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FOREST AND STREAM. 



rSEPTEMBER S, t880, 



nor abridge his boldnes. Our English men (to tli' intent 

 that theyr Uogges might be the more fell and fearce) as- 

 sist nature with arte, vse, and custome, for they teach 

 theyr dogges to baite tlie Beare. to buit« the Bull and 

 other such like riuell and bloudy beastes (appointing an 

 ouerseer of the i^Miue) without any coUar to defend theyr 

 tlirotes, and oftentimes thev traine them vp in fighting 

 and wrestUng -n-iilL a man liauing for the safegarde of his 

 ly£e, eyther a Pikestatfe, a clubbe. or a sworde and by 

 vaing Ihem to such exercises as tliese, theyr dogges be- 

 come more sturdy and strong. The force which is in 

 tbem surmounteth all beleefe, the fast holde which they 

 take with their teeth exceeileth all credit, three of them 

 against a Beare, fowre against a Lyon are sulficient. botli 

 to try niaateryes with them and vtterly to ouermarcli 

 them. "Which Hetin/ the seuenth of tha"t nanio. Kins of 

 England (a Prince bnrli politique & warlike) perceauing 

 on a certaine tiiv ia> thi; report runneth) commaunded 

 aU such dogges ilio\v ninny soeuer they were in number) 

 should be ha ngHi), bf-yng <leepely displeased, and con- 

 ceauing great disduine that an yll faured rascali cun'e 

 should with such violent villany, assault the vaUaunt 

 Lyon king of aU beastes. An example for all subjects 

 worthy remembraunce. to adnionishe them that it is no 

 aduantage to them to rebell against y' regiment of their 

 ruler, but to keepe them within the" limits of Loyaltie. 

 I reede an history auoswerable to this of the selfe same 

 Henry, who liaumg a notable and an excellent fayre Fal- 

 con, it fortuned that the kiugs Falconers, in the pres- 

 ence and lieaiini; of bis grace, highly commended his 

 Jlaieaties Falcon, saying that it feared not to intermeddle 

 with an Eagle, ii was so^ venturous a brrde and so 

 mygbty, which when the King harde, he charged that 

 the Falcon should be killed without delay, for the selfe 

 same reason (as it may seeme) which waa rehersed in the 

 cocluaion of the former history concerning the same 

 king. This dogge is called, in llke'maner, Carthenarius, 

 a. Cathena, of the chaine wherwdth he is tyed at the gates, 

 in y' daytime, least beyng lose he should doe mtioh mis- 

 chiefe and yet might giue occasion of feare and terror 

 by his bigge barcking And albeit Cicero in his oration 

 had Pro. S. Boas, be of this opinion, that such Dogges as 

 barcke in the broade day light shoulde haue their legges 

 broken, yet our countrymen, on this side of the sea.s for 

 their carelessnes of lyfe setting all at cinque and sice, are 

 of a contrary iudgment. For Iheefes roge vp and down 

 in euery corner, no place is free from them, no not y' 

 prince's pallace. nor the country mans cotage. In the 

 day time they prax-tise jjilfering, picking, open robbing, 

 and priuy siE'almg, and what legerdemaine lacke they : 

 not fearing the shanief ull and horrible death of hanging. 

 The cause of; whicli inconueuience doth not onely issue 

 from nipping neede & wringing want, for all y' steale, 

 are not pinched with pouerty, but som steale to main- 

 taine tlieir excessive and prodigaU expences in appareU. 

 their lewdnes of lyfe. their haulines of hart, theyr wan- 

 tonnes ot maners," theyr wdfuU ydlenes, their atiibitious 

 brauery, and the pryde. of the sawcj' S'.iloixines' megalor- 

 routon vaine glorious and arrogant in behauior, whose de- 

 liglitdependech wholly to mount nimbly on liorsebacke, to 

 make them l°ape lustely .spryng and praunce, galloppe and 

 amble, to runne a race, to "wynde in rompasse. and so 

 forthe, Uuing all together vpon the fatnesse of the spoyle. 

 Other som ther be which steale. being thereto prouoked 

 by penury & neede, like masterlesse me applying them- 

 selues to no honest trade, butraunging vp and downe im- 

 pudently begging and coniplayning of bodily weakenesse 

 where is no want of abililie. But valiaunt Valentine. 

 th' emprour, by wholsome lawes prouided that suche as 

 hauingno corporall sicknesse, sold themselues to begging, 

 pleded pouerty wyth pretened infirmitie, & cloaked 

 the ydle and sloutidul lite with colurable shifts and 

 cloudy cossening, should be a perpetuall slaue and drudge 

 to him, by whom their Impudent yldlenesse was bewray d, 

 and layed agaiust tberu m publique place, least the insuf- 

 ferable slouthfuUnes of sucli vagabondes should be bur- 

 thenous to the people, or being so hateful! and odioua, 

 should growe into an example. -i(/ye J ua' likewise in the 

 gouernrfient of his commonwealth, procured such in- 

 creAse of credit* to iustice and upright dealing by his 

 prudent actes and statutes, that if a ma trauailing by the 

 hygh w^ of the countrey vnder his dominion, chauuced 

 to lose d!*budget fuU of gold, or his capcase farsed with 

 things of great value, late in theeuening, he shoulde find 

 it where he lost it, safe, sound, and vntouched the next 

 morning, }'ea (which is a wonder) at any time for a whole 

 monethes space if he sought for it, as Ingulphus Croylu- 

 densis in hia Hystory recordeth. But in this our vnhappy 

 age, in these (I say) our deuelishe dayes nothing can 

 scape the clawes of the spoyler, though it be kept neuer 

 BO sure within the house, albeit the doores bee lockt and 

 boulted round about. This dogge in like maner of Gre- 

 ciana is called oikouros 



Of the latmists Canis Cultos, in Englishe 

 .the Dogge keeper. 

 Borrowing his name of his seruice, for he doth not 

 onely keepe fanners houses, but also merchaunts maisons. 

 wherin great wealth, riches, Bubstaunce and costly stulfe 

 is reposed. And therfore were certam dogges 'founde 

 and maintained at the common costes and charges of tlie 

 Citizens of Rovie in the place called Capitolium, to giue 

 warning of theefes comming. This kind of dogge is 

 also called. 



In latine Canis Latitartus in Englishe the 

 Butchers Dogge 

 So called for the necessity of his vse, for his seruice af- 

 foordeth great benefite to the Butcher aswell in following 

 as in taking his catteU when neede constraineth, vrgeth, 

 and reqiiireth. This kinde of dogge is likewise called. 

 In latine Molossmem or Molos-w.s. 

 After the name of a coimtrey in J3pirus called Moloasia, 

 which harboureth many stoute, strouge, and sturdy 

 Dogges of this sort, for the dogges of that countrey 

 are good in deede, or else there is no trust to be had 

 ill the testimonie of writers. This dogge is also called. 

 In latine Canis Mandatarius a Dogge messin- 

 ger or Carrier. 

 Upon substanciall consideration, because at his masters 

 ■voyce and commaundment, hecarrieth letters from place 

 to place, wrapped vp cunningly in his lether collar, fast- 

 ened thereto, or sowed clo.se thoriu, who, least he should 

 be hindered in his passage vselh these helpes very skil- 

 fully, namely resistaunce in fighting if he be not oner- 



matched, or else swiftnesse & readinesse in running 

 away, if he be vnable to buckle with the dogge that 

 would f aine have a snatch at his skinne. This kinde of 

 dogge is also called. 



In latine Caim LwnariUB, in Englishe 

 the Mooner. 



Because he doth nothing else but watch ainl warde 



; an ynche, wasting the wearisome night season without 

 slombering or sleeping, bawing ct wawing at the Jloone 

 (that I may vse the word of J>/onius) a qualitie in mine 

 opinion straunge to consider. This kinde of dogge is also 

 caUed, 



In latine Aquarius in Englishe a water drasver, 



Anil these be of the greater and the waighter sort 

 drawing water out of weUs and deepe pittea, by a wheele 

 which they turne rounde about by the mouiiig of tlieir 

 burthenous bodies, This kinde of dogge is called in like 

 maner 



Canis Sarcinarius in Latine. and may aptly be eng- 

 Ushed a Tynkers Curre. 



Because with mameilous paoience they beare bigge 

 budgettes fraught with Tinckers tooles,and" mettall meete 

 to mend kettles, porrige pottes, skeliets, and eliafers., 

 and other such like trumpery requisite for their occupa-" 

 cion and loytering trade, easing him of a great burthen 

 which otherwise he hlmselfe should carry vpon his 

 shoulders, which condition hath challenged vnto them 

 the foresaid name. Besides the qualities which we haue 

 alrea.iy recounted, this kind of diigges liath this princi- 

 pal! propertie ingrafted in them, that they lone their 

 masters liberally, and liate straungera despightfully, 

 wherevpon it foUoweth that they are to their masters, 

 in traueiUng a singidar safgard. defending them force- 

 ably, from the inuasion of villons and theefes, presexii- 

 ing their lyfes from losse. and their health from hassard, 

 thej'r fleshe from hacking anil hewing with such like 

 desperate danngers. For which consideration they are 

 meritoriously tearmod. 



In Latine Canes defensor es defending dogges 

 in our mother toungue. 



If it chaunce that the master bee oppressed, either by 

 a multitude, or by the greater violence & so be beaten 

 downe that he lye grouehng on the grounde, (it is proued 

 true by experience) that this Dogge forsaketh not his 

 master, no not when he is starcke deade : But induring 

 the force of famishment and the outrageous tempestes 

 of the weather, most vigilantly watcheth and carefully 

 keepeth the deade carkasse many dayes, endeuouring, 

 furthermore, to kil the murtherer of his master, if he 

 may get any advantage. Or else by barcking. by howl- 

 ing, by furious iarring, snarring, and such lite meanes 

 betrayeth the melefactour as desirous to haue tlie death 

 of his aforesayde Master rigorijusl\ e renenged. And ox- 

 ample hereof "fortuufMl within the'com|jasse of my mem- 

 ory. The Dogge of a certaine wayefaring man trauaUing 

 from the Citie of Ijondon directl.y to the Towne of King- 

 stone (most famous and renowned liy reason of the tri- 

 umphant coronation of eight seuerall Kiugsj pas.sing ouer 

 a good portion of his iourney was assaidted and set A-pon 

 by certaine confederate theefes laying in waight for the 

 spoyle in Co'me2yarcke, a periUons bottom, compassed 

 about wj-th woddes to well knowne for the manyfolde 

 murders &mischiefeou8 robberies theyr committed" Into 

 whose handes this passinger chauuced to fall, so that hi 

 ill lucke cost him the price of his lyfe. And that Dogge 

 whose syer was EngUshe (which Blondus registreth to haue 

 bene within the banckes of his remebrance) manifestly 

 perceauyng that his Master was murthered (this chauuced 

 not farre from Paris, by the handes of one which was a 

 suiter to the same woma, whom he was a wooer imto, 

 dyd both bewraye the bloudy btitcher. and attempted to 

 teare out the viflons throateif he had not sought meanes 

 to aiioyde the reuonging rage ol the Dogge. In fyersalsfj 

 wliich fortune in the silence and dead time of the niglit, 

 or in stormy weatliei' of the sayde season, the older dogges 

 hareke. ball, howle, and yell (yea notwithstuiidviig tjiev 

 bee roughly rated) neyther will thes ata> their" tonuges 

 till the householde seruauntes awake, ly-se, searcl], and 

 see the burning of the fyro, whicij beyng perceaued they 

 vse voluntary silence, and cease from yolping This hath 

 bene, and is founde tnie by tryall, in simdry partes of 

 England. There was no faynting faith in that Dogge, 

 which when his Master by a mischaunce in hunting 

 stumbled and fell toppling downe a deepe dytche beyng 

 vnable to recouer of hlmselfe, the Dogge signifying his 

 masters niishappo, reskue came, and he was hayled up by 

 a rope, whom the Dogge seeying almost drawne up to the 

 edge of the dytche, cheerefully saluted, leaping and skip- 

 ping vpon his master as though he woulde haue imbraced 

 hym, beyng glad of his presence, whose longer absence 

 he was lothe to lacke. Some Dogges there be, which 

 win not suffer fiery coales to lye skattered about the 

 hearthe, but with their pawes wil rake up the burnyng 

 coales, musying and studying fyrst with themselues 

 how it mightbe conueniently be done. And if so bee 

 that the coales caste to great a heate then wiU they buyry 

 them in ashes and so remoue them forwarde to a fyt 

 place wyth theyr noses. Other Dogges bee thexe which 

 exequute the office of a Farmer in the nyghte tyme. For 

 when his master goeth to bedde to take his naturall 

 sleepe, And when 



A hundred barres of trasee an yron boltes. 

 Make all things safe from startes and from reuoltes. 

 When lanus keepes the gate with Argos eye. 

 That daunirers none approeh, ne misotiiefea aye. 



As Virgin vaimteth in his verses. Then if his master 

 byddeth him go abroade, he lingereth not, but raungeth 

 ouer all his lande lying there about, more dUigently, I 

 wys, then any farmer himselfe. And if he find any- 

 thing their that is straunge and pertaining to other persons 

 besides his master, whether it be man, woman, or bjast, 

 he driueth them out of the ground, not med dlin g with 

 any thing which doth belong to the possession and vse of 

 his master. But how much faythfulness, so much diur- 

 sitie there is in their natures. 



heede of them because they sounde, as it were, &a Alarum 

 of an afterclappe, and these dogges must not be oner 

 much moued or prouoked, for then they take on outra- 

 giously as if they were madde, watching to set the print 

 of their teeth hi the fleshe. And these kinde of dogges 

 are fearce and eager by nature. 



The thirde are deadly, for they flye upon a man, with- 

 out vtteraunce of voyce, snatch at liirn. and catche him 

 by the throate, and most cruelly byte out coUoppes of 

 fleashe. Feare these kind of Curi-es (if thou bee wise 

 and circumspect about thine o\\ j,e aa ferie) for they be 

 stoute and Btubborne dogges, and set vpon a man "at a 

 sodden vnwares. By these .sigues and tokens, by these 

 notes and argiiementes our men discerue the cowardly 

 curre from the couraginus dogge the bolde from the feare- 

 full, the butcherly from the gentle and tractable. More- 

 oner they coniecture tha: a whelpe of an yll kinde is not 

 worthe the keeping and that no dogge can seme the sun- 

 dry vses of men so aptly and so conueniently as this sort 

 of whom we haue so largely written already. For if any 

 be disposed to drawe the ahoue named seruices into "a 

 table, what ma more ciearely, ami with more vehemency 

 of voyce ^veth warning eytlier of a wastefuU beaste, or 

 of a spoiling theefe than this V who by his barcking (as 

 good as a burning beacon) foreshoweth hassards at hand ? 

 What maner of beast stronger r what seruant to his 

 master more louing? what companion more trustie? 

 what watchman m"bre vigilant? what reuenger more 

 constant? what messinger more speedie? wb.at water 

 bearer more painefuU? Finally wliat packhorse more 

 patient ? And thus mucli concerning English Dogges, 

 tirst of the gentle kinde, secondly of the courser kinde. 

 Nowe it remainerh that we deliuer vnto you the Dogges 

 of a mungrell or a currishe kinde, and them will wee 

 perfourme our taske. 



11 A Diall pertaining to the 



foxirth Section. 



which rihelce^eror 

 hath watclinidii 



BUQdry I '■■■ .los 



dry eir- I . u^ ....,.:, .uiiv 

 custan- TheTinckerso 

 ces OS L The fencer. 



1 called to La- J 

 < tine Canes y 

 I RiUiticl. I 



j:\ji liuc^ic ; ^.ULuaLV uui. w*ii ii.ji. uii^tj, 



be some ) Which due bolh barcke and byte, 



f Which bite bitterly beJore they baroke. 



The first are not greatly to be feared, because they 

 themselues are fearefull, and fearefuU dogges (as the 

 prouerbe importeth) barcke most vehemently. 



The second are daungeifoua, it is wisedome to take 



EASTERN FIELD TRIALS. 



REOULATIONS, RtTLES FOE RTJJTOTNG, AND rSSTBtTCTIONS TO 

 JUDOES— TRIALS, 1880. 



Rule I. The Executive Board shall advertise the time 

 and place where the meeting will he held, the date of 

 closing entries, the scale of points, and tlie names of 

 judges, at least thhty days lufore the trials take place. 

 In the event any judge or Judges fail to act, the competi- 

 tors shall fill all vacancies, eacli competitor being entitled- 

 to one vote. 



Rule 2. " Dogs shall be drawn in braces by lot and run 

 in heats, the teaten dogs to be retired (except as lierein- 

 after'mentioned), and the winners to he run ugain in the 

 order in which they run their successive heats. If there 

 should be a bye, the dog getting the benelit of tlie bye 

 shaU be run in the first heat of the nest series of heats. 

 If two dogs, owned, or exhibited by the same person, 

 should be drawn to run together or come together in any 

 successive lieat, the second ilog shaU cliange place with 

 the next dog in the order of running. This sliall lie con- 

 tinued until only two dogs remain, and the winner of 

 these two shall l)e the winner ot first prize. The last dog 

 beaten by the winner of the first prize, shall compete for 

 the second prize with the beat of those dogs previously • 

 beaten by the winner of the first prize. The winner of 

 this heat shall be declared the winner of the second 

 prize. The dog beaten in this heat shall compete with 

 the best of those previously beaten by the second prize 

 winner, and the \vinner shall be third" in the race. The 

 discretion is given the judges of deciding which is the 

 best of these Ijeaieu <logs in the competition for second 

 and third places, by selection, or by running extra heats 

 between them. 



Rule .i. When two dogs owned or trained by the same 

 person shall be drawn together, one shall be run only, 

 and he with another dog, which shall be immediately 

 drawn, and the dog left over shall be drawn again. Tf at 

 the latter end of a trial it be fotmd impossible to avoid 

 running two such dogs together, it may be permitted. 



Rule 4. The judges shall order up the dogs as soon as 

 they have determined which is the best, according to the 

 scale of points in Rule 5. But, unless any dog shows 

 such lack of merit that, in the opinion of the judges, ho 

 cannot be placed, ail dogs shall, if time permits, have at 

 least three chances to show their behavior on birds. 



Rule .5. Positive points for merit : Pointing, 35 ; pace, 

 1.0 ; backing, 8 : style, 7 ; stauchncss, 8 ; ranging and 

 quartering, 10 ; obedience and disposition,? ; retrieving, 

 10 ; total fOO. Negative points of demerit : False point- 

 ing, 1 to 7 ; breaking in, 3, each offense ; breaking shot, 

 5, each utf'^nse ; > liasing or breaking shot and chasing, 

 10, first oifciise ; second, out of the race. 



Rule 0. Au person, except the judges, attendants and 

 reporters will be permitted to accompany the handlers of 

 dogs. Two persons will not be permitted to work one dog 

 or a brace of dogs. If from any cause the handler ofa dog 

 or brace of dogs is disabled to such extent that he cannot 

 shoot, the judges shall appoint a person to shoot for him. 

 The handlers of the two dogs shall go together as if it 

 were a brace of dogs, so that the dogs shall be upon an 

 equaUty as to ground, opportunities for piiintiag, etc. 

 No spectators will be allowed nearer the handler of dogs 

 than seventy-five yards to the rear. No person shall 

 make any remark about the judges or doggs in hearin of 

 the judges ; such person so offending shall be expelled 

 from the grounds. Should any handler of dogs annoy 

 the judges after having been ordered to de.sist, the judges 

 shall order such dogs as he is handling up and out of the 

 race. The privilege is granted the handlers to aak the 

 judges for information or explan^ition that has a direct" 

 bearing upon any point at issue ; pending such question 

 the dogs shall not bi? under judgcaeut. Djgs alllicted 

 with anjr contagious disease, or bitches in season, will not 

 be permitted on the grounds. 



