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FOREST AND STREAM. 



|3ov. : 



Foreman.— C. Fred Crawford, Pawtueket. R. I., black, 

 Wl&te mid urn setter flog (bashing Monarch— Fairy II.), 

 againsi 



Li'NA Maw — Moorfield Kennel, Elmwood, N. C, lemon 

 and white setter bitch (Paris— Pearl). 



Honest IIamx.— James V. Marshall, Lincolnton, N. C, 

 black and white setter dog (Druid— Imogens)., 

 against 



Hav Rov.— H. H. Mattock, Riceville, Tenn., loinonand, 

 white setter dog (Count Noble— Spark). 



Lady May.— H. Pane. Hoboken, 

 bitch, (Lofty— Maud Muller), a bye, 



Cruiser.— Dr. Luke Corcoran. Springfield, Mass., liver 

 and white pointer dog (Croxteth— Vinnie), a bye.. 



GUS BONDHtr AND CAREIE 3. 



The All- Aged Stakes opened with the Gua Boudhu— Carrie 

 J. match. Both W6re in good condition and did excellent 

 work, They gave us a "send off'' worthy of the occasion. 

 They were evenly matched, and the race was a close one, bnt 

 Carrie J. finally showed herself the winner. 



LOUD SEFTON — TK)X. 



The pointers were drawn to run together, but alternately 

 with the setters. The next brace was Lord Seftou and Van- 

 devort's Don. Sefton was jealous and did not show at his 

 best ; Don was in fine feather and did some grand work, and 



ST. ELMO IV. — SJIUT II. 



St. Elmo IV. and Smut II. were the next brace. Smut, was 

 handled by a stranger; she refused to work and was with- 

 drawn, and the heat was awarded to St. Elmo. 



FLIDA j 



) RUBY. 



Flida and Ruby were then called. Ruby pointed, Flida re- 

 fused to back, and flushed the bird, and Ruby won. 



LADY FAYRE AND LONDON. 



Both did some, stylish work. Lady refused to retrieve, and 

 London won. 



HUE AND CROXTETH. 



The brace ran a while without doing much. Rain came on, 

 and they were ordered up. to finish the heat in the morning. 



The judging is satisfactory, and all present appear to be 

 pleased with the trials. 



NEW ORLEANS DOG SHOW. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Just arrived here, to-day and find that the prospects lor a 

 successful show are very good. The. sportsmen around here, 

 (and they are. numerous) are Very anxious to see a good showi 

 and they extend a cordial welcome to all owners of dogs, who 

 may visit the Crescent City. As the, show follows so closely 

 after the Southern States Field Trials, it is to be hoped that 

 the owners of the runners in the field trials will enter their 

 dogs at the bench show, as special prizes will be given to such 

 dogs, 



The Exposition Hall chosen for the show is admirably 

 suited for an exhibition of the kind, being well lighted, roomy 

 and with plenty of ventilation. 



A number of replies have been received from railroad and 

 express companies, all agreeing to give free transportation to 

 dogs. A full list of these companies will be announced next 

 week. 



There can be no doubt that good dogs will meet with a ready 

 sals, 



The entries close on Dec. 10, all particulars can be obtained 

 by addressing me P. 0. Box 3487, New Orleans. 



Chas. Lincoln, Supt. 



New Orleans. La.. Nov. 17. 1883. 



hoi-semen reclining in various altitudes, gaziagat the bright 

 moonlit heavens, the sounds of the pack swelling out on tho 

 still night air. now loud and clear, as the digs,, up ima nrs. 

 now fatal and distant a- it recedes, seeiuin : to rise an I fall 

 with the valleys and hills over which the race, com inn • I, At 

 lasfctue O.n has grown weaiy >'f dodging, ur h- is lo.j hol.lv 

 pressed, for leaving that. part, of the bottom when? he ha/3 been 

 dodging for the past hour, he cane dashing toward us. fo'.- 

 lowedby the whole pack in full chorus, pi -sin fw tMnapistol 

 shot of our resting place. We leap into the sad lie, and d isn 

 after the hounds at full speed. 



For another mile the race continues when suddanly it 



stands -till, while the having grows louder i li •,■<• -r. 



'•Hurrah, boysl treed, treed." eric* Mack. In an instant 

 everyone is striving to be the first. ,.n the ground; and in a tew 



Sir Reynard has taken refuge""Tiil exHii'd'hou nU .i"e "i 'r ,'■' 

 , and baying around the tree iu a manner to implv tied 

 ill light at treeing the old rascal. In a few minutes the fox is 

 dislodged, but. objecting to being mad,' into dog meat, ho 

 takes a flying leap on t of the tree which carries him jar ol 

 the dogs, and awav once more tie dashes for libortv. The 

 chase is short. Be is"nabbed'' Within a hundred yards lb- 

 fights garnelv, but their numbers are too manv for him. and 

 he is forced to succumb. It is a full-grown old scamp, and no 

 doubt many a partridge and rabbit has fallen to supph his 

 dainty appetite. He has given the dogs a long chase, and. al- 

 though they are game enough for another, we conclude to 

 return home, enlivening the j r.iincv with talcs of hunters and 

 hunts. 



In some instances two or three foxes are caught in a night. 

 but such occasions are rare. It is more frequently the case 

 that none are token. The fox often gives the dogs the slip or 

 outwinds them. It is impossible here to follow the dogs, as is 

 e. in the East, for the country is neariv all heavily Wooded 

 and the fox has too much chance to dodge. Sometimes, When 

 hunting with young dogs, a deer will be started, bat an ex- 

 perienced hunter can tell the dilloi -nee iY,,m tile manner hi 

 which the animal runs. A wolf or panther when started 

 soon bay : the former generally escaping by his superior speed 

 and wind. The fox being the natural enemy of the pal 1 1 idg.- 

 andrabbit and other small game, its destruction is a matter 

 of general satisfaction to all. J. B. Suka 



Walk fr County* Texas, 



ONE RED LETTER DAY. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Every admirer of the Irish setter has heard of Elcl 

 and Glencho. And since the blood of the former flows in tl 

 veins of so manv of the bench show winners of to-day. vrhi 

 the latter is rapidly attaining a mosi exalted n 



AFTER THE FOX IN TEXAS FORESTS. 



ALTHOUGH the noble bison has disappeared before the 

 advance of the railroads and civilization, except in a 

 few rare cases in the extreme northwestern part of the State, 

 yet bears, wolves, and smaller annuals are still to be found in 

 great numbers. 1 was scarcely a week in Texas before I was 

 invited to participate in a fox hunt. These hunts occur 

 weekly and sometimes nightly, according to the season, for 

 after the crops are laid by, the fanners are engaged until 

 harvest in the varied amusements afforded by the chase. 

 Those hunts are almost invariably at night. 



There were on this occasion seven horsemen and a pack of 

 nine hounds. Starting early in the evening we arrived at the 

 hunting grounds four miles from to .vn. The country is heavilv 

 wooded river bottom, almost devoid of underbrush, rising into 

 high rolling prairie land, broken in places by patches of tim- 

 ber. We proceeded up the bottom about a mile, the dogs giv- 

 ing frequent short impatient barks as they scented the trail of 

 some animal, but too well trained to hunt other than the game 

 sought. 



The having became more frequent as we proceeded, and the 

 veteran hunter. Mack Lewis, under whose protection I was, 

 gave it as his opinion that they had struck it cold, and called 

 a halt to give the dog's time to work it up. The trail graduallv 

 became warmer as we waited, but as old Bruce, the patriarch 

 leader of the pack, had been silent heretofore, we knew that 

 the game had not been jumped an yet. Brace's voice would 

 be a sure signal when the fox was found. We did not have 

 Ions to wait before a long deep bay, distinguished from all the 

 Others, resounded through the. forest. In an instant all was 

 in active movement. "She's off,"' cried Mack, "that's old Brace, 

 come on bovs!" We dashed after the hounds, they were going 

 like the wind. It takes a practiced rider to keep his seat in 

 the saddle and dash with full speed through the woods. I 

 soon found that I could not keep pace with my flying com- 

 panions, and involuntarily checked the speed of my horse, avid 

 endeavored to guide him through tho moonlit spots. Bnt act- 

 ing on the advice of a companion I gave the animal free rein, 

 and devoted mv attention to warding off the overhanging 

 limbs, and I found this much the best plan, for the horse, left to 

 himself, soon overtook the others, and passed all but the 

 leader. Tho chase continued up the bottom for nearly a mile, 

 the deep chorus of having borne past ns on the wind, sound- 

 ing as the sweetest kind of music to the ears of the hunter. 

 Suddeuly the sounds cease, and we pull up our panting Bteeds 

 to listeu. Have they lost him; no. Again the grand chorus 

 swells out upon tho night air, and the pack take a course 

 nearly at right angle, to that previously pursued. 

 "Hal boys," cried Mack, "he is at his old tricks now.'' 

 "Yes he is going for the higher country, so here's after 

 him. r 



We put spurs to our horses, and dash straight for the. up- 

 lands, Intending to take another course which would bring us 

 near the dogs. The fox suddenly takes another dodge, and 

 returns again to the bottom. He passed between us and the 

 dogs within fifty paces. We cross, and endeavor to close in 

 behind the dogs, but tiud our Bourse obstructed by a deep 

 ravine, or branch, down the opposite banks of which the chase 

 has gone. Unable to cross it, we follow down again into the 

 bottom. Once more the fox doubles up the bottom, taking 

 the same course Hist pursued, and as we are too far behind to 

 hope to overtake the hounds, we stop, aud place ourselves in 

 as easy positions as possible, to enjoy the. music, well knowing 



that Sir Reynard will soon double again. One who has been 



in a like hunt can tell how exciting ft was to the party of tired 



led that many of the 

 readers of your always entertaining paper will lie interested 

 in a brief account of what some of the progeny of these famous 

 animals have been doing in the Held. 



Rensselaer county is not noted for its excellent bird shoot- 

 ing, and. as far as i am aware, never before have the columns 

 of Forest and Stream contained the slightest hint that 

 woodcock and pa: tridge were to be found within the count v 

 bounds. Now and then, however, birds are killed here, an 1 it 

 few weeks ago I accepted an invitation from Mr. Albert A 

 Sampson, of this city, to drive out with him and "at least see 

 the does work, and possibly pick up a bird or two." Tli 

 dogaafS Nora iKlrho-Fire Fly), now six years old, and KC- 



Clen'ciio Mr S brake Nora hirnselfj and has hunted with 

 he- several seasons: the poo had t een in ilie woods w til I u 



cock killed, excepting whlch'no attention whatever had been 

 given to his training. 



After drive of an hour and a half from my friend's bone . 

 jusi beyond the citj limits, we turned aside from the main 

 road, and winding a ong a litil • lane, finally tied bur horse to 

 a tree standing on the very edge of a promising looking swale, 



which latter was shaped like a tipn of an oran • p el 



about ten rods ong by three across in the widest part. fc<. 

 started in with the dogs, while I took the outside. Scar-eK 

 bad we m, Nora pointed, and up jumped u 



woodcock, which S. missed. Almost immediately the bitch 



nig Nora. hastened to overtake the pup, when I 

 most, rigid point, and S. Bcored another. AUtheseparticulars 

 were called out to me by mv friend, the bushes beta ; bo thick 

 and the foliage so heavy that, from my toositton on the out- 

 side nothing could be seen. A little later he warned me that 



directly 



ick 



;ot up with asc 



v this time; ii i haps I may 

 eekj.and then casting a ic- 

 ed to pat Nora, mutt Irins 

 1." wdiife my friend cou -.hod 

 occasions on which lain at 

 sut what it is cracked up t j 



>ved on to another p'ace a 

 nip, part cow-.iasture, the 

 tprab" trees and' bushes. A 



mv head, and, takiug 

 lus flight or even faltered whei 

 barrels after him I watched h 

 (no doubt be is still living, althou 

 pleted the circuit of the global 

 find him iu his old haunts m -x\ v 

 proachful look at my gun, -too] 

 something about a "w<punded bit 

 dubiously. These are the smgli 

 all ready to admit that "hunting 

 be!" 



Finding no more birds, we in 

 large piece of ground, part bw 

 whole covered bv a growth of " 

 little brook trickled along tho 

 staited iu. working toward the 

 almost before we crossed the stream, but tho bird ivn wary 

 aud managed to get away before we could post o irselves. I 

 marked it down, however, and Nora quickly found it aga u, 

 when S. broke its wing with a long quartering shot to the 

 left. Here the pup made his first count— nnding the wounded 

 bird, and guarding without injuring it, until we reached the 

 spot. 



Starting in again, we were working our way t much tin- 

 thick brush with some difficulty, When both riogs declared 

 game, and after some cautious maneuvering, finally came to 

 a most beautiful point, facing each other on either side of a 

 furze bush. We heard the peculiar cry the partridge makes 

 when frightened, and a moment later had the ona rui of hearing 

 three grouse crashing through tic thick bushes to the leit 

 The dogs now worked side by side, and soon mode another 

 point, when I shot my first woodCOBK. a second bir l [shot 

 USt afterward— Nora retrieving iioin a scanm. \nd a mo- 

 ment late,- the I. lie old latch made oue of the. iuostbeautil.il 

 points 1 ever saw. She was crossing a little knoll and when 

 half way down, stopped as if she had b en shot, whit- master 

 pup, who had been following close behind, instantly fell iuto 

 line, so that his mother's extended tail almost touched his 

 nose. There they stood like statues, the beautiful mother 

 with her left foot' up. the point of he nose in (he same plane 

 with the tip of her tail, while the pup, quite as staunch, but 

 quivering with excitement, held up his leit. hmil foot— wniph 

 happening to be the last one lifted from the -round when he 

 stopped, he had evidently forgotten to put down again. 



We siood for several minutes admiring this picture— so 

 inexpressibly beautiful to the e.c of a true sportsman— and 

 which would in itself have well repaid iu" for coming, had 

 we not killed a single bird. B: Anally sta ted the bird, and 1 

 killed it. Both dogs dashed ahead at the word "(lead biiu " 

 Nora lirst 



ih^mi-t.he gentle mother apparently 5 leWing without, a mur- 



uiu to him, although nothing won] I persuade her to give up 

 ■i bird i . my mm oolite th m her master. On one occasion 1 

 . oaxea a 1 1 coaxed her to give me a bird which I had killed. 

 but Bh ■ wo ild do nothing but wag her tail, and With listening 

 car a ad eloquent eve. stand real.' to spring at the lirst dght 

 or Bonn 1 of him to whom she owes allegiance. And when I 

 at leu :t.i approached .and roaehe 1 forth to take the woodcock 

 troni her mouth, she sprang t<i I'uii' side, nn <\ dashed through 

 tic thick bru-li in search of her master, to whom she delivered 

 h _••■ prize with every manifestation of delight. 



u i.-hi i j t , devote his entire attention to the pup before 

 sta ting, Mr. 8 had slipped a little bell on Noras collar, and 

 after a single wave of the hand on entering the brush, he paid 

 nomore it htion to his dog. unless, perhaps, to utter a. cau- 

 tlonnry oho.' when he saw her approaching game. Vs l,, ; , - 

 a-w.'coud heartlie tinkling or the little bell, we knew that 

 notion f was ah lad, but whenever the sound ceased, no time 



h-r •■■ ■ii-nvbouts. Altera long I, ,mi w found her, tustbeyond 

 the lone-, as rigid as an image, her delicate no-e leveled'at a 

 dump of grass, npl eight feel awav. from which a woodcock 

 soon got up with a frightened whistle, 



I will not trespass upon your valuable columns to spaa* nnv 

 further of the details of our ti-ip. Mv object in writing was to 

 tell vour leaders sdm th.n-of the qualifiesof these dogs, 





[ptionoi 



MS 



s one dav 

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i (and wh 



i hunt. 



s, vent 



■ heep 



liuri 



We rettll 

 en woodc 



lied 



ink 



vc of tl 

 nted at 



killed by 

 c: tic- tine 

 rls, and nt 



wo 



If bidde 



-ii the. 



pUp allow 



eill, 



had broil -lit in. 1 



le -mcllcdcf ii ( 



urjotislv.and after turning 



; m- taii-vi- 



ith his nose, he lc 

 ■orouslv. as if to 



loked up at his master aud 

 say, "1 know him now and 





dm.- Not half 



an hour later, while his 



master was reload 



ngafterasuppo. 



ed miss hi the thick brush, 



out trotted Mr. Da 



re wilhafat woi 



ideock in his mouth, the 



trery lirst thing 1 



wood or SW.de his 

 hunter, and his , 



e had ever reti 



ieved. When he enters a 

 itions as i hose of an Indian 

 i, magmtioeii! head, large. 



dark eye and the •. 



raccful proport 



ons of his body give every 



promise of his beh 





es.- upon the bench us ex- 



pBi ieuce has show 





he Bald two of his little 



companions have 



gone to Minneso 



a, whence come the most 



il hi. rni.r account 



- of their piogr. 



ss In the Bel 1. another, 



■ctri 



bile 



paitri, 



her a , 



Mr I 



and, a 



formed head, 



top to meet til, 

 '..i:v those whi 



shaped leg- an 

 brightest, bant 







in that 



ork ei 



,§; 



well on 

 fond an. 



a tin 



■ ti 



dddog; 



fully 



veil for so 



vc killed 



several 



HI, del 



10 



istrated 



as on 



Wl 



•deork. 



of his 



1" 



p Dare, 



worn 





i, justly 



on' 1 ! 



j* 



■ 

 gentle, 



a iii the held. Then ask t 

 ,y — that is Nora at home. 

 Sf.ymo 



14. 



. NO 



it you can 



ll.ll like tO 

 NTVOOKD. 



nt. .V 



THE GROIHE DALE- 1. IT M ATVH.-Hi- 

 Nov. i il —Editor Forest and Stream: We have agreed upon 

 Mr. E. )•' Stoddard, of Dayton, ().. as the referee in the match 

 hi.uci Mr. William A" Huckingham's Grouse Dale and 

 Major. I M. Taylor's Lit. The match will be run at Grand 

 Junction. Tenn'.. on .Ian. 17, '- and l'.i, 1S84. — It C SANnoBN, 

 IJ. (.' ItLltotNrilHAL. 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 SOTIOE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of charge. To insure 

 eniili-.ili..n ,.f notes. enrreHpomlouts .Ml.'ST MVK Hie Pillowing par- 

 ticulars of each mutual? 



I. Color. 0. Name mid residence of owner, 



: Breed. buyer or seller. 



3 .. 7. Sire, with Ms sire and dam. 



• a e, or fl. Owner of sire, 



D .te of hi Hi, o. brtertiiij; or 9. Dam, with her sire am! dam. 



of (loath 10. Owner of dam. 



Ml names must be pltiinlu written. Communication on one. side ol 

 ape on y. and signed mil >i writer's name. 

 NAMES CLAIMED. 



;■'",, Towoer, Nyack, N V., fur black. 



w iie id 1 1 in dog P'ip- by Count Noble out of Gertrude, 



;l li r..s, .;.., . NT-auk". N. V., for 

 I, I I.-' nnil wl i.e licked l.ilet, pup to Dishing Mellaril out of List. 



Mnv he Ml li U W- . e.l.-s.. for Llael; ami Ian 



...\..*:.....-. ..in. i. ...,„.„! 1,1 l.v li..bS. .ulliil Lowe'- Do.nier. 



. a, X v.. format* 



. l.V I'.MilileshOt out of Doro- 



fm*8f! instructions ntltCaa of tfti* column. 



vellie- Ralph Mr w. E. Bo "• J •> lemon and 



• in- , tier bitch Nelll die) to Mr. P. I.imc 



•'. i Vuie; V J., lialpii , Snipe F'-mnvi. Nov. 5. 



: Mi c, S.Tiielo-i's .|'et.-r0..roiiRh, N.H.I 

 o'er lOi'd white r.ilintei- bitch Itit-l Cri.M-il. A K U. I'.'.i.i to Ids Baro- 

 ,et lA.K.lt. •.MO. Oct. 31. 



Mr 





nth- 



SVHELP8. 



...I Of tl,i: . 



. fa 



„:., 



itch Becca, Oct. 10, eight 



evident surpr 

 the pup seize 

 tuggiiig a mo 

 After that ' 



int.-u ,■ amis.-iiieiu of S. indrnvself, 

 ivhile it was in her mouth, and after 

 d it a»a\ , and bore it. m in triumph I 



in on carrying everj bird that whs 

 found them first, ho invariably i 



Mi It W ltm. lingteis V. 

 : Il .letliec (.i.K.R. Wl, Sept. 



b< (A.K.U.73). 



SiLEB 



. .: ructions ot head hi this column. 



/■'■ imiiiiI.. liiaek and while s, Iter |,ll|., whel,, inly, If>-1 /..ilizi- 



l, i i,mi. ei, I Igiii . i v - Mr II. It. Voiidersuiiili, iaueasier, Pa., hi .Mi. 



'item. DCkcr sp"Iliel hitch Sninfl Featle-r;, by Mr 1 t 



Tinker, Piterboiougl), N. B„ to Mr. L.V Tyler, Wesi tfewtou, 



" la.i/ tsab, I. L- m. n ai.d V 1'e'c pAnter bitch (AK.TtL 161). by W. 

 (ieo. s. lucker, Heieibora'gli, .\. tl.. to Mr.P.W. Leavitt, Jr., Bpstoo, 

 Mass 



shot; for when the old dog found them first, ho invariably, r.r,., l: , <:i t-Fiot icMlp B.lacdt, wl itte ion* ton cdO|.whetaed lAjgU.W. 

 took them away (although ho would never bito or iujuro ' iSaU. by Tempest iPontliu-l- .no li. i out of llr.l.ltiKk-stailislU'. 



