel. 

 [ i,av,- seen such and owned them. Still the breed is not one 

 ,,l . hi.ie, -. and ■•r..dg,-r>" is hair right from his standpoint, 



i ,.i -. ,-vegladlv that Rector, the splendid St. Bernard I 

 ,-,.|e,-i-ed to in a former letter, and urged some gentleman to 

 ,,,,,. ;,.-,.. . nas i-tk.-n first prize at the C 



_nth 

 Engll 



' 

 pity hev, 



t.iou to hi 



lie 



Tin 



r." He has imp! 

 it he sent him mi 

 ng 1 1 »0 pounds. II 



,r America, when 1 

 iouI, I must stop th 

 uinutp for it. Tlu 



■-.,,, 



ir Ha. 



I ESTER DOG SHOW.— The second annual bench 

 =botvof the New England Fair Association, to bo held at 



. h, Br, N. H., next, week, promises b ) quite success. 



fill. There will be many noted dog.- pr.--..-iit and the exhibi- 

 tion will doubtless prove to be one of the most nur.io.tive 

 features of the lair. Dr. William Jarvis, of GBareniont, N. II., 



will iudge the English and Gordon setters and pointers: Mr. 

 Win.' Fisher, of Concord, X. H.. the Irish setters and spaniels, 

 and Mr. Geo. Walton, of Boston, the remaining classes. 



DOGS AS PROPERTY. — HaokeUsto 



editor Btnvw/ nnd Stream Suit of Smitl 

 , .i . -,-,.1,-j- puppy Flora on 14th oi 

 15, betoie Justice of the Peace Jo.-. K. Rl 

 uieii and resulted in a verdict df fifty dollars and cpsi 



jo, y were, out about, three-ipiaiters of an hour. The i 



.,...'.,, to the i '...'.MJI-. courts but we Have np 

 the result. A dog is property Is New Jersey— Daj. if, 



ad jur 



I 



BLINKING. 



V EXT to i.e,',,.. ,„,, :,--,e,i ,,f a ttunshy dog. one that blinks 

 j.^ Ids game is the greatest miisauce to the sportsman. 



Winking arise*, very often from constitutional timidity, 

 coupled with injudicious breaking bin ii is as often as not en- 

 Wrcl) He fanli of the breaker, and when a nervous animal, 

 perhaps highly bred and with a rare nose, geU into the hands 

 of a noisy, rough breaker, or one who does not understand his 

 ,-.-■. -one -.-• up behind his dog directly begets upon 

 the scant of game, and begins to make some Sort of a pause, 

 roaring with all the power of his lungs. "Toho— Shot— steady 

 Shot," frightening the poor dog almost (o death. Then the 

 next lime he conies upon game and puis it up. hardly knowing 

 what to be about, he gets in addition to the roaring, a severe, 

 thrashing, till be almo-t iiates the --,-,,- of game, and when he 

 comes Upon it he perhaps makes a point and looks round to 

 see what his master is about, and to avoid any chance of the 

 whip, be leaves his game and goes on a- if lie had made a false 

 ppint, The breaker, in foil., wing after him, puts up the birds, 

 calls poor Shot back, , ir more like! v pulls him back by the ear, 

 holloaing all the while. "Toho, Sliot. Toho"; ho then, after 

 getting him to u hen- he should have stood, gives him another 

 good hiding, and - ruins the dog. This was no uncommon 



trials the i, n-ed ,.f breaker's |,- lV e improved as much as the dog, 

 but still in very many oases the old stupid, bltmdering, blust- 

 ering. n,,isy style otdog-spoiler continues, and it is with the 



l-.-l I altering this state of things that I venture to give a 



few hints in older to prevent our noble breeds of pointers and 

 setter, being made blinkers, as it is when once contracted a 

 most iliilieult thing to cure. The poor dog associates in his 

 mind the scent of game with i he idea Of punishment, and 

 therefore there can be no wonder that he takes care not to 

 run the risk of incurring it. I have seen many otherwise good 

 does wind gam- ai a eou-iderable d'stanee perhaps, and in- 

 ,-iantlv leave the seem; 1 hay,- felt certain that they had 

 found, but the indications are often so slight that -a superficial 

 observer might not have seen it. 



I believe a really gun she dog is rarely cured, and indeed 

 when tear-! the gun is one,- e.-tabhshed the attempt to-over- 

 ,-.„„'■ it is -.. rare.lv successful that I. for oue. would not make 

 the attempt, but should at once recommend the following re- 

 ceipt: 



t'niv. litiie-snipli compos . jss. 



Plumb, conglom. p. p. : j. 



PUlVerl -epai-atim sniieriiiipoiiulnr pliiiiihiini in SClopetO eiiuimlini 



Hut let us sti| 

 to deal with, a 

 temper and a I 

 ability spoil th 

 blinker. This 

 ward one, it i.- 

 qunlity to lie a 

 In the first pl:e 



he like a" a y 



:; we have a young, higlilv-brud setter 

 •ysoon discover that he has a tender 

 i noisy, bad breaker would in all prob- 

 i day, ami return him as gun-shy or a 

 i,i' tenderness and shynesw is au awk- 

 t be not disheartened ; courage is a 

 >ore than most people arc aware of. 

 Lst bear in miud that the explosion of 

 temperament is a terrible thing, and 

 ;lier, may not be the first who has 

 thistle of the first bullet, or shrunk at 

 tied out a brave soldier before the end 



due 

 the fir 

 of the. ... 



Always carry a whip with you. and if you put it in your 

 pocket be sure that your pupil knows it is there; this carrying 

 a whip with a nervous, timid puppy may seem at first sight 

 paradoxical, but I shall endeavor to show that it may be the 

 means of iiidu-iug a good feeling to spring np between you; 

 and to elucidate niy meaning I will aunts the most familiar 

 instance which occurs to every one of us early in life— I allude 

 to lovers' .piarrels. which are' Known to be frequent, so fre- 

 ipiein indeed that lovers delight to indulge in them upon the 

 very slightest pretense, and why.' The answer must occur to 

 the reader ere I write it I That they may have the delicious 

 pleasure of making them up again. So you must be offended 

 or pretend to be offended with your puppy, that he may liavc 



the carrying a whip, not that you intend to flog him, but 

 when he commits a fault vou may produce it and pretend 

 that you are about to moke use of it, and so soon as your 

 pupil finds out what is intended, you forgive him gradually 

 but surely, and he will be grateful to you. 



A well-known sportsman once said. "If a dog will not stand 

 the whip. I eau make nothing of him." It is quite certain 

 that if he cannot lie brought to endure something like disci- 

 pline, no delicacy of nose, no high breeding can compensate 

 the mortification a man must undergo in watching and trying 

 to overcome the shiverings, winnings, and indecision of such 

 a half-witted brute. I would not waste my patience on such 

 an animal. Our immediate object is, then, to create an endur- 

 ance of discipline in a nervous, or rather shy, puppy. It is 

 impossible this can be done otherwise, than by cultivating a, 

 familiarity with it. and it is thus that the half-licked cubs of 



the 



Th. 



,vl„p 



,di,p.. 



blended, or rather l'mished up 

 most, gentle but repeated t'-.l 

 clear prcecptiou of your forb 

 under it. He must thru be di 

 caresses and accumulated enet 

 this friendly treatment, upon t 

 bydegrees diminish, ami at l-n; 

 the idea of approachmr v,,u u 

 mitted a fault: the total est 

 almost utuiec.-s-.iiy to a id. is; 



falls 



-able, but it 



! submission 

 a with more 

 -epetitiou of 

 >f error, will 

 1 all alarm at 

 having corn- 

 alarm, it is 

 h it is abso- 

 secure. The 



some less trouble 

 akes stronger calls 

 f to mauage him; 

 he down charge b v 

 rftened off uut.il it 



, e .,, -■; i aim to look bo you with the 



fullness of unab used confidence, of which he will soon make 

 a transfer Lo himself in the shape of invigorated and em- 

 boldened conduct. There is, of course, a great deal of trouble, 

 and time lost in thus working up a tender temper into a due 

 consistenoj of condUci, and does not always repay the toil 

 bestowed m the attempt. A man cannot always pick aud 

 chOOSe his materials out of which to make his shooting com- 

 panions, and I have thought that bhese tew observations may 

 possibly enable a man with a. short pocket, but plenty of 

 patience and good temper, to make a dog for himself which 

 the man who lias his quiver full of more promising stuff 



might ( 

 ft is I 



harde 



,ide 



hou or not, often - ... 

 forgiveness and then gii 

 with redoubled i !-„'• a 

 vious that this perfection 



by an early and judicious notice of every error however slight 

 A generous young dog that has been well managed, if his pace 

 has carried him on the other side of a ris- j n the ground into 

 some involuntary spring of game. ,,t in oth-r words he has 

 run into them, never at first abstracts upon the idea ,,| being 

 seeuby you ornot: In- ciineiud-s bv your previous manage- 

 mentnfhini that von are conscious of the blunder; and his 



bei 



•ep 



r's bl 



rds 



advat 





—a matter ot s.igi-.eit v. 

 to take care that he doe's nc 

 that sagacity is ripened by expc 

 he can make nothuig of the bird 

 his pupil to look 

 a point, when he 

 having marked t 



proach will again drive them away. Gh 

 tendency to sweep in from an unseen . 1 1 

 long as vou possibly can this notion of v< 

 unknown to him vou have caught sight 

 went off, or if you have any suspicion 

 what may have passed out of sight, nev 

 him. in r let him slop, as probably from tear of corn 

 may do on his return, but call him in cheerfully oi 

 him down, cautioning him to "Have a care ." and 

 show. Vint not. the smart, of discipline: from which 

 humor, but keeping him within a short distance of vou. vou 

 proceed together up to the spot, in order to lie satisfied what 

 he has been about. The chance of a shot ai some stray bird 

 of a c>. vey, which from close meditation on this lesson will 

 by-and bye take a pleasure in leading you to, ,,,;.. 

 intelligence of tliis kind from your dog. thus established, worth 

 something. 



In dwelling thus on the indurating effects of discipline, 1 am 

 treading on the very verge of creating that blink which it 

 was the intention to" guard against, and to draw the line of 

 discrimination is a verv delicate matter which must be Left to 

 the discretion of the breaker. 



It will be plain that the means here recommended for the 

 cure of blinking will apply oidv to that spa ies of it which has 

 its origin in a tender temper, originating not unfrcqiient.lv in 

 a general delicacy of fibre, and with which a high ejccellenCH 

 of nose is often connected: for and on account of which 

 valuable quality a man will compound for some oddity of 



patience 

 pupil, ih 



ielf 



the 



ies tin 



J his 



''.I-'' 



dog, however well dis 

 upon repeated trials that lie has un confidence iu. and L> con 

 sequence, with a mixture of foolery and feni-fuiness .a doing 

 harm as soon as he perceives himself in the uiidsl of game, or 

 gets his few wits puzzled bv the scent, comes creeping in in 

 heel— to this kind of blinking the system recommended cer 

 tainly does not apply. The whip ur out Of the question, and 

 coaxing will only make the three-[i;uts timl worse. In this 

 ease we shall.! fear.be Compelled to class him with the 

 Winker of a very different nature, the brut-.- of a perverse and 

 selfish character, yet snivelling disposition. A strange mix- 

 ture you will say! But not an uncommon one. 

 petted temper, somewhat injured perhaps by uuskiltul treat- 

 ment, .\ ou are compelled to be forever on the watch; whom 

 the mistake of a i\ ord will fix at your heel for the remainder 

 of the day, or set him uselessly dodging about iu the oar a:id 

 leering at every attempt to get him to hunt again in anything 

 like form; with whom, if at all exciting hope, vou are eon 

 tinually on the verge of disappointment, and who is calculated 

 for no one purpose but that of making experiments on your 

 pati.-nce. To such a one I can only recommend tin- admin- 

 istering the dose I prescribed for the giinshy dog at the begin- 

 ning of this article,— "Avon" in Load ctnd Water. 



THE DAN BURY DOG SHOW.— The prizes to be given at 

 the second annual bench show of the Danbury Agricultural 

 Society will be a handsome silver medal for first and a bronze 

 medal for second. Entry blanks maybe had by addressing 

 the president. Mr. H. Crofut, Danbury, Conn., or at this Office, 



ft'RI.El) TAIL.— New York, August «4, 11*63,— Editor 

 Fnrrst nnd Stream: Will any of your kind readers inform 

 me how 1 can make my bull-terrier puppy, ten months old, 

 carry ber tail straight out as she should do. and not with a 

 curl, as she now does, after the style of a mongrel .'—a. M. 11. 



THE YOUNGSTOWN DOG SHOW.— The Mahoning and 

 Chenango Valley Fair Association will hold their second an- 

 nual bench show, in connection with their fair, at Youngs- 

 town, Ohio, on September IU. 19, '20 and ill. 



THE MONTREAL DOG SHOW.— Those, intending bo send 

 their dogs to the Montreal bench show, should bear m mind 

 that the entries close next Saturday, Sept. 1. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Nl.iTit!-: TO Ci.iKKKSl'ONDENTS. 



To n 



Kennel notes are Inserted in tins column free of charge. . 

 publication of notes, correspondents Ml'sT GIVE the follou ing- par- 

 ticulars of each aaiwmf; 



6. Niuaie ami resilience of owner, 



buyer or s-ll-r. 

 v. Sire, with his sire and <l»ni- 

 s. i Kva-r of sire. 

 9. Dam, with her sire unil dam. 

 in. OWner of dam. 



nuiuuiiealioii on one side .-> 



L'. breed. 



■!. Age. or 



.".. Date of birtb, of breeding 

 of death. 



must be plaint* 



paper only, and signed with writer's naiiie. 

 NAMKS CLAIMED, 



CV~ Sea imstrueti&na ,d Aead <,/ ", 



•in in. i 



ii. N". V. for liver an 1 white 



,nk tRoy— Gipi out of Miss Merrimack iKitijg: 



Ih'll Ky'.Mr. lie.O. L. V. Tyler, West Xenlou. Mass., 

 id white' pointer bitch, whelpflU Jane 89, 18S3 (Snipe— 



tor mul Newton-. By Mr. <Jao. L. V.Tyler, Wi I 



r two lemon and white, and one liver and white ti 



I June Mil. iHttai'Snipe— Kila I'rextelhi. 

 Mr J A. Blafee, Xew Haven. C. for white, black and 



• ■li. whelped -T.s.ii. 11, is.SU, by imported Kingv. I put . 



>- Lucy). 



BRED. 



ll Coleju.m'8 .Mystery (Elcho—ltoso), 

 Belle IT.—Binom.J.i Mr, a. c. 



, ' bitch l'"H. iKing— Belle) to 

 I Beauty), Aug. 10. 



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