Dkokmbkb 16, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



391 



or Gordon— the English was not thought ruuch of, as Touatt 

 had Siiid that the Euglish aporlsuien had crossed their setters 

 with the pointer, h\n tlie Iri.sli Imd kept theirs pure— and as 

 I always ride and liunt over a great deal of ground aud tlie 

 Irish were said to be perfect, save being too fast, I settled 

 down on a pure red Irish, which I got after mnoh correspon- 

 dence with the dog men, a dog of the most approved fomi 

 and color, and as blue a pedigree as an Irish doe; ever had — 

 Plunket and Kufus, Colleen and Carrie, Milner's Jack, Fil?,- 

 similion'a Kuby, Hutchinson's Bob, etc. I got him in Fch^ 

 ruary at four months old, and mivvv did a lellow look i'oi- 

 ward more impatiently for the time in come for me to try ray 

 canine treasure. On the very fii-sl day i took to the field 

 with biiu and a little pointer bitch of the old blood which a 

 friend had managed to get tor me in Bucuingham, hardly 

 six inonihB old, while the Irishman was full fifteen"; 

 and to my utter chagrin she beat hiiu in style, speed, nose 

 and cvc-ryihing, from the beginning, all hollow. She never 

 false points—lie does it constantly ; she never potters— he al- 

 ways docs. ^Vhen she points you can always kick the bird 

 up in fjont of her nose ; when he points they are more likely 

 to liy up from anywhere else than the direction indicated. 

 Besides these two pedigreed setters, I have owned nmny na- 

 tives and used a good many blue and natives beloniring to 

 others, aud vvluit 1 have said of them is true of theni"all. It 

 seems as natural to them to false point, potter and point in 

 the wrong direction as to oat; aud I must .=ay that I have 

 uever in my life seen a long-haired dog that was even a fiec- 

 ond-rate bad dog. I know nothing of the Laverack or Llew- 

 tJlliu setters but what I tead and hear of what is claimed lor 

 them. They ai'e fine dogs and entirely different, from oiiier 

 setters, and, being long-haired, ought to be pupfriur to the 

 pointer in rou^h counlries and cold climates. 1 aui now the 

 owner of a pure Llewellin bitch, just six months old, which 

 is exceedingly promising. I shall give hergyery chance, and 

 if she tm-us out like the others, I iiave owned mv last shuiiiiy 

 dog. Sou'w SiDK. ■ 



JJecemier 1, 1880. 



-fia .sounded, but the rumbling of the 

 ring, and he stood a.s rigid 



at the rate of 

 :ir>t. Dew sounded 

 ,fd to obey, mil, to 

 smoking, snorting 

 inng what seemed 

 'vcr moved until 



A HAJNDLER'8 PROTEST. 



Pkovu)enok, R. I., Dec. 6. 

 JSditor Forenl, and Streu-m : 



After a tedious journey of two nights and a forced stay in 

 New York diu-ing a rainy Sunday, 1, with my two dogs, ar- 

 rived home fioui what the New York Herald calls the most 

 successful field I rials ever held in thi.s country. And now, 

 after having been robbed by Die baggage-master of two dol- 

 lars Ui i-iay freight on the two dogs (when I had not an ounce 

 of baggage besidesj, and liaving been wronged out of both 

 honor aud prizes at Die lal(3 field trials, I feel as if 1 could 

 shoot the niai who ever sent me a notice of anotlier dog show 

 of any riesci-iption ; and I wish to sav to the Eastern Field 

 Trials Club that if they allow those prizes to go wliere they 

 were awarded by the persons who acted as judges 1 canuo't 

 see how they can expect to have mani' entries at their third 

 annual trials in 1881. • " 



My object in writing this letter is to defend the true sports- 

 man and lover of dogs from the judgment given at their late 

 trials, aud if 1 cannot show good cause why the dogs who 

 were awarded the prizes should not have them then I am 

 willing to forever after hold my peace and never wish the priv- 

 ilege of showing at any olher dog show, either bench or field. 

 But if I can, and the claim is not respected bv them, then I 

 propose to work as hard against them as I have heretofore 

 worked for them— and I can claim the honor of showing at 

 least ten duiing theii- various trials. 



My first complaint is against the judgment in the tTvelfth 

 (13th) heat in the All-aged Stakes, between the dogs Glad- 

 stone and ^'at. 1 claim that Nat (mv dosr) beat him" in every 

 particular where tlie good qualities o'f a dog should be con- 

 sidered. My dog did not show quite ao frimrx u tail or the 

 amount of B|)eed in making buck jumps over bru.sh and briar 

 as did the dog Gladstone, but put the two dogs down on open 

 ground and Nat would out-speed him from morniuff till 

 night. But the judgea were against me and meant that I 

 should not WHi, no matlcr how ivell mv dotrs did, as I can 

 prove by men who were told it by the judaes. I oonaidor 

 the dog Gladstone nothing but a trick dog aiid the man v.d]o 

 handled him showed him.self a triekster. 



My second complaint is against Uie heat between Sen.tcUion 

 and Smut (my dog), where L claim sin' points for Smut, to 

 nothing for Sensaiion ; he refused to back Smut in most of 

 them and then atole point, after point and was credited by the 

 judges wlicu he should have been demerited. Finally, "they 

 decided that style beat me, a judgnnint contrary to all es- 

 pectation, as even iho gentleman who handled Henaation ac- 

 knowledged himself beaten, and that seemed to be the cen- 

 eral opinion, except the judges'. This they knew waslhe'"<log 

 they were, obliged to select to beat me, as the other fellow's 

 chances would have been very bad had I besn put doMni 

 against him, and I woidd have been sure to have hail second 

 money and perhaps third, as according to the rules it would 

 have brought both of my dogs logelber, and one of themw^is 

 obliged to get second money." Iii the eyes of the iudges this 

 would not do, so I was declared defeated by Seir'^ation. Cut 

 the wise (?) judges again changed, for in the heat between 

 Sensation and Gladstoue the latter was declared winner, 

 when every lionesi, man tliere kuew^ it belonged to Sensation. 

 The who!,- heat was ,a mass of tricks by Gladstone's handler. 

 These statemerils 1 have made can be proved br member.s of 

 the club. I have poairivn proof that one of the judge.s told a 

 blue-blood man ( v\ho was too honorable to keep it ;i secret) 

 that he would not let such looking dogs a.s mine win, as they 

 were nothing more or less than spaniels, and it was wrong o, 

 let thein heal dogs who had been w(-ll bred and brougtil lara'- 

 prices— Ibis atier thr-y had promised the handlers to let only 

 the best do- win. If ihis is a sample of the best field trials 

 this coiuUr\- ever saw, Heaven defend me from the worst. 



Yours very respeetfiill}-, 



T. M." Aldhioh, Handler Smut and Nat. 



A Close Shavk foe Lincolk.— On last Wedueadav (De- 

 cemlwr 1), while Captain Joseph H. Daw was hunting near 

 the railroad with Lincoln and some of his pupjiiesr they 

 found a covey of l:.irds right by the track. Hearing a tiaiu 

 approaching, ilr. Dew ttiok the puppies avvav, and calling 

 Lincoln off hia point cast hira off in a corn 'lielri. Seeing 

 bim dash into the field in an opposite direction at a gait which 

 flings furrows to rearward and' which ha.s led him to victory 

 i'll't. Dew paid no more attention 

 luU keeping the puppies from 

 Happening to glance back, how- 



__.-., ,„ „.„ .,■-,,„ tion lie beheld Lincoln, who, having 



circled and gone back, was standing as staunch as a rock, 

 ■with Ids hind feet on the track. His whistle went to Ms lipa 



in the hottei 

 to him, and 

 going back <>• 

 ever, to his e.-- 



•and a long shrill noti 

 train prev<'nled Lincoln fron 

 as if grim death were not b( a 

 thirty miles an hour. Again .-nnl nui.ij! t. 

 his call which the old dog had ;ii'-"; i ;ru 

 no purpose; he had to stand ai.,] Si •: il.r 

 engine rushing on the dog of his heart,, lie 

 to be inevitable death, and the old fellow 

 the cow-cat«her hurled him torn and bleeding from tlie track. 

 Fortunately he w.9.s not killeil nor were any bones broken, 

 but tlic fiesh was cut to the tHjne on his hind leg and numer- 

 ous othei- flesh cuts of less conscijuence were distributed over 

 his bodv. Capt. Dew brought him lo towui where Dr. Pillow 

 sewed up his wounds and l"he old itUow laid his head on his 

 master's knee and never moved, but moaned pitifully Tivhile 

 the operation was being performed, fecore Luicoln an even 

 himdred for staunchness.—" Tlui Cotumbm (Teiin.) BenUneV 



Larceny of a Dor,— PM-t!i, Oni., Dee. 8.— In yom: issue of 

 the 14lli October, page '304, speakmg of dog poisoning, you 

 •state that a man can be convicted of u),s.licions injury to a 

 dog. Of this there is no donht, liul, ynu al.so say that a con- 

 viction cannot be had for Ihe larceny of a dog on account of 

 its peculiar haliils. Kow I shoidd tie sorry, if this is not the 

 case, that your ri'aders should be misled, as there arc num- 

 bers of people wIki fancy that Iheycan shoot or steal a dog 

 when they please, particularly if it happens to be on their 

 land at the time. 



Now there is no statute in C%nada which allows a dog- 

 slealer to go free, and therefore the common la,w of England 

 mjverns, and a.s that law no more excepts a dog than a sheep, 

 we may aufel.v conclude that dog-stealing is pimishable just 

 as other sieallMi' :-■ N,'iili:-i' Is'liovf^ any statute, as I be- 

 lieve, in tbi' i ' ""■ 'j-Lr, s.nd if not then 



aaid,'iioweTi: .^ -,-m, liar roving habits 



of the dog and la: iTuisiisily to follow any one who ciresses 

 bim, it may be diftieult to prove larceny, but it is simply a 

 quest,iori of proof, not, of liability'. In Ihe Toronto Mail, un- 

 der police court iu-ins, which under the new n-gimfi are very 

 spicy reading, appears a case i;i y.oint. A man was there 

 liroiiglil np fiT steaiing a dog, but proved that the animal 

 was in the habit of following him, and got off on that ground 

 only. RiFLK. 



The GRK,vr Aob of liAS'SRAOKS—Watei-bur^, Conn., Wot. 

 29 —In looking over the pedigrees of the famous Laverack 

 setters, Countcs.s, Fairy, Is el lie and Pride of the Border, I 

 have been astonished to" find the great age of the dogs, when 

 bred from the shortest lino of descent, from the original pair 

 in 183.5 to Fairy in 187.3, siKnvs only five generations, giving 

 an average age to the ilogs, when bred from, of 9 3-5 years. 

 Tlie longest line shows but eight generations, or an average 

 of 5f years. It seems rather strange lliat tliese dogs should 

 not only breed, but actually produce their best progeny at 

 such an advanced age; since it must be supposed that the 

 best were kept to breed from. Laverack's letter, from Vero 

 Shaw's account of the setter, published in your issue of -No- 

 vember 2.5, and explaining the liver color in the breed, may 

 accoujvt for some of the gaps whicli these long lived genera- 

 tions now fill. The wonderful pedigrees of the Laverack 

 .setters have long puzzled me, aud I should like lo know how 

 they are regarded, generally, by setter-breeders. There cau 

 be no question aboiTt the high "standing of the dogs, and the 

 wonderful vitality of the breed shown in its crosses. 



J. P. 



Acoi..4[si Foi: .SicNSATioK — Richmond, Dec. 13. — Editov 

 Formt and Stream : Bravo for Sensation 1 From the day I 

 first saw him until (his moment I never hesitated in pro- 

 nouncing him naturally the finest specimen of English point- 

 er in America. As a sir..' ja;' lias got more fine pups than any 

 in America. I never saw him in the field, but I luiew what 

 he wa„s capable of. 1 have a son of his, presented to me by 

 our lantented friend Colbuni, name Tom fScnsiiUon ex-Col- 

 buru's Belle) and he is as good a dog as ever I w'ant to see. 

 .1^11 he lacks is work. I had 1,000 birds killed over him last 

 fall, lie was very soft when he began, but improves with 

 every hunt. Crossed upon the hardier breeds of native point- 

 ers the pups are perfect. I have maintained and still main- 

 tain that Sensation stands to-day as the finest pointer dog in 

 America. , Jno. S. Wise. 



Rkpi.t to Mk. Bloodgood'.s Challesge. — .Vct }\'7'k, 

 Dec. VZ.— Editor Forest and Btrenm. : in answer lo the chal- 

 lenge is,sued to the owners of Sensation and GlaflsiLine, which 

 hasreached the Westminster Kennel Club tlirongh the columns 

 of a paper of Dec. 10, w^e wish to say thai abhougii we 

 should be .gratified to afford Mr. Bloodgood the satisfaction 

 ho desires as far as the match between Sensation and 

 Smut is roMcerned. yet the matter seems to us at present im- 

 pvaetir;!l-le. ihe dog is now at the kennels at Baiiylon and 

 ids service- as a, stnd doe; are constantly in demand. More- 

 over, tlie seas. Ill is now so far advanced, closing as it tloes on 

 the l.Sth day oV .January, that it -wimld be impossible to pro- 

 cur..; lhi. s.n-viccs .ir the" dog's handler, wdio is nnw at .Spring 

 field, '^T-r->: ... ii n-i^'C to him such additi.ina! work a^ vJonld 

 fithiiii" -,..,-,iosed match. Next yi-ir, ii' '.I'.-. l;i.'.o..i- 

 gooii .',' ■ , , , .: his chailense in scas.-.a, '•',' ;• i-- r',:.le 



to ».<■■-:•: --I'i: OIM. RoiiT. C. OORNKT,L, S(v. \{ - Iv . ( . 



A Good Doa Stoey — Pt. Jiowmi, Cannda, Den. S. — ^At the 

 last sitting of the Dominion Court, hcM af Walsingham, On- 

 tario, a case came up for he .r', .- '' ',;,,;';,:. 

 fived.illars, which plainlif, . 

 ingliis d.;iir. Tin- laAvyer f. 



fluent address to the juiy on .i. -,, ,1 iii..;:..,.. .■. .,' . ,.;,^,,..;.. 

 dilated heavily nu the value of dogs in gaueral. A very well- 

 bred setter liaiTpened to be lying just beliind the Judge, and 

 when the advocate was at the height of his eloquence the set- 

 ter, roused from his apparent slumber and under the pretence 

 of scratching his head, thumped the floor with his knee joint 

 in quick aud rapid 8UCceB.sion. His honor turnrd partly 

 around to the bailiff, saying. " Xo applause in court." This 

 impromptu f>oji mot from the Judge brought down iho house 

 and entirely nonplussed the hiwyer for the plain tifls. 



Blaokstone. 



Gyp and the Flt.— Let me tell a story of the reasoning 

 power of dogs. Some years since T had a small black and 

 tan terrier named Gyp. She had been taught many tricks, 

 such as sneezing, rolling over, etc., etc., for performing 

 which she was often rewarded, and whenever .she wanted 

 anything particularly she would go through her list of tricks 

 and by this means usually succeeded in obtaining the desired 

 object. One day Gyp was on an ottoman near a window ; and 



began to kill the fles on the glass. She lulled all but one, 

 which walked up above her reach. After vainly trying for 

 some time to get it, she sat down and reflected for a moment, 

 and then sneezed to it two or three times, looking up at the 

 fly'in the meantime most beseechingly; this not isrovhi^ 

 effectual, she tried rolling over to induce it come down. I 

 regret to say that the fly did not yield to her alliuremcnifi. 



H. 



—Mr. Isaac Yeaisley, Jr., is shooting at Eidgeway, N. C, 

 having with him Dashing Lion, Rosey Boy, Countess and 

 Bessie. Mr. Yearsley has disposed of Little Lady to a party 

 in the West. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



Beed. 



Jionniej-Mex—Mr. EUiott Johnston's collie bitch Bonnie (Dow- 

 nev's Lassie- Watt's Roy') to Lindsav's Box-First New York Ef neh 

 Show, 1880. 



Gipsey-Gen. Jackf: • ■'■ (Peru, Iff.), Slive- 



teirier hitch Gipsev t .. 20, 1880. 



.MoU-Bloasom—hi:. ■ ' at.), Gordon setter 



Moll to owners' Blosho,,., ...,,. .„, ...„,„. 



prarrif. Qneen JT.-Bliui jri ake — ilx, d'. H. Whitman's (Chicago, 

 HI.), tbrec-.nuarter Laverack setter dog Blue Drake to his Prairie 

 Eaiiijer bitch Piaiiie Queen IL 



Mv] net- Charm -^l\: .J. H. Whitman's (ChicoKo, Til.-^i. Laveiaek 

 aettev Charm to his bitch jiliiigtt. 



./whj-Thi'n'Jfr—'iii: J. .1. Suellentrarg'a, Q<i:v, BiV-lit'OT, Pa.), 



pure Laverack setter dog Iliuu. 

 Laverack and half native bitdi .' 



MnUie-Carlo^Mx. ,1. H. S^h!t 

 iel dog Carlo to Mr. Vvcstou's tt: 



ISHh^CroxIdh^m: A. E. i- 

 He.^lcehei 



■ to Mr. ;i. n. wiutji 



Mr. .In.-tuK^ 



bitch 



,'£l^^-"- 



ru.y, 



half 



.' : : I 'i.i :i,!;o, lU.), cocker span- 



:.-.;'« ( vixteth to m, J. E. 



. iifTt setter bitch Daisy to 

 .; iKf;. Duke. 

 • tvcunel Club's newly im- 



iify.'s lemon aud white pointer 



■. LiJio A\ . White's lemon and lyhite pointer 

 bitcli Grace, winner of tirst aud second prizes at Mew York Shows, 

 and dam of BeUe, wiiuior of first nrize Nurserv Stakes, Eobin's Is- 

 land, 1880, to Seusatio 



,1 Lei 



.Tiy.- 



Nai 



ES Cl- 



1, Mo., chums the nimio 

 ist and white toes, cocker 

 .1 the Blue Star Kennels 



Dash—E. H. Lvford, 51. D , Vimlh..ivci 

 of Dash for his dark li\ er, with white bre; 

 spaniel puppy, whelped Oct. If, iS-SO, Iroi 

 of Mr. M. P."MoK.oon. 



St. lierjis — 3Ir. Chas. S. Lincoln, Warrou, Masr., elaims the name 

 of St. Kegia for Irish water spaniel puppy, whelped Oct. 1, out of 

 Lady by imported champion Barney. 



Pbiob Claiji. — Barak Bertihardi—Ca/e'ionia, lit , J)rc. 6, 1880 



By request of Mr. E. KneU, of Moline, 111. who has a j^rior claim 

 to the name of Blue Bell, t claim the name Sarah Bernhardt for 

 black aud white bitch puppy by . I. H. Whitman',, i'.I.i. r. 1> i-ud 

 Vf. H. Mill's bitch Beele. ' " i;,i;.j-,. 



Rnbert the 1)pMI—Y)v. A. McCoUom, of tin , r . .n-n, the 

 name of Kohert the Devil tor his pure white scn.i ,.' whclned 

 Aug. 1, 1880. 



Mattie May—X>t. A. McOollom, of this city, claims the 

 of Mattie Ma.y for hia pure white Ssneatiou pointer bitch. 



^..A T.^.. in 1U.7I1 ' 



1, 111., claims the name of 

 oci.-Dtiy purehnEed by him 



whelped Deo. 10, 1879. 



//(in— Ml-. TUo?. J. 0.sbom. Du Quo 

 Dan for pmjpv out of DeU by Elcho II. 

 from Dr. ,!,' .lI .Temielle. 



Colfmd .S7,<f,.?~Mr. M. P. McKoou, i'lankhii, X. Y.. elaims the 

 name of Colonel Stubs for his fiver aud white seven raonthB old 

 cocker spaniel dog puppy out of GodelTrov's PMrt by owner's Cap- 

 tain. 



S.UiES. 



Joe-JSforah II7(«/ps— Dr. J. S. Niveu, Lend n, ';,;,, : ., :i ;,,se'd 



of the fitter of liihh tciTiera outoi Norah by .1 ii , :,i: iij-. 



John Tabatt. Loudon, Ont, a dog; Mr. .7. R. (ii i iHi, :, i, Vurk' 



a dog ; Jlr. S. A. Kage, St. Louiis, Mc, a biti-ii luiU -Vu. .j. tioreee^ 

 man, London, Ont , a d.-ig. 



TilasKOm-Moil Ww!iV'—t>v..L S. •■Jivf-n, Li-.i..:!..a, (mt hue dia- 



posed of a Gordon .- 

 Tiu'sley, Haiiji; 



./udge-Sni 

 has Bold a p; i 



Bingwood 

 from 5h'. .). >. . rM.J 

 beagle hitch pu]j);.y 



fromMr. Ooo.'l.'i'i 

 Sleafcird Maid) iu 

 pion Bsiif; Champif 

 Hcywai-d's already i 



G. T.ii :.;.,-! ,i i 



Al.,ii'-i.. : _ 



Mr. Geo. Waddinet' 



fitter d.-jg puppy 



Blosi.oi 



u-:\i.ji 





Mr. Edwm 



TI.'y> 



vhelp 

 ahw-h 



\V. 

 ' by Ju 



,',i,.'--Mr. 



.riiit. Mich 



Flora fiv t 

 ar.-l, of' Pa 



Pierce, 

 dge out 



N. Kii 



Nf,,', 



of Ji.i. 



v.hitV 



,.\l:"f; 



La 

 !h:. 

 di: 

 drii 



at ( 



,ix. ;,Iash., 



o.-l: i.ial tan 

 s pi.u'chaKRd 



his yioi-ite 

 to iJr. Poi 

 n). Thin I 

 B'keo.iiol. 



ripiou Bow- 

 tioti'to'Mi' 



cFk^'tiy ai' 



",«tier'. 

 the Net. 



:..|;r If... p]_ 



Ui'..|i 



ny). 3?luit perfoi-m 

 her. 



ed oxc 



last Octo- 



at. CeceKa— Mr. Chas. S 

 Belton setter bitch St. C 

 puppies bv Hit"hec:.lL i.i 

 Frank out of : 

 Kiald Trial ■..- 

 two dogs h.h 

 lemon and •■ , 



-Fm— JL-. 1 . 



T.,i , 



■ ■,';irf 



t ikii 



■i. 1 



o.-.( 

 aiik 



i th 

 itfc, 



-in 

 Y 



aigliahbhie 

 S^ov. 1 six 

 Ii.. he liy 



?tlie noted 

 roB hitiL-hos, 

 («.. hilchea 



erriV.r bitch 



'■ ..f ih.>,tat 



Fin, whelp.- ii 









iO-il. 



rl;.-;l-;ir.j ter- 

 -1 Vi.rkHhire 



dogs and two hitchs by ow 



Countess Oai/— Mi: Fr 



Gay ('Drakc-Coiiot.JSM V... 



mk B. |i|- 



■ ..ii.h.i. i. jjur.-; black 



,. ii.:t ,.. nhulpcdDfc. 1, 1880, 



iitch, l.y Dr. A. M. Rerce'a 



. dog pupjues lunce dead. 



i.l.orndo^ypriiigs, Col.), im- 



.1 (let. 1,5, lour pnppioa, two 



■ .. 1 Do.hioii, jUiKH.). Conntesa 

 hi h'tii il'ii''-.'- iii-if puppies by 



firvi"' 













^'..i whelped 



Oporihas n helped e 



levvn 



pi:: 





,.i-,' 



hn- 



(Da,h ni- 

 c: hitchufl by 



i: setter bitch Mftild, 



.. y,;» Mild four liltahflK bv 

 uiii, of Schuyler's imjMrted 

 i hitnce won special prize at 



Manet— Mt. 'E. E. Hhnw'R (p., 

 whelpied Dec I"' ci.-^..!. mn 

 Mr. Artliur !!■■ , 

 black and t:i! 

 N. 1'., iiiS'J. - 



PliBSENT ^TION. 



Iristi terrier wtielp—Di. 3 . S. Niven, London, Ont., h8Bpreaente<l 

 an Irish terrier dog pup to thelttrv. S. W. I'onng, Lewistou, Ont. 

 Deaths, 



Silent Partnet — Dr. A MoOollom's English cooker kpaniel pup 

 diadtheStbinat. 



