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miums, and as much more subscribed toward the premiums 

 to be given in the regular classes:— 



Class First— Comprises list of spe 



cial premiums to be donated. 

 Class Second— Setters. 

 Class Third— Pointers. 



Class Fourth— Hounds. 

 Class Fifth— Spaniels. 

 Class Sixth— Terriers. 

 Class Seventh— Miscellaneous. 



Upon motion of the Chairman, each one present was in- 

 vited to give his opinion regarding a name under which the 

 exhibition should be held. After discussion it was decided 

 to hold the same as "The Grand National and International 

 Bench Show." 



Upon motion each gentleman was asked to name a friend 

 whom he thought would act toward the advancement of 

 the interests of the exhibition, both pecuniarily and as ex- 

 hibitors. The following were proposed and elected with 

 enthusiasm and by acclamation: — Messrs. Marcus L. Ward, 

 Jr., W. A. Perry, Jr., William Grummond, Clarence Gould, 

 Herman Schalk, H. Brentno, E. Whitehead, Dr. J. Robin- 

 son, E. A. Hawes, A. P. Baldwin, Fred. S. Underhill, 

 James Peck, S. Street, Vine Hedden, E. E. Becks, A. B. 

 Kay, A. Van Volkenburgh, William Knecht, John Poenier, 

 E. A. Green, James Hedden, Thomas Kingston, the broth- 

 ers Denman, H- Richards, Jr., and A. Parker, all of New- 

 ark; C. H. Raymond, of Morris Plains; Theo. Morford, of 

 Newton; J. Foreman Taylor, of Monmouth; George H. 

 Wild, of Red Bank; Thos. M. De Russy and Elmor Stout, 

 of New Brunswick; Al. S. Phillips, of Trenton; Isaac Van 

 Winkle, of Greenville; George M. Hard and John Walley, 

 of Rahwav; William Hughes and William Taylor, of Jer- 

 sey City, all of New Jersey; Burdett Loomis and S. J. 

 Bestor, of Hartford, and Messrs. Hills and Todd, of New 

 Haven, in Connecticut; Messrs. R. Robinson, A. Gubner, 



E. Orgill, N. Saltus, W. Shipman, and F. S. Massey, all of 

 Brooklyn, L. I.; Eugene H. Short), F. Palmer, S. Putnam, 



F. Colburn, and Joseph Elliott, all of New York City; 

 James Tilley, of Locust Valley, L. I. ; George Hayden, 

 Jacksonville, Hi.; John E. Long, Detroit, Mich. ; G. D. 

 Saxon, Canton, Ohio; Wm. Clarkson and J. J. Spicer, of 

 Bridgeville, Del. ; J. B, Sage, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Green Smith, 

 of New York; G. E. Benson, Philadelphia, Pa.; C. Jen- 

 kins and John Swain, of Hunting Ridge, Md ; Shirley Har- 

 rison, of Brandon. Va., and Shaler Smith, of Missouri. 



Upon motion made and carried the President and officers 

 of each sportsman's club in the different States were ex- 

 tended a cordial invitation, and urged to co-operate in mak- 

 ing this bench show a success, and also to consider them- 

 selves as select honorary members of the committee. 



Upon motion made and carried, the meeting adjourned 

 to meet the first day of October, at two P. M., in the Park 

 House, Newark, where suitable rooms will be provided, 

 and arrangements further made as to premiums to be 

 awarded and such other business transacted as may be 

 brought before the meeting. A cordial invitation is ex- 

 tended to all sportsmen from every section to be present 

 at that time. 



— Died at River View, near La Grange, Mo., on Friday, 

 August 6th, Grouse and Nell, setters of E. W. Hope, Esq. , 

 aged respectively nine and twelve years. Grouse was born 

 upon the estate of T. H. Graham, Esq., of Edmond Castle, 

 Nell upon the estate of Jos. Hope, Esq., of Whooff House, 

 both of the county of Cumberland, England, and both 

 were brought to this country by their late owner. Their 

 death will be mourned by many sportsmen in America, 

 and also by many in the north of England, where their 

 excellent qualities gave them a wide local reputation. Their 

 progeny have been much sought after, and are in the hands 

 of a few gentleman in that neighborhood, to whom Mr. 

 Hope had given them. Both dogs had failed rapidly for 

 some time previous to their death, which at the last was 

 quite sudden. These dogs accompanied the Irish Team 

 on their Western hunt last year into the Indian Territory, 

 and received much credit for their performances. 



The death of these two valuable dogs may have given 

 rise to a statement which we find in the latest Chicago 

 Field., to the effect that Mr. Hope had lost his entire kennel 

 by poiscn maliciously administered. We hope for the 

 credit of our human kind that this is not true, for a man 

 who would kill these dogs wouldn't hesitate at his mother- 

 in-law. We have not been advised of any mortality in Mr. 

 Hope's kennel other than that we have indicated above. 



—We are indebted to Mr. W. Milton Farrow, of New- 

 port, R. I., for a fine picture of his setter bitch "Spec." 

 The picture was taken while she was on a staunch point, 

 and shows all the characteristics of a handsome thorough- 

 bred setter. 



—We recently had an opportunity of viewing two brace 

 of stylish young, thoroughbred setters, belonging to Mr. 

 J. Von Lengerke, of Hoboken, and of seeing a brace of 

 them in the field. Although Mr. Von L. is quite a young 

 man, it is a rare thing to see an old experienced sportsman 

 handle a brace of dogs more skillfully than he. 



Importation of Valuable Setters.— Mr. J. W. Knox, 

 of Pittsburg, has been advised of the shipment to his ad- 

 dress of Belton, black-white-and-tan field trial setter ■ dog, 

 by Laverack's Dash, out of sister to celebrated Dan, of 

 LleweHin's. Belton was bred by Thos. Statter, Esq., Lord 

 Derby's agent. Mr. K. has also purchased from Mr. Llew- 

 ellen's kennel, Rifle, by Dan, out of the celebrated Ruby. 

 She comes in whelp to Llewellin's Prince, a blue Belton. 

 These importations must make the Knox kennel equal or 

 superior to any west of the mountains. We regret to ob- 

 serve that these and other valuable dog are generally ship- 

 ped to this country during the heats of Summer, thus 

 doubling the dangers of acclimation,— 2 W, Field and 

 Farm, 



THE VALUE OF DOGS IN ENGLAND 



A CORRESPONDENT of the Philadelphia Press, writ- 

 ing from London gives an entertaining account of 

 the grand national exhibition of sporting and other dogs 

 held at the Crystal Palace in Juue, and the prices asked 

 for some of the animals seem marvelously extravagant: — 

 1 'Among the bloodhounds the price of thedog called Rival, 

 three years and nine months old, was £500 ($2,500,) and 

 that of Rolla, one year and eleven months old, 500 guineas. 

 Among the mastiffs, the price of the Champion Turk, 

 owned by the Rev. J. W. Mellor, seven years and three 

 months old, the dog that has won more than thirty first 

 prizes and cups and is of immense size, is £5,000 ($25,000,) 

 while that of the mastiff named Granny, owned by Mr. A. 

 S. D. Fivas, which won the first nie'lals for 1874 at the 

 Crystal Palace, for the same year at Northampton, and for 

 the year 1873-74 at Portsmouth, an animal nearly as large 

 as a lion, £10,000 or $50,000! The price of the mastiff 

 known as Duchess is £1,000 sterling, while in a list of 171 

 of the same breed there are four at £1,000, six at £500, two 

 at £300, six at £250, nine at £100, ten at £50, and the re- 

 mainder varying in price from £20 to £5. Several St. Ber- 

 nards were held at £2,000 each, and one at £1,000. . Of the 

 greyhounds, St. Patrick and Warwick were each held at 

 £5,000, and Lauderdale and two others £1,000. Ten point- 

 ers brought £1,000 each, a number £500, and others £100 

 and £50. Among the setters the writer counted a large 

 number valued at £1,000 each, and one, the property of P. 

 B. Stone, M. D., was labeled £10,000 sterling. He counted 

 six retrievers at £1,000 each, and very many from 

 £500 to £150. Among the Irish water spaniels Mr. N. 

 Morton's Shamrock was held at $1,000, the others at prices 

 ranging from £100 to £50. Six of the spaniels were labeled 

 £1,000 each, two or three £500, and a large variety from 

 £500 to £200. There were two hounds at £500 each. The 

 beagles, not exceeding fifteen inches high, ranged from 

 £100 to £20. There were nearly 200 fox terriers, held at 

 extraordinary rates, at least half a dozen at £1,000, and 

 about twenty at £500. The sheep dogs were also very high, 

 a dozen commanding £1,000 each, and others £500, very 

 few running as low as £20. A Dalmatian, belonging to 

 Mr. R. J. L. Price, known as Crib, nine years old, was held 

 at £10,000 sterling. Another, owned by Miss Julia Barney, 

 called Sancho, three years and five months old, price £600. 

 The bull dogs ranged from £250 to £25. One bull terrier, 

 Young Puss, was held at £1,000 sterling; another, belong- 

 ing to the same owner, W.Grant Rawes, at the same price. 

 One of the drop-eared blue Skye terriers, named Sam, be- 

 longing to Mr. J. W. Berry, was held at £10,000 sterling. 

 There was a Dandy Dinmont terrier, called Toper, price 

 £1,000, and another called Macbeth, price £500. A York- 

 shire terrier called Mozart, belonging to Miss H. Alderson, 

 price £1,000. The Bedlington terriers commander! from 

 £100 to £5; of one species called Dachshund, black and 

 tan, three commanded £1,000, and the rest ran from £100 

 down to £5. One white Pomeranian, only six months old, 

 was valued at £1,000; one pug, owned by Mr. A. Doveton 

 Clark, was held at £10,000, and others at £1,000 and £500." 

 The annual exhibition of dogs at the Crystal Palace is 

 one of the most attractive of the attractions of that bril- 

 liant resort, and well it might be, if only for the novelty of 

 seeing a ten thousand pound label attached to the collar of 

 a pug dog. 



I said in my letter, one could buy plenty of Laveracks of known pedi- 

 gree outside of Mr . L.'s kennel, and at a much lees price than many 

 would suppose. I think that the one who wished to purchase the Amer- 

 ican Laverack pup for $300, gold, could do much better at home for much 

 less money, an one can never tell bow a pup will turn out. 



Hoping that Mr. Taylor may find his Laverack in due season, and that 

 he may turn out a top-sawyer, is the earnest wish of Dry Land. 



GREEN IODIDE OF MERCURY. 



THE LAVERACK SYSTEM. 



♦ 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



In your issue of July 29th, Mr. John M. Taylor has a communication 

 on the "Laverack System of Breeding,'' in which letter he says "in his 

 humble opinion, it is impossible for anyone to breed pure Laverack set- 

 ters but Mr. L. himself." From this conclusion I beg to differ, and 

 think that Mr. Llewellin, Mr. Hemmhie, Mr. Wardlaw Reid, and the va- 

 rious other gentlemen owning Laverack stoc!k. can and do breed just as 

 good Laverack stock as Mr. L. himself. In Mr. L.'s book he says there 

 are several secrets in his breeding that he withholds from the public. 

 Now, as Mr. L. has sold, is selling, and will sell a good many dogs, is it 

 not possible for gentlemen buying them to compare pedigrees and the 

 results of his different inter-crosses so as to get at the system? Can 

 tk re be any system, where there has been so many generations of dogs 

 sold, that is past finding out? Are not the different traits of his individ- 

 ual dogs so will known that one could follow his judgment in mating? 

 Besides, does Mr L. produce dogs ail alike? I think that there is as 

 much difference in dogs of that breed as in any other. Some are 

 healthier, stronger, and better constitutioned, and some of us dog men 

 would like to ask Mr. Buckeil, Mr. Llewellin, and others, if "better con- 

 stitutioned, better feedeis, and hardier animals do not exist? 1 ' Neither 

 do Mr. Laverack's dogs come truer in color. In neither of the pedigrees 

 published in his work do I find any of the Laveracks liver and white, 

 the color of Pride of the Border. ^V.11 seem to be black and white, 

 lemon and white, one silver gray, one black gray. In Mr. L.'s work he 

 says: "There is no better test of a pure breed of setters than a perfect 

 uniformity of race— that is, in color, form and coat, and never throwing 

 back to some color and form unknown to the breeder." As Mr. L., in 

 describing the breed says: "Color black or blue," and in the next par- 

 agraph he says, "There is another strain called lemon and white Belton, 

 same breed and blood." It seems as if, with all his care and system, he 

 cannot keep to the original type. There can have been no improvement 

 in the breed for fifty years, or since Mr. L. had it, for in his work he 

 mentions Rev. A. Harrison's Old Moll as one of the three most perfect 

 setters he has ever seen, the other two mentioned being of different 

 blood; so that in all his fifty years of mating and crossing he has not 

 produced one as perfect as one of his original stock. Further than this 

 I do not believe, nor can I find any evidence of Mr. L. being so egotis- 

 tical as to say that his breed is the best, or that he has been the most 

 successful breeder of setters. In fact he says, "There are doubtless 

 many strains quite as good as my own." 



But enough of Mr. Laverack's system. I do not believe it is "past 

 finding out, or when found out it will produce all setters alike." It will 

 have its good and bad ones like all others . What we all should admire 

 most in Mr. L. is his persistency, when he had a good breed, of sticking 

 to it and keeping it pure for so long a time. I hope he may live long 

 yet to see them work, and get adequate remuneration for the thought 

 and trouble bestowed on them, even if he has not discovered the per- 

 petual system of breeding dogs all alike, same color, equal nose, same 

 disposition to hunt and point, and their various other good qualities. 



In conclusion let me call Mr. Taylor's attention to the sale of Laver- 

 ack setters in the London Field of July 17th, where several were sold 

 the highest priced one being Victress, now owned by "Dog whip," for 

 which forty guineas was paid. The others sold respectively— one for 

 eleven and one-half guineas, two for ten guineas each, one for seven and a 

 half, and one for six guineas. From the report of the sale of Mr.. 

 Hemming's dogs, with the exception of Rock, bought in at one hundred 

 and fifty guines, no pure Laverack brought over seventeen guineas, and 

 that one was a bitch in pup by the one hundred and fifty, guinea Rock. 

 Then, there was to be sold, the 31st or July, the well known kennel of 

 Wardlaw Reid, Esq. , including several of %h,v finest Laveracks. So, as 



Wkst Troy, August I6th,.1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



I would like to call the attention of you^ readers to the necessity of 

 muzzling dogs when using green iodide of mercury for mange. I fear I 

 am a sufferer to the extent of a most valuable pup by Pride of the Bor- 

 der out of Kirby. He had the mange verv had, and I tried for six 

 months to break it up by the use of whale oil, sulphur and turpentine, 

 together with Fowler's solution, without effect. L saw in your paper, 

 also in Turf, Field and Farm, a prescription of green iodide of mercury 

 1 part to 16 of lard. I tried it, and at the same time gave Fowler's so- 

 lution, and it cured the mange in a week; but the pup, in licking the 

 mercury, became salivated, which caused muscular paralysis. He has 

 not been able to stand for more than a week, and part of the time un- 

 able to lift his head from the floor. I have hana-fed him with beef tea 

 and chopped meat, together with stimulants, and I think he is a little 

 better, with but little hope of his recovery, however. He appears to be 

 in no pain, but his ambition will not let him rest. He tries to get up, 

 and after wearying himself out, will lie still and sleep. I p^y a boy to 

 watch and take care of him as if he were a human being. The boy's or- f 

 ders are, to sit by him with a duster and keep the flies away, and shift 

 his position occasionally to rest him. I have been giving him in his 

 water say two drops of sulphuric acid to one quart of water. I am well 

 aware of the effects of mercury upon man or beast, but did not suppose, 

 or rather thought, if there was danger in the proportions above, the per- 

 son giving the prescription would so state, and advise the muzzling of 

 the dog. Sportsmen and others giving these recipes should be more 

 careful, and state the nature of stuff used. Hoping this may be the 

 cause of saving the life of some poor canine, also the grief occasioned 

 by the loss of a valuable dog to some sportsman, who alone can appre- 

 ciate their valuable qualities, I am, most respectfully yours, 



J. H. FlTOHET. 



[We have no recollection of having recommended green 

 iodide of mercury for mange, as we consider it rather dan- 

 gerous. Can our correspondent refer us to the date of its 

 publication. — Ed.] 



, Kennel Proddce— Maysville, Ky., August WJi, Arnold Surges, 

 wner.— Fifteen pups to the Irish bitch, Friend, by Rufus. Four of 

 these were stillborn, but the remainder are lively and doing well; a fine 

 lot -eight bitches and three dogs. 



Boston, Aug. liUJi, Luther Adams, Owner. — Ten pups to Dora by Pride 

 of the Border, all of which have died, save three dogs and one bitch. 

 They do not appear to be very- vigorous. 



Broolcline, Mass., Aug. 16, F. W. Lawrence, Otover.— Ten pnps, six 

 dogs and four bitches, out of the fine blue Belton bitch "Kate," f.om 

 the kennel of our Field Editor, by the prize seter Flip, winner of the 

 silver pitcher presented by the Forest and Stream to. the Springfield 

 Bench Show in A.pril last. 



—Fanny, an extra fine American thoroughbred setter bitch, owned by 

 our Field Editor, has recently been served by Mr. C. H. Raymond's fa- 

 mous Laverack setter Pride of the Border. Fanny was sired by Mr. Jas. 

 Morgan's, of Brooklyn, imported setter Brag, and is out of a fine im- 

 ported bitch, and as she is full sized, stylish, and well-formed, has a su- 

 perior nose and been well broken, we are anticipating from her and Pride 

 of the Border something altogether extra in the way of fine stock. 



\m and fflivw 



FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 



Trout, Salmo fontinalis. 

 Salmon, Salmo salar. 

 Maskenonge, Esox nobUior. 

 Weakfish . 

 Striped Bass. 

 Kingfish. 



Salmon Trout. Salmo confinis. 



Land-locked Salmon, Salmo Gloveri. 



Black Bass, micropterus nigricans. 



Pike, esox lucius. 



Pickerel. 



Bluefish. 



Sheepshead. 



. » 1 



[Under the head of "Ga?ne, and Fisn in Season" we can only sped 

 fy in general terms the several varie'ies, because the laios of States vary 

 so much that were we to attempt to particularize we could do no less 

 than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game in 

 question. This would require a great amount of our space. In desig- 

 nating game we are guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legis- 

 lation is founded, and our readers would do well to wvitide themselves 

 with the latos of their respective Slates for' constant reference. Othsrwise t 

 our attemvts to assist them will only create confusion.] 

 ■ * • 



Fish in Market.— The fish market shows but little 

 change since our last week's report, and prices remain 

 about the same as last quoted. Frozen Canada salmon are 

 worth 50 cents per pound; Spanish mackerel from the 

 Long Island shore bring 40 cents; fresh mackerel, from 

 Boston, 25 cents each; halibut, 18 to 20 cents per pound; 

 bluefish, from Matha's Vineyard, averaging 8 pounds in 

 weight are worth 8 to 12 cents per pound; striped bass, 

 from Baltimore, 25 cents per pound; blackfish, 15 cents; 

 sea bass, 20 cents; sheepshead, from New Jersey, 30 cents; 

 large weakfish, 12cents; codfish, 8 cents; soft crabs, $1.25 

 to $1.50 per dozen; green turtle, 15 cents per pound. A 

 few pompano are caught in Gravesend Bay and sell for $1 

 per pound. 



The Fisheries.— The number of fishing arrivals for the 

 week ending August 19th was 56—33 from Georges, 9 from 

 the Banks, and 14 from mackereling. Amount of Georges 

 cod brought in, 300,000 pounds; halibut, 40,000 pounds. 

 Bank cod, 550,000 pounds; halibut, 140,000 pounds. Mack- 

 erel still continue very scarce, the receipts the past week 

 being only about 800 barrels. Several of the shore fleet, 

 having become tired of their poor luck, have sailed for the 

 bay, where the prospect is said to be more encouraging. It 

 looks now as if the season's catch would be the smallest 

 for many years. 



During the season ending August 1st, 1875, 113,990 bar- 

 rels or 31,000,000 menhaden fish, were taken on the Con- 

 necticut shore, from which 3,100 tons of guano and 93,000 

 of oil were made. The guano brings from $10 to $12 'per 

 ton, and the oil from 34 to 38 cents a gallon. The Connec- 

 ticut shore furnishes about one-fifth of the supply from the 

 New England and Long Island district. 



A lobster was recently shipped from Eastport which 

 weighed nineteen pounds, and measured three feet five 

 inches in length, the claws being eighteen inches long and 

 eight inches across. 



Capt. Samuel P. Cook, oi Tiverton, an old fisherman, 

 estimates that one thousand tons of tautog perished last 

 Winter between Gay Head and Block Island, and ascribes 

 the present scarcity of this fish to the intense cold at that 

 time, — Qape Ann Advertiser ^ Aug. %lst. 



