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CARE OF SPORTING DOGS. 



IN our last issue we made some suggestions as to the 

 proper food and time to feed dogs when in use during 

 shooting season; and now let us say that, in order to keep 

 our dogs in good health and condition during close time, 

 much more attention should be given them than they gen- 

 erally receive. After a dog becomes fully grown, he does 

 not require much more than half the amount of food to 

 keep him in good condition as it would require to keep a 

 youngster while growing. Those persons who keep but 

 one or two dogs are very apt to let them get out of condi- 

 tion by giving them too much or too little food, and not 

 sufficient exercise. When dogs are allowed to get over- 

 fat their usefulness in the field is, in a measure, destroyed; 

 and then again they are constantly subject to skin diseases, 

 mange, canker, etc., particularly if they are fed too much 



Buckell's letter as a matter of courtesy, but should much 

 prefer that the subject should be transferred to the side of 

 the water on which it properly belongs. — Ed.] 



"WHISKY." 



We print this week an excellent likeness and the pedi- 

 gree of this capital specimen of a pointer. Whisky was 

 broken by her owner, Dr. W . S. Webb, and has proved to 

 be thoroughly staunch on game. Her breeding, as will be 

 seen from the pedigree, cannot be excelled, her father, 

 Flash, being the son of the celebrated dogs, George and 

 Peg, whose pictures, taken from the painting by Bispham, 

 in the possession of Dr. Russell Strachan, have already, 

 appeared in these columns. Whisky took first prize in her 

 class at the Springfield Bench Show in April last, and will 

 be entered at the Chicago Show to be held in January. 

 She is now with pup by Mr. Schuchardt's Jim, and is ex- 

 pected to litter this week. We could have printed a much 

 more extended pedigree but for want of space. 



brush and briers. As for water, we had no difficulty in 

 sending her across a stream that was too deep for our 

 boots, and even though the mercury indicated several de- 

 grees below the freezing point, she took the water like a 

 spaniel. Her training reflects great credit upon her owner 

 who has given her the only lessons she has ever had and 

 she seems to set about finding birds in a more matter of 

 fact way than any dog I have ever shot over." 



Importation. — On the Inman Line steamship Citv of 

 Chester, arriving here Monday, the 22dinst., Mr. Raymond 

 received the three-quarters Laverack setter bitch, Plash 

 bred by Mr. Wm. Wardlaw Reid, of Peckham.Rye Eng- 

 land. She is orange and white, very shapely and blood- 

 like, and is by Brierley's Fred, out of a full sister to Mr 

 Reid's pure Laverack, Sam. This bitch was selected bv 

 our correspondent "Viatores" while in England last Sum- 

 mer, and is imported for Mr. Dudley Olcott, of Albanv 

 New York. Y} 



meat. In a family where there are scraps enough from 

 the table to feed one or two dogs, no better food can be 

 given them. Every person owning a good dog (no others 

 should be .kept) ought by all means to have a proper ken- 

 nel or other arrangement prepared for their comfort and 

 cleanliness. During the Summer we give our dogs no bed- 

 ding, but in cold weather they are not allowed to suffer 

 with the cold; neither are they allowed to sleep near the 

 fire. Many fine dogs are injured and become permanently 

 superannuated by sleeping and baking their brains near a 

 hot fire, where they will lie if they are allowed to have 

 their own way about it. When it is necessary , to keep dogs 

 chained to their kennels, in order to keep them from stray- 

 ing away and frequently hunting on their own hook, they 

 cannot be kept in perfect health and condition unless they 

 are freed from their chains at least twice a day for a few 

 minutes, in order that they may relieve themselves by a 

 little exercise; and then again, let us caution our brother 

 sportsmen against allowing their dogs to lie too long 

 upon the same bedding. From neglect of this matter most 

 of the diseases in dogs arise. Horses are generally fresh 

 bedded every night, while dogs are generally allowed to lie 

 upon the same bed for weeks, and sometimes months. If 

 .dogs are fresh bedded, say once in two weeks, given 

 a little exercise morning and evening, and a supply of pure 

 water kept near their kennel, they will always be in good 

 health and ready for the field. We have kept a kennel of 

 setters and pointers since— well, our friend Col. Skinner 

 says *'ever since the Declaration of Independence,"— and 

 we can thankfully say we have never had a single case of 



mange therein. 



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ENGLISH SETTERS IN AMERICA. 



November 4th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



A person signing himself A. V. V., Jr., in your paper of October 21st, 

 telis you, m contradiction to statements of mine, that Mr. Lleweilin never 

 owned Fairy. He gives Mr. Laverack. as his authority for saying so, and 

 assures you that what he says is fact. I have no doubt that he (whoever 

 be may happen to oe) believes it to be fact, but he takes care to put the 

 responsioilny of the contradiction on Mr. Laverack's shoulders instead 

 of giving his own name with his statement. 



Mr. Puicell Llewellin gave Mr. Laverack £50 for Fairy, on the under- 

 standing that he was to name the dog she should be first put to, and have 

 half her puppies. Mr. Laverack afterwards wrote to Mr. Llewellin, 

 complaining that Fairy had not been sent to his dog. Upon this, Mr. 

 Llewellin replied that, rather than bandy words with him, he would be 

 glad to let him have Fairy back at the same price she cost. Mr. Llewel- 

 Uu sent her back m charge of his head keeper, instructing him to receive 

 the money befoie parting with the bitch, which he did. 



Fairy is called Fanny in the first volume of the Kennel Club Stud 

 Book (a mistake which is corrected in the second volume), and her num- 

 ber is 1,491. Sue is entered as Mr. Liewe.lin's, with tne record I gave in 

 my letter to you. 



These, sir, are facts which Mr. Laverack will not deny in the face of 

 the agreement and his letters on tne suuject, however envious he may 

 fed and speak in private. Q. T. Teasdale-Buckell. 



[We last week printed a letter over Mr. Laver- 

 aciv's own signature confirming the statement of 

 our correspondent, "A. Y. Y., Jr, s ' We now print Mr. 



Pedigree of black and white pointer bitch Whisky, winner of the first 

 premium cup at the Springfield Bench Show, April, 18"; 5. Owned by 

 Dr. W. S. Webb, of New York. Whelped July 14th, 1S74. 



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A gentleman who shot over Whisky this Fall writes: "I 

 have never yet seen a young dog— and I may add, very few 

 old ones — who seemed so thorougly to understand her busi- 

 ness, and who seemed to enjoy it so keenly. She covers 

 her ground perfectly, and even with her fine coat and skin, 

 will show many a heavier coated setter how to go through 



The New York Kennel Club. — This club are adver- 

 tising some of their surplus stock. The puppies are by 

 Dr. Strachan's Dan II, son of the Duke of Beaufort 

 setter in Mr. Bispham's picture, reproduced in this paper 

 some time since, and should be good ones. * 

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THE GILDERSLEEVE SETTERS. 



Philadelphia, Pa., November 15th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



The following letter from Mr. Jonathan Gildeisleeve of Camden, Del., 

 the owner of the once famous setter bitch, Tip, from which the Gilder- 

 sleeve setter strain derived its name, I think will prove interesting to 

 you and the readers of the Forest and Stream. As you have been the 

 owner of one of the dogs he speaks of, once in the possession of Mr. 

 Kay, of Philadelphia, it may carry you back to the time when Bruce was 

 looked upon as a setter among setters. The information Mr. Gilder- 

 sleeve does not possess of Tip's descendants, and which he says Mr. Ab- 

 bott, of Philadelphia, has, you have already published through myself, 

 Mr. A. kindly furnishing it to me. Homo. 



Camden, Del., November 4th, 1S75. 

 C. S. Westcott: 



Dear Sir— Your favor of 25th nit., inquiring in regard to Old Tip, as 

 she was commonly called, being directed to Canterbury instead of Cam- 

 den, causing some delay in its delivery, is this day in hand, and 1 hope 

 the answer may be in time for your uses . 



I think Old Tip was pupped in the Spring of 1843, in the town of 

 Frederica, Kent county, Del., and given to me by the owner of her 

 mother, W. Sipple (a great sportsman). She was about five weeks old— 

 a pitiable, bad-looking object indeed, but by careful attention was soon 

 brought out, and at a very early age showed signs of becoming a valua- 

 ble dog, which she did, as all persons that ever followed or shot over her 

 testified. She was white colored, with pale yellow spots. I have been 

 t.dd that both her father and mother were entirely black. She was close 

 built, heavy body, short legs, short, light tail, and hair not very long, 

 fine head and nose, and never reported as being of imported blood, Fur 

 carefulness, industry, ingenuity in the hunting up of birds after once 

 scented, obedience, and I may add, affection, with durability for contin- 

 ued hunting, she could not well be surpassed. Was always (when well) 

 willing and ready to go, but would not follow or pay attention to anyone 

 but me her master; seemed not to tire, running with great ease, though 

 not fast or far off, and if missed only for a few moments over a hill top, 

 persons would say, "Old Tip has birds, or else she would come and look 

 over the hill for her followers. *' I could not teach her to retrieve, but 

 never knew her to kill or even crush a bird, always holding them in her 

 paws until taken from her. She seemed to know from the first that her 

 duty was to lie down until the gun was loaded; but as soon as the ham- 

 mer was driven back for capping, she would proceed again. She waa 

 very firm in all her points, and very rarely stood on her feet. She live 

 about eight or nine years, and suffered much from cancer in dug, causea 

 from the bite of a large hound whilst eating. All the pups sent out 

 from her were got by a dog colored and marked the same (nearly) a 

 herself. He was called Don, and his mother, Clio, was of imported 

 stock. Don was of great bottom and speed, which unfitted hini ifo 

 hunting single birds, he never having been properly broken, and he die 

 at the age of twelve years. Old Tip required but little teaching, at w 

 her knowledge and qualities seemed natural. I have never known or 

 badpup from poor Old Tip; neither have I known her equal, though a 

 have hunted many dogs, some of them crack ones, until taken into net 

 with her. The Fitzgerald pup I sent to M. M. Mastin, the :mpoiter, 

 who turned her over to Fitzgerald. Of her reputation I have often 

 heard She was several months old when sent to Mastin, and promisea 

 well. ' Kay, the gunsmith, of Third street, had two of Old Tip's descend- 

 ants' for which large sums were offered. I think he told me $ 175 J*? 

 offered for one of them. One of the finest ©f her pups was bought oy 

 a Captain Bavington of Green street, from Bonwell, near Canterbury. 

 Sif name was Nero, and be wag killed by one of the watcluaea, m 



