FOREST AND STREAM. 



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The Kennel Register. — "Where a man, particularly if 

 lie occupy the position of Editor of a paper, is unprinci- 

 pled enough to make deliberate misstatements, it is some- 

 what difficult at times to refute, and always impossible to 

 argue with him. In the last issue of the Chicago Field 

 there is an exceedingly silly and childish editorial regard- 

 ing this paper, which contains one or two assertions so 

 erroneous as to require some remark. The first is with 

 regard to the representation of tnis paper at 

 the primary meeting of the Kennel Club. The Meld 

 states that the Editor of this paper failed to attend or ac- 

 knowledge the compliment of an invitation. The fact is 

 that this paper was represented by its Kennel Editor at the 

 meeting. To go into the matter a little further we would 

 say that our Kennel Editor, Mr. Horace Smith, was pro- 

 posed on one of the committees, but wq,s opposed by Dr. 

 Bowe, then acting for Bod and Gun, now Ediior of the 

 Chicago Field, and President of the Kennel Club, and was 

 left off of the committee through his efforts. The motive 

 in the case is so apparent as to require no remark. With 

 regard to the statement that "this paper had nothing to do 

 with inagurating field trials, but that through its then 

 Kennel Editor they were established and the interest 

 awakened in the dog which is manifest to-day" is too puer- 

 ile to be noticed. If a paper is not to have credit for what 

 its paid editors write in its columns, how is it to get it? As 

 for the unnecessary slur upon our present Kennel Editor, 

 a veteran of fifty years with dog and gun, the recognized 

 authority on such topics in this country, and who has for- 

 gotten more than the Editor of the Field will ever know, it 

 is only in keeping with the whole article, and characteristic 

 of the jealous writer, who, with but the merest superficial 

 knowledge himself, seeks to be the great dictator on all 

 kennel subjects. He pays a very poor compliment to the 

 intelligence of his readers in writing for them such arti- 

 cles. As our contemporary states that the Kennel Club is 

 to have the valuable services of Mr. Burges in compiling 

 their register, we can only hope for their sakes that his 

 next effort will be more free from errors than his last. 



We desire to call the attention of those readers of our 

 paper who may also read the Chicago Field, and also those 

 who are members of the Kennel Club, to the fact that the 

 article which we are noticing was written by the President 

 of the Kennel Club. We will also quote a paragraph from 

 our editorial whicn appears to have culled forth so* much 

 bluster: — 



"We recognize the importance of there being but one 

 Register and also that that one would be much better in 

 the hands of some corporate body in which the country at 

 large had confidence, than in the office of a newspaper, and 

 shall be ready at any time to surrender our work to such. 

 We do not know when Mr. Burges, if ever, proposes to 

 publish a second volume of his work, and if he does not, 

 we claim that the proper place for the Register, if it is to 

 be kept in a newspaper office, is in our own," (where it 

 originated). 



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—Mr. S. K. Jefferson writes us from West Troy, that 

 his "liver and white bitch Flora, (registered in the Forest 

 and Stream Kennel Stud Book, No. 46, page 16, Book A.) 

 on the 19th inst visited J. H. Fitchett's Mack. Mack is 

 from Raymond's Pride of the Border, and Kirby a black 

 tan and white bitch imported by Mohawk. ' ' 



— Mr. J. L. Woodbridge's (of North Manchester, Conn.) 

 fine black pointer bitch Nell, from imported stock, visited 

 Mr. Strong's champion dog Pete, just after his return from 

 the Centennial show. She is getting quite "big" and bids 

 fair to have a fine litter. 



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Memphis Field Trials.— We learn from Mr. D. Bry- 

 son, Secretary of the Tennessee State Sportsmen's Associ- 

 ation, that at the request of many persons interested who 

 have not been able to give their dogs work enougli on quail 

 to tell how they will periorm, the committee have decided 

 to keep the entries open until Nov. 11th for pups, and 

 Nox. 13th for the others. 



SAGACITY OF A SHIP'S DOG. 



THE following anecdote relative to dogs may not be 

 uninteresting to the readers of your valuable paper, 

 and tend to prove to those who are not dog fanciers the 

 value and sagacity of the canine race:— 



"Fond of dogs from boyhood, and reared in the coun- 

 try, a dog was always my companion in my rambles. An 

 uncle of mine who was in Spain at the clos^e of the Penin- 

 sula War brought home a splendid pointer named Dia- 

 mond. He was a most sagacious animal, and became my 

 constant companion until I left home to go to a public 

 school in the vicinity of London (England). I was absent 

 five years, and on my return, which was on Christmas 

 morning, I took a short cut by a footpath through the 

 fields to reach my grandfather's house, situated in a valley. 

 On approaching the old homestead, being on a slight emi- 

 nence I was agreeably surprised to see my old friend Dia- 

 mond.' Whistling, and calling him by name, though sev- 

 eral acres apart, the faithful animal recognized me at once, 

 and ran to meet me as fast as his legs could carry him. 

 He lumped up, licked my face, ran round me, and was so 

 overjoyed that I had some trouble to keep his demonstra- 

 tions of affection within bounds. His remembrance of me 

 after a lapse of five years was evidently as fresh as the 

 day we parted. Some years later I went to sea, and going 

 to Gibraltar I became acquainted with the Governor's sec- 

 retary, a Mr. Macdonald, who had a fine Newfoundland 

 doo- named Prince. He was a great favorite with all the 

 inmates of the house, played with the children, and was 

 apparently an inoffensive brute; but he had a dislike to 

 soldiers, and had bitten several, having probably been ili- 



used by some of the redcoats. This was a source of an- 

 noyance to Mr. Macdonald, and he reluctantly decided on 

 parting with Prince, as his post of Military Secretary 

 caused orderlies and others to call at the house daily. I 

 took a great fancy to the dog, and we became warm friends 

 at first sight, which induced Mr. Macdonald to propose 

 that Prince should be transferred lo the good brig Suwar- 

 row as the ship's dog. He was some days before he got 

 reconciled to his new quarters, growling and snarling at all 

 hands, captain included, except the writer, whom he cou- 

 sidered as his master, and when I retired to the cabin for 

 the night he laid down on the mat at the companion en- 

 trance, which became his resting place at night, ever after 

 when the vessel was in port. He would not allow any of 

 the crew near the companion at night, or anyone to go to 

 the cabin unless accompanied by one of its occupants. In 

 fact we could all have left the vessel with the cabin doors 

 open without fear of any of the sailors being allowed to 

 intrude. Strangers coming on board were watched, and 

 not allowed to touch any article likely to be carried off. 

 In a word he was the ne plus ultra of watch dogs. From 

 Gibraltar we proceeded to Messina to load oranges and 

 lemons for St. Petersburgh. On our return from the Bal- 

 tic we experienced some rough weather in the North Sea. 

 And one dark night when under close reefed topsails, be- 

 ing the officer of the watch, about 11 o'clock I had a strange 

 presentiment of approaching clanger, which I communica- 

 ted to the man at the helm, and challenged the watch to 

 keep a sharp look-out. This was no sooner done than the 

 dog suddenly left my side, ran forward to the bow and 

 barked with all his might. Charging the man at the helm 

 to be careful, I ran forward and asked the men if they saw 

 anything. No. "Ring the bell, and shaut, boys, there must 

 be a sail ahead !" Prince was still barking. It then occur- 

 red to me, most providentially, to kneel on the deck close 

 to the dog, who had his fore paws on the rail. In an in- 

 stant I distinguished the foam under the bows of a large 

 ship. "Starboard your helm! hard down!" In another in- 

 stant we saw the dark hull of a frigate, which shaved us 

 so close that her bowsprit end just grazed the leach of our 

 fore-and-aft mainsail. Thus were the lives of fourteen hu- 

 man beings mercifully preserved from a w 7 atery grave by 

 the watchful instinct of a noble dog. We heat of people's 

 hair standing on end. If such can be the case, mine must 

 have been like hog's bristles, for though not by any means 

 a nervous man, I doubt if I have ever felt such an "all- 

 overness," as Matthews, the celebrated actor, termed it, 

 before or since. 



A question which I have often heard debated is: "To 

 what particular sense are we to attribute the extraordinary 

 watchfulness of the canine family— sight, hearing, or 

 scent? The three are doubtless brought into play, but the 

 latter, I think, is the most important. 1 have often seen a 

 ship's dog, when nearing land after a long voyage, get on 

 the quarter-deck or forecastle, and sniff the winu for some 

 time, then look in the direction of the land, which could 

 not be seen from the deck, and having satisfied himself 

 that land was near, he would run and skip about like a 

 mad creature. Philip Vibert. 



Perce, Qappie, Quebec, Sept. 20t7i. 



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Rabies. — We noticed recently the destruction of a whole 

 pack of fox-hounds in England, owing to rabies having ap- 

 peared among them. We find further particulars in Land 

 and Water which may be of interest to our readers, as fol- 

 lows ;— 



"Mr. Fleming, of the Royal Engineers, Chatham, one 

 of the most experienced practical authorities on rabies, has 

 kindlv forwarded to us some further particulars of the re- 

 cent outbreak of this dire malady among the Essex Hunt 

 fox-hounds at Harlow. It appears that several draughts of 

 young hounds from the Grove pack at Nottingham were 

 received at Harlow this year, the last consisting of two, a 

 dog and bitch, about twelve months old. These arrived on 

 April 21st, and were put among the other young hounds. 

 In two or three days afterwards the bitch became very 

 quarrelsome, fighting the other hounds m the kennel, and 

 causing a continual uproar, notwithstanding chastisement. 

 After severely wounding a hound (Duster), one of the 

 whips, thinking that the animal's ill-nature would be dis- 

 pelled if correction was bestowed by older hounds, impru- 

 dently introduced the creature into the kennel of the bitch 

 pack. But here it assumed the aggressive, and fought the 

 old bitches, these being apparently afraid of it. Soon after 

 it manifested peculiar symptoms of disease which led to its 

 destruction. About the middle of May one of the old 

 bitches (Harpy) became seriously affected, and in its fits of 

 fury worried, among others, another bitch (Caroline). This 

 bitch (Harpy) was destroyed; and in a few days another, 

 being seized with the same unaccountable symptoms, was 

 likewise shot; while another, affected with paralysis of the 

 lower jaw and general helplessness ("dumb madness") was 

 allowed to die. It was at this time that the verterinary sur- 

 geon, Mr. Harris, was called in; and from the examination 

 of the body of the last hound, and the symptoms pre- 

 sented by another which was killed on May 26th, he had 

 no difficulty in concluding that the malady was rabies. 

 A bitch hound was shot on June 4th, another on the 8th, 

 another on the 10th, two on the 12th, Duster— the young 

 dog, and the first bitten by the bitch which brought the 

 disease— on the 16th, one on the 17th, another on the 19th, 

 and another on the 28th. Then a pause in the sad work 

 of destruction occurred, the remainder of the pack not 

 exhibiting any indications of illness until towards the 

 middle of August, when Caroline, which had been se- 

 verely wounded by Harpy — the first of the old bitches 

 affected and destroyed — showed unequivocal symptoms 

 of rabies, and was killed on the 16th of that month. 

 Then another, and another had to be destroyed, and it was 

 now obvious that the disease had taken a strong hold upon 

 the pack. Cases occurred almost every day, and consider- 

 ing that they were all inoculated with the poison, what 

 remained— amounting to eighteen and a half couples- 

 were shot on the 29th of August. 



"No cases have occurred among the other young hounds 

 with which the Grove bitch first cohabited for a very short 

 time after its arrival, except Duster, its companion; and 

 tne dog pack — a very fine one, separated from the bitch 

 kennel by a brick wall between four and five feet high, 

 with an iron railing at top— has also escaped, no actual 

 contact between the dogs and bitches having taken place, 

 so far as is known. Nevertheless, they could smell at tach 

 other thiougti the iron bars; though whether the transmis- 

 sion of rabies can be effected without actual inoculation 

 with the virus, is far from bung demonstrated. 



"As to the origin of the disease in the pack, Mr. Flem- 



ing considers that there can be no doubt that the younsr 

 bitch in the Grove draught introduced it, she most prob- 

 ably having contracted it somewhere in Nottingham or its 

 vicinity, where rabid dogs have been very prevalent for a 

 long time. The extension of rabies, which has now be- 

 come a very serious matter in this country, is, Mr. Fleming 

 says, largely due to the absence of legislative measures 3 

 and to the general ignorance prevailing with regard to its 

 symptoms and the precaution to be adopted for its preven- 

 tion or suppression. It has been repeatedly and urgently 

 insisted on that great necessity exists for making everyone 

 who has to, deal with dogs, or who is likely to come in con- 

 tact with them, acquainted with so much of this subject as 

 would diminish accidents to minimum. 



Setters Killing Fowls.— J. Sawyer, an octogenarian 

 writes to Land and Water as follow^:— 



"In a late issue of your paper, in reference to pointers 

 and setters killing and eating fowls, it is set forth that 

 many young pointers and setters are ruined by not giving 

 them meat. From my experience of more than fifty years 

 being now nearer eighty than otherwise, I say it is a mis- 

 take that flesh is required. Meal is the best food for all 

 dogs (unless when greyhounds are in training), and there 

 never yet was a good bred pointer or setter pappy that 

 would not catch and kill a fowl if left alone." 



—The Terrier "Joker."— A lady correspondent in 

 New Jersey writes as follows: — 



"I own the little English terrier Joker, whose exploits sometimes ap 

 pear in your columns. He is quite a hunter, taking ever j thing fioma 

 hornet to a muskrat . He Drought a rabbit from the grove a few days 

 ago, and frequently comes in putting his muddy nose in my hand to tell 

 me he has caught another turtle. Your's is the first sporting paper I 

 ever read, and, I am pleased to observe, is one in which a lady might find 

 many interesting and instructive articles, and none of a low. vulgar 

 type." 



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Mr. Greener's (Boston) bitch Fannie, born September 23d, 1873, from 

 a bitch (said to be from Cale Loring's Cora and George Liuder's Don), 

 whelped a litter of six pops October 11th, 18T6, to Cop.laiid's Shot. 

 One died, leaving four dogs and one gyp. 



§£%chting »nd parting. 



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Trenton Yacht Club. — The closing regatta of the 

 Trenton Yacht Club took place on the Delaware river 

 from Trenton to Bordentown, a distance of eight miles, on 

 the 23 inst. The Nellie, Centennial, Ripple, Ellis and 

 Spray were the competing craft. The prize was a silver 

 cup. The race was very exeiting between the Ellis, Nellie 

 and Centennial. The result was as follows: Nellie, Capt. 

 Wise, first; Ellis, Capt. Wilson, second, and Centennial, 

 Capt. Ferry, third. The Ripple and Spray did not go 

 around the stake boat. The Nellie beat the Ellis fourteen 

 minutes, and the latter beat Centennial fifteen minutes. 



The Largest Sailing Yacht in the World.— The large 

 three- masted schooner which Messrs. Cooper & Nicholson 

 are building for the Baroness Rothschild is in a very for- 

 ward state, being nearly planked up from gar boards to cover- 

 ing board. We believe this will be the largest sailiDg yacht 

 in the world, and with 7 ft. 6 in. head room below from 

 stem to stern, she will have a wonderful lot of accomeda-. 

 tion. Besides dining-room, drawing-room, and kitchen and 

 officers' mess room, she will have twelve sleeping berths 

 aft and a large house on deck fitted up as a lounge. The 

 Sittings below will be very choice, of walnut, sycamore, 

 •wainscot oak, teak, Hungarian ash, and other hard woods. 

 In the after dead wood an aperture has been made, so that 

 at any time a screw propeller could be fitted. Her princi- 

 pal dimensions are as under :— Length between perpendicu- 

 lars 151 ft.; ditto for tonnage, 148 ft.; beam e>treme, 28 ft. 

 9 in. ; beam moulded, 28 ft. ; draught aft, 18 ft. 3 in. ; depth 

 of hold, 15 ft. 2 in. ; tonnage, 575 tons.— British Mail, Sep- 

 tember 30t?i. 



The Largest Sail Vessel.— The clipper Three Broth- 

 ers, of San Francisco, (formerly the side-wheel ocean 

 steamer Vanderbilt) is the largest sail vessel afloat on any 

 waters. She can carry 4,000 tons dead weight, is 848 ft. long 

 breadth, 48ft. 6in.; depth of hold 31ft. 4in; mainmast 100 ft. 

 long and is 43 inches in diameter. She is said to be the 

 fastest sailing vessel afloat, having made 17 knots an hour. 



Columbia College.— The opening of the new Columbia 

 boat house on the Harlem river was made the occasion on 

 Friday last of some very interesting racing. Four races in 

 all were rowed, the distance in each being one mile. Mr. 

 Lindsay Watson, of the Nassau Boat Club, was referee, 

 and Mr. Henry Mills timekeeper. The first event was a 

 four-oared shell race, with the following entries: Blue and 

 white— P. Seeiey, bow; R. Colgate, No. 2; C. S. Boyd, 

 No. 3; E. E. Sage, stroke. Graduates— I. A- Sprague, 

 bow; J. Griswoki, No. 2; P. Simpson, No. 3; J. T. Good- 

 win, stroke. Seniors— F. D. Weeks, bow; M. Mitchell, 

 No. 2; M. Ward, No. 3; H. P. Brown, stroke. Goodwin 

 took the lead on the start, Brown following m second 

 place, lapped by Sage, who finally won in 5m. 34s. the 

 Graduates second, and the Seniors third. The second race 

 was also for four-oared shells, with crews as follows: r. 

 SimDson, bow ; R. Colgate, No. 2; J. G. Murphy, No. p 

 P. Seeiey, stroke, E. E. Sage, bow; J. Griswold, No. ^; 

 C. S. Boyd, No. 3, J. T. Goodwin, stroke. F. JD. Weeks, 

 bow; M. Mitchell, No. 2; M. Ward, No. 3; H. P. Brown 

 stroke. Goodwin's crew— the Centennial crew— gave tne 

 other two crews ten seconds start. Seeiey took the letfO- 

 closely followed by Brown. Goodwin was unable to eaten 

 Seeiey, although he passed Brown. Seeiey won in om. 

 2th \ Goodwin, 5m. 294s.; Brown, 5m. 38s. The thua 

 race was for single sculls. The contestants were -k. »• 

 Snyder, Class of '80; VV. H. Brown, '79, and H. CushmaD, 

 '78. Brown led from the start, and made the mile in . /m. 

 51s., Snyder following eleven seconds afterward. Cusii- 



