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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Deoistbee 9, 1880. 



the beacli. In briar hollow Gladstone lialf painted, Grouse 

 Dale poiali:ii brace, and judges in going to him moved bevy 

 to wiud\\-:ird Lif where Gktdstone w.is riiiiding to. Gladstone 

 false pL.inU'd and Grouse Da!.? madr- « fi.pi>:il point, Glad- 

 stone backing grandly. Hin:r| ' ■■■' ■-. • ' : i ' ■ • il :>:' 



dropped quickly to wing, i 



th'cic U'tdirbrajb, Glul^uvr 



Dale again broke in. This m , i 



was beatins; hira, for he was piekniL' up liif> bird.--, in [iriind 



style- By a little pond Grouse Dale Hushed a single bird, tilad- 



Btone in brush pointed ; bird shot at and uissed. Gladstone 



pointed in same place and bird was killed. Gladstone sent 



to retrieve, located fairly and returned quickly with bird. 



Gladstone won the heatj after brace had lieen down forty 



minutes. 



Thied Series. 

 Biisldng Monarch against Ivjit, Duke. 



FresT BRA.OB. — Dashing Monarch and Iron Dute. Both 

 dogs flushed. Monarch fidse pointed in dropping position 

 and Iron Duke failed to back. On top of ridge Duke flushed 

 and Monarch was awarded the heat, after being down forty 

 minutes. 



iflws o' Qoicrie agaamt Bemsalton 



BeoOn'oBp^ok — Li<~s o'G wrie nnd Spn^itmn put d H\ri iin 

 same 1 tig along tin n ith t b r I i Kiu t 1\ a\M> 



andlal'^t iianrcdbulU "-i i, ,ti n li . I luii.im Ii^ms.m 

 dent I 1 s w IS 1 11 ti lu 1 111- h I (If \ \ Ml. 1 n_( sv ts 

 drawn blink the buds fion hiMn^buniii aujclsjmuch 

 hidRwa> in thr bru^h and dense buai thickets benaation 

 pomlod staunchly in hollow ruda s>mdl lot ol si altered birds 

 flushed wild In) III 1 i i itch 'Sdisitum taUi pointed and 

 Lass dropped to li II k lis p hull I buds in bnu md Sen 

 satioii b icked a tliL t n 1 uerHii t mo (d 1 iss \s is scored 

 af^lse point stnsiti-in wnidi_d and boivb d thiough the 

 thick btlllbiiais and jiointed Ilammond was oidricd to 

 take hiiu off pjint and Seiisiilion wa<< given tin he it This 

 Waumaker stat< d wis done \\hde Lisb was oomting and be 

 ing dissatisfied with the pidgt s duti-^ion he left the ground 

 ^JUlt nrjntiiHi Bisslt 



Third Braob. —Smut uid B^ sir wtic cast off m the scrub 

 oak belt alons the be ir h B s ic ]! mted ind Smut passed 

 Tier on point and flushed bi \ > Uru 1 >_ bowevei were 

 awarded a point '^mft' ui Itulbisi b u 1 ed but was 

 given a pom uu j iii id xnd Bessie 



bick dt) ni Lj., tnit Bcssn wis 



handle ippi i ncLd li u dkr allowed 



the heat to i u l i vyisr would h ive done 



Smut -won xflci biaci hi ! bi i a duwn just half an houi A 

 half hour was taken for luni hcnn ind i very acceptable rest 



Kvni:Tn Sehies. 



r / DisJiiriij Miiuavth. 



FiusT Bk,> . and DasUiug Monarch were put 



down in bria. r.aj.,.-, c.,i .; a bi-vy vrhicli was tluahed by spec- 

 tators made a long flight ami wa.s marked down in brushy 

 ■ravine along shore. There Monarch secured a capital point 

 on hill side and Gladstone blacked. The bird was flushed and 

 killed by one of the judges and Monarch broke shot, but 

 checked himself after going a few steps. He then retrieved 

 splendidly. Behind brusb, where we could not see, a bird 

 was flushed, beth dogs being there. Monarch was found 

 pointing staunchly, and we sulisequently leiuned that Glad- 

 stone had circled around lilm and had made the flush. Glad 

 Stone came up and backed and Martin this time shot and 

 killed. Monarch dropped to shot, showing the necessity of 

 the handlers doing all the sliooting. Gladstone was sent to 

 retrieve, and the bird turned ou! to be a winged one. He 

 then pointed dead, and tiie bird fluttered up again, and he 

 flushed a fresli bird and ciiased, which was excusable under 

 the circumstances. Gladstone then iilunged into the tliick 

 briars and retrieved the winged bird alive. 11 W!is a gi-and 

 piece of work, but he slionid not have been subjected to an 

 ordeal that is apt to unsteady any dog. Gladstone pointed a 

 bevy very finely, and after being down three-(inartei'8 of an 

 hom' the'heat was given to him. 



&iisat!:'i> ugitnutt Siivut. 

 Secontj Bkaob.— Seusaiirjn and Smut were started in briar 

 lot iil'Hi'.- the sbi.re in scrub-oak belt. Smut pointed and 

 Sei'isaiioiT bat-kea indilTcrcnlly. three birds were moved, 

 Smut turned lot he left and ufter g'ling si.x yards pointed 

 bevy Sei.saiinii railed to back and sliarcd point alongside. 

 The bii-ds were tluslitd aiul both handler shot and killed, but 

 theliirds wi-ir 11 !l i.rdcrcd to be relrievcd. Smut again 



picked up a 1- n l.-b and s^cnsation backed her. In 



lon.T "-rass -■ " ■ H v, iiere Inrds had been and 



Seiisuli'on r ' ' - Li leilce ni Ilir- stuboleedge 



Sensation .-a i , ,ii-::i puiiit and Smut backed ; "a 



brace ofbiids v.ei- la.i^ia'd aud one killed, wiiich Sensation 

 retrieved indili'erentlv. liiliug the bird. The beat was awarded 

 to ScKstuion aiier Ibe lirace hart been di.wn tweuty-tivo miu- 

 ules. Tliis decision caused great dissatisfaction, and the 

 owners of Snuil and Nal. who were luesent and bind seen the 

 running, withdrew their dogs from the trials. There is but 

 one opinion in our mind, and that is thit little Smut had the 

 best of it from the start. 



FiTTn Sbhibs. 

 Scmothn afjaiiut GlafMonr. 

 Sensation auri Gladslone, at 3:40 v. .M.. met at last for first 

 iilaep (Tlid-iiine ibr=iie;l a bTi'd and V\"hitford rang in a shot. 

 s'ar;-.^ .' ■' ■" • ■ ' ■■--' - 1"-"^' Gladstone 

 f] ' V -'rig shore, 



IV. tu ■-'>■'■ ''^'^* 



do"!j '.vui'e e 1-:. ..-1: --' ■ ] iMiyshowing 



hi^overwork. IJe' was tired and ..t.ed a;'- Gladstone again 

 flushed a bird and it seemed i hat rla. veirieving of the winged 

 bird in his heat >vith Dashing Clonal eh liad unstPariied him. 

 Th- e ■ '■'■' taken la-v..nfi the U- • 'i-st, 



^.ijii ened birds were piantee ■■ in 



tiie' ., «-ere the,, swung aroe. ..rd, 



bir: V, .-.-.i.-h-.r,,,,, on heu,,. -he 



gp,-,- : ied a bira m a w eary ^- ay, 



^ ,1 ant Whitford sent Glad- 



gj,'-^,,, , , .:, I, he secured a magnificent 



point -i ' '" -i ugthe judges was held and the 



deciEiou'eaj i- beach that Gladstone had won, 



alter bem ■ • ■■ uiiuutes. Eeviewing the heat and 



number ol'tlushcs rnaae by Gladstone, we consider that the 

 old pointer showed the best nose and work, and should have 

 been tiie winner. 



Sixth SEmEs. 

 Bemitmi against Pifliing Mmiareh. 

 In the moonlight Sensation and Dashing Monarch were run 

 for second place on the same buds. Monarch pomted a sm- 



gle bird and Sensation backed ; at shot both dogs showed un- 

 steadiness. Monarch pointed another single bird anil Sensa- 

 tion again backed. Thus Jlouarch landed the second prize 

 Willi ease and the judges awarded Sensation third place. 



' ' '■'"" ■ '' ' 'b ■'■ e. :-ih_d about the intcr))retation of the 



'that according to their absurd 



• had not waai a heat, was the 

 --a-.h .::m.;,:. .1 lie . ul. J '.. iug IS a stimmary of the heats as 

 they were run in series and the list of winners : 



SuilMAKY OF THE UrNKlStl OP AiL-AcED STAKES. 



First Skkies. 

 Dashing Monarch beat Glen. 



Iron Duke 



" Isabella. 



Spy 



" Ray. 

 ■' Trim. 



Croxteth 



Sensation 



" Lizzie Lee. 



Lass 0' Gowrie 



" Peep o' Day. 



Fred 



" Lord Dufferin. 



Bessie 



" Kaleigh. 



St. Elmo 



•' Warwick. 



La Guy 



" Ttush. 



Smut 



" BeUe. 



Gladstone 



" Nat. 



Grouse Dale 



" Maida. 



Alton a bye. 



Skoosd Series. 

 Dashing Monarch beat Afton. 

 Iron Duke '■ Spy. 



Sensation " Croxteth. 



Lass o' Gowrie ' ' Fred. 

 Bessie " St. Elmo. 



Smut " La Guy. 



Gladstone ' ' Grouse Dale. 



Third Series. 

 Dashing Monareh beat Iron Duke. 

 Sensation " Lass o' Qowie. 



Smut " Bessie., 



Gladstone a bye. 



Fourth Series. 

 Gladstone beat Dashing Monarch. 

 Sensation " Smut. 



FiFi'H Series. 

 Gladstone hcM Sensation. 

 First prize, $200, and special prize, Fox gun, to Gladstone. 

 Sixth Series. 

 Dashing Monarch bmt Sensation. 

 Second prize, flOO, to Da.shing Monarch, judges awarding 

 third prize, $50, to Sensation ; also winner sriee-iHl prize, sif- 

 ver cup, for best pointer dog in any slakes.^ Fourth prize, 

 1*23, to Glen, under the rules, being the best dog, iu Iheir 

 opinion, beaten by second-prize winner. 



A PtnoKY Challenge. — 3Ir. Horace ?(. Bloodgood, of 

 Providence, R. I., has fr.rwarded a challenge u, the owners 

 of Gladstone and Sensation, otleiing to run Nat and Smut 

 either in braces or singly on Kubin's Island against those two 

 dogs, a two days' match for .$1,000, each party to select u 

 judge and they to select a referee. 



THE CARE OF DOGS. 

 Chapter HI. 



THE sickening odor which greeta our entrance at most of 

 the prominent kennels is due not so much to the mo- 

 rocco dresser's portion as to the unsuccessful effort or total 

 neglect to remove all traces of inipm-ity from the Ihjors and 

 lower portion of walls and under benches. Dn.sting fioois 

 with sifted road dust to the depili of oiie-si\leentli of~an inch 

 and cleaning out for a fresh supply eacb day f, ill keep them 

 disinfected: but the parts most "needing attemion ai'e the 

 walls and sides of sleeping benches. ,\ f i er removing aU bed- 

 ding and dust from floor the sides should be scrubbed with a 

 broom and rinsed by dashing clean water over them. A rigid 

 adhering ;o this practice will enable the kennelman to dis- 

 pense with carbolic acid and other troublesome disinfectants. 

 C;arbolie acid is good in its place — especially in the hospital 

 quartcrK where there are cases of a loathsome nature and 

 where it is not convenient or advisable to freely use water 

 upon the boards ; but for general use in the kennel I cannot 

 indorse it. Tluit an exce.ssive quantity exposed is injurious 

 to the olfactory nerves (though the injury be buttemporary), 

 few who ha. e iiiiid iLe subject will hesitate to assert. 

 Knowing ihe i aieh cannot be brought down to 



practice rem,! u ry, let us Say that it dOes not di- 



rectly affect i,l.osi; ujo;.L .si,a.sitive nerves; let lis only say that 

 it interferes with their natural power of seeming game and 

 let us prove it beyond a possibility of a doubt by a very sim- 

 ple practical test, which any person can make without"going 

 into a scientific discussion. 



To prove that hair — not only the coatof the dog, buthuman 

 liair— will absorb and retain a great amount of scent, let a 

 person remain for half an hour'in a kitchen where fish, oys- 

 ters or onions are frying or fragrant cabbage boiling: "let 

 them walk in the opcii air uuiil tlic clothing is free from all 

 taint, then apply your nostrils to the hairof their whiskers or 

 head (if no hat was worn in kitchen) and tell them what they 

 saw cooking. You can do it, provided your " dose ai'd 

 stobbed ub" with a cold. 



Isow, to tost tlie ,' m' ■ i ■' le T i ' 'i], by Car- 

 bolic acid, Or the M : ibr^ same 

 power under CTdir n or wood 

 boxes and label tlicu; ,.^ ._^.^ j,,.;,..,.j..j .,-., v^,._ , -_.^.: ."died with a 

 very faintly-scented uiixiure of flour and one oiilie following 

 aromatics for each box ; Cloves, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, 

 lemon peel, orange peel. Dilute eacJi until the person upon 

 wdiona the test is being made can only detect and di-sanguish 

 the aroma by the greatest possible exercise of his .'IfacLOiies, 

 each box being held four inches from the up of the nose. 

 Now moisten his mustache and trie hair of his head with a 

 very weak solution of carbolic ricid (or let him sleep during 

 the"night ifi a room corresponding with the kennel disinfect- 

 ed by carbolic acid), let him walk around the room in which 

 the test is made twice before placing the boxes successively 

 at the aforesaid distance from tip of iinse, anil :i-sk him todis- 

 rtnguish lemon from orange, .ginger from cinnamon, or cloves 

 from allspice, and note the difference iu the time required to 

 so distinguish, if he succeeds at all. 



In applying this experiment tothedog we flndno difflculty. 

 I His coatis allhair, itabsorbsandretainsanimmeuseamountof 



scent when kept over night in a closed kennel imprognat: ' 

 with a powerful odor. This scent is retained for a coiisiiii 

 able length of time, even in open air. His power of scent 

 keen and delicate to a degree not exceed' d, we believe. 

 any other animal. The scent of the bird is sonietim : - 

 often faint, and it must he detected at aconsidernb; 



to be 01 u?e to the dog and master. Now is it not it 



to suppose that this powerful scept carried in and Hire 

 from the coat of the dog will interfere materially with his •'. 

 tecting and locating the scent of the birdi' 



Beside all this, I have frequently seen dogs made deal 1,: 

 sick by the odor of this most excellent disinl'ectant. Somu. h 

 for carbolic acid. 



There are times, such as rainy days and freezing one^ 

 when scrubbing and wet boards are out of the question ; J' ■ 

 a wet kennel on a rainy day when the dogs are or should i 

 in-doors, is quite a serious manner, breeding colds, rhuni - 

 tism, and often distemper. When scrnbbing must be ili.-- 

 pensed with, careshould be takentotakeupulidroppiaL,-, .net 

 on the first bright, warm day give the neglected places :i i ai-r- 

 ough scrubbing and a thin coat ef w Irrtewash earl\ iu the 

 morning, .so as to allow it te . , hcfore night. The 



beds should be clei.red of a 1 1 , anit or litter, and 



the straw tm-ned over toau, jd. Don't sweep 



the pile just outside the doen aue ie:r.,eii; bui remove it tt^ 

 the manm-e pile, and keep yom- yards clean. 



To clean kennels and j ards I owe my success as a kennel 

 man. No case of mange or distemper 'has ever orijiinated n 

 our kennels, nor (as I remarked before) haye we lost asiieji 

 case frem an^ dise.ase this year. I boldly assert, without te 

 of contradiction, that one half of all" diseases tu wiii^ : 

 canine flesh is subjected are the result of filthy kennels, iui- 

 proper food and misjuanagement. 



It would make youi' heart sad to visit .some of the noted 

 kennels of the East and the West afi l-.i^ ,-■•■'■ ii ■- ■!i-- 

 crowded together in a lilthy den, ; 

 almost unbearable, and chained wii 

 diminutive square bench, upon wiii I. ! 

 curl, hnteaunot stretchout their cramperl ■,,nJ ^vcary liiii'.;. 

 Their eager, pleading eyes beg earnestly for air and freedoae 

 Or look at the score of high strung ambitious chainpious ii 

 the bench and field confined in the narrow, cramped, high 

 fenced close pens, more fit for slaiighler-house bullock pens 

 Ihan for the permtmcnt quarters of sporting dogs. 



^Vby do sportsmen and breeder.? [leraist in ignoring tin 

 fact that the respective natures and provinces of the do,g and 

 hog are totally different and widely separated ? Might not Ihat 

 account for some of the porky performance shown at dtir 

 field trials by dogs from which we looked fin- better things ' 



Dogs will dig when they get the cliauce. Let llnairih. 

 the exercise is strengthening and the excitement a whr.i 

 some stimulant and the freslf mold an excellent disinfccta, 

 If Ihev ,are in vards drive slakes along Inc boitoms of i: 



fences to prevent digging thr, 



;es around posts to prevent becoming biose, a. 

 r prop up any house or small kennel wlii 

 line, so as to prevent its falling upon a 



h 



drive SI a 

 carefullv bjoe! 

 they nitJy un<h 

 injuring thiau 



It is 110 use to attempt filling up the holes penn 

 before the ground begins to freeze. The best you cak he la 

 warm weather is to move wires and houses to iievf gr -and— 

 a decided advantage under all circumstances. Where the si^jt 

 of gi'ounds will not permit a cliange orremoval, plow or lire.e 

 with a cultivator about one third of tlie.gromidat a time e:' 

 month until the whole is turned over, then begin at the iii 

 part and repeal the process, It is worth the labor expenden 

 Everett Von Ci'lis 



Deer Hocsds and Tubir Traisisg. — In regard to tb^ 

 training of deeriiounds, I have often inclined to the belieS 

 that like poets, they are born, not made, for I have seeiS 

 hounds which h.ad been tnuued all their lives to run foxes, ilfl 

 the 3Iiddle Stales, never bavin^Seen nor smelleda deer track; 

 when put on tiie latter ttike with alttQjity and delight to the 

 nobler gHine, and ever after pass a fox track with Silent con- 

 tempt, and a good judge cau usually select those which are 

 likely to do tlus thing. It is necessary that a flrst-rate deer- 

 hound should possess in a high degree courage, endurance, 

 speed and ir/i I '■ ■ ' ' i i is" should be wide in pro- 



portion to th >inded and not over-long, 



muzzle broL , udulous; chest deep arid 



broad, and 1...,.., ,-:. ...... „. t .-,,^,i. They should never be 



put on the ti'ack lieiore they are one year old as their strength 

 is, before that time, not always equal to the task of holding 

 out till the game is brought to bag, and ihis .souieliiiii.-s 

 affects their endut:; ' ; : , i: 



Young dogs shoulii 

 company with old -• 



done, then Ih' • ■ HMveu, ami me nnHeu- 



couraged t- : case he leaves it; and tliis 



should be 1 uigbt, if pos-sible. There 



is a vast diJi- ; in which deer hounds run 



rlieir game. Some which will never leave the track., whili ■: 

 dry ground, will return the instant the deer takes wui 

 even if the stream is less (han a foot in dt^plh; others e, 

 cross streams which are not beyond ih '. ' ' ' ,? decline 

 to swim, and will be at fault if the _ , . a , i nva 



the StTeam ; others agaiu, will, upe] ni; water, 



swim across m'vI iv.ip.iv up and do...i ._. lur miles, 



then recrot :e on the other Liank, and develop 



more tliar, i in searohing out the trail. These 



are the dett - <r ixoelknce, and readily comniMii 



from seventy-live to one hundred and fifty dollars. When r 

 hound leaves a track, for any iea?on except inability to fel 

 low it farther, he is worthless, and shotdd be discarded. 



PeK0B6C0T. 



Westmisstee Kensel Ci-ttb's OiFicEBS yoH 18S0.— Tha 

 foUowing is the list of offloera to W. IC. 0. for 1880 : Genl.- 

 A. S. Webb, President; C. DuBoia Wagsiaff, Vice-Presi- 

 dent; Kiihert C. Cornell, SeCTetary; Edmund C. Stanton, 

 Treasurer Board of Governors— Alex. S. Webb. Win. F- 

 jMorgau, Kobert 0. Cornell, C. Du Bois Wagstaff, Elliot SinitD, 

 Geo.rge De F. Grant, Waltei- S. Webb, Lewis B. Wright. 

 Wui. A. Haines, E. C. Stanton. Lewis Iv. Wilmerding, U. 

 C. Mortimer, F. O. De Luze, R. Ray^Hamilton, William 8. 

 Webb, The club is in a most flourishing condition. A num- 

 ber of important improvements have been made on club 

 grounds at Babylon. As the club has no Vacancies, it is pro- 

 posed to increase the members to 100- 



"'Rsx"—As/ifield, Mms., :N'ov. 26.— NotidogMr. lathrop's 

 coinmunicalion, I would merely Suggest that this is a very 

 large world, and that there are several dogs in it,~;nd that it 

 is barely possible for even a " do^^ man " to occasionally get 

 pedigree or blood a little mixod, and yet not be generiiilj 



