NovEsfnER2o,1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



333 



" Rex," owue<l by Mr. F. H. Fuller, and whicli he, " Ruffed 

 Grouse," is breaking, ■when he states that " Rex " is u pure 

 Laverack by LaiUrop's "Dick," out of Lathrop's " Luna." 

 " Ruffed Grouse" ought to know thnt there is not A drop of 

 Laverack blood in "Rex" or any of his aucesiors. " Rex" is 

 by my " Dick" out of my " Luua," imd is a ■n-onderfxilly 

 promising pup, but dog men who kuow " Diek" and his pedi- 

 gree, will smile indeed to hear him called a Laverack. Every 

 one well posted knows that the number of " pure Ijaveracks " 

 jn this country can almost be counted on the fingers. '"Dick" 

 (md "Luna" are pure natives, and 1 hope " Ruffed Grouse" 

 or any one else wiiting about my dogs, will never hereafter 

 undertake, either through ignorance or perversion, to "turn 

 Rway the current of their blood." E. H. Lathrop. 



[From a Slalt corrPHpondent.) 

 THE NATIONAL FIELD TRL4.LS. 



FREE FOR AT.!. STAKES 



.V.)U(l. $350 to first ; $150 to second; ®100 to third, f 10 

 forfeit : $10 additional for starters ; closed Nov. 1.5th, 1880. 

 TJie drawing was as follows : 



•J. J. Sneilcuberg's Thunder against A. H. Moore's La 



A U. Mooros Lnm Jliiy against J. 11. Whitman's Pride. 



•1 U Stay ton's Bellow III." against P. JI. Bryson's Glad- 

 stone. 



D. 0. Sanborn's Oouflt Noble aziiiust J. R. TTenrick's 

 Skip. 



J. R. Henrick'^S King Dash «gaiu8t A. Lansing's Max 

 llarkawny. 



Moniview Kennel Clubs' Liiicoln against A, H, Moore's 

 Cv.nnt Fred. 



A. n. Moore'3 Lass o' Gowrie a bye. 



! . i). Runisey's Bella withdrai^-n. 



Vi.s-OEXSKB, Ind., Nw: 18. — At a meeting called to-night on 

 ■account of snow, six inches having fallen and now lying on 

 the ground, the trials were called off. 



trials— n 

 grass mead 

 to the both. 

 The do? SI 

 his going ini.i:. 

 tween the einl 

 runniui^. Tlu 



face of the judges ai 

 sensational in the 



EASTERN FIELD TRIALS. 



THE second annual field trials given by the Ea.stem Field 

 Trials Club will begin at Rollins' Island next ]\l<ind;iy 

 morning. The ground, as wc have already stated, Ims Ixx^ii 

 well sti'cked with birds, and there is little reason to apprfcliend 

 any trouble on that score. The list of entries is a large one, 

 including many of the crack do^s of the counlry, and should 

 the weather be propitious there is everj- prospect of a good 

 week's work. 



Several extra prizes have been secured by the club, and to 

 the first prize already assigned in each stake the following 

 are added : Nursery. 2,000 Winchester shells ; puppy, Eaa.- 

 jisli gun CHsi^: nll-agfcd, a, Fnx irun : linif:e, au arm-chair. A 

 silver cup will lie given for thi_' best. (Kiinter. 



The entries for each s!,nke will rfnuiiii open until the even- 

 ing -previous to the day upon wliicU ir is advertised to be run; 

 ami the stakes will be run in the order ij:i:neil lasr, week. 

 Pnymaster L. H. Billings Imviiig been, hy reason of his 

 ' "nil s. compelled to decline to act ;! mi, if ri e 

 I ; !.ice will be filled by another, eleet' , , i 



■ I I. ■ several stakes. Mr. P. N. Hall :, : ,,^ 



, , . ., TIh- cllll. 'vPl tfd.e .■! Special luill llMll. i lal- 



■i. ! ! ■! ' "11 the day previous to 



' II I, Robin's Island is via 



■ Hauler's Point lui- I'utchogue daily at 8 a, 

 ride ; and SifiO r. isr , a ride of three hours j 

 lip Sias. Stage and ferry from Cutdiogue. 



not himself a perfect model of beaut3-, has by carrying off 

 the Challenge Cup upou three occasions stamped himself as 

 the setter of the day, and has moreover shown what is le- 

 hindhiui in the matter of pedigree by begetting many tirst- 

 class specimens of the breed.* 



With reference to Ranger's marvellous behavior in the 

 field, we extract the following from a report of the field 

 trials which appeared in tlie TJn- Stod;. Journal, April 35th, 

 1879. In Hlludiiia: to Haiisjer the writer srivs : 



He made whal is so luneU to tlie pahlie taste at these 

 iisaiion point. V/hen running down a large 

 w with Darkle he rushed withniarvellous speed 

 11, against which appeared a large etnbankment. 

 ddeid} iotmd himself liurled by the impetus of 

 the midst of a twelve-foot river that ran be- 

 nnkiiicnt and the grass field in which he was 

 impel us with which he went threw him \\o tJie 

 (raivliagup the bank half dazed with the 

 itr-l lonie birds, and immediately comins to 

 ijipi il. The birds theu rising lie pluiiged 

 li.ir, svvnm across, and shook himself in the 

 id speclators. Anything more unique or 

 iinlter of field trials has not Ijeen wit- 

 nessed before, e.veept when he won the all-aged stake at the 

 Kennel Club field tritds, when, rushing down tbe trill, lie 

 suddenly winded birds, and stopped, and the i'opeins of his 

 going caused him to make a somersault in the air, when 

 );„ i:,,iderl "n his back, and as stiff as starch. His f-om- legs 

 I I lie air, and his nedc and head turned round in 

 I : -ivhere the birds were soon put up about a foot 



Ranger, in addition to his Challenge Cup tvinniplis has won 

 tlie followuig slakes : Reynold Stakes, Shrewsbury 1874 ; 

 Champion Cup, Shrewsbury, 1874.; Champion Cnp, Siirews- 

 bury, 1877; Shrewsbury Stakes 1877 : lluwkstr.uo Stakes, 

 Shrewsbmy. 1873; East of Emjland Stake-, r[.,=/.vicli, 187:1; 

 Trchill Stakes, Devon and Cornwall, isTa, Siali i.erform- 

 ancea, even uuacconipnnied bv ilie ''■.""•, i ii iie h.is wiin the 

 Challenge Cup outright, sianip 1 : ,,! : n'. ri;l)tedly the best 

 dog of ifis bwed which ha- liii ,1. 



To recommend the .seller a= a i, ri iii ii dog to the non- 

 sporting philo-kuon may be to invite a sneer from many a 

 knight of the trigger, but nevertheless there is murh to be 

 aaicnn favor of tbese dogs in the character of mere comi\m- 

 ious. There is no more elegaal, dog than The setter : the out- 

 lines oC a wdl-rormed specimen are emineutly beautiful, and 

 his every movement iviosi graecfid. The eoat is lieautifuHy 

 soft and" rich, the featherings esptciull^^ being of a fine silky 

 lextme, and the colors and distribution of thcin generally 

 striking and picturoeque, as they are soft, refined and lovely. 



i CdOKEu Cli'b— A^oc ZX.— Editor Fared and Stream: 

 1 week's issue your cnrresiiondent, " Leani." aslts me 



o. .i.iajpt the se'>-'t-o--<^i'". of the embryo Cocker Club, to 

 which request ' l-a My hiends know me well 



enough to kn iUing to do anythingin my pow- 



er to forward i ii , t my favorite breed, and it is 



with great pleasuie iha.i I note the intended formation of this 

 club. Our friend "Learn," myself and two or three others, 

 'iave long thought such a ste|) necessary, and I hope that 

 hftvcry person interested in this breed— whet lea , ,, hin/ i , . k 

 i^ieiis or not — will join ua in our attein|jts to r,, 

 :tereBts. A membership of upwards of lifiy . ,i i i; n , . 

 Sbut I hope that our tmticipations will fall faj .;, r, ,,i i,i, 

 ^reality. "Learn " has pm the obiccts and pm-poses of the 

 -cltib BO plainly before your leaders Ilia 1 tlicre is iioiiun- for 

 , ine to add now. Intended members will oblige l,v coirmin- 

 iiicating with me, when I will furnish ihcm with full partic- 

 ulars. Geo. D. MAOr)OTiQAT.L. 

 1,183 Chestnut St., Elkaiieth. N. J. 



The Dou Pound. — The dog pound was ofllcially closed 



Saturday. During theseaaon there were received in that in- 



Bi i I ui ion 8,655 canines, of which 8.513 were di-owjied and 143 



I ned, or released by order of the Mayor. The amount 



id for the redemption of dogs was $352. The amount 



/■d from the granting of dog licenses from the Ist of 



January to Noveudjcr 1 of this year is SO, 115. The total 



amount paid to the city for dog licenses since 1877, when the 



ordinance first went into force, is 6'4!J,390. 



TIIE SETTER. 



W 



irmted wilh the express pei-raission of tbe AntUov and 

 li the courtflsy of his paUishers, Me.ssrs. C!ii:sF,eli, IVtter 

 & Cii.i Naw York, from Vero Shaw's "Book oi the T'og,'] ' 



'K are decidedly of the opinion that field trials liave 



done much toward improving sporting deigs, and hope 



; ihem more extensively held all over the coimtrv. They 



in some degree, if not perfectly, the merit of combiii- 



iie element of pubUc competition with those practical 



o desirable in judging of sporting dogs. In these field 



the setters have hitherto managed to hold their own 



iiinonly well, and up to the 3'ear 1880 no pointer has 



'led in winning the Grand "Challenge Cup which is 



by the Kennel Club to be run for annually by dogs 



gingio its members. Any member may run any dog 



■ .ses, either pointer or setter, and it was" decided when 



:p was first offered that it fhould become the property 



,.,...,,1,.., ,.-1,,. ,>i.,.,vi he fortunate enough to win it 



1 ilv iii snecession, or with the 



■iienl of the sporliiig world Mr. 



- ■ '"-'^ accomplished the feat with 



;, ,1 black-and-white setter. This grand doff, though 



In intelligence the 

 commodates himself 

 trol that he readily la 

 he trusted, for his iiu,, i 

 for himself, and make ,,,, , 

 light. In temper they are 

 their affections become deer 

 these qualities there is 



has Few, 



luaLs, so that he soonac- 

 ,nd is so easy of eon- 

 aithat eau tliorouErhlv 

 and he seems lotiiink 

 his ov.-ner liis sole de- 

 vaiialilv reliable, and 

 ded to all 

 aiperiority 



iid las 

 of reiinc 



about him, inherited from a long line of blue-blooded an- 

 cestors, that commends him to all." 

 Those who keep but few setters tn shoot over themselves 



I companions of 

 iiising from this 

 I obsession of his 



;ali!. 

 ^ wliile :irr, Bai-bcT 



should never fail to make fri 

 them: the null lud understaiai 

 dembies the pleasure of Ihe:-;,, 

 dogs, and adds greatly to lii.- :-, 

 We had Mr. "Macdona's Rai 

 was sketching him, and althi ai 

 soon friends, and parted \yQ (irmly believe wiii, mutual re- 

 gret. Never have we seen a dog who .so readily accommo- 

 dated himself to circnrast-ances— lie seenied at oiice to be as 

 much at home in London as he is in i he si uf.ble or the heather, 

 and t, ' 'i ■ ii! a hanaom cab as n.4ur.ally a.<j though 



to th: 



Cm ii only in respect to keepuig setters as 



eompai .i,,uld afways advise t.avlTiL'- tlieni broVe'i 



lieaiuso 'if unbroken doiiS -we , ,• : ,,,. ... . f 



while their beauly and general jtii,'i|i-,,|i,.,; |,,)^.K ii.- vu.. 

 tinned, they wciuld lose tlie aptitude for llieir nntimd work. 



As slated at the coramenceuient of this article, it is au un- 

 qiiestinnnble fact that, whntever the source was fi'om which 



'' "ii-re t.-i.^-b'-:'! 'j."t'r>T- ?:p]-ung, tliero are Several distinct 



I , ' ,-nt in existence. Hut even these 



older types, which in their turn 

 , ., J' ., :,ii, doir, either by breed inu- and se- 

 a,e:i,jn, or to U,e judicious' admixture of foreign blood. It 

 may lliereforo be as well to draw attemiou to .,omo of the 

 mosi fa!ar,ns of the old breeds, as well as make allusion to 

 the most fashionable of the modern ones, before proceeding 

 further with the subject. 

 Reference hasalready been made to the Welsh .setter, abreed 

 ■xMiief, and whose loss is sogI•eatlytobede- 

 , it 1 1 ;iioidd be made to restore it be- 

 arevaiu. Jlr. William Lorit, of 

 ;:ig tiieryshire, who has before been 

 I, has kindly given us some . valuable 

 ling this variety of setter, which lain 

 : The coat of the Welsh or Llanidloes 

 a nts of pure-bred ones, is as curlj' as the 

 wold sheep, and not only is ii curly, but it 

 ■e, and as unlike that of a modern fashiona- 

 (lossible to imagine. The color is usualh- 

 c.isionalh^ a lemon-colored patch or two 

 about the head and ears. Man}', however, are pure 

 white, and it is unusual not to find several whelps in 

 every litter po.ssessed of one or two pearl eyes. Their beads 

 are longer in proportion to their size and oot so refined lorik- 

 imrasthoseoffhcEnglishsetter. Sterns are curly and clulibed. 

 with no fringe on them, and the tail swells out in shape 

 somelhing like an otter's. This breed is more useful than 

 any spaniel, for it is smart, handy, with an excellent nose 

 and can find with tolerable cert.ainty at the mod. rare pace it 

 goes. It usually has the habit of bea , I , , ,,i, imd is 



not ton fast, being particularly cle^ ,1 snipe, 



which they are no more likely to ;, , ,, a spaniel. 



With so much to recommend them, we raiiiK,T lielp repeatine 

 that this is a breed well worth Fa\iiie from extinction, es^ 

 pecially as it is so hardy and far less hahle to disease than 

 the modern fashionaVile dog. Some excellent specimens of 

 this variety have been in the hands of Mr. Charles Beck, of 

 Upton Priory, Maccle.sfield, and he said that they stood hard 

 work and briery dingles, when he worked them in Wales, 

 better th.an any breed he could procure. 

 There was also a liver-and-white strain of setter which was 



uowpractically 

 plored that sut 

 fore all hope> ' 

 Fron G.-ieh II 



quoted ;, 

 inforii, 

 purpoi , 



setter, or .u a;i 

 jacket eif a t'ot 

 is hard in texti 

 ble setter as it i 

 white, with 



"TPhe pedigrees of Banger III. and of Kanger'are'givi 

 by- Mr. Shaw. 



at length 



well Iniown in the north of England, especially in the Car- 

 lisle district. Though this dog was coarse and I'nmbering, it 

 bas lieen argued, and as often denied, that the famous Laver- 

 nek blood is tinged with that of this variety. However, this 

 will be more fully referred to almost immediately, when the 

 Laveracks are touched upou. 



Another famous .strain of jet-bl.<>ck Welsh sellers is now 

 lost and gone forever. It was a lilood that was to be found 

 in many parts of tbe Prinripality, and as a strain was se- 

 cond to none. Unfortnnalei}-, though jealemsly guarded by 

 its owners, their interest in it gradually lessened, and it finally 

 has disappeared entirely. 



The Anglesea setter, as it was once called, did not spring, 

 a.s might lie supposed, from the island of that name, but from 

 ncandesert, the residence of the Mai'quis of Anglesea, where 

 it wascarefullj' treasured. They were in character a light, 

 aeiive, very narrow breed of dog, with no chest, though 

 deep in ribs. They ^vere 'atlier leggy and possessed the 

 haVat of standing wiib ;1/ r' ' • • :'f .and' feet close together. 

 This breed of dog wn': ■-;- :' -Jly delicate, Init us lu g 

 as they stayed, showed g- : r ;.. ,.e in ("tie field. In color they 

 were mostly black-white-aud-tan, and in coat, though not so 

 smooth and flat as a modern setter, the Augleseas were not 

 nearly so curly as the Welshmen described above. 



To arrive more rapidly at the leading strains in 1880, we 

 now come to the magic name of Edward Laverack, a gentle- 

 iiinn who has done more to bring this setter in alibis^ glory 

 liefore the public than any other has ever done or is likely to 

 do. Mr. Laverack, who was an ardent sportsman, for half a 

 century was engaged in improving the English setter, and 

 with most flattering results. The corner-stone of his breeding- 

 stud was a pair lie first olitaiucd from a clergyman named 

 Harrison, who resided in the neighborhood of Carlisle. That 

 be conscientiously followed the principles of strict in-breed- 

 ing is amply proved by a reference to the pedigree table of 

 Hanger, where it will "be observed that all Mr. Laverack's 

 best blood is represented on the one side ; and the success of 

 his system is clearly demonstrated by the position his strain 

 oecupiesinthe esiimutionof modern setter breeders. In short, 

 most of the leading strains are cither pure Laveracks, or else 

 they ]iartake largely of the Laverack blood. The formation 

 of the Laveraek^etter, to quote his own words, is as follows : 



'■ Head long .and light, not snake-headed or fiewed, but a 

 sutliciciicy of lip : remarkable for lieing very .strong in the 

 i'ore-quar'ters; chest deep, wide, and ribs well sprung behind 

 the shoulders, carrying tlie breaelth of back to where the tail 

 is set on : immensely strong across the loins: shoulders very 

 slanting or oblique f particularly short from the shoulders to 

 where the hind-quarters meet. A setter should not rise or be 

 too upright in the shoulder, but level and broad ; tail well set 

 on in a line with the back, rather drooping, scimitar-sliaped, 

 and with plenty of flag. Legs remarkably short, and very 

 short from hock to foot ; feet close and compact, thighs par- 

 ticularly well bent or crooked, well placed and close under 

 the body of the animal, not wide or straggling. 



"Color black, or blue-and-white ticked; coat long, soft 

 and silkj- in texture ; eyes soft, mild and intelligent, of a dark 

 hazel color ; ears low set on and close to the head, giving a 

 round development to the skull. There is another variety of 

 the same strain called the lemon-and-white Beltons, exactly 

 the same breed and blood. These ai-e marked similar to the 

 Blues, except beirig spotted all through with lemon-color in- 

 stead of blue, and precisely of the same foi'm and character- 

 istics; equally good, hardy imd enduring." 



These words of Mr. Edward Laverack must surely be 

 treasured by setter breedera and the only unsatisfactory part 

 in them (o oin- mind is the total absence of any allusion to 

 liver-color. We cannot see how he can reconcile himself to 

 ignore all reference to this liver-color since, in the following 

 letter to Mr. Rothwell, an old friend and fellow-breeder, ho 

 disthictly admits that there is a strong dash of liver bloe-d in 

 the Laverack setter. The letter referred to runs as foUow-s : 



[.Copy.] " BSOCGHAIX COTTAGK, I 



" Whitchurch, Slu-opshuv^ ( 

 " Deak Hothweli. : I am glad to hear your biteli ha.- f,'iv,ni 

 Miib : :- no- me a Blue. All five are true bre'd, iin,.; :,!! r , l-. :..i t>..i; 

 - 1, :"i, iTinee. The liver-and-white iri]: I ■ , ■mI- 



'h , ,,,i l, -d as anv. He strains to Prmce'B Hi i . .,,f 

 ill- I",, 'a-, .'i liver-and-white; he sttains back f.- r tint. ..,,,i- i-.a 

 ,liange of blood I once iutrodnced~the piue old Edward Ca.^^tle 

 breed — County Cumberland liver-and-white, quite as pure and as 

 good as the iilues. Yon may have heard Withington speak ot the 

 liani5sQTDti.st setter he ever saw. viz.. Pilot ; he was this eoloxir. and 

 a clipper. Tlide's dum was mv old blue-aud-white. with tan cheeks 

 and eyebrows. Whv I reserved Pride was to breed back with him 

 imd my Blues. He is invaluable, as by him I can can-y on the 



breed I have a demand from America for more than I can 



sell, hut they are the best, and I guarantee all I send bred by me. 

 " Tours tndy, E. Lavebace. 



May 23, 187i." 



There is a po.ssibility that Mr. Laverack, Iviiowiugly or 

 otherwise, had introduced some of the blood of the liver'.rol- 

 ored setters waf have alluded to as being in the neighborhood 

 of Carlisle. This breed was not a populai- one, we under- 

 stand, and th«refore it might not have been worth his while 

 to make a special reference to it. But be this as it may, one 

 thing is very evident from the letter, and that is that Mr. 

 Rothwell, \\\\o bred many dogs lor Jlr. Laverack himself, 

 was unaware of an}- such "taint, or this letter would not have 

 been written, lis present publication may be a consolation 

 to breeders of this kind of dog, as the appearance of a liver- 

 eolored whelp will convince "an owner who bas read these 

 lines (hat it is not necessarily a bar-siiuster in the pureness 

 eif its pedigree a.s a Laverack. There could in fact be a great 

 deal said upon this subject of the liver color, which Mr. Lav- 

 erack here remarks upon as being likely to appear now and 

 then in pure-bred dogs of his strain. A tendency to throw 

 liack is (d' course inevilable in every breed of animal, and it 

 is greatly to be regretted that in Ids work Mj. Laverack 

 threw no light upon tlie origin of bis breed. In fact, in his 

 description of the seller, he only alludes, in referring to his 

 own strain, to liiaek, rjr blue, and lemon-ticked ones. This 

 reticence on the part of ?Ir. Laverack would seem to imply 

 that, though he did not attempt to deny the fact that there 

 was liver blood somewhere in his strain, he was not particu- 

 laily anxious that this shoidd be generally known, and conse- 

 quently kept even his Fi*jw.lc//«fes\ Mr.Rothwell, intherhu-k 

 about it until some puppies of the color appeared in his breed- 

 ing operations, when he hastened to assure the latter gentle- 

 man that such an event was h\r no means impossible. 



It would appear, further, not only from the above letter, 

 hut from others which passed betwe"en Jtlessrs. Laverack and 

 Rothwell. and which subsequently came into our hands, that 

 the latter L'eutlenian. who appears to have had the free use of 

 anyofJIr. Laverack's si ud dogs, was in the habit of giving 

 Mr. Laverack pujipies as Uie latter required them ; and also 

 that tbe great breeder himself was kind enough to sell Miss 

 Rothwell's whelps for her. We do not consider ourselves 

 that there is any harm in such a thing being done ; but tho 



