}^,nhsu:f.,l 4, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



273 



Jbr argument's sake nn crroiKioiis nvrard in tlils oasc we non- 

 sidcr the prccedwit of chanirin? a decision a vciy bud One. 

 In Mii." ease ii, was purtii-uliirly uiifonunnte, fnr it was tlio 

 •flrat derision of llio nuieliiig tlial liud Iwrn n])enly announced 

 1,0 1 lie whole field. Wc consider re-jndgiiii; should be dis- 

 eotu-.'ijied by 'dl tlioef wlio do not viieh iti see our trials and 

 slinws timied into beer gardens simply; hccatiBfi Mr. Smith or 

 jMr. Ifoliinson tliinlis he has Ijeen aggrieved. Up to this time 

 there iierer was a set of judges iji' America who hiid shown 

 Iheniselvea more competent to judge or had greater conli- 

 deiiff from tjverj one pre.sent. TN'e.xl inoniihs the braee sind 

 li- •nilfrs were on the tcround, but as we slali- fnrrlicr nn Hit 



ill i.re.vcincd the nmnina; of the triais, on Tlnir,=(l:iy :\rr. 



I I 1 '"imeoii toilanheim from ]Ta^•isllln■L^ aiul in il;r afirr- 



n i WHS obliged to return home,' and liis son decitled to go 



Willi bini and lake the dog. .lust before entering the em's 

 ]\rr. SeJIer was informed tliat tlie judges ha<l again reversed 

 their dfcl.sion, and that his dog had been awarded the lieat, 

 find JUr. Hendricks was told that Kinja; Dasli would be per- 

 iTiitlcd to ran for .<!econd and tlie money. Th<'SO are the 

 simple fael.s of the ease as they oeenncd, and ns the committee 

 of the !i5>;' "ir!' "'11 di'lermincd not lo ninlse public the score of 

 points viii I I I iiler should have been done, we refrain 

 from riii Mi- it wiis not lianded to us offlcitdly. In 



coneluPi'Mi \\r v,i!i -,:,y, that though it is a matter of great re- 

 P'ei Hint ;i!iyihii)g filiould have oeeurred to mar the pk^a.siire 

 of Ihe meeting, yet it is no surprise to us that errors should 

 oceur as long as our Field Tria! rules remained couched in 

 Ihe hiuguiige in wliich they are preaenled. Wc cannot do 

 belter, therefore, than quote from our editorial remarks in 

 Forest Asn Suebam of September 2. lln,d our words of 

 warning been heeded this occurrence woidd nevta' liaveliap- 

 peued : 



No laws for cotnpetltl^Jns of this kind can be too luUy or plainly 

 exprcuBcd, I'lioy «UonI(l be explicit sojd admit of l.iit i.iii^ i'oiinlTn(> 

 tiou. 'I'll ■-;:, -I :■■ I r'.- . :ii. I ;•! ;-, .' i , i ; -■ 111. .;, : ,,• - n iii.'iit- 

 forwari 1 . , ■ • • , : ! . . I . ■ : , . , , ' :, :,,. ;, „| 



fj-anieJ ■!'- , ■ ' ■ ■ . . . M .,..-,,. 



liitoresi-'' - I I - . , ,'i . •• . •M„,.i- 



uf wtiiit i- ,,.,.,. , :.,,-■ ,i , ■, I ,.,; <ii' ir« 



pleasnr. -. , , ,!,._ i .'i . ,, , , • , , , ..,,•;,, , Wlierf- 



everc '.mi- i •■!. ^i ii:.;; I..',: , n . , , i ■• i , ,• • ;, -iitro the 



world btL;:i;i :a,j! v, I.m uuiiujC. ii;_f a l.i'.iUiit; 111 .1 lu.iuli way. * "* 



As a protectujn fur IUli judgod, thu ktwa iiiid in.stauctiijiii Bhould 

 be clearly ei^'eoj "nd it will cause the gentlemen who aceopt the 

 onorniis "(lice mtieh (rouble if they nre not. 



Of (course there nre objertion.'' lo framing rides for running 

 dogs niecliMnieally, l.iii w believ,. all 'the field trial rules 

 which we have .-.ren eaii be ijiii.lr move explicit. Field Trials 

 are as yet but young in lliiii counliy, and Ihere are always 

 present more or less persous for the first time whose interest 

 can be secured by placing the matter before Ihein in a sim- 

 ple Avay which they can imderstand. As tliey now .stand 

 it would lake » Philadelphia la-w-yer to Jirterprct them, and be 

 might And himself sorely tried. 



To resume. Mr. MeConnell's Ladv Laverack and Mr. 

 lamic Yearsley'.s Little Lady yvvn ealle.l. and an the former 

 did not respond, Doctor. lielniii;iim' to G. 11. McLaue, Pills- 

 Inirg, Pa., handled by Win. .Seager ninl Kiddie by T. W. 

 Fcrrington, wei'e slipped. Across the glade Doctor went like 

 a tlasl), showing himself a merry going dog of good si^eed. 

 He soon brouglu up standing on a catT and Biddie ran in 

 from across tJie meadow refusing to back. Both dogs were 

 under good command, but Doctor bad it his own wiiy from 

 the Stan, .showing a good notion bow to ipiarter liis gVoimd. 

 In a little spongy gully in a cornfi<!ld Doctor straigliu^jed 

 himself but, and after drawing a few siejjs on. pointed in 

 excellent style. The birds were llnslied by the gun, and two 

 were killed by one discharge. Owing to ihe" fault of his 

 handler, who should have steadied JiiiTi, Doctor broke shot 

 and retrieved one bird, and the other fairly at eominaud. 

 Doctor, further on in a springy glade, made a false point, but 

 went on. lie then ran down Avi'nd in a rag grass field, llusbed 

 one bird, and in (piartering liaek came lo a point, on Ibe bevy 

 as it jumped. Intbesame field Doctor roaded and pointed 

 where bird.'i bad been running, Biddie moved up and shared 

 the point, icfusing to back. Doctor then flushed. Biddie 

 then nosed a bird up wJiieh she should have pointed, and the 

 heat went to Doctor. It had now grown quite dark, and a 

 move was made to the railway station, and 8:30 p. jt, saw the 

 jHirty back at the Stevens Douse at Laueaster. 

 TurnsoAV, Ootobee 28. 



AUhomrh rain wa.s falliiiL'- qnilc beavilv. an e.Trly start was 

 made al 7:50 A. M. for Mfinheiia. As I'lie weiither did not 

 clear, the imrty returned to Laiieaslei- hy the! i: m, train, and 

 the aflernoon was devoied lo visiting Mr. (_'. Z. Miley's large 

 kennel of dogs and a call upon jAlr. Vondersniilli, wiioni we 

 found away from hojne. On our w;iy bael< to tlie hotel we 

 were nietby Mr. F. A, DiffeuderlTer, "who invited us lo look 

 at his kennel. There we- found bis two first -class biuhes, 

 Leah, Roy bell-Li vy 11., and Annida, I.eicester-Poeohontas. 

 and two very likely jtuppics by Roseoe out of Annida. 



FKIDAT, OCTOBEI! 2',). 



In spite of a dripping morning, with the whole comUry 

 shrouded in a fog, the 7:50 a. m. train was taken for Maubcim 

 station. The start was as cheerless a one as ii i~ i ■ ; li lo 

 conceive, the judges and the rnaj<irily of i i i , i il 

 donned their rubber eoats, and the dogs IkuI ;. !i i,,- . . ii. 

 except when sbakimj the water from tjieireoais. The i^-o iin.l 

 being reaebed, tlie same where Ibe riinnina- ended oif Wed- 

 nesday evenin-, it was found that IMlTenderner's Leal, »„,! 

 :\le(:'oiine]rs Lady Laverack had been withdrawn, and tliai 

 SJiuslcr's Cornelia had failed to put in an appearance. TJiis 

 brouirbt Staylon's Belton IIL, and Yearsley's Lillle i.udv 

 1 ogi^lhor. May Laverack having the bye. Belton was bandied 

 by IL jM. Short, and Little l^idy by her owner. The dogs 

 were slipped at ten o'clock in the rag-weed field above tlie 

 glade- Both doffs were off like a shot, the little bilcb being 

 ii Elylisb and rapid goer, and Bfio.,, c,.t|i;,M- -,1 nnr-e t-^ his 

 woi-k. At the lower end of He r: M i; :i i. ;. .j. , ,' . ,,,,1 

 fizeii bevy, which flushed a- i i i i , r 



well on the cold and wet liiie.-i .m < iiiiii'inL^-,! •Ii;.' i..;y 

 di'opped apparently in the bottom. Ou tlie other side of the 

 bolloni, in some woods, Belton, who was under good com- 

 mand, pointed in some long grass and stood very staunchly 

 in an awl-:ward iiosili'ni. Lady Was called up to back, and 

 Belton Nerilrd d-ovii on bis |).:aul. Lady refused to bacl<, and 

 passed lift ween Helton and lliebird. aiul eirelej round bini. 

 Tiie gun was ordered to flush and kill. Bellou did not drop 

 promptly to shot, but retrieved the bird in style and was 

 awarded the helit. 



Mr- Bro-wn's Dash, winner of first heat in the slakes, .<ind 

 Mr. Snellenburg's May Laverack, wdio had a bye, were then 

 run together, both dogs being unavoidably handled by H. St. 

 Short. The dogs were giveiTa spin in the bottom, and then 

 ordered back into lihe Avoods, which was drn-mi blank, May 



showed up at once as a very speedy bitch, but Dash seemed 

 stale, lie began by flushing a bird in the bottom, Init 

 dropped well to wing. The dogs weTc sent into some thick 

 alders along a little stre.ani, where Ibe bird had been marked, 

 and where it was impossible to see the dogs at work. The 



bird was flushed presumably by Dash. 

 in a corn lot, but both dogs failed lo i 



marked down 

 it out. The bird 

 and Mav pointed 

 : bird in flic alders 

 caine up. jumped 

 I np into a nnine, 

 il-:iwil blank. 



was then trodden upon liy ti spe 

 wlicre it had been moved. Dash pointed lb 

 under amti-ssof drift sinlf, ;ind when the crin 

 in ami ciiughl il. The glade was follow. 

 atid nianv fields of ci-itss and rag-weed we 

 The partv then adjouVned to a Imni and |j;i 

 eellenl bincheou, wliiili bad lieen .-^eiiL on bv mine lust, ^]v. 

 A. Iliestand, of the Stevens ilouse. On rer*inning, Dash 

 made an unccrlaih point in the first field of Ihe morning, and 

 May went in and flushed. It was a bad day to work any 

 dog. There was but little air stirring, and Hiat from the 

 east; evervlbing reeked willi daniiMie:-,-; ', f ; le logs bad 

 been down over lliree lioni-^ the jn.ls': i : :: , , n work- 



inc unliriiiilv for a result, sisked II i, ■ i '■ i.e of the 



owner of Dash and i\lr. Siieillenljiirg it Un.) v,,iiil,j iMeontcul 

 with a decision as Ibe score s^teiod at that lime. . Itwasagn.'ed 

 to, and May was awarded the heal. It may "be said thai 

 Short handled both dogs with gie.ai fairness, and the owners 

 cannot be otherwi.se tlian Ralislied with the decision. 



The next brace run Avas ynelleuburg's Thunder, handled 

 by his owner, and McLane's i )i let' >r, handled by Wm. Seager. 

 Thunder showed the siwie good ranging and fpiiirlering (juali- 

 ties as on llic lirst day. lie is an excelhait flog, and we be- 

 lieve the first pure Liiverack ever run in an .Vmerican tiekl 

 trial. After a v.-ist range of ground bad been' drawn blank, 

 a meeting was called on the gi-ound of iuembers of the asso- 

 ciation and contestants. Mr." Slayton, secretary of the P. S. 

 F. T. j\iiSoc'n, offered a resolution, as followf? : '• That on 

 aecouul of the scarcity of birds, the unpromising weallu;r 

 :inrl the closing hours of the last day of the tri;ds. il lieing 

 impossible to run them off, the firsl'prizc of ??100 in llie 

 .Vll-aged Slakes should be equally divided ainone' those doirs 

 liy virtue of tjieir positions, who were entitled to eonipete 

 for (irsl prize: and Ibat the second and third iirizes in ibe 

 All-aged Slakes be pooled and enually divided aiuoni: those 

 dogs "i-eraainiiig in the stakes." The motion was seconded 

 by"^]\Ir. Dilfenderller, and then put to a vote, which was car- 

 ried iinnniuioiisly, the following gentlemen voting in the af- 

 firmative : 31es.srs. Snellenburg, Slayion, Ycarsley, Seager, 

 Hendricks, Diifendcrft'er, Fariinglon and McConiicll. 



Division of First Prize. §20 e;ich — Thunder, Button, May 

 Laverack. Doctor and Belton. 



Division of Second and Third Prizes, t1 0.71 each— Pat IL, 

 Biddie, Brown's Dash, Countess, Bo-xey, Little Lady and 

 King Da.sli. 



^Vitbdrawals — Lady Laverack, Leah and Seller's Dash. 

 Absent — Comeliii anel ^linerva. 



Upon returning lo Lancaster a meeting was held, and it 



was'deeided bv the i 

 the Fuiipv and Nurser 

 as folle.ws: Pnppv t 

 JIaek, Dick baverael 

 Coimt, Lady Laverack 

 —Dart, Bob and Xed. 

 win, Smart, Pet I .aver 

 decided to tender to tin 



n.l illL 



Sl:lk. 



akes. 



D:li, 

 Ib.xe 

 ><ursi 

 ck 



lid" r.n 



: each of 



i-'^. tattle Lady, 

 >.. ^lav Laverack, 

 Alibey'W. Absent 

 *'22..50— Dolly Ed- 

 ■lack. It was also 

 ' association the re- 



portance thai 

 He liad, ihei 



turn of their entrance fee of $10, and to offer the retin-n of 

 the donation prizes to Messrs. James K. ('aid well & Co., of 

 Philadelphia, tmd Mr. T. (!. Conway, of ^'e^^• Vork. 



The party then mot at supper for the last lime, and the 

 evening trains going both Ka.st ;ind AVest carried the judges, 

 eonlcsiants and visitors to their respective homes. 



AVe desire to return Uianks to the local press of Lancaster 

 for many courtesies extended to us -during our stay in thiit 

 city. * 



PENNSYLVANIA STATE FIELD TRIALS ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



THE annual meeting of this Organization was held on 

 Tuesday, October 26, at 8:30 p. m., the evening of the 

 first day of the Iriid.s, at the Stevens IIoii.se, Lancaster. Pa., 

 J. PalnJcr O'Neil, President, in the chair. The minutes of the 

 previous mceling were read and adojitcd, the Secretary's 

 report read and that tif the Trea-snrer, w hich showed ;t balance 

 on band of ■■fc442.L'5 obtiiiiied from Tiiembership dues, entrance 

 fees and donations. The President then rose and stated tliat 

 as the FonEST and Stkeam had written the organization lo 

 know the reason why the National American Kennel Club's 

 Field Trials rules had been somewhat altered by the Penn- 

 sylvania As.socialion, he deemed an explanation at thai lime 

 but proper. He h:id taken tlie liberty of cb:in'.ring the run- 

 ■ • ause the Niitional Ti 

 OS, where pace and . 

 on the inclosed far 

 fore, taken nvc fron 

 ing, and added two points ea<'h I 

 and obedience and disposition. SI 



in:ide in the negative points for demerits winch were found 

 III be expedient. 



The meeting then proceeded to the election of ofllcers with 

 the following result: President. ,L Palmer O'Neil, Pitts- 

 liuiirli, P:i. (re-elected): First Vice-President, Samuel G. 

 Dixon, Phila., (re-elected i : Second Vice Pre.sident, Samuel 

 S. Brown, Pittsburgh, Pa ; Treasurer, Prank A. Diflendcrf- 

 fer, Lanciisler, Pa. (re-elected;) Secretary, I. E. Slayton, C7 

 Feiurth avenue, Pittsbvu-gh, !?,_ (re-elected). Executive Com- 

 mittee — B. F. Dorrance, ■VVilke.sbarre, Pa. ; William A. 

 Mcintosh. Pillsbnrdi. P:i. ; S. S. D. Thompson, PillsburLdi, 

 Pa. : Edward (b-en-'i;-, Pitlslairih.Pa. fall re-eleeted); Liehard 

 G. "VV'ood, McKevsport, P;i., and Dr. Robert lieiiev, Phila. 



The following geullemen \veie then eleeiol jneinliers of 

 the Association : J. W. Orlb, Pittslnirgh, Pa. ; .lames 0. H. 

 Dennv, Lisonier, Pa.: ''iA'illiam .lames McCrickart, Edscwood, 

 Pa.; R. .L Wood, McKeesport, Pa.: B. .1. McClure, Lan- 

 caster, Pa J J. B. ]\IcGasbry, Lancaster, Pa. ; W. B. Hall, 

 Lancister, Pa. ; T, S. Thompson, Thompsontown, Pa., and 

 Dr. S. T. Davis, Lancaster, Pa. It was then voted that the 

 three judges. Major J. 51. Taylor, B. F. 'Wilson and Wash- 

 ington A. Coster, Dr. N. Rowe and F. Satterthwaite, of the 

 FeriiEST AXD Stream, be made honorary members. 



]\lr. Diffenderffer then expressed his regret nt the scarcity 

 of birds, which had been such a drawback to the day's sport. 

 He had been promised by a man of influence rcsifling at 

 Quarry viUe. who was a brother member with liimselt of tlie 

 Lancaster County Game ProteeUve .Assoeiatiou, that the 

 grounds should be strictly pn:-served for the trial.s, but that 

 he had learned from five sources of information that ilie party 

 had broken faith with bini, and that the birils bad been shot 



the West 

 angiug were r.f more im- 

 m lauds of Pemisylvania. 

 1 pace and one from rang- 

 o staunchness, quarlering 

 ghl changes had also bcei 



at since the opening of the season, Aldermau A. K. S|)ur- 

 rier, President of the County Association, corroborated Uds 

 statement, and said tliid, he fell aggrieved ; Hint, the man re- 

 ferred to bad not only allowed his friends to sliool over the 

 grounds but bad done so bimsclf, that Mr. DifilenderlLT bad 

 drawn the grounds before the open season, and had fonnd 

 birds in large numbers on the beat, and that lie was promised 

 they should he left unmolested. A change of base was then de- 

 cided upon and the burroiigh of Manhcim, ten miles north of 

 Lancaster, was selected as" the locality in v/hich to continue 

 the trials. 



While (be meeting was in progress the PeTii^<:'iv:ini:i \<? 



socialion received a IclegTam froin W. A. I ' li. ■ r,. i- 



dent of the McKeesport (iame Prote<t i ve A ; - - ■ , 1 ' i - 



ing their preserve of ibirty-fivo Inmdred acie.s iur in ■, i y, iii';-; 

 trials. 'I'lie President was authorized to appoint acommitteo 

 to select the loe:iliou for next ye:u's trials. 



A vole eif thanks was tendered lo Messrs. .Tames E, Cald- 

 well A Co., of Philadelphia, for their donation of a prize in 

 Ihe slnipe of a solid silver cup, and lo Mr. T. G. (ton way, of 

 New "I'ork, for the donation of a handsome gold and silver 

 mounted revolver. 



After ;i lively discnssifin on the priicticabilK.y of allowilin 

 non-re'sidents of the .Soite tei contest in the future, on whicti 

 nothing was done, ibC meeting adjourned. 



COCKER SPANIELS. 



CniOAGO, Oct. 35. 

 Edito) FureM and Stream : 



In your last issue appeared an article under the hea<luig of 

 "Modern Cocker Spaniels," from 3Ir. A. C. Waddcll, of To- 

 peka, Kan.sns. This article was lironght out, no doubt, by 

 the very laudable request of G. ,1. D. McOougall to In-ccders 

 of this strain of spaniels to give their views of the type of the 

 moiiern cocker, Ihat some definite standard might be airreed 

 on Ijy which lo judge the breed al bench shows in tliis coim- 

 try. " Slonebe'nge's" standard, to some wlitise lireed ilid not 

 correspond with it, not being sjuisfactoiy, " Idstone," in his 

 work on Ihe dog, siiys: " Tlie forms :ind eolois of cockers are 

 :ill matters of fancy and fashion, but 1 may caution those 

 who desire to have them that lliey must not ex- 

 peel, a very great amount 

 the}' are of adcqu 



'y ' 

 No 



of 



from them unless 

 Slonehenge" says : -'The 

 ity of held spaniel except 

 to whom are w'c to refer as 

 diouldbe- Sh:ill it be to 

 well-known authoiily as "Sl.oue- 

 ing liow.Mr. Waddell's' dogs are bred, 



title 'cocker' includes e 

 the Su.ssex :xnd Clumber, 

 lo what the modem c'ocli 

 Mr. Waddcll or lo siuii 

 hengc 'r" For one. know 

 I. should prefer I lie fonni 



I beg to coneel, one statement he makes: "Tocidlsnch 

 dogs as \S hitman's cockers is a farce : I hiy lire merely lutDd- 

 some English spaniels. I am opposeil t"o cookers running 

 fiver iwcnty-fivc pounds, and wiien Mr. Whitman exhibiterl 

 bis at, St. Louis— liver and whites thai would run near to, if 

 not (|uite, forty pomids— I said Enslish field 8]>aniels; or, as 

 some call tbeni, English water spaniels." 



Now, the first cockers I exhibited at St. Louis, liver and 

 white, were the dog Dick and bitch Dixie— both I considered' 

 quite handsome and good. They both won first prize in their 

 respective class, and were neither of lliem over lweTily-ri\e 

 pOimd.s. They were placed first over a very nice pair of the 

 Bestor strain, which were considered larger ! still, I think no 

 good judu;e would call them En!.dish water spaniels. At the 

 'next i^how given in St. Louis the slanrlard under which cock- 

 ers or field spaniels were to be judged was "Stonchen^e's," 

 The title ■cocker' includes every kind of Held 



spaniel exceirt the ^^usse 

 ard I eutered (/arlo, a 

 thhly poimds, iierfeclly 

 ably good worker. He 

 and white bitch, bcav\ 

 would weigh as she \\as 

 slimdiwd site should li 



did not 

 second 

 will not 



ii'-i 



owncii 

 Charles 



ela> 



that ch 





wiiere s 



le 1 



With 



reg 



isted ■ 



-half KiiiLT (1 

 He savsiie i 



md Ckunber," rnder that si:m.b 

 ry fine liver and while dog, under 

 idc, and a well-broken and remiu'k- 

 in first prize. I also entered a liver 

 ith piup. but I do not think she 

 eribirtv-iive |)0!iuds. Under the 

 won s.'cond. but the jud-es. who 

 111 «liat u siKiniel .sho'uldbe, gavo 

 ■id fan d..L^ which, I thiidc, he 

 111(1 that his sire wiw 

 his .Tosie in the King 

 IS. and won the prize — reason, no competition, jf 

 1! was not a Kiii>; Charles, why did be enter her in 

 AA'as he afraid she would' not win in the elass. 

 'V right belonireil ? I leave il with vou to jud'O-. 

 ird to size of cockei-s owned iiy ii,e, I ivill say 1 

 have not a bitch that will to-day weigh twenty-five pounds. 

 They are what I consider a trifie mider size, and I breed lliein 

 to Ciirlo, producing .stock that will run from twenty-thrce to 

 twenty-eight pounds. Tlicir tiseftdness overbalances idl other 

 attainments, so Mr. Waddell tells us, and as mine are not bred 

 as above for parlor pets, I think I have struck the happy 



medium for usefulness. 



NoTE.s fitoM Foreign' Exchanges. — The Royal Society for 

 the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of London, fanrfund, 

 October 14, h:id one ,James Smith, a dog dealer, arresieil for 

 biting off the tails of five King Charles spaniels. i\Ir. Cat- 

 tral, a member of the College of Veterinary Sutgeons, i est i- 

 fled to having examined the dogs, and I'ouiid that' inllamma 

 tion had sot in. He looked upon the biting o(f of the tails 

 as an operation both iininful and unnecessary, as p.art of the 



, and that at the expense 

 ' er stated liiat he had 

 and that the act wart 

 m of ateneral custom, 

 Ihousamlsof fox iia'- 

 1 sivinsliisdeeision. 

 ■rnelh-.^no one eoulrl 



spinal marrow would 1 



of a terrific nervous shock. He"furtli 



never heard that it cured distemper. 



one of cruelt)-. The defense set up a pl( 



and that the operation vs'as performed on 



riers. Alderman Sir Thom.as G:tbriel, it 



said Ibat though the' charge was one of ( 



supp/ose that it vyas wilful, or that a man would in.iure ids 



own property, and fined the defendant the nominal tine of 



one .shilling and costs. The editor of the /''ii/d remarks as 



follows : " The statement in evidence that ' part of thespinal 



marrow is taken away' is contrary lo fad. The spinal 



marrow does not extend even to tlie root of Llie tail, <ind it is 



only the bodies of the vertebrffi (without a'»y cavity for the 



nerves, or neural canal'j that enter into the formation of tliat 



organ. Still there is no necessity whatever for biting off the 



end of the tail, seeing that it can' be removed in a much more 



painless way by the knife." 



Jlr. Maedo'na has lost his pointer bitch. Dido, who was 

 doubly valuable to her o^vuer, as she was the only daughter 

 of Giirth's Drake in his possession. She, however, leaves 

 behind her three pups. Drummer Boy, Desdemona and Did- 

 cimer, by Lord Sefton's Drake, by Sam, out of Lord Seflon's 

 ^lorii. 



The Goathland farmers have been amusing themselves 

 with racing hounds under the following conditions- A Irsii 



