OOTOBKB 21, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



231 



aicGailey, -1 ; F. B. Oalp, i ; Hull, 5 ; Thompson, 6 ; Nolen, 3 ; 

 Chisholm, 5 ; Berg, 3 ; Blassiugiuue, 3. Gibbos, Ohisholm, Tar- 

 lamt. Hail imd Tliomeon each having made Hye, the guu waa sold 

 and proeeeda diWded between them. 



Second Day. 



Tesm pigeon match : pigeons from ground traps, 23 yards rise. 

 BO yards boundB, both baj:rela. Entrance ai5, S.50 added ; distri- 



tion same ; six birds to each man ; 



OrangeDure. 



ItDQJl 



ifUc 



....s 



Charleston No. 2. 









biiki 





Jenkins 



Read _ 



...3 

 ...2 





....3 



Coliuublu. 



bbift 



Oklej 



....2— is 

 ., .'.4 



Tai-iiir.r 



I'liion. 



Bquiu .J... .[[]'.. '.['.'.'.'.".' 



\V,in;ii:e 



Oulp 



Irwln 



Wlnnsboro. 

 sreCarley 



...•1—1.1 



..3 



..•t 

 ...5 

 ...4 



^-..').-21 



...1 







sTrevjUe 



Charleston -\o. i. 



f L. Oulp 



Ill 



::r^ 



irman 



jj 



Rabih... 



.. .0 



^moa 



ulmight i 



2—24 







Aiken . _ 





SpuTtanbnrg. 



omson. 



ten , 



....5 

 5 



^Tameless. 



H'.vl|>o-,l- _. 



.-'/ 







Im'iIi 



T^ S- l;:'!'„ .!:■ '". ,""".". ■■■■.■ 







..,.-4 

 ....6—24 



...■i 



between Charleston No. 1 and Spartanburg ohot off, three 

 ft each man, Charlei-tou No. 1 winning bv one bird and winning 

 prize ; Union, second ; Winneboro, third ; Orangoborg, fomth. 



'igeon sweepstake.s ; sfime conditions a^ above ; .*3 enlTaucc. 



.60 added: dihiTibution tame; 5 birds eaub : Dortic, 3: BbiB- 



>, 2 : Hoath. i ; GibljCH, 4 ; Inglesby. 4 ; 1. L. Keitt. 4 ; 



oak. 4: T. W. Keitt, 3 ; DaiitzJcr, i : Anderson, 3 ; Jenldus, 5 : 



L. Oulp, i ; McCuUongh, 3 : JlcCarley, 1 ; Sally, 4 ; Bookter, 3 : 



VL WaUaee, 5; Eabb, 3 ; McCsiuts, ,'/; A. Irwin, 4 ; Hall, 2: C. 



Eobersou, 3 ; Alkm, i ; Fiinnan. 4 : W. C. Wallace, 3 : Head, 1 ; 



5 ; Whiidcii, 4 : Nolen, 5 ; Boc-, 4 ; Tarrant, 5 ; Thoni- 



_ Jenkins, \Vallace, MeCauts, Cannon, Tarrant and Kolen 



..esch made 5 and di-\idetl lii-»t ,ctake : Whilden won ties on 4 and 



neoond prize with two birds : Mcfinllougii and Dortic divided third 



prize, each making thj-ae birds shooting off tie ; Hall won fourth 



aweepatiGieH for gun ; 3 bidia : 



' ' II I 1 1—3 Ptirman : i o— 2 



Mci-fuiey 1 1 i^s Tarrant i i (i— 2 



1 1 1— ■* BonknlgliC 1 i! w 



110-2 Meciillaugh I ii vv 



ffiOitk I 1 u— 2 Heath 1 n «- 



JsUolni 11(1—2 W. L. Culp w 



..11 0-2 f^'b. cmir/; 



^.1 1 f>-2 UeTi'evlIlc. 

 -.1 1 0—2 Keafi 



. .0 \ 



I sold and proceeds divided between Wliildea, Jenkins 

 ^McCarley. 



Titmr> DAV. 

 latch ; 50 halls, from two Card rotary traps, 10 yards 

 i, 21 yards riiio, taapit sirmdtauconsly revolved and one sprang ; 

 If) entrance, iOO added ; distribntion same : 



(jrangebiu-g. Charleston Ho. 1. 



w. L. Culp 9 



tiorifcmght. 8 



Hall T 



t'urruan ..7 



Wvilie lO^H WhUden 9— iO 



Spilrlunburg. Chai-leston No. 2. 



.8 Ingleisby ,. T 



. S Ohisholm K 



. 8 J enklna 7 



. 6 Tarrant 8 



. 8—38 Head T— 35 



union. Scrub. 



Glhlies 1) 



MlM 





hevLi,-.., taller, Biibatatuted tor advertised double ball 

 eaeh, es entrance, 825 added : 



1 I I--'* .Sally 111—3 



..10 1—2 BlatsUrgame ... 1 0—1 



' " " ■' Heath 111—3 



rtihorne.. . 



^lldeu 



BTc. Wallacs 



(Tm-m 



Onllougu. . . . 



j. Jones 



gle&by 



..1 1 1— 



.11 1— a Canui 



..1 1 1—3 HaU... 



,01 1—2 Head.. 



..11 1— S P.lvers. 



..11 0—2 Furmar 



..10 1—2 Nolen. . 



..10 0—1 o. It. Eobei 



...... 1 1—3 



1 1 0—2 



1 1 0—2 



1 1-2 



1 1 1—3 



1 1 1—3 



1 1—2 



..11 1—3 Jenkins 1 1 1— 3 



— 1 1 1—3 Iiantxler 1 o 1— 2 



1 1 0— s McCarley..... 1 1 1— e 



1 1 1-3 T. A. Irwln... 1 1 1—3 



1 1 1—3 



In shooting off ties, T. A. Inrin v 

 inguror! and Pagan third. 



n first, Dantzlar second, Blaa- 



H.M.B. 



J'. ./, — SBmi-monthly shoot 

 IS ynrds rise • 

 1110 1 



.'-vniN Gun Cliii), H'n'hairk 



lid badge; 20 balls, 3 Eogardua tra)i; 



una 1111111 1 



sieln 1 111100110111001110 1—14 



,„d , 1 011110100100110010 1—11 



flHIU V 1 lIllllllOllOOlllll 1—17 



s..Lou£her}-. 11 fllllllioillooilil 1—15 



,Ji Cook u 1 1 1 (>— S 



LMoylan 1 lOlOllOOOlOlOllllI 1—13 



RXU'l-swoM 01111010 111101101 0—12 



V, Murphy 1 1 1 1 1 ] q 1 1 1 1 Q 0—10 



1. McClean lOOOOOOOloooilOOOlOO— 8 



ffSauei' 101101010001011101 i— n 



...1 111111111111 (niiii 0-18 



....1 10101011 1011111011 !— IS 



lOKLrs Gdn CiAm, Dexter Park, L. J,, October 12.— Eegtdar 



rtbly contest for the Brooklyn Gun Clnb, double baU trophy, 



iliot for at 7 pairs eaoh, from H. and T. plrmge traps, handicap 



.21 yards , 11 11 11 11 U 11 01—13 



11 11 01 11 01 11 11—12 



n 11 10 11 10 11 11—12 



U 11 11 00 11 11 10—11 



01 11 10 11 11 11 10—11 



11 10 01 10 n u u^-10 



11 10 10 10 11 11 Ol- 10 



11 01 00 11 10 n 10—9 



11 10 11 00 10 11 10—9 



- 10 11 10 10 10 n 10—9 



10 00 11 11 00 n 01—8 



01 11 00 11 10 00 11— s 



01 10 11 00 01 01 10—7 



01 00 11 00 00 10 11— H 



M.oo no no on 10 n lo— ^ 



£! Creed won the trophy -with the very nent eoore of 13 out 

 J .4blo 14. 

 .!.patakBg ; ties ahot off, miss and go oat • 



Clint Wlsner so yards 1 11 llllllllll 1—14 



BenJ. West " ill 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 0— 18 



Wm. VVyna " ill lllOw 



Brooks " Ill 1 1 -w 



Chope " oil 11111111 —10 



A. Croot " ..110 111.11110 —9 



T. Uar-ker " .,101 1 w 



A. Atkins " 1 TV 



Ivei-s " , aouw 



G. GUlett..,, " 000 W 



rnaerdnnk " inow 



K. icoblnsnii -^ lOOV 



Clint. Wisiier took lirst mouoy after a very pretty but stubborn 

 match with the veteran I'.enj. West. 



Keferee, Cairt. K. Anthony. N, C T. 



Newtown, L. I. — Oclaber 18.— The Audubon Rod and Guu Club, 

 of Brooklyn, E. D., which was organized a few weeks ago, and of 

 wliioli a notice was pnbiished in the Jj'ohest asd Strb.vji, held 

 then' fii'st regular monthly shoot on Saturday last for a handsome 

 badge, furnished by the clnb. It is the intention of the club to 

 Uftve a shoot once a miratb, and the person winning the badge the 

 most times during the year it becomes lii.t property. Bogardus 

 rtUes ; 10 bttUs each ; ties to be shot off at 5 balls each : 



E.BIackwell ,... , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0— s 



A. Andrewsi 1 10111101 1— s 



L. B. Field 01111011 1—7 



.1. Hemliig, 11111110 1-8 



K. -\llen » 1 1 1 1— I 



P. Heming ■■■• lintOlll 0— « 



C. W. Field 1 1111110 1—8 



C. Twing (I 1 « 1 ) « 0-3 



J. Koknan , 10 110 l- s 



In shooting off the tie at 5 balls each, E. Blackwell shot 2 ; A. 

 Ancbrews, 4 : J. Ifeming, 4 ; C. W. Field, 5. H. H. 



Dextes Pabk.— .7<u/>c(icY!, I. /.. Oc(. I.S.— To-day occurred the 

 eighth regular memlldy contest eif the Long Island Shooting Club 

 for the chanipioiislnp cui.i. As usual, it was shot for at 7 birds 

 each, from H and T ground traps : handicapped rise : 80 yards 

 boundary ; ties shot olf at 3 bu'ds each ; L. I. S. C. rules : 



•ake 2J3-;u-(l,g 10 11111-10 1— S 



1 1 1 1 1 1— • 1 0— V 



A. Kcrdy 



W. ^liUs 24 



W. M-ynn 25 



.1. Thomas 25 



R. Robinson 23 



R. Mldmer ...23 



,r. .Jaeger 2-3 



E. H. Madison 21t 



W. Baulsn-... ......t.ai 



1 I 1 1 1 1-1 1 '—7 



■• 1 1 1 1 1 5 



1 1 1 ' 1 1 5 

 1 1 1 1 • 5 

 "011100 3 



10 9 110 3 



1 1 4 * 3 

 10 110 3 

 110- 2 

 10 1 







Bergek Point, N. J.— Oet 9.— The sixth of the series of seven 

 matches by the Kecreation Gun Club of Bergen Point, for the 

 second gold medal. This medal becomes the property of the mem- 

 ber who breaks the greatest number of glass balls duruig the series. 

 Moore retu-ed with first medal. Mol&revpl'vinglirap; IS gla«8 balls; 

 IS yards rise : Club niles : 



1111 1—11 

 Ocloher 11.— The seventh of the series of seven matches for the 

 second gold medal. S. L. Davis, Moore and Voorhees came in for 

 practice, but were vutuaUy out of the match, a.« far as tlds medal 

 was concerned, having retired before. Mole revolving ti'ap : 15 

 glass balls ; IS yards rise ; club rules : 



S. L. Davis 010010 11 1 1 1 1 1—9 



A'oorliees 1 OlOOOOOOl lOOlO-S 



Moore 1 11111011 1 1 1 1 1 1—14 



Wllmerdlng loioooll 1—6 



C.H.Davis..-- 10101101 1 1 1 1 1-10 



The medal is now the property of A. C. Wihnerdiug, he having 

 broken six more glass balls than the next man (0. H. Davis) during 

 the series of matches. Tim Bbkdoodle. 



Mobile Gnx Club.— Monthly shoot for medal, Dot. 9 ; 18 yds. 

 rise ; Mole's rotaiy trap : 



Ceo. Boltz. . .1 1111110 1 1—9 M. Devhie.. .1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1—7 

 j.?\leDonneli.i 1 I 1 1 1 1 1— s ,1. Stewart. . .0 011110111—7 



!i'. Finch 11111101 1—8 T.Wagner. ..1 1 1 1 1 1 1—7 



c. A. L.vons. .1 1111011 1 0— s L.orabtree.. 00001001 11^ 



?Ir. fi. Boltz wiiLS tbe medal tlie second time in succession. 



Sweepstake M.atch, Oct 10.— Five balls ; 18 yds, rise ; Mole's 

 rotary trap : 



.T. McDonnell 1 1 1 1 1—5 E. T. Cowart 1 1 1—3 



H.Koster 1 1 1 1—4 J.Stewart ^..l 100 1—3 



L. Crabtree 1 110 1—4 T. Wagner. I 061 1—3 



O.Boltx 1 1 1 1 0—4 R. Ftuch 1 too 0—2 



C. A. Lyons 1 119 1—4 



Mr. John McDonnell wins first money, and Mr. L. Crabtree 

 second money. On the tie Jlr. T. Wagner wins third money by six 

 straight baUs to the five of Mr. E. T. Cowaii. 



Mobile— Oct. 13.— The Gulf City Gun Club had its regular 

 monthly medal shoot this evening at the Club Lodges, G. W. 

 Timstall again came to the front with lOballs out of 20. Afterward 

 the following pigeon match was shot ; 8 buds ; 21 yards rise : 



Geo W. Tun.sl,alLl 111110 1-7 C. Holt 1 0111001—5 



T.S. Scales 1 1 1 : I I— e W. S. Anaei'son..O i 1 1 1 1 1 1—7 



J. G. Filend 1 10 110 1-5 C. L. Huger ill 1111 1—8 



George Boltz. ...1 011111 1—7 McDonnell 1 1 1 1 1—6 



Wm.Lott 1 111 1—5 T. McDonnell. ...1 10 110 1 0—5 



Jas. Bush 1 10 10 11 1—6 



In shooting off ties of 7 8, 'A. won with 3 straight birds ; ties 

 of 6, Bush 3 sb-mght bh-ds. B. C. Obeh. 



Detkoit. — In the latest contest for that extensive prize of the 

 iliehigan State Medal Association, Ed. H. Gillman, of Detroit, won 

 the honors and the medal. The shoot was according to Enghsh 

 rnles, and Gillrnan'e winning was achieved by the killing of eleven 

 straight birds. The following is the score of the Jlich. State Medal 

 shoot, Oct.. 12, 1880 : 



Me-cbner 1 1111 110 11 1—10 



Nlmr-d , 1 11:110111 1—10 



Mack 1 11110 w 



.T. V. D. Elrtredge .1 11110 " 



E. H. GlUman .,..1 111111111 1— 11 



W.J.Mason 1 111110 w 



X sweep followed, in which Eldredge and Gillman killed 9 

 straight each, and divided, Metchner killmg 8 and missing his ninth. 



— A match at 100 birds each, 30 yards rise, amended HnrUngham 

 rules, was shot at Baltimore, on Monday last, between Mr. Donald 

 3. Swann, of the Maryland Gun Club, and 5Ir. HoweU Biokley, of 

 the Philadelphia Gun Olub. The match was shot at the gi-ounds 

 of the Maryland Olub at Pimlico, and residted in a victory for Mj. 

 Swaim. Dr. Ke,nfley, of the Philadelphia Gun Club, was referee. 

 The match occupied only two hours and twenty minutes ; weather 

 delightful. The score was as follows : 



Donald.!. Swann 1 loiliiiiiiiiiiioiiiioii 



111010 0101100111 uiiiooiiioiiiiiiiiooi 

 iiioioiiiiboiiii 110111111111111111100 



1— TofaM'O; tcUlert. 79; missed, 21. 



Howell W. Blck'ley 1 I lOlllolOOOlOlllOlOlll 



11111101010 1 1111 1 11 111 11011101111001] 

 101111110110001111111 00011000111 II 1000 

 U 1 1- Total, 1(H) ; killed, 69 ; missed, 31. 



|7/i! fennel 



— Addrmi all communicMiom to " Forest and Stream Pub-> 

 lishing Company, New Tork." 



FIXTURES. 



Pennsvlvania State Field Trials Association Trials, Lancaster, Pa,, 

 Oct. 26tJi, 27th. 28th and 29th. J. B. Stayton, Secretary, Pittsburg, 

 Pa. 



National American Kennel Club's Second Annual Field Trials, 

 VineennoB, Ind., Nov, 15th. Chas. I)e Rouge, Secretarv, 51 Broad 

 sti-eet, New York. 



Eastern Field Tiials Club's Second Annual Trials, Bobins Island 

 Peconie Bay, L. I., Nov. 29. Jacob Peutz, Secretaiy, New York. 



MODERN COCKER SPANIELS. 



AS there has been so much clis.sati8faction felt and ex- 

 pressed with the judgments in the cocker and field span- 

 iel cbusses lately, and as the breed is the most useful all around 

 one existing, and consequently worthy of as much fostering 

 and care as is given to setters and pointers, I have taken upon 

 myself to try and settle a definite standard. To do this I 

 have written to all the breeders of cockers that I knew, in- 

 viting thein to .send me photogi-aphs, measurements, descrip. 

 tions, etc., of their best dogs, and their general opinions on 

 the breed. 



Tlie various information thus obtained will, thi'ough your 

 kindness, appear in your columns, and will thus be open to 

 the critici.sni of the public generally ; and I, on the part of 

 those who are assisting me in my task, invite all interested to 

 give vent to their opinions and criticisms through tlie siime 

 valuable medimn. 



I give you below a letter from Mr. A. C. Waddell, of To- 

 peka, Kansa.s, a gentleman v.-ell known as a breeder and 

 owner of fine dogs. This will be followed by letters from 

 other breeders, and I, vrith your good permission, will bring 

 up the rear. ' ^ Geo. D. Macdouq-AXl. 



Mr. Waddell says of the cocker or field spaniel as follows : 



"Time has revolutionized very many tilings so as to con- 

 form to the desire, if not actually- the demands, of sportsmen ; 

 for, be it known, history tells us the same sports were in- 

 dulged in hundreds of years ago. But it must be acknowl- 

 edged we have advanced wonderfully in bringing beauty to 

 join hands with utility— this with all our domestic animals, 

 until at the present time it is a rare thing to find one so igno- 

 rant that he does not know what beauty in an animal is ; but 

 the differences of opinion are merely based upon ichat should 

 be a standard, and the true one wiU surely be the one, for 

 there is a general idea that all innately drift to, and the dis- 

 senters will naturally be crowded back, to disappear eventu- 

 ally. 



"The spaniel, of whatever strain, is one of, if not the 

 luffldsoine,st of all the breeds of dogs. The beautiful expres- 

 sion of face, the speaking eyes— for they almost talk— the 

 long, graceftdly falling ears, and compact, evenly balanced 

 body, all go to make up the most agreeable house pets as well 

 as field companions. But the usefulness of the dog over- 

 balances all other attainments, for his intelligence is natural, 

 not accxuired by a course of study or training. It is intuitive, 

 and a mere association with his owner brings the dog to un- 

 derstand his desires. I am now speaking more particularly 

 of the spaniel known as the cocker or field spaniel. Its 

 creation as a breed has originated from the crossing of the 

 larger varieties with the smaller, until a medium-sized dog 

 has been abtained, of different colors, but not varying very 

 much in formation ; and yet, as with all other breeds of 

 dogs, there are many specimens that are unworthy of promo- 

 tion, and the judges— who are the breeders, as a whole— do 

 not acknowledge them as true types of what breeders call 

 field spaniels. At the present time more interest is being 

 taken in field spaniels in America than ever before; 

 and as there has been some controversy in regard 

 to what a cocker spaniel should be to be distinct from 

 the other breeds it is well that some standard should be 

 made. The most numerous, as regards color, are the liver and 

 whites and liver colored ; necessarily, or to be expected, those 

 of that color would have more color bearers. "The majority 

 should rule, but tastes vary, and although the color, so far as 

 I have noticed, has nothing to do with the ciualities of the 

 dogs, j'et certainly each one has a right to his choice, as with 

 .setters and pointers. The four leading colors of the field 

 spaniel of to-day are the all liver, the liver and white, the 

 black, and the black and tau. In Wales they have a beauti- 

 ful little field spaniel, orange and white in color— the breed, 

 I am told, is almost extinct — but are verv hardy, active and 

 useful dogs, and were they obtainable, I'for one would pre- 

 fer the color to all others. The color, therefore, is a mere 

 choice of fancy. The regulations as for type should be based 

 on form, as with the setter and pointer and other breeds of 

 dogs that are judged on the show bench. 



"I think your imdertaking a good one, for about the 

 points there always would be much disagreement if some 

 type T%-as not established ; but even after one is made there 

 will yet be those who think their old standard is the right 

 one. Now, if you will refer to Stonehmge you will see where 

 he says Mr. Burdette for years took first iu the field and on 

 the bench. There are several distinct types of the cocker. 

 If the picture I enclose is not the right one then there must 

 be a number of right ones. This is Jock, son of Josie by 

 Bow, her own brother, weight, 17^ pounds ; 8 months old, 

 and Josie is exactly like him, only her tail is not docked. 

 They are very fast, compact built, remarkably intelligent, 

 and very beautiful. Bow is chestnut and tan, but gets all 

 black and tan pups, as he is full black and tan in blood'. The 

 Burdettes of pure blood sometimes come chestnut and tan, 

 and they are beautiful dogs. Bow is a worker ; opens at the 

 rise of a bird, and is as lovely a cocker as any one could desire. 

 Now, I am opposed to cockers running over 25 pounds, and 

 when Jlr. Whitman e.xhibited his at St. Louis, liver and 

 whites, that would run to near, if not quite, 40, I said, -Eng- 

 lish field spaniels,' or as some call them, English water 

 spaniels. Tliey are not the true cocker, and no standard 

 should be made on them. The true cocker should be a di- 

 minutive setter, only more compact, with shoner head ; their 

 action should be all excitement, tail continually in motion 

 and continually beating the ground, with that nervous 

 bound that no other dog has but the true cocker, who flushes 

 his game, and could not, from appearances, be controlled not 

 to do so. A dog of 40 pounds does not fill the bill any more 

 than a Clumber spaniel, and a Clumber, to me, is no use. I 

 have owned them— the best— and the? half fill the place of 

 a setter and do -mt that of a cocker. But the cocker is a 

 grand little dog, not only as a field dog. but as a compimion 

 around the house or with you In your strolls through the 



