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Another Turkey C&ll.— A correspondent who writes 

 from Newport, Arkansas, says:— 



"I-wish to contribuie a little information which is simple 

 •nd useful to sportsmen. Seeing an article in your paper 

 xnlaioing a certain way to make a turkey caller, 1 will 

 f U you how to make one that will make aa old gobbler 

 shamed of himself, viz: Take apiece of dry cedar two inches 

 ? D2 and one and a half inches wide aud a quarter inch 

 thick and with a narrow chisel hollow this out so that the 

 sides 'are about as thin as a piece of tin or it may be a little 

 thicker so that it is not too delicate. It should be hollow- 

 ed out within a quarter of an inch of the bottom and end, 

 and y°ur caller is complete. Take both ends between your 

 thumb aDd lingers and rub it cross-wise against tbejbutt 

 ulateof your gun, or rub it on your gun barrels. You re- 

 quire n0 rosin or anything else; simply the naked wood as 

 made. In one hour's practice you can perfectly imitate a 

 cobbler or a hen at your pleasure. One beauty about this 

 f B you never make a miss-call or screech; it is perfect 

 every time. Let some of your readers try it." 



An Indian's Wondehful Shot.— It is a well known 

 fact that the sloughs in this region are filled with ducks at 

 this time of the year, and hunting them affords rare 

 sport. Recently four young men from Virginia stopped, 

 here on their way back from the eastern part of the State, 

 bent on duck shoot. After a long day's tramp they bagged 

 but one bird. When |eturning to town, foot sore, hungry 

 and disgusted, they met an Indian, and the idea struck 

 them that he might be pressed into service to fill their game 

 ba^s, or at least that they could have a little fun with him. 

 One of the party thereupon double-shotted hia gun, and, 

 handing it to Mr. Indian, asked him to take a shot. Lo, 

 not suspecting the trick, was happy. He seized the gun 

 and started off in pursuit of game. He had hardly pro- 

 ceeded a thousand yards when he was seen to stop, raise 

 his piece, take aim, and bang! bang! went both barrels 

 simultaneously. At the same time the Indian went over 

 the bank into the slough, the gun flying in an opposite 

 direction. The sportsmen waited some time for the reap- 

 pearance of the Indian, but no Indian showed himself. 

 Then they became anxious; they reproached the party 

 who had loaded the gun; and fi nail f all started to the 



[ rescue. As they approached the spot where the Indian 

 had disappeared, they spied him just crawling out of 



, the slough, thoroughly drenched, and loaded down 

 •willi fifteen dutks. The sportsmen congratulated and 

 praised him, asking him h.)w he liked the sport, what sort 

 of a gun it was, and soon. The Indian merely replied: 

 "Meshodt 'em; kill 'era heap, dam." Then casting a sus 



, piciouslook at the gun, added: "One more shot, no more 



! ducks, no more Indian! Kill 'em all I" 



; The sportsmen rewarded the Indian, bagged the ducks, 

 and proceeded to town, claiming the game as the result of 

 their own shooting. — Virginia City Chronicle. 



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THE LAVERACKS. 



A correspondent writing from Georgetown, D. C, under 

 date of December 24th, sends us the following good account 

 of the working of one of the Laverack dogslu this country. 

 We should be glad to hear of the field performances of 

 some of Pride of the Border's get. Our correspondent, 

 however, while he chances his opinion regarding the work- 

 ing qualities of the imported dogs, does not retract what 

 be says regarding the superiority of English bred dogs 

 over American setters as regards "nose, staunchness and 

 pace." Herein we must join issue with him, and claim an 

 1 equality, at least, for our native dogs. When they have 

 .' been crossed with the carefully bred imported strains, we 

 \ believe that their superiority will be generally admitted . 

 I Without going into a lengthy argument, we will at present 

 i merely make the point, that notwithstanding the differ- 

 ■ ence iu cover, game and ground, our dog is expected in this 

 country to do the same amount of work as is demanded 

 t> from a brace, or perhaps two in Great Britain. If this 

 15 does not indicate superior pace, it certainly speaks well for 

 ' l their staying powers and ruggedness. As for nose and 

 staunchness, we believe there is but little difference. 

 J Editor Fobest and Stream:— 



' Shortly after my return to the United States, having 

 used and shot over several of the best strains of setters in 

 Great Britain, I stated to a number of my shooting friends 

 hero that, in my opinion, English bred dogs would never 

 * answer for field purposes in this country, notwithstanding 

 their superiority over American setters as regards nose, 

 staunchness and pace, especially in Delaware, Maryland 

 and Virginia, where dense growths of green briar and like 

 cover are ever found, while p irtridge or quail shooting. 

 ,, ^t the time, I was aware that several gentlemen, living in 

 ;tnis country, had imported "Laverack" setters in their 

 ; fennels, and knowing the excessive closeness with which 

 Air. Laverack breeds his dogs, I feared they would disap- 

 | Point their owners when taken into the field. If I may be 

 : allowed space in your columns, I would wish to retract 

 what I have said, after having seen the wonderful staying 

 SB ies > sta unchness, and grit of the little Laverack bitch 

 Magnet," imported by Mr. Westcott, of Philadelphia, 

 with whom I have been shooting for the past two weeks, 

 jier performance really deserves notice. She appears to 

 pver tire, and while companion dogs moved suffly and 

 Mily from their straw, in the moruing, after a three day's 

 U <Mvr was . as act ive as a kitten, dancing to be uncollared, 

 Magnet" is undersized, very finely coated, and the per- 

 sonification of close breeding, yet she takes the briars 

 ravely, and points staunchly single birds wherever they 

 may have sought a hiding place. 



As an illustra4ma of "Magnet's" great staunchness and 

 i flerye, whUe i ash ^ t0 Mr W estcott's "Dash," on our way 

 o breenwood Station, where we were to take the train for 

 i|,i >jS t0D > Delaware, she pointed some single quail in 

 "e Hedge on the roadside, fairly holding "Dash" back and 

 stvn , g , her P oillt » wnil e the larger and stronger dog 

 Juggled to follow on after the waggon. W. E. C. M. 



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th i - r " ^' **' Farnswor *th, of Paris, Ontario, writes us 

 w> his imported Field Trial bitch Rose, whelped on the 

 a inst. two dogs and four bitches, sired by his Layetaek 

 *«w Gftrlowite, 



CANINE PATHOLOGY. 



MEDICAMENTS DISINFECTANTS FOR KENNELS, ETC. 



Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Of late there has a good deal been said of disinfectants 

 for kennels. I subjoin herewith a prescription which 

 answers every purpose and can not be excelled:— 



Tinct. Oamphoras. 



Tmct. Myrrtue, a a ziii. 



Tinct. Saponis Gam ph.. zii. 



Acidl Acetici Glacialis, m. clx. 



Oleii Picis, zi. 



Mix, adding in the above order aud agitate thoroughly. 

 Two tablespoonsful agitated with a bucket of warm water 

 and sprinkled about kennel or stable will not only disinfect 

 but assist in the extermination of vermin; a teaspoonful 

 added to a pint of warm water, forms an excellent tar 

 water, as well as deodorant, and if such is used as an enema 

 in a sick room— that of a typhoid fever patient for instance- 

 will completely deodorize stools previous to their extra in- 

 testinal existence. This dilution will be found particularly 

 valuable as an enema for dogs suffering with diarrhcea or 

 dysentery. As a general disinfectant it is unsurpassed. 



Now I want to say a word or two about the medication of 

 our canine friends. This is carried on altogether too ex- 

 tensively. Readers of Frank Forester's works will remem- 

 ber that he advocates the idea of leaving a dish of water in 

 which a piece of roll sulpher has been placed, near the dog, 

 from which he can slake his thirst at anytime; this is 

 simply a most excellent idea, as assisting in the preserva- 

 tion of health and worthy of extended consideration. It is 

 best, however, to change the water at least once a day. 



Next I wish to call your attention to the giving of sweet 

 spirits of nitre. The drug usually sold under that name 

 will certainly promote the action of the kidneys, but is 

 after all not only unfit to give to dogs, much less human 

 beings, being strongly acid, and farther, not beiug sweet 

 spins of nitre at all. I know of but one make worthy of 

 physicians use, whether for man or beast. This is manu- 

 factured by Dr. E. R. Squibb, of Brooklyn, N. Y. if you 

 will procure a sample of this and one of any other Ameri- 

 can manufacture and simply taste, you will be convinced. 

 You will find this preparation of a pale straw color, and 

 furthermore is put up in brown glass bottles. Do not allow 

 your pharmacist to deceive you, with statements to the con- 

 trary. He knows them to be false. Any army or navy 

 surgeon will tell you the same, as willauy educated phar 

 macist, unless he have pecuniary reason for otherwise 

 stating. 



The Diana Club of East Saginaw, Michigan, offers a 

 reward of $25 00 for evidence that will convict any one of 

 killing dter during the close season, also a reward of $10 00 

 for information that will convict of any other violation of 

 the game laws. Gentlemen, please do not weary of well- 

 doing? Archer. 

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SPEY1NG. 



South Abingdon, Mass., Dec. 27th, 1876. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: — 



In connection with your answer to "J. W. K. Ayer, 

 Mass.," in Correspondents Coiumn of Forest aisd Stream, 

 of Dec. 21st, I would say that Mr. Aaron A. Ilealey of this 

 town is performing the operation (speying) .spoken of there 

 with good success. There are three sluts in this place, all 

 out of Chas. H Bickford's black and white slut Fanny, 

 (setter,) which he has operated on; owned by Dr. J. Y. 

 Copeland, Mr. William Tilson, and myeelf. They are all 

 in the best of condition and splendid working dogs; the 

 two latter are one year and a half old. Operation per- 

 formed when they were six months old. 



I have a setter dog which is broken out all over, (humor 

 I think,) his hair falls out and he scratches continually and 

 smells bad. Please print the remedy in your ?i"xt. issue 

 and oblige N. C. S. 



Our correspondent will find the remedy he wants in an 

 answer to T. E. L.. in another column.— Ed. 

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EXPRESS FARES FOR DOGS. 



Washington, D. C, Dec. 26th, 1876. 

 Edmor Forest and Stream: — 



I wish to have the following information promulgated 

 through the columns of your paper, for the benefit of the 

 sporting community at large. Being somewhat interested 

 in the Baltimore Bench Show, I had occasion to call at the 

 branch office of the Adams Express Company, in this city, 

 situated on F, near Fifteenth street, for the purpose of 

 gaining information relative to the transportation of dogs 

 to Baltimore. I asked the Agent what the cost of send- 

 ing one dog to the above named city would be, and he po- 

 litely informed me that it would cost $2.50. Now, can 

 you tell me why the expressage on a dog, say fifty pounds 

 weight, costs more per hundred miles than any other freight? 

 I think it a great outrage, to say the least, which is drawing 

 it gently on the Express Company, that they thus take such 

 an advantage over a patronizing class. If this meets the 

 eyes of the Express Company officials, I am quite sure that 

 they will have the remedy applied as soon as practicable. 

 To show then, the officials, the inconsistency of their 

 action in this case, I will here state that I had shipped for 

 me from the State of Vermont, a dog which only cost, de- 

 livered here, $2.75. Certainly the distance is seven or 

 eight times greater than from here to Baltimore. I think 

 this imposition has gone quite far enough, and the Express 

 Companies should be shown up to the world through the 

 columns of such a valuable sporting paper as yours. I am 

 glad to 'earn that one of our western railroads has opened 

 the ball, and I hope 'ere long to see that others will not 

 stop its onward course, but give it a push and accelerate its 

 motion. If this "tax" on the sporting gentry is to be con- 

 tinued, I am confident that Sporting Emporiums will not 

 reap a harvest, as it will make a hunting trip exceedingly 

 expensive, and have a tendency to put it at a discount. 

 Show 'em up, dear Editor, and you will please us, one and 

 all, whoever owns a dog. "O. S. K." 



[We are very glad to have this subject agitated, and we 

 trust that the Express and Railway Companies will give it 

 some consideration. There is no doubt that on many Rail- 

 way lines, and by some Express companies, an unjust dis- 

 crimination is made in the carriage of dogs as freight. 

 The case we printed week before last of a gentleman'* $$« 



A St. Bernard.— We were invited last week by Mr. 

 Edwin Thome to inspect a magnificent specimen of the 

 tiue St. Bernard dog, the property of Mr. T. W. Peareall, 

 and brought by him from Europe a few days previously. 

 Fido, as he is named, is certainly one of the most 

 splendid dogs we have ever seen. Although not yet a year 

 old he is almost as large as a pony, and withal as gentle 

 and playful as a kitten. He is of the short-haired breed \ 

 now almost universally bred, aud was bought by Mr. Pear- 

 sail in the neighborhood of Moint Simplon. For curiosity 

 we took some of his dimensions which were as follows: 

 Length from nose to end of tail, 65 inches; height at shoul- 

 der, 31 inches; breadth of chest, 13 finches; around head, 

 22 inches. AVhen our New York Bench Show (which we 

 hope soon to announce) occurs Fido, will be one of the 



"lions" exhibited. 



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Macdona's Dogs for Sale.— Attention is called to 

 the advertisement in another column, of the Kennel of G. 

 de Landie Macdoua, which he offers for sale, and which 

 includes the celebrated dog "Ranger," which combines 

 the best blood in the United Kingdom. American fanciers 

 should not look indifferently upon this rare chance to 

 secure what Englishmen have so long been proud to claim 

 as their own. 



—Mr. G. P. Whitman of Rockport, Mass., claims the 

 name of "Lilt" for his cocker spaniel bitch, bred by S. J. 

 Bestor, Hartford, Conn , and whelped August 8th, 1876. 

 Lill is by imported Snip, out of imported Juliette, and in 

 color is while and liver. 



— Mr. Nicholas Leonard, of Boston, Mass., claims the 

 name of "Florrie" for his black setter bitch pup, ten 

 months old, out of the Gordon bitch Queen Bess, of Fox- 

 boro, by Copeland's Pete. 



Birmingham Dog Show.— This show was held &t Curzon 

 Hall, Birmingham, on the 13th December, and following 

 days. The entries numbered 1,(500. The judges in the 

 sporting classes were, for pointers: The Right Hon. Vis- 

 count Combermere and Tom LI. Brewer, Esq. Deerhounds 

 and gray hounds: Samuel Mallaby, Esq. Setters and 

 foreign sporting dogs. W. Lort, Esq. Spaniels: Major II. 

 Willett and the Rev. A. L. Wiliett. Retrievers: R. B. 

 Moore, Esq. Otterhounds, harriers, beagles, dachshunds, 

 Dalmatians, and foreign non-sporting dogs: Mr. John 

 Fisher. Fox-terriers; Mr. W. Cropper, and Mr. John 

 Walktr. 



Many celebrities on the bench and in the field were ex- 

 hibited. We append °a list of winners in setters and 

 pointer classes among which our readers will recognize 

 many familiar names' — 



Pointers— Large Size Champion Class.— Dogs: 1, T. 

 Whippell (VVagg). Bitches: J. J. Broomhall (Neil). Open 

 Class.— Dogs: 1, C. II. Mason (Viscount): 2. J. M. Cham- 

 pion (Jock); he, G. Pilkington (Fausi); W. H. Walker 

 (Devon). Bitches: 1, C. H.Mason (Lady Isabel); 2, J. J; 

 Baguali (Blair); he, YY\ Arkwright (frimula); c, G. Moore 

 (Midge). Small *iza champion class. — Dogs: 1, J. H. 

 Whitehouse (Pax). Bitches: 1, J. H. Whitehouse (Lady 

 Pearl). Small Size Open Class.— Dogs: 1. J. H. White- 

 house (Sleaford); 2, G. Brewis (Roy); c, L. Nicholls (Rap). 

 Bitches: 1,G. Furnace (Forest Blossom); 2, G. Pilkington 

 (Fancy); he. K. D. Brandreth (Ada); c, Duke of Westmin- 

 ster (Sail). Bit*mei with pups under three months old: 1 



D. M. Norrish (Belle). 



Setters— En glisu. — Champion Class.— Dogs: cup, 8. 



E. Shirley, Rock. Bitches: cup, R LI. Purcell-Llewel- 

 lin, Phantom. Open Class. — Dogs: 1 and cup, R. LI. Pur- 

 cell-Llewellin, Remus; 2, G. de Landre Macdona, Blue 

 Prince II; vhc, R. LI. Purcell-Llewelliu, Prince Royal; he, 

 T. E. Issard, Shot, C. S. Fauntelroy, Pring, P. Higson, 

 Peter, J. F. Walton, Banker, R. LI. Purcell-Llewellin, 

 Prince Regent, c, J. W. Morison, Saneho. Bitches: 1, 2, 

 and cup, R, LI. Percell-Llewellin, Puzzle and Countess 

 Bear; vhc, H. Barcley, Noll; he, R. Price, Betsey Hicks, J. 

 Bishop, Beatrice, T. E. Issard, Flame; c, T. E. Issard 

 Snow, G. de Landre, Macdoua, Pera. Black and Tan.— 

 Champion Class.— Dogs: cup, T. C. Meyrick, Rock; vhc, 

 R. W. Nevill, Grouse. Bitches: cup, T. C. Meyrick, Ruin; 

 vhc, C. B. Hodgson, Regalia; he, E. L. Parsons, Floss. 

 Open Class.— Dogs: 1 and cup, R. Thorp, Young Lang; 2, R. 

 Trevethick, Ronald; ahc, E. L. Parsons, Floss. Open 

 Class.— Dogs: 1, and cup. R. Thorp, Youg Lang; 2. R. 

 Trevethick, Ronald; vhc, E. L. Parsons, Grouse; he, The 

 Earl of Yarmouth, Rifle, A. Brocklehurst, Glen, Cap- 

 tain F. W. Rankin, Monarch; c, S. L. Seckham, 

 Rollo, J. Taylor, Jock, A. Pearson, Bang, H. Fow- 

 ler, Don. Buches: 1 and cup, Sir B. Dixies, Bart. 

 Flame; 2, Capt. Priestley, Pearl. Irish— Champion Class. 

 Cup, T. M. Hilliard, Palmerston; vhc, R. LI. Purcell-Llew- 

 ellin, Lilly II, G. McHalfie, Miua; c, Major R, Cooper, 

 Ellie. Open Class.— Dogs: 1 and cup, J. Waddington, 

 Shot; 2, J. S. Skidmoore, Grouse; vhc, R. LI. Purcell- 

 Llewellin, Kite, Capt. P. Priestley, Trump; he, J. S. Skid- 

 more, Dick, F. A. Bird, Shot, G. F. Ward, Dash, late 

 Grouse; c, G. McHaffie, Flame, T. G. Mead, . Rake, 

 Capt. E. Priestley, Truth. Bitches: 1 and cup, J. S. Skid- 

 more, Duck, late Cora; 2, Major R. Cooper, Nelly Carew; 

 vhc, J. Kennedy, Lilly III, G." McHaffie, Bella. 



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A Cure for Hydrophobia.— Mrs. Jane Swisshelm writes 

 to the Pittsburg Commercial concerning a recipe for the 

 cure of hydrophobia, which has been known as the Chester 

 Valley Cure. The ingredients are elecampane *and new 

 milk. The particulars of the origin of the cure she gives as 

 follows:— 



"In Chester county, Pennsylvania, lived a German named 

 Joseph Emery, who used to be sent for, far aud wide, when 

 any one had been bitten by a rabid animal. He went to his 

 patient carrying something understood to be a root, which 

 ne himself dug in the woods. Pie milked a pint of milk 

 fresh irom the cow, put the root into it, boiled it, gay© it 



