272 



FOREST AND STREAM. 





I visited, m a distant town, a suia.ll pet aged fourteen years, anrl 

 the scaling instrument revealed the teeth to be as sound and 



white as in pnppyhood. and lor the sake of not desiring 



pass further on the valuable space of Tin tit ■ 8toek Jumna/. I 

 COuld furnish a long list of similar oases. But ' 



i" be known on the subject of canine dentistry, 

 or of Hie sympathy that exists between the dental organs anil 



1M parts of the body. Dogs, as do human beings, suffer 



from maladies which their owners seel; the cause of— us 

 observed by a writer on human dentistry— "everywhere 

 rather than in the right plaee— viz.. the mouth and the COn- 

 i. i i.i oi : lie teeth.' 1 "The dental art is as much a me : 

 :! science as auv ot'ier subject of pathological I 



have found no difficulty iu having suitable hist in lit- 



>■'• , or failure in their use.— /Vo/essm- Woarlroffr Hill in 

 Lit- ' Sloi-k Jtvtrttol, 



N. A. KENNEL CLUB NOTES. 

 Forest aim 1 Stream: 



Mr. .1. ,T. SueWenburg. of New Brighton. Pa., has been ex- 



: from the National American Kennel duo for entering 



pups in theil' Derby in !>M ,vhieh were too old. The charges 



were entered by "Mr. 1.. Shuster, Jr., of Philadelphia,, Sir. 



Snellenburginade no defence, therefore was expelled by the 

 un.-.iiiiiinus > etc of the executive commit 



The petition or T. M. Aldrieh, Wanton. R. i.. asking to have 

 'lis disabilites removed has been rejected by the executive 

 rittee. 

 Finn: pn ■ ..: indii ationsthe trials at Oram: .Tuuetion this 



Id in ■ merica, Birds arc 



a ■■■ a er about right. The .-takes will all 



fill well u i lie 1 ,g- he the ver\ best. Horses can b. i , 



l''"m. West ,y- Sou. and rooms by writing to the Stone- 

 ■wall House, Grand Junction. Tenn. 



D. BfcYSOS, Secretary N. A. K. Club. 

 Memphis. lenu., Oct. SG, 



THE LEONBERG DOC, 

 I rHtor FotksI rmii Stream: 



i observe your correspondent. Mr. Rothera, harps on the old 



string-— the Leonberg dog is a "Mongrel" and therefore koii.1i- 



Xtw. t believe in the importance of purity of blood, but 



.- 1 - ! ■' '- that excellent results arc attained by judicious 



crossing. _■...; '.j , ■■.!- i havenfll Eeen Vero Shaw« book to 



which your' coi respondent refers me. but, from ex-pen 



i ■ i:, Bl e l.i ■>! ■■■!_. the result of u crossing of the 

 maid, Newfoundland and Pyianees, is a splendid aui- 

 mal. 1 did not affirm that Marco is the largest Lm : 

 "finest ' specimen produced here. I referred to hi- bounty and 

 noble appearance rat her than to size, which is n i ■ 

 The Leonberg often attains the height pi 34 and even Sn inches 

 at the shoulder, with proportionate weight. Were he a worth- 

 less -i ■!■! 'i loins it that the Leonberg ha- . 



off son i ■■.. i. "i c -.1 prizes at the do- sliows of Paris, Vien- 

 na and L li a 



In tliis place We onght to know a good doe, and the Leou- 

 bergs are in such reqticsi visa; puopies sell for froru thiiiv to 

 dollars. N^ew&andiands, I t gi !1 to - - I ave almost 

 .■li;. - . pure breed be- 



i c. . ■'.. and now the 



noble Newfoundland threatens to become extinct in the cradle 

 of his race. The Leonberg differs from the Newfoundland in 

 one respect— he does not lake to the wafer with avidity, but 

 bheSt. Bernard, he is thoroughly at home in -now ami 

 frost. Several specimens of the Leonberg have gone from 

 hereto the United Slates, and possibly some of the owner* 

 mi , favor your readers with an account ,,f them I know 

 there is a fine one in Bangor, and the Rev. Mr Kelly, of Penn- 

 i ears ago, imported a pair direct from Ger- 



many, 



Is it, : i'." 1 1" t. i.e.] .i ',.'. have been pro- 



' need originally, at least in part, by some fortunate ,•• . 

 i blood, just as the best race.- of men— the English and 

 •i ieerie.ms f,,r example* The Leonberg is the remit of eross- 

 tuceii the besi blonds in the world— the aristocrats of 



, Rothera is so unkind tts to call my favorite a '•bully" 



. on; y h, .Ids his own om occasionally "annexes'" 



nnotiin ft ."- I Does he expect a dog to come up'to the 



-tiuo.ct oi Christian morality or even secular altruism.' 



peakre i achfully to Marco and say a- i - m 

 do, "What did Isee you rftei yesten i youra I Chasing 

 Mr. Brown's cat i i low h'ke you terrif 



le. contemptible action, sir! 1 am told. too. thai when 

 Walking with your mistress yesterday von barked at a . -Eir- 

 3 rode, imeeutleniauly action, sir. unworthy Of one 

 in whose, veins runs the 'bine blood' Of dog-hood. Fie, for 

 shame'." If Mr. Bothera could only see how. under sin-h re- 

 proofs, Marco's countenance falls, and howlieblush.es 

 .-peak, with hi.- drooping tail, ind slinks away with a broken- 

 f i!:. . would .imit that Marco "keeps a con- 

 science po-s ' n ,."iii. ture. and should not be called a 



■bully." ' 

 1 regret, Mr. Editor, you did not publish Marco's likeness. 1 



.1" '•■ 1 1 ■ i ' ' . i .itiuus tor hi- photo, bv l.i ■, 



all from the United States. This seems to indicate thai 



would like to - ill f a good Leonberg, even though 



it does not show all his points, Could you not be induced to 

 1 1 r your verdict: M. H\av£r. 



St. John's. X. F., (let. IS. 



BLACK AND BLACK AND TAN SPANIELS. 



1 )HK\'llirs to the institution of doe slews the nowlnsmou- 

 L able breed of black spaniels was very little kujwn, and I 

 can find very little mention made of them anywhere e .■, 



breed or strain. I have seen, during many year-' exp._-ri- 



- „ sportsman, a few specimens n ■• ■ e," rl -,.-. up and 



down the country; but I cannot call to mind any !■:•• 1 : 



-ioes. nor do I believe that previous to doe-how notori 



. n ... . ..,-. ,.. - i.rcdinanj numbers, vi.. .. acnti 



s% and inust ] 



go back to 



magnificent ears, and was a very taking dog to the e\ e; he 

 was described as a rare-uosed dost, and no day was too long 



and bo oovert too thick for him. Happening I ha' 



shooting in "Wales at that time, with tremendously thiol rid 

 large woods in which wore a good many v 



I' ''I-' 1 I hell ll In 1 M l(j Me! ile- .1 e, | 



i" i 'ih eiiel. and then get them marked dove: SO 1 bought 

 him. He was a dashing letuger. and no mistake, TO the open, 

 i ..I Peat a Held like a setter, and his pace would have 

 done credit to a dashing Bondhn or a Drake. I took him with 

 several others of a wold aaftu ' >v i h a \ -". » e i 

 limn eht. now 1 am ' l beaten til 



"1, the wild do.es and marked down the birds we 

 willtal i ■ I., n - , ,-, i , steady ones, I put, this into 

 practice, and what was the result: Tic wood-, a- I . le 

 were very thick, and the day was verv hut; in about half an 

 hour my lord was trotting along as near the cm 

 could get. and occasional^ lodkiu- om. le 

 fence, and shortly , . - - , . _. iiimself. He had 



• -ii- i Id. induce hinx again to pene- 



trate the thick, linight do that n, - - -- e-.g to shoot 



him, but one of tht beat' __ - I im to liim. 



which I jStladly did, upon the condition that I never saw him 



again, which [never did; but 1 heard thai he changed hands 



the same night at a considerable profit— name!. . a] 



diverged sadly from 



blacks and black an 



Before black spaniels were much thought of Mr. Burdett. 

 who was one ot the principal organizers of the Birmingham 



. ■ _..'.. reed er I autff ul 1 lack und tan dogs 



],. •!" , i • ■■ - ' --.■•■- ■■ . i eid good silky coats. 



and 1..01 oo1 to heat ■. !u lie I ,■ <U i ollect oj I bh< 



,,-, .,!. i ,. vertised'l a rhe-.ni-t iu Birrningbi rn, Which 



he wanted a long price for him. and said he was 



H iel or a> a 



s-ible to make one. 1 bio d 



five guineas for him. but he would not tak left him 



which I afterward much 



man was killed on the railway, and I wenl dotvnand tried 



again to buy the ■!<>_ withtail - ■■ - ', i .-,- 



reason why I did nut 

 tifolanim I 

 looked and was descri 

 Mr. .tones, of Oscotl 

 which made his mark 11 shows, and ■ <n ■ I ..iful dog he 

 was. Mr. Hull •,:.■-■....':■■ 1 I. 



believe he got his strain from. 31 .Jones. 



stick to quality, which 1 be ■•■ ■]■■ ,..■ 1 1 . ■....■ ■■■■ y 



iirated B,,b. a doe\vhieh 1 neverrutiei'i admired: he was to,, 

 high on the leg and 



, - ;„", ^ ''-"'■" ' ' 



shown. I have had the pleasure, of awarding her many prizes 



, . eel - so-' ". p ie.il dogs ot her own breed, Clumbers 



cud Sussex; I don't, know that she was ever beaten. His 



B - rery i dd and lodkedmore like a workman 



•'" - | lock's 3D . ■■"' . - .I e ever shot to 



doc he was, and of a -lamp that Hike: hot he had li ihi -.- 



eiii bngears. and his coat though goi lahdt Drkmanlike.was 



r ":l:y asa racdiorse. but, of a good ser- 



i. le wear-and-tea rsorl 



The Duke of Norfolk is said to have possessed a splendid 

 meed of black and tan spaniels, and never traveled without 

 two or three of them iu his carriage; and so chary was he of 

 the blood, that he used to destro, evc-vy pup he did not require, 

 tor himself. It is said that he used to feed his eagles with 

 them; and when he was 50 engaged one day with a whole lit- 

 ileman who was not acquainted with this pride in 

 iiie exclusive™ -s of race, told him how much he should like 

 to have one of them, tie- reply WHS ''■■ racteristic of such a 

 man. -'Pray, sir, which ot u, lid von like to have 



as well.'" It is not unlikely that these spaniels were kept only 

 as beta and not as working dogs, li is. however, possible that 

 from this strain of the Duke T s the term Norfolk originated, and 

 not from their being bred in that county; but, against this, 

 there is the fact thai the Norfolk spanielhas alws bee i di 



ei i ; a liver, or black and white ticked dog; but now 

 that breed, if it ever existed in any purity, i, lost; and a Nov. 

 folk spaniel means anything, or nothing rdspurityoj 



blood. 



The only one ot the breed said to be a Norfolk, was one I 

 had vears ago; he was certainly a very handsome dog, beauti- 

 fully feathered, and ticked with liver all down his legs; he had 



•n, and I believe was as gi > 

 ,. was about the first Mac] 



ge* 



I 1 



this, and the length and size of a 

 nust do Mr. Bullock the iustiee to 

 1 shot to dogs of bis strain 





,-,-, 



v good thev were; one m partic 



lla 



lie 



a -colored, rather curly dog: when 



nth.- old. in- -. n 



h 



•Stonehenge" says black spaniels areasgoi 

 - .. j ,„l looking; myexpenen 



H . 

 i ■•[ e u '.■- that ■:.-' -■- toleral j good, and onl; 



■■ first-i ate. Thai •■-•-■ ■ 



for I'won a first with him at Alexandra Palac 

 I snowed him. and subsequently sold him to : 

 well, of fox-terriei ran . bul re I non 



and with, though a [rood-shaped and weli-phe 



.,, J, i- i da ■ had, and I have had a i d 



sand '-shut up" iu wet, cold weather, i 



lose i I. i --e. i' ud hail not the determined, I. 

 ii - required in a spaniel, convincing 

 tbatthej had be l to mat 



fcs like, and if dog- are confined to 



qualities any man 



sooner we get thesf 

 ability to win on t! 



dice what ever a'.ai 

 them - i' edincly I 



r-:; but BO long as it 

 for ought we know, 



There i- Q| 



ieficient in working 

 Aher color, and the 



.'.iued with 

 er. 1 have no pi-eju 

 ■ i .. iry.Ithink 

 ogs, but: as far as uo- 

 workmen. I have a 



ifferenj sportsmen 



and showed a good 



.I uality : but I do not 



id, as I be- 



;li a great enthusiast 



all over a 

 a little too I 



tiling tell-t.-I : 



g if lie had had the 



Of late veais, a fashion has com mi spaniels, 



particularly black ones, than which nothing else null go down 

 with the judges In an open class, must, be perfe 

 and it is now carried, iu my opinion to a faul 

 the coat must nor, Only bo Hal, with It Inch I 



be perfectly smooth, and there i- i ' -■ '.' ' a ' ■- ' ' i " ' ■ 



them from v,-et and thorns, and the a mou o :i ■■,-]■■. 



combing and dressing that they under •_ 



nearly, m un opinion, to faking. It is an ngly 

 word, but'l use it advisedly, as it is .< n-e '" : recoil" '-t. 



at a north country show, disqualifyiwg an othexwfc . i 



for being so plucked about the head a- to be mm. - 

 to, and I don't think his owner eve 



me. AH" breeders of field spaniels do tee I ■■-: f.i. -■..■_, I 



this stain of the water spaniel cioss— I mean the tin' 1 " " "i '•> 



nelson the forehead; hut I know this eross to have been re- 



breeder in ordei 



i i ad which the water spaniel poi ■ ' 



e-ei length of ear. which 1 have always protested 

 field spaniel- This cross lias been since tried to be 1 

 but it will appear evci fum o ■ here it has evej been 



resorted to. ! believe this tashion of perfectly tlat, thin, 

 and satiu-hke coats arose from a well-known judge 

 adopting as his staudard two black hitches, which 



; inasmuch as 



were shown by Mr. BoultOn, Belle and M 

 very fine bitches thev were certainly, Belle being almost 

 ■.■■■. .is too short, and the other 



showiug unmistakable King Charles iu the prominence, and 

 her eyes. Let it, be as it may, they always won as 

 msidered to be the right 

 sort, and breeders of show spauiel- very natinalrv tnnt the 

 ivfraiu. They wet e always exhibited in the hne-t, of condi- 

 tion, for which their keunelman, John Reed, is SO conspicuous ; 

 ■i" rage for flat, coats. X.nv. I. as a sportsman Of 

 many veats' standing. a!,d une who ha- shot to spaniels as 



■ i men— the n -t charming of all 



. e i li— in ah kinds oi weather, and in nil sorts of 

 countries, unhesitatingly tve I idhesionto the spaniel 

 with plenty of eo. ■P. wavy if you like. The', stand the wet 

 and cold a great deal better: iu fact, 1 have never yet seen a 

 perfectly fiat-coated one— that is to say, tt fiat, thin coat- 

 worth his sal'., or as Mr. Wootton. of Mupperly, -. 

 bis -'cake and milk." for real hard work in places where wood- 

 cocks most delight- to dwell. In such a country, and with 

 eerfs.it requires a spaniel to have plenty of cour- 

 age, as well as a good coat, to face the thick and tangled black- 

 thorn briars and underwood in a long day's shooting. The 

 thin, flat-coated ones may be all very well for au hour or two; 

 but after that ven. ma.% do the work yourself. I have had 

 -. or heel in that way: and no power on earth 



■ ii,.e, ,, b _:e again. When they did conde- 

 scend to go '-' overt tl ty went paddling along in the assai- 

 ls - anddld n.r Inirv themselves in the thick of it. 



ii.-- he ,,,---■■• , ■ '-ul, or no determination to carry 

 ■ - -" rhey had them. They lack entirely tire 

 ardor to seek and the desire to find; and are a great deal more 

 at home at a show rithagay Cloth on them, or sitting 



on -i he i.rth ro ei in.- ■ i parlor fire, with a bine ribbon 

 round their necks, y a fond and indulgent, 



mi -: as symbolical I ,ieir last win at a show. 



Mr. it. Lloyd Price oi - ■ how a. little black 



wavy: and le- was. I believe, a rattlns 



a sporf-.man WO |'| I I''' ' i- : e ei Inn: In ■ could and 



m :, !,. r n- days of flat coat, came into \ •■ 



i uuii aft un the forehead as any exhibitor of blank ones could 

 desire. 



re, the celebrated dog breaker, of [slay, breeds tor 

 his own hard work a kind of dog between setter and water 

 sjiauiel or retriever, as he say- they do for either pin p. 



and he finds from then- rough curly cat- th ■ 



stand the wet and cold of that climate better than flat-coated 

 ones, and a mans opinion who is always at it is worth eon- 



" ;. i. great p ich attention is paid to a spaniel's 



n. his working qualities; this i- 



in nl ihc result of shows, and unless we gel field trials es- 

 tablished, the pas-lug which examination being made a son- 

 q:nt nun previously to whiumg on the bench, ii will surely 

 continue. 



In the Spot-rev, J/ooorme for I Ictoher, 1S41, isthe following; 

 •if nine to ttie i, j — ill ei Lenton ha- pmthased the black 

 and tan spaniel Byron for one hundred guineas. He is con- 

 eiest spaniel of the present da\ ." 

 ,!, pi, L "i its was a l.lack and tan King Charles or OTlfi 01 

 Mr l-lurdeit "-■■■■ 'i W n '; and tans there is nothing to show, 

 but I rather fancy it must, have been a "fancy dog" and no 



Bythewa; me . ' ! - a black and tan dog exhibited 



": ot. as it is most certainly a very 



r- ago I sent a leash of black and 



months old to a> Manchester show ; 



, .,.- ,,.',- i .' .line asjiheasants, 



, . , . .. ... ,, - ,. ,;,•■:, .', i-, lelirated -purti-iuan, "Sixty 



, ten ;. e ; mel and was immensely struck with 

 11M -,', ..,,,[ ,.,!,! ].. '..,, He . ,-r seen such a handsome I 



ij r ... Soon « ' "- show they got distemper 



and f lost Them i»U. _ 



1 have never gone into Eh" ■■•'"—. lor I no 



not bi-lie'e .I; in fact, I believe shows 



are nice doing innr>- I -a i in : In. i j .« „ t< sportmg dogs in gene- 

 i-ai. ft is trael have shown a few times, and when i Uavi 



Ii.i '-. ■ i ' 1 1 . ■ i rt 1 1 -, .'' e I ' : r ' '] ' ■ i ' ' ' '' 



show, and eve-. "... ■ .one. "hat ' hav- ev- r shown, has 

 i ie ,.„ ,,-„ri !,, t article 1 shi n refer to a 



...!.- ..-.,.■. 



■ i and endeavor to 



bree.-i Viiiimals r .' use end ■• ■ ■ k ml I fear I 



,,;,., i ■■ .,. - ' ,-t year's wind, for the 



,, dollar* will rule in Ibis o ITS. Field 



,,,,' ,i,i enable thoeomtobi sifted from the chaff, and 

 without them we cannot hope aood field spauieLs 



bred by men who make a business ot shoe ._ 



Bullock's Bob was hvYoiim- Cebb., it Of Flint, by .b.n-- - 

 E I ,, ,n Nellie. Jones's Bob was by Burdett's Bob. 



Pra n ■■' 'ii' DHlej - 11' ei md vyhj.1 



as I can ascertain i Q f> t this stram ot black 



.;-! it l- quite clear that it was not entirely black 



from the beginning. Neither do I beheee. as I have said be- 



, ,- .in, time & pure black breed existed. The first 



:, loulton. About the year 



i • Idack gentlemen had token such a stand, 



it was found necessary to estab- 



lish -e| 



shi 



, i i-.-i for thci 

 -.,. and thej hav 



.vhieh \ 



n 



fairly th 



r all (he priu- 

 lUgh not fully 



' . • i , . , 

 type. NOth- 



in the fteld 



taken in the 



•ighf direct ton. 



"in enter to ^how that both Cob and Nellie (Bullock's) who 

 m, eg Bebb out of Flirt, by Jones s Bob out of his 

 Nellie 'and sister to Bob, had water spaniel blood in them.it 

 isonlTnecessan to say that Mr. Bullock exhibited and won 

 in the water spaniel clas-s m Crystal PaJaoe, 



Manchester, and the gold medal at Paris with a hver colored 



dm nai ' I ■•■ ■ ' e,.i -e i i --aney 



1 believe that Br. Boultou had black spaniel- m I 

 before they became general, and he was justly celebrated to. 

 mid I think that it must be gi 

 i n-iiigi-ee of his spa 



of his da', . i r 



■ [go. It was black i 

 and to m,' fancy snowed a deoideu" info- 

 blood, but it died vouue n ■"!.- .-, n ■". 

 proved it- value or otheru' rse lie --ov 



n ion's Regent, winner of tirst prize m the puppy 

 . Ie Vue, Manchester, in 1873, will be found m the 



ii. Hand-t k of 1874* and which, perhaps, being 



_i-e of black spa;iii-l» deserves attention 

 - .in. u-ater spaniel in bullocks blael 

 dog or Burden's Bob, this pedigree appears to be n 

 and is, therefore, valuable. 



-men seem to b" making a rush for black 



i | - a good many, winch they call 







when ihev put them to work. I cannot holp tmokluu. that 

 i. hard-working spaniels would be touud very suit- 



l he had pa 

 Is than any em i 



him sec 

 i very dark tan, 

 of Kane 



therefore 1 nevti 

 e stated at length, 



