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Irish Setters and False Pedigrees.— If there is one 

 thing which more than another we desire to avoid intro- 

 ducing into our columns, it is a controversy of a personal 

 nature; but where the dispute is between two persons 

 whose residence is on the other side of the Atlantic, the 

 arguments against its admission are of two fold force. We 

 have received a long letter from Mr. 8. J. Hurley, of Kil- 

 laloe, Ireland, the gentleman who some time since prefer- 

 red charges against Mr. Niall, of the same place, of selling 

 to gentlemen in this country worthless d^gs with false ped- 

 igrees, referring principally to a personal encounter be- 

 tween Mr. Niall and himself, which we must decline to 

 print for the reasons above stated. In a recent issue of 

 our contemporary, Bod and Gun, we have read a letter 

 from Mr. William Jarvis, the principal purchaser, we be- 

 lieve, of Mr. NialPs dogs, in which he states that, after 

 having made a searching investigation, he is entirely satis- 

 fied as to Mr. Niall's integrity and the genuineness of his 

 dogs' pedigrees. If, therefore, the parties on this side who 

 are most interested are satisfied, we can see nothing to be 

 gained by continuing the discussion. 



Prices of English Dogs. —The following list of prices 

 realized at a recent sale in London, will enable our sports 

 men to gather a fair idea of the prices at which kennel 

 produce sells in England. Astonishing prices have been 

 published as paid for dog flesh there, but as we have already 

 shown, the tall figures were as fictitious as fanciful. We 

 quote from Bell's Life:— 



"The rapidly approaching shooting season causes sports- 

 men to search for pointers and setters for the moors and 

 stubble, and at the sale of sporting dogs at Aldridge's on 

 Saturday last many attended in order to obtain dogs for 

 this purpose. About BO pointers and setters were sent to 

 the hammer, including 14 pointers from the kennels of Lord 

 Sefton, a remarkably tine lot by some well-tried dogs from 

 some famous bitches. The pick of them brought fair 

 prices. Capt, Hocider, of Leutou, Notts, sent to the hammer 

 five setters, but being rather coarse and badly feathered, 

 and the majority vougsters, they (unfortunately for the 

 breeder) were disposed of at uncommonly low figures. A 

 number of other pointers and setters, from want of charac 

 ter and pedigree, also changed hands at low prices. Ap- 

 pended is the list of prices;— 



POINTERS, THE PROPERTY OP THE EARL OF SEFTON. 



Duchess, hv. w. b., 4 yrs., by Sam out of Duchess (Mr. £ s. p. 



Poiuder) 17 17 Q 



Mars, liv. w. d., 3 yrs.. by Mars— Ruby (Mr. HamiJton) 27 6 



Ben liv. w. d., 2 yrs., by Bouuce out of Jilt, (Lord Vivian).. 25 4 



Brag, liv. w. tanned d., 2 yr*., ditto, diito (Lord Vivian) 25 4 



Sam, liv. w. d., 2 yrs., by Sam out of Flirt (Mr. PilRington). 11 11 



Bell, liv. w. b., 2 yrs., by Mars out of Bell (Mr. White) 27 6 



Mask, liv. w. d., 1 yr. , by Mars out of Jilt (Mr. Elkington). . 7 7 



Dash, liv. vv. d., 1 )T , by .Noble out of Jane (Mr. Levick) 2 2 



Bess. liv. w. b., 1 yr., ditto, ditto (Mr. Rawlins) 14 14 



Rap, 1 yr., by Ben out of Flirt (Lord Vivian) 4 14 6 



Rake, I yr., ditto, ditto (Mr. Elkington) 5 5 



Rock, 1 yr., ditto, duto (Lord Vivian) 8 8 



Moll, 1 yr., ditto, ditto (Mr. Elkmgton) 4 4 



Neil, 1 yr.. ditto, ditto (Mr. Bilkingtou) 8 8 



SETTERS, THE PROPERTY OF CAPT. HODDER, LENTON NOTTS. 



Tone. bk. w. Laveiackd., 3£>rs. (Mr. White) 8 18 6 



Wallace, bk. t. Gordon dog, 18 months (Mr. Whitehead) 4 4 



Rapid, lem. w. d., II months (Mr. Hinej 4 4 



Ranger, letn. w. d., 11 months (Mr. Bane) 5 5 



Ben, km. w. d., 4 yrs 16 5 5 



POINTERS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN. 



Shot, lem. w., 3 yrs., by Corporal— Fan (Mr. Newman) 8 8 



Dot, about 2 yrs., by G neral-Fan (Mr. Jameson) 1 11 6 



Major, 11 months, by General out of Helen (M r . Hme). 2 2 



Essex, ditto, ditto (Mr. Hine) 110 



Mr. Snellenburg's Challenge. — Mr. J. J. Snellenburg 



of New Brighton, Pa., wishes us to state that his proposed 



field trial match with Mr. Von Culin is for $500 a side. 



We have heard nothing yet from Mr. Von Culin in reply 



to Mr. Snellen burg's challenge printed in our paper last 



week, though the dog "Sam" is all ready. 

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— In Ireland they have Cork Dogs, and recently they had 

 a Cork Dog Show. This breed must take to water natur- 

 ally, and no doubt belong to the class which the poet refers 

 to, whose "bark is on the sea." 



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Scamp, a large half shepherd and half mastiff, raised in 

 the northern part of this State, lately while out with his 

 owner in the woods, got into a covey of partridges or ruffed 

 grouse, and strange to say caught one. He immediately 

 brought it to his master without so much as ruffling a 

 feather. When a chicken is to be killed, some of the fam- 

 ily take Scamp out and show him one particular hen. He 

 will immediately give chase, and in a few moments pounce 

 upon the bird with his fore paws, and bring it to the kitch- 

 en alive, never leaving the marks of his teeth in the flesh. 

 "We would call this dog a fine retriever. 



Prop. Thury's Theory:— A Hornellsville correspond- 

 ent (Steuben) says: 



"We have some very fine dogs here, and are constantlv 

 adding to the number by breeding and purchase. That 

 rule of Prof. Thury's (Page 268, Vol. 6, Forest and 

 Stream) don't work with dogs, if it does with heifers. 

 My pointer bitch did not visit the dog until the last two 

 days of the heat, and the produce was 10 gyps and no 

 dogs. I saw the statement some years ago and tried it 

 and the result was 8 gyps and 1 dog." 



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Kabtes Canina.— We clip the following query and an- 

 swer from the Scientific Farmer for August: 



When a dog is bitten by a dog suffering from rabies, 

 what, chance of hydrophobia, and how long before the 

 bitten dog will develop symptoms— the longest and short- 

 est intervals ? 



Speaking with much latitude, the stage of incubation, 

 that is, the time elapsing between the receipt of the bite 

 or inoculation of the virus, and the presenting of the first 

 8)mptoms of this distressing malady, may be' said to vary 

 fiom thirty days to eighteen or twenty months; the dura- 

 tion depending perhaps upon the virulence and quantity of 

 the poison, as well as upon the constitution and age of the 

 inocculated. The period appears to be shorter in the very 

 young than in the more advanced in years. Exceptional 



cases are recorded where the symptoms have setinas 

 early as the eighth day, whilst others are known in which 

 the appearance has been delayed for four to five and seven 

 years. One instance is on record where it is said that 

 twelve years intervened between the bite and the hydro- 

 phobic symptoms. In 1862, M. Renault published the re- 

 sults of some experiments which had been conducted with 

 the object of learning the time of incubation in the dog. 

 From these it appears that of 181 dogs bitten by mad dogs, 

 and inoculated with hydrophobic saliva, 63 remained well 

 at the end of four months. The disease was developed in 

 the 68 others thus: 



In 25 dogs the disease set in between the 5tb and 30th 

 davs. 



In 31 dogs the disease set in between the 30th and 60th 

 days. 



In 7 dogs the disease set in between the 60th and 90th 

 days. 



In 5 dogs the disease set in between the 90th and 120th 



days. 



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HYDROPHOBIA. 



Office of the Brooklyn Society 

 For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 

 199 Joralemon street. 

 To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle : 



The recent hot weather seems to have developed an un- 

 usual degree of apprehension concerning hydrophobia, and 

 the barbarous destruction of inoffensive animals through- 

 out the city calls for a protest on the part of the Society. 

 That the disease is a very rare one there is not the least 

 doubt; that it is frequently the result of imagination every 

 physician knows, and that hot weather has but little to 

 no with it is an unquestionable fact. The French Govern- 

 ment has instituted an exhaustive examination on this sub- 

 ject which shows that among a population of over 32,000,- 

 000— the most careful attention being paid to every 

 symptom having the remotest analogy to hydrophobia — 

 105 cases had their origin in the bite of a dog, twenty in 

 the bite of a wolf, eight the bite of a cat, and five were 

 attributed to the bite of unknown animals. In 100 cases 

 they learned when the bite was received, namely: 25 in 

 March, April and May, 25 during June, July and August, 

 23 during September, October and November, aud 27 

 during December, January and February. Statistics taken 

 in our own couutry have given similar results, except that 

 the number of cases occurring with us are shown to be 

 greater in winter than in summer. But it should be re- 

 membered in considering the.se statistics that not more than 

 one case in thirty terminated fatally. The Brighton Herald, 

 an English journal, says: "During the last half century 

 scores of persons have been bitten by animals reported 

 rabid, but it is remarkable that not a single instance can be 

 adduced in which any human creature has been subject to 

 the consequences which such bites and inoculations are 

 said to produce " 



Hydrophobia is not unfrequently a disease purely of the 

 imagination. Some time since a man in Chicago was 

 bitten by a dog that was known to be perfectly well. The 

 victim, however, brooded over the idea that sooner or 

 later he would die from the effects of the wound, although 

 there were no manifestations of a serious character. But 

 hia apprehensions made him anxious and restless and 

 almost frenzied, and in a few clays he brought upon him- 

 self fits of an alarming type. From all the ciicumstauces 

 it was evident the man was in a dangerous condition and 

 needed medical attention. Physicians were called, but he 

 soon expired in great agony. From beginning to end this 

 man's case, so far as the dog was concerned, was one 

 entirely of imagination. If anybody questions the effect 

 of imagination let him turn to the history of witchcraft in 

 New Eugland, where superstition was fostered to the ex- 

 tent of taking life. People sickened and died under imag- 

 inary spells, aud pious clergymen and wise magistrates 

 countenanced the hanging of innocent victims. "Let dogs 

 delight to bark and bite," was an unfair saying of Dr. 

 Watts. Dogs may delight to bark, as people do not un- 

 frequently delight to talk, but they do not delight to bite. 

 And no dog will bite unless he is provoked or disturbed in 

 bis guard over his master's property. A mad dog always 

 seeks to avoid society, and, if permitted to reach the public 

 highway, he will never go out of his course to bite, but will 

 finally, if let alone, drop dead without doing the least in- 

 jury to any one. 



As before intimated, a genuine case of hydrophobia, even 

 in the dog, is of very rare occurrence, but when the disease 

 does manifest itself, its symptoms are marked and easily 

 defined, and to one who has given the subject the slightest 

 attention there should be no mistake concerning a proper 

 diagnosis. The trouble is that to persons of superficial ob- 

 servation, an epileptic fit — very common among dogs — may 

 be mistaken for hydrophobia. The dog, when suffering 

 from an attack of epilepsy — which is a sure guarantee that 

 ue is not mad — runs about about wildly, staggers, falls 

 down, regains his feet, toddles around mechanically, froths 

 at the mouth (which is another positive indication that he 

 is not mad, for a mad dog never froths at the mouth), and, 

 as if entirely deprived of sight, runs against anything in 

 his way. With the mad dog the case is entirely different. 

 He dreuls at the mouth, is possessed of preternatural 

 strength, and never staggers or falls except to die. He 

 never bites mankind if he can possibly avoid it, and seeks 

 to keep himself aloof from human beings. He takes long 

 journeys of thirty or forty miles to vent his restless desire 

 for motion. When journeying he does not walk or run, 

 but proceeds in a slouching manner, a kind of trot, and 

 his aspect is dejectea. His eyes do not glare or stare, but 

 they are dull and retracted. His appearance is very char- 

 acteristic, and if once seen can never afterwards be mis- 

 taken. In this state he will travel the most dusty roads, 

 his tongue hanging dry from his mouth, from which, how- 

 ever, there drops no foam. If no one notices him he 

 gladly passes them by. He is very ill, he cannot stay to 

 bite. From these symptoms, which never vary, hydro- 

 phobia in the dog may readily be detected. The poor 

 sufferer invariably flees from "home and master when 

 attacked by the disease, and, if not noticed in his wander- 

 ings, is perfectly harmless. 



Geo. Will. Johnston, Superintendent. 



The Judges have liberty to call to their assistance such 

 experts as they may select— a very desirable provision. 



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Swimming Forty Miles.— Captain Bunce, of the Leo- 

 nida, is the owner of a large Spitz dog, named Jack, 

 that was picked up in the middle of the Sound several 

 years ago, as he was swimming about several miles from 

 land. On Tuesday the captain left the faithful creature 

 on the East Neck wharf by some mishap, and Jack, seeing 

 the vessel some distance out in the bay, decided to follow. 

 As the vessel was under good headway, little notice was 

 taken of his jumping off the wharf, as it was supposed 

 that he would soon return. The vessel reached New York 

 that night. Nothing was seen of the dog about here 

 during the following day, but what was the astonishment 

 of the captain and crew, on going up to the deck while the 

 vessel lay in her dock in New York on the morning of the 

 second day, to find the faithful creature at his post watch- 

 ing over the vessel in his usual manner. He was thoroughly 

 exhausted by his long swim of over forty miles, however, 

 and could do nothing but lie about and recruit his strength 

 for two or three days. — Huntington Long Islander. 



Live Stock at the Centennial. — The U. S. Centen- 

 nial Commission have issued the following circular, ad- 

 dressed to exhibitors of Live Stock:— 



Bureau of Transportation. 

 To Exhibitors of Live Stock : — 



1. The Live Stock display at the International Exhibition 

 will be held within the months of September, October, and 

 November, 1876; the periods devoted to each family being 

 as follows: — 



Horses, Mules, and Asses, from September first to four- 

 teenth. 



Dogs, from September fourth to eighth. 



Horned Cattle, from September twenty-first to October 

 fourth. 



Sheep, Swine, and Goats, from October tenth to eigh- 

 teenth. 



Poultry will be exhibited from October twenty-seventh 

 to November sixth. 



Shipping Directions — Prepayment of Freight and Cluirges . — 

 Live Stock must be free from all charges incident to its 

 transportation, when received at the exhibition enclosure, 

 and each animal or crate must be marked with an official 

 tag issued by the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture. 



3. Arrangement with Transportation Companies. — The ex- 

 ceptional arrangements made by the United States Centen- 

 nial Commission with transportation companies do not in 

 any way affect the rules of such companies in regard to the 

 classification of goods, or the conditions of receiving or 

 transporting the same, except in requiring the prepayment 

 of freight. The rates for transporting goods for the Exhi- 

 bition will be obtained from the agents of the transporta- 

 tion companies at the place of shipment, and not at Phila- 

 delphia. 



4. Through bills of lading and advice of shipment made. — 

 Through bills of lading should be obtained so that Live 

 Stock will be sent direct to the Exhibition from the place 

 of shipment. They must show the precise route by which 

 the animals or crates are to be transported, specifying in 

 detail every road over which they are shipped, from point 

 of starting to Philadelphia, so that they may be returned 

 by the same route as received. If forwarded by water, the 

 line transporting them must be named. A duplicate copy 

 of the bill of lading must be mailed by the shipper to the 

 Chief of the Bureau of Transportation, United States Cen- 

 tennial Commission, Philadelphia; and letters of advice 

 should also be forwarded, giving information of the ship- 

 ments made. ~ . 



5. Terminal Services. — The transportation, receiving and 

 reshipping of live stock exhibited, also the storage and re- 

 pair of empty crates will be at the expense of the exhibitor. 



6. Empty Grates and Rates of Storage. — The charge for 

 removing, storing, and returning empty crates and packing 

 material for exhibitors who request it, will be as follows: — 



For empty crates of dimensions 27 cubic feet or less, 50 

 cents. 



For empty crates of dimensions between 27 and 75 cubic 

 feet, 75 cents. 



For empty crates of dimensions over 75 feet, per cubic 

 foot, 1 cent. 



For box-boards, strappings, &c, (only received when 

 securely fastened in packages) — 



For packages weighing 50 pounds or less, 50 cents. 



For packages weighing between 50 and 75 pounds, 75 

 cents. 



For packages weighing over 75 pounds, per pound 1 cent. 



7. Neglected Stock. — If no auihorized person is at hand to 

 take charge of stock in the Exhibition, it will be stalled at 

 the cost and risk of whomsoever it may concern. At the 

 close of each serial exhibition, all animals must be removed 

 without delay, or they will be placed at board, at the ex- 

 pense of whomsoever it may concern. 



The Centennial Commission reserves the right to explain 

 or amend these regulations, whenever it may be deemed 

 necessary for the interests of the Exhibition. 



A. T. Goshorn, Director- General. 



D. Torrey, Chief of Bureau of Transportation . 

 Philadelphia, Auqust lith, 1876. 



Kennel Produce. —Mr, Jacob Glahn's black-and-tan setter bitch 

 Maggie wbelped eleven puppies, sis dogs and ft- e gyps, on the 1st inst. 

 Tbey are by Mr. Jarvis's Dick. Maggie's pedigrte is as follows: Mag- 

 gie by Colburn's Dash, out of imported Kathleen; she by Lord Moiy's 

 Grouse out of Flora, owned »,y William Kirk, M. P., Keadly, Ireland. 



Mr. J. P. Edear, New Brighton, Pa., claims the name of "Bismark 



Jr.," for his orange-and- while setter pup bv Mr. J. S Snellenburn'a 



orange and white dog Sam, from Mr. Woodruff's setter bitch Dinah 



Mr. P. S Merrick claims the name of "Buster" for pup of same litter 



Mr. J. S. Snellenburg claims the name of "Lizette" for a bitch of 



same litter. 



The corrected list of judges on dogs at the International 

 Bench Show is as follows:— 



John E. Long, Detroit, Michigan; Col. F. G. Skinner, 

 New York; John Swann, Baltimore, Md., Dr. L. H. Twad. 

 dell, West Philadelphia; Geo. Prolet, Montreal, Canada, 



An incident.— "Teal," of Salem, Mass., mentions this 

 incident:— "Last Monday morning the Salem cadets 

 went to camp at Magnolia. On Tuesday morning 

 it was quite foggy, and while one of the 

 waiters was standing at the entrance of a large 

 tent he heard a black breast whistle. Being a gunner he 

 answered, when the first thing he knew, out of the fog 

 close at hand came a small bunch of plover and darted 

 through the tent over his head, and out at the rear opening. 

 This incident, I am inclined to believe, as the waiter 

 had no motive to deceive, and is a good shot and well ac- 

 quainted with shore birds. I never heard the like before, 

 but knowing there is always a first time far everything X 

 give you these notes, " 



