FOREST AND STREAM. 



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ht MenntL 



THE CENTENNIAL BENCH SHOW. 



[From our Special Correspondent] 



UP to Saturday evening when I reached here but few 

 dogs had arrived, but on Monday morning they be- 

 gan to come in in numbers. Among the first to arrive 

 were Mr. J. H. Whitman's, of Chicago, Irish water span- 

 iels Sinbad and Bridget; also his red Irish setter Ranger. 

 Mr. F. A. How from Chicago, has here his fine retrieving 

 spaniel Snyder. Mr. John E. Develin, of New York, his 

 splendid imported red Irish setter bitch with six pups by 

 Plunket, all deep red, and now, although these pups are 

 only three months old, some of them weigh fully 25 pounds. 

 Mr, Strong, of West Meriden, is on hand with his splendid 

 black pointer Pete, which dog has already taken three first 

 prizes. Mr. L. H. Smith, of Strathroy, Canada, is here, 

 too, with his splendid kennel of field trial setters, and our 

 venerable neighbor, Col. F. G. Skinner, Field Editor of 

 the Turf, Field anU Farm, who has wisely been selected as 

 one of the judges of hounds, is here, and the managers of 

 this great show avail themselves of his large experience 

 in the arrangement of his pets. While inspecting the ex- 

 tensive arrangements of the Bureau of Agriculture for the 

 comfort and safe keeping of the animals, it gratified us to 

 see the elastic step of the Colonel, and the sparkle of his 

 eye when he found that his favorites, the hounds, had been 

 so suitably provided for. The Bismarck strain of setters 

 will be largely represented at this exhibition. Already a 

 delegation of eight fine youngsters, all of one litter from 

 the kennel of Mr. Shipman, of State Center, Iowa, have 

 arrived. These are the last of the old dog's get before he 

 was destroyed on his paseage home. They are about eight 

 months old, and in color and form very like the old dog 

 "Biz." 



—We are pleased to learn that Mr. Charles Lincoln has 

 been appointed Superintendent of the St. Louis Bench 

 Show. With the experience he has had at the Chicago 

 Bench Shows and is now having with the International 

 Bench Show at Philadelphia, St. Louis has done well to 

 secure his services. 



— A quantity of interesting Kennel matter, including a 

 report of the "National" Kennel Club at Chicago is una- 

 voidably left over until our next issue. 



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— In Dublin, Ireland, last month, a jury awarded to a 



plaintiff, whose valuable dog was shot, a verdict of £15 



damages. It was charged that the dog had killed poultry 



belonging to the defendant, but the charge was not proven, 



and the well known habitual good behavior of the dog was 



taken in evidence. 



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A Decojiated Dog. — There is a native dog in New- 

 foundland novv 16 years old. He is gray, and his fangs 

 have fallen out; but he is provided with a cozy kennel and 

 food that does not need much mastication. Around his 

 neck is a glazed collar bearing three medals, one of silver 

 and two of gold. One of the latter is from the Royal Hu- 

 mane Society of England, the other is the gilt of an Ameri- 

 can captain, and the silver medal is from a former Mother 

 Superior of St. iJichael's Convent in St. Johns. All ihree 

 testimonials are in recognition of the animal's sagacity in 

 saving lives. 



For Canker. — A correspondent at Edtna, Mo., writes as 

 follows:— 



"In your paper of the 24th I notice the inquiry, 'What 

 is good for canker of the ear in the dog?' Will your cor- 

 respondent please try this and report the result: Pound up 

 two ounces of alum and put it into a pint of good whisky; 

 shake, and let stand overnight, when it will be ready for 

 use. Bathe the parts affected thoroughly twice a day, and 

 in two or three days you will at least see a change for the 

 better. 1 have used sulphate of zinc twelve grains to the 

 ounce of rose water with good results; also diluted carbol- 

 ic acid, butthe whisky and alum 1 think is the best thiug 

 that 1 have ever tried for this disease, as the sores need no 

 previous washing; the preparation, it appears, cleans and 

 heals at the same time.— James Hennessey." 



Curing a Bad Habit. — A correspondent — "H. " — writes : 

 "In reply to 'Lenox, Conn.,' in the last number of For- 

 est and Stream:, I would say that I once owned a cocker 

 spaniel that had a perfect passion for killing chickens, and 

 by the advice ot a friend broke him of the habit by beat- 

 ing him with the dead chicken and then tying it by the 

 legs to his neck, and compelling him to carry it around a 

 couple of days." 



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BISMARCK AND HIS GET. 



Delaware City, August 24th, 1876. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



la your issue of the above date Mr. Joseph J. Snellenburg, of New 

 Brighton, f&., seuds me a challenge upon my assertion that the cele- 

 biated Bismarck, had not one worthy representative, which assertion I 

 repeat, and add that to be a worthy successor (in my opinion) the son 

 must be the equal, if not the superior, of the sire. I think Mr. S. will 

 not claim so much for Sam, but should he (or anyone) do so, a private 

 trial between his d©g and mine could not prove or disprove the assertion. 

 If Mr. S. and you, Mr. Editor, wish to refute my argument bring on 

 your dozen Bismarck pups to the Memphis Meld trial in November 

 next, the blue blood will t)e there thick, and probably some of my train- 

 ing. The question at issue is Blue-Blood vs. Mongrels, or Breeding by 

 Rule vs. Breeding by Guess. Let us supposefor argument *ake that Mr. 

 S.'s Sam is the tqual of '-Bis" in the ftetd, one swallsw does not make a 

 summer, how about the other 199 of his get? Can "Bii" show entire 

 litters of dogs wi.ich are his equal? Such is the record of blue bloods, 

 such as Mr. Burges's Rob Roy, Mr. Llewellin's Dan and Prince, 

 and Mr. Laverack's Dash; and ihey are superiors of their progenitors. 

 I mentioned Bismarck ag an. illustration because of his notoriety, and 

 e tjiat J. happened te jm&W Qt t&e performance of some of big get. 



The best dogs of his blood which I have seen are those the furtherest 

 removed from him, who have had a cnance of good blood on the dam's 

 side. I own no blue-blood of proper age to run with Mr. S.'s dog, 

 and did I it would be looked upon by the fraternity as ignorance or 

 presumption in me to assume the responsibility of a test of merit 

 of their strain of dogs as well as mine. We have a public dog 

 court at Memphis for settling these vexed questions, and if Mr. 

 S.'s Sam is a worthy representative of "Bis," and "Bis" was the su- 

 perior of the blue- bloods, what a nice [little harvest of cups and prize- 

 money Mr. S. can reap. M. Von Ctthn. 



[Mr. Von Culin is begging the question entirely, and his 

 assertion that a young dog must be the equal or superior 

 of his sire to be a "worthy representative" is simply absurd. 

 Bismarck was almost a phenomenal dog, and to expect all 

 of his get to equal him would be asking for an impossi- 

 bility. Are all the get of Lexington "mongrels" because 

 they "have not beaten his four-mile time? or if Goldsmith 

 Maid dropped a foal would it be an "unworthy represent- 

 ative" if it did not trot in 2.14£?— Ed ] 



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Kennel Produce. — Mr. Mil'.er Ketchum of Westport, Ct., informs us 

 that his red setter bitch Beamy on the 28th inst dropped nine flue 

 healthy pups, four dogs and five gyps, the result of her visit to Robin- 

 son's Jack. 



The Team Practice. — Tuesday and "Wednesday, of last 

 week, wituessed some of the most remarkable shooting 

 which has ever been made even at Creedmoor, all previous 

 records being wiped out and the "possible" as nearly 

 reached as it may ever be. Mr. Isaac L. Allen's score of 

 212 points out of a possible 225 is remarkable shooting, 

 particularly considering the fact that 72 points was made 

 out of 75 at the 1,000 yards range. . Major Fulton's string of 

 15 bullseyes at 900 yards is equally remarkable. The 

 scores were as follows: — 



Tuesday's 

 Name. 800 Yds. 900 Yds. 1000 Yds. Total. Total. 



I.L.Allen 70 70 72 212 204 



Maj. H S.Jewell 71 G3 69 2o3 157 



L C. Bruce ?0 70 61 201 188 



Maj. Henry Fulton 69 75 57 201 195 



N.Washburn 70 64 65 199 192 



F. Hyde 73 66 60 199 1?7 



C. E. Blydenburgh 74 63 61 198 192 



Col J. A. Shaffer 71 65 59 195 189 



Lieut. A. Anderson 72 71 52 195 196 



R. Rath bone 72 65 57 194 lt9 



L.Weber 71 66 53 193 199 



Gen. T. SDakiu 68 70 51 189 206 



C. Hi. Overbaugh 67 62 56 185 193 



Lieut, Col. W.B. Farwell. 61 59 58 178 191 



G. W. Yale ...70 62 44 176 176 



After the shooting on Wednesday the members of the 

 team met at headquarters and proceeded to make the final 

 selection of a team in the manner agreed upon, being 

 governed in the choice not so much by the actual scores 

 made during practice as by the known personal qualities of 

 the men, their nerve in match shooting and general relia- 

 bility when the pinch comes. Messrs. Dakin, Farwell, 

 Weber, and Fulton were first drawn by the team at large- 

 and these four selected a fifth and so on by successive se 

 lection until the other four, viz: Messrs. Yale, Biuce, 

 Kathboue, and Allen, had been chosen. These eight gen 

 tlemen therefore will constitute the team to shoot ou behalf 

 of the United States in the International Match, with 

 Messrs. Hyde, Jewell, Shaffer, Washburn, Blydwiburgh, 

 Anderson, and Overbaugh, as reserves. In the open long 

 range matches during the meeting some of these gentlemen 

 will be heard from. The averages made by the eight select- 

 ed men in the six competitions are as follows:— 



Name. Total. 



Dakin 1,157 



Harwell 1,156 



197. 50 1 Bruce 1,144 



193 lfiUale 1,072 



Average 

 198.33 

 19T.60 



Average. 

 192.83 

 192.60 



190. » 6 



178.83 



192.7 



Name. Total. 



Fulton 1,190 



Allen ..1,186 



Ruhbone 1,165 



Weber 1,159 



General average 



These totals are in excess of any ever made in England, 

 and as the general shooting has never been equaled elsewhere 

 we have every reason to be sanguine of success. 



Creedmoor. — Two matches were in progress at Creed- 

 moor on Saturday. That for the Hepburn Trophy shot at 

 under the same conditions as the long-range internation 

 match gave an opportunity to those of the newly formed 

 American team who were not disqualified from having 

 been in last year's team, to participate. The weather was 

 most unfavorable for good shooting, giving the Australian 

 and Scotch riflemen who were practicing at the same time 

 an opportunity of seeing how tne wind can blow at Creed 

 moor. Nevertheless the shooting was very fair, Mr. Weber 

 of "the team," taking the trophy for the month, with a 

 score of 195 points. The full scores are as follows: — 

 Name. 800 Yds. 900 Yds. 1000 Yas. Total 



L. Weoer 70 



W. B. Farwell 62 



C. E. Blycienburgh 61 



Wiiiiam Hayes 68 



Frank Hyde 63 



H. S Jewell 61 



R. RatUbose. 62 



Isaac L. Allen 65 



G. L. Morse 59 



H. Fisher 64 



B.Ray 60 



John Trageser 69 



James Buckley 30 



61 



64 



65 



61 



68 



54 



54 



55 



60 



52 



58 



55 



67 



45 



60 



41 



60 



41 



51 



33 



64 



36 



35 



45 



48 



47 



195 

 188 

 183 

 177 

 175 

 174 

 174 

 166 

 160 

 153 

 150 

 149 

 125 



The secoud match was for the Spirit of the Times badge, 

 shot at 200 yards, 10 shots. The scores were as follows:— 



Name. Total. I Name. Total. 



John Le Boutillier 33|J. L. Pric* 25 



Col. P. D. Scott 31iAdjt. W. H. Murphy 24 



Maj. Henry Fulton 3l|Capt. W. C. Reddy 24 



D . C . Pinney 3l[ W. Robertson 21 



Connecticut. — The Norwich Rifle Club held their 



regular practice match on Wednesday the 30th ulto. ; 15 



shots each and fired at 500 yards under Creedmoor rules 



and targets, and the following scores made: — 



Name. Score. 



Cassidy 5 545354555554 5 5 



Colburn 4 25555555554455 



Duggan 5 55554555555455 



Clapp 4 54554545555545 



Parish. 445555555454555 



Average 70 3 5. 



The Visiting Teams. — The Scotch rifle team arrived in 

 the steamer Bothnia on Wednesday of last week. They 

 were received by a delegation from the Scottish Americau 

 Rifle Club, who conducted them to their headquarters and 

 afterwards to Creedmoor. The party in all comprises 16 

 gentlemen as follows: Captain, Lieut. Col. J. H. A. Mac- 

 Donald, Martin Boyd, W. Clark, Robert Luke, Dr. J. 

 Mjteljell, Robert McVittle, J4eyt, Arpby Menzies, Sergt. 



Total. 

 70 

 69 

 73 

 70 

 71 



P. Rae, Capt. Wm. Thornburn, Thos. Whitelaw and Sergt. 

 Wm. Paton. They are a remarkably fine looking body of 

 men and attract attention at Creedmoor in their, to us, 

 quaint shooting costume. This consists of a tunic belted at 

 the waist with knee breeches or "Knickerbockers" of 

 gray flannel and stout brown stockings, with a pith helmet 

 or "solar topee," as they are called in the East, wrapped 

 with a "puggarer," or scarf. On Friday the Scotch team 

 practiced forthe first time, and again on Saturday, making 

 the following scores:— 



Saturday's 

 Name. 800 Yds. 900 Yds. 1,000 Yds. Total. Total. 



M. Boyd 67 71 63 201 177 



T. Whitelaw 67 64 65 199 177 



Dr. Mitchell t6 65 61 192 182 



Capt. W. Thornburn.66 67 53 186 182 



R. Luke 65 58 62 185 162 



Lieut. A. M.enzieB...63 65 57 185 177 



W. Clarke 64 65 56 185 191 



R. McVlttie 59 63 59 181 174 



R. Paton 55 57 60 172 163 



P. Rae 64 56 52 172 183 



D. Fraser 70 56 40 166 164 



On the same days the Australian riflemen made scores as 

 folllows: — 



Saturdays 



Name. 800 Yds. 900 Yds. 1,000 Yds. Total. Total. 



Maj. J. T. Sleep.... 71 61 61 193 175 



J. J. Slade 69 63 59 191 160 



Capt. J. S. Lynch... 63 64 63 190 171 



Capt. J. M. Smith... 70 60 60 190 181 



Lieut. T.T. Draper.. 66 61 62 189 178 



Capt. Greenfield 65 61 61 187 164 



Lieut. Maddocks... .65 61 60 186 174 



D. Gee *8 63 55 186 196 



Capt H. J. King.... 66 58 58 182 176 



Capt. B. J. Wardill.59 57 61 177 176 



The falling off in Saturday's scores was owing to the 

 trying weather which prevailed, the wind blowing strongly 

 across the range, rendering an allowance of 15 fpoiuts 

 sometimes necessary. 



The Irish team arrived on Sunday in the Steamer City 

 of Berlin, and proceeded immediately to Philadelphia, hav- 

 ing with them a number of dogs intended for the Bench 

 Show. The party comprises Major A. B. Leech, Captain; 

 Lieut. G. Fenton, Adjutant; Mr. Edmond Johnson, Hon- 

 orary Secretary ; Mr. K. S. Greenhill, Mr. Henry Dyas, Mr. 

 W. G. Goff, Mr. Joshua K. Milner, Mr. James G. Pollock, 

 Mr. Alexauder Ward, Mr. W. Russell Joynt, Mr. W.Rigby, 

 Mr. Henry Thynne. Mrs. Goff, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Greenhiil 

 and Mrs. Thynne, accompany their husbands, and Mr. W. 

 G.Bradly, Solicitor, Dublin; Mr. H. S.Evans, London, and 

 Mr. Fred Gailaher, special correspondent of the Freeman's 

 Journal, Dublin, are also with the marksmen. Of them 

 Messrs. Leech, Johnson, Milner, and Pollock, are old 

 friends, having visited us as members of the Irish team two 

 years ago. 



On Monday the members of the Scotch, Irish, Australian, 

 and American Rifle Teams were entertained at the Fifth 

 Avenue Hotel by Gen. Joseph R. Hawk-y, President of the 

 U. S. Centennial Commission ; and in the evening the 

 Scotch Team was given a reception by the Scottish Ameri- 

 can Rifle Club at the Caledonian Club Rooms. 



— Mr. Douglass Taylor has been added to the joint com- 

 mittee, and will replace General McMahon as general man- 

 ager of the international matches The programme at 



Creedmoor this week, comprises the match for the Poppen- 

 hausen badge, to be shot today, instead of on Saturday's 

 as heretofore. On Saturday the contests for the Seventh 

 Regiment "Sheila" and "Diamond" badges, and practice 

 by the American and foreign long-range teams every week 



day Col. Bodiue has been shooting at Creedmoor 



during the past week, showing all his old skill. On 

 Wednesday he scored 200 points out of a possible 225 



at the long-range Ou Wednesday Mr. Lama scored 



at Creedmoor 2o7 points out of a possible 225, at 800, 900, 

 and 1,000 yards, with a Ballard sporting ritie Creed- 

 moor presents the appearance of a camp of troops at pres 

 ent, long ranges of tents occupying ihe left of the rauge, 

 and atfoididg shelter to the regimental teams who are prac- 

 ticing ior the coming meeting. Before the opening tents 

 will be provided for the visiting teams by the N. R.'s, and 

 applications have already been received from the Jamaica 

 (L. I.) Rod and Rifle Association lor three tents; from the 

 Jackson (Mich.) Rifle Club lor one tent; the Leatherslock- 

 ing Rifle Club, Goshen, N. Y., one tent; the Youkers Rifle 

 Association, two tents; the Middletown (Conn.) Rifle As- 

 sociation, one tent, and the Saratoga Rifle Club, one tent 



Col. Crofton has offered the Joint Committee the use 



of the Governor's Island band when required, and the Joint 

 Committee have resolved to invite Col. Crofton and the 

 other officers of the Island to a banquet. This is a great 

 age; we eat only at "banquets," and ride in "palace" cars 



The Long Island Railroad Company have put down 



additional switches and side tracks at Creeomoor, and are 

 erecting a new depot in anticipation of the rush ot visitors 

 to the matches. Tickets may be purchased in New York 

 at $1, good tor the ferriage, car fare, admission to the 

 ground and return to the city. 



Glen Drake Range —All- comers match, 200 yards, off 

 hand; subscription; shot September 2d. Best scores are 

 as follows: — 



Name. Total. Name. Total. 



D. F. Davids, 1st prize 22 H. Blakemore, 3d, prize 21 



H. Blakemore, 2d prize 21 D. Felt.. '. 21 



H. Blakemore, 3d prize 21 L W. Todd 20 



D. Fea 2t F.D. Harvey 20 



J. W. Todd 11) T. Sword 20 



Geo. Ferguson 19, Col. J. T. Underhiil 19 



Geo.Jones 18|H. Moreton 19 



Lieut. Jas. Jarvis 18 Geo JoneB 19 



D F. Davids, 1st prize 23iJ. J. Reade .18 



Ceo. Ferguson, 2d prize 21| 



The next regular match is on Saturday, Sept. 16th, two 

 matches at 500 yards; shooting begins at 3 o'clock p. m. 

 A stage runs from Pelhamville, on the N. Y. & N. H. 

 Railroad, to the range on arrival of the 2:20 and 3.55 train 

 out of New York. J. W. Coburn, S'ec'y. A. R. A. 



New York. — The weekly competition for the challenge 

 badge of the Jamaica Rod and Rifle Association took 

 place on their range on Saturday last, 2d inst. Distance 

 200 yards off-hand, ten shots to each competitor, Creed- 

 moor rules. Theie were nine entries for the match, and 

 the following scores were made, Mr. Crane winning with 

 44 out of a possible 50 points; wind strong from north- 

 west: — 



Name. Total. 



Ohas. J. Stewart 41 



Geo. H. Creed 36 



Name. Total. 



John M. Crane 44 



(i. W. Damon 4~' 



G. A. Hicks 42 



Tneo. Rogers 4^ 



Jo^Fleping,,,..,,.,.. ., ,,.,,, 41 



Geo. H. Lott 33 



A. J. WWwson. 



