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that our Club could take all the prizes. How will honest 

 men, who have any self-respect, continue to exhibit at our 

 Bench Shows, if they are to be subject to such insinuations, 

 made by respectable men? What sense or justice is there 

 in any m*m making such a charge, who was not an ex- 

 hibitor himself — who was not at the show — and I think I 

 am safe in saying, is not acquainted with a single merribet 

 of our Club or any other exhibitor? 



The imputation is false in every particular. Now, as to 

 the facts: The premium list or arrangement of classes was 

 almost identical with that of the Springfield, Massachusetts, 

 Show, making champion classes. Our Club was exhibiting 

 in the imported English setter class, Rock, Dora and Rose. 

 In the imported Irish claes, Elcho, Erin, Loo II and Rose. 

 Rock had won first at Chicago and at Springfield. Was it 

 strange he should win first here in the Champion class, 

 with Smiths', Burges', and other imported kennels absent? 

 Dora won first bt cause she had no competition. We do 

 not consider her a Bench Show bitch, but she is the dam 

 or grand dam of all the blue bloodea English setters that 

 have won a prize in a field trial in this country. Elcho 

 and Loo II had both won first at Chicago. Is it strange 

 that they won first here in the Champion class, with so 

 little to compete against? Erin won nothing. Rose, the 

 Irish bitch, had a tumor on her face, and was withdrawn. 

 Now as to the mutual admiration part. Mr. Adams won 

 first and second, with Drake and Regent in the open class 

 for imported English setters. They are good dogs, but 

 they had no competition. Mr. Turner, I believe, won two 

 second prizes in the imported Irish class. These are the 

 total winnings of the different numbers. The real reason, 

 Mr. Editor, of our winning so many prizes, was because 

 we had so little competition. 



Having so little competition was no fault of the Fair As- 

 sociation. The show was freely advertised and liberal 

 premiums offered, and Mr. Turner and I did all in our 

 power to secure a large number, of entries, for we think 

 our Club dogs are able to win their share, in good company, 

 whether on "ike bencn or in the field. I think Mr. Steel 

 must have been either misinformed, or have drawn un 

 warranted inferences, for I cannot believe him willing to 

 charge men, with whom he has no acquaintance, with being 

 corrupt tricksters or dog jockeys. 



Y ours, respectfully, C. L. Sterling, 



Member St. Louis Kennel Club. 



ARECA NUT FOR WORMS. 



Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 18th. 187C. 

 Editor Forest and Stream-.— 



In your last issue, and for the third or fourth time dur- 

 ing our twenty-two months acquaintance with Forest and 

 Stream, we read of the failure of areca nut to rid a dog 

 of worms. In the last volume also some writer laid the 

 death of a number of puppies to the use of this same drug. 

 Now we don't believe it possible that the nut can prove 

 ini-fflcsc ous if employed with judgment, or fatal in any dose 

 or doses likelyto be administered for worms. [We once gave 

 a nine week's puppy 105 grains of it between 7 p. m. Satur- 

 day and 9 a. m. Monday. It produced no unpleasant effects, 

 nor did it cause the expulsion of a single worm; yet two 

 15-grain doses two hours apart (the following Wednesday) 

 and before the administration of the oil, was followed by 

 the expulsion of a small handful of the teres or round 

 worm, with a large number of the little maws.] 



While it is extremely doubtful if the worms, except by 

 absorption, take in any large amount of the nut, yet we 

 find it acts more promptly and certainly if given in, or fol- 

 lowed by, a draught of sweet milk. 



Our method of procedure is to deprive the dog of all 

 solids and fluids for some little time— if a full-grown animal 

 twelve to fifteen hours, if a puppy four to six hours— pre- 

 vious to giving the vermifuge; then give the powder, and 

 immediately thereafter the milk. In two hours' time give a 

 second dose, and two hours later the third. Now fast the 

 dog for at least eight hours, at the end of which time give 

 a fuli dose of oil. 



We well know that in the greater number of cases so 

 much trouble is uncalled for, as the nut, give it bow we 

 may, is sure to do its work, but we would ask a trial of 

 the above method after the common mode of administer- 

 ing ureca has failed. 



How does areca nut act? is a question frequently put to 

 us. We cannot say how it does act. Areca nut is a tonic 

 as well as an astringent, and besides its effect upon the 

 worm, be it what it may, it undeniably gives a certain 

 tonicity to the muscular fibres of the intestines which en- 

 ables them to dislodge the worms, the oil by its effect— a 

 purely mechanical one — carrying them with or before it, 

 and finally expelling tnem. Oleutangy. 



We eadorse the opinion of our correspondent that the 

 areca nut, although it may occasionally fail in individual 

 cases, is, as a rule, a certain remedy for worms in dogs. 

 Where we have reported to us one case of failure there are 

 a hundred in its favor, and were we to publish the letters 

 received each week testifying to its efficiency the Kennel 

 Department would have space for nothing else. Our cor- 

 respondent's suggestions as to administering it are sound, 

 although eight hours seems to us to be an unnecessary 

 length of time to wait before giving the oil. 



HYDROPHOBIA EXTRAORDINARY. 



three horses, three dogs and a goat, die of the dis- 

 ease. 



Remarkable cases of hydrophobia have occurred in 

 Brooklyn within the past few weeks, in the neighborhood 

 of Baltic and Nevins street. Mr. J. S.Loomis, who lost 

 three valuable horses, thus describes the ravages of the 

 disease is his stables. He says: — 



* 'About the first of November, I discovered on the rump 

 of ray coach dog a circular sore, which appeared to annoy 

 him greatly. The wound was a complete circle, and looked 

 as though a piece had been cut out with some sharp instru- 

 ment. The'dog was continually licking it, and would run 

 from place to place in a dazed and frightened manner, as 

 though he was trying to run away Irotn if. The idea 

 gained credit with my hostler and drivers that he was mad, 

 and they killed him. I also had in my stable a Newfound- 

 land dog, which soon afterward grew sick, and, fearing 

 that he might have been bitten by the coach dog, I had 

 Oa the 17th of November one of my horses 



refused his food, and appeared sick in the same manner as 

 the Newfoundland dog. In a few hcurs he began to grow 

 violent and to snap at whatever came within his reach. I 

 had him placed in an outside stall and offered him food, 

 which he attempted to eat, but could not. I sent for the 

 veterinary surgeon, Mr. Waters, of Raymond street, who 

 attempted to administer an opiate pill, which the horse 

 was powerless to swallow. He was then offered water, 

 which threw him into convulsions, and he died in great 

 agony within thirty-six hours from the first symptoms. 

 After death a large quantity of froth and mucus blubber 

 was emitted from his mouth and nostrils. Mr. Waters 

 pronounced the malady a clear case of hydrophobia. 



"On the 1st of December a valuable Canadian pony 

 which I had used for light driving about the city was 

 affected in the same manner. I had her placed in a box 

 stall in my stable and tied securely. With her its develop- 

 ment was" less violent. She was exceedingly restless and 

 continually working her mouth and grating her teeth; at 

 times she would gather herself for a tremendous bound 

 and appear to be intent on butting her head violently 

 against the partition; but the effort would exhaust itself, 

 and result only in a slight scratching of the board with her 

 teeth. These demonstrations continued throughout the 

 day. Her eyes were wild and brilliant. Her hair assumed 

 a darker, glossier color, and the excitement soon started 

 her into perspiration. To the sound of human voices she 

 was keenly susceptible. When her name was spoken she 

 would turn her head in recognition, and act as though she 

 was appealing for succor. Both food and water were 

 offered her, and though she acted as though she would 

 partake of them, she was powerless to eat or drink. 

 Either effort would produce a shuddering movement of 

 the muscles and increase the general restlessness and 

 twitching of the lips. She died in the night, and, to^ all 

 appearances, had fallen over as she stood, and died with- 

 out a struggle after the fall, as the straw at her feet was 

 undisturbed. Her body was fearfully swollen when discov- 

 ered by the watchman. 



'On the 20th inst. a large and valuable truck horse was 

 attacked with the malady, which developed rapidly and 

 with great violence. I immediately had him placed in 

 this box stall, which he had soon kicked partly to pieces. 

 Fearing that he would fight his way out, I bad my stables 

 emptied, and sent word to the station house to have a man 

 come down and shoot him. While the messenger was 

 gone, Dr. George K. Smith, of Joralemon street, came in, 

 and, upon looking at the animal, pronounced it one of the 

 worst cases of hydrophobia which had ever come to his 

 notice. The executioner arrived soon after and shot him, 

 but failed to kill him, and an ax finally did the work. 

 Soon after the death of my second horse, a dog and goat 

 belonging to Mr. Morriss, on the opposite side of Baltic 

 street, showed symptoms of hydrophobia and were in- 

 stantly killed. To what extent the malady will go I can- 

 not foresee. In the last of my horse cases, it was known 

 that he had been bitten by the coach dog, the bite having 

 been inflicted upon the nostrils. Jn the first two cases 

 there was no evidence that they had been bitten. The 

 dog had been around the stables for several months, and 

 was in the habit of lying around in the stalls. I suppose 

 the horses had been nosing him and had received scratches 

 in that way. 



"There is a report current in the neighborhood that the 

 dog had been in the habit of fighting more or less with 

 neighboring dogs. It seems to me that the only safe way 

 would be to kill all the dogs in the vicinity, and thus give 

 to human life the benefit of every doubt which may exist 

 as to dauger." 



\m and Mivtt Mi 



FISH IN SEASON IN DECEMBER. 



SOUTHERN WATERS 



Pompano, Tmchynotus carolinus. Grouper : Epinephelpus nigritvs. 

 Drum— iwo species. Famiiy Scicen- Troui (black ba*s) Centropistris at- 



idce rarivs. 



Kiugfish, Menticirrus nebulosus . Striped bass or Rockflsh, Roccus 

 Sea Bass, Scitznops ocellatus. iineatus. 



Sheepenead, Archotargus probato- Twilorfish, Pomatomus saltalrix. 



cephaluh . Black Bass, Micropterw sahnoides; 



Snapper, Lutjanus caxxs. M. nigricans. 



Fish in Market . — Fish of all kinds are very scarce. 

 The only novelty we have to report is a large catch of Span- 

 ish mackerel made at Key West, a large portion of which 

 was forwarded to E. G. Blackford, of Fulton market. We 

 quote: Striped bass 20 to 25 cents per pound; smelts, 25 

 cents; bluefish, 12| cents; salmon (frozen), 40 cents; mack- 

 erel, 25 cents each; shad (southern), 75 cents each; white 

 perch, 15 cents per pound; green turtle, 20 cents; terrapin, 

 $15 per dozen; frostfish, 8 cents per pound; halibut, 20 

 cents; haddock, 8 cents; kingfish, 15 cents; codfish, 10 

 cents; blackfish, 15 cents; herring, 8 cents; flounders, 12£ 

 cents; sea bass, 18 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; 

 sheepshead, 25 cents; scollops, $1.75 per gallon; white- 

 fish, 20 cents per pound; pickerel, 18 cents; salmon trout, 

 18 cents; sunfish, 12 cents; yellow perch, 12 cents; hard 

 shell crabs, $4 per 100; soft shell crabs, $1 per dozen. 



Greenwood Lake. — The Greenwood Lake Sportsman's 

 Club has been for some time engaged in hauling out the 

 stumps from a certain part of the lake where they inter- 

 fere with navigation, and to facilitate the work has drawn 

 off the water so as to expose and leave dry certain shoals, 

 whereby large quantities of pickerel, bass, and other fish 

 are left in the holes and hollows. People who jump at 

 conclusions, without being fully cognizant of the 

 facts, have assumed that great quantities of fish must 

 perish in consequence, and that the lake will have to 

 be restocked before the members of the club can do any 

 more fishing. The state of the case is: that Greenwood 

 Lake is seven miles long and fully seventy feet deep in 

 portions of it, so that the quantities of fish left high and 

 dry by the drainage would not seriously lessen the aggre- 

 gate, were they left to perish; which they are not, as a man 

 is kept constantly employed to gather up the stranded fish 

 and remove them to deep water. In some days as many 

 as twenty barrels have bean removed, and among them 

 some fish weighing several pounds* 



Angling in Canada Waters.— A. valued correspondent 

 at Nouvelle, Canada, writes the following pleasant gossip 

 on angling: — 



"It is useless for gentlemen to come for one day, strange 

 to the river, flies, etc., and expect to do much. The whole 

 time is wasted in fishing parts of the river where there 

 are no fish, and their flies are useless. If anyone comes 

 with me I can guarantee them a perfect surfeit cf large 

 trout any time in July and August. By-the-way, if you 

 know any gentlemen who require salmon or trout flies for 

 next season of the real patterns for Canada and New 

 Brunswick, I know an Irishman who is very poor, who 

 makes them beautifully, of the best possible materials, and 

 cheaper than they can be bought in the States. He makes 

 them from my patterns, and I have fished every river 

 worth fishing in the whole country. The great mistake is, 

 the flies are too small that most gentlemen bring, only fit 

 for very low water. I should be much obliged if you 

 would mention about the flies to your friends, and if they 

 ordered any I would forward a few samples for them to 

 see. It would be a real benefit to the man. 



I see by your paper that there has been a decision in the 

 "Miramichi" case that owners of land on the banks have 

 a right to fish on their own land. It seems absurd ever to 

 have doubted it. How will that affect the lessees of Res- 

 tigouche and Matapedia? / I saw a salmon last summer in 

 this river, and as Mowatt put some young ones in, I hope 

 it may become a salmon river in time. I think grayiing 

 wouM do well here. I wish there was some means of get- 

 ting them here. I never heard what size the largest gray- 

 ling arrive at in the Michigan waters. 



I saw some time ago that one of your correspondents 

 considered it strange to find a tape worm in the stomach 

 of a salmon. I can safely say that out of the thousands 

 of salmon and sea trout that I have seen split open I never 

 yet saw either one or the other whose stomach was not a 

 knotted mass of such worms. 



I have also wondered at the name of land-locked salmon 

 for the trout of Scoodic lakes and the St. Croix river, as 

 they can only be a peculiar and superior variety of lake 

 trout. They never could have got up the St. Croix from 

 the sea, and as to their being originally a salmon, we know 

 that salmon will not live away from the sea more than two 

 years, and all that time deteriorating, whereas these Scoo- 

 dic trout are always in the most perfect condition towards 

 the end of May. I have fished every lake and branch of 

 the St. Croix river and the. best place was the northeast 

 branch at the end of Grand Lake (not Scoodic branch) 

 but the boundary line between New Brunswick and Maine. 

 That was in 1804. I hear now that tanneries and other 

 abominations have entirely destroyed the magnificent fish- 

 ing there us d to be there. It ought to be looked to at 

 once and the law enforced." 



— We notice a new improvement to the Orvis Keels— a 

 new click that will not break. The manufacturers request 

 all parties having the Orvis Reels to send to them, by mail, 

 the cap which covers the square spring "click" on the reel, 

 and they will return a new pattern click, free of charge. 

 The new pattern "click" has circular spring and solid steel 

 "dog." With this improvement we feel warranted in 

 claiming that the Orvis Reels will give satisfaction in all 

 cases. The address of the firm is C. F. Orvis & Co., Man- 

 chester, Vermont. 



— During a recent storm an enormous number of eels in 

 a pond near Setauket, L. I., attempted, during high tide, 

 to cross the beach to the Sound. The tide left them 

 stranded on the beach, and great quantities were secured 

 in baskets, wheelbarrows, and farm wagons. 



An Oyster Famine. — We learn from the Baltimore Sun 

 that the harbor of Baltimore, the Patapsco river and the 

 Chesapeake bay to Sandy Point are closed to navigation, 

 except by the use of the iceboat Maryland or strong tugs 

 to break a channel lor outward and inward bound vessels. 

 The embargo is more complete than it has been since the 

 early part of 1874. 



It is feared the embargo on oyster dredging will result 

 very speedily in an oyster famine. Nearly all the pungies 

 and schooners engaged in this trade are detained below 

 from one cause or another. The packing hoases have 

 bought up nearly every bushel in port, sweeping the fleet 

 at Light street and crying for more. Annapolis harbor is 

 blocked for half a mile out, so that cargoes cannot reach 

 the rail. The price for oysters at Annapolis last Monday 

 rose from 85 to 75 cents a bushel. The operations of the 

 ice-boat in keeping the channel open will relieve the 

 market, as it will be practical for schooners in that case to 

 come up by a tow, which the state of the market will 

 warrant, considering the holiday demand and the scarcity. 



v( A correspondent sends us the following very interesting 

 reminiscence: — 



Trouting with Hon. Daniel Webster in Marsrtee 

 River Over Thirty Years Ago.— When I was some 

 twenty years old there used to be some very nice trouting 

 down on the Cape, and many a brook trout was caught 

 that tipped the beam at four pounds, either in Smelt brook, 

 Jones river or Turner's brook, Swan hole or Indian" or 

 Marshpee river. The Hon. Daniel Webster, who was be- 

 loved by all that knew him here, of whatever political 

 creed, was always welcomed by the smiling faces and ex- 

 tended hands of all who met him, whenever he came home 

 to his Marshfield farm, and as I was quite an expert in 

 trouting and shooting, he used to always send for me to 

 dance attendance on him while he was here to enjoy 

 himself and relieve his mind from the toil and tumult of 

 Congress; and many a jovial, high old laugh, resounded 

 through the woods as we tramped either after partridges, or 

 from brook to brook for trout, seldom in panics less than 

 three, sometimes eight or ten of us in all. I usually earned 

 his lunch basket, containing among other good things a 

 large flat bottle full of—something when once outside ol a 

 little of it one nearer caught cold, however wet or muddy 

 he might be— and somehow I never tasted anything so 

 splendid and strength-giving as it was,' and so pipe with a. 



